Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

Chapter 333 Lin Feng scored twice, and Ferguson's eyes became clear!

Seeing that he was unable to stop Lin Feng, Fletcher had no choice but to commit a tactical foul on Lin Feng and knock him down outside the penalty area.

The referee showed no mercy to him, showing a yellow card to Fletcher who had just come on the field, and gave Inter Milan a free kick in the frontcourt in an excellent position.

Manchester United received a lot of cards in this game. In addition to Scholes' two yellow cards, defensive players such as Fletcher, Carrick and Heinze all received yellow cards.

Most of them were suffered when defending Lin Feng, which shows how much pressure Lin Feng brought to Manchester United's defense.

Fletcher's kick just now was quite hard. Even with the protection of shin guards, Lin Feng was still grimacing in pain after being kicked in the face bone.

When his teammates saw that Lin Feng did not get up from the lawn immediately, they all panicked and hurried over to check the situation.

On the coaching bench, Mancini stood up with an anxious look on his face and asked Stankovic to warm up. It was obvious that he had made the worst-case scenario plan that Lin Feng would get injured and leave the field.

Fortunately, Lin Feng did not injure any vital parts. The injury to his tibia was a hard one. The pain was very strong, but it was not very serious.

After a brief pause and when the intense pain subsided, Lin Feng was able to stand up.

Just looking at the way he was limping, it was obvious that Fletcher's kick just now had some impact on his condition.

"How is it, are you okay? How about letting me take the free throw?"

Figo walked to Lin Feng's side.

"No, I just need to slow down for a bit. Cooperate with me. Let's do this..."

Lin Feng whispered in Figo's ear for a while, and Figo smiled and nodded.

Many of Inter Milan’s current rich set-piece tactics come from Lin Feng’s ideas.

Although he didn't know whether what Lin Feng had just said would work, out of trust in Lin Feng, Figo did not question anything, but cooperated and did as he was told.

The Manchester United players didn’t know what the two men were whispering about, but Inter Milan’s free kick tactics were notoriously sharp, and Lin Feng’s free kick skills had long reached the level of a master.

So when they saw these two people discussing tactics, the Manchester United players felt nervous for no reason, not knowing how the opponent would deal with the free kick.

Since the foul site was very close to the penalty area, Manchester United players could only stand in the penalty area and form a human wall.

Inter Milan also arranged three or four players to squeeze in with the opponent's wall.

In order to fight for positions, players from both sides pushed and shoved each other while forming the human wall, forcing the referee to step forward and warn the players from both sides, which finally made the players on both sides calm down a little.

While the two sides were arguing, Lin Feng also took the time to take a breath.

At this time, the injured left leg is not as painful as before, but there may still be some problems if I want to hit the ball with force.

So he planned to take the penalty with his right foot!
As a player without a weak foot, Lin Feng can shoot with both hands.

This makes his free kick technique very rich, and it is difficult to judge which foot Lin Feng will use to take the penalty kick just by looking at his position.

The two feet focus on different directions, the left foot is slightly weaker, so it is more inclined towards skill.

The right foot is more powerful, so it tends to be more violent and powerful shots.

As an excellent goalkeeper, it is a compulsory course for them to collect the playing habits of the opponent's main players before the game.

So Van der Sar is very clear about Lin Feng's characteristics, but the more so, the more uncertain he is - before the opponent kicks the ball out, you have no idea how he will kick!
Seeing that Lin Fengzhan's position was slightly closer to the left, Van der Sar asked the human wall to block the right side of the goal, while he moved slightly to the left.

Because he was not sure whether Lin Feng would really shoot in this direction, he only moved slightly.

In this way, if Lin Feng shoots in this direction, he can save the ball with the advantage of his height and long arms.

If the opponent chooses another direction and bypasses the wall, he will also have a chance to clear the ball.

But the development of things was completely beyond his expectations!

Lin Feng neither hit the left nor the right, but went straight to the middle!

As the referee's whistle sounded, Lin Feng started to run.

The moment his toes touched the ball, Inter Milan players on both sides of Manchester United started jumping together.

