Chapter 166 Uncertainty
Lee Morris has been trying to lead the team to attack.±
It's not a counterattack, it's an offense.
As the core of Derby County's midfield, Morris has a strong reading ability of the game. His overall view and awareness are not comparable to ordinary people. At this stage of the game, he is very clear that it is very difficult to rely on counterattacks to find opportunities, because Manchester United attaches great importance to defense, and what he pays particular attention to is Derby County's counterattack. Counterattacks are equivalent to a "sneak attack". If Manchester United pays attention to it, it will be very difficult to rely on counterattacks to score goals. What's more, Derby County does not have the kind of person who is strong enough to easily get rid of Manchester United's defensive players. Even Ribery cannot do it. As long as he is entangled by Manchester United players, he wants to get rid of the ball and then quickly dribbling the ball. In short, it is unrealistic to rely on counterattacks to score goals.
So Morris has been trying to lead the team to advance in the front.
Now the whole team is full of fighting spirit and there is no chance to advance head-on. As long as there is a chance, Morris believes that the team will still have a chance to score goals.
In this wave of attack, Morris played in a state.
On this biggest stage in his life, Morris was full of fighting spirit. He calmed down and carefully observed Manchester United's defense. During the dribbling process, he suddenly passed the ball to Frank Ribery on the left.
The pass was quite accurate, and Ribery easily received the pass, and then he took a few steps forward to push the Derby County formation into the frontcourt.
c-Ronaldo soon went over and entangled Ribery.
Ribery has good skills, but it is still difficult to get rid of C-Ronaldo. What's more, there are players like O'Shea on the side of Manchester United. Once they are entangled, it is difficult to pass the ball again, so Ribery still passed the ball back to Ruci who keeps up.
Russi did not stop the ball and passed it to Morris again.
At this time, Morris had already arrived at the frontcourt, and he changed direction a little. He dodged Roy Keane, and then directly passed through and transferred to Ivan Cru on the left. This kick can be called a long pass transfer, and it is still very accurate. Giggs is a few meters away from Ivan Cru. Ivan Cru easily received the ball. He is still a distance from the right corner of the penalty area. The position is not very good. It is impossible to shoot directly, so he wanted to draw the ball forward. However, Giggs quickly caught it back. It was not easy for Ivan Cru to get rid of Giggs, so he transferred the ball to Leiden Bynes.
Leiden Bynes has just inserted it, maybe he is used to playing the fullback. When he switched to the midfield position, the speed of insertion is slower, but this also ensures defense. The timing of his insertion is pretty good at this time, and Manchester United players are paying attention to others. Bynes has no defense at all when he gets the ball.
His position is right in front of the penalty area.
For Bynes, this is a position where he can shoot, and Manchester United players also realized that because Bynes's goal before was in a similar position, the Manchester United player next to him immediately went to grab the ball and prevented Bynes from shooting easily. It was Manchester United captain Roy Keane. Roy Keane had been marking Morris before, but in terms of long-range shots, he still believed that Bynes was more threatening than Morris. After all, Bynes had scored a long-range shot before.
Bynes was not in a hurry to shoot. This position was not very good. He just scored the ball, which did not mean that he could score now. It would require a lot of luck. He glanced at the Manchester United goal but still didn't shoot. When he saw Roy Keane coming to defend, he finally chose to pass the ball to Morris.
Morris got the ball again.
This is his third time getting the ball. When he got it for the first time, he was still in the backcourt, and now he has arrived in front of the Manchester United penalty area and is unattended!
From this point of view, Derby County's advancement was quite successful. When Morris got the ball, almost everyone thought he would choose to shoot. Derby County's previous shots were like this. He used constant passes to let the players find a shooting opportunity in front of the penalty area, and then took a long shot like "lucky". This is the opportunity for Morris this time. This is not how Manchester United's defense is, because the range in front of the penalty area is too large, and they cannot do the defense so well, and every position can be done well.
However, it is not easy to always rely on long shots to score. As long as the goalkeeper is focused and not special, it is very difficult to score a goal. So when Morris got the ball, many Manchester United defenders were even a little relaxed. They didn't even notice that Derby County's right forward Ivan Kreu had already jogged over the penalty area line.
Maybe someone noticed it, but didn't care.
Ivan Kru had almost no performance before. He had average long-range shooting ability. There were not many set pieces in the frontcourt in Derby County in this game. So far, there were only three poor corner kicks. Ivan Kru's performance was more on defense. In this regard, he was really not very good. Giggs, who was responsible for defense, often uses his speed to directly break through. His repeated pursuits are a microcosm of his performance in the whole game.
