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Chapter 197 The Lost Penalty Shootout

In the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Rooney not only increased his season's Champions League goals to 11, but also helped Manchester United beat their city rivals Manchester City in an away game.

In fact, Manchester United's odds of winning the Champions League this season are at the top of the list. Apart from the newly emerging AC Milan, Real Madrid and Barcelona can compete with Manchester United in the whole of Europe. There is not enough background, so when Manchester United beat each other 1-0 away, everyone thought that the second leg at Old Trafford was just a routine performance, because Manchester United's competitive ability at home is definitely not what it is today Manchester City can compare, just like Manchester United completed a double play against Manchester City in the Premier League, this is nothing more than repeating the above results.

The progress of the game also seems to be changing in this direction. Under Mike's dispatch, Manchester United competed with Nain's Manchester City midfielder. Although the attack is not considered active, it is not something that Manchester City can casually subvert. This is like a royal power Upstarts are not allowed to subvert.

For Manchester United players, this game is related to the next month and there is nothing to do, because Manchester United has reached the FA Cup final, and with five rounds left in the league, Manchester United's points have reached 89 points. It is suspected that this is a season that breaks through 13 points, and it is only a matter of time before winning the championship, because the second-ranked Manchester City is [-] points behind.

If you look at it this way, it is still possible for Manchester City to beat Manchester United, but Ferguson is not willing to let the next month become a time for training players. He does not mean to give the players a long vacation, although most players will participate in this summer. European Championship.

Naturally, the players under Mancini are not willing to give up any chance of defeating Manchester United. There is always a big brother on their heads, no one can stand it, especially this big brother does not give you any chance to resist.

This is not rebellion, this is real resistance.

Although Torres and Rooney have scored goals this season, they can't see much fatigue. Manchester United at least has frequent rotations in forwards and defenders. The most difficult midfield is because of Giggs and Stanley Coles spared no effort to maintain a strong combat effectiveness.

As for Niu Shisan, apart from spending time on his daughter at night, this guy has almost no negative effects, at least his status is overshadowed.

The game spent most of the time under the intentional control of the Manchester United players. Seeing that there was not much time left, Mancini made up his mind to replace Bridge with Bellamy, and the number of strikers increased to four.

Tevez, Santa Cruz, Adebayor, Bellamy, such a striker lineup plus Nine and Barry who provide firepower behind, Manchester United's defense immediately felt full pressure. An advantage can make many passes possible.

At this time, Nain's passing and shooting are not very reasonable. There are no tactics at his feet. Mancini can't control him and doesn't want to control him anymore, because winning or losing at this time can no longer be controlled by tactics.

Long-range lobs emerged one after another, making Niu Shisan nervous, but the game time was still passing, and the 0-0 score remained unchanged. If Manchester City failed to score, then Manchester United would directly eliminate their opponents.

Ferguson on the sidelines is now hesitating whether to put people up to attack or send people to participate in defense.

The former is naturally more active, but there is no guarantee that they will be penetrated later, after all, the opponent's numerical advantage in the frontcourt has already formed.

But the latter seems too negative, this is Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United, there is no reason to be afraid of Manchester City!
The referee's standard on the field has been continuously strengthened, and both sides have begun to frequently take cards.

In the 85th minute of the game, Manchester United made a mistake in the midfield connection. The football passed to the frontcourt was intercepted by Aurelio, who had transferred from Liverpool to Manchester City, and quickly launched a counterattack. The guy who is the king of Manchester City actually raised his foot and shot from a long distance. The distance can be at least 30 meters, and the good news is that Niu Shisan happened to be blocked by Tevez and Vidic who were entangled together.

Facing the football that suddenly appeared in front of him, Niu Shisan reacted quickly enough to make the fans stare. However, what Niu Shisan can do is to block the football. This kind of passive beating is to watch the football flying Go back to the penalty area, and then watch Ferdinand be dragged by Adebayor, and the latter succeeds with a shot.

The Manchester United players were a little dumbfounded. They didn't know why they tended to defend today, and what was even more confusing was why they couldn't defend, and the key was that they didn't defend at the last moment.

Niu Shisan is very helpless, just like last season, Ferguson promised a big reward, as long as Manchester United advances, he can get half a month's vacation, although this time is not as urgent as last year, but imagining that the summer vacation may be reimbursed, Niu Shisan felt that he should fight for it, but now 10 points in 120 minutes. Although he didn't mind prolonging the penalty shootout, Niu Shisan was still very upset.

The 90-minute main game ended, and then the tangled 30 minutes ended. As Niu Shisan wished, the penalty shootout came.

This is actually the first penalty shootout in Niu Shisan's career.

Ferguson was very unhappy to arrange the order of appearance. He felt that today's game was really uncomfortable. He thought it was an easy result, but he felt exhausted, but in the end it was a penalty shootout.

However, because of his absolute trust in Niu Shisan, Ferguson even wrote Niu Shisan's name on the fourth playing position.

"Do you all know how to shoot? The conclusion of the pre-match study I hope you can still insist on finishing the penalty kick. Well, go to the massage and try to relax the muscles. Don't care what the penalty killer or the penalty goalkeeper is. We What you have to do is to play according to the design and forget all the previous habits, OK?" The arrangement of Manchester City's penalty kicks was actually decided by Nain.

Manchester United played Giggs first, then Mike, Rooney, Niu Shisan and finally Torres. As for Ferguson's ranking after five rounds, there is no arrangement for Ferguson. He thinks there is no suspense in the penalty shootout.

