Father Green

Chapter 2 Thirty: So Saints

But when Evans turned around, he found a player with a red jersey in front of him. The Northern Irishman reacted quickly. He knew that today was an away game, so the red jersey could not be a teammate, but could only be a home team player.

Evans subconsciously raised his hand to indicate that the opponent was offside, but he just raised his hand before he noticed the number behind the opponent—Number [-]!
Hey, isn't this the Sturridge in front of me before? When did he run behind me?
"Sturridge!! Offside successful!!"

"It turns out that Carvajal's pass was not a mistake, but premeditated!!"

Sturridge got the football and brought it into the opponent's penalty area. At this time, Ferdinand didn't care so much and immediately put a shovel fiercely.The tough guy Ferdinand has always been a player who dared to make moves in his own penalty area, so he didn't think much about facing Sturridge and just wanted to stop the opponent's threat to his goal.

But Sturridge is very flexible, he was still dribbling the ball at high speed, he immediately stepped on the football and came to an emergency stop!If he didn't stop, he might have collided with Ferdinand. Although he might get a penalty kick, what if the big black guy tackled the ball first?Or the referee made a mistake and didn't give a penalty?So Sturridge still likes the way that this fate is in his own hands.

De Gea was taken aback, and immediately attacked to block the opponent's shot.The smart Spanish goalkeeper also chose a reasonable route during his movement, so that he can save when the opponent suddenly hits the far corner, and at the same time ensure that he can block the goal when the opponent hits the near corner.

Sturridge didn't wait for Ferdinand to stand up, and at the same time, he didn't wait for De Gea to pounce, and directly slapped the football with his legs.

De Gea sneered in his heart. He could tell from the arc and posture of the opponent's legs that he was heading for the far corner, so the Spanish goalkeeper reacted instantly and threw it sideways.

"Sturridge. Hit the door!!"

De Gea's eyes widened, because after he had already thrown it, he realized that he seemed to be a little far away from the ball. Could it be that the opponent missed it?How could this shooting skill be inferior to that of Phil Jones?

But soon, a red figure appeared in his vision. Facing the flying football, he fell to the ground and showed the soles of his shoes.

"Icardi!!!"

"Sturridge didn't hit the goal, it was a pass, De Gea was cheated!!"

"Beautiful!! Icardi evened the score with a wonderful shovel!!"

"Who would have thought?? Who would have thought?? In the first half, everyone said that the game was over. Southampton may have created the most exciting 45 minutes of garbage time, but!! Now?" Zhan Jun Excited loud praise.

"Two to two!! The two sides have returned to the same starting point! In the first round, they beat the defending champion Manchester City 2-[-], and in the second round, they beat Wigan Athletic. However, in this round, they fell behind Manchester United by two goals, but the second half just started. Scored two goals in [-] minutes! With such a performance, I bet Southampton is definitely the biggest discovery of the Premier League this season!!" Alan Hansen said "I'm a Saint fan".Liverpool people have always hated Manchester United, and Manchester United people are the same, so seeing Manchester United's unlucky Alan Hansen is already very happy, not to mention that the person who made the opponent unlucky is Southampton and Charlotte, which he likes very much.

"Premier League relegation?? Charlotte and his team have proved with practical actions that they are not here to relegation, they are here to make trouble!!!" Zhan Jun said humorously.

"Both goals were very similar. Southampton used their speed advantage to open the gap in Manchester United's defense, then formed a partial advantage with more players and fewer numbers to tear their entire defense line, and finally came back. Killer strike! It's no coincidence that the two goals are so similar, they obviously did it on purpose. I don't know what Charlotte said to his players at half-time, but they were like in the second half Like a doping, he finally completed his tactical deployment. This is an astonishingly young coach. It is definitely not luck that he can stand on the world's top league stage today, as some media say. This is strength!" Andy Gray's rational analysis, he just told a fact, not more or less personal consciousness like Alan Hansen and Zhan Jun.

And his old partner Martin Taylor said with a smile: "In fact, he performed very well in the first half night, but everyone was blinded by the two conceded goals, so they didn't see the advantages of the Saints."

The score was equalized, and the mountain on the Southampton players suddenly collapsed, so they now have reason to celebrate.

Icardi quickly got up from the ground and rushed up to hug Sturridge and Carvajal who assisted him. Lallana and Rodriguez also rushed up, and everyone hugged tightly. .

