I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

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Although Ye Su had imagined that this match would be very difficult, when the match started, Ye Su realized that the level of difficulty of the match was still something he had never imagined before the match.

The young Southampton played very aggressively and toughly at home. Even though Ye Su had exhausted his main force, and rested all the main players in the middle of the week, and even improved the players' abilities to a certain extent, they still couldn't take advantage of Southampton.

The strength of this Southampton team exceeded Ye Su's expectations.

In the first minute of the game, Manchester United's goal was tested. Southampton attacked the frontcourt, and Wanyama took a long shot from 25 meters away from the goal and hit a bouncing ball. Fortunately, De Gea entered the state quickly and held the ball firmly. arms.

Manchester United also quickly fought back. In the 3rd minute, Manchester United created a free kick through Nani's breakthrough in the frontcourt.

This free kick is just one step outside the penalty area line, and because it is close to the right wing, Rooney and Mata decided to take the free kick after discussing with Mata.

At the same time, Ye Su on the coach's bench also quickly removed the dribble card from Mata's body and replaced it with a free kick card.

Mata's free kick ability is first-class in football. With the addition of the free kick card, this free kick is of high quality. After bypassing the Southampton wall, he quickly fell and finally wiped the goal. The pillar flew out of the bottom line.

Although he didn't score a goal, he still scared Southampton up and down.

In the 10th minute, Southampton once again threatened Manchester United's goal through a wonderful pass. Full-back Klein put in an assist and passed the ball to Wanyama near the penalty area line. The Kenyan midfielder took a long shot again. The ball went straight to the lower right corner of Manchester United's goal, but still failed to pass De Gea's goal Fingers off.

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Both sides come and go, the offense is wonderful, the defense is beautiful, the scene is very intense and exciting, but the score has not been rewritten.

In this high-paced offensive and defensive transition, time passed quickly, and half an hour was about to pass.

At this time, an unexpected incident broke the deadlock on the court.

In the 28th minute, Manchester United attacked the frontcourt. Mata distributed the ball to the right and found Nani.

The Portuguese dribbled the ball along the wing, did not choose a pass in time, and was intercepted by the Southampton defender.

The Saints played a quick counterattack, and the French midfielder Schneiderlin made a long pass directly in the midfield, looking for Lambert on the striker.

Although Manchester United was attacking, the defense remained intact. The two central defenders Vidic and Ferdinand double-teamed Lambert. Evra, who was not far from the side, also leaned over, planning to defend the Southampton players who responded to Lambert.

This trio has cooperated at Manchester United for eight years, and the tacit understanding is extremely high, not to mention the bonus of making offside tactical cards now. Especially Vidic and Ferdinand, the two have a clear division of labor. Ferdinand restrains Lambert from the side to prevent him from turning around and breaking through, while Vidic takes off and competes with the Southampton striker.

As a result, Vidic and Lambert inevitably entangled. The Saints striker elbowed a Serbian defender in the face with a covert elbow. The Serb screamed and fell to the ground.

Ferdinand and Evra made a serious mistake at this time. They believed that the Southampton center had fouled, so Qiqi protested to the referee and did not grab the ball.

However, neither the linesman nor the referee was expressionless about the protests of Ferdinand and Evra, and the game continued. Lambert gave the ball to Davis, his own midfielder, and then advanced himself.

Seeing that the referee said nothing,

Only then did Ferdinand and Evra realize something was wrong, and hurried back to defense. But it was too late. After taking two steps forward, Davis saw Lambert throw away Ferdinand, and immediately sent a diagonal pass, hitting behind Ferdinand.

Lambert was already in a favorable position to attack, and he easily got rid of Ferdinand and got a one-shot chance. Facing De Gea's defense, he easily pushed and sent the ball into Manchester United's goal.

The score on the field became 1:0, with the home team Southampton ahead!

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The Southampton people celebrated their goal wildly, and St. Mary's Stadium was full of joy. It is also an honor for them to be able to lead Manchester United at home.

For Southampton, Manchester United can be called their nemesis. The two sides have confronted 113 games in history. Manchester United has an absolute advantage with 59 wins, 29 draws and 25 losses. Among them, the "Saints" have no wins in the last 9 games. Although Southampton faced the Red Devils 56 times at home with 17 wins and 21 The negative gap is not too great, but Manchester United have won 7 of the 8 meetings at St. Mary's Stadium.

