Grassroots Glory

In fact, as early as the end of the first round, some media questioned Slomka's choice. After the game, he said: The advantage of two goals is not safe for the away game in the second round.

But at that time, most of the media were trying their best to exaggerate the two-goal victory and the zero-seat defending champion. It was one step away from making history and entering the final. It's really sour to insinuate the media used by the rich and powerful.

But now that the situation has become like this, it seems that it is not the one who was slapped in the face!

In just half an hour, from 2:0 to 2:2, Schalke suddenly fell from the clouds to the ground, and may continue to fall into the deep cliff.

Obviously, Manchester United's momentum is no longer something Schalke can hold back.

Schalke assistant coach Biskens walked up to Slomka with a serious face and said, Mirko...

Slomka patted him lightly on the shoulder: Old man, what's the hurry, isn't the total score still a draw?

Slomka took this opportunity to call Zhou Tiancheng to the sidelines: Zhou, do you know what we should do now?

Attack, scoring an away goal is enough.

The corner of Slomka's mouth curled up into a smile, and he winked at Biskens, which meant: Look, how well he and I have a tacit understanding!

But then Slomka seized the limited time and told Zhou Tian succinctly: You and Ivan must pay attention to compressing the space of Scholes, he is the real brain of Manchester United.

Zhou Tiancheng was a little surprised: You don't need me to take care of Ronaldo?

That's not your duty, just look after Scholes. You can go to defend appropriately, but don't be distracted by him too much, trust your teammates.

Okay. Zhou Tiancheng nodded, although he was still not very relieved, but now he can only choose to complete his own work.

Slomka is actually making a helpless choice. If he has two Zhou Tiancheng, he can choke to death on the sidelines and in the middle. It is no problem to cover the whole audience, but now he can only let Zhou Tiancheng do what he should do. . Otherwise, the pressure on Rakitic will be even greater.

Manchester United tasted the sweetness on the side of the wing today, and they will naturally play on Ronaldo's side, while Giggs on the other side also ran to the center with few opportunities to get the ball.

Ferguson does not prevent players from doing this. Now that Manchester United has an absolute advantage in possession of the ball, it is also a way to find opportunities through local numerical advantages.

Since the opening game, Scholes's style of play has become very healthy: he runs back and forth horizontally without the ball in the midfield, and basically doesn't catch the ball very much. But Scholes's style of play was exactly Ferguson's intention - he saw Schalke's intentions from Zhou Tiancheng's activity area, and he used the trick to signal Scholes to draw Zhou Tiancheng's attention with fake runs.

In this way, the most terrible problem appeared: Schalke's midfield was torn back and forth horizontally, the distance between Zhou Tiancheng and Rakitic continued to widen, and the vacuum in the middle, whether it was Carrick or Giggs can be fully utilized, both of them can pass and shoot.

Moreover, Ronaldo's personal super dribbling ability has already messed up Schalke's defense. It is almost impossible to achieve the airtight compactness like before.

After the tide-like offensive in the first half hour, Manchester United has been fully alive. In the final stage of the first half, their offense was even higher. The home fans were already fully excited, singing the team song, and cooperating with the team's offense.

He Wei couldn't stand it anymore, Schalke barely threatened Van der Sar's offensive for half an hour. But as a commentator, he could only suppress his anxiety and irritability, and said with emotion: Manchester United really didn't give Schalke any chance. It is estimated that the two-goal disadvantage in the first round completely inspired them. The anti-footholding team completely controlled the field and besieged,

Schalke is not only weak technically.

In fact, some Schalke fans have already felt disappointed. Although they still placed their hopes on Zhou Tiancheng's magical stroke at a certain moment emotionally, they have not seen any improvement in the offensive until now. Can't even get close, so what's the magic trick?

According to this rhythm, it is not bad to be able to hold the halftime 2:2...

Although Schalke fans all know that the team is still far from reaching the top in the European arena, but the beautiful victory in the first round aroused everyone's fantasy.

But reality often tells everyone one thing, fantasies are meant to be broken...

If it weren't for Neuer's good form, the fantasy of Schalke fans might be wiped out at halftime.

Fortunately, the first half ended 2:2. Everyone pinned their hopes on Slomka's adjustment in the midfield locker room.