So when Ivan Krew ran into the penalty area, Manchester United players didn't care at all. Perhaps there was another reason - at this moment, most Manchester United players thought Morris was going to shoot!
Morris did raise his right foot, too.
The raised high amplitude made people know that it would be another long shot. Manchester United goalkeeper Howard focused all his energy on Morris and just waited to make a save.
But when the football flew into the air and fell again, everyone realized that this was not a shot!
The football fell straight to the right side of the penalty area.
In any case, the football landing point is still very far away from the goal. You can tell that it is a high-skipping pass instead of a shot. Howard cannot attack so far. It was not until this moment that Manchester United players realized the danger.
There is a Derby County player there!
He is in a good position and there is no defense around him!
Almost no one in the Manchester United player in the penalty area can name the Derby County player, but even so, they realized the danger. But their negligence just now made them think about going over and defending a little too late. They could only run over desperately, praying in their hearts that the player's skill will not be headed and needed to stop the ball to complete the shot.
But this kind of prayer effect is really not very reliable...
On the football field, there are 11 players in a team. Can there be players who can't head the ball? Maybe the heading is good or bad, but heading is definitely something that everyone can do, whether it is a defender or a forward. Heading is a must-training one. Some people heading is excellent, while others heading the ball, but facing this pass, almost everyone will head the ball. Regardless of the result, this is a great opportunity.
Just when everyone thought so, but they didn't know that this did not include Ivan Kru.
His header is average.
He is not a tall player and has not practiced heading. Although his shot is good, it has nothing to do with the top of his head. The team never needs him to compete for heading. If he uses a header this time, the luck component of the goal is probably to score a goal. Compared to heading, he believes in his feet more.
When the football fell, Ivan Krue did not move forward, but took a step back and waved his right foot.
At this moment, his mind was blank.
He thought nothing, only had one firm belief, that was to score this ball!
In daily training, I have done a lot of such shots. The football fell from the air and volleyed directly. In Manchester United's penalty area, it was almost impossible to stop the ball and then shoot. That would mean missing the opportunity, so now Ivan Kreu knows how to do it, that is, to complete the shot directly.
This may be the only opportunity in Derby County!
As long as they can seize the opportunity, they can drag the game to overtime, and then they have hope of winning again. If they can't make it, they can only lose the FA Cup.
But at this moment, Ivan Krew didn't think about this. He just shot according to his training feeling. He didn't even pay attention to the Manchester United goal. He just stared at the falling football, and then waved his right foot and pulled forward hard!
Bang!
The right foot of the foot collided with the football head-on. After this collision, the football suddenly changed direction and flew straight towards the Manchester United goal.
Manchester United players around him stared at this shot!
Derby County players all looked at Manchester United goal!
The fans in the audience looked at the direction of the penalty area!
The coaches of both teams Ferguson and Wan Sheng stood up almost at the same time!
Others, including media reporters and staff, also focused their attention on this shot. In their sight, the football spanned the distance from the goal and rushed directly into the Manchester United goal.
This is an extremely accurate and powerful volley!
The goalkeeper Howard next to him didn't even have time to make a save.
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"The ball is in! The ball is in! gooooal! The ball is in!"
The entire Cardiff Millennium Stadium was suddenly jubilant after a second of silence. At the last time of the game, Derby County scored a goal to tie the score, which made everyone's neutral fans feel very excited. Derby County fans cheered even more wildly, and Manchester United fans stopped celebrating the victory. They looked towards their own goal in disbelief - the football was rolling in the goal, which means that Derby County really scored just now, and they tied the score... How is this possible?
They couldn't believe it, but the numbers on the scoreboard on the field had been rewritten.
2:2, the two teams draw again!
The commentator on the scene shouted excitedly, "gooooooooal!!! The goal just now was Derby County right forward Ivan Kreu. He received a wonderful pass from Morris and scored the ball with a powerful volley!"
"This goal is very beautiful! Ivan Krue helped Derby County tie the score after chasing! In this way, Derby County still has hope..."
Hopefully, there must be some.
Even those hostile media outlets had to admit at this moment that the goal was quite exciting, and Derby County seized the last hope, and they were probably able to drag the game to overtime.
Look at the time, the game is about to enter stoppage time.
