The strongest waist king of the Red Devils

125 - Night of Athens
After winning the FA Cup, and in the days before the Champions League final, Manchester United players will inevitably feel a little impetuous during training.

Fortunately, the head coach Ferguson gave timely lectures and encouragement to the players, so that everyone slowly regained their composure during the serious training.

In order to compete for the European Champions Cup, the preparations that should be made, Manchester United have also done well, just waiting for the Champions League final to beat their rivals Liverpool.

In particular, head coach Ferguson and others studied more about Liverpool's game performance during this period, found several weaknesses that could be exploited, and conducted targeted training.

This makes the Manchester United players more confident.

After making a series of corresponding tactical adjustments, Manchester United sent troops to Athens.

希腊时间5月23日20时45分，第52届欧洲冠军杯决赛，在雅典奥林匹克球场拉开了帷幕。

Two teams from the Premier League, Manchester United and bitter rivals Liverpool, will face off against the Champions League winner here.

Because of the deadly rivalry between Manchester United and Liverpool, this game is destined to not be peaceful.

Especially after Gerrard won the Champions League on the Istanbul night, he made a gesture of spreading his fingers, mocking Manchester United for only two Champions Leagues and falling far behind. This made Manchester United even more disgusted with Liverpool.

In this game, the imposing Manchester United team is ready to teach their rivals a lesson.

The referee for this campaign is Van der from Germany.

This is not good news for Liverpool.

Under Van der's law enforcement, the Liverpool team had only two losses and one draw, and no goals were scored.

The two sides appeared in such a delicate and tense atmosphere.

Manchester United, in this final, formed the strongest lineup of 4-3-3.

The starting goalkeeper is Edwin van der Sar.

On the back line, Rio Ferdinand and Vidic played together, Evra and Wes Brown also started, playing left and right backs.

The midfield trio is still Carrick, Scholes, and Sun Qi.

The cooperation between the three is becoming more and more tacit, and it is an important midfield combination magic weapon for Manchester United's recent winning streak.

Sun Qi, in particular, was used as an important weapon for the bloodbath of the rival Liverpool team.

In order to win the Champions League, Sun Qi also mustered his strength.

And Ronaldo, as well as the veteran Giggs, are cruising on the two wings, ready to seize the opportunity at any time and give Liverpool a fatal blow.

The Zhengyin center is Rooney, who is still in good form.

For Liverpool, the goalkeeper is Reina.

The back line is injured, Finnan, Carragher, Agger, and Riise start the game.

In the midfield position, Alonso and Mascherano formed a double midfielder combination. Captain Gerrard was in front of the two and was mainly responsible for the team's offensive tasks. Pennant and Zenden were separated on both sides to support.

Kurit, on the other hand, was at the forefront.

In the Premier League this season, Manchester United doubled Liverpool. Standing on the stage of the Champions League final at this time, Manchester United still has a psychological advantage.

Of course, in such a duel between mortal enemies, neither side wants to lose, and they will all fight desperately.

After the referee Van der blew the whistle to start the game, the two sides did not rush to attack. They still focused on stability and tried first.

In the 3rd minute, Manchester United took the lead.

After passing through the midfield, Scholes, Carrick, and Sun Qi cooperated with each other with short passes, Sun Qi suddenly changed direction, swayed away from the Dutch star Zenden, grabbed his foot, and passed. Cenden, and then speed up to take it forward.

Seeing Sun Qi speeding up to dribble the ball, all members of the Liverpool team immediately became vigilant.

Both Gerrard and Kurt rushed towards Sun Qi, trying to surround Sun Qi.

However, Sun Qi was faster and was not overtaken by Dirk. He used the sudden change of direction in the high-speed dribbling again to pass Gerrard smoothly, and continued to kill in the direction of Liverpool's penalty area.

Seeing this, Mascherano hurried over to make up the defense.

Facing Brother Ma, Sun Qi did not stick to the ball anymore, but chose to cross Rooney, and cooperated with Rooney in a two-for-one match, taking advantage of the absolute advantage in speed, and passed Mascherano.

This time, Mascherano became impatient, and stretched out his hand, grabbed Sun Qi's jersey from behind, and dragged Sun Qi to the ground.

Such an obvious foul, the referee Fandel will naturally not ignore it.

The whistle blew and Van der gave Manchester United a free kick in the frontcourt, but only gave Mascherano a verbal warning.

This free kick was a bit far away, and Sun Qilai took the penalty.

Cristiano Ronaldo, along with Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Wes Brown, etc., all entered the Liverpool penalty area, ready to compete for a header.

But seeing Sun Qi taking the penalty, the Liverpool team did not dare to relax in the slightest.

Sun Qi, the long-range shots are very powerful, and the level of long-distance free kicks is also good. They don't want to lose the ball because of carelessness, and the number of people standing on the wall has not decreased. passing lanes.

At this time, standing in front of the ball with Carrick, Sun Qi glanced at the direction of Liverpool's penalty area, especially at Liverpool's goalkeeper Reina.

This sight made the Liverpool team even more nervous.

However, Sun Qi did not choose to directly attack the goal.

The distance was too far, and it was a bit difficult to directly attack the goal. Sun Qi didn't want to waste the opportunity.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a red figure cruising outside the penalty area, already walking quietly. Only then did Sun Qi start his run-up, kicked up, and passed the ball high.

The ball kept spinning in the air, and when it reached Liverpool's penalty area, it spun even harder.

Players from both sides rushed towards the possible landing point of the ball, and they all crowded near the middle of the penalty area.

Even Liverpool's goalkeeper, Reina, is ready to attack to disrupt Manchester United's attack this time.

However, when the ball flew not far from the small penalty area line, it turned sharply, changed direction, and flew towards the left side of Liverpool's penalty area.

Such a change made the Liverpool players even more nervous.

Even if it looks like Sun Qi missed the free kick, no one can grab the spot.

But not far from the corner of Liverpool's big penalty area, a figure was rushing towards the ball quickly.

Since the Liverpool players were all attracted by Cristiano Ronaldo and other Manchester United's header masters, they were all crowded near the middle. As a result, when Scholes advanced, there were no Liverpool players on the side.

In addition, the ball began to spin and fall, and when Scholes rushed into the penalty area, the ball was just in the right place.

Faced with such a good opportunity, Scholes raised his foot directly and volleyed.

(End of this chapter)