our champion dream

Chapter 87
Giggs on the wing.The football did not reach his feet, but he was also observing the situation. As a veteran, he keenly found that Birmingham's defense line had a relatively wide spread of four players. Two central defenders and a defensive midfielder are firmly locked in the middle.

At this moment, Li Xiaoming passed the football over.

After receiving the ball, Giggs wanted to open a breakthrough on the wing at first, but he found that the opponent was stuck on the outside line, and was tightly attached to Giggs' body, resolutely not letting Giggs go down and break through go in.

So when Giggs started to cut the horizontal dribble in the middle, when he saw that the crowd in the middle was crowded and there was really no gap, he passed the football back to Li Xiaoming who was standing a little behind.

After passing.However, he didn't continue to go sideways to the middle to compete with Li Xiaoming for a position, but changed to cut inward, intending to run into the penalty area.

This scene is really similar to the previous game. As for Martin Taylor, he couldn't help but said after seeing it: "This goal is very similar to Li's first goal last time, but I don't think the opponent will give it to him." Chance."

Birmingham has indeed studied Manchester United's style of play. , Their head coach has also taken special care of him, and must not give the black-haired kid who was given to No. [-] a chance to kick in the early stage of the penalty area.

So when Ryan Giggs passed the football to Li Xiaoming, immediately a Birmingham midfielder No. 12 Barry ran out from the penalty area to force him up, preventing Li Xiaoming from taking a shot easily.

Barry's speed is very fast. It seems that he wants to stop the ball before Li Xiaoming stops it. However, Li Xiaoming didn't panic. He stepped forward to the football passed by Giggs, and Barry followed suit. He ran over and stretched out his left foot, trying to poke the ball away from Li Xiaoming's feet. After Li Xiaoming withstood Barry's aggressive attack with his shoulder, he turned his ankle across and turned his right instep outward.The football happened to pass through Barry's open crotch. Li Xiaoming took advantage of the opportunity to put his shoulders against Barry's body, turned around and left Barry behind.

The football returned to Li Xiaoming's feet again, and has already entered Li Xiaoming's shooting range.The only defensive midfielder was passed, forcing one of Birmingham's central defenders to step forward to defend. Li Xiaoming saw Birmingham's central defender Roger Johnson rushing forward to destroy the ball at Li Xiaoming's feet. Li Xiaoming raised his right foot , made a gesture to hit the goal, when Roger Johnson wanted to use his body to block Li Xiaoming's divine goal, Li Xiaoming lightly buckled his right foot, and the football buckled to the other side. Johnson wanted to make up the defense in a hurry, but because of lack of preparation, the movement was done well Too hasty, he didn't touch the football, but fell to the ground instead!
Li Xiaoming, who had broken through Roger Johnson, was one step closer and was about to enter the penalty area.

"Look at this ball!! A feint, a reverse kick." He Ping shouted.

"This is a great opportunity for Manchester United." Sky TV commentator Martin Taylor also shouted.

At the same time, there was a huge cheer in the Manchester United stands.

Amidst their cheers, Li Xiaoming's double pass made Birmingham's center goal wide open. Just as Li Xiaoming was ready to shoot, Birmingham's last central defender, Quedreux, had to abandon Rooney and rush forward. , and Li Xiaoming shot with his left foot very realistically, Quedreux completely threw himself out, trying to block Li Xiaoming's shot with his body, but when his body had already formed a sliding shovel, he Seeing that the football was lightly jumped up by Li Xiaoming's left foot, and then flew to the opposite direction in his eyes, he turned his head and saw that Rooney was already waiting there.

At the moment, Rooney didn't have any defenders beside him, and the ball wasn't even offside. Because the defense line was too extended, Birmingham's left back was dragged at the back of the team.

He now only faces Birmingham goalkeeper Schat!

For Rooney, this is a great opportunity and also his No.90 nine goals for Manchester United.

Against Hart, he swung his foot and volleyed vigorously. The football passed through the goalkeeper Hart's ten fingers, and then... flew into the goal!
The ball crashes into the net and the goalkeeper can't even react.

"Wayne Rooney!!!" Martin Taylor said loudly, "Only 4 minutes into the game, Manchester United took the lead! This is Wayne's No.90 nine goals in Manchester United, a very powerful player with Rooney's personality." Volley, after Cristiano left, Rooney was the guarantee for Manchester United to score."

"Good goal! Great goal!" In Penguin.com's Premier League studio, He Ping expressed a different opinion, "Although the goal was scored, 90.00% of the credit must be credited to Li Xiaoming's pass. , is really wonderful.”

"Yeah!" At Li Xiaoming's home, Feng Zhong and Li Hai high-fived each other, and the drink on their sofa changed from tea to beer.

When Li Xiaoming's pass flew over the sliding tackle Birmingham center back Quedrew, he stood on the sidelines chewing and couldn't help but slapped him.At that moment, he knew that he had made the right bet, that the ball would definitely score.The moment he saw the football fly into the goal, he clenched his fists and celebrated a little.

"Yes!" Li Qingru said silently in her apartment.

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From the stands, a storm of sound engulfed the pitch at Old Trafford.

The fans spontaneously sang the Manchester United team anthem, and the turbulent English big man, shirtless, shouted Rooney's name.

At the same time, a huge TIFO with Rooney's head appeared on the stands, with the words "Wayne Rooney, 99" written on it.Obviously, this is a premeditated plan by some fan organizations, just for the moment when Rooney scored 99 goals.But perhaps fans will be pleasantly surprised that this moment came so quickly.

