Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 594 Europe 2003 Nemesis and Records [6000-word chapter]

Robert stood in front of the ball, watching the people swaying around in the penalty area.

The referee blew the whistle for a free throw, Robert took a step back, immediately raised his left foot, and passed the ball into the penalty area!

Manchester United's penalty area was immediately full of people, especially in the middle of the penalty area. Players on both sides were desperately fighting for positions that were beneficial to them. It flew directly to the rear point.

Alan Shearer was right there, and Sylvester, who was in charge of defending him, didn't make a mistake and followed closely beside him.

Hiller jumped up high, and entangled with Sylvester to take off. Although he was seven years older than the other party and one centimeter shorter in height, Hiller still showed amazing physical fitness. Win the opponent on the landing point!
"Alan Shearer shook his head and hit the goal!" Hansen shouted loudly: "The goal has been scored! He won the fight against Sylvester, who is seven years younger than him! A powerful header from close range Goal, Manchester United's goalkeeper Howard can't do anything about this goal! Beautiful goal, 33-year-old Shearer is only 23 years old, scoring in two consecutive Premier League games in the new season!"

Shearer ran at Old Trafford with his right hand held high, and other excited teammates kept chasing behind him, chasing this back figure, and also chasing this flag!

His right hand is like a flag. This flag has been held high in the Premier League for [-] seasons, and it will continue to be held high!

"Newcastle spent nearly £2000m on strikers in the pre-season transfer market, but in four games so far their strikers have scored a total of three goals, all by Shearer," Reing said. Kerr sighed: "No matter how much it costs, Newcastle's most reliable striker is still only one, Alan Shearer."

"Sir Ferguson's expression is very angry and helpless!" Lawrence is more concerned about another point: "Manchester United once had the opportunity to get Shearer, but it is a pity that Shearer rejected them! This is already Shearer's goal against Manchester United. I think even though Shearer is 33 years old, Sir Alex Ferguson also regrets not winning Newcastle!"

Mourinho jumped up from the coach's bench and shook his fist vigorously. For him, the most reliable striker for Newcastle is Shearer. Ibrahimovic is more like a setter than a goal machine. What's more, he has to gradually adapt to the Premier League style of play. Bellamy has been unable to find the feeling of scoring for a long time, and Viduka still needs to find opportunities on the bench. He has no choice but Shearer.

It is wonderful to be able to lead by one goal now. If Manchester United wants to tie the score, they must increase their offense, so the holes in their defense will be even bigger, so Bellamy, Robert, Nie Fei and Dyer The speed comes in handy.

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No. 205 minutes in the first half, Newcastle relied on captain Shearer's header to lead Manchester United away. This is a very proud achievement. It is not easy to lead Manchester United at Old Trafford, but it is also It can be seen that Manchester United's defense is really not very good now. When Ferguson makes up for the impact of Beckham's departure, it seems that he should also consider how to fill in the shortcomings of the left back and center back.

This goal is Shearer's seventh league goal for Manchester United. According to the number of goals alone, Shearer can be regarded as one of Manchester United's nemesis. The impact of investment, Shearer, who has not won any championship for seven years, sees hope. For a veteran like him, the spiritual desire has surpassed the impact of physical condition. no the same.

However, Manchester United will naturally not let Newcastle be so proud of their home court. After a few minutes, they organized another very beautiful attack.

Nie Fei swayed past Jemba beautifully, but Keen, who had been waiting for a long time, appeared at the most appropriate position. He stretched out his foot and stabbed the ball under Nie Fei's foot, and then used his body to hold Nie Fei. Fei, sent a beautiful oblique pass to Giggs on the left.

The Welsh Devil Wing passed a beautiful ball past Dyer, who hastily returned to the defense, and then immediately dribbled the ball along the left flank. Kufuor greeted him cautiously. Of course he knew that Giggs was on the left flank. How outstanding is the ability to break through.

In this game, Mourinho did not send Trabelsi with excellent assist ability and Hart, a free kick expert, as the two full-back positions, but sent Kufuor and Bernard, who are more defensive, It is to defend Manchester United's two-wing attack. You must know that Manchester United's two wings have always been their magic weapon in their offense. Although Beckham has left, the tradition of the Red Devils playing on the two wings will not change.

