After getting up, Ferdinand saw goalkeeper Howard's face was nervous, and his tight facial expression was like his tense nerves. When he appeared on the roster, he might be more like making up the numbers, because the rules stipulate that there must be a goalkeeper on the bench list, and he himself would not think there is any chance to play. In such an important game, Van der Sar must be the starter, and the goalkeeper is in the most stable position, and he rarely suffers injuries... He knows how much he is, it is impossible for him to appear on this field, and it is absolutely impossible...

Howard's heart beat very fast. Just now, he felt his heart twitching in his throat. He felt his knees weak, so he fell to his knees. Of course, he knew that he had touched football, but he might not be able to save football when he touched football. These are two different things.

The football ended up hitting the post and did not bounce into the goal, and he rushed Etoo's shot.

Despite this, the beating heart has not yet calmed down.

Of course, Ferdinand can understand Howard's inner feelings. As a substitute goalkeeper who often doesn't get a chance to play, the pressure is not light when he plays as a substitute Van der Sar to defend the goal in the Champions League final. No matter how his ability is, after all, fate makes him the goalkeeper of Manchester United in this game. They must trust this person, encourage him, and let him play to his best level...

"Good job, Tim..." Ferdinand patted Howard on the shoulder and pulled him up, "You saved my life."

He was right. If Etoo scored the ball, goalkeeper Howard would not have to bear any responsibility, and Ferdinand would have to bear the responsibility for poor defense.

Captain Gary Neville also ran over, patted Tim Howard on the head, and said, "Good job, Tim!"

Howard's nervousness was finally relieved by the encouragement of his teammates.

"I insisted on my opinion, Tim Howard is not a player who can create miracles. But...at least at this moment, he did a good job and saved Barcelona's most threatening attack in the first half."

The commentator commented on Howard's save this time.

This was indeed the most threatening time for Barcelona in the first half, because the referee blew the whistle to the end of the first half shortly afterwards.

When the game ended, Gary Neville also found the referee and asked him about Van der Sar's foul penalty. He believed that the referee's sentencing was too heavy. Although according to the rules, this should indeed be a red card, the main goalkeeper of Manchester United was sent off just eighteen minutes after the game began. Gary Neville believed that such a penalty was questionable.

The referee politely replied to Gary Neville, not wanting to get involved in this past penalty. Gary Neville also shook hands with the referee and left.

Only Ferguson was very upset and kept staring at the referee who walked out with two linesman. Van der Sar's sent-off will definitely be the turning point in this game. If he loses the game, Ferguson will hold a grudge against the referee for the rest of his life.

"The first half was over, and Barcelona, ​​which had the upper hand, was behind Manchester United, which had one less man. They tried every means to score a goal to equalize the score. Rijkaard should have made a good adjustment during the break. As for Manchester United, although they played conservative football that we don't like to watch the most, I still have to applaud the courage of this team. In the unfavorable situation of one less man, they are leading Barcelona, ​​and perhaps only Ferguson's team can do this."

The commentator's evaluation is fair and objective.

Ferguson turned around angrily and walked towards the corridor, he did not notice that the rain was getting smaller and smaller.

All Manchester United players in the locker room were gasping for breath, taking off their wet jerseys and throwing them on the ground. Then they sat down and rested.

One less person, fight in the rain, the opponent is strong and attacks endlessly. Psychological pressure turns into huge physical consumption.

Van der Sar was still blaming himself for his foul. Maybe at that moment he let Etoo go and let Barcelona score a goal. As long as they are in a good position, with Manchester United's strength, there are opportunities to equalize or even overtake.

Ferguson pushed the door open and looked at everyone. There was no sound in the locker room except for breathing, no one spoke, and everyone was silent.

This mental state is not good.

"Hey, what's wrong? Are we behind in the first half?" he said, "Why do you all look listless? Don't we lead Barcelona with one goal? Barcelona! The Barcelona that was blew up to the sky before the game, invincible and invincible, the world's number one, synonymous with perfection! The Spanish League champion beat Real Madrid to the point of being unable to find the north at the Bernabeu, swept across the European continent, set off an offensive football frenzy, and one more person than us... Such a damn team is led by us! What else are you unhappy?"

