It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 115 113 Looking Northwest, Shooting the Wolf

Busquets pushed the ball back to Pique, and just when Pique was about to receive the ball, Ronaldo made a sliding tackle towards the ball without hesitation.

In a hurry, Busquets quickly passed the ball with the outside of his foot.

But as expected, the pass made in a hurry resulted in an error. Tevez got ahead of the Barcelona players and kicked the ball with the instep of his left foot. The moment he touched the ball, the ball was swept away by him.

Vidic stepped on the ball with his right foot, and just as Eto'o rushed over, he gently pushed the ball to O'Shea on the wing.

After receiving the ball, O'Shea looked at the situation on the field.

The players on the field were now standing in relatively scattered positions. O'Shea forced himself to ignore the thundering heartbeat in his chest and took a quick breath.

"Snapped--"

The pass was like a surgical knife, directly penetrating Barcelona's midfield.

Tevez ran diagonally, and Sylvinho saw this and turned in front of him, but Tevez was one step faster than him and hit the flying ball with the inside of his left foot.

Rooney raised his foot to stop the ball, and just as Sylvinho changed his target and rushed towards him, Rooney volleyed the ball without hesitation.

"call out."

The ball was like a butterfly flying across the ocean, fluttering its wings, and trembling as it stopped on the small penalty area line as it tried to land.

The moment Rooney got the ball, Ronaldo had already moved to the front point.

As the ball flew over from the wing, Yaya Toure and Ronaldo jumped together like two pieces of melting butter, without distinguishing between you and me.

However, Ronaldo's jumping ability was obviously better. They jumped at the same time, but at the final moment, he was a head taller than Yaya Toure.

"boom--"

Valdes was jumping on the goal line, and just as the ball was flying towards him, he jumped up and blocked the ball with one hand.

not good!

Before Valdes could be happy about the ball being blocked, he saw Park Ji-sung diving for the ball next to Puyol.

He had never seen how sea lions or seals head the ball, but at this moment Park Ji-sung, wearing a white jersey, looked like a seal.

Valdes jumped up from the ground again, but was a step too late. The ball went around the goal post and went into the goal.

After finally scoring a goal, Manchester United players rushed towards the north stand frantically.

"The ball went in!!!"

"Barcelona 3:1 Manchester United. During the halftime break, after Ferguson's adjustments, Manchester United finally scored a goal in the second half."

"The ball was not organized in Manchester United's midfield, but was directly lifted by O'Shea to the front court, and then Rooney made a cross. Ronaldo's header was blocked in the header by Yaya Toure, but Park Ji-sung made a timely supplementary shot behind Puyol."

"The ball is round. Nothing is impossible on the green field. There are times when people go against the will of heaven, but there is always a way out. Now, the game is not over yet."

"As the first Asian to play in the Champions League, Park Ji-sung also set a new record at this moment."

"The young Red Devils now all gathered together to cheer and celebrate for this rare goal; Ferguson, who had been working hard on the sidelines, finally smiled at this moment, knowing that his midfield adjustment had been successful."

……

The game resumed with the singing of Manchester United fans.

Charles passed the ball back to Sylvegno. Faced with the crazy pressing of Rooney and other Manchester United players, Sylvegno kicked the ball back to goalkeeper Valdes.

At this time, Charles discovered that because of hope and lessons learned from the previous experience, the Manchester United players became more and more anxious as time passed. When the ball was passed to the backcourt, almost half of the players ran across the midfield line, so they were cautious and stayed in the midfield.

After receiving the ball, Valdes observed that although Manchester United players were now more impatient, Carrick was still conscientiously "guarding" Charles, but he no longer had the close defense he had at the beginning of the game.

Valdes stood in the small penalty area and kicked the ball directly.

"boom--"

The ball whizzed past in the night wind and crossed the entire field in the blink of an eye. The ball bounced on the ground, and Charles turned out from behind Carrick, stretched out his foot to take the ball and turned around.

Charles was running wildly along the wing with the ball, and Carrick reacted at this time and turned around and ran towards Charles.

The two men were running wildly on the sidelines, and just when they were entangled, Carrick suddenly stretched out his left hand and blocked Charles.

In a flash, Charles kicked the ball forward with his left foot, then immediately crouched down and stretched out his right hand to put it on Carrick's body.

