Football King Bale

The moment Bale put the ball into the Stoke City goal, the media box erupted.

"Manchester United scored in the first thirteen minutes!"

"Bale once again showed his efficiency as a top scorer. With this stop of the ball, he created a gap for himself to shoot. He decisively kicked and hit the goal. The quality is also very high."

"This is a reflection of the player's strength and also a reflection of the player's confidence!"

"Seeing this goal, we have to say that Bale already has the demeanor of the world's top superstar!"

"Conceding a goal in the first 13 minutes, Stoke City will have a difficult game."

"Pulis made the wrong choice and went against Manchester United. He forgot that the foundation of his career since Stoke City was promoted to the Premier League has always been defense."

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Pulis remembered hitting his left palm with his right fist on the sidelines. Of course he knows that Stoke City's foundation in the Premier League is defense, but he also knows that defense alone cannot bring victory, and it is difficult to score points.

Pulis understands very well that if you hold on for too long, you will lose.

In this game, Pulis's idea was to take advantage of the home court advantage at the beginning of the game and try to take the lead. That way, he can rest assured and put on a big show in the next game.

In this way, even if you don't win, the probability of getting a draw is much higher.

Supporting Pulis's idea is Manchester United's poor away performance since the beginning of this season.

After 8 rounds this season, Manchester United has played 4 away games, with 2 wins and 2 draws. This result is good enough for ordinary teams, but for Manchester United, the giant that dominates the Premier League, it is a bit bad.

Moreover, even in the two games they won, Manchester United only won by a narrow margin: in the second round of the league, they thrillingly defeated the farmer Fulham 3:2, and then in the sixth round of the league, they also defeated Bolton 3:2 with difficulty. .

Stoke City's home record this season is acceptable, with 4 games, 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Against Manchester United, who performed poorly away from home, Pulis is also sure of scoring points.

However, Pulis never expected that today's script seemed to be a little different from before. Before Stoke City had time to break through Manchester United's goal, he conceded the ball first.

He couldn't help but turn his attention to the young figure who scored the goal. Last season at White Hart Lane, it was he who scored two goals in a row to reverse Stoke City. Otherwise, his team would have been able to take away three points at White Hart Lane. of. Then at the bet365 Stadium, he led Tottenham to a complete victory over his team with three goals.

Thinking of the defeat against Tottenham at home last season, Pulis' expression suddenly became grim. He immediately walked to the sidelines and signaled the players to stabilize the rhythm and not to mess up.

Facing a giant like Manchester United, Pulis has long been aware of conceding goals, because with the strength of Stoke City, it is simply a fantasy to keep Manchester United clean.

However, Pulis has one requirement for the players. Even if they lose the ball, they must maintain a calm attitude and must not be chaotic. If you mess up your position after conceding the ball, you are seeking death.

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The game starts again.

Stoke City were quick to return the favor;

The threat is still Delap's powerful side kick. At that time, Stoke City launched an attack on Manchester United's right wing. Gary Neville chose to clear the ball out of the sideline and gave Stoke City a sideline ball very close to the baseline.

When Delap stood on the touchline, Gary Neville's gut turned green. Being unable to play for a long time made him forget about Stoke City's trump card.

However, the sideline ball has been given to the opponent, and nothing can be undone.

Everyone at Manchester United knew the threat of Delap's side kick, and the defensive players were all prepared.

However, Delap's powerful hand throw was unsolvable. He took three or five short steps, threw the ball with both hands, and went straight to Manchester United's penalty area, looking for Stoke City's Captain, former Manchester United player Shawcross.

Moreover, Shawcross also grabbed the spot near the penalty spot, flicked his head towards the goal, and the ball changed direction and went straight to the back post.

Van der Sar's hand was on the front post. When Delap threw the ball into the Manchester United penalty area and moved to the middle, it was already too late.

Just when the Manchester United players thought the goal was about to break, a figure appeared at the back post and headed the ball that was about to fly into the goal.