It's not just animals that suffer from this problem, humans also have it.

The Manchester United players noticed that the people around them jumped, and subconsciously jumped along with them.

However, the expected overhead ball did not appear. The moment they jumped, the ball left Lin Feng's toes, stuck to the grass on the ground, and passed through the gap under the wall of people who had just jumped.

Originally, if there were only the four Real Madrid wall players in the penalty area, Van der Sar's vision would not be completely blocked.

But the bad thing was that Inter Milan also mixed in several players, further lengthening the width of the human wall.

This caused a large part of Van der Sar's vision to be blocked, and he couldn't see clearly how Lin Feng shot the ball.

By the time the ball rolled out from under his teammate's feet, it was already too late for Van der Sar to react!

Not to mention a tall goalkeeper like him who is nearly two meters tall, even an agile goalkeeper like Casillas who is 185cm tall may not be able to react to this ball!

After all, who would have thought that the opponent would shoot in this way?

“Goal!!!”

"What an imaginative goal! Manchester United's players were completely fooled by Lin Feng!"

Except for Sky Sports Channel in the UK, commentators from other major TV stations were all crazy with joy after seeing this goal.

This goal may not require much technical content, but the way it was scored is so funny and hilarious.

Looking at his own goal that was holed and his teammates who were all lowering their heads in frustration, Van der Sar kicked the ball into the goal frame in frustration.

Damn, this game was so depressing.

We conceded three goals in one game, all of them were spectacular.

He had already foreseen the scene in advance where he would become a background figure for Inter Milan.

Before Lin Feng scored the third goal, there were still many Manchester United fans in the stands of Old Trafford singing the team song and cheering for the players. But Lin Feng's goal was like pressing the mute button, and the singing in the entire stadium stopped abruptly.

One after another, the Red Devils fans were stunned, staring at the bright red numbers on the big screen in disbelief.

They couldn't believe that they were being slaughtered by their opponents at home!
Ferguson shook his head helplessly, he had encountered a monster!
The three goals Manchester United lost were all related to the opponent's number eight.

The opponent scored two goals himself and assisted his teammate with one goal.

Although he knew that Lin Feng was very strong before the game and made targeted deployments, he found out after the actual game that he still underestimated the opponent.

In fact, Manchester United had the opportunity to sign Lin Feng. Two years ago, after the World Youth Championship, Dong Fangzhuo's agent hinted to him that there was a very talented young man in the Chinese National Youth Team and asked him if he was interested in signing him.

However, Ferguson did not pay much attention to it at the beginning. On the one hand, it was difficult for Chinese players to obtain work permits in the Premier League. Dong Fangzhuo himself could not get one, let alone a player younger than him.

On the other hand, it is also related to the relatively low level of Chinese football. Even the national team is at this level, how strong can the national youth team be?
As for the World Youth Championship title, it is not very valuable in the eyes of top coaches.

They still understand the truth that being great does not necessarily mean being good. Every year, a large number of young "geniuses" emerge in the football world, but there are very few players who can really break through the fierce competition and stand on the stage of the top professional league.

So at that time he was not very interested in Lin Feng and did not accept his proposal.

But now Ferguson regrets it so much that he is almost regretting it!
It only took him one game to conclude that Lin Feng was the ultimate answer for Manchester United!
Just imagine if Lin Feng was a Manchester United player.

He was connecting, organizing and passing the ball in the midfield, Rooney was charging in front, and Giggs and Ronaldo were blasting on the wing.

As long as they are paired with a qualified back line, who in the whole of Europe can stop Manchester United's terrifying frontcourt combination?

What a pity, such a good player was missed by him!
If it was Manchester United that signed Lin Feng, Ferguson would be so angry that his thigh would be broken!

……

After scoring the second goal, Lin Feng was quickly replaced by Mancini.

Although he told his coach that his injury was not serious and he could continue.

But to be on the safe side, Mancini chose to replace him and give him a rest.

In Mancini's view, the outcome of the game has been decided, and continuing to let Lin Feng stay on the court will only increase the risk of injury and affect the next game.