Just like Marcel Leff's comment: Schalke only needs one goal to come back to life, and now they still have the hope of overtime!

Everything, and a chance.

In the locker room at midfield, Slomka closed the door, glanced at the players with their heads bowed in front of him, his eyes flashed with sadness, he really couldn't bear to criticize the players, in terms of age, he regarded these players as his juniors , how could he not understand the mood of the players to win? No one doesn't aspire to be the one who makes history, especially in this situation.

But now the situation is pressing. If he wants to play a different look in the second half, Slomka must put on a straight face and hit everyone with a heavy hammer: Are you here to compare gentlemanly demeanor with the opponent? Where is the aggressiveness of the defense? It's normal for a player like Ronaldo to be unstoppable, but why not put him down? Prevent him from entering the dangerous area?

As Slomka said, his eyes flicked back and forth on several defenders. Höwedes and Westermann were so stared at that they didn't dare to look directly at them. In fact, they knew better.

Having said that, Slomka changed the subject: But this score is not too bad, at least we haven't lost... So, at least start the second half, press up and play a wave, how they press us, we will return it The opportunity to make amends is in your own hands, I think you all want to be remembered by Schalke history, it depends on your performance.

After Slomka finished speaking, he picked up a bottle of mineral water, drank half of the bottle in one go, then squeezed the remaining half of the bottle, and sprayed the water all over the floor.

This move made everyone's heart tense.

Oh my god, Zhou, if we can't get back, is this what will happen to us...

Zhou Tiancheng turned a blind eye: Relax, the boss also needs to vent, the first half was really shitty. Do as the boss said, fuck him a few times at the beginning, just for a goal, it's not difficult ,right?

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After changing sides and fighting again, Schalke, who was in a critical situation, began to compete with Manchester United for a high-position press. After the first half, even the defenders realized that defending was not an option. The first half was better. Scholes returned to the backcourt for the first time in the second half. Zhou Tiancheng followed directly to put a shovel. Rakitic took advantage of this opportunity to shoot a long shot with his left foot from outside the penalty area, testing Van der Sar.

Although Van der Sar lightly rubbed his fingertips and the ball missed the side net by a hair, the positive signal sent by this attack was enough to cheer up Marcel Leff. There was no such danger of penetrating into the opponent in the first half. The counterattack in the zone, so he expected it to be the credit of the coach's midfield locker room: Slomka's midfield adjustment seems to have an immediate effect. This is the clarion call for Schalke's counterattack!

The Manchester United stars felt the strength exerted by Schalke 04 in the second half, and their expressions became more serious. Taking advantage of the time before Schalke took the next corner kick, several players from the back line got together for a small meeting.

Nemania, Michael, please watch Zhou and let him out, do you know if there will be big trouble! Van der Sar warned Vidic and Carrick seriously, his tone was very direct.

Edwin, what's the use of telling us, we didn't play well in the first half, but it has nothing to do with us. Vidic quickly distanced himself from it.

In fact, this is true. Manchester United mainly relied on midfield pass control to dominate the scene in the first half. Zhou Tiancheng didn't have many chances to get the ball. Naturally, he couldn't pose a big threat. The credit really didn't belong to the defense.

But the next corner kick defense is not something Vidic can choose - as a big man of 1.91 meters, his responsibility is naturally to mark Zhou Tiancheng, the number one height of Schalke.

Rakitic took a corner kick, and Zhou Tiancheng wanted to run to the front to get a sudden one, but the penalty area was full of people, and it was impossible to squeeze through. Moreover, seeing the ball coming straight to the middle, Zhou Tiancheng could only pull the green onion on the dry land and force it. Take off in the middle.

Vidic was full of confidence, but after he exhausted his explosive waist, he screamed badly in his heart.

Zhou Tiancheng is still on top of him!

Vidic really wanted to call out what kind of monster this was, he was at the peak of his 28 years of age, and his bounce would not fall behind even against Drogba, the top air fighter in the Premier League!

The only thing that made him happy was that Zhou Tiancheng's header was slightly higher than the crossbar this time. If this head went in, Vidic might have a shadow in his heart when facing big players competing for headers in the future.