Just as Carrick turned sideways and tried to get in front of Charles, Charles's hand on Carrick suddenly gained momentum and he accelerated to get out from under Carrick's arm.

Just as Charles received the pass from him a second ago, Giggs, who was as fast as the wind and lightning, fell to the ground and made a tackle.

When Giggs' body just leaned back, Charles realized his intention and touched the ground with the toe of his left foot. He hooked the ball to the left with the inner instep of his right foot and at the same time raised his left foot and stepped directly over his legs.

Just as his left foot landed on the ground, the ball bounced onto his foot and was knocked out again due to the force of his foot.

Giggs supported himself on the ground with his hands, and after seeing that the tackle failed, he stood up quickly. At this time, Carrick, who had just been pushed away by Charles not long ago, came back.

Carrick quickly stretched out his foot, and Charles successfully avoided it with a flick and a dribble.

Carrick lost his balance and kicked nothing, and fell to the ground with a comical thump.

Giggs, who had already climbed up, wanted to hold Charles, but Charles' teammates also ran forward with him.

Charles kicked the ball with his heel and it slid on the ground quickly like a white snake. Busquets didn't stop the ball but kicked it.

"Snapped."

The ball moved again, with Evra and Park Ji-sung chasing after him.

Just as Puyol sprinted to the top of the small penalty area with the ball, Evra also rushed to Puyol's side, as if the accompaniment and the human voice had finally synchronized harmoniously.

Puyol stretched out his hand to push Evra away, and without hesitation, he pushed the ball to Eto'o with his right foot.

Park Ji-sung quickly switched his defensive target, trying to prevent Eto'o from cutting inside with the ball, but what he didn't expect was that after Eto'o took a few steps after receiving the ball, he leaned forward and swept the ball with his right foot.

Puyol, who had just run into the penalty area, was double-teamed by two defensive players. In the narrow space, he jumped high and headed the ball.

Ronaldo still wanted to steal the ball, but Xavi, who was standing closer to the front, stopped the ball with his left foot and without observing, he swung his right foot like a whip, swiftly and powerfully hitting the ball.

"Shh-"

Carrick ran into the penalty area with Charles. Looking at so many teammates around him, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

With so many people here, everything will be alright, right?

But the next second, his eyes widened in disbelief.

After seeing the trajectory of the ball, Charles jogged to the point where the ball landed. After realizing that the height of the ball was difficult to handle, he suddenly had an idea and pushed off the ground with his left foot. At the moment when his whole body was in the air, he leaned back and aimed his right toe at the ball and hit it. "Swish!"

Everyone's eyes followed the ball. Van der Sar stretched out his hand to intercept it, but the ball flew into the blind corner of the goal in the spotlight of everyone.

"The ball goes in, it's Charles!"

"I can draw the eagle bow like the full moon, look northwest, and shoot at the wolf!"

"Charles didn't have a bow, but there were still countless Manchester United players around him, so the moment Xavi passed the ball to him, Charles used his body as a bow and arrow."

"At this moment when everyone was watching, everyone on the field held their breath, and Charles did not disappoint them. He stretched the string tightly and not only shot the perfect arrow accurately, but also was like a noose wrapped around the necks of Manchester United players, which suddenly tightened at the last moment."

"One minute on the court is the result of ten years of hard work off the court. Only by enduring boring training time and again off the court can you create a stunning masterpiece at a moment like this."

"Before this game, in order to encourage Manchester United's players, the British media wrote a lot about Barcelona's weaknesses and pointed out the flaws of various Barcelona players."

“Among them, these British media said that Shire had never faced a British team and if he played in the Champions League, Guardiola would definitely regret his decision.”

"But at this moment, Charles once again used his performance to severely respond to everyone's doubts about him."

"Even if Manchester United can defend Charles in a hundred ways, Charles will find a hundred and one ways to get the damn ball into the goal."

"Carrick has tried his best in the game to limit Charles, but reality is often so cruel that you won't get results just because you work hard."

"Perhaps before the game, Manchester United had already made various defensive plans to deal with Charles, and perhaps this gave Carrick confidence, but the law is objective and realistic, and the connection between Charles' goal and Barcelona's victory is difficult to change by human power."

"The moment Charles stepped onto the field, the most important note of the game and the beat of the score were officially determined."

