Chapter 874
Words:2015Update:22/08/19 11:23:53
Real Madrid restarted the game near the 88th minute. When the football left Qin Xiong's foot and was kicked back to the backfield by Raúl, the Manchester United players rushed up like wolves and tigers to snatch the ball.
Qin Xiong barely ran to the front field and he was parallel to the Manchester United defensive line.
Manchester United was now in a frenzy and wanted to equalize the score with a spurt of energy and ferocious momentum.
In the 89th minute of the game, Guti was forced to send the ball to the front field under the encirclement of many people. The overhead ball he sent was a little too powerful. Qin Xiong had just reversed the offside position and stopped.
The football bounced into the penalty area and was caught by Edwin van der Sar with both hands.
Edwin van der Sar kicked the ball to the front flank.
Ronaldo retreated and headed the ball back. The football fell to Evra's feet.
Evra immediately crossed the ball to the middle. Scholes took control of the ball and observed it.
Now Real Madrid's half was overcrowded. Even if it was not in a dangerous area, the offensive organization had to put in some effort.
Giggs suddenly ran horizontally to the middle. Scholes passed the ball between Guti and Snede.
Giggs dribbled two steps horizontally after he got the ball and then sent out a diagonal pass.
Ronaldo cut inside the penalty area from the flank. Ramos and Diarra's pincer attack caused Ronaldo to force a pass which was blocked out of the end line by Pepe.
Manchester United got a chance to attack from a corner kick.
Giggs ran to take the corner kick. His corner kick was punched out by Casillas.
The football flew out of the penalty area. Robben was originally at the first drop point, but Hargreaves used physical confrontation to squeeze Robben away and then headed the ball back into the penalty area.
This time, the football was directly kicked to the front by Cannavaro at the drop point.
But his kick was a little off and the football flew directly out of the front sideline.
Even so, the Real Madrid players thought it was a good thing.
At least everyone had time to rearrange the defense. The messy positioning and zone control in the dynamic defense needed to be rearranged.
Qin Xiong looked a little lonely in the front, but he was calm and collected.
He knew that he was now at the forefront, and the opportunity would not appear frequently. However, as long as a good opportunity appeared, it could be a fatal blow!
At the end of the 89th minute of the game, the fourth official on the sidelines called for injury stoppage time.
Three minutes!
This made the Manchester United fans extremely unhappy. They thought that since there were more fouls in the second half and more goals scored, it would take at least five minutes to make up for it.
In the first minute of injury stoppage time, Ronaldo cooperated with Evra on the flank and allowed Evra to go down.
After passing the ball, Ronaldo ran horizontally into the penalty area to prepare to snatch the ball. However, before he could reach his position, Evra chose to pass under the pressure of Ramos and Robben!
The quality of the pass was average. Pepe headed the ball to clear the siege. On the outside, Scholes and Raúl competed for the ball's landing spot. Raúl jumped almost at the same time as him. Raúl won and headed the ball to the flank.
After Snede took control of the ball, he looked up at the front field and chose to kick straight!
Qin Xiong immediately rushed forward in the opposite offside position. When the football rolled past Vidic, the Real Madrid fans thought that the ball would give Qin Xiong a one-on-one chance.
However, Ferdinand used a sliding tackle to kick the ball out of the sidelines at the critical moment!
Qin Xiong stopped in his tracks and sighed softly with his head down.
In any case, the result was still good. Real Madrid got a chance to shoot from the sidelines.
If they could control the ball, they could spend a little more time.
Robben dawdled for a while before he kicked the ball from the sidelines. Qin Xiong lost the ball under the siege of Evra, Scholes and Hargreaves!
He had no choice. The English Premier League style of pressing was very unreasonable.
Halfway through the second minute of injury stoppage time, Manchester United attacked from the right.
Giggs and Brown played a one-two pass and went to the bottom. He looked at the dense crowd in Real Madrid's penalty area and felt very pessimistic. He did not know which point in the penalty area was the most reasonable and effective attack point to pass the ball to.
In the end, he passed the ball back diagonally. Hargreaves rushed up and did a long shot outside the penalty area!
The football hit Heinze's chest and bounced out. Guti turned halfway on the penalty area line and kicked the ball to the left side of the midfield.
Raúl ran to the side to control the football.
He hesitated a little.
At this time, should he fight back firmly or control the ball to waste time?
When he looked up and saw Qin Xiong shake off Vidic and run diagonally to create a gap, Raúl decided to take a risk and attack firmly!
He slashed the ball on the spot. The football flew over Vidic's head and diagonally to the front right of Manchester United's half.
Qin Xiong was running all the time. Ferdinand chased diagonally back and tried his best to block Qin Xiong's cut line.
When the football bounced for the first time, Qin Xiong did not control the ball. He was still running forward, waiting for the football to land for the second time.
Ferdinand also ran to the second landing point of the football at this time.
When the football landed, Qin Xiong and Ferdinand were less than a meter apart!
Ferdinand was ready to wait for Qin Xiong to stop the ball and immediately steal it. Even if he could not steal the ball, he would use his body to pressure Qin Xiong to stop him.
But just as the football was about to land, Ferdinand was stunned to see Qin Xiong nimbly use his back heel to knock the ball to the front left!
The football bounced high up in front of Ferdinand once again, and Qin Xiong ran past Ferdinand's side in a row!
A rainbow pass!
Ferdinand gritted his teeth and turned back to chase, only to find that Qin Xiong was getting further and further away from him.
Edwin van der Sar abandoned the goal at this time!
But Edwin van der Sar was not optimistic.
Based on Qin Xiong's running speed, Qin Xiong would be the first to touch the ball!
But the distance between the two men would not be too far.
So, Edwin van der Sar decisively rushed to the landing point of the football, which was just entering the penalty area.
Qin Xiong began to slow down as he ran. He looked up at the falling football and catered to the ball's speed.
He also observed Edwin van der Sar's running at the same time.
The fans from both sides in the stands at the Luzhniki Stadium were completely nervous.
Many fans were short of breath.
This should be the most crucial showdown in the game!
Whether Manchester United still had a chance to equalize the score before the end of the game depended on whether the attack and defense could win this time!
When the football fell, Qin Xiong's speed had already slowed down. The football fell on his feet. It was a sloppy and ordinary perfect stop that the fans took delight in talking about!
Qin Xiong dribbled the football less than three meters away from Edwin van der Sar. Edwin van der Sar was still rushing forward!
Edwin van der Sar was thinking about Qin Xiong's way of handling the ball.
Shoot? The angle was not very big. Even if it was a shot, it would be easier to block because the goalkeeper was too close, not to mention Edwin van der Sar himself was a tall goalkeeper with long arms!
Breakthrough?
How to breakthrough?
Change direction? Pass through? Pass the ball? Or accelerate to move laterally to shake out a gap and look again?
While Edwin van der Sar was thinking, he was still rushing forward and was less than two meters away from Qin Xiong. At this time, Qin Xiong moved!
A classic in the Champions League final was born in the next second!
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