Gary Neville stood up and said to Ferguson: "Boss...I think everyone was silent just now, just because they were tired, right?"

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at his teammates, hoping that they would stand up and support his statement.

So immediately a group of people nodded desperately and said, "Yes, yes, that's too tiring... After all, we are one less person, boss."

"Okay, I accept this explanation. I just hope you all understand that no matter how bad we are in, don't show me this despicable face of death." Ferguson nodded, then knocked on the tactical board and said to the players, "Let's talk about what we do in the second half... Barcelona will definitely strengthen the offensive in the second half because they are behind. Be sure to pay attention to Etoo. We did a good job in the middle defense and they don't have any chance, so be careful of the opponent's offensive on the wing in the second half."

"In addition, if Barcelona can't start the game for a long time, they may eventually replace Larson, an experienced striker. Also, be careful of his ability to do the ball."

If Jiang Feng came to the locker room and heard Ferguson's words, he would probably be very shocked and doubted whether Ferguson was also a time traveler. Because Jiang Feng, who has memories of his previous life, knew very well that Barcelona's two goals in Arsenal were related to Larson, which was his most glorious moment of that season. If Larson's performance was suppressed, he could successfully change the result.

Of course, this is all because of knowing this fact, but Ferguson didn't know this. His ability to make such an analysis shows that he was not lucky to be able to achieve such success.

"Guys, we are already ahead of Barcelona, ​​let those who don't like us before the game go hell! Let those people see, it's not a blessing for Manchester United to win the title of seven championships for two consecutive years. Today, we are still the most powerful team on the planet, even if we are missing one person!" Ferguson waved his fists to cheer up the team that was facing ten people, and used his own language to motivate the players to create miracles in the game.

...

When the players of both sides walked back to the field, Jiang Feng was a little wrong, but what was wrong could not be said for a moment. It was not until he saw Rijkaard walking out of the corridor and then looked up at the sky that he realized. He also looked up at the night sky, and the rain stopped!

He widened his eyes and could even see the dark clouds in the night sky rolling around and about to leave here.

The quagmire that bound Barcelona was gone, and the will of heaven changed.

"What a fuck... damn..." Jiang Feng, who raised his head, muttered. The weather conditions that were most beneficial to Manchester United became favorable to the opponent. There was no heavy rain. With the drainage ability of the French Stadium, the stadium will soon not be as slippery as the first half. At that time...

This is almost something I dare not continue to think about.

Not only did Jiang Feng have this understanding, but Ferguson, who followed Rijkaard, also had an unknown premonition in his heart after paying attention to the changes in the weather.

"Tony, what's wrong?" Queros, who walked up from behind, found that he was still standing there, so he asked.

"Nothing...Let's go, Carlos." Ferguson didn't want people to know his inner worries.

"Dear viewers, welcome to collect the final of the UEFA Champions League in 2005-06! Both sides are Manchester United from England and Barcelona from Spain. It is now the second half, with the score of 1:0, Manchester United temporarily leads."

After the game started, Rijkald replaced the defensive midfielder Ed Milson with "new white" Iniesta. The meaning of this substitution was very obvious, which was to continue to strengthen the offense and completely gain control of the midfield. Rijkald believed that Manchester United, which was one less person and still led, would continue to defend in the second half, so that if he put a midfielder in the midfield, it would be a waste. If he replaced Iniesta with excellent skills, he could continue to create pressure on Manchester United's defense line.

Barcelona also besieged Manchester United like in the first half, while Manchester United hurried in the penalty area to defend. Perhaps for viewers who like Barcelona, ​​such a game is very good, because they can see the performances of stars such as Messi and others. When Barcelona presses against the opponent, they don’t even need to worry about Barcelona’s defense line - Manchester United simply does not have the ability to attack Barcelona’s 30-meter area.

Barcelona has an overall advantage, and Manchester United's situation where they were beaten to the point of being able to fight back without fighting back also made many Manchester United supporters sweat, but Ferguson was not worried about this at all.

Although Manchester United is on the defensive, only experts can see that their formation is maintained very well, with three lines compact, and has not been disbanded by Barcelona's offense. As long as Manchester United maintains this, Barcelona will have no chance. Don't look at their massive momentum, it is actually just a loud thunder and small raindrops. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!