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Chapter 216 Elimination
With the passage of time every minute and every second, the time left for Manchester United is running out.

Not reconciled to failure, the Manchester United soldiers didn't even care about whether the defense was stable, and they pressed forward frequently!

At this time, they had no idea what would happen if they lost the ball, because in their eyes, rather than being eliminated after winning the game like this, it would be better to give it a last try!
So at the last moment, they even frantically attacked Florence's penalty area again and again!
Ryan Giggs and Valencia took turns attacking Fiorentina's flanks, especially Giggs, who can make people see in a trance that he once dominated the Premier League.
And Nani in the middle is also running hard. Even Berbatov has changed from his laziness in the past and has become full of aggression, frequently actively seeking physical contact with the defender!

Under such circumstances, Manchester United once again overwhelmed Florence, who played one more man, in terms of momentum!

Although Mu Jianfeng is still trying to continue to look for opportunities to score another goal to complete his hat-trick, but seeing his defense line is so messed up, he has to start a wide range of retreats to participate in the interception defense.

This retreat, who knows, seems to be stuck in a quagmire, no matter how difficult it is to struggle out!

At this time, in the Old Trafford Stadium, the singing of the Red Devils fans gradually sounded. At first, this singing was only sung in a small area.

But gradually, the singing spread rapidly in the stadium like a virus, as if everyone was infected, until the end, the singing turned out to be somewhat tragic!
With the support of such singing, the players on the Manchester United field felt the adrenaline rapidly affecting their nerves, making their tired bodies burst out with infinite strength again!

No.803 minutes, Manchester United launched a counterattack, Ryan Giggs suddenly made a cross after breaking through from the wing, Nani did not get a header in the penalty area and regrettably missed the opportunity!
No.805 minutes, Fletcher cut off the ball at the foot of Montolivo in the middle and launched an attack. Nani kicked a long-range shot after passing three people in the middle!
No.806 minutes, Valencia cut inside, received the ball from Berbatov and went into the penalty area. As a result, when facing the goalkeeper Frey, the shot was not decisive and was hit by Frey with a single palm!

No.808 minutes, Vidic overwhelmed Felipe in a corner kick, but his header hit the top of the crossbar and flew out of the field. The cheers of the fans in the field stopped abruptly. !

At this time, the fourth official on the sidelines had already raised his card to indicate that in the second half, due to the red card and Rooney's injury, 5 minutes of extra time had been added!

The game also began to enter the countdown!
This made the Manchester United players even more crazy. They played more with less, leaving Van der Sar alone in the second half. Vidic and Ferdinand took turns to insert near the middle circle!

As long as the Fiorentina players get the ball, there will be crazy Manchester United players swarming around, or flying blocks, or vicious sliding tackles to steal!
This made the Fiorentina players very embarrassed. If you only look at the scene, it seems that they are the side that has one less player!
But being unable to attack for a long time, coupled with less and less time, the mentality of Manchester United players became more and more anxious.

Finally, an inevitable error occurred!

No.90 In the second minute, Nani and Berbatov made a mistake in colliding with the wall. Both of them ran into the penalty area, resulting in overlapping positions, but the ball stayed where it was and no one cares about it!

This time, Zanetti, who followed up the defense, saw the opportunity and kicked the ball towards Manchester United's half with a big kick!

Amidst the exclamation of the fans, Jovetic, who was in front of the arc of the penalty area, was ready to sprint in advance, and in the blink of an eye after Zanetti passed the ball, he rushed across the half to chase the ball!

This time it was Vidic who fell behind the defense, but compared to Jovetic who came off the bench in the second half, Vidic, who had experienced a high-intensity game, was obviously at a disadvantage in terms of speed.

After Van der Sar estimated the distance between the two sides and the ball, he began to quickly push back to the penalty area and wait for it!
It was too late and then fast, Jovetic caught up with the ball in a few breaths, supported the ball with the instep of his foot, and sent the ball to the front of his body with this force, then poked his toes and accelerated again Drive the ball to the penalty area!
At this moment, only Ferdinand and Valencia are quickly chasing back for Manchester United, while O'Shea and Evra are relatively behind. The two are retreating while preventing other Fiorentina players from participating in the counterattack.

