Chapter 200 The Tiger of Manchester United
Chapter 200 Manchester United Tiger
No victory can be easily obtained - this sentence is almost a truth in professional football games.
Although several goals are almost every day in a corner of the world, winning is not something that can be achieved casually - no victory can fall from the sky, and this game proves this again.
Before this game, Tottenham ranked tenth, relegated without worry and hopelessness in the European arena, which is definitely considered to be without desire. However, from the beginning of the game, although Manchester United showed high fighting spirit and fierce attack, Tottenham still stubbornly resisted Manchester United's attack!
Tiger's two shots were blocked by Tottenham captain Campbell with his body. The main central defender of the national team is now at his peak, bounce, judgment, steal, reaction, speed... Although their overall performance this season is not good due to Tottenham's overall strength, no one can deny Campbell's personal ability.
While resisting Manchester United's attack, Tottenham did not give up on the attack. In the 24th minute, two former Newcastle players joined forces to make the entire Old Trafford silent...
Ginola beautifully got rid of Gary Neville's defense on the wing and then sent the ball into the penalty area. After Les Ferdinand received the ball, the ball flew over Schmeichel's armpit and flew into the goal!
One to zero! Tottenham took the lead away!
Seeing this conceding, the Manchester United fans were stunned. They could not imagine that their team had conceded the ball without warning. What was even more unimaginable was that after conceding the ball, they were also likely to lose the league championship!
Ferguson had a serious expression and said nothing, while McLaren next to him opened his mouth wide, and he didn't expect such a thing to happen...
In the silence of the whole game, the cheers and celebrations of Tottenham players seemed so harsh. Because this game had no meaning to Tottenham, no Tottenham fans went to Old Trafford. In this red ocean, the Tottenham players wearing white jerseys were celebrated!
Tottenham's head coach George Graham smiled slightly, then waved his fists - he had no favoritism towards Manchester United, the former Arsenal head coach. If he led Tottenham to block Manchester United successfully, it would be Graham's final contribution to Arsenal after leaving Arsenal...
"Occurrence! Bring them back!" Keane took the ball from the goal and shouted loudly.
His roar awakened the Manchester United players, and the next moment, they launched a fierce attack!
However, Graham, who joined Tottenham this season, has always been a coach who is good at coaching the team's defense. Although Tottenham's performance this season is not very good, their defense has made great progress. In the League Cup, they relied on their tenacious defense to win the League Cup championship, which is also the only champion that Tottenham can win in recent years.
With Campbell as the main body, Vega, Carl and Edinberg as the support, and Danish midfielder Nelson in front of him, plus the return of all the players after leading, they made Manchester United do nothing for a full twenty minutes!
Graham was famous for his unsightly long passes and rude and fierce defense during the Arsenal period. After Tottenham took office, he quickly transformed this team that originally had extremely smooth attacks and advocated large-scale attacks into a team that relied on defense to fight the world. Now he has proved his success in the team's transformation. At least until now, they have left Manchester United, who are trying to attack, without any chance!
Tiger, who broke through the ball, was knocked to the ground by Nelson, but this free kick was missed by Beckham - the heavy pressure made Manchester United players perform a bit abnormal, not to mention that although Beckham's free kick was excellent, he could not score just by wanting to...
"See the fuck!" Tiger cursed angrily in his heart. He didn't want his first champion to fall into Tottenham's hands like this...
Ferguson looked at his watch. Forty minutes had passed in the first half. If he could not equalize the score before the end of the first half, Manchester United would be more difficult to play in the second half - at least in terms of mentality, they would become more anxious!
Although Manchester United has been saying that losing the league championship last season was just an accident, allowing Arsenal to take advantage of loopholes, they are in their minds that Arsenal has indeed become an existence that threatens their dominance. What's more, Arsenal has been entangled with Manchester United this season. If they are still lagging behind, Manchester United players will inevitably have the idea of "it is now the Arsenal era", which will be even more unfavorable for their performance!
At this moment, another court heard a bad news that made it worse - Arsenal led Villa 1-0 at home, and the goal was Nigerian striker Kanu.
Ferguson bit his lip and said nothing.
Even he can't do anything at this time, he can only rely on the performance of the players on the court.
As the end of the first half approaches, Tottenham players are recovering more and more. As long as they maintain a 1-0 lead in the first half, it will be more beneficial to them in the second half!
This is the rise and fall of the football field. Whoever performs better will become worse!
Tiger ran hard on the court, hoping to find Tottenham's flaws. However, after most of the players were recycled, Tottenham had enough defensive players. At first glance, they were almost densely packed with defensive players. If they wanted to send a fatal straight pass, Maradona would have no choice.