After Derby County scored a goal, the referee asked the two teams to restart the game because there was not much time left, and the fourth official raised the stoppage card, and the '3' displayed on it meant three minutes of stoppage time.
At this time, Wan Sheng had already stood on the sidelines. His face was a little excited. Perhaps this was the first time he showed his emotions in the whole game. He was telling the players in a desperate manner, "Be careful of the defense and don't give them any chance! When the game starts, everyone will return to the penalty area. We must block the goal and drag the game to overtime!"
In addition, he also praised Ivan Kru, "I did a pretty job. Ivan!"
The game started soon again, and Manchester United tried to launch a large counterattack, but Derby County had just scored a goal and was very motivated. They didn't want to make the goal that they had finally come to become useless, so everyone was very serious in defense. Manchester United ended in failure for two consecutive attacks, and they couldn't even pass the ball to the penalty area.
Under Derby County's "man sea tactics" defense, it became quite difficult for Manchester United to rely on passing to find opportunities. At this time, it was already the end of the game. Even many Manchester United players' physical fitness was almost at their limit. It was even unlikely that they would rely on their personal performance. Even C-Ronaldo on the wing was running a little.
As Manchester United's several attacks ended, the time came to an end. After a successful clearance in Derby County, the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game.
Of course, the game is not over, and the two teams must decide the winner. After the next five minutes of rest, the two teams will enter overtime.
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Many people didn't expect Derby County to tie the score. It might be a satire for Manchester United, who participated in the FA Cup final and faced the last English League One team. As a result, after ninety minutes of the game, it was still a draw, and they were dragged into overtime.
Is this true?
Manchester United fans were a little unbelievable, and many media reporters were also quite surprised. They thought Derby County had performed well before, but they never thought they could really score another goal, and the goal was quite beautiful.
Many people focused on Ivan's Kruy who scored the goal.
Many fans in the audience also shouted the name "Ivan Kru". This season, Ivan Kru's performance could not keep up with Ribery, Cahill and others, but he has occupied a main position in the team since the first half of the schedule. Moreover, most Derby fans still know him for two seasons.
When the team was about to lose the game, no one thought it would be Ivan Krue to stand up!
But no matter what, Derby County tied the score. Derby County fans were very happy because they saw hope, while Manchester United fans were obviously sad. Now they must admit that the other side still has a chance.
Overtime is cruel, not a matter of time, but at this stage, most players have overdrawn physical fitness, and their performance naturally cannot keep up with normal times. If it is a normal game, they can still think that the team will definitely score goals in thirty minutes, but no one dares to say that in overtime, especially after experiencing such ups and downs, everyone knows that no matter how much physical fitness is left on the court, whether it is a Manchester United player or a Derby County player.
What will happen to the next game?
Just as the live commentator said, "There is uncertainty in the game again, and we can expect the performance of the two teams in overtime..."
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In the thirty minutes of overtime, the two teams will exchange venues at fifteen minutes to end with the final score of overtime.
There is a five-minute break from midway overtime.
Both team players came to the sidelines to rest. Wan Sheng quickly reminded everyone not to sit on the grass, as this would make their bodies even more tired. The team doctor and assistant coach also stepped forward to give temporary massages to some tired players, handing water, etc. Taking advantage of these five minutes, Wan Sheng began to arrange the tactics of overtime.
It is really unrealistic for Derby County to defeat Manchester United in overtime. The team has no advantage in all aspects. Wan Sheng is very clear about this, especially at the most critical moments of such a competition, the performance of some stars often becomes the key factor in the finals.
They must limit the performance of the opponent's stars, and at the same time they cannot make the opponent's attack really fight.
In other words, what they need to do is to defend with all their strength. In the case of many players not in good physical condition, intensive defense is the best choice. Wansheng allows everyone to adjust their tactics to their previous defense, and the formation is more dense. In short, all is to devote all their energy to defense. When attacking, try to delay time. If you have the chance, you should pass the ball. It is best to score a goal. If you can't score a goal, you should quickly retreat to defense.
If there is a reporter next to you, it will definitely mock the conservative tactics of Wansheng.
But Wan Sheng doesn't care. Now, the most important thing for the team is to have hope of victory. Conservative tactics don't matter. If he replaces the team, he leads Manchester United and a strong team. He definitely hopes to end the game within 30 minutes of overtime without allowing the team to play a penalty shootout that relies on luck, but he leads Derby County and is the weak team, so he naturally has to delay time as much as possible.
If he asks the team to attack as much as possible, then he will be kicked by a donkey in the head! (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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