Scholes, who was near the penalty area line, controlled the second point. He then used a big kick to clear the ball from the center line and out to the sideline.

Then, people saw clearly that it was Bell who made the header from the goal line!

Van der Sar ran over with lingering fear, touched Bell's crew cut, and thanked him repeatedly.

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Stoke City's powerful frontcourt kick made everyone in Manchester United break out in a cold sweat.

If the goal is really breached, it will be a heavy blow to Manchester United.

Since this season, Manchester United's poor performance on the road has become a nightmare for many Manchester United players. If the ball is conceded so easily again, it will have a huge psychological impact on the defensive players and even affect their confidence.

"Cheer up, everyone!" Bell shouted as he ran forward.

Captain Gary Neville also applauded vigorously and said loudly: "Brothers, please focus, we can win!"

Vidic, Ferdinand and others also responded one after another, and everyone shouted along to show their confidence and fighting spirit.

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Less than five minutes had passed since Stoke City's powerful side kick, and Manchester United created another opportunity.

The pass still came from the backcourt, and it still went to Nani on the right.

The Portuguese still retreated from the front and took the ball with his back near the midline.

But this time, Stoke's left-back fouled directly from behind, tripping Nani and gifting United a long-range free kick.

Nani stood at the penalty spot. The distance was too far and the possibility of hitting the goal directly was almost impossible.

Then we can only rely on free kick tactics.

Manchester United's tall players all appeared in the penalty area.

As Manchester United's top scorer, Bell is naturally the target of Stoke City's defensive players.

Whenever the ball is set in the frontcourt, the penalty area is like a brutal gladiatorial arena. Everyone stood in the area to the left of the penalty spot, waiting for Nani's penalty kick, but in private, there were endless pulling, hugging, and pushing... all kinds of small actions.

Everyone knows that once the opponent breaks free, it is possible to create a scoring opportunity.

Danny Collins was standing behind Vidic, his hands wrapped around his waist intentionally or unintentionally, with a very clear intention to hug him if he was not careful.

Vidic is definitely one of the players who is best at heading the ball in Manchester United. In this offense, his threat is not even worse than Bell.

Berbatov stood behind him. As Manchester United's center forward, he was also good at heading the ball. Stoke City arranged two players, Shawcross and Faye, around him.

Huth stood on the outermost right, with Wilson behind him. Both of them were paying attention to Ferdinand and O'Shea. These two brothers are also dangerous people and may step in at any time to create threats.

In short, the set piece seems to happen in an instant, full of chance and luck, but in fact it is very complicated.

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When the referee blew his whistle, everyone started to move.

O'Shea quickly stepped in behind Huth, but Wilson pushed him with both hands and pushed him to the ground.

But O'Shea was not to be outdone. When he was pushed down, he leaned towards Wilson and knocked him to the ground. O'Shea's action can be said to be a perfect demonstration of the physical law that forces act on each other.

Collins felt that Vidic was about to move forward, and he circled the Serbian with both hands, but at the same time, he was blocked by Vidic.

In this moment of change, Bell suddenly burst out of the crowd and rushed out of the gap behind Huth and in front of Vidic.

Delap realized something was wrong and was about to rush over immediately, but felt his jersey tighten behind him. It turned out that Berbatov was holding his jersey behind him.

But the Bulgarian is a thief, and he will let go as soon as he pulls. By the time Delap reacted, he had already let go. This was obviously a skill in small movements, and did not give Delap any chance to fall to the ground.

Stoke City players were also entangled by Manchester United players and missed the opportunity to step forward to stop Bell.

This is Manchester United's super long-distance free kick tactic!

With the help of his teammates, Bell fought his way out of the crowd and rushed straight to the small penalty area. Facing Nani's pass, he accurately judged the ball's fall and landing point, and used his right foot. Swing high.

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At that moment, Bell could clearly feel the contact between the ball and the instep.

