Chapter 370: Slowing down and disappearing
It was not someone else who appeared in front of the goal to clear the ball, but Van Persie who ran all the way back to participate in the defense during the last defense.
Faced with Liu Feng's urgent and fast header, only Van Persie could accurately hit the ball.
When the ball flew out of the baseline again, the referee did not give Arsenal another chance, and he directly blew the whistle to end the first half of the overtime.
"Stay for one minute and kick off again in the exchange of halftime!"
Based on humanitarianism, the referee did not allow the two teams to exchange half-time kickoffs directly, but gave both sides a breathing time.
As an overtime game that was originally used to win, there are not so many rules to pay attention to players' physical fitness issues.
Get the game as long as possible at a time of firm will and let the players squeeze out the last bit of strength is the meaning of overtime.
Therefore, in such a short period of time, the coaches of both teams did not say anything to the players.
Ferguson simply criticized the team's mistakes in defense and signaled the players to pay attention, then patted several players' backs to signal them to continue to cheer.
Wenger was even simpler. He directly handed the sports drinks to the players with his assistant coach and a group of substitutes.
"Drink some water quickly and keep the pace of the moment, there are fifteen minutes left!"
A short time passed by, and the two commentators didn't even have time to say anything. After reading the highlights of the two teams' several good offenses in overtime, both sides stood on the court again.
"After the exchange, Manchester United will kick off the second half in overtime."
"The score remains 2-2. If the winner is still not decided in the next fifteen minutes, both sides will enter the penalty shootout stage."
The fans in front of the TV took advantage of this short time to quickly solve their physiological needs, and then gathered in front of the screen again.
"Okay, with the referee whistle, the game started again."
After a breath, there was another hard battle. The battle lasted for more than 100 minutes had already brought all the starting players to a small limit.
In this case, the longer the game is delayed, the more advantage they have, there is also a situation where they have.
"Ramsey and Wilshire are still full of energy. They cut Valencia's Opi ball in the middle."
Constantly crossing positions, wherever you need to go, the Gunners' two young midfield geniuses became more and more excited.
After the ball was cut off, Fabregas, whose running had greatly reduced, received the ball again.
Accurately found Scholes' defensive loophole and stuffed the ball to Bentner's feet who was wandering in front of Manchester United's penalty area. Fabregas's pass was still the Gunner's sharpest weapon.
"Bentner returned to A Feng, and his overtime header at the last minute of the first half almost led the team again."
"Liu Feng's performance was quite stable until now. He dribbled the ball and left Fabio without time to block it. He directly took it from the left side of the penalty area to the bottom line, and reversed the triangle!"
"Swish!"
Another pass was passed with a very fast speed. The ball passed through a group of defensive players in Manchester United's penalty area to the right. Walcott followed up and waited for the goal.
However, just when he was pulled by Evra and lost his balance, Van der Sar, who attacked, took the lead in holding the ball without hesitation.
"Oh, what a pity! The ball was confiscated by Vandersa."
Another shot that caused the excitement of gun fans in the game, Walcott used his actual performance to make the whole Manchester United team frightened.
Ferguson on the sidelines had to shout at this moment.
"Don't relax too much on the right, follow the people who are guarding him!"
Evra couldn't keep Walcott alone, so she needed to keep invading Valencia to retreat.
Manchester United became more and more passive in the subsequent games, and finally entered the moment when the whole team retreated their defense.
The veterans began to lose their physical fitness. Even though Van Persie and Rooney said they could still rush, there were fewer and fewer balls that could be sent to their feet.
And every time it comes, Ramsey and Wilshire's blockade and Koscheerny, who loves attacking, can teach them how to be human.
The game time passed in just one minute, and ten minutes passed quietly in a blink of an eye.
At this time, even Arsenal, whose morale is getting hotter and hotter, can no longer rush.
Facing Manchester United by this moment, they have completely become a 451 formation, and they have to spend a lot of effort on every attack.
When the momentum is slow, the strength of the mind is gone. Finally, Arsenal, who has been attacking wildly, retreated.
"The Gunners have started to slow down their attacks, and they are almost at their limit."
Watching the last five minutes of the game pass by, both Zhan Jun and Liu Jianhong realize that this game may really be entering a cruel penalty shootout.
"Manchester United cut the ball, and the Gunners' too many defenders still failed to open the opponent's defense line. Scholes dribbled the ball and pushed forward."
In the 117th minute of the game, Scholes dribbled the ball and started Manchester United's attack.
With the continuous transmission and giving the ball, Manchester United, which was suppressed for the entire overtime time, began to attack the Gunners goal as if it was full of spring.
"Amazing pass efficiency, the Red Devils players are in good condition!"
Seeing that there was nothing to watch in the game, Manchester United suddenly felt energetic, which made the fans watching the game no longer sleepy.
Everyone stared at Manchester United's attack intently, and their own thoughts were in their hearts for a moment.
"The cooperation between Nani and Scholes has created a new spark. The two have pushed the ball into the midfield of the Gunners, and Manchester United's overall formation has begun to be pressed forward."
The pressure was constantly putting pressure on, and the depression that had been ruthless before was vented by the Manchester United players at this moment.
Their speed continued to accelerate. As Scholes moved a large distance to find Van Persie pulling on the right after getting the ball, the European Red Devils once again showed their fangs.
"Van Persie took the ball near the right and cut inward. Wilshire directly chose to put the shovel, and the fried croquette passed by directly, which was a success!"
Seeing his teammates failing to defend in the middle, Vermallen dared not be vague and rushed out and stuck to Van Persie. He was waiting for the other players to quickly return to defense.
"Running back to defense regardless of everything, Arsenal players moved very quickly, opportunities were fleeting, Van Persie chose to pass the ball, the ball came, under Rooney's feet!"
The Manchester United frontcourt duo are not lacking in the ability to fight alone, and this is especially true for Rooney, who is known as Manchester United's Yibao.
With excellent confrontational ability and skillful ball control, he directly hit the ball and compared with Ramsey who pulled over after getting the ball.
And when Koscheerney rushed over, the ball did not fly to the goal as expected.
"Heel pass! Ginger head Scholes, shot!!!"
Chapter completed!