Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

Of course Chelsea will not give up their last hope. Aren’t there still ten minutes?

So Grant replaced Kalou with Shevchenko in the 81st minute. Although it was still 3-4-3, with three center forwards, it was obvious that they were going to send high balls inside!

In the 82nd minute, Mikel made a long pass, Drogba chested the ball and tried to force a breakthrough, but Wes Brown and Drogba, who were close to the Magic Beast, both handballed, so the referee did not call a penalty. After the ball was knocked away by the two, Sylvester protected it in time, and Van der Sar seized the ball first.

And this attack is Chelsea's clarion call to attack the wave...

Chelsea kept passing the ball to Manchester United's penalty area, but it was ineffective for a while.

Grant on the sidelines intended to continue adding fuel to the fire, but when he was discussing the situation with Belletti, who had just finished warming up, and was about to replace the latter to further strengthen the attack and wing ball-playing ability, the situation on the court changed again.

In the 86th minute, Drogba again protected Ashley Cole's long pass at the edge of the penalty area, turned around and rushed into the penalty area, but was tackled by Sylvester. However, the ball was not cleared and stuck in front of Li Qi, and Essien grabbed the ball immediately.

Li Qi did not dare to commit a foul at the edge of the penalty area. After all, this position was too dangerous. He could only defend the inside position and drive Essien back.

But I never thought that the African buffalo would rush to the bottom line with the ball as soon as he twisted his butt. Crossing the ball from the bottom is not his strong point! But it was beyond the expectations of the Manchester United defense. However, midfielder Carrick happened to be in position and rushed forward...

Without even looking up, Essien rushed forward two steps, twisted his waist and made a cross that looked very awkward. But there was a mistake, the cross was too high in angle, and although it was impossible to find teammates in the penalty area according to the route, it hit Carrick's half-open arm!

Carrick was trying to intercept Essien's cross, and his arms were stretched out behind his back as he raised his legs to maintain balance. Unexpectedly, he was hit by Essien's high and crooked cross.

So, under the collective complaints of Chelsea players and the reminder of the linesman, the referee Willy still awarded a penalty.

Even Van der Sar was given a yellow card warning for his excessive reaction.

The fans at the scene also changed their previous crazy boos towards Li Qi and Manchester United, and suddenly switched to thunderous cheers!

Then, in the absence of Lampard, the Blues' German captain was responsible for taking the penalty.

Ballack withstood the pressure and scored in one fell swoop, kicking the ball steadily into the goal behind Van der Sar, scoring his second goal!

In the 88th minute, Chelsea once again surpassed the score, 2 to 1! This goal also turned the once noisy noise at the scene into waves of cheers...

As a result, the offensive and defensive momentum of Manchester United and Chelsea was completely reversed.

Grant immediately changed his decision on the substitution. Belletti returned to the bench to think about the dilemma of taking a shower. The former used midfielder Makelele to replace Joe Cole as the full-back and changed the formation back to 4-3-3, but it was a deep recovery version.

Now it was Manchester United's turn to think of a way to break through Chelsea's iron defense. However, unlike the situation the home team had just encountered, Manchester United had no more substitutions, and there was not much time left. Including the extra time, there was only 5 minutes left...

Li Qi didn't bother to consider the success rate and formation. He quickly asked those who were over 1 meters tall to rush into Chelsea's penalty area. It was Manchester United's turn to kick the ball into Chelsea's penalty area, hoping to get lucky.

In the 89th minute, Li Qi changed direction continuously to avoid the entanglement of Ashley Cole, glanced at the chaotic situation in the penalty area, chose a route that looked like the most red clothes, and passed the ball.

Carrick was tackled by Mikel in front of the goal, causing him to miss the ball. Giggs' low shot from the edge of the far penalty area went through the crowd and Cech whose vision was obstructed, but was blocked by Makelele in front of the empty goal.

Sir Alex Ferguson angrily expressed his dissatisfaction with the fourth referee Riley outside the court: Carrick was thrown to the ground in the penalty area! It should be a penalty!

But the referee did not react at all, and Sir Alex Ferguson had to put his complaint aside for the time being because Manchester United's attack came again.

In the 92nd minute, Li Qi cut in from the wing and was brought down, winning a free kick about 33 yards from the front court near the wing. The entire Manchester United team squeezed into Chelsea's penalty area, even Van der Sar rushed up, 3 minutes of stoppage time, this might be Manchester United's last attack!

Giggs was responsible for taking the free kick, but just before Giggs kicked the ball, Li Qi suddenly took advantage of Tevez's pick-and-roll to retreat from the crowd in the penalty area!

