Manchester United legend

Chapter 225

Just like the first goal, Real Madrid once again fought back sharply.

McManaman dribbled the ball all the way to the hinterland of Manchester United at high speed after starting at the top of the arc in the penalty area. His long-distance attack did not meet Manchester United's effective interception at all-many of the Red Devils' players were still rushing back in the opponent's penalty area, and they couldn't catch up with this guy at all.

After killing Manchester United halftime, McManaman keenly found that Raul had started on the right and ran out of space, and in front of him was blocked by Manchester United's strongest defender Stam, so he decisively passed the ball to Raul who was unmarked on the right. This oblique pass was so crucial that the Spanish media later admired McManaman.

After receiving the ball, Raul continued to advance. Facing the empty hinterland of Manchester United, which was as open as grassland and sea, Raul galloped easily. When he was about to enter the penalty area of ​​Manchester United, Raul showed a killer calmness.

Poor Sylvester made a series of serious mistakes in this defense.

He had a chance to eliminate this crisis invisible. After all, he had enough time to make a judgment and act in time when he started to retreat in the middle circle.

When McManaman launched a counterattack and dribbled the ball forward, he actually stopped once while retreating. He found that Raul cut into the space behind him, and then chased back like a dream.

He didn't accurately judge Raul's position, didn't cut off the passing line, and didn't keep a close eye on Raul to limit Raul's receiving the ball. The simplest and most effective way is actually to stick to Raul, and then directly stop him or the football when he catches the ball. Even if it is a foul, the cost is not high.

Then Sylvester made another mistake. After being broken by Raul, he realized his mistake and judged the huge consequences of this mistake, so he chased back at high speed, but he failed to calm down after retreating back to the penalty area.

As a result, Raul eased past Sylvester and curled a left-footed kick before Stam returned. The shot precisely missed Van der Goot's fingertips and sent the ball into the far corner.

Raul jumped high, happily kissing his ring, the Real Madrid players behind him cheered and celebrated, while the Manchester United players hammered their feet!
0 is better than 2!

Manchester United, which was hit again, did not despair. They launched a counterattack in less than 1 minute.

Giggs passed a pass to Jost outside the corner of the penalty area from the front field on the left. After receiving the ball, Jost dribbled the ball laterally to avoid Salgado's tackle and immediately went straight into the penalty area.

York responded sideways in the penalty area. He was unable to turn around with his back against Karanka, and Casillas also abandoned the goal and defended together.

York attracted many opponents to return to the defense and caused chaos in the penalty area. After that, he passed back to the penalty spot. Jost, who was plugged in, faced the empty goal and shot. Unfortunately, he kicked the ball away-such a close opportunity was missed!

The goal was not scored, and such a good opportunity to catch up with the score was missed, which was a huge blow to Jost and the entire Manchester United team.

Two minutes later, Manchester United was hit again.Real Madrid handed it to Redondo after stealing the ball from the left. The Argentine, who was the captain of Real Madrid at the time, started near the center line and dribbled the ball all the way along the sideline.After entering the 2-meter area of ​​Manchester United, Manchester United began to react, and Borg stepped forward to defend.

At this time, no one can imagine what will happen in the next 10 seconds. Manchester United's Gary Neville and Jost are actively returning to the defense. Borg has already started to fight Redondo close to him, and "successfully" forced the opponent to the sideline. There is much less space for dribbling and making moves.

At this time, Redondo was surrounded by Borg, Jost and Gary Neville, and his body was sideways out of the court, and he kept his head buried in dribbling the ball. He couldn't see the position of his teammates at all, and couldn't seek help from his teammates... It seemed that he would lose the ball, or kick the ball towards the Manchester United player for a throw-in.

Want to break through the siege of three defenders?This is a near-impossible problem.

Just when Borg got closer to the defense and was about to break the ball under Redondo's feet, Redondo, who was dribbling the ball at high speed, made a move that no one could have imagined: he suddenly slammed horizontally with the heel of his left foot the moment he grabbed Borg.Borg was completely stunned. At that moment, he even forgot to run, forgot to intercept—is there such a person in this world? !
In the next second, Redondo accelerated, ran quickly, and lightly passed the stunned Borg. He also broke through the defense line that Gary Neville and Jost could not catch up with, and came back from the bottom line to control the football that was about to pass.

At this moment, he has entered Manchester United's restricted area, and there is already an open area in front of him. Although he has reached the bottom line, his teammates have already inserted at the far point, and Manchester United's defense has been completely chaotic.

Faced with the huge threat of Redondo, Stam could only give up the defense in the middle, and shifted to intercept in front of him, so as to prevent Redondo from continuing to dribble the ball into the penalty area or shoot.

Redondo raised his head at this moment, his eyes full of pride—everything is under his control, and he is the king on the green field at the moment.

Redondo faced Stam without pressure and played an easy pass into the open space behind the United defender, where Raúl was.

The Spanish striker comfortably received the ball, facing the goal as wide as the sea and van der Gould who had already lost his position, he fired easily and hit it in one hit.

What is Art Football?This is art football.

What is team football?This is team football.

What is a personal performance?This is called individual performance.

What is dominance?What is imagination?What is inspiration?What is a genius?What is a master?

The ruthlessness and elegance of Redondo's turn tell you that he is the answer.

This offensive coordination was so shocking that the audience at Old Trafford fell silent for a moment.The Red Devils fans watched Raul sliding, chanting and celebrating, dumbfounded, unable to recover for a long time.

Even from the perspective of a Manchester United fan, we have to admit that this is a classic picture, a wonderful coordination, and a gorgeous extraordinary.

This is the ultimate charm of football - "This is football!" This is the ultimate visual enjoyment in football games.This is football sublimated to an artistic level with extraordinary imagination and creativity.

This is the picture that can represent football, and this is one of the most exciting pictures that can promote, highlight and interpret the charm of football.

Leading 3-0 - Real Madrid used "an almost impossible combination" to play a key attack and scored the third goal to seal the victory!

Years later, Ferguson said, "The goal that Redondo assisted Raul actually killed the game. We were hit hard by such a goal. The challenge of chasing four goals after three goals meant it would be an impossible task."

Indeed, if Manchester United still want to advance, they must score four goals without conceding any more goals!

Raul scored his second goal in the 53rd minute of the second half and the game was not over yet.

The Red Devils did not give up.Manchester United's players are still working hard to attack, still pressing the whole army, and constantly attacking the opponent.Although the defense was faltering and Raúl and Savio almost got shots later in the game, Manchester United's players continued to attack desperately.

In the 61st minute, Ferguson replaced Solskjaer and Sheringham in a row, further investing more offensive firepower and investing more fresh troops.

(End of this chapter)