Modric raised his hand to ask for the ball, and Carlos passed the football over.
At the same time, Mata began to rush forward, looking like he was going to cooperate with Modric.
Modric passed the football over as expected.
Manchester United's defensive focus immediately tilted towards Mata's side.
Mata controlled the ball under his feet, and Brown immediately came up to mark.
Mata suddenly pulled the ball horizontally, and then suddenly sped up, looking like he was going to break through. Brown hurried up to block, but only saw the Spanish national player once again dunked the football back. However, Mata could not continue to break through, because Carrick came over to fill in the position.
At that moment, Mata suddenly passed the football out.
Diego Milito retreated to receive the ball.
*****
"Gap!" The Italian commentator shouted.
Milito dribbled the ball forward, and when his body came into contact with Hargreaves, the football cleverly poked to Modric behind him.
Modric took the football and looked to the left side at the same time.
Mata began to run horizontally, and Brown hurriedly abandoned the side and followed over!
At that moment, behind Mata's side, Evra cut forward at high speed!
"Again?" Ferdinand's expression was very unhappy.
The Manchester United players would find this scene very familiar. The previous goal concede started when Evra cut in from the back, and now Inter Milan wanted to repeat the same trick?!
Manchester United's defensive players immediately responded. They absolutely did not allow the Inter Milan players to be presumptuous. Whether it was Ferdinand or Carrick, who was filling in, they all focused their attention on Evra, who suddenly plugged in. Carrick pounced on the accelerating Evra, and Ferdinand temporarily moved over to support.
At the same time, Hargreaves also focused his attention on Diego Milito, who was running into position.
In the penalty area, Vidic was also immediately wary of Adriano, which was to guard against Inter Milan's side pass.
On the other side, O 'Shea also increased his defense against David Silva.
Manchester United's defensive line was like a machine, making a standard response at that moment!
However, at that moment, everyone subconsciously ignored Modric, who was in possession of the ball. They all subconsciously thought that Modric would not hesitate to pass the football to Evra, who was already in position.
*****
Modric pretended to pass the ball, but quickly pulled the football back again. He did not intend to pass!
He cleverly saw a direct path to the penalty area …
Between Ferdinand and Vidic, at the junction of the two center backs, one was heavily leaning to the side, and the other was following Adriano, who seemed to intend to move to the side to interact with Silva.
That's right, there was a gap in the Manchester United team's tight defense!
A direct line to the penalty area!
Modric knocked the football forward and suddenly sped up!
Carrick was chasing Evra. The England national footballer had a serious face. He had to get close to the opponent before Evra received the ball. Ferdinand was paying attention to help defend against Evra, Hargreaves' focus was on Diego Milito, Vidic was watching Adriano, and O 'Shea was wary of Silva. The entire Manchester United's backfield was dumbfounded at that moment. None of them thought that Modric would let go of a gap when his teammate ran out and choose to dribble to break through!
In people's impression, speed was not Modric's forte.
But this time, the Croatian national footballer showed everyone his speed!
Modric demonstrated a very simple and practical dribbling technique to break through!
*****
Modric did not play any tricks. He directly knocked the football forward. The football happened to be in the gap of Manchester United's defensive line. Although the defenders seemed to be close at hand, it was impossible for them to react in time.
In an instant, Modric had already dribbled the ball and rushed over. At that moment, Ferdinand, who realized that something was wrong, had just turned around.
"Stop him!!" Manchester United's goalkeeper, Edwin van der Sar, shouted in a panic.
Hargreaves hurriedly dropped Diego Milito and rushed over from the side. Seeing that Modric was about to dribble the ball into the penalty area, Hargreaves steeled his heart and directly shoveled.
Hargreaves decisively fell to the ground for a slide tackle.
Objectively speaking, there was no problem for Hargreaves to shovel.
But this time, Hargreaves misjudged the speed of Modric's dash.
When Hargreaves's feet came to shovel the ball, Modric suddenly sped up again.
Then people saw Modric directly fall to the ground in the penalty area. The football flew to the side and was quickly caught in the arms of Manchester United's goalkeeper, Edwin van der Sar, who quickly attacked.
*****
"A penalty kick!" The Italian commentator, Ferrari, roared excitedly.
"Beautiful defense!" This was the voice of the British commentator, Gary Lineker.
Modric, who had fallen to the ground, lay there and looked at the referee.
The referee from Slovakia, Michele, seemed to hesitate for a second. Then people heard the whistle sound.
He pointed to the penalty spot.
A penalty kick!
Modric excitedly got up and cheered with his arms raised. Then he was hugged by the equally excited Inter Milan players.
Hargreaves angrily jumped up from the ground and roared at the referee, Michele, "Dive! Dive! I didn't f * cking touch anyone!!! "
The other Manchester United players were as dissatisfied as him.
Ferdinand ran up to the referee and pointed to the football in Edwin van der Sar's arms. "The one who shoveled the football first! He didn't touch anyone! "
Vidic pointed to the penalty area line and protested for Hargreaves. What he meant was that even if you were the one who blew for a foul, it was outside the penalty area.
The referee, Michele, just waved his hand at the Manchester United player's protest. Then he pointed to his eyes, indicating that he saw it clearly and did not say anything more.
Hargreaves obviously could not accept the penalty. He had spent most of the season recuperating from his injury. It was not easy for him to recover from his injury and play in the Champions League final. The England national footballer was eager to help the team lift the trophy and fulfill his dream. He naturally knew how terrible it would be for Manchester United if it was a penalty kick.
*****
"Which eye of yours saw …" Hargreaves roared. Carrick, who was closest to him, quickly covered Hargreaves's mouth, but it was too late.
Michele, who did not seem to intend to give a card to Hargreaves for this foul, naturally would not tolerate the player's rude remarks. He showed a yellow card to Hargreaves without hesitation.
Ferguson looked very angry off the field. The old man, Sugra, almost went berserk. He roared and spat at the fourth official.
"Please believe in the referee's decision. He must know best what happened …" Facing the famous Ferguson hairdryer, the fourth official said with a serious face.
"Everyone makes mistakes! Obviously, he was wrong this time! "Ferguson was furious. If not for his last shred of rationality, the old man would have cursed.
Then, the old man glanced to the side. A guy was watching the show with a grin and gave the referee a thumbs-up on the field. He was very observant.
The anger in the old man's chest crackled and burned. He was about to explode.
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