Football King Bale

At 3:40 a.m. Eastern time on February 24, Liu Xianer was awakened from her sleep by the alarm clock on her bedside. She got up in a daze, pulled on two furry slippers, and walked into the living room with sleepy eyes.

Picking up the remote control panel and turning on the TV, the voice of CCTV explaining the game could already be heard.

"The players of the two teams walked out of the tunnel one after another under the leadership of the referee. Dear viewers in front of the TV, Marseille's home game against Manchester United in the Champions League quarter-finals of the 10-11 season is about to start. Now. We can already see clearly what the starting lineups will be for both teams.”

"Let me introduce to you, first the starting lineup of the home team Marseille. Deschamps' formation is still 433, the goalkeeper is No. 30 Mandanda, the defense is No. 24 Fani, No. 21 Diawara, No. 17 No. 1 Mbia and No. 19 Manchester United old player Heinze are also Marseille's main defense this season."

"The midfielder is No. 8 Lucho Gonzalez, No. 6 Cisse and No. 12 Capore. The three forwards are No. 11 Remy, No. 9 Brandang, and No. 20 Andre Ayew."

"Manchester United's lineup is a traditional 4-4-2, with goalkeeper Van der Sar, four defenders O'Shea, Vidic, Smalling and Evra, and four midfielders including Nani, Carrick, Fletcher and Bale. , the two forwards are Rooney and Berbatov."

"Judging from the formation of the two teams, both teams still adhere to their stable playing style this season, and the lineups of both teams are relatively neat. Manchester United has Ferdinand and Giggs who are unable to play. , was slightly affected, and it was also a bit unexpected that Scholes was put on the bench..."

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With the commentator's explanation and the referee's whistle, the game began.

From the first minute of the game, Marseille consciously tightened its defense, but did not retreat too far. It was obviously wary of the dominance of Manchester United's two forwards, Berbatov and Rooney, in the penalty area. The three lines were kept very tight and compact. .

Manchester United controlled the ball, but it was not until the third minute that they found a gap. Carrick passed the ball into the penalty area. Rooney wanted to rush over to chase it, but goalkeeper Mandanda struck decisively and fell to the ground first to grab the ball. live.

Marseille immediately made a counterattack. They made a long pass from the backcourt to Brandang. When the Marseille forward was dribbling the ball, he was tripped by Fletcher who was returning to defend. The referee whistled for a foul and gave Marseille a free kick in the frontcourt, but No cards were given.

Lucho quickly took a free kick, but Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar grabbed the ball first in the penalty area.

The two teams exchanged offense and defense after the start. They obviously played more cautiously, with a slow pace, and they obviously focused on stability.

From the opening period, this was the least exciting game in the Champions League round of 16 this season. Coach Deschamps, who is a defensive midfielder, has created an extremely solid defense for Marseille. He won the last four games of the Champions League group stage without conceding a goal. Now it has exceeded 500 minutes of game time to ensure that the defense remains "clean". Manchester United is away from home. The difficulty of the attack is self-evident.

Of course, it is more difficult for Marseille to break Manchester United's goal, because Manchester United only conceded one goal in six group matches and is the first line of defense in the Champions League.

Although the game was a bit boring, Liu Xianer watched it very seriously. After watching many games, she already had some opinions of her own about football games.

Of course, this is due to the vision of live TV,

This is unmatched by any player on the court.

Marseille's defense is very flexible. Even though they play in a 433 formation, it looks very aggressive from the formation, but in fact Deschamps' team is very conservative. Once the ball is lost in the frontcourt, Marseille's frontcourt will immediately engage in counterattack. The three forwards are very active in the counterattack. The midfielder will immediately retreat in front of the defense to form a three-back defensive line. .

With the active counterattack in the frontcourt, every time Manchester United finally brought the ball to the frontcourt, they were directly faced with two stable lines of defense. If the counterattack failed, it directly turned into a tough battle, and the offense immediately became impossible. Take action.

In the end, in this dull situation, the two sides shook hands with the score 0-0 in the first half.

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After a fifteen-minute intermission, the game continued. At this time, the home team Marseille, which seemed very low-key in the first half, unexpectedly launched a strong attack. For a time, the Ligue 1 team used a flood of offense to suppress Manchester United in the second half, and it was difficult to even pass the ball to the frontcourt.

Under the French offensive, Manchester United's defense encountered a great test. However, in this game, Manchester United's defense did not suffer the same lapses that they often see in the Premier League. Vidic was as stable as ever. Smalling, who seemed a bit irritable before, also looked very good in this game, blocking Marseille. Round after round of impact.

In addition, Manchester United's left back Evra also encountered a great test.