Even goalkeeper Ter Stegen took off and pulled the crossbar to do two pull-ups in the small penalty area to express his excitement.

And Charlotte on the sidelines was even more popular than them. He rushed to the south stand quickly, then jumped up in mid-air and vigorously waved his fists to vent his long-suppressed mood.

When he landed, he stood under the stands again, and kept making gestures of raising his hands upwards, indicating that the singing and cheering of the fans should be louder and more enthusiastic!
The fans, who were already getting carried away, became even more excited, and the strength of their jumping felt as if they would collapse the stands.

"Wow~~ What a passionate head coach, to be honest, after Mourinho left the Premier League, it is rare for a head coach not to feel the passion brought by football!"

Southampton were cheering, celebrating.But Manchester United was in trouble. Evra fell to the ground and did not get up. His teammate Evans whispered something in his ear, and then gestured for the team doctor to come up.

When Southampton's celebration was over, everyone discovered that there was a new situation on the court, and the broadcast footage was only given to Evra.

"Hey, we saw Evra fell to the ground. The Frenchman seemed to be injured, but we didn't see the Southampton players making physical contact with him?!"

At this time, the broadcast footage does not replay the slow motion of the goal, but picks out the footage of Evra's previous defense.

"Oh, Evra didn't have a physical conflict with the opponent's player. He fell to the ground by himself in the picture of returning to defend Sturridge, and he was holding his thigh in pain. It seems to be a muscle strain?? "

Manchester United's team doctor quickly concluded that it was indeed a muscle strain.The French veteran can no longer continue the game and must make a substitution.

Ferguson cursed angrily: "Damn!" Then he turned around and found an assistant coach, preparing to arrange players to come on the bench.

"Evra suffered a muscle strain and couldn't continue the game. Manchester United was forced to make a substitution adjustment. The young England native defender Phil Jones came on. This is Manchester United's second substitution in this field."

"Phil Jones can play as a center back or a right back, but I haven't heard that he can play a left back position. Let's see if Sir Alex wants him to reluctantly go to the left for emergency, or let him play with Ferdinand. Centre-back, then Evans goes to the left, after all the Northern Irishman can play left-back too."

"Sure enough! Phil Jones went straight to the center after coming on the field, and Evans was pulled to the left!"

After Phil Jones came on the field, he also brought Ferguson's latest instructions: "The boss told us to stabilize, don't follow the opponent's rhythm, and drag the opponent down!"

After the game restarted, Manchester United deliberately slowed down the pace. Although they had just conceded two goals in a row, Manchester United was not in a hurry. After all, it was a tie now, and Manchester United's tradition is to worry only during stoppage time.
Manchester United wanted to slow down, but Southampton were not what they wanted.When the Red Devils have the ball, Southampton's frontcourt is very fast, which is their characteristic.But Rodriguez was particularly active in the second half, from left to right and from right to center, and finally withdrew to the front midfielder.

It can be said that where Manchester United has the ball, there is Rodriguez in the corresponding position.

Ferguson complained: "It's really a desperate press. It's only 55 minutes now. Aren't you afraid of being overdrawn?"

His first assistant, Mike Whelan, reminded his boss: "The opponent hasn't changed anyone so far, and they still have three spots!"

"Fuck!" Ferguson yelled, he had already guessed the plan of this little cunning guy.

After observing for another 5 minutes, Ferguson came to the sidelines to give instructions. He found that his frontcourt was relatively forward, and the backcourt could not be calm when facing Southampton's high-position press, so he planned to let Rooney, Scholes Both Valencia and Valencia leaned back a little bit to support, and it would be nice to leave Van Persie in the frontcourt.

After all, Southampton was playing too excitedly during this time, and the speed was too fast, and they had to be slowed down.

But before he made an order, there was a change on the court.

Rodriguez's exhausting running all over the field finally paid off. He grabbed Cleverly's ball again, and Cleverly was also a little annoyed. He put Rodriguez directly from behind.

After all, Rodriguez put too much pressure on him during this period. He almost lost the confidence to take the ball. After the interception, he played a quick counterattack and was finally scored by the opponent.

The referee Olivier was naturally decisive for this blatant foul. He gave Southampton a direct free kick in the frontcourt, and then showed Cleverley a yellow card.