I am the king of football

Chapter 418: That’s it?
“After the restart, Malaga continued their defensive strategy of controlling the ball, which prevented several Manchester United players from quickly stealing the ball and launching another effective attack.”

The game restarted in the 78th minute. Although the cheers of Manchester United fans rang out again at Old Trafford, their team still had very few chances.

When the game reached the 1th minute, the score was still 2-. Ferguson on the sidelines could no longer sit still. He turned around and looked at the bench and directly pointed out two players.

"Okay, Manchester United also made substitutions. Hernandez and veteran Giggs came on as substitutes, replacing Rooney and Shinji Kagawa respectively."

The performances of Shinji Kagawa and Rooney in this game cannot be said to be bad. They both played their roles in the limited time, but after the start of the second half, the roles played by these two players were really not that good.

Especially Rooney, he couldn't even play a role in restraining Qin Hu after he fell into the quagmire. Although this is also related to Malaga's defensive arrangement, this situation would not have occurred if Van Persie was there. In the final analysis, this striker is not comprehensive enough.

However, Ferguson does not have a second Van Persie available, so he should change his thinking and replace him with a striker who has a low presence but does not affect his threat level. There is no doubt that Hernandez is such a player.

As for the substitutions in the midfield, Shinji Kagawa did not spare his physical strength in this game and constantly engaged in physical confrontation with his opponents. He completed his task well but it also consumed a lot of his physical strength. Now it seems that he has reached his limit.

Since there was little time left in the game, Manchester United's substitution was carried out very quickly. The two players quickly high-fived their teammates who ran off the field and then rushed to the battlefield.

On the field, the game started again as Evra, who was waiting on the sidelines, threw the ball.

After the two players came on the pitch, Manchester United continued with the team's strategy of pulling to the side and trying to cross the ball with high aerial balls. However, with the previous experience of Qin Hu's header, Malaga's defense against the Red Devils' high crosses from the flanks was now extremely tight.

Nani's outside-of-foot passes were no longer as effective as opponents gradually adapted to them, and the ball began to be blocked frequently, forcing him to frequently pass the ball back to the middle for Carrick to handle again.

At such moments, the newly-appeared Giggs and the team's central fulcrum Qin Hu became the main destinations of the ball again. However, every time Qin Hu began to control the ball, he would be chased and blocked by his opponents like crazy.

This pursuit and interception has gone beyond the normal level of defense, and the referee began to intervene frequently and blew the whistle for fouls.

Yes, it was not until the 85th minute of the game that the Malaga team, without any player receiving a yellow card, launched the foul tactic. This was also Schuster's last trump card - if they were ahead in the score, they would use the foul tactic to delay the victory.

In the 89th minute of the game, Qin Hu was ruthlessly tripped by Demichelis when he successfully turned around and broke through from the top of the penalty area. The referee immediately blew the foul whistle and gave the defender a yellow card.

But this also made Qin Hu's energy that he had accumulated for a long time disappear in an instant. He had to get up and gasp for breath as he faced the team's free kick opportunity in a not-so-good position.

No one came up to compete with Qin Hu for the chance to take the penalty kick. The regular time had already come to the last minute. This man was the best at taking free kicks on the team. Everyone looked at Qin Hu with full anticipation.

"Qin Hu stood in front of the ball, and Demichelis used a ruthless foul to destroy his chance of facing the ball in the open play and gave him such a free kick."

There was a slight tremor in Zhan Jun's tone. This was really not a free kick from a good position, but it was really Manchester United's last chance in regular time. Whether they could reverse the game with this free kick depended entirely on Qin Hu's performance.

"Shhh!!!"

The whistle sounded, Qin Hu took a deep breath, and focused all his attention on the ball. This was a free kick about thirty-five meters away from the goal. He had to exert enough force to send it to the goal. He began to pace, one step, two steps, until he came to the ball.

"Bang!" "Qin Hu hit the ball with a powerful arc!"

"Shu~"

Although there was no crescent-shaped arc, the ball shot by Qin Hu still perfectly bypassed the human wall set up by Malaga and flew quickly over the Malaga penalty area. The speed of the ball was so fast that Caballero, who was standing in front of the goal, panicked for a moment.

"The ball went straight to the right side of the goal, which was a point that Caballero couldn't save. Wait, this is the trend!"

"DUANG!"

This is definitely the sound that Manchester United fans are most reluctant to hear in this game, because it contains immense disappointment and regret.

"The ball hit the post and bounced. Caballero finally reacted and seized the ball. He pressed the ball hard under his body!"

"boom!!!"

This time, it was the Malaga fans who roared with joy after surviving the disaster. At the moment when the Red Devils fans covered their faces in pain, the Malaga people felt the supreme joy.

"The ball didn't go in. With that shot, he didn't score..."

Zhan Jun began to read unconsciously. He didn't know how to describe the mood of the Manchester United players on the field, especially when the camera showed Qin Hu kneeling on the ground in pain and hammering the grass, everyone could feel his inner pain.

"Qin, great kick, stand up, we still have five minutes!"

At this time, the team captain Vidic came over. Looking at the young man in front of him who was unable to hold back until this moment, Vidic felt a little distressed. However, as a meritorious player and captain of a team, he knew deeply that he should never give up until the last moment.

"Keep up your form and your feet, you will definitely have another chance!"

"it is good!"

Looking at the hand that Vidic extended to him, Qin Hu realized that he couldn't choose to surrender now. He nodded and stood up again.

"Okay, the referee gave five minutes of injury time for this game. This time is very long. It looks like Manchester United still has a chance."

Cheer up, no matter what happens, you should not lower your head until the game is over. This is the end. This sentence only counts after the final whistle.

“After a while, Caballero threw the ball back and Malaga started to control the ball from the wing. Their only goal in the final stage was to delay the game and wait for the end.”

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