This game has special significance for Evra because it is the first time that the former French national team captain returned to his country to participate in a game after the "Strikegate" in the 2010 World Cup. But unfortunately, Evra, who was permanently expelled from the French Football Association at the beginning of this year, has become a public enemy of the country. Manchester United's left back was booed by the home fans from the beginning of the game, and some fans even pointed at his back. scold.

Driven by the turns of Remy and Fani, Marseille's offensive on the right has always maintained a high degree of oppression. However, facing these two physically strong opponents, Evra, who is about to turn 30, did not fall behind at all. In particular, the opponent tried to pass Evra several times, but was resolved by the experienced Manchester United left-back.

Among them, Evra's defense in the 57th minute was the most classic. At that time, Marseille stole the ball in the frontcourt and launched a counterattack. Remy tried to pass the ball in front of the penalty area. Evra, who was chasing back with all his strength, was not beaten by his opponent at all. Confused by his passing moves, he instead forced his center of gravity back and used his strong body to squeeze his opponent away, thus blocking the ball steadily.

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After 20 minutes of strong attack, Marseille saw that they could not break through Manchester United's defense and gradually died down. Firstly, they had been attacking for so long and needed to take a breather. Secondly, Manchester United also launched a counterattack after withstanding Marseille's strong attack at the beginning of the second half.

For Manchester United people, although Marseille's strong attack has caused huge pressure on them, it is also an opportunity.

Manchester United, which has two fast wingers in Bale and Nani, is afraid of any team's quick counterattack.

In fact, during the 20 minutes of Marseille's strong attack, Bell almost penetrated Marseille's defense with a quick counterattack. Unfortunately, Rooney had already returned to his own half to help defend, and Berbatov in front could not keep up with Bell at all, causing Bell to fight alone and ultimately fall short.

Bell's counterattack sounded the alarm to Deschamps and Marseille, making them realize that the strongest attacker in the world is currently in Manchester United's formation!

Deschamps did not dare to let the team press unscrupulously again, because he knew very well that although their defense held up this time, there was absolutely no guarantee that they could block Bell's attack the next time they defended.

Therefore, at Deschamps's signal, he immediately chose to recycle and took the initiative to assume a defensive counterattack posture. Manchester United successfully controlled the situation on the field, and Bell also frequently ran in and out, constantly looking for opportunities.

The game soon entered seventy minutes, and Bell, who was about to run out of energy, chose to activate the possession time without hesitation. Then, the Marseilles discovered that Bell, who was already showing some signs of fatigue, suddenly became lively again.

At this time, Marseille's players entered a physical bottleneck period. The strong attack at the beginning of the second half consumed too much of their energy.

Under such circumstances, it was difficult for the Marseilles to stop Bell, and conceding the ball became inevitable.

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In the 74th minute, Bell finally found a gap. Carrick sent the ball out with understanding, passed through the gap between the opponent's center back and full back, and landed in the penalty area behind the defense.

Bell stepped into the gap as quickly as possible, took the first step to stop the ball, faced the opponent's goalkeeper directly, and calmly pushed the ball. The ball hit the opponent's goalkeeper's crotch and into the goal behind him.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"In the 74th minute of the game, Manchester United finally broke through Marseille's goal, and the deadlock on the field was broken!"

"It was Bale who scored the goal. He once again showed his strength as a wonder boy!"

"This is Bale's first goal in the knockout stages of the Champions League, and it is also his eleventh goal in the Champions League this season. He continues to lead the Champions League scorer list with a huge advantage!"

"What a terrifying shooter. Not only is he unstoppable in the Premier League, he is also killing everyone in the Champions League!"

While the 58,000 fans of the home team fell into silence, less than 2,000 Manchester United fans who had been suppressed for 70 minutes jumped up from their seats and roared wildly.

In the first seventy-four minutes of this game, they were alone and completely suppressed by the overwhelming Marseille fans, and they could not make any sound at all.

This feeling is so frustrating!

Now, Bell used his goal to silence the Marseille fans for a short time and also gave these Manchester United fans a chance to show their presence.

The Manchester United players were also celebrating crazily. In the first half of the second half, they played too hard. The majestic Premier League hegemon was suppressed by Marseille in the half. It was difficult to even pass the midfield. This is too embarrassing to say.

Now that the team has scored a goal and the situation is advantageous, they are of course ecstatic.

Of course, it was Evra who performed craziest. He was even happier than Bell, the man who scored the goal.

Since the beginning of the game, he has been targeted by Marseille fans, which made him suffocated. Now that he has a chance, he naturally wants to vent it out.

However, what followed was overwhelming boos from Marseille fans.

Evra didn't care at all and still went his own way.

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