Chapter 907 The Lion Shakes His Head
Chapter 907 The Lion Shakes His Head
Park Ji-sung looked at Rong Guang's back with his head in his hands in shock.
It really shocked him, he didn't expect that Rong Guang didn't stop the ball after throwing him off, but directly kicked the football towards the goal!
If it weren't for Van der Sar's outstanding performance, the ball might have flown directly into the goal. In that case, the ball would be considered his own responsibility.
Glory is really too strong...
Park Ji-sung felt such emotion in his heart.
"Rong's long-range shot just now was very sudden. He accelerated and ran towards the football. Instead of stopping the ball, he chose to shoot directly! It greatly exceeded the expectations of Manchester United players. If Van der Sar hadn't concentrated his attention, Manchester United would have fallen behind now...Manchester City won a corner kick for this!"
Amid the sound of the commentator, Gareth Barry runs for a corner kick.
As he ran towards the corner flag area, he looked back at Rong Guang.
With that kick just now, he just passed it to Rong Guang. He didn't think about scoring a goal. He didn't expect that he almost got an assist...
Glory really... well-deserved reputation!
I used to be opponents with him, and my feelings are not as deep as now. After all, if I am lucky in a season, it is worth meeting him twice.
And now that he became teammates with him, this feeling is even stronger. In training, he has already seen how powerful Rongguang is. Now in the game, when the stalemate cannot be broken, Rongguang volleys directly with a seemingly random kick. The football can actually threaten the goal guarded by Van der Sar...
From his point of view, it was the right decision to move to Manchester City and be his teammate.Since it is impossible for him to defeat him, why not be his teammate... Let others have a headache how to contain him!Anyway, I am liberated!
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Gareth Barry ran to the corner flag, put the football thrown by the ball boy in the corner flag area, and next, he looked in the penalty area.
On the corner kick, Benitez set up a variety of offensive routines.
However, the specific routine used depends on the player who serves the corner kick. They have a set of codes that can be identified by hand gestures.
This is not unique to Manchester City, all teams will have it.
So when you see football games, the corner kicker raises his arm before kicking the ball, it's not the students asking the teacher for permission, it's for the teammates to see.
Barry observed the situation in front of the door.
Both Lucio and Kompany were crowded in front of the goal, and they attracted the attention of the vast majority of United's defenders, especially United's two centre-backs, Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, one for each of them.
While both Kompany and Lucio were centre-backs with excellent headers, Gareth Barry had no intention of passing the football to them.
He found glory in the crowd.
With the ball just now, he now believes that Rong Guang is a person who can turn decay into magic.
If you want to score goals, you must look for Rongguang.
Rong Guang is indeed an important member of Manchester City's corner kick attack tactics, and there are several routines around him.
Thinking of this, Barry raised his left hand, and then raised his thumb, index finger, and middle finger.
This is a signal to his teammates: This ball is A3 tactics!
The left hand represents A, the right hand represents B, the thumb represents 1, the thumb and index finger represent 2, and the thumb, index finger and middle finger add up to 3.
The A3 tactic is a set of corner kick tactics specially designed for Rongguang.
All City players in the penalty area saw the gesture. Lucio and Kompany looked at each other and suddenly became animated. They pushed Rio Ferdinand and Vidic desperately in front of them, creating a tense atmosphere in front of the goal. At the same time, it also attracted the attention of almost all Manchester United players to them.
Sure enough, Manchester United stepped up their defense in the middle of the goal.
Then the referee whistled, and Gareth Barry kicked the football after two steps. The football he kicked was very straight, without any arc. Instead of flying to the penalty spot in the penalty area, it went straight to the goal!
People think that this must be passed on to Kompany and Lucio.
Coupled with the fact that two people were entangled with the two central defenders in front of the goal, it deepened everyone's impression.
Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic were clutching at the clothes of the two Manchester City centre-backs and would never let go.
Just when everyone focused their eyes on the goal, few people noticed that Rongguang, which was originally on the penalty area line, suddenly started and accelerated towards the front of the goal!
By the time everyone found him, he was already in the air!
Everyone looked at him in surprise, especially the Manchester United players. At this moment, many people suddenly remembered that Rong Guang had scored a header hat-trick against them!
Just as this idea came to their minds, they saw Rong Guang flying to the front, and then... a header!
Before everyone could react, the football touched the front post and flew into the goal above the head of Rafael who was standing next to the post!
Rong Guang, who landed on the ground, staggered slightly, because he was still twisting his body to watch the football.
