The strongest waist king of the Red Devils

Chapter 8 Passive
Unlike Manchester United's joyful celebration, the Portsmouth players were all very annoyed.

Especially the goalkeeper James and the back line are really uncomfortable.

Lauren, O'Neill, and Richard Hughes were so dejected that they didn't dare to look at the face of head coach Redknapp.

The few of them ignored the head coach's previous explanations, ignored Sun Qi, and gave Sun Qi too much space.

Mistakes, goals conceded, equalizers, they all have a lot of responsibility.

But, the game isn't over yet.

At this time, the game was only in the 57th minute, and the score on the field was 2:2. Manchester United, who played away, finally equalized the score.

When the kick-off was resumed, Portsmouth played with 12 points of energy and vowed to carry the bus to the end.

Although Manchester United launched an indiscriminate bombing, they have been unable to find a good opportunity to score.

Sun Qi passed the ball a few times, but they were all destroyed by the dense defensive players in the Portsmouth penalty area, and he failed to get another assist.

In the 64th minute, Sun Qi took a left corner kick. O'Shea's shot from 10 yards was bravely saved by James.

Wes Brown's follow-up shot from 6 yards was also blocked by Matthew Taylor at close range and fell back into James' arms.

In the 67th minute, Rooney made a cross from the left side of the penalty area. Solskjaer in the penalty area wanted to shoot a header directly, but was blocked by Stefanovic, so he had to choose to return the header. Carrick plugged in on the edge of the middle of the penalty area.

However, Carrick's right-footed volley unfortunately missed the left post.

In the 70th minute, Manchester United made another substitution. No. 11 Giggs replaced No. 16 Carrick. With Sun Qi and Scholes, they formed an offensive three-man midfield. They continued to strengthen their offense and tried to score again.

Just as Giggs came on the field, he received a pass from Sun Qi.

Having observed the situation on the field, Giggs passed it straight to Ronaldo immediately.

This direct pass has many similarities with the kick that Sun Qi passed to Rooney to score, but was blown away.

This time, after getting the ball, Ronaldo took advantage of the opportunity to step on his bicycle a few times, successfully swayed away Portsmouth central defender Stefanovic, and broke into the penalty area.

However, Ronaldo failed to successfully complete the shot, but the one that was kicking was shoveled down by Stefanovic with a shovel behind him.

The ball flew to the right side of the Portsmouth penalty area. Solskjaer, who was ambushing there, had already bypassed the defender, but did not hear the whistle, and simply shot from a small angle.

Unfortunately, Solskjaer's shot went directly wide of the right post and hit the side netting.

At this time, the referee's whistle blew, but instead of a penalty kick, he blew a goal kick.

From the point of view of the referee, Stefanovic's tackle was very successful and clean, and there was no foul. On the contrary, Ronaldo of the Manchester United team was suspected of diving.

After all, Ronaldo already had a reputation for diving at this time, and falls in the penalty area were not liked by the referee.

Such a penalty once again aroused great dissatisfaction with Manchester United.

Ferguson protested to the referee again.

The Manchester United players on the field also surrounded the referee, wanting to ask for an explanation.

Ronaldo, who was still sitting on the grass, slapped the turf bitterly, then stood up, walked towards the referee, and showed him his socks that were scratched by Stefanovic's spikes.

But even so, the referee still refused to change the penalty with a serious face.

Just when Manchester United's frontcourt players were still looking for the referee's theory, Portsmouth goalkeeper James took the opportunity to kick the goal kick directly.

Many Manchester United players have not yet returned to their positions, but the Portsmouth players took the opportunity to start a fast break.

As a last resort, the Manchester United players no longer pestered the referee, but returned to defense at full speed.

If one was stolen like this, it would be even more harmful than the gain.

This time, Kanu of the Portsmouth team held the Manchester United midfielder Scholes and successfully unloaded the high-altitude ball.

Immediately, Kanu quickly advanced directly to the right.

Sun Qi has been desperately chasing back, but Kanu didn't mean to compete with Sun Qi for speed. Instead, after Sun Qi got closer, he gave the ball to the forward Lualua who replaced Mwaluwari. .

And Lualua, who didn't stick the ball, took advantage of the situation and gave it to Matthew Taylor who plugged in from the left.

After getting the ball, Matthew Taylor directly chose the cross before Rooney returned to the defense.

At this time, Sean Davis, who had sprinted into the Manchester United penalty area at full speed, was one step ahead of Wes Brown, and successfully got the ball from 12 yards.

Fortunately, Manchester United goalkeeper Van der Sar has always been very vigilant. When Sean Davis shot, he had already judged the path of the ball, and flew to save it, and saved the ball with his fingertips out of the right post. , making this shot miss the baseline.

However, this kind of change did not wake up the Manchester United players. Many people were still very dissatisfied with the referee's penalty today, and they did not regain their senses, which made the scene still somewhat chaotic.

Portsmouth's corner kick was taken by Sean Davis, and it landed very accurately.

According to the tactical arrangement, after bypassing O'Shea, Primus found a chance to head the goal vigorously, but unfortunately the ball missed the goal and went far.

During this period, Portsmouth took advantage of the sudden short-circuit of the Manchester United players to play a burst of offensive climax, and used long-range shots to constantly threaten Manchester United's goal.

Manchester United was a bit out of touch in the frontcourt and couldn't bear the impact of the tough guys like Portsmouth. The scene was a little passive, there were a lot of spaces, and there were a lot of dangers in front of the goal.

In the 75th minute, Matthew Taylor got the ball 30 yards from the left, and after shaking away Manchester United defender O'Shea, he shot directly from a long distance.

However, Matthew Taylor's shot was too straight and was directly confiscated by Van der Sar.

In the 78th minute, Kanu passed the ball, Lualua volleyed from the right side of the penalty area, and the ball missed the near corner.

In the 80th minute, O'Neill passed the ball, and Richard Hughes volleyed vigorously with his left foot from 25 yards in the middle, but the ball was still confiscated by Van der Sar.

Manchester United's passivity on the scene gave Portsmouth a lot of long-range shots. Coach Ferguson couldn't sit still. He stood on the sidelines and yelled at the Manchester United players on the field, hoping that the players would hurry up. back to God.

After finally equalizing the score, hurry up and score another goal to overtake. How can you be careless and passive at this time?
Originally, the referees of this game were already very unfriendly to the Manchester United team. How could they still behave like this? !
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