Facing Kufuor's defense, Giggs used a series of changes of direction to make Kufuor lose his balance. After passing the two, Giggs glanced at the penalty area, and then immediately passed the ball in with his left foot. Out of the restricted area!

Keane goes into the box!Keane, who was defending Nie Fei just now, showed his all-round midfielder demeanor. He received the ball near the near post and then lifted the ball to the penalty kick before Lucio rushed to defend him. Point near the Fanny!
Just when Van Nistelrooy was ready for a volley shot and before he touched the ball, Dawson rushed over from the side, abruptly grabbing the ball in front of Van Nistelrooy and volleying the ball out of the penalty area!

"Beautiful defense! His explosive power is too good!" Lineker couldn't help shouting: "The moment Keane passed the ball, Ruud had already got rid of Dawson, but Dawson immediately made up for himself He made a mistake and destroyed the ball ahead of Ruud van Nistelrooy! This save is worth a goal!"

Van Nistelrooy looked at Dawson, who was still lying on the ground, in surprise. From previous contacts, he already knew Dawson's characteristics. Sometimes his movements are a little frizzy is his shortcoming.But just now, I have already thrown him away by running back and forth, but I didn't expect him to chase him back so quickly. It seems that this little guy's explosive power is really good. In the next game, I should pay attention Just a little bit.

In the rest of the first half, the Newcastle players still used unremitting running to contain Manchester United's offense. At the same time, their oppressive style of play also prevented the Manchester United midfielder, which has a strong attacking power, from organizing well. Offensively, the only striker Van Nistelrooy is under the tight marking of Dawson. For a goal machine with excellent scoring ability like Van Nistelrooy, there is sufficient support behind him to allow him to play his goals. specialty.

With Scholes' long-range shot high, the first half of the game was over. With a one-goal lead, the Newcastle players returned to the locker room confidently.

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"We played very well in the first half of the game. It is more difficult for a Premier League team to lead Manchester United by one goal at Old Trafford." Mourinho first praised the performance of the players, and then changed the subject : "Now, what we have to do is to forget about the score in the first half, discard those unrealistic thoughts in your mind, just pretend that we didn't score that goal in the first half, or even we were scored by them."

"Now I can tell you the technical statistics of the first half. We shot four times, two shots on target, and the only dangerous shot was Shearer's one, while Manchester United shot eight times, five shots on target, and a few more. Very threatening attack... So the score is not a reflection of the real process in the first half, but the reason why we did a little bit better than Manchester United in defense. So in the second half, we have to continue to entangle with Manchester United in the midfield , take the opportunity to play behind them, Bellamy, your running was still not enough in the first half, you have to stick to their last defender, and wait for your teammates to pass the ball behind you at any time...they The speed of the defenders is not too fast, this is where we can take advantage of, pass directly behind, hit both sides without a chance, pass after breaking through, defensively, Michael, you did a good job in the first half, continue to give I'm keeping an eye on Van Nistelrooy, don't give him any chances, today's game is your first appearance this season, you don't have any physical problems, hang on to him, don't give him any chances to shoot...he is already in the Premier League If he scores again in this game, he will be able to tie the record of consecutive goals in the top league of the Premier League... We cannot be bystanders of this record, that would be our greatest shame ...do you understand?"

"Understood!" The players replied in unison.

"In addition, in the second half, we have to pay attention to the back row of their midfielders. Given, pay attention to Scholes' long shots. This guy's long-range shooting ability is also very strong. In the second half, their Cristiano Ronaldo may be Come on. Bernard, if he plays, mark him and let him know that the Premier League is different from the Portuguese Super League."

Bernard, black as a coal, grinned, showing his great white teeth.

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"The second half is on... Newcastle took an unexpected lead away to Manchester United in the first half, but I don't think Sir Alex Ferguson and his boys will keep the Magpies laughing for long... oh man United There was a tidal wave of offense at the beginning of the second half!"

No.409 minutes, Keane took the ball near the kick-off circle in midfield, and Nie Fei came up to meet him, but Keane did not entangle with Nie Fei, but suddenly raised his foot, and sent a ball directly across Newcastle's entire back A 20-meter short pass from the defensive line!

Van Nistelrooy ran towards the point where the ball landed, grabbed the ball in front of Dawson, then immediately accelerated, rushed forward, and threw away Dawson who was chasing after him!