Although it is possible to pursue the victory and score more goals, it is no longer that important.

In the first round of away games, they scored three goals, and they were valuable away goals.

He doesn't believe that Manchester United can turn the tables under such circumstances!
Therefore, we must think long-term and prepare in advance for the second leg of next week or even the Champions League semi-final.

Seeing that Inter Milan took the initiative to replace Lin Feng, Manchester United mustered up a little courage.

After Lin Feng left the field, Manchester United launched a crazy counterattack, trying to narrow the score gap.

However, the numerical disadvantage and the excessive physical exhaustion of the players limited Manchester United's performance.

In addition, Inter Milan's defense was very solid, and the three lines of defense were like moving chains, strangling Manchester United to the point of almost suffocating them.

At the end of the game, Ronaldo got a free kick in a very good position, but I don’t know if it was because of his physical decline or the big score deficit that affected his mentality, the quality of his elevator ball was much worse than the previous one.

Although Manchester United continued to launch attacks after that, they never found any good opportunities.

Although their players attempted many long shots outside the penalty area, these shots either missed the target or were blocked by the defenders.

It is not easy to score a high-quality world-class goal.

In injury time, Manchester United played more and more impatiently, and Ronaldo even received a yellow card for colliding with the goalkeeper in the penalty area.

This is the seventh yellow card Manchester United has received in this game.

It seems that Manchester United players are still not used to the penalty standards of the Champions League referees. They always habitually treat this as the Premier League, so that there are often some fouls that can be tolerated in the Premier League but not in the Champions League.

Compared to them, Inter Milan played much cleaner. They only received 3 yellow cards, more than half less than their opponents.

Finally, the game is over.

Inter Milan defeated the Red Devils Manchester United 3:1 away and had the last laugh in the battle between the leaders of Serie A and the Premier League.

This result excited Inter Milan's fans. Before the game, everyone's requirements were very low, and not losing or even losing less was considered a pass.

Unexpectedly, the team gave them such a big surprise. Not only did they exceed their goals, but they almost resolved the two-round game in one round.

"I didn't expect our Inter Milan to be so strong. They beat Manchester United without any chance of fighting back. Is this still the Inter Milan I know?"

"To be honest, Inter Milan played really well in this game, especially Lin Feng's performance, which was absolutely amazing!"

"I think Ferguson and his disciples are almost traumatized by the abuse. They will definitely target Lin Feng in the next game!"

Inter fans are full of confidence about the next round of the game and advancing to the semi-finals. Many people even skipped the second round of the game and started studying the opponents in the semi-finals!
Of course, in such a blindly optimistic mood, some people still remain calm:

"Although I am an Inter Milan fan, I still want to stand up and say something fair. Manchester United's performance today was not bad. It's just that the price of Scholes' red card was too high. In addition, the players on the Inter Milan side were in very good shape, especially Lin Feng, who could not be restricted at all. That's why Manchester United was beaten!"

In fact, judging from the game situation between the two teams in the first half, there was not much gap between Manchester United and Inter Milan.

But Scholes' red card changed everything. Playing with one less player had a huge impact on Manchester United. They almost lost the ability to compete with Inter Milan and were completely in a passive position of being beaten.

As the home team, Manchester United is under considerable offensive pressure.

They had to launch an attack at great risk, and were unsurprisingly sanctioned by Inter Milan's counterattack.

So Inter Milan cannot open the champagne in advance. Although they have a big advantage, they still need to take the second leg of the game seriously.

If Manchester United really reverses the situation, it will be so embarrassing!
"Is there any football expert who can tell me if there is any team in history that has managed to turn the tables in the second leg after losing 1:3 at home in the first leg?"

"I checked and found that since the Champions League was restructured, no team has ever been able to turn the tables after losing 1:3 at home in the first leg. The only two times a team turned the tables after losing 1:3 were both when they lost away and won at home."

"In fact, the probability of losing at home and turning the game around on the road is also very low. So far, only Ajax in 1996 has done it, and the probability is less than 1%!"

(End of this chapter)