Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 203 The Decisive Hat Trick
The game on the field restarted.

Manchester City twice fell behind and twice equalized, and their morale is currently very high.

After Manchester United's attack was thwarted, Manchester City launched another siege and repression against them.

This is the Etihad Stadium. Manchester City's players still have this self-awareness. They can thrash Manchester United at Old Trafford, so there's no reason they can only manage a draw at the Etihad.

In the stands, Manchester City fans continuously cheered for their team, and their overwhelming numbers and cheers completely drowned out the voices of the Manchester United fans.

Influenced by Shan Yongzhuo's equalizer, Manchester City played with considerable aggression and performed much better than before, posing a significant threat to Manchester United's goal.

However, scoring a goal is not easy.

Manchester United substituted veteran Ryan Giggs with Park Ji-sung, clearly indicating their intention to strengthen their defense.

While Ferguson's Manchester United relied on their much-criticized defensive squad to defend well, it wasn't actually that easy to break through their defense.

Compared to the later Manchester United defensive super team, the Manchester United team at this time still had a very good defensive strength.

Manchester City launched attack after attack on Manchester United, but each time they failed to break through. On the contrary, Manchester United's counter-attacks were very effective. The few counter-attacks they managed to launch kept Manchester City players and fans on the edge of their seats.

If it weren't for the outstanding performances of Kompany and Joe Hart, Manchester United would probably be ahead again.

In this back-and-forth exchange, time passed by, second by second.

The match is in the 93rd minute, and the 4 minutes of added time are about to end.

This was almost Manchester City's last chance to attack; if they failed to score, they would have to accept a draw at home against Manchester United.

Manchester United displayed a united defense and managed a draw against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. While the result was disappointing, it was acceptable to them.

At that moment, Silva delivered a brilliant through ball, and a figure rushed over.

That's Balotelli.

Balotelli turned and evaded Smalling's defense, then unleashed a powerful shot from 3 meters out of the penalty area.

"Oh!"

This time, Van der Sar made a world-class save, successfully blocking Balotelli's shot with both hands.

He succeeded.

Van der Sar deflected the ball to the side, and Vidic turned and shouted to clear it, but the ball struck O'Shea instead. The ball flew high and landed precisely on Shan Yongzhuo, who was temporarily unmarked due to Vidic's clearance.

Shan Yongzhuo charged straight at him.

Balotelli's shot, Van der Sar's save, Vidic's clearance, and O'Shea's undercover performance created chaos in Manchester United's penalty area. Vidic was too late to catch up with Shan Yongzhuo.

Just now, Vidic was busy clearing the ball before Milner could reach it, so he had to temporarily give up marking Shan Yongzhuo.

He had done very well, getting the ball before Milner and clearing it successfully.

But no one expected that O'Shea would block the ball and successfully pass it to Shan Yongzhuo.

At this moment, Shan Yongzhuo was unguarded and no one had time to intercept him. Scholes and Vidic, who were closest to him, ran towards him desperately, while Van der Sar was still half-lying on the ground. They were too late.

A golden opportunity has fallen from the sky!

The Manchester City fans around cheered, and everyone stood up, waiting for the goal to come.

Then, Shan Yongzhuo's delicate shot did not disappoint Manchester City fans; the ball flew into the net almost touching the post.

“gooooooooal!”

"Goooooooooal!" "Goal! Unbelievable! Goal!"

The commentator's voice was as excited as a child's as he shouted, "Shan Yongzhuo, it's Shan Yongzhuo again! A hat trick! This isn't his first hat trick, and of course, it won't be his last."

"But this is absolutely the most amazing hat trick ever!"

"Manchester City twice fell behind, but Shan Yongzhuo equalized the score, and in the final moments, he scored the winning goal!"

"That was a killer hat trick, unbelievable, absolutely unbelievable!"

"He was the one who stepped up for Manchester City in the end. Although he seemed invisible throughout the game, he still brought the team victory in his own way!"

"An amazing young man! He's only about to turn 21, but he's already shown the power to dominate the world!"

"The future belongs to him. I have a feeling that I am watching a new football king be born!"

"Congratulations to Manchester City, and of course, congratulations to the Chinese national team too, because they have this amazing guy!"

"..."

The commentator was babbling incoherently, his emotions running high, but many people agreed with what he said.

In this match, Manchester City were actually at a disadvantage for most of the game, falling behind twice.

Despite these unfavorable circumstances, Shan Yongzhuo still stepped up, helping the team equalize twice, and finally scoring the winning goal, completing a hat-trick and bringing victory to the team.

With such a performance, what is there to criticize?

Even the most demanding Manchester City fans have been completely won over by Shan Yongzhuo at this moment.

On the field, Shan Yongzhu excitedly imitated the movements of a glider as he sprinted around the field, occasionally blowing kisses to the stands, which ignited a frenzy among the female cheerleaders.

The fans throughout the stadium were excitedly chanting Shan Yongzhuo's name.

This victory was hard-won, not only a last-minute winner, but also Manchester City's second win against Manchester United this season.

Manchester City fans can't even remember how long ago it was that Manchester City managed to complete a season double over Manchester United. How long ago was that?
Perhaps it never happened?
who cares!
Now, they have completed a season double over Manchester United, which is the most important thing.

The roof of the entire Etihad Stadium was almost blown off by the fans' fervor.

Meanwhile, the Manchester United players walked back to the locker room looking somewhat dejected. They had taken the lead twice in the match, but ultimately lost in this manner, which was hard for them to accept.

The hardest to accept was Vidic; he stood on the field with a somewhat unfocused gaze.

At that moment, he saw Shan Yongzhuo walking over, holding a Manchester City number 10 jersey in his hand.

"You're amazing. This is the first time I've ever been so badly defended."

Dan Yongzhuo smiled and handed his jersey to Vidic, "Can we exchange?"

He was indeed in a terrible state and had a very tough time in this match.

This was the first time he had been so frustrated by a defender, so as soon as the celebration ended, he ran over to Vidic to exchange jerseys.

Vidic smiled sheepishly, took off his own player and exchanged it with Shan Yongzhuo, and at the same time, he felt somewhat comforted.

As far as he knew, this seemed to be the first time Shan Yongzhuo had taken the initiative to ask someone to exchange jerseys.

What does this prove?
"I, Nemanja Vidic, am of course very good!"

(End of this chapter)