The strongest waist king of the Red Devils

Chapter 61 Substitution
Fernandez's vigorous volley, powerful and fast, flew straight towards the upper right dead corner of Manchester United's goal.

Manchester United goalkeeper Van der Sar, although he was already jumping towards the ball with all his strength, but the quality of Fernandez's shot was too high and the angle was too tricky, Van der Sar was still unable to stop the ball in the end. I can only watch the ball fly into the goal from a dead corner.

With this goal, Everton took a 2-0 score at home, leading the powerful bitter host Manchester United.

The home fans at Goodison Park burst into cheers in an instant, celebrating the good performance of the home team, encouraging the team to continue to work hard and try to beat Manchester United, and let out a sigh of relief.

And Manchester United lost the ball again, which made Ferguson's face darken in an instant.

In this game, Manchester United lost power in the middle and backcourt, and it was difficult to stop Everton's impact.

The absence of many key players has made Manchester United's defense very unstable, which is inevitable.

Moreover, Scholes and Carrick in the midfield have good skills and outstanding passing, but their ability to get rid of the connection is not very good, which also makes them face the crazy pressing of the Everton team. When playing the bus tactics, Manchester United fell into a disadvantage on the field.

Taking a deep breath, Ferguson continued to chew the gum in his mouth, and began to think about the plan for the second half.

It seems that Sun Qi's role in the team is really becoming more and more important.

Sun Qi's defensive coverage, tandem passes, and breakthroughs have all become a very important link in Manchester United's midfield.

Sun Qi, who wants to better play the power of Scholes and Carrick and strengthen Manchester United's midfield, is very important.

Two goals behind, for Manchester United, the situation is very bad.

In particular, Ferguson has received the news that Bolton team is very weak. At the end of the first half, it is already 1:2 behind the powerful Chelsea team.

So, for Manchester United, if they want to win the championship, this game must not be lost.

Sighing, Ferguson looked at the direction of the bench, and began to think about the substitution plan for the second half.

And after the Everton players celebrated, the first half of the game ended soon.

In view of the poor state of the Manchester United players, Ferguson naturally had to turn on the hair dryer in the locker room.

Some encouragement did indeed make the Manchester United players look better.

However, after the examination by the team doctor, Evra's injury has been repeated. To be conservative, it is better not to continue playing in the second half.

This, gave Manchester United a big blow.

Even if Evra performed poorly, Manchester United's defense was already riddled with holes, and Evra was still indispensable.

But this is the case. When the second half of the game starts, Manchester United can only take the lead in making substitutions.

Kieran Richardson first replaced Evra, who was unable to continue the game due to injury.

As for Sun Qi, he will continue to stand by on the bench.

Ferguson is going to give the players a chance to restore their performance first, and also think about how the team can win better without Sun Qi. Sun Qi has not been replaced yet.

After the start of the second half, the Everton team, which led by two goals, began to guard against death.

The lagging Manchester United team surrounded Everton and launched a mad attack.

Just 2 minutes after the opening, Giggs made a cross from the left again, and Rooney in the middle of the penalty area kicked and shot.

However, since the Everton team is going to defend to the death, it is frantically pressing and chain-style group bus defense with iron barrels, which is very mobile.

In addition, there are three strong central defenders, Lescott, Stubbs, and Yabo, as well as Phil Neville, who has a large defensive sweeping area, and an experienced midfielder who is also a defensive midfielder. Carsley, even Hibbert and Osman, who can't run to death, Everton's overall defensive strength is not weak, making it difficult for Manchester United to break through such a high-intensity defensive tactic.

This time, when Rooney shot from the front of the penalty area, Everton's Stubbs, Lescott, and Phil Neville surrounded him at the same time, using their bodies as shields to block Rooney's shot. Foot violent shot.

The ball bounced out and landed at Giggs' feet again. Giggs made a direct pass again, followed by Scholes' long-range shot from outside the penalty area, which was also blocked by two Everton players.

Such a successful defense has greatly boosted the morale of the Everton team.

They have a two-goal lead and aren't afraid to play in a huddled defensive team like Manchester United.

After all, Manchester United's offensive power is very strong, even if Ronaldo is given up, but if they really have to fight together, it is really difficult for Everton to continue to attack and gain an advantage again.

As long as they can keep the advantage of these two goals, they are already very satisfied, but they don't dare to expect to continue to expand their lead.

On Manchester United's side, the bug of Ronaldo is missing in the frontcourt. Among the players on the field, Giggs is the most capable frontcourt player who can dribble the ball, break through, and pass the ball to create opportunities.

Although he is a little older, Giggs' rich experience and still excellent body and sense of the ball make Giggs get older and more bewitching, and his strength is still strong.

In the 52nd minute, Scholes gave the ball to Giggs again. Giggs swayed continuously, once again swayed Hibbert's defense, and passed it straight before Osman came to defend. Rooney in the box.

However, in the face of the strict defense of the three Everton players, Rooney's speed and explosive power failed to show. This ball was directly confiscated by Everton goalkeeper Turner who attacked decisively.

In the 53rd minute, Giggs passed Rooney again. Rooney forced a breakthrough and was brought down by Carsley. Manchester United won a free kick at the front of the penalty area.

It's just that Giggs' free kick shot directly was confiscated by Turner again.

In the 54th minute, Wes Brown overwhelmed Vaughn and gave a header to Carrick. Carrick passed Rooney again. Rooney split the side and gave the assist to O'Shea.

O'Shea directly chose to cross. In the penalty area, Everton defender Stubbs still pushed the ball out of the penalty area under Solskjaer's interference.

At this time, Carrick, who was plugged in, made a strong low shot towards the ball, but unfortunately missed the far corner.

After 1 minute, Manchester United attacked again. Giggs broke through from the left. Work together to block.

Seeing that the team was unable to attack for a long time, Ferguson frowned, took advantage of the dead ball to make a substitution, and replaced the underperforming Alan Smith with Sun Qi.

(End of this chapter)