"If you don't have a chance, then create opportunities through breakthroughs!"
Tiger shouted in his heart, then retreated a little, then received a pass from Scholes.
After receiving the ball, Tiger quickly turned around, got rid of Ginola who was returning to defense, and then dribbled the ball and cut in from the middle!
"Tiger has begun to break through! He wants to use breakthroughs to disrupt Tottenham's defensive lineup! Can he do it?" The live commentator at Old Trafford shouted with hope, and the Manchester United fans in the stands also started to clamor, constantly shouting Tiger's name.
A player like Tiger who can often use his breakthroughs to create opportunities can indeed resonate with fans!
It is obvious that Tottenham has been prepared for Tiger's breakthrough. When he played unrestrainedly, Campbell had always defended Tiger. Now Campbell has recovered it in the penalty area, and the one who came to defend Tiger became their midfielder Nelson.
Before Nelson, there were Tottenham's two wings Fox and Anderton!
"Let two offensive players come to defend me? What a joke!"
Tiger sneered in his heart, and his feet quickly twisted a few times - almost twisted their legs into twists - Fox only felt a flash in front of him. Just when he was stunned, Tiger had already broken through with the ball!
When Anderton came over, Tiger made a beautiful Cruyff turn around, and turned around against Anderton's body!
Tiger passed by two people in one breath, but Nelson came up in time. He stretched out his foot and poked it, ready to poke the ball slightly out of Tiger's control.
Obviously, Nelson did not see Tiger's performance against Juventus away in the Champions League semi-finals. Just when he stretched out his foot to poke the ball, Tiger's foot had already taken the lead and hit the ball, pulling, stepping and turning, and Marseille turned around!
Cruyff turned around and added Marseille's continuous skills! When these two extraordinary ways are seamlessly combined, it seems so unsolvable!
In almost one breath, Tiger shook past Tottenham's entire midfield!
Graham stood up in surprise. He knew that Tiger's breakthrough ability was excellent, but he really didn't expect to be so outstanding...
"Stop that guy!"
At the same time as Graham shouted, Campbell quickly rushed out of the penalty area. He had done a great job in guarding Tiger before, and took advantage of his physical advantages and good reactions and turning around almost made Tiger unable to move forward. Of course, Tiger was also in front of him, and the condition of holding the ball was not very good.
So Campbell was not too proud at this time. He knew how difficult it was to defend when a guy who was crazy about dribbling the ball had completely brought his form.
After Campbell came out, Tottenham's left-back Edinberg began to retract from the penalty area to assist in defending York. This was a very wise judgment. After all, Giggs on the left could not relax his defense. Beckham's forward ability was average, so there was no problem at all. Graham's adjustment of Tottenham's defense against Tottenham has achieved considerable results.
However, just as Campbell saved, he saw Edinberg shrinking into the penalty area. Tiger raised his foot while running and passed the ball directly to Beckham in the corner of the penalty area!
"Focus on York!" Tottenham's goalkeeper Walker shouted loudly. In this place, Beckham's cross from the curve was quite threatening, and his cooperation with York was also excellent.
However, what no one expected was that Beckham did not pass the ball, but took a step forward and resolutely took a long shot!
At this angle, with his right foot shot, he hit the ball to the far corner, which was a very awkward shot, but the ball drew a clear arc in the penalty area, flew over with Walker's outstretched hand, and then drilled into the upper left corner of the goal - a theoretical blind spot!
One-to-one draw! Manchester United equalized the score before the end of the first half!
After scoring the goal, Beckham let out a roar, Tiger rushed over and hugged him, and then the two of them roared in unison.
"Did you see it? Bastards! You defend! No matter how hard you defend, you can't stop our goals!"
Ferguson, off the court, raised his arms high at this moment. Seeing this goal, Ferguson firmly believed that no team could make Manchester United lose confidence!
The cheers in the stands became even more enthusiastic.
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"Continue to attack and defeat those guys in white!"
During the halftime break, Ferguson only said this, and Manchester United players faithfully implemented his instructions.
Tottenham launched an attack after the start of the second half, but Keane and Stam worked together to cut off Ginola's ball, and the ball rolled out was obtained by Beckham. Beckham immediately raised his foot and passed the ball directly to Tiger in front!
Tiger received the ball, and he was fifty meters away from the opponent's goal, and there were only four defensive players in the backcourt - this time the attack at the beginning of the second half, Tottenham still pushed out.
Go forward! Go forward! Go forward!