This season, Manchester United has a poor record. They can take the lead at home and are very likely to win this victory. How can they be unhappy?

At the same time, the Manchester United players were discussing arguments around the referee.

Only then did people realize that the blood on Vidic's face was due to him being hit on the nose by Lambert's elbow in the header fight just now, and the blood stained the pitch.

However, such a protest is doomed to be futile. In an era without var, it is impossible for the referee to change the judgment.

Of course, Manchester United also knows that this kind of protest will not have any direct effect, but they can't say nothing. At least, the protest is also to put pressure on the referee, so that he can make changes in the subsequent penalties.

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The game quickly resumed, and the young Southampton, stimulated by the goal, continued to attack strongly and threatened Manchester United's goal continuously.

In the 30th minute, Luke Shaw missed the goal with a long shot with his left foot. Immediately, Wundt took advantage of the corner kick opportunity to head the goal and was blocked. Lambert's left foot shot from a small angle was blocked by the Manchester United defenders.

Manchester United is not easy to mess with. After surviving Southampton's attack, they quickly responded with continuous attacks.

In the 32nd minute, Manchester United played a quick attack. Nani quickly broke through along the wing, and then chose to cut in front of the penalty area. Southampton midfielder Jack Cork had no choice but to choose to foul and was shown a yellow card by the coach. warn.

Because this free kick is still on the right, it is suitable for Mata, who is left-footed, to take the penalty.

On the sidelines, Ye Su, who had just finished communicating with the fourth official, quickly switched the free kick card to Mata.

Mata drove a free kick into the penalty area. With the increase of the free kick card, the free kick passed by the Spanish warm man was extremely accurate, and he comfortably found Manchester United captain Vidic in the penalty area. Although the Serbian had just stopped the bleeding from his nose, he still chose to fly to the top despite the pass, and pushed the ball into the dead corner of the near post.

After completing the goal, Vader looked up to the sky and screamed, with an extremely ferocious expression.

Obviously, the team's conceded a goal a few minutes ago made him very aggrieved. For him, this goal is a kind of emotional release.

What's more, this is also his curtain call at Manchester United, and the dream of being able to end here with a goal

The Manchester United players were also very happy and rushed to Vidic one after another. Ferdinand even punched Vidic on the chest and laughed.

Ye Su on the sidelines also raised his arms and cheered. The team just conceded a goal because of the opponent's plot, and he also felt very upset. Then the players were very upbeat, and after less than five minutes, they tied the score with a beautiful free kick. This is undoubtedly the best response.

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Subsequent matches became more open and intense.

In the 34th minute, Manchester United almost overtook the score. At that time, Manchester United stole Southampton in the midfield, and then played a quick counterattack. Ashley Young blasted his way down the left before delivering a quality cross.

In the frontcourt, Rooney, Nani and Mata outflanked and followed up. Seeing Ashley Young's cross, Rooney jumped high, but he felt that he could not handle the ball in his position, because he was surrounded by two Southampton defenders, so he chose to head the ball. Ferry, I saw him gently rubbing the ball and swinging the ball to the back point.

Nani cuts in at high speed, facing the ball that Rooney ferries over, he bends his bow and nocks an arrow, and shoots a burst shot from the edge of the penalty area. The ball was like a fired shell, whistling and heading straight for the goal.

Faced with Nani's powerful shot, Southampton goalkeeper Buruc basically had no reaction. But the ball hit the crossbar again and flew out of the baseline.

Nani seemed very annoyed. He felt that the shot was very good. He thought he had scored, but he didn't expect that it was still a little bit short. If he had lowered the ball just a little bit, it would have been there.

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In the last ten minutes of the first half, although the two sides played very fiercely and formed several shots, they failed to pose any threat.

Vidic, who was a little too excited, was sentenced to a blocking foul when facing Lallana's breakthrough, and received his second yellow card of the game, which was also Manchester United's first yellow card.

In the first half of the game, the two teams drew 1:1 and entered the halftime break.

During the intermission, the major media spoke highly of the game. Both sides performed very well, playing high-quality offense and defense.

But most media believe that Manchester United suffered a disadvantage in the game. Southampton's goal was obviously fouled first. The referee and the linesman made an obvious mistake in the penalty in that attack. Southampton's goal did not exist, and Lambert even elbowed Vidic. At least he should have received a yellow card.

However, from the scene, the 1:1 draw is the best reflection of the first half of the game.