But it wasn't just him. Schalke made a sudden effort in the second half, which made Ferguson feel uneasy, and silently tore another piece of chewing gum. Many people knew that he had a heart attack, but many people didn't know that he chewed gum for relief. Tension is not what Manchester United fans like to talk about. Sir Ferguson chewing gum is like Lippi smoking cigars, he is strategizing.

It is not difficult to see that these consecutive threats also made Ferguson feel the pressure. He even glanced back at Park Ji-sung who was on the bench.

Schalke's two offensives were very effective strategically. At least Manchester United did not dare to attack too hastily, but slowed down first and controlled the rhythm in the backcourt. Although this means that Schalke will definitely lose the initiative in possession, but at least it will not threaten the defense.

The opponent passed in the backcourt, Schalke was not in a hurry, and they didn't suffer anyway.

Manchester United was also really patient, passing and controlling in the backcourt for a full ten minutes, making sure that Schalke would not press tighter, and they gradually pushed the ball to the midfield.

But as soon as he advanced to the midfield, Zhou Tiancheng approached from the side and rear like a hunter, grabbed the ball before Scholes received the ball, and advanced from the middle arc at high speed.

Nice, counterattack! Zhou Tiancheng passed Carrick, and Kuranyi was already behind! The ball was scored on the right, this is... Altintop! One-handed! Opportunity!!

He Wei's series of roars showed the whole process of the counterattack, but it was a pity that Altintop stopped the ball a little too much during the high-speed attack, and the angle of the last shot was too straight, and it was directly confiscated by Van der Sar.

Marcel Leff beat his chest and said, Ah! Khalil Altintop, he could have been a hero...

Before the words were finished, there was a sudden burst of cheers on the field. Van der Sar drove directly to the frontcourt with a big foot, and accurately found Ronaldo. At present, Bordon is the only one guarding him on the wing!

This time it's dangerous! Manchester United turned back! Retreat to protect the middle lane, he wants to cut inside! He Wei's eyes widened, fully expressing the state of surprise turned into fright in a single thought.

He Wei has already guessed what Ronaldo will do next, and the Schalke players are also well aware of it, but the lack of people in the defense is a blemish. Two people can't prevent Ronaldo from cutting inside!

Moreover, Ronaldo did not dribble too much this time. He threw away Bordon with his starting speed, and then did not give Hewedes a chance to make up defenses and tackles.

Neuer moved quickly while aiming at the path of the ball, and the flight path of the ball gave him a very bad feeling! He tried his best to open his arms, not asking for anything else, even if it was just a little...

Such a simple goal made him despair in the end, watching the ball hang into the upper left corner.

Cristiano Ronaldo rewritten the score to 3:0 on his own. In terms of the total score, Manchester United completed a crucial one-goal overtake.

Old Trafford sent deafening cheers to their peerless genius, but what made the Chinese fans uncomfortable was that Zhou Tiancheng's expression of shaking his head helplessly became the background board for Ronaldo's brace...

Falling behind, Slomka also thought of such an extreme situation before the game, so he decisively replaced Purier and formed a twin tower of strikers with Kuranyi.

But a trick that worked wonders against Bundesliga opponents had little effect against Manchester United. Ferguson replaced Fletcher and Park Ji-sung in succession, and built a solid wall in the midfield. No matter how strong the striker's header ability is, without the delivery of midfield and wingers, it is also a passive source of water.

Manchester United did not even give Schalke any chance to counterattack. Wave after wave of continuous offensives steadily exhausted the time of the game.

Even with Zhou Tiancheng's physical fitness, the moment the referee Busacca blew the final whistle, he covered his face and fell on the lawn.

Old Trafford fell into the carnival of reversal. At this moment, the Schalke players seemed to be forgotten, and the satellite broadcast signals were all given to Ronaldo who scored twice.

It wasn't until Ferguson and the players had finished celebrating that the camera flashed by, aiming at Zhou Tiancheng with his head bowed meaningfully.

He Wei said at the right time: This result, for the 20-year-old Zhou Tiancheng, is indeed too cruel, but it is also the best growth! It can be said that the defeat of Manchester United is worthy of the name, and their Champions League The best record in team history of the semi-finals is not to be regretted, although they are so close to creating a myth, but the myth only exists in the legend, and Schalke 04 is already worthy of the respect of the giants!