From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 955 The Insurmountable Hurdle

The unacceptable consequence is that you cannot fully concentrate during the game.

In a high-level match, a single second of negligence could have fatal consequences. That wouldn't be considered a collective distraction.

Just one minute after the game resumed, Palmeiras lost possession of the ball due to an unforced mistake during the attack, and Manchester United took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

Bruno passed the ball diagonally to Cancelo behind the center circle, and Cancelo then passed the ball horizontally to Bellingham who was making a run.

Bellingham received the ball and ran towards Palmeiras' penalty area.

Palmeiras players hurriedly returned to defense, among them Luan stood in front of Bellingham but did not rush over because he saw Zerafael rushing up from the side and rear of Bellingham. He did not need to rush over himself, he just needed to hold Bellingham back and leave the task of stealing the ball to Zerafael who came in from behind.

But Zeraphale who pounced on Bellingham was dribbled past by Bellingham's left foot!
Zeraphil, unwilling to be dodged, wanted to struggle a little more. He dragged his feet behind, hoping to poke the ball away, but this was already the last resort. His foot kicked Bellingham's foot, but it was so soft and weak that he couldn't even knock Bellingham down.

After Bellingham dodged Ze Rafael, he was already at the penalty area line. He swung his right foot and kicked the ball directly towards the middle!
Shoot!

Bellingham kicked the ball into an arc and headed straight for the back corner of the goal.

This kick accurately avoided the players from both teams in the penalty area, and suddenly broke out under their cover and headed straight for the far post of the goal!
Because of Weverton's obstructed vision, when he saw the football flying towards him, it was too late for him to make a save. He lunged forward but missed the football, which hit the far post and flew into the goal before him!

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"Bellingham! Beautiful goal! Beautiful goal!" He Wei became excited again, "Wyverton really has no way to deal with this tricky shot!"

"We are really surprised that the game ended up like this. Palmeiras' defense exposed so many problems in this game. Is this really the Palmeiras that won the Copa Libertadores for two consecutive seasons? Or is Manchester United really too strong..."

"There is a reason why Manchester United has been able to win the Premier League and Champions League titles in recent years. It is definitely not luck as some media believe."

"Looking at Manchester United's offense, it seems that after Mbappe left, there was no adverse effect. Their attack speed is still very fast, and the quality of their attack is still very high..."

"When Bellingham got the ball just now, Manchester United's players were still accelerating forward. Luke Shaw even rushed all the way from the backcourt to the penalty area of ​​Palmeiras. This made the other Palmeiras defenders dare not to surround Bellingham, so Bellingham only had to face Luan..."

"When Bellingham shot, there were five Manchester United players in Palmeiras' penalty area, and Palmeiras itself had only five people in front of the goal. Look at the offensive investment and the speed of investment. Palmeiras did not deserve to lose the ball. They can no longer blame the loss on an unlucky own goal!"

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Bellingham was very excited after scoring the goal. He ran out and slid on his knees to rush in front of the Manchester United fans.

Other Manchester United players followed closely and rushed over to celebrate the goal with him and the Manchester United fans in the stands.

Mourinho on the sidelines waved his fist hard towards the stands. His arrangement worked!

Scoring consecutive goals made Manchester United fans excited and also made Manchester United players feel relaxed.

But they forgot that their opponent was Palmeiras. As a team that won the Copa Libertadores for two consecutive seasons, they were definitely very capable and naturally could not be easily defeated.

After Manchester United relaxed, Palmeiras recovered from the shadow and blow of conceding a goal.

Anyway, they were two goals behind, which made them feel relieved.

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Sixth minute after conceding the goal, in the 64th minute of the game, Palmeiras launched an attack in the midfield and the ball was passed to the right again.

Dudu got the ball, and Palmeiras right-back Rocha quickly moved forward and went around Dudu from behind to the front.

Dudu passed the ball quickly, Rocha pushed the ball slightly to the outside, created a gap, and then kicked the ball to the middle!

Because his feet slipped, the quality of this cross was not very high, and the football rolled into the penalty area along the grass.

The football fell at Vega's feet, but Vega had no way to shoot directly because he was facing away from the direction of attack.

Vega stretched out his foot to intercept the football that was about to roll over, but he found himself in a position with his back to the goal. How could he shoot?

