I am the king of football

Chapter 390 Perfect Counterattack
During the short halftime break, neither Ferguson nor Vidic made any motivational remarks in the locker room. As the head coach, Ferguson once again stressed the importance of protecting oneself.

In this battle with few variables, how to protect themselves from injuries in the face of Stoke City's increasingly foul tactics in the second half in order to score points has become the most important task for the starting players.

"The team still has many key games to play. It would be a pity for you if you miss them due to injury."

"Understood, Boss!"

In the following time, the Manchester United locker room was filled with players whispering and chatting. With the score of 1-0 at halftime, everyone was obviously a lot more relaxed than at the beginning of the game.

"Boom boom boom!"

The door of the locker room was knocked again shortly afterwards, and the players got up and walked out without saying anything. There were still forty-five minutes left, and the championship was getting closer and closer.

"Okay, welcome back to the game. The two teams have switched halves and Stoke City will kick off the second half."

Watching both sides stand still, Zhan Jun turned his mind back to the court. Although his expectation of Qin Hu was to have everything, it was still necessary to proceed steadily step by step. The most important thing now was to win the game and take the championship.

"Shhh!!!"

The whistle sounded and the game on the field started again. Jones, one of Stoke City's two forwards, kicked the ball to his partner Adam, who turned around and passed it to Nzonzi in the midfield.

For Stoke City players, their conservativeness after conceding a goal in the first half prevented the score from being further widened, but in fact such a development was undoubtedly a slow death for them.

With Stoke City struggling to avoid relegation this season, their team is by no means united. Many people have some opinions about the team's coach because they have lost games in a defensive manner at home more than once.

"We have to take the pressure off them!"

With a wave of his hand, Jones, who is quite prestigious in the team, expressed his demands to his midfield teammates. In his opinion, if the team cannot show some strength that can threaten Manchester United, they will soon face Manchester United who will give their all.

At that time, they will really be helpless and unable to get any help from heaven or earth.

So, after the restart, Stoke City, relying on the control of the ball, did not continue to retreat, which was beyond the expectations of Manchester United players. After the ball was passed several times in their midfield to attract Qin Hu and Van Persie, it was suddenly passed across the half court by their midfield commander to Walters on the wing.

"Walters on the left got the ball and accelerated. This was Stoke City's counterattack. They didn't sit still after the start of the second half!"

Because Rooney is used to helping Qin Hu and Van Persie press, when Walters got the ball, Rooney started to chase back and could not interfere with him immediately. Therefore, Walters took the ball across the half court and came to the heart of Manchester United's midfield.

However, soon, Cleverley, the young player who had been trained by Ferguson as a midfielder for the entire season, appeared. He accurately judged Walters' forward route and blocked the opponent steadily.

After dribbling the ball left and right and making a fake move to break through but failing to fool Cleverley in front of him, Walters knew that it would be difficult for him to break through the young midfielder in front of him. He glanced at the middle and finally chose to pass the ball horizontally.

"Instead of continuing to move forward along the wing, the ball was passed to the middle, and Enzozi tried to kick the ball out! Oops, it was too hasty. Ferdinand intercepted the ball, and Jones didn't even touch the ball~"

A rather bold attack attempt was blocked in this way. In this attack, Stoke City's two forwards and three midfielders pressed forward, which was undoubtedly a flaw. When Ferdinand intercepted the ball and had to face the joint pressure of Jones and Adam behind and to the side, he directly passed the ball to Vidic on the side.

"Vidic kicked the ball forward. It was not a blind kick. The ball flew to Carrick who was advancing. He unloaded the ball with his back and then turned around! Carrick's moves were very skillful. He dribbled the ball past Whelan who was caught off guard!"

A meeting, a brush with each other, and when people looked at the situation on the field again, it had become a scene where Qin Hu, Van Persie and Carrick were fighting together.

"3 vs 4, this is already a big advantage for the attacking side. Carrick keeps dribbling forward, Qin Hu and Van Persie go directly to the left and right sides, they spread out in parallel to form a trident."

The speed was so fast that everything happened in a flash. Seeing that Carrick was about to reach the threatening area near the top of the penalty area, Huth, the backbone of Stoke City's defense, had no choice. He quickly attacked and tried to steal the ball directly from Carrick's feet.

"Two-on-one pass coordination~, Manchester United also began to make passes in and out of the opponent's penalty area!"

The ball rolled out from under Carrick's feet and landed at the feet of Van Persie on the right side, who had not yet had direct contact with Wilkinson. Facing the ball, Van Persie didn't even stop and kicked it directly to the empty space after Huth made a run. Carrick, who had quickly exploded, had already arrived at that place.

"Shawcross is blocking Carrick's space for shooting. He passes the ball to the left, to Qin Hu!"

"Shu~"

Another diagonal pass, Qin Hu, who was breaking into the penalty area with Cameron who was leaning against him on the left, received Carrick's pass. Feeling the huge resistance coming from his side, he did not choose to shoot rashly. The team had not had a good shooting opportunity for a long time, and this time it must be a sure shot.

So, the next moment, he saw Van Persie who had exploded on the right and got rid of Wilkinson.

"He kicked the ball directly under the goal. Is this a shot? It's a pass! It looks like a shot but it's actually a pass! The ball flew from the left side of the penalty area to the right side of the small penalty area. Van Persie!!!"

"Oh!"

Following the trajectory of the ball, Zhan Jun finally determined the purpose of Qin Hu's pass. When Van Persie jumped high and headed the ball towards the goal without anyone blocking him, Begovic, who was already unstable due to the twist of his center of gravity, stretched out his hands in embarrassment.

Unfortunately, with such a position and such a speed of the ball, the outcome needs no further explanation.

"Shu~"

The ball hit Stoke City's net again in the 51st minute of the game. After the defense blocked the opponent's attack, Manchester United completed a perfect quick counterattack in the first offensive attempt in the second half.

"The ball goes in again! 2-0! Manchester United is gradually killing the suspense of this game."

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