"As time went by, the melody called Charles became stronger and stronger, until just now, when Charles scored with a hook, it was like a musician plucking the guzheng standing in the palace."

"The ball went in, the string moved, the stone broke—"

Charles supported himself and stood up from the ground, without looking at the goal, he looked down at the field with disdain.

The entire Olympic Stadium was completely crazy. As the TV broadcast signal was transmitted, the bars, restaurants in every corner of the city of Rome... were all infected with madness.

"Ciel——"

The Barcelona fans in the south stand could no longer sit still and all stood up spontaneously amidst the thunderous cheers. Each of them was a leaping pixel in this painting called history, and together they formed the historical masterpiece of the 2009 Champions League final.

Ferguson was sitting on the blue seat, still mechanically chewing gum in his mouth, with his hands on his thighs. He seemed to be unconcerned, but no one knew how much pain his legs were pinched.

Carrick stared blankly at Barcelona's No. 17 who was surrounded by his teammates, feeling dazzled.

The number jumping on the red and blue becomes more and more blurry and hazy the more you look at it.

Ever since he joined Manchester United and inherited Cantona's jersey, he has been proud of this number.

Although in Sir Alex's heart, he is far less favored than Fletcher and Ronaldo, but as soon as he sees his number, he feels that he is different in Manchester United.

No. 7 belongs to Cristiano Ronaldo, he is Ferguson’s favorite; No. 10 belongs to Rooney, he is a British star.

Now, perhaps, number 17 is a better choice?

Carrick shook his head sharply, banishing the thought.

Now the game has reached the 3th minute, Barcelona is leading by goals again, Keita replaces Henry.

Manchester United restarts.

After receiving the pass, Vidic adjusted himself and then handed the ball to Giggs again.

As soon as Keita saw Giggs with the ball, he rushed over.

Giggs dribbled the ball with his left foot, dodged Keita's feet, and continued to run forward with the ball.

At this time, the energetic Keita turned around and wanted to cooperate with Busquets to complete the steal, but just like the last sprint before the finish line in a long-distance race, Giggs suddenly increased his speed, ran with the ball with all his might, first unexpectedly shook off Keita, and then whizzed past Busquets like a gust of wind.

Immediately afterwards, Giggs passed the ball to Tevez without hesitation.

At this moment, everyone seemed to be swept away by the torrent and rushed forward at the same time.

Tevez took a few steps with the ball, and when he saw Barcelona's defense line running forward, leaving space for passing the ball, he pushed the ball with his right foot and passed it to Park Ji-sung again.

Park Ji-sung stood on the edge of the small penalty area and shot directly, but how could Puyol give him this chance? The moment Park Ji-sung kicked the ball, he fell to the ground and dived sideways. The ball hit his body and bounced out again.

At this moment, the ball bounced in front of Valdes and Ronaldo who were attacking.

At this critical moment, Valdes and Ronaldo were in sync, except that one fell to the ground and made a tackle, while the other kicked the ball.

"boom!"

Neither of them was willing to give in, and in the end Ronaldo was faster, but the ball missed the goal post by a hair's breadth and bounced out of the field.

Manchester United corner.

There is no time to regret, because new challenges and opportunities once again appear before both sides.

Ronaldo walked to the sidelines, took the ball handed over by the reporter, and threw it into the corner area.

Giggs patted the ball and put it away, staring expressionlessly at everyone standing in the penalty area.

"Beep——"

With the referee's whistle, he kicked the ball forward like a rainbow piercing the sun.

Ronaldo looked at the ball while rushing forward.

But the powerful ball flew directly over his head and over the heads of Charles and Carrick.

They both jumped at the same time, but in the end, Charles took the lead.

"boom."

The ball hit Charles' chest and bounced out of the baseline again.

Eight days ago, there were only 12 people left in Barcelona's first team, two of whom were goalkeepers. The second team and the women's team also suffered injuries.

I haven't watched any football matches these days. It is said that Barcelona's current lineup has confused the opponents. No one can guess who will be in Barcelona's lineup. Even Xavi has to ask the team doctor to determine the starting lineup.

It is said that the national derby will be a Barcelona baby bus bravely entering the Royal Somalia:)
I wonder if the situation is still the same and has not improved?

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