Giggs was also there when the ball arrived, and he sent the ball low to the front of the penalty area, at Li Qi's feet. Li Qi stopped the ball with his back to the goal and adjusted it, as if he was about to turn halfway to shoot a powerful shot.

At this time, Essien and Terry rushed out at the first time, threw their bodies out, intending to use their flesh and blood to block Li Qi's heavy artillery!

However, Li Qi, who had created the breaking point moment, found another route to pass the ball, and Ashley Cole, who was guarding next to the goal post, ensured that all Manchester United's attacking players would not be offside.

So Li Qi changed his shot to a lob, sending the ball from Terry's side to the side of the penalty area. O'Shea, who was lying in wait there, was left alone because Terry, who was originally marking him, had already flown in front of Li Qi...

Cech quickly came to the near post to block O'Shea's possible attack route. But he never thought that O'Shea was also a smart man. Seeing the arc ball that Li Qi held back and rubbed, he knew that the latter was probably not going to head the ball directly for him, after all, the force was too weak and it was difficult to use the force.

So O'Shea understood and headed the ball! The middle was also empty! The attention was first attracted by Li Qi, and then by O'Shea. The defensive players in the middle either blocked the loophole or were frozen and could not react.

Fletcher rushed out in time, 7 yards in front of the goal and headed the ball! The ball was about to hit Chelsea's empty goal like a cannonball...

All the sounds at the scene seemed to be sucked by a black hole. There was complete silence. Everyone was waiting with bated breath for the result of Manchester United's attack. Even many fans at the scene covered their eyes or turned their backs in the footage of the high-speed camera, not daring to watch.

Fletcher's header was cleared by the high-priced striker who had never been able to integrate into Chelsea's tactics! The Ukrainian nuclear warhead returned to the rescue in time, accurately judged the point, and calmly shook his head to block Manchester United's fatal blow!

Drogba chased the ball and kicked it out of bounds...

The referee blew the final whistle! At this time, Li Qicai came back to his senses, looking at the inexplicably excited Blues players, and then at the regretful and tired Red Devils teammates: Indeed, it seems too difficult to equalize the score under this situation and with the personnel.

Even with the halo of the protagonist, it was too late to save the situation. It was not Fletcher's fault, it was just bad luck...

Let’s seize the opportunity and exchange jerseys with Makelele first!

Therefore, the suspense of the Premier League championship in the 07/08 season has not ended.

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After 36 rounds of the Premier League, Chelsea tied Manchester United in points for the first time.

切尔西主帅格兰特也拿到了一个骄傲数据：从第7轮接手魔力鸟上任至今，他在30场英超中获得21胜7平的佳绩，拿下了70个联赛分。

Manchester United's score during the same period was also 70 points. Grant, who took over midway, tied with Sir Alex Ferguson, the legendary coach who had been in charge of Manchester United for 22 years.

In addition, Professor Wenger, who has already withdrawn from the championship group, only scored 1 points in the same period with one less game.

Grant has been criticized for his poor performance against strong teams in the past.

However, after this game, the Israelis have won against the other three Premier League teams, and their results are on an upward trend: from losing to Manchester United and Arsenal away from home, to drawing with Liverpool at home, and in the two most recent encounters, they defeated the Gunners and the Red Devils at home respectively.

Chelsea's record against the top four Premier League teams is only behind Manchester United.

It is worth mentioning that Chelsea won both the games against Arsenal and Manchester United when they had to win.

In the home game against Arsenal, Chelsea, after conceding a goal, used two center forwards and launched high balls to attack crazily, resulting in a comeback victory. In this game against the Red Devils, they had to win, so they went all out and launched three center forwards to make a desperate move and launched high balls, which in turn gave them momentum!

In the post-match press conference, Sir Alex Ferguson complained about the penalty: Chelsea's penalty was a figment of the imagination, and Manchester United's penalty was obvious to a blind person but was missed...

But Sir Alex Ferguson also admitted that the Blues played better in this game. After all, the opponent had made a desperate effort and put out all their main players.

In terms of technical statistics after the game, Chelsea had an overall advantage, with 19 shots to 9 and a ball possession rate of 59% to 41%. Manchester United only had an advantage in the number of offsides - as many as 8 offsides can also indirectly reflect how strong Chelsea's defense was...

However, Sir Alex Ferguson does not have the energy to dwell too much on this game. The result cannot be changed, and Barcelona will face the second round of the Champions League semi-final in three days.

The unresolved league suspense will have to wait until Manchester United advances to the Champions League final!

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