Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 712 The Most Trustworthy

"Damn, seeing how big you are, do you get hurt so easily?"

Seeing that Ibrahimovic said that he could not hold on, Mourinho said in his heart a little depressed. In fact, he still attaches great importance to this game, not only because he may fall to No.3 if he loses, In fact, in the first half of the season, what matters is the point gap. The so-called ranking gap is false. The biggest reason Mourinho values ​​this game is that Manchester United is the first real team that Newcastle has encountered since the beginning of the season. A strong team, a true championship team.

Although it is a great honor to win the Champions League, if Newcastle wants to establish its new status in the league and Europe, it has to show its rich temperament in the league. Points, but not the upper hand against a strong team, even if it won the championship, it would be a bit of a misnomer.

Things are often like this, the more you value the game, the more difficult it is to win it, just like today's game, anyone with eyes can see that Newcastle's strength is indeed superior, but from the beginning of the game to now No matter how Newcastle played, it didn't go well. First they conceded the ball, and then lost a main force. Now even Newcastle fans feel a little bad.

Ibrahimovic occupies a very important part of Newcastle's tactics. He is not limited to the center. He can attract the opponent's defensive forces to the maximum to create opportunities for other players. At the same time, he can also score through breakthroughs and grab points. It is not the striker who scored the most goals for Newcastle, but he is the one with the most stable position among the four strikers.

After he leaves the field, although Newcastle still has players with strong organizational skills like Nie Fei and Ribery, it will undoubtedly be easier for Manchester United to defend.

The result reported by the team doctor was that Ibrahimovic's calf muscle was slightly strained. Although it was not serious, he definitely couldn't continue the game. Mourinho was depressed again, and couldn't figure out why he could pull his calf with just a bump. Injured, and then Mourinho swept the two veteran forwards on the bench to get Shearer ready to play.

Since there is no second striker with organizational ability like Ibrahimovic, Mourinho simply strengthens the impact in the penalty area, so that Manchester United's defenders have no spare power to help the midfielder defend Ribery and Nie Fei. Rino's thoughts.

But can Shearer, who has been absent for more than a month, still have such a strong impact?This is the thought in the minds of many fans in the stands.

"Come on, Alan, let them see that Kean is not the only one who is healthy and strong." Pei Wei patted Shearer on the shoulder before Shearer came on the field.

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"Two veterans, two captains, two players who missed many previous games, and the spiritual leaders of the two clubs, now they meet on the court." Hansen said with a little emotion: "Roy Keane and Alan Shearer, Shearer was born in 1970 and is now 34 years old. Keane is one year younger than him and is 33 years old. What kind of performance will he have? Keane has just proved that he is not old, now, it depends on what kind of performance Shearer will have."

What performance?Nothing at all.

Shearer played 15 minutes and only touched the ball twice. The rest of the time, he ran back and forth between the opponent's penalty area and the center circle line. Newcastle's offense during this period was like one person missing. Slowly being suppressed by Manchester United.

Seeing this situation, Manchester United fans were naturally elated, while Newcastle fans began to sigh, but no one laughed at Shearer or got angry about it, whether it was Manchester United fans or Newcastle fans.

Just like Keane won the respect of Newcastle fans, Shearer is also respected by Manchester United fans. This kind of respect is indelible in exchange for their achievements in the Premier League over the past ten years.

"Damn, they can't all be so blind." Hearing the sporadic sighs from the stands, Pei Wei thought a little disdainfully.

Pei Wei didn't feel that Shearer was out of form. A person who hasn't played for a long time must find his way on the court at the beginning, just like Keane didn't perform very well at the beginning of this game, let alone Shearer But the center forward, a traditional center forward, may not be seen most of the time. When you see him, it is when he shoots. Does he need to appear in the camera frequently like a midfield organizer?
At this time, Nie Fei made a cross exchange with Ribery in the midfield, and then suddenly made a wide-range shift, passing the ball to the feet of Maicon who was on the right. Facing Heinze's defense, Maicon He didn't force a breakthrough, but suddenly lifted his foot while running, and directly hoisted the ball into the penalty area from a 45-degree angle.

