Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 165 The Dead Silence of Old Trafford

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The entire Old Trafford stadium was deathly silent, except for the cheers of the away team, Manchester City fans.

Balotelli was very excited after scoring the goal. He rushed to the sidelines and struck a bodybuilder pose, his dark face looking very stern.

Ferdinand stood there, panting, looking at the ball in the goal. Unlike the others, he let out a long sigh, his face filled with sorrow.

"Am I really getting old...?"

Meanwhile, the stands erupted in uproar. Manchester United fans never expected that the second goal would also belong to Manchester City. Although the good news was that the goal did not go to the opposing team's number 10, they were still two goals down.

This is Old Trafford, our home ground!
"Manchester City have scored again." The Sky Sports commentator also seemed a little sad. "This time it was Balotelli who scored. He shook off Ferdinand and, facing the onrushing Van der Said, fired a shot from a tight angle that pierced the Manchester United goal."

"Now, Manchester United are down by two goals, and the first half isn't over yet. They need to pull themselves together."

The Manchester United players on the field were also somewhat disappointed, as they had suffered a significant blow.

The defense, especially led by Ferdinand and Vidic, felt a great sense of humiliation.

Before the match, they worked hard to analyze and prepare, and they also tried their best to defend on the field. As a result, the opponent scored two goals in 30 minutes.

Moreover, both goals were scored directly against the two defensive leaders, Ferdinand and Vidic.

Manchester United's defenders were very frustrated, especially Ferdinand and Vidic.

When the game restarted, they began to focus more on defense, and Carrick also dropped back more to help with the defense.

However, the result was that Scholes lost his help in midfield, and facing a tough guy like De Jong alone, Scholes was rendered speechless.

Scholes' silence further hampered Manchester United's attack. Although they continued to launch offensives, they did not make much progress.

Time slipped away unnoticed as crosses from the byline were repeatedly attempted, and headers were repeatedly lost.

In the blink of an eye, it was the 40th minute of the first half.

Manchester City have won a corner kick this time.

When they saw Shan Yongzhuo heading towards the corner kick spot, the Manchester United players immediately went into high alert, especially goalkeeper Van der Said, who dared not relax for a moment.

Everyone knows that Shan Yongzhuo is very good at scoring directly from corner kicks. It has almost become one of his signature weapons. Whether it is the far corner or the near corner, he can easily kick the ball into the corner, making it very difficult to defend.

A deafening chorus of boos erupted from Old Trafford.

Manchester United fans were actually terrified. They knew Shan Yongzhuo was a master of corner kicks, but they were helpless and could only try to influence his mentality with boos and pray to God that he wouldn't score.

Shan Yongzhuo, however, was smiling as he ran up, completely unconcerned about the boos from the fans; all he cared about was scoring a goal.

The Mighty Vajra Legs were activated immediately.

The football soared high into the air, spinning intensely, tracing a beautiful arc before plummeting downwards, heading straight for the near corner of the goal.

This ball was very difficult to judge. At first glance, it seemed like a cross, but after the ball reached its highest point, it plummeted downwards and headed towards the goal.

Van der Sar ultimately guessed the right direction, but due to the interference from the previous trajectory, he was still a step too late and could only watch helplessly as the ball rushed into the goal.

At that moment, Van der Sar finally understood why so many goalkeepers had fallen victim to Shan Yongzhuo's corner kicks.

First, his shots were too unpredictable, greatly interfering with the goalkeeper's initial judgment.

Moreover, his ball speed is too fast and the angle is too tricky. Once he is disturbed at the first moment, it is difficult to keep up with the speed of the ball if he wants to make a save.

Van der Sar was deeply shocked.

How can a player train to shoot corner kicks directly to this level?
This is absolutely terrifying. Meanwhile, Manchester United fans fell completely silent.

0 is better than 3!

Manchester City are already leading by 3 goals away from home, and the first half isn't even over yet.

Such a score is truly disheartening.

What frustrated Manchester United fans even more was that of the three goals, the opposing team's number 10, Shan Yongzhuo, had already scored two, and they were too lazy to boo anymore.

Would shushing him do any good?

The opponent is only one goal away from the three goals I mentioned. If they can even score directly from a corner kick like this, what can't they do?
It seems like the last goal is just a matter of time.

Manchester United fans could only watch the game with mixed feelings, hoping that the players could perform better.

The Manchester United players were also very frustrated at the moment.

The Old Trafford goal was thwarted by three goals in the first half, a situation that rarely happens once in a season, or even several years.

But now, it has happened!
"Be serious, you must be serious!"

Van der Sar reminded himself while also loudly reminding his teammates, "You must stay alert! The opponent could shoot at any moment, and their shots have no blind spots!"

Courtside.

Ferguson's face was frighteningly gloomy, but he didn't want to say anything.

Shan Yongzhuo did not fall into his own trap. He continued to rely on his own superb shooting skills to play the game, without cooperating with his teammates at all.

So far in the first half, Shan Yongzhuo has only made one pass, which was the opening pass at the start of the game.

What else can be said?
Logically speaking, such a player shouldn't even be considered a professional player.

But the opponent's individual shooting skills were simply too superb, as evidenced by their two goals. What more can be said about such a player?
Ferguson was confident that he had seen many players in his long career who could single-handedly end a game, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, who had left Manchester United and was his prized disciple. When Ronaldo was in top form, he could break through the opponent's goal by himself.

But looking at Shan Yongzhuo now, Ferguson felt that even Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't be compared to this player.

The opponent is like a top-notch assassin, doing nothing most of the time, but once given even the slightest opportunity, he strikes like a rattlesnake, delivering a fatal blow.

"This is a completely upgraded version of Inzaghi, a player who has taken the killer instinct to the extreme!"

Ferguson made this judgment about Shan Yongzhuo in his heart, and he felt powerless to do anything about it.

Then, a hint of regret arose in his heart.

"If only he were a Manchester United player..."

Unfortunately, the opponent is a player from their arch-rival Manchester City, and it is foreseeable that Shan Yongzhuo will not leave Manchester City in the short term.

This is not good news for Manchester United.

This means that Manchester United is very likely to be suppressed by their noisy neighbors, whom they used to look down on, for a long time to come.

As for bringing Shan Yongzhuo to Manchester United?

Ferguson thought it was impossible just by looking at it.

The transfer fee to Manchester City was already a high £6500 million, which Manchester United does not have.

This player was destined never to belong to Manchester United.

(End of this chapter)