He used an almost instinctive stopping action to remove the ball from a long distance as much as possible, trying to prevent it from having any chance of rebounding.

This is a critical situation. As soon as the ball leaves Bell's control, Stoke City goalkeeper Sorensen will react immediately, and other Stoke City players will immediately pounce on him like wolves. , he will miss an excellent opportunity!

This kind of stopping action is difficult for Bell himself to do, even though his ball control has now entered the first-rate ranks.

However, for Bell, who used Zidane's experience card, it was not difficult.

Everyone knows that Zidane's feel for the ball is one of the best in football, and it has almost become an instinct for him!

And what he is most praised by the world for is his extraordinary kick in the 2002 Champions League final, which was a volley similar to this.

The ball in mid-air was stopped just right by Bell, as if he had spirituality and listened to his command, it gently fell to Bell's right side.

Lift your feet, stop the ball, push again...

The ball went in!

The entire scoring process can be said to be done in one go, like flowing clouds and water without any hindrance.

By the time everyone on the scene reacted, the ball had already hit the lower right corner of Stoke City's goal.

Stoke City goalkeeper Sorensen stood a little to the left and didn't react at all.

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"The ball went in? Oh my God, the ball went in?"

BBC commentator Alan Hanson was so disbelieving that he almost doubted his own eyes. As a famous star of Manchester United's rival Liverpool, Alan Hansen couldn't help but be impressed by Bell's goal.

In the far east, another Liverpool fan, the famous football commentator Zhan Jun, also praised Bell's goal.

"This is definitely a wonderful shot! Against Sky City, Bell used a flying shot from the sky to score their goal again!"

This was true for the two commentators who were die-hard fans of their rivals, not to mention the commentators who were neutral or close to Manchester United. All kinds of complimentary words poured out of their mouths at this moment as if they were free of charge.

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When Bale quickly rushed out of the field and celebrated all the way with the roar of the audience, Stoke City players quickly rushed to the referee Cammarina. They were mainly reacting to the Manchester United players' free kick attack. It's time for a foul.

"Vidic blocked me with his elbow. This is a foul!" Collins said aggrievedly.

"O'Shea fouled, he knocked me down." Wilson yelled.

"And Berbatov, that Eastern European guy was pulling my jersey with his hands behind my back. You should have seen it." Delap kept tugging on his jersey, as if to let the referee see it. It's like the palm print left on it by Berbatov.

Marriner was obviously well prepared for such a situation, but he had no intention of changing the goal, so he kept waving his hands and shaking his head.

"I see it clearly, everyone." Marriner signaled the Stoke City players to keep a distance from him, and at the same time explained why he judged the goal to be valid.

He pointed at Wilson and said: "Before O'Shea knocked you down, you pushed him down hard. If you want to pursue it, this should be a penalty kick."

Then he turned his attention to Collins and said: "And you, you put your arms around Vidic and almost knocked him down."

Marriner finally looked at Delap, and after thinking about it, Popeye seemed to have really done nothing, so he spread his hands speechlessly and said: "I can only say that if you really want to be serious, I can blow it." It was a foul, but it seemed more like a penalty."

The Stoke City players were speechless. They didn't know what kind of eyes this referee had. Isn't it too outrageous to be able to clearly see everything that happened in an instant?

On the other side, while the Liverpool players were celebrating, they also saw that the referee had not blown the whistle for a long time, and then saw several Stoke City players surrounding them to put pressure. Wherever they were willing to do anything, they all pounced on them like wolves. .

Everything that happened in the penalty area just now was very fast. It can be said that it was overwhelming, but no one was cleaner than anyone else. This is also the normal situation when taking penalty kicks in the frontcourt. If it is scored, you have to admit it. What's the matter with besieging the referee? ?

Referee Marriner saw the Liverpool players rushing up and immediately blocked Vidic and others. At the same time, he separated the players from the two teams, indicating that the goal was valid, and quickly dispersed, preparing to kick off again.

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