There is a dream called football

Chapter 514 Persevere to the end

Chapter 514 Persevere to the end

81 minutes.

The atmosphere of the competition has reached a level of suffocation.

On the Barcelona side, Rijkaard has already used up two substitutions, Henry replaced Deco.

Gudjohnsen replaced Eto'o, Messi and Henry separated on the two sides, Gudjohnsen in the middle.

And Manchester United also changed two here, and Park Ji-sung came on and replaced Anderson.

Under the old Sir Alex, Park Ji-sung is an immortal midfielder, and he is a sweeper in the midfield.

The other substitution was a bit unexpected. The old man replaced Neville with Pique. It may be that Pique was trained by Barcelona's youth training. Ferguson hopes to use Barcelona's people to deal with Barcelona?

In short, both sides still have a quota for substitutions, and it seems that the two sides will not make another substitution easily in the last 10 minutes.

Henry created several threats after he came on the field. The king of Highbury returned to the "Premier League" field. The firepower is still good, but Manchester United's defense is also very good.

In other words, Henry can win the shot, but it is impossible to shoot in the most critical area.

At this time, the two wingers of Manchester United have been fully withdrawn and used as full-backs. Li Qiao's side is facing Messi, while Ronaldo's side is mainly defending Henry.

Li Qiao and Pique made two defenses and met Messi, and Messi suddenly flicked his instep in the pinch between the two, and then he went between Li Qiao and Pique. Li Qiao couldn't react in time. When Li Qiao reached out to pull people, he hesitated a little because he had a yellow card. If he received another yellow card, the final match would be suspended.

Of course, the premise is that you can enter the finals.

But Li Qiao didn't do anything, Pique did. He was clean, and he dragged Messi down.

"Yellow card."

Martin Taylor was looking at the TV screen.

"Oh my god, Li Qiao missed the next game."

"In this case, even if Manchester United enters the final, Li Qiao will not be able to play."

Li Qiao was stunned for a moment, and quickly realized what happened, that is, the referee thought the ball was fouled by him.

Although he defended Messi with Pique, it was Pique who finally pulled people, not himself.

If it was in the past, then this dumb loss doesn't matter, even adding a yellow card to a winger is better than adding a yellow card to a defender, but this time is different, Li Qiao knows what it means.

Li Qiao immediately found the referee.

"It's not me pulling people, it's my teammates."

And the coaching staff on the sidelines had already figured things out. Ferguson was very excited.

However, in the era without video assistant referees, the referees were more self-willed. No matter how Li Qiao argued, the referees were indifferent. Just when Li Qiao was about to cry, Messi came over unexpectedly and told the truth to the referee.

"No. 19 pulled me, not him."

Even Messi said so, the referee can no longer be indifferent, if this does not change the penalty, then he is really a target after the game, so the referee gave Pique a yellow card and canceled Li Qiao's yellow card.

Li Qiao patted Messi, "Thank you, you are an upright person."

*****

At the last moment, the game was in full swing. Rijkaard was like an ant on a hot pot. He wished that he was 10 years younger at this time, so he would immediately replace himself and attack the city. Unfortunately, such a thing is impossible.

And the players on the court worked hard enough. At this moment, Ferguson used up the last substitution spot, replacing Ronaldo with veteran Ryan Giggs.

Before playing, Ferguson put one hand on Giggs' shoulder.

"Ryan, I won't say anything superfluous. I think you understand that you are a child of Manchester United. I just need to tell you this sentence."

Giggs nodded.

Two minutes later, Barcelona got a free kick in the frontcourt, and Rijkaard was waving, which means everyone is on it.

So even the goalkeeper Valdez has already rushed forward, because it is already 89 minutes, there is no need to hesitate any more, success or failure.

Harvey lobbed in a free kick. The first point was reached by a Manchester United player, but it was not far enough. The ball was in front of the penalty area. At this time, it was Yaya Toure who took the ball. He did not dare to shoot because the penalty area was full of people. In this case, it is better to continue to lob the ball into the penalty area.

Yaya Toure's lob, the first point is Manchester United's top, French defender Abidal, he put the ball in the middle, because the team's two big men - Marquez and Milito are both in the middle, at this moment, Manchester United's Ferdinand also read the opponent's intention, he jumped up, and the ball was thrown out before Marquez.

This time it was not the Barcelona players who got the ball in front of the penalty area, but the Manchester United players.

After Li Qiao took the ball, he gave it to Giggs in front with a big kick, and Giggs was chasing back with Barcelona's Zambrotabella. Whoever gets the ball first will decide the game, because Barcelona's goal is now empty.

Correct!

A big empty door.

There was a riot of cheers at Old Trafford as they cheered Giggs on if he got the ball before Zambrotta and it was over.

In the end, Giggs got the ball first, but Zambrotta's feet also arrived, he kicked Zambrotta down, and the cost of the ball speaks for itself.

red card.

Zambrotta was ready to end without the referee coming, and the referee decisively showed a red card.

Rijkaard suddenly felt that the situation was over, and Giggs was kicked badly, because Zambrotta wanted to kick Giggs to the ground, so the treatment was delayed for a few minutes. In the last time, the game was intermittent, and Barcelona, ​​​​with one less man, could no longer organize a decent attack.

The final score was fixed at 1 to 0.

Manchester United advanced to the Champions League final with Wayne Rooney's only goal in two legs, and they got the first ticket to Moscow.

Ferguson knelt down to celebrate. It has been almost 10 years and he has reached the Champions League final again. The old man burst into tears. It seems that he has a chance to win the Champions League again before he retires.

After the wild celebration, Ferguson was still very gentlemanly, and walked towards Rijkaard, and the two held hands together.

What no one knows is that this turned out to be the last time Rijkaard led Barcelona to the Champions League. Barcelona will belong to a bald man named Guardiola in the future.

Ferguson embraced Joe Lee, Ronaldo, and Rooney. It was this trident that led Manchester United so far this season.

"I want to thank you for getting Manchester United to the final again."

"Sir, it should be us thanking you for giving us such a good opportunity."

"Hahaha."

Old Trafford once again sounded the Manchester United team anthem.

(End of this chapter)