Maicon's kick seemed to be passed high, and Drogba in the center jumped high and failed to reach the ball. When everyone thought the ball was about to fly out of the penalty area, Shearer suddenly inserted from the back row and directly Dive to a diving jump to the top!
Amidst the exclamation of the Manchester United fans, the ball barely touched the back post and flew out of the bottom line. Shearer got up from the ground with some regrets. This kind of difficult diving to the top is rarely used by him. This time he did not What a pity.

There was applause from the stands, even though the first half of the game was almost over, and although Shearer's shot was the fourth chance Newcastle missed in the first half, Shearer's performance just now made the Newcastle fans full of enthusiasm hope.

"So what if you have Keane, but we have Shearer, don't say you can't compare us to young people, and you can't compare us to veterans!"

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Although he seemed a little passive in the first half of the game, he maintained a one-goal lead, so Ferguson was in a better mood in the dressing room, but he still pointed out some flaws in the first half. The defense made certain adjustments, allowing Ferdinand to defend Shearer, and Drogba to Sylvester to defend.

Although they have become accustomed to absolutely obeying Ferguson's arrangements, the Manchester United stars still feel that Sir Alex is old and confused. Although Drogba did not score too many goals in the previous game, his impact However, all the defenders in the league dare not be careless. Even the Premier League defenders whose physical collisions are commonplace, few of them dare to say that they can surpass Drogba in physical collisions. Such a center must let the defense and body The strongest Ferdinand went to deal with him, and let Sylvester, who was almost too close, deal with Shearer, so that he could not suffer in physical confrontation. Who knew that Ferguson would actually do the opposite.

In fact, Ferguson's arrangement is absolutely reasonable. Although Shearer's impact is not as good as Drogba's, he has more experience and a stronger ability to grasp opportunities. A shooter like this must not give him a chance. Yes, of course the steady Ferdinand should be used to deal with him, and although Drogba has a strong impact, his shooting skills are far less sophisticated than Shearer, so just let Sylvester collide with him, so Sylvester On the contrary, it is not easy to make mistakes.

Five minutes after the start of the second half, the players of Manchester United were extremely convinced - at the beginning of the second half, Shearer and Newcastle swept away the decline and began to attack continuously, and the final terminator of these attacks was Shearer, the others Man is only at his service.

In just 5 minutes, Shearer had three shots. If Ferdinand hadn't blocked it in time, Shearer's volley from the penalty area at the beginning of the second half would have killed Manchester United. Even so, Shearer still brought Without Manchester United's huge pressure, the game seemed to return to the period when it just started.

In the next game, Shearer fully restored his peak style, breakthroughs, steals, dribbling, assists, ferry... Even Ferdinand, the main defender of the England national team and ranked among the top three central defenders in the Premier League, was a little bit Unable to resist the posture, Sylvester, who saw that the situation was not good, wanted to help, but injured his foot in a confrontation with Shearer, and was replaced by Brown.

"This game has become a duel of veterans." Lineker sighed and said: "So far, the two oldest captains have performed the best on both sides. Let us lament that they have never aged. It also seemed like a little irony to the other players."

Ferguson looked depressedly at Shearer, who was as excited as taking medicine, and thanked himself for wisely letting Ferdinand defend Shearer. However, Manchester United has been passive until now, and Ferguson has to admit in his heart that Manchester United is now It is in a period of decline, and it really cannot compare with the rising Newcastle in terms of overall strength.

Just as he was thinking of this, Manchester United launched a counterattack on the field. Ferdinand passed the ball to Brown. Brown had just stopped the ball when he found Shearer suddenly killed in front of him!

Brown was taken aback. Shearer seemed to be some distance away from him just now. Why did he rush over so quickly?

Of course, such distraction cannot be tolerated in a fierce game. Shearer poked the ball off his feet with one kick, and then rushed towards Manchester United's goal with the ball.

Ferdinand started to defend desperately when Shearer intercepted the ball, but Shearer did not give him this opportunity. After rushing into the penalty area, he immediately kicked the bottom corner of the goal with his right foot. Carroll had no choice but to draw one to one!
"The goal is scored, Alan Shearer! He completed the goal alone! Newcastle's veteran is not to be outdone!" Lineker shouted excitedly: "Look at his explosive steal! Who can believe it? He is already 34 years old? Alan Shearer will always be the most reliable striker and captain of Newcastle!"

(End of this chapter)