I am the king of football

Chapter 417 Defense Wins the Championship
"It is now the 0th minute of the game. Manchester United, trailing 2-, has just won a corner kick opportunity through Qin Hu's header. This is a rare set-piece attack opportunity for them since the start of the second half."

Since Malaga's defense was quite clean most of the time, during the bus break time after the start of the second half, although Manchester United's attacks were frequently stopped by the opponent, there were really not many real free kick and corner kick opportunities.

So, this time even Ferguson on the sidelines was not calm. After all, this might be the key opportunity for the team to break the goalless streak.

"Pay attention to the protection of the backcourt, everyone else, press forward!"

Ferguson on the sidelines directly gave the order to go all in, which made some Manchester United players who were still a little worried about getting out of hand and were hesitant to press forward boldly.

Soon, only Vidic, Ferdinand and Evra were left in the half. This time their eyes were extremely determined. No matter what the result of the team's attack was, the opponent's counterattack would never be able to get past them.

So in the team's frontcourt, this time Manchester United accumulated the most offensive power.

Qin Hu, Rooney and Carrick kept going in and out of the edge of the penalty area to attract the attention of the opponent's defenders. Nani and Shinji Kagawa on the left and right sides kept moving back and forth from the opposite corners of the penalty area, forcing the opponent's midfielders to leave them alone.

In this way, Qin Hu and his two companions would have to face the defense of Malaga's back line, and in front of Qin Hu would be his familiar opponent Demichelis.

"I will catch you! I will definitely catch you! Give up, give up~"

Like brainwashing, Demichelis, who had been guarding against Qin Hu for more than 70 minutes, felt his heart pounding at the moment, so he began to whisper in Qin Hu's ear like a monk chanting scriptures.

Qin Hu was also speechless. The big brother next to him was really interesting. However, for Qin Hu, this kind of harassment had almost no effect. His eyes had already locked onto the opponent's goal, and his attention was completely focused.

"Oh!"

"Cleverley kicked the ball directly into the penalty area without using any tactics!"

"Shu~"

After stepping back and suddenly accelerating, the three Manchester United players competing for the header broke into the penalty area from the penalty area line at the fastest speed.

"Rooney jumped up first, his movement was fast but he couldn't hit the ball. The defender beside him was knocked all over the place by him. The ball began to fall. In the middle, there was Qin Hu!!!"

I don't know how many times, when all ground attacks no longer work, Qin Hu's head is Manchester United's last resort. When he still forced himself to sprint out and jump high under Demichelis' defense, time seemed to stop.

Countless eyes were focused on Qin Hu, either at the scene or on screens around the world. People watched him go from being on par with Demichelis at the beginning to being a head taller than him. Then, the ball deformed over his head.

"Oh!"

"Headed it! Qin Hu headed the ball! Shoot!"

He did not disappoint. When Qin Hu's head touched the ball, he almost put all his strength into the ball, which made the header so fast that Caballero didn't even have time to save it.

"Shu~"

"GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! Qin Hu! He scored the first goal of Manchester United in the 1th minute, 2-! Manchester United finally broke through the opponent's tightly defended bus." "Roar!"

Qin Hu was so excited after scoring the goal that even though he quickly rushed into the goal to pick up the ball and wanted to return to the serving point, he was still too excited and ran to the home stand first, smashed the ball to the ground and let out a huge roar.

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

A huge roar came back from the Red Devils' diehard fans' stands. The fans were no less excited than Qin Hu. They couldn't even utter clear notes but roared heart-wrenchingly.

Among such a group of crazy fans, Qin Hu saw Lin Lan at a glance. Lin Lan, who usually appeared dignified and calm as she grew older, now tied her long hair into a ponytail and wore the No. 19 Red Devils jersey, shaking wildly with a British girl next to her.

Seeing that Qin Hu seemed to have discovered her, Lin Lan's face turned red instantly. She coughed, then let go of the hand that was shaking her companion and greeted Qin Hu awkwardly. Then she seemed to feel that she was just saying hello and her expression was not clear, so she just made a heart shape with her hands and a cheering gesture.

After waving to Lin Lan to show that he had seen it, Qin Hu turned around and rushed towards the teeing point again. At this moment, the excitement in his heart finally dissipated a little.

1-2, they were still behind in this game. Although the total score had been tied, they were still on the verge of elimination because of the disadvantage of an away goal.

Therefore, the remaining time is still very short and there is no time for a big celebration.

"Get ready to tee off!"

As Qin Hu placed the ball steadily on the serving point, he even started yelling at the Malaga players, which made the Malaga players, who were already quite annoyed with his goal, even more annoyed. They hesitated and ignored Qin Hu at all. Anyway, even if they conceded a goal, they would still be the team that advanced.

On the sidelines, Schuster did not seem too surprised after Manchester United scored a goal from a corner kick, as if he had already calculated that a Manchester United player would score a goal.

"Don't panic, continue to play according to the set tactics, we still have the advantage!"

Schuster made a downward gesture to some players on the court who were looking at him. He had no intention of adjusting the tactics immediately.

In his opinion, almost all of Manchester United's attacks in the second half were useless. A goal from a set piece from a corner kick was just a rare variable on the court. What they needed to do next was to continue to let the time run out before Manchester United got a chance to score a second goal.

"Malaga made two substitutions, with Schuster replacing the full-back and defensive midfielder positions. After the opponent scored a goal, they did not intend to press forward and counterattack."

Sitting in the commentary booth and watching Malaga's adjustments, Zhan Jun thought that there was nothing wrong with this move. Although Qin Hu's goal was exciting enough, their opponents also showed the qualities of a top team in this game.

With less than fifteen minutes left in regular time, the one-goal lead was worth maintaining with a defensive tactic.

In other words, defense is the tactic that each team should strengthen and choose most after the Champions League enters the knockout stage, because defense wins championships.

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