Traore, who was driven back from football, rushed to clear the ball, but did not kick far away. He just flew to the top of the arc and was intercepted by another Manchester United player.

"Cristiano Ronaldo!"

Ronaldo observed that Dudek had just gotten up and his center of gravity was still unstable, so he did not hesitate to take a long shot directly!

The football headed straight to the goal post on the right. Although Dudek had just gotten up, he still made a high-quality save. He jumped out and rubbed the football out of the bottom line with his fingertips!

"Dudek!! Great save! Incredible save! He proved his strength and tried to keep the goal unreal!"

Carrag, who had just run back, hugged Dudek who had climbed up from the ground, patted him on the back, thanking him for these two key saves.

"If Manchester United scored another goal, this final would be difficult for Liverpool. Manchester United has been very strong during this period, and the situation is very beneficial to them. Liverpool who is behind must push out and find a way to score goals. Manchester United, who is good at defensive counterattack, will have more room to play at this time. Look at this counterattack, it can almost be written into the textbook!"

This counterattack is almost a microcosm of the entire first half. Liverpool worked hard to equalize the score, but Manchester United's stable defense and sharp counterattack made them always shrink and unable to do their best, which greatly reduced the offensive effect. On the contrary, Manchester United completely grasped the rhythm on the field and led Liverpool to run.

Of course, neutral commentators don't want to see one-sided games, but they must admit that this is Manchester United's temperament as a defending champion.

"They are calm and unhappy, as if everything is in control. In comparison, Liverpool, who lacks experience in the finals of the Champions League, is more immature. Sir Alex Ferguson injects his own temperament into the team, giving this team a unique soul. This soul is - they desire any championship or any victory."

It seems that the first half will end with Manchester United having the advantage, and Liverpool's offense will not pose any threat to Manchester United.

In the 42nd minute, Giggs broke through the rib and entered the penalty area and passed a low tie. Van Nistrui obviously did not expect Giggs to choose to cross after breaking through, rather than hitting the goal directly. His follow-up was a little slower. Although he used the technique of shoveling, he still did not encounter football. The football passed by the exclamation of Liverpool fans.

Ferguson was upset that the ball did not score.

Jiang Feng, who was sitting in the private room watching the game, also felt a pity. He jumped up in the private room and held his head with both hands. If he could score two goals, Liverpool would be out of luck. That's what he thought.

Judging from the first half, if Manchester United wins the championship, it is worthy of it. Liverpool cannot pose any threat to Van der Sar's goal. If Liverpool wins instead, it will be unfair to God.

One minute later, Gerald dribbled the ball into Manchester United's 30-meter area and was knocked down by Keane. The referee gave Liverpool a direct free kick. This penalty caused small protests from Manchester United players and booing from Manchester United fans, because this position was too dangerous, about twenty-five meters away from the goal, which was a very suitable range. Gerald, Xavi Alonso had a skill in free kicks.

The whole Liverpool team was excited. This was a great opportunity for them to equalize the score. As the first half was about to end, we must not bring the behind score into the locker room!

Alonso stood in front of the football and he was going to take the free kick.

Manchester United players lined up a wall of five people based on the command of goalkeeper Van der Sar, and everyone was facing a big enemy.

After a whistle, Alonso kicked the ball high.

"From the first half, Alonso's condition is really unsatisfactory..." the commentator sighed.

Jiang Feng clapped and smiled in the private room. He finally got a chance, but the hope of the whole team was on one person, but that person kicked the opportunity away. This is really a necessary recipe to crack down on morale...

Ferguson stood up from his seat, and the first half was about to end, and he began to think about what to do during the halftime break. Do tactics need to be adjusted? How should the mentality be maintained?

The fourth official next to him walked up with an electronic billboard and raised it high. The injury time was four minutes in the first half!

Due to the collision between Keane and Louis Garcia and the conflict between players on both sides, the stoppage time in the first half exceeded three minutes, which somewhat aroused the dissatisfaction of Manchester United fans. Seeing this number, most people chose to boo to express their opinions on this.

The Liverpool people were overjoyed, and this was the last chance in the first half. If they took the back score to the locker room, it would be a very heavy blow to the team's morale.

In the 46th minute, after receiving Alonso's pass, Riser suddenly dribbled the ball forward and quickly passed through the midfield and directly approached Keane's defense line.