"Oops!" Dawson yelled in his heart. Just now Ruud took a quick step back, attracting him to keep up with him. Who knew that the opponent suddenly turned around again, just as Keane's ball arrived, abruptly. Run out a single knife!

Dawson immediately turned around and chased Ruud van Nistelrooy, but Ruud van Nistelrooy's speed was not slow, and he had the upper hand. It was impossible to catch up with him within a few meters, and Ruud Nistelrooy had already rushed into the penalty area , all he can do now is to interfere with Ruud van Nistelrooy from behind.

However, his efforts were not in vain. Van Nistelrooy could only choose to face Shay, who was attacking, and push the ball to the far corner. Although he was disturbed, he still shot the ball, ground ball, lower left corner!
"Kean's through ball in the middle, Ruud van Nistelrooy... shot! Oh my god, it's unbelievable. He missed the ball. Although he avoided Shay's outstretched hand, the ball missed the left post. Newcastle escaped. Live a catastrophe!"

The whole Old Trafford was filled with the sighs of Manchester United fans, Ruud van Nistelrooy also hugged his head with regret on his face.

Shaking his head, Van Nistelrooy ran towards his own half. Although he regretted it, he did not forget to give a thumbs up to Keane who sent out this extremely penetrating thrust.

"Next time, I won't miss this kind of ball." Van Nistelrooy ran back and glanced at Dawson. The young defender interfered with him just now, causing his shot to deviate. However, I will notice this right away.

Counting last season, he has scored in nine consecutive Premier League games. If he can score again in this game, then he will be equal to former Liverpool striker John Aldridge's British top tier. The league record for scoring consecutive goals, and in the first season of landing in the Premier League, he once scored nine consecutive games, breaking the consecutive scoring record since the establishment of the Premier League, and now, he wants to challenge another record!
While the defenders of Newcastle were in shock and thankful that Ruud van Nistelrooy failed to create a scoring record on them, Nie Fei looked at Keane in front of him. The midfield through pass that can only be passed from the waist gave Ruud van Nistelrooy a single-handed chance. Looking at the slow-motion replay just now played on the big screen above the stands, Nie Fei clearly saw that Keane's through pass was just right, just in time to catch The moment when Newcastle's defense moved forward as a whole and Ruud van Nistelrooy advanced - how could this moment be grasped just right without a good overall view and accurate footwork!
Isn't this guy a midfielder?How can there be such a good pass?Nie Fei was full of surprises. To be honest, even Serie A has not been able to spread such a deadly through midfielder. Maybe Pirlo, who only changed to play as a midfielder last season, can have such a scoring ability, but after all, Pirlo is Front waist background ah.

"If you have seen Guardiola play, you will not be so surprised." Makelele smiled and patted Nie Fei on the shoulder: "In Barcelona before, his direct pass has benefited the striker more than once. , These strikers include Romario, Ronaldo and Rivaldo. Compared with Guardiola, Keane's passing can only be regarded as average, he cannot always pass this kind of ball."

Nie Fei turned his head and glanced at Makelele. Makelele understood what he meant and shrugged his shoulders: "Don't compare me with them... I'm just an engineer, not a super midfielder with both offensive and defensive capabilities. My job , just sabotage."

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Keane, who Makelele called "passing much worse than Guardiola", once again made Newcastle's defense suffer a lot after only 2 minutes.

After 2 minutes, Manchester United controlled the ball in the frontcourt and started to organize the attack. After passing a few kicks back and forth, the ball fell to Keane's feet. Suddenly, another kick went straight!
It was another Newcastle defender's collective offside, and Ruud van Nistelrooy's sudden advance!
This time, Van Nistelrooy did not give Dawson any chance to interfere with him. He stopped Keane's direct pass with his right foot, and then quickly turned around. While turning around, he had already observed Shay's position, and immediately used the inside of his right foot Rolled out a curveball!

