I am the king of football

Chapter 288 The Latecomer Arrives First

The score was tied and Manchester United's attack became more powerful. This was naturally the best result for the Red Devils fans in the stands. Everyone shouted excitedly to Qin Hu.

The Christmas game is a confrontation full of festive colors. Isn’t what the fans want a hearty goal-scoring battle?
After the players of both teams returned to their respective positions, the looks they gave each other became increasingly hostile. Less than 25 minutes into the game, both teams scored a goal each, and at least in this match, the result seemed to be evenly matched.

"Continue the attack!"

Ferguson on the sidelines gave clear and concise instructions to the team. He had already realized that in this game the team would be better off focusing their energy on offense rather than on ball possession, and this goal had proved that.

Compared to Ferguson, Alan Pardew on the sidelines hesitated for a while. Facing a team that Manchester United took very seriously, he was still very clear about the strength of his opponent. However, as the game started again and Manchester United's attack began to come, he realized that he actually had no choice.

When Newcastle United kicked the ball, their coach gave instructions to control the ball and stabilize the situation first. However, in fact, less than three minutes after they started to control the ball, the ball possession changed.

"Manchester United's attack was very fierce, with the entire team's midfield and frontcourt rushing forward. It seems that the Red Devils are determined to go for an offensive tactic in this game."

As soon as the game resumed, Zhan Jun and Manchester United fans were stunned by the team's crazy attitude. They didn't expect that Manchester United's tactical change would come so quickly and so urgently.

For Manchester United fans, the scene was indeed exciting. When the Manchester United stars pressed forward, the two land tanks, Qin Hu and Rooney, fully demonstrated the benefits of their muscles.

There were constant collisions and pressing. Since the density in Newcastle United's own half was very high, for a while the two of them had no worries about not finding anyone to touch. Several Magpies' midfielders were unlucky during this period and were knocked all over the place.

Although it seems that Manchester United does not have too many direct opportunities in the short term, if they continue like this, it can be said that Newcastle United is definitely not far from conceding a goal.

In the 37th minute of the game, Qin Hu intercepted the ball from Anita in the opponent's midfield and passed it to Rooney who was on the right. After holding the ball, Rooney did not give the defender a chance to rush over and directly shot the ball.

Fortunately, Rooney's long-range shooting ability is still a little worse than Qin Hu's, and the ball was lifted over the crossbar by Krul in front of the Magpies' goal.

But this also made Alan Pardew determined. Facing such a situation, Manchester United would not be able to win by controlling the ball and defending. Since Manchester United chose to attack and exposed the opportunity to himself, he might as well just do it!
"Change!"

In the 433th minute of the game, Alan Pardew officially gave the order to change the formation. Newcastle United changed to . The Magpies no longer tried to control the situation under Manchester United's high pressing. They also began to try to put their main strength into the team's offense.

So, in the last five minutes of the first half, as Newcastle, who had almost lost the ball, regained control of the ball from the opponent's corner kick, their two wingers quickly rushed out and launched a full-scale attack.

Unlike the past ten minutes or so when Manchester United had some advantage but could not pass the ball, this time the Magpies' attack could be said to be full of surprises.

When Cisse passed the ball to Marvio who was pressing on the right, Rafael who was responsible for defending him was still some distance away from the winger. Marvio immediately chose to cut inside and move towards the middle. Rafael quickly changed direction to chase him, but he slipped at this moment.

"A stumble, Rafael missed the best defensive time, Malvio's position was very close to the penalty area line, Smalling had to rush towards him to make up for the defense, and passed the ball to the left, and the ball was given to Demba Ba!"

"Oh!"

Simple and direct, Newcastle United's offense has always been simple and crude. This is also the case when they face different opponents in the league. This also leads to the team's games either winning with passion or struggling to score and having to swallow the bitter fruit of failure.

This time, Demba Ba's shot was neither the former nor the latter.

"The ball flew towards the goal and Phil Jones flew to block it. He blocked the ball!!!"

With a dull thud, Zhan Jun's excited words died down before they even finished speaking, because on the big screen, Demba Ba's shot was indeed blocked by Phil Jones, but the position where the ball was blocked was not legal.

"It was the wrist. Although both arms were only clamped around the body twice, the ball hit Phil Jones' outstretched wrist..."

On the field, the referee was the first to hear the linesman's reminder of a suspected handball in his headphones. He immediately suspended the game and discussed with the referee team.

The players of both teams had to stop and wait for the result of the penalty. Demba Ba and Malvio naturally ran to the referee and tried their best to prove that it was a handball. The Manchester United defenders kept protesting against the other side for interfering with the referee.

When the referee officially ran back from the sidelines, the result was bound to make Old Trafford boil.

"Penalty, signaled Phil Jones for handball and showed him a yellow card, the referee finally awarded a penalty!"

"Shh~~FXXK! Son of biXXX!"

The moment the penalty was announced, the home fans at Old Trafford drowned out the referee with their huge noise. The excited fans didn't care about using any civilized language and started to greet each other.

It can only be said that the referee team of this game was really able to withstand pressure. They remained unmoved and insisted on the result of the penalty.

So, when the game reached the 45th minute, the visiting team Newcastle United got a penalty kick away from home, and the team's center forward Demba Ba naturally stood in front of the ball.

“This should be the last chance to get close to scoring in the first half. I don’t know if Demba Ba can seize the opportunity for Newcastle United.”

Although the boos were still everywhere, Demba Ba's attention was completely focused on the goal and De Gea. It is obvious that the striker has very good inner qualities to become a main player of an upper-middle Premier League team.

"Shh!"

The whistle sounded, Demba Ba started his run-up, taking two steps at a time and rushing towards the ball at the fastest speed.

"Oh!"

"After a run-up, he shot directly at the goal, and the ball flew to the right side of the goal! De Gea didn't touch the ball~~~"

"Shu~"

The huge shooting speed and the tricky angle close to the goal post did not disappoint the fans, and the Magpies' star Demba Ba scored again!

"It's in! It's in! It's in!!! Demba Ba scored the penalty, 2-1, Newcastle United has secured the lead again~"

“Shh! Shh!”

At the same time, the whistle to end the first half of the game sounded.

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