He saw the ball hit the net in the goal, and he was sure he had scored.
So he ran to Gareth Barry, who passed him the ball, with open arms and wanted to hug him.
The sky over Wembley Stadium was filled with huge cheers from the Manchester City fans.
"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG!!!"
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"Goal! Goal! Ron! A beautiful front-point lion head shake! Manchester United's defensive attention is all on Lucio and Kompany. No one thought that Ron would go out from a diagonal stab! Have the Manchester United players forgotten? Ron is the one who has completed a header hat-trick on them!" John Mortensen shouted excitedly.
Alan Hansen next to him took the opportunity to sprinkle salt on Manchester United's wounds: "In this way, Manchester United and Rong's hats are really destined. Last season's FA Cup final, they were awarded a hat-trick by Rong with a free kick. Before that, Rong completed a hat-trick with a header... Tsk tsk!"
As a former Liverpool player, he never concealed his love for Liverpool and disdain for Manchester United.This also made him dissatisfied with many Manchester United fans, but Alan Hansen still went his own way, and did not mean to explain the game fairly and objectively.
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After Gareth Barry saw that Rong Guang had really put the football into the goal, he raised his arms and shouted.
So fucking cool!In the end I still had an assist!
Then Rong Guang rushed forward, and the two hugged each other forcefully, as if the incident a season ago never happened at all.
Next, more Manchester City players ran over from the Manchester United goal, surrounded them and celebrated with them.
And in the stands behind them, groups of Manchester City fans dressed in blue were also raising their arms and shouting.They were very excited to take the lead against their rivals in the same city.
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Manchester City players and fans were celebrating their lead, while Manchester United seemed a little depressed.
When Rongguang headed the ball, there was no Manchester United player beside him. Goalkeeper Van der Sar didn't even make a save. He just raised his hand and the football flew into the goal.The entire Manchester United showed no resistance in this conceded goal!
Ferguson looked very angry. He got up from his seat and rushed to the sidelines, roaring loudly: "Why is no one watching him!?"
There seems to be a reason for his anger. Rong Guang's header once brought very painful memories to Manchester United. It was his three headers that helped Bayern Munich eliminate Manchester United and enter the Champions League final.
Manchester United is very aware of how powerful Rongguang's header is, but why did they forget it in this corner kick defense?
No one on Manchester United's side could answer his rant.
In fact, it's not that no one of them thought of it, but that no one can keep up with Rongguang's speed.
Park Ji-sung was in charge of marking Rongguang in the penalty area, but from Rongguang's sudden start to when he jumped up and shook his head to attack the goal, there was not even two seconds. How did he react?
The speed of Rongguang's start was too fast, with a stride, the person disappeared. When Park Zhixing found him, he had already soared into the air. At this time, even if Park Zhixing chased him again, it would be useless, it was too late.
He was so fast that he didn't even have time to open his mouth and call the police...
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In any case, Manchester City relied on a set kick to open the deadlock. Rong Guang, who had only one shot before, blasted away Manchester United's goal with a header.
Manchester City are in the lead.
This is the perfect start for Manchester City led by Benitez.
Because under the training of Benitez, Manchester City is better at playing defensive counterattacks.
With players like Rong Guang and Robinho, it would be a waste not to play defensive counterattacks.
And there is a prerequisite for playing a defensive counterattack, that is, to lead in the score.
Now they are ahead.
For Manchester United, the next game is difficult to play...
After Ferguson finished scolding people, he stood on the sidelines, frowning.
He also understands the current situation of Manchester United.
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In the end, Ferguson made a choice. After losing the ball, he did not rush to counterattack aggressively. Instead, he still maintained the current defensive posture and would not continue to lose the ball.After all, the game has just started in less than 10 minutes. If you press out to attack at this time, it is too dangerous. There is enough time for Manchester City to score another goal.
The morale of Manchester City, which has taken the lead, is high. When they attack, they can play whatever they want. At this time, not conceding the ball is more important than equalizing the score, and it is less difficult to execute.
So he chose this.
But Manchester City is not in a hurry. Since they are leading, let's deal with Manchester United to see who can't bear their temper first. Anyway, they are not Manchester City who are behind now.
Until the end of the first half, the score did not change, and Manchester City entered the intermission with a one-goal lead.
And Manchester United's players didn't look particularly good when they left the field. They either lowered their heads so that people couldn't see their expressions at all, or they just pulled their faces.
They are not only worried about the team's backwardness, they also worry about being scolded by Ferguson's hair dryer during the intermission!
(End of this chapter)