I am the king of football

Chapter 175 The heavy rain continues
The wonderful goal was greeted with beautiful singing at Old Trafford. The fans in the stands began to sing in unison, and everyone cheered for Van Persie, who was previously the captain of their mortal rivals.

The football is round, and Manchester United fans are cheering for the former Arsenal captain. Who could have imagined such a scene?
When both sides returned to their respective positions, the Red Devils were in high spirits, while the Fulham players on the opposite side were obviously a little disappointed.

Just then, as a large dark cloud floated across the sky, the unpredictable weather in England was fully demonstrated.

"Okay, the game has started again. Oh, dear audience, it is raining at the game site. It really comes out of the blue~"

Zhan Jun was also quite surprised. It seemed that the British custom of talking about the weather first when they meet was really correct. The rain started as soon as it was said to start.

At the beginning of the first day of the new year, the rain was still acceptable and the field was not so slippery. The players of both teams were able to adapt to it, but soon the rain turned from drizzle to heavy rain.

Under the rain, although the fans in the stands were still cheering loudly, the players on the field could not help being affected in any way.

The change occurred in the 35th minute. Manchester United had just snatched the ball back from Fulham after a fierce fight. The four midfielders were all offensive in nature and they did a good job in pressure and attack.

However, what they did not notice was that Fulham's tactical style of play also changed after conceding the goal. The away team, which initially wanted to play a steady war of attrition, began to press forward significantly in the frontcourt and had already appeared in the heart of Manchester United's midfield.

This change gave Fulham a great opportunity when Shinji Kagawa's pass did not reach Van Persie's feet due to the resistance of rain.

"Moussa Dembélé! He blocked the opponent's interception and made a long pass forward!"

A very good counterattack opportunity, Fulham faced an almost undefended Manchester United midfield. When Petric in the frontcourt received the ball, he successfully passed the ball again without any interference.

"Petric, as a transit station, passed the ball again. He passed the ball to the left, where Duff was running forward at a rapid speed!"

He kicked the ball before Evra, and in a flash, Duff broke through Evra's defense at the simplest speed, and then before Vidic on the back line could react, he directly kicked the ball in front of him.

"Bang~"

With a dull sound, accompanied by rain and extremely fast speed, Duff's shot perfectly hit the left post and rolled into the goal.

De Gea in front of the goal really didn't expect that Evra and Vidic could be passed by the opponent's defenders so quickly, so he didn't make sufficient preparations to save the ball, so even though he jumped out to save the ball, he still couldn't touch the ball.

"The ball goes in! Duff~, a quick counterattack opportunity, Fulham seized it, and they equalized the score!"

Everything happened so fast that the Manchester United fans at the scene even had a feeling it was unreal. They had just gained possession of the ball and were in a good situation, but in the blink of an eye the ball was already in their own goal.

On the court, De Gea stood up and shook off the rain on his body. He was extremely angry. He loudly scolded the two defenders Evra and Vidic in front of him, saying that their defensive state was simply a crime.

"What are you doing! Just letting him get in and get a chance to shoot? Are we going to continue playing?"

The goalkeeper is the most important person in the defense, not to mention he is the goalkeeper who saved the team countless times by diving left and right in front of the goal. The two defenders who made mistakes lowered their heads and dared not speak. In the end, the more experienced Vidic waved his hand.

"Got it! We will cheer up." At this time, Vidic, the backbone of Manchester United's defense line, did not know that he would have a conversation with De Gea next and create another nightmare scene.

After Fulham's excited celebration, the two teams returned to the field again. At this time, there was still a lot of time before the 40th minute of the game. It can only be said that Manchester United's lead did not last long.

In the heavy rain, Fulham, who used simple long passes and destructive tactics, were obviously more at ease. After the start of the game, their series of pressing caused Shinji Kagawa, the core organizer of Manchester United, to make frequent mistakes.

As the supporting point next to Shinji Kagawa, Cleverley could only take the ball frequently and try to organize, but the player's ability to pass the ball forward was not outstanding.

"Oh, the smart guy passed the ball directly to Diarra and Fulham got the ball again."

As a midfielder who came from Manchester United's youth training camp, Cleverley is one of the few young midfielders that Ferguson has promoted in recent years. You should know that in this summer window, the midfield genius Pogba, who also came from Manchester United's youth training camp, was directly abandoned by Ferguson and joined Juventus as a free agent.

Unfortunately, Cleverley's current strength can only be said to be able to play as a role player, it is still too difficult for him to take on the main responsibility.

In the following period, Manchester United's midfield could be said to be out of control. Without a strong defensive midfielder, their opponents could press to the front of the defense line as soon as they lost the ball.

In this situation, De Gea and the defense line in front of him became the busiest people in the whole field. As for Qin Hu and Van Persie, they couldn't get the ball at all and were almost invisible.

In the 44th minute of the game, Fulham organized an attack again. Midfielder Diarra made a lob pass past Shinji Kagawa who was pressing him and passed the ball to Brian Ruiz on the right.

"Ruiz took the ball and pulled it to the side. He moved very quickly. Oh! De Gea chose to attack. He thought he could take the ball directly when the opponent entered the penalty area!"

This was definitely an extremely reckless move. When Ruiz saw De Gea coming out, he decisively chose to kick the ball and cross it. The ball flew over De Gea's hands and went directly into the dangerous area of ​​the penalty area.

"Petric is rushing forward, Vidic is only half a body length ahead of him, he must clear the ball quickly!"

"Oh!"

There was a dull sound, and people did not see Vidic's foot kicking the ball, but heard the sound of the ball hitting him.

When the ball suddenly changed direction and flew directly into the goal, everyone was stunned.

"The ball went in again. Ruiz's pass directly led to Vidic's own goal! 2-1, Fulham reversed the score at the end of the first half!!!"

"Woo~"

Kneeling in front of the goal, Vidic covered his face with his hands. Not far from him, De Gea, who was lying on the ground, was pounding the ground in frustration.

The heavy rain continued to fall, and the momentum that Manchester United had ignited after Van Persie's goal was completely dampened.

In the 12-13 season, Manchester United was far from winning the championship as gloriously as it did in the end. The team faced various changes, but fortunately they still had Ferguson. The old man used his strong integration ability to help Manchester United win the last Premier League championship so far. But now, in addition to Sir Alex, they also have another person they can trust~
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