And Vidic was already three or four bodies behind at this moment, and what was even worse was that as he was anxious, his normal physical strength after running finally could no longer support his pursuit!

Vidic only felt his feet go soft, and then he felt a piercing pain in his calf. The next moment, he threw himself on the lawn, grinned in pain while holding his calf, and waved his hands to signal his teammates to continue chasing him. !
In this case, Jovetic took the lead and dribbled the ball into the penalty area quickly!

At this time, Van der Sar finally came forward cautiously. He clamped his legs to prevent Jovetic from breaking through the "wicket". shoot!

Just when Jovetic chose the angle to shoot, he suddenly heard the exclamation of the fans at the scene, and then a leg stretched out from behind him!

Then, a huge force knocked Jovetic almost into the air!

"puff!"

"beep!"

While Jovetic threw himself on the lawn, he heard the whistle of the referee. Just when he excitedly thought it was a penalty kick, he looked up and found that the referee indicated that Fiorentina had won a corner kick!
This made Jovetic very dissatisfied, and the Fiorentina players also took the opportunity to surround the referee, trying to ask for an explanation.

But the referee ignored them and warned them not to waste time on purpose!
On the sidelines, Prandelli finally had the opportunity to use up the last substitution spot!

He replaced the already exhausted Gilardino with the Brazilian teenager Callison, and when Gilardino was off the field, he seemed to have some cramps and fell on the court, attracting boos.

Five minutes of stoppage time had passed when Montorivo stepped into the corner.

"Oh!"

Seeing that the referee was a little annoyed, and even showed signs of drawing cards, Montorivo hurriedly stopped dawdling and took a corner kick!

The quality of this ball is not high, and it is neither high nor low and rushes to the front point.

At this time, there were not many people in Manchester United's penalty area. Fiorentina had to be distracted and defend to avoid being attacked by Manchester United.

And Manchester United left many people near the midfield, ready to launch the final counterattack at any time.

So much so that the ball turned out to be Jovetic who grabbed the spot in the previous point!

Immediately afterwards, Jovetic rubbed a header and sent the ball to the goal!

At this time, Mu Jianfeng saw the ball coming in front of him, and excitedly took a big step forward, ready to complete the shot!
But he never thought that after more than 90 minutes of high-intensity games, he was already at the end of his battle at this time. The moment he stretched out his right leg to block the ball, his left leg as a support became a little weak!
So much so that amid the exclamation of the audience again, the ball brushed across Mu Jianfeng's instep, and finally rolled out of the bottom line!

Mu Jianfeng didn't have time to regret, he quickly got up and stepped forward to interfere with Van der Sar, preventing him from continuing to serve, which successfully delayed a little time.

So when Van der Sar kicked the ball out, the referee watched the No. 907 minute stoppage time, and finally blew the whistle for the end of the game!

"Beep! Beep! Beep!!!"

"Yeah!!!"

At the moment when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, there were extremely hot cheers from a corner of the Old Trafford stadium!

These are the fans who followed the original path of Florence!
At this moment, some of their eyes were red with excitement, and some of them were screaming at the top of their lungs!

Corresponding to them are the Manchester United fans who stood there speechless for a long time in dejection.

Until now, they were still a little dazed. They had such a good start, and they were facing the ball at home, so why were they still the loser...

The Fiorentina players hugged each other excitedly, and even the players on the bench rushed into the field to celebrate together.

Some of the Manchester United players collapsed to the ground, clenching their fists in pain while looking at the black starry sky, and some stood there in frustration looking at the Fiorentina players who were celebrating.

At this time, there were various expressions on the court, but Ferguson off the court was livid, stretched out his hand and slammed Prandelli perfunctorily, and then hurried back to the player tunnel.

And Prandelli was once again pulled into the stadium by the players and participated in the celebration together. In the end, they neatly came to the only away fan area that did not leave the field, and bowed together to thank the fans who came from afar to support them.

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(End of this chapter)