However, this did not pose a problem for Vega. He turned nimbly in the crowded Manchester United penalty area and shot with his left foot at the same time!
As he turned around, he also completed the shot.

Van Dijk, who was behind Vega, stretched his legs to block Vega's shot, but he didn't expect that his spread legs gave the football space to pass through. The football passed under his crotch and went straight to the goal!

Goalkeeper De Gea was helpless about this shot that was so close. He thought Vega was going to shoot at the near corner, so he rushed over there. However, Vega kicked the ball at the opposite corner. De Gea rushed in the wrong direction and could only lie on the ground and watch the ball roll into the goal.

"Rafael Vega!! Beautiful turn and shot! Palmeiras scored a goal, now the score is 2:3! Only one goal behind, there is still a chance, the game is not over yet!" He Wei shouted excitedly. ………………

This game can now be regarded as the most exciting Club World Cup in recent years.

The two sides scored goals back and forth, one after another, very densely.

After scoring the goal, Vega did not celebrate. Instead, he ran towards the goal, picked up the football that was caught by the net, held it in his arms, turned around and ran towards the center circle.

Palmeiras is only one goal behind, he needs to seize the time, anything can still happen.

The other Palmeiras players did not celebrate either. They just came up to high-five Vega, or simply ran back with Vega.

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Palmeiras, who equalized the score, became more and more courageous, while Manchester United seemed to be stunned.

Two minutes later, Palmeiras came back. Still from the right, Manchester United launched an attack from the left. Dudu made a cross from the wing, and the ball flew directly to the penalty spot. Ronnie chose to shoot a bicycle kick ten meters in front of the goal.

Amid exclamations, the football went wide of the goal.

Although it didn't go in, it scared Manchester United fans.

Mourinho saw that the team's momentum was being suppressed by Palmeiras and quickly made adjustments. He replaced Bellingham with Kante to strengthen the team's midfield control.

The effect of Kante's appearance was obvious, and he quickly helped Manchester United control the midfield.

Despite being 31 years old and suffering from an increasing number of injuries in the last two seasons, Kanter still maintains a good playing form.

Once he appears on the field, he is still the insurmountable obstacle on the football field!
With the midfield under control, Manchester United naturally had more offensive opportunities.

Moreover, such attacks are opportunities that come from the transition between offense and defense. Under the command of Bruno, the world's strongest midfield brain, almost every counterattack will pose a huge threat to Palmeiras' goal.

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In the 75th minute of the game, Kante completed an interception in the midfield, and then passed the ball to Bruno immediately, and Manchester United quickly launched a counterattack.

Rashford quickly moved forward on the left, and Bruno made a very comfortable pass to him. The ball did not reach his feet directly, but was intentionally passed by Bruno to a place about ten meters in front of him, allowing Rashford to use his speed.

In this counterattack, Rashford was like a black panther. As soon as he accelerated, he left Dudu behind.

After catching up with the football, Rashford did not slow down. He took another dribble and suppressed Palmeiras right-back Rocha, then made a cross from about ten meters away from the baseline.

Harry Kane followed up in the middle and was about to head the ball, but Palmeiras goalkeeper Weverton rushed out and punched the ball out.

Although this attack did not result in a shot, it was impressive. Rashford's speed was amazing, and compared with his speed, Dudu, who was actually quite fast, looked like a snail.

Mourinho brought Kante on and the effect was immediate.

In addition, after seeing Rashford's unreasonable speed, Palmeiras not only restrained its attack on the right side, but also faced direct counterattacks from Manchester United on the left side.

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Abel Ferreira also noticed that, first of all, Dudu, who had been running for more than 70 minutes, was losing strength. He could not gain the upper hand in the speed competition with Rashford, and could not play a very important role in the team's defense.

If Rashford continues to rush forward like this, Palmeiras' right-wing defense might collapse.

So he quickly made adjustments and replaced Dudu with Navarro.

Navarro can play as a defensive midfielder, right midfielder and forward. He is an all-around player in the midfield. He has plenty of energy and speed just now, so he can curb Rashford's speed.

After Navarro came on the court, the situation between the two sides gradually became balanced, the score did not change, and the situation became deadlocked.

The game went on for a quiet ten minutes.

Of course, it was only relatively calm. Compared with the previous scenes where both sides were constantly scoring goals, these ten minutes were indeed very quiet, because no one scored a goal and there were not many threatening shots.

(End of this chapter)