I am the king of football

Chapter 287: Betting on the Forward Line
"Demba Ba received the ball and faced Scholes directly. He rushed to the right. The young striker burst out with great strength and the Onion Head couldn't hold it!"

"Shu~"

When Demba Ba got the ball, he had already started running in advance and was already in a high-speed running state. This state was obviously not something Scholes could stop. Although the experienced veteran had already locked in position, he was still pushed away and killed by the opponent.

"He rushed directly towards the Manchester United defense line. Demba Ba did not slow down. Smalling chose to attack and pass the ball! He passed it to Malvio on the left. Phil Jones pounced on the striker!"

Young, still young. Even Zhan Jun in the commentary booth could see that the two defenders starting for Manchester United in this game were really lacking in experience.

Even if Smalling's attack was necessary, it was a bit careless for Phil Jones to easily leave the gap between himself and his partner and rush towards a striker alone.

Sure enough, the next moment, Malvio saw Phil Jones pull out and kicked the ball directly. He and Demba Ba made a two-on-two pass.

"Demba Ba got rid of Smalling! He broke into the penalty area, got the ball and shot!!!"

"Oh!"

With a volley, the ball flew to the left side of the goal before De Gea could react. When the ball hit the inner net of the goal, time froze at the 14th minute of the game.

"It's a goal! Less than fifteen minutes into the game, Newcastle United scored the first goal. They took advantage of Manchester United's mistake and attacked directly!"

"Roar!!!"

Demba Ba, who scored the goal, rushed to the corner flag area screaming. Facing the thousands of fans who had traveled from all over the country, the Magpies' lone striker punched hard to express his excitement.

The other Magpies players quickly followed suit. They were also very surprised that their team broke through the opponent's goal so early. They didn't expect that Manchester United's defense would give them more chances than the first time they met.

This idea is somewhat disrespectful to Manchester United's defense, but judging from the way Phil Jones and Smalling lowered their heads, they were not wronged.

"What the hell are you two doing!"

This time, even Ferguson on the sidelines didn't need to get angry. De Gea, who was standing in front of the goal, couldn't hold it in. He had thought that he would face a lot of challenges in this game, but he didn't expect this moment to come so soon.

"Cheer up, don't be led by the opponent, block the opponent's shooting path, and don't follow them closely!"

Wow, it was the goalkeeper's turn to instruct the defense. No one expected this, but every word De Gea said was so insightful that the two defenders could only nod their heads repeatedly.

In the absence of a big boss to lead the team, De Gea, as the team's mainstay in front of the goal, is really the person they can rely on the most.

After Newcastle United's celebration, the two teams stood in the kick-off position again. Qin Hu and Rooney in front of him looked at each other. Due to the tactics formulated by Ferguson, the two forwards were really useless in the first ten minutes of the game.

Now, the time has passed and the ball has been lost, it's time to do something drastic.

“Sh ...

The whistle sounded again and the game continued. Qin Hu and Rooney once again passed the ball to the midfield and rushed forward. The difference from before was that the person who controlled the ball for Manchester United changed from Scholes to Carrick.

"forward!"

Ferguson, who was completely convinced by his own defense, just gave a very direct tactical instruction, which also meant that Manchester United's style of play in this game had undergone a qualitative change.

From controlling the ball to attacking with all their strength, Ferguson finally chose to bet on his own striker, at least Qin Hu was reliable. So, the Newcastle United team, which had just scored a goal, discovered one thing: their opponents were not discouraged by losing the ball, but rushed towards them.

This forced the Magpies, who wanted to change to a 433 formation after the restart, to retreat and face Manchester United's forward pressure. However, this was not an unacceptable situation in the eyes of Alan Pardew on the side, because the closer Manchester United pressed, the more opportunities they had to counterattack.

However, just five minutes after the game resumed, the Magpies team discovered that the opponent's midfield and frontcourt were really strong, especially the forward combination of Qin Hu and Rooney, who were simply two beasts.

When the two did not stay on the edge of the penalty area line waiting for opportunities but pulled back to participate in the team's penetration into the opponent's midfield, Newcastle United's midfield was turned upside down.

In the 21st minute of the game, after trying to stop Qin Hu from dribbling the ball from the left side of the midfield without any result, the Magpies' defensive midfielder Anita had to commit a foul and pull Qin Hu's pants to stop him, which also earned him the first yellow sapphire card of the game.

"He was pulling and dragging. My goodness! Anita was almost flying under Qin Hu's lead. His foul can only be said to be a helpless act."

Zhan Jun's voice was a little amused, because the way Anita stopped Qin Hu just now almost pulled off Qin Hu's shorts, and in the end Qin Hu had to stop in order to protect his butt from being exposed.

"Carrick runs over to take the indirect free kick. From this position he should be able to kick it directly into the penalty area."

Qin Hu, Rooney and Giggs all came into the Magpies' penalty area, while Shinji Kagawa was cruising outside the penalty area. It was obvious that Manchester United wanted to seize this indirect free kick opportunity.

"Shh~"

"Oh!"

As the referee blew the whistle to indicate a penalty kick, Carrick kicked the ball hard.

"He ran straight into the penalty area without doing anything too much. Rooney jumped first, but he failed to head the ball, which flew towards the middle of the penalty area. Qin Hu! He surpassed the defensive player next to him by a head!"

"Oh!"

Thornton and Williamson who were surrounding Qin Hu had tried very hard, but unfortunately sometimes hard work is not necessarily useful. Qin Hu, who started early and had amazing jumping ability, headed the ball in front of them.

"Shu~"

Because the force of the header was so great and the distance to the goal was so close, Krul, who was standing in front of the goal, had no time to react before the ball flew into the goal.

"Goal! In the 23rd minute of the game, Qin Hu scored a header to help the team equalize the score!"

Having the best header is definitely Manchester United's luck, because it means that when they urgently need to score a goal, they only need to pass the ball high into the penalty area to have a great chance of scoring.

This is particularly valuable for traditional Premier League teams. After all, the main feature of English football is the long pass.

"Roar!"

Qin Hu's celebration was as crazy as Demba Ba's. After scoring the goal, he ran directly to the home team's stand and raised his fists high. In an instant, he was greeted with thunderous cheers from the entire stadium.

"Qin! Qin! Qin!!!"

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