Football King Bale

Di Matteo shook his head helplessly, turned around and walked back to the home team's coaching bench, mumbling to himself.

He was ecstatic when Bale's shot was blocked by the woodwork. But Nani's follow-up shot once again drove him into the abyss of despair.

Conceding a goal at this critical node is definitely a painful blow to Chelsea. There was little left in the game, and there was not much time left for Chelsea to change the score.

Under such circumstances, Chelsea had to take the initiative, because if they did not press out, Manchester United would completely run out of game time.

Di Matteo knows very well that although the old man opposite is a person who likes to attack, he will definitely do so at such a critical time.

He has no choice!

But as long as he presses out, Manchester United will definitely defend and counterattack.

As for Manchester United's offensive line, the counterattack is really terrible. Whether it is Bell, Rooney, Welbeck and Nani, they all have good speed. Coupled with the fact that Hernandez, Giggs and others are still sitting on the bench, it is simply a nightmare for Chelsea.

This is a dilemma. Only by pressing out and attacking can you have a chance to equalize the score, but after pressing out, the risk of being counterattacked will be greater.

The current situation is completely different from the one where he lost the ball at the beginning, because at that time he had plenty of time to stabilize the situation and slowly adjust and play, but now there is less than ten minutes left.

He has no time!

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Di Matteo turned to his assistant Eddie Newton and said: "Put Sturridge on, substitute..."

Who to replace? DiMatteo hesitated. In Chelsea's 4231 lineup, no one can move.

"...Bosingwa!" Di Matteo said with a heartbroken look on his face.

Bosingwa was replaced and Sturridge was replaced. He wanted to strengthen the team's frontcourt offense and switch to three defenders in the backcourt.

Chelsea's substitution was very sudden. Sturridge didn't even warm up and stood on the sidelines preparing to come on as a substitute. There is not much time left for Chelsea. There is not enough time for Sturridge to warm up. He can only adjust himself after playing.

Chelsea, who had completed substitution adjustments, made 343 changes, with three major centers including Drogba, Torres and Sturridge on the field.

At this critical moment, Chelsea no longer had time to slowly organize the attack. Di Matteo was ready to use the English team's most primitive and best long pass to attack Manchester United's defense.

Of course, if Manchester United is suppressed in the penalty area, Lampard's back shot is also a big weapon for the Blues.

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As Chelsea made substitution adjustments, Manchester United also quickly made substitutions.

In the 88th minute, Ferguson made Manchester United's first substitution of the game, with Scholes replacing Carrick. This is a matchup substitution, mainly because Carrick has almost exhausted his physical strength. Replacing him at this time is also to stabilize the team's defense.

Carrick, as Manchester United's single defensive midfielder in this game, consumes a lot of money on the court. Facing Chelsea's desperate last-minute fight, staying on the field is risky.

Although Scholes is older, he had no problem playing these last few minutes. Moreover, his experience and experience can be of great help to Manchester United at such a critical moment.

At the same time, this substitution also means that it consumes time.

Scholes also brought Ferguson's instructions when he came on the field. The team began to retreat into their own half, allowing Chelsea to press out and concentrate on the counterattack behind them.

This is rogue, right? Yes, but it works really well!

After Chelsea pressed forward heavily, Manchester United stabilized its defense while constantly threatening the opponent's back.

Chelsea was very helpless. Although their defense frequently called the police, they were behind in the score and could not care so much. They could only grit their teeth and attack bravely.

Then, when the game reached the 90th minute, Manchester United made the second substitution adjustment of the game. Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, Ferguson replaced Sneijder with Giggs.

It's also a matchup substitution, and Ferguson's purpose of spending game time is obvious. This made Di Matteo depressed and wanted to vomit blood, but there was nothing he could do. Who told Manchester United to be in the lead, and Ferguson still had two cards to play?

Di Matteo can imagine that when the game enters injury time, Ferguson will definitely continue to make such time-consuming substitution adjustments.

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Di Matteo did not wait for Ferguson's third substitution, but first waited for Chelsea's third goal.

When the fourth official of the game called the 5-minute stoppage time sign, Di Matteo felt that this was good news for Chelsea and gave him more time to equalize the score. However, Manchester United Killed the suspense of the game.

