There is a dream called football

Chapter 171

Chapter 171

Walking into Old Trafford, the audience was booed.

As some old Liverpool players, this is commonplace, and they meet once a year, but Li Qiao and Alonso are still very uncomfortable with this atmosphere, because the Premier League stadium has no fences or runways, and the fans are very close to the stadium.

It's like someone standing next to you and booing. After Li Qiao stood still, he looked around. The Dream Theater is really magnificent and beautiful.

In this game, Manchester United is in a 442 formation, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy on the front line, and Keane, Scholes, O'Shea and Giggs lined up in the midfield.

The defense is still the same, and the goalkeeper is Carroll. In the later history of Manchester United, this is another unreliable goalkeeper.

After the game started, Manchester United played very strongly.

Keane, who was very talkative before the game, seemed to be a different person on the field, becoming more conscientious and active in running.

This is why Ferguson loves and hates Keane. He is a thorn and destroys the discipline of the club, but he really works on the court.

After Keane held Gerrard in the midfield, he gave a kick to Giggs on the left. The latter took a few steps and directly arced to Ruud van Nistelrooy in the penalty area. The Dutch headed the ball and the ball went wide.

There was a bang in the audience.

Benitez stood up immediately. This attack was very simple, but so sharp. The key lies in the strength of several core players.

The impact of Manchester United's midfielder has been higher than the wave. In this case, Alonso's shortcomings have been exposed.

He needs to take the ball to organize the offense, and this kind of hard bridge and hard horse confrontation happens to be his weakness.

Benitez found that Alonso, whom he trusted the most, has become the weakest link, and it is better to go to Harman.

However, Manchester United did not give Liverpool a chance to regret. Manchester United took advantage of a corner kick, and French defender Sylvester headed into the gate guarded by Dudek.

1 to 0.

Old Trafford is boiling, and the fans are celebrating like a tsunami. Manchester United fans are most looking forward to the Double Reds defeating Liverpool.

On the other hand, Benitez also hurriedly asked Harman to warm up, and if it didn't work, he replaced him. Now the midfielder feels like being crushed.

However, Benitez obviously underestimated Alonso. He quickly adjusted his way of playing and played the ball faster in the midfield.

In addition, Li Qiao also leaned towards the middle. In this way, Gerrard, Li Qiao, and Alonso formed a triangle.

As long as there is a triangle, then Alonso will have a point to shoot the ball, and it will be impossible for Manchester United to crush him.

Ferguson noticed something strange, the midfielder was unable to crush, and the biggest reason was that Li Qiao retreated a little.

"He plays very smartly, especially the Chinese, he is a person who can play with his brain."

After controlling the midfield, Liverpool started to attack. The ball was passed to the frontcourt. Cisse dribbled the ball very quickly.

This goal also shocked Manchester United into a cold sweat. Liverpool is no longer the soft persimmon of last season.

Manchester United is very tough in the middle, so Liverpool did not entangle too much in the middle, but divided the ball to the two wings.

At this time, Kewell is the main offensive point, and the Australian uses his speed to form several very good breakthroughs on the left.

Ferguson is very dissatisfied with Wes Brown's defense, and his speed is obviously not Kewell.

Later, Brown was also considered to be one of Manchester United's most failed defenders, but the Argentine Heinz's defense against Li Qiao was very good on the other side.

Heinz has rich defensive experience, accurate positioning, not slow speed, and the most important thing is that he really has a lot of small moves.

For the first time in his career, Li Qiao encountered a difficult opponent, and he couldn't get through on the right side.

At this moment, Manchester United got a chance to counterattack. The ball was given to the arrow C Ronaldo. The Portuguese became Manchester United's trump card after the European Cup.

This made Van Nistelrooy very upset, but what was even more surprising was that Dudek was also unexpected, because Van Nistelrooy's position was better, and it stands to reason that he should pass the ball.

The ball flew towards the near corner. Dudek threw himself to the limit and touched the ball, but he didn't throw it far. Ruud had a chance to make a supplementary shot.

In the nick of time, Hyypia made a kick, and it was this kick that shoveled the ball out of the baseline.

At this moment Ruud van Nistelroo went mad at Ronaldo, "Why don't you pass the ball? My position is better."

Ronaldo didn't say anything, and Ruud van Nistelrooy later left Manchester United, it is said that it was also because of disagreements with many people in the team.

With a ball in their hands, Old Trafford fans always feel uneasy, because the opponent may equalize at any time, and the opponent definitely has such strength, which makes it impossible for Manchester United fans to completely get high.

Unless Manchester United scores another goal and the score becomes 2-0, then the Red Devils fans will feel at ease.

Keane was like a wolf on the prairie. He stared at Alonso as if he was a lamb.

What Alonso doesn't know is that he has been targeted by villains.

When Alonso took the ball, Keane kicked Alonso's calf directly, which is commonplace in his career.

Alonso rolled over while clutching his calf. The players from both sides slowly gathered together. Ferguson patted his head, "This kid is messed up again."

Of course Gerrard needs to stand out, and the referee has already come over. Keane has done this kind of thing too many times in the Premier League.

"..."

Keane was dumbfounded, didn't he agree with the yellow card?The scale of the Premier League is very large. Under normal circumstances, other leagues would give red cards. In the Premier League, it is only a yellow card, but this time Keane fell.

"I did not do it on purpose."

The referee pointed to the sidelines, thinking, I know you too well.

It was also this action that made Ferguson make up his mind that Keane must leave Manchester United in the future, and he is no longer needed here.

Benitez stood up. He felt that the referee's judgment was too good, and it should be like this for someone like Keane.

The Manchester United fans were also stunned. For Keane, their emotions were also complicated just now, but one thing is for sure, that is, Manchester United will be more difficult with one less person.

Sure enough, after the re-kick-off, everything turned upside down, with Liverpool in possession.

They pressed halftime and suppressed Manchester United, just like Manchester United did against Liverpool at the beginning, and even Ronaldo retreated.

But Benitez was not particularly happy, because he knew that as long as he couldn't score as soon as possible, then Ferguson would definitely find a way.

(End of this chapter)