I am the king of football

Chapter 376 Death Struggle
Carrick's goal widened the gap again and gave Ferguson the confidence to make substitutions. While the team's players were celebrating excitedly, he quickly pointed out two players.

Giggs, one of the two veteran players of the team, came on the field, and young player Maguire was also called to warm up. After both sides stood on the field again, Giggs and Maguire quickly came on to replace Scholes and Evans.

The two players who performed well in this game naturally received cheers from their fans, especially the captain of this game, Scholes. He tried his best during his time on the field, and performed well both in organizing the team's ball possession and defending the opponent's attack. I don't know how many Red Devils fans hope that Scholes can return to his youth and continue to help the team.

As the referee blew the whistle to start the game again, time had entered the last twenty minutes of the game. The rain that had been falling for more than an hour had completely stopped, and the sun came out from behind the clouds. Unfortunately, there was not much time left for Manchester City.

When the ball was restarted, the entire Manchester City team rushed out quickly like a machine with a tightened spring. Yaya Toure continued to maintain a position parallel to David Silva. The Blue Moon locked in a 442 formation and launched a fierce attack.

Although the grass on the field was still a little wet, it did not affect Blue Moon's ball control and passing, which made them pass the ball a lot more comfortable. Facing the opponent's aggressive appearance, the Manchester United players naturally did not dare to neglect it. All the midfielders retreated and only Qin Hu was left in front.

"Both sides started fierce pressing in the heart of Manchester United's midfield. My goodness, the Manchester City players' counterattack after losing the ball was very fierce. It seems that this game has become a complete hand-to-hand fight!"

Just as Zhan Jun said, after the score gap was widened by the arch-rivals again, the entire Manchester City team fell into madness, and the anger that had been restrained because of Zabaleta's yellow card was released again.

In the 79th minute of the game, Carrick, who had just received the pass from Cleverley after he intercepted Aguero's ball, was knocked down directly by Yaya Toure. The referee stopped the game again and warned Yaya Toure.

However, when Giggs kicked the ball towards Van Persie who was running on the right, Manchester City's defense still showed no sign of relaxing. Their left-back Kolarov rushed out and shoveled the opponent out of the sideline with the ball just as Van Persie had just unloaded the ball.

This tackle made Van Persie lie on the ground holding his shin bone in pain and unable to get up for a long time. A group of people from the Manchester United bench rushed up and saw that another conflict was about to happen.

"Shhh!!!"

The referee had to blow the whistle again and showed Kolarov a yellow card. However, this time the Manchester City players, who were already two goals behind, were not happy. They thought the referee was using the yellow card to please the home team.

"In fact, there is nothing wrong with the referee's decision. It is normal to get a yellow card for such a foul. The main reason is that the entire Manchester City team is in a state of psychological imbalance. It is very difficult to maintain the situation under such circumstances."

On the sidelines, although Van Persie stood up and rubbed his calf to indicate that there was no big problem, Ferguson still used his last substitution and replaced Van Persie with midfielder Fletcher.

The game is getting closer and closer to the end. Apart from using foul tactics, the opponent has not shown any major threat. Therefore, protecting the safety of the team's main players is the top priority.

As a midfielder, Fletcher is also very good at confrontation and defense. Therefore, when the game restarted with Manchester United taking a free kick in the frontcourt, Manchester United's midfield and backcourt defensive capabilities were further enhanced.

"Pellegrini also made substitutions. He replaced Dzeko with Balotelli and Nasri with Clichy. These are adjustments to the team's offensive combination. Manchester City has really reached the moment of desperation!"

With the full defense of the Manchester City team, Manchester United's indirect free kick opportunity did not create a strong threat. Joe Hart finally saved Rooney's weak shot under the pressure of Zabaleta and then threw the ball to start the team's counterattack. "Clichy got the ball! Wearing the No. 22 jersey, he is very fast and can play various roles on the wing. He went all the way along the sideline~"

The two new substitutes gave the Blues hope, but when Clichy ran all the way to Fletcher with the ball, he really hit a wall.

"In a high-speed bicycle move, Clichy's feet kept passing over the ball, but Fletcher didn't move at all, he kept facing the opponent in front of him calmly."

"Oh!"

In a flash, Fletcher kicked the ball, and the next moment his foot collided accurately with the ball pushed to the left by Clichy, and the two of them kicked each other hard.

"The ball was kicked out of the sideline. The force on the foot was quite strong. Clichy even squatted down with his hands covering his feet with his teeth bared."

A quick counterattack turned into a sideline attack, which gave the entire Manchester United team the opportunity to quickly return to defense and made the Blue Moon's subsequent attack difficult.

When David Silva, who had finally got the ball after passing it back and forth with his teammates for a long time, passed it forward to the team's new striker Balotelli, this often neurotic young man just went crazy at this moment.

"Balotelli got the ball on the right, and Aguero on the left quickly ran to ask for the ball. This was a good passing opportunity, but he didn't pass it! Hey, Balotelli took it up by himself, and Maguire chose to attack directly, and he blocked the opponent's attack!"

There was another muffled sound. Maguire didn't care who was standing in front of him. Balotelli, who had just come on the pitch and had not yet entered the game, tried to pass him and changed direction very casually and slowly. The young player decisively kicked the ball away.

"Oh!"

"He kicked the ball forward. The game had already reached the 90th minute. Manchester City's attack during this period was really lackluster. Aguero, the team's top scorer, didn't get any good chances after scoring the goal."

At this moment, even Zhan Jun noticed the problem. Aguero's goal showed that there was no problem with the super striker's condition. The problem was that his teammates rarely fed him the ball in this game.

It is difficult for a skilled striker to score a goal without a goal. Aguero is not a comprehensive striker like Qin Hu. He has to rely on himself without the help of his teammates. His physique does not have an advantage, so it is difficult for him to gain any advantage in the Red Devils' backcourt surrounded by tall defenders.

When Maguire cleared the ball to the center circle, the game officially entered injury time. The referee gave five minutes of injury time, and Manchester City's dying struggle came to the final moment.

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