Just like Niu Shi** K Ji Wen, if Ji Wen was young, Ferguson might worry about it, but he is already old.

This kind of mentality is incorrect. Niu Shisan is very fierce, but he is not God after all.

Giggs' shot was safe, and he chased the side net. Shay watched helplessly as the football entered the net.

Then Niu Shisan appeared.

In front of him was Nain, the guy with the Manchester City captain's armband.

Giggs should hand over the armband to Niu Shisan, so that there can be a duel between the captains.

This is a tough one. Niu Shisan is very aware of the opponent's strength, because they have played against each other a lot in their spare time, but Niu Shisan did not suffer at that time.

But today, when Nain's shot appeared, Niu Shisan sighed, that kind of volley towards the top corner of the goal without any fancy was like shooting a gasoline barrel.

And this kind of near-dead corner play is really helpless with Niu Shisan's characteristics. After all, no matter how fast a goalkeeper relies on his reaction, he will always be half a beat behind.

Although 1 to 1 only means that this is a draw, the whole Manchester United team has a bad feeling.

And this bad premonition was directly reflected in Mike's penalty kick, maybe he wanted to try Nine's kind of shot, and the football he shot towards the upper right corner of the goal directly concentrated on the crossbar.

And Manchester City's second appearance is Barry, he is not a midfielder who is good at shooting, so Ferguson regards his appearance as a cover to prepare for the players behind.

However, Niu Shisan's no-action shot reappeared in the upper right corner of the goal. This time it seemed to be more tricky than Nain's, because he had already touched the post.

Manchester City overtook!
Rooney, who was the third to appear on the field, looked a little nervous. This can be seen from his continuous swinging of the ball. It is obvious that the backwardness caused the Manchester United players to fluctuate too much.

Sure enough, the first penalty kick that was saved in this penalty shootout appeared, and it hit Shay Wen's calf.

Niu Shisan was helplessly nervous. He had no choice. What he encountered today really bothered him. He knew his fatal flaw in penalty kicks, but he didn't expect Manchester City to seize such opportunities twice in a row.

Manchester City's third player was Carlos Tevez. The Argentine striker set up the football, exited the penalty area, and turned his head to look at the referee. After hearing the whistle, he rushed towards the football without raising his head. It's poke!
It's so weird, Carlos Tevez actually used a poke when kicking a penalty kick, did he think it was billiards?
And the football flew in the direction that Niu Shisan encountered before, but this time Niu Shisan moved, but unfortunately, his direction was completely reversed. This situation means that Niu Shisan, who almost relied on reaction, started I used prediction, but unfortunately, it is obvious that his prediction is far from accurate or directional.

Tevez, who successfully scored a goal, ignored the referee's warning and kept waving his hands towards the stands, but he was smart enough not to go under the stands to provoke, otherwise it would be difficult to guarantee whether he could walk out of Old Trafford vertically .

Silently pick up the football, and then put the football on the penalty spot.

He didn't look at Ji Wen's movements, nor did he care about the calls from his teammates behind him.

Niu Shisan wants to draw someone very much now. He missed a penalty kick last time, but this time he wants to use it. He no longer cares about scoring or not, because he knows that today he can no longer guarantee to save a penalty kick.

Without the slightest fancy, Niu Shisan only took three big strides to get in place, and then used a volley method similar to a big kick to volley the football.

The football shot straight out like a cannonball, heading towards the top of the net.

Manchester United pulled back a goal, 2 to 3, not without a chance, if Niu Shisan can save the next two goals.

However, the reality is indeed cruel, and Manchester United has no chance of struggling.

Faced with three identical shots in a row, what Niu Shisan had to do was to bet on one side. This time he chose the left side, because he habitually believed that a team's penalty kicks would not shoot in the same direction.

However, when he threw it out, he knew that today's face was lost to his grandma's house, because Bellamy's shot was not as strong as the angle of the previous three. The so-called spoon is like this, and it is still a very low spoon. , the low Niu Shisan felt that he could block the ball by lifting his foot, but he couldn't lift it up because he jumped too hard.

2 to 4! ! !That's all.

"It's a pity that they lost the game today. Their performance is indeed commendable. We are so proud. It seems a little self-righteous now." Ferguson rarely clamored in an interview. Perhaps he felt that he was too old to fight for those things. It doesn't mean anything!Occasionally a gentleman is worthy of his title.

"If you can save one, we may lose this game, because only four of us can achieve a shooting rate of more than 80%, and in the official game, this shooting rate will be at least [-]% off! But it can What I’m telling you is that the fourth person is not Bellamy!” This is what Nain said to Niu Shisan when he exchanged jerseys after the game, but it was too late, because the opponent’s so-called low shooting percentage showed in the game is the deviation rate, and unfortunately, the direction of this deviation is just the opposite of what Niu Shisan expected.

"This will be a shooting direction against Manchester United, against England, against Niu Shisan, which makes us clearly feel that Niu Shisan is also a person!" "The Sun" commented on this penalty shootout.

PS: Those who can watch the Champions League at night can stick to it!It is also good to get used to the atmosphere of staying up late in advance, the World Cup is not far away!Personally, I am optimistic that Bayern will finally reach the top. God knows when Robben and Ribery will have a convulsion. This is much more terrifying than Messi.Even aliens have to adapt to the unique cases of the earth, right?

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