In the first minute of stoppage time, Manchester United's Scholes and Giggs, who had just come on as substitutes, performed a wonderful stealing show. The two old partners who had worked together on the football field for more than 20 years used that to score. With the tacit understanding in their bones, they successfully completed the steal from Mata's feet.

After Manchester United successfully intercepted the ball, Scholes reproduced his extremely coquettish long pass and directly kicked it to the left behind Chelsea's defense.

Bell rushed in as fast as possible along the left wing, caught up with the ball before everyone else, and deliberately paused on the left wing. After his teammates in the center caught up, he quickly reached down and passed the ball with his left foot. Arrived later.

Rooney and Welbeck attracted the attention of Chelsea's defense. The old demon Giggs, who had just completed the siege with his old brother Scholes in the midfield, rushed up quietly, like a ghost. In Chelsea's small penalty area, they succeeded in grabbing the first point. With a very beautiful look back at the moon, a header from close range broke Chelsea's goal again.

3:1!

With this goal, Giggs broke the record of the oldest scorer in the Champions League final set by Maldini on the night in Istanbul in 2005. Giggs, who was born on November 29, 1973, is now 38 years and 172 days old!

The AC Milan legend scored 52 seconds into the match against Liverpool in the 2005 Champions League final. Not only did he break the record for the fastest goal in the Champions League final, he also set the record for the oldest goal scorer in the Champions League final. Maldini was the age at the time. He is 36 years and 333 days old.

However, today's game is an out-and-out bad day for the AC Milan legend. First, Bale's blitz in the opening broke the record for the fastest goal in the Champions League final that he set seven years ago. Gus' goal once again broke his seven-year record as the oldest scorer in a Champions League final.

Two Welshmen, one old and one young, broke the legendary record originally created by the old horse.

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The goal occurred in the 91st minute of the game. It can be said that there is basically no suspense in this game.

But this group of Chelsea veterans are indeed very tenacious. Even though their old bodies are extremely tired, and even though they know in their hearts that the championship is far away from them, they are still launching attacks.

It's a pity that they faced Manchester United, who are best at reversal and did not give Chelsea any chance to create a miracle.

When the game reached the 93rd minute, there was only a little more than a minute left in injury time. Ferguson took advantage of another dead ball opportunity and used up the last substitution in his hand. The teenager Pogba was replaced. Bell, the team captain on the field.

After Bell saw the substitution sign on the sidelines, he didn't intend to waste time. He quickly took off the captain's armband from his shoulder and put it on the arm of Giggs, who was not far away from him.

It is often seen on the court that an old captain puts the captain's armband on the arm of his young successor, but it is rare for Bell to put the armband on an old captain. So this picture appeared on the post-match front page of the famous German newspaper Bild, and eventually became a classic picture on the court.

Before anyone from Chelsea could come over to urge him, after Bell completed the handover of the captain's armband, he ran to the sidelines and completed the substitution with Pogba.

At that moment, 66,000 fans from both sides of the Allianz Arena stood up and applauded Bale.

Although Bell only scored one goal today, he completely dominated the court, because Manchester United's other two goals were all assisted by him.

According to UEFA regulations, Bell's shot that bounced back into the penalty area after hitting the door frame and was scored by Nani was also considered an assist.

As a result, Bell's statistics in the Champions League this season are fixed at 17 goals and 11 assists.

Of course, Bell's performance in this game is not only that, he also threatened Chelsea's goal many times. It can be said that the Blues completely lost this game at his feet.

Although this final substitution was suspected of wasting time, Bell's approach made the Chelsea people blameless.

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Although he only got a little more than a minute of garbage time, Pogba was very happy. This was the Champions League final!

With his appearance for more than a minute, Pogba also became the youngest player in the history of the Champions League.

It is worth mentioning that the player who previously held this record is also directly related to Manchester United, because that player is Owen Hargreaves!

In the 2001 Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Valencia, the 20-year-old Hargreaves got the opportunity to play, becoming the youngest player in the history of the Champions League final. Now, Pogba, who has just celebrated his 19th birthday two months and four days ago, has surpassed the record set by Hargreaves 11 years ago by a full year!

Pogba certainly knows what this appearance means to him, so he seems so happy.

As for Pogba, who some people are crazy about, this undoubtedly stimulated his desire for performance. He performed very well for more than a minute, whether it was advancing with the ball or counterattacking after the team lost the ball, he performed very well. Positive, it really attracted a wave of attention on this stage that attracted the attention of the world.

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