Tiger broke forward with an indomitable momentum. The sharp momentum he showed made Tottenham's defenders able to retreat step by step and dare not go up to intercept!
Seeing that Tiger had already broken through to the 30-meter area, Campbell took the lead in meeting it - he could not retreat anymore, not to mention that even if he was broken through, there were still three teammates behind him, and he had nothing to worry about.
It seemed that after running the ball for a while, Tiger's physical fitness decreased a little. His speed of dribbling was significantly slower. Campbell carefully met him. He didn't dare to pounce too hard because this guy was very good at using such opportunities to get rid of his opponent.
Tiger dunked the ball to the left and then quickly broke through from the right. Campbell quickly moved over and blocked Tiger. Tiger dunked the ball back and then took a step horizontally. When Campbell posted it, he noticed that Tiger might change direction again. He bet right. Tiger did change direction and break through again, but was blocked by Campbell.
Seeing that Tiger's speed had been curbed, Campbell felt a little proud. It was now a great thing to be able to stop Tiger's advance, not to mention that he almost completely stared at Tiger in this game - few defenders can do this this season, whether in the league or in the Champions League...
However, at this time, a white line appeared under his feet, an arc-shaped white line...
The area around the arc top in front of the penalty area!
Seeing this white thread, Campbell was a little dazed - he just entered the 30-meter area, why did he reach the top of the arc so quickly...
He was stunned for a moment, and then he stuck it on like crazy. Campbell immediately realized that he had been fooled. It was obvious that during the entanglement just now, although Tiger could not get rid of himself, he had unknowingly advanced to the front of the penalty area. This was within Tiger's range!
In other words, Tiger doesn't need to get rid of him completely, and he also has the ability to score from a long shot here!
So Campbell immediately rushed over, trying to interfere with Tiger's long shot, but before he pounced on, Tiger had already swung his calf and kicked the ball out!
The ball drew an arc, crossed the other three Tottenham defenders in the penalty area, and then flew into the small penalty area - this was not a powerful long shot, but a lob shot!
Even in the entanglement with Campbell, Tiger noticed that Tottenham goalkeeper Walker was a bit ahead of his position...
When Walker saw the ball flying over the defenders' heads, he was almost frightened. Although it was a sling shot, the ball was coming very quickly and was almost approaching his head. Walker knew that he had no time to retreat, so he could only jump backwards and then stretched out his hand to lift the ball out of the baseline!
However, when he reached out his hand, the ball had already flew past his hand and began to fall. In the eyes of Manchester United fans holding their breath and hoping, they fell into the goal without fast speed!
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Tiger—Lee!”
The howling of the live commentator at Old Trafford pierced the sky, and at the same time, cheers like landslides and tsunamis erupted in the stands of Old Trafford!
Two-to-one! Manchester United took the lead! Just three minutes into the second half, Manchester United gained a leading advantage!
Now Manchester United fans don’t care about the results on another field. No matter how many goals Arsenal can win! If we win, even if you scored 100 goals in Aston Villa, you don’t care about what birds are used for!
Tiger, who shot this wonderful shot outside the penalty area, did not run wildly to celebrate. After the ball flew into the goal, Tiger raised his arms high and raised his head high, just like a tiger announcing to the entire mountain forest - this territory is mine!
The last time he celebrated in this way was when he was representing Preston, his position happened to be at Old Trafford. The only difference is that the fans who cheered him here last season were Preston here, and now, the fans who cheered him were Manchester United!
"Tiger!Tiger!Tiger!"
When Beckham, who was the first to rush over, jumped onto Tiger's back from behind, a uniform cheer burst out from the stands at Old Trafford. They were shouting Tiger's name, the name of the person who had only been here for one season but had conquered their hearts!
"Tiger! Great Tiger! Wonderful goals! Just like his name, he is the tiger of Manchester United! A tiger that defends Manchester United's dignity at any time! This is his eighth goal in the league this season, plus eight goals in the Champions League and the League Cup, four goals in the FA Cup, and his goals this season have reached 30! As a midfielder, it is jaw-dropping to achieve this result... Of course, Tiger is no longer a pure midfielder now, and his position is more of a striker... After scoring this goal, Tiger tied with York of the team, Irving of Liverpool and Hasselbainke of Leeds United's Premier League scorer list this season!"
The live commentator explained frantically that at this moment, no one suspected that Manchester United could win the league championship trophy this season - at this moment, Manchester United players have put aside all negative emotions, and in this case, it is almost impossible for them to be turned over by their opponents!
The fifth Premier League champion in seven seasons is waving to all Manchester United!
Chapter completed!