Rooney does know who he has to thank, too.He ran directly to Li Xiaoming, lifted Li Xiaoming up, and put it on his shoulders. Regardless of Li Xiaoming's yelling, he led him to the stand with his TIFO printed on it, facing the fans on it. waved.He didn't even forget to put Li Xiaoming down and throw it on the ground, and then Li Xiaoming was the first to press on it amidst Li Xiaoming's screams.Then some players climbed up the Arhats one after another, and even Neville and Ryan Giggs, who are very respected in the team, also jumped on it.

Looking at the players celebrating their goals in the field, the assistant coach Mullensteen said to Ferguson: "Look, Alex. Since this kid came, the atmosphere in the locker room has become much more lively. I was worried about him. You won’t get along with the rest of the team.”

Ferguson smiled and said: "He is simple, hard-working, and will consider other people's feelings in everything he does. Such a person is easy to be loved by the locker room. René, as long as this kid grows up, he will have a bright future."

Li Xiaoming, who started the game, looked completely the same as Li Xiaoming who came off the bench in the previous game. The exciting atmosphere at Old Trafford didn't seem to affect him at all, and he played as usual.Just like the usual performance on the training ground, always so calm and collected.

Ferguson is now very sure that he has really picked up a big treasure.

It may be his technical ability and talent level that determine the lower limit of a player's performance.But what determines the upper limit of a player is more about some mental attributes, rather than hard work, calmness, and maturity.A player with a mature and stable mental quality can often achieve higher achievements than a player with the same ability but poor psychological quality.

Li Xiaoming's breakthrough assist made Zhan Jun and He Ping happy for a long time, and they kept praising Li Xiaoming's performance in the subsequent broadcast
As a young player who was only 19 years old, he made his debut at Old Trafford for the first time. After only 4 minutes of the game, he sent a wonderful pass after two consecutive players. This could not be a better opening show.

"In the last game, we fully felt Li Xiaoming's aggressiveness and destructive power on the field, his long-range shots, but in this game, Li Xiaoming let us see his extraordinary calmness and touch the ball, whether it is stopping The ball goes through the crotch, or smashes and passes, and the use of every technical movement is quite reasonable." Zhan Jun said.

The game resumed quickly after United took a one-goal lead.

Manchester United, who scored the goal, had high morale and completely suppressed Birmingham from the scene.Birmingham did want to fight back, but the momentum on the other side was too fierce.

Faced with such a situation, Birmingham, which is behind, has nothing to do.

It's not that they haven't thought about marking Li Xiaoming.But at this time, Li Xiaoming seemed to be hidden in the team, and even reached the level of the lower back.

Use your own pass to organize the team's offense from a distance, and a giant club like Manchester United is itself a group of heroes shining,

Birmingham is now in a situation of extreme shortage of defensive personnel and a dilemma.

If Birmingham presses tightly against Li Xiaoming, Li Xiaoming's position is so thick, so his defense line will have to run up, then their defense line will be even bigger. This is something Manchester United can't wait for. They have long wanted Birmingham's The back line come out quickly.Then he poured a few goals into the door.

But if Birmingham does not keep up, Li Xiaoming can easily control the ball and then pass the ball or even shoot directly without any defense at all.

This makes the Birmingham players very difficult.Suffering at both ends, in the end they chose Rooney, who looked more threatening to defend.

No. In the 12th minute, Li Xiaoming took the ball in the midfield, only a Birmingham midfielder Barry came up to press him.

Li Xiaoming pulled the ball and turned around, passed the ball to Carrick, and then ran forward on his own.

Barry ran after him.Although Li Xiaoming ran to the frontcourt, he didn't ask for the ball, but yelled at Carrick, asking him to send the football to the side.

After taking a look at the situation on the field, Carrick took two steps and one long pass, and distributed the football to Valencia's feet.
Just as Barry watched Carrick launch a long pass and transfer, Li Xiaoming suddenly picked up his speed and ran to the side.It took a long time for Barry to react after watching the figure roaring past him.

When Valencia saw the flying football and Li Xiaoming who was running towards him, he also rushed in front of the defenders, knocked directly, and then turned around and went behind the defender.

Li Xiaoming is now in an unmarked state.He faced the football and kicked towards the ribs of the opponent's defense. Just when the ball appeared outside the penalty area, Valencia also just played behind the full-back who was defending him.

Another central defender ran out to replace Valencia.

After passing the ball, Li Xiaoming did not stand, but pulled sideways, and ran outside the penalty area to wait.

When Valencia took the ball from the wing, Rooney, who was originally in the middle of the penalty area, also moved slightly from the center of the penalty area to meet Valencia.

After Valencia looked up and glanced at the penalty area, he suddenly buckled the ball in an inverted triangle outside the penalty area.

Li Xiaoming's sudden inward cut attracted Barry's attention. Barry, who was many steps behind Li Xiaoming, gritted his teeth and ran to Li Xiaoming's position. Li Xiaoming must not be allowed to shoot at this position.

Just when Li Xiaoming was about to receive the ball, Barry stretched out his left foot to block Li Xiaoming's shooting angle, but the next moment he found sadly that Li Xiaoming did not choose to shoot, and he kicked the football horizontally outside the penalty area with the arch of his foot Another position, and the football happened to stretch out his foot to defend again, which caused his crotch to open, so the football passed straight through his crotch and flew to Giggs' feet like being hit by a golf club. .

At this time, the full-back Carl, who had been defending Giggs on the wing, hadn't kept a close eye on Giggs, causing Giggs to be empty at the front of the penalty area.

"Gigs!"

Martin Taylor at the banquet couldn't help shouting.

In his shouts, Giggs even had time to adjust the football under his feet, and then shot from the left on the line of the penalty area!
Birmingham goalkeeper Hart rushed over and touched the football with his fingertips, but he couldn't change the direction of Giggs' heavy left foot. Goal.

(End of this chapter)