Of course, Keane could not tolerate the other party's rashness under his nose, so he rushed forward to stop Riser from continuing to break through.

At this moment, Liser shot straight away!

Long-range shots are almost the only offensive way that Liverpool can threaten Manchester United's goal in the first half. Barroche was firmly clamped by Rio Ferdinand and Vidic in the first half, and there was no room for play, and it disappeared for a while. So when Liverpool attacked, the most common people in TV close-ups were Gerald, Riser, Alonso... waiting for a long-range shot, Barroche could only serve as a tactical center responsible for attracting Manchester United's defensive firepower.

Seeing Riser shooting from a long time, Vidic threw Barroche and blocked his body on the long-range shooting route. He hoped that the football could be blocked by him.

But this time, the situation is a little different...

The football shot from Riser did hit Vidic's body, but it was not blocked directly, but changed direction and bounced to the place where Van der Sar had a completely opposite direction to save.

Just as he was about to fly into the goal like this, Leo Ferdinand stretched out his leg and hit his knee, refracted again, and did not bounce to Van der Sar, but fell directly into the unattended area!

The penalty area is just that big, but after two refractions, the football actually found a landing point with no one at all. Is it a coincidence?

What's more coincidental is...

"Steven Gerald--" the narrator yelled excitedly.

As his roar jumped from his seat, Liverpool fans and Liverpool coach Benitez.

There is no one to guard the goalkeeper Van der Sar lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground. Such an opportunity... Such an opportunity...

Gerald stared at the football jumping in front of him, and there seemed to be a blazing flame in his eyes.

How can you let go of such an opportunity?!

"Gerard pulled his feet and shot—!"

"What a powerful shot-GOOOOAL!"

"Steven Gerrard!!" All Liverpool fans at the scene shouted loudly.

"He did it! This is Liverpool's equalizer goal! From their Steel midfielder Steven Gerrard!"

Faced with such a goal loss, Manchester United really lost even his anger. On the one hand, the ball was really weird. Who would have thought that after two refractions, it would fall into a blind spot without Manchester United's defender players at all? What's even more strange is that Gerald actually appeared in this blind spot! Has anyone seen him where he was before?

Ferguson stood in front of the coach's seat in a daze. All the adjustments he had just thought of were invalidated in this second. The rain was getting heavier and heavier. What is "planning to waste"? This is called "washing waste"!

Turning his head, he looked at Queros, who was also surprised, and shook his head helplessly, "This is football. Gerald is good, we..." His lips squirmed for a moment, but he still didn't make a spoiled sound, "... It's so unlucky."

Jiang Feng, who saw this goal in the box, was stunned, as if he had seen a ghost.

Originally, this game did not follow the trend he remembered - in memory, AC Milan scored a goal one minute at the start of the game, and at the end of the first half, AC Milan led by 3:0. However, in this game, Manchester United didn't score until halfway through the first half, he thought the game would be carried out according to a completely different trend.

Indeed, the game was played in a completely different trend, that is, Manchester United equalized by Liverpool before the end of the first half, and it was an extremely strange goal.

Could it be that there is any force in the dark to take care of Liverpool?

...

In the locker room during the halftime break, Manchester United players were a little frustrated and were equalized by their opponents at the end. This result was hard for anyone to accept.

"Okay, don't think that you'll lose the ball, that's powerless..." Ferguson comforted them, "Instead of being frustrated by a finished first half, why do we retaliate in the second half!"

He clenched his fists and waved them in front of everyone's eyes.

Ferguson decided to talk about the goal lost in the first half. He said: "We basically took the initiative in the first half, and the rhythm of the game was under our control. Gerald's goal... was a real accident. There were always such accidents on the football field, but in the second half, I hope you will minimize the probability of such an accident. If you look at the source of the goal lost, it was not an accident. Riser's sudden forward insertion caused us to fail to react, allowing him to run to the front of our penalty area and shoot far away - you all thought he would cross it, or pass the football to others, right?"

Then, he began to arrange the tactics of the second half: "You can slow down the pace a little after ten minutes of the second half and adjust it. During this period, you should pay attention to defense, save your physical strength, and then wait until the last twenty minutes before starting to exert force." (To be continued. Please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!)
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