This time he shot in the lower right corner!
The ball circled a not-so-obvious arc close to the ground, but it was enough to bypass Shay's outstretched hand, which fell to the ground, and then hit the inside of the right post and bounced into the goal!
"Luther-Van Nistelrooy!" Hansen roared passionately: "One to one tie! In 1 minute, Manchester United finally succeeded in equalizing the score! Keane's beautiful through ball in the middle, Ruud van Nistelrooy He shot a beautiful ground ball from 16 meters away from the goal and flew into the goal over Shay's hand! Gentlemen, Luther van Nistelrooy tied the dusty 16-year record and tied the previous record. Liverpool striker John Aldridge's top-flight goalscoring record! It's unbelievable, it's only his third Premier League season, but remember he hit nine in a row in his first Premier League season If he has the Premier League record for goals, then it is not surprising that he has created any miracles, because he is such a natural shooter, a natural record maker!"

"Just now we were still saying that Shearer has scored seven goals for Manchester United, which can be regarded as a nemesis of Manchester United, but Ruud van Nistelrooy is even more of a nemesis of Newcastle - after landing in the Premier League, he represented Manchester United against Newcastle in a total of four games, It was the fifth, having scored six Newcastle goals in his previous four appearances, including a hat-trick in 15 minutes at the ground last year, and in this one he added Newcastle!" sighed Lineker.

"Newcastle's defenders seemed to have tasted the sweetness of offside in the first half, but they learned their lesson in the second half...they moved forward very uniformly, but Keane and Van Nistelrooy's passing and running were more subtle! It seems that although The young Mourinho once used his tactics to contain Manchester United's offense in the first half, but soon, Sir Alex Ferguson's adjustments in the second half had good results! Anyway, Sir Alex Ferguson has much more experience Many, Manchester United is much more sophisticated than Newcastle!"

The moment Mourinho scored a goal, he immediately leaned back heavily. He was very annoyed, but there was nothing he could do.

To deal with Manchester United's attack, which is almost the number one in the Premier League, he used man-to-man defense in positional battles, especially Dawson's man-to-man defense, and offside in the opponent's counterattack. It achieved good results, but soon Ferguson made adjustments in the midfield. Mourinho had also considered this, but he never imagined that Ferguson would hand over the responsibility of organizing the offense to Keane !

But I should have thought of it... After all, Manchester United's midfielder Scholes is more like a second striker, organization is not what he is good at, and Keane can just play his offense and defense with another midfielder protecting him. Both features!
Ferguson's eyesight is really sharp. Newcastle's problem with only one midfielder in the middle of the midfield was discovered by him only after halftime. Although Makelele is a tireless midfielder, he has only one person after all. Scholes and Ryan Giggs, who often pull into the middle to organize offenses, are already very tired. How can they still have the energy to defend Keane, who is in good condition in this game and often puts in assists!
It seems that a defensive player must be added in the middle, but who will be replaced?Now there is only one Nie Fei left in the center of Newcastle's organizer. He will definitely not be able to move. It seems that he has to replace a striker.

While Mourinho was still thinking, the game had restarted. Newcastle was not hit by the goal just now. After all, it is not a shame to be scored by Manchester United in the away game. Very confident.

After a few passes, the ball fell to Nie Fei's feet. Nie Fei still seemed to be able to handle it with ease under Djemba's defense. He didn't pass the ball until Keane was about to come over to defend him.

The ball landed at the feet of Shearer, who was pulling out of the penalty area. Shearer took the ball with his back to the penalty area, supported Sylvester who was defending him with his body, then suddenly turned half and half, and passed a half-high ball over the top!
Bellamy quickly jumped in from the back row and dodged Ferdinand's defense—single-handed!

"It's unbelievable!" Lawrenson exclaimed in disbelief: "Shearer's pass was very beautiful, and Bellamy's drive was also very timely. It was a beautiful anti-offside pass, but Bellamy But he made a mistake that no football school student would make. He stopped the ball directly two meters away, and was rushed out by Howard with a big foot to make a clearance! This mistake is simply unforgivable. If he can successfully hit this one-handedly, So it is undoubtedly very important for Newcastle ... but he didn't even stop the ball, didn't he rest last night?"

The Manchester United fans laughed loudly, mocking Bellamy unscrupulously, while the Newcastle fans covered their faces one by one, unwilling to watch any more.

"This guy, what was he thinking during the game!" Mourinho didn't get angry on the surface, but he had already scolded Bellamy bloody in his heart. He chose to believe in Bellamy, believing that his speed would give Manchester United's defense brought benefits, but he wasted such a golden opportunity generously!
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