Chapter 716: Chapter 715: Bai Sujin’s Robe for Ma Chao, A Young Man with a Golden Spear Shows Off His Heroism
Adriano, overpowering Silvestre with his header, attacked the goal with an unmatched vigor, showing a bit of Lukaku, the future King of Chu, in his style.
But Howard was well-positioned and blocked the football.
Under Adriano’s pressure, Ferdinand made a mistake in the clearance, failing to kick the ball far and instead sent it towards Deng Kai outside the penalty area.
Deng Kai took the chance with a volley.
However, Keane was there to hassle him.
The shot ultimately went just wide of the goal.
"Oh! What a pity."
"Both sides have launched threatening attacks."
"It’s visible that the attacking quality is high on both sides."
"The performance of the young Fabregas is astonishing, who would have thought that he could still play so well against a team like Manchester United."
"To some extent, he has mitigated the impact of Ribery’s absence."
The twelfth minute.
Again on the right flank.
Maicon and the young Fabregas passed the ball back and forth, trying to carve an opening.
Manchester United’s formation thus pressed heavily on this side, attempting to curtail the two with tighter defense.
Keane also focused on covering this area.
However, after receiving Maicon’s pass, Fabregas suddenly turned in the opposite direction, deftly evading the approaching Keane.
Bang!
Fabregas delivered a diagonal pass.
On the left, Deng Kai, cutting inside off the ball, sprinted to receive the pass, nudged the ball to the right, and raised his right foot high.
Ferdinand raised his leg to block.
Yet Deng Kai’s right foot remained suspended in the air.
0.25 seconds later.
Only then did Deng Kai’s right foot come down.
Bang!
The football flew straight to the near corner of the goal, skimming the post and drilling into the net.
"GOAL!"
"One to zero! Manchester City takes the lead!"
"Incredible!"
"Deng Kai is like a magician! His movement actually stopped halfway!"
"He completely deceived Ferdinand, so could this be considered a nutmeg goal?"
"With the ease of lifting something light as if it’s heavy, and something heavy as if it’s light! Deng Kai’s feint was spectacular, his core strength is very powerful, otherwise he couldn’t have paused for that half a second."
"This was basically a stationary leg swing, his shooting technique is too strong!"
Huang Jianxiang added, "Of course, Deng Kai’s shooting method was also premeditated. A stationary leg swing is not conducive to generating power, so Deng Kai chose a poke shot."
"Using the hardest part of the football boot’s tip to strike the ball maximizes the ball speed, and that’s a key reason why Howard couldn’t save it."
In short.
This goal was no accident.
Every detail of the execution was exquisitely handled.
Otherwise, how could Deng Kai possibly fool the Premier League’s leading center-back Ferdinand?
The seventeenth minute.
Manchester United initiated a counter-attack.
Yes, they were being suppressed.
But unlike Manchester City, United could counter.
In the end, this counter-attack ended with Van Nistelrooy’s high shot.
Van Nistelrooy didn’t give Ronaldo, who passed the ball, a thumbs-up, as he thought the pass was a bad one.
Too powerful.
Not suited for shooting.
To this, Ronaldo suggested that Van Nistelrooy should play with Deng Kai for a couple of years.
Then he’d be grateful to every other passer in the world.
The twenty-second minute.
Thiago Silva sent a long ball from the back, directly finding Fabregas.
Fabregas, with his back to the goal, tried to dribble past Scholes, who was behind him.
But how could Scholes allow such insolence from a junior?
He pulled down Fabregas without hesitation.
The ball passed, but the man did not.
Beep!
The referee indicated a free kick.
Mascherano and Adriano quickly argued that this deserved a yellow card, didn’t it?
Scholes, discontented, protested, "This counts as a foul?"
Fabregas lay symbolically on the turf for a while, then was helped up by his teammates.
Both teams finished their squabbling and moved on to the offensive and defensive stage.
"Oh! This is a dangerous position."
"Right in the middle, twenty-four meters from the goal, this is well within Deng Kai’s free kick range!"
"And at this distance, Deng Kai could adopt various free kick techniques."
At that moment, the fans all tensed up.
When Deng Kai didn’t step back in that classic, measured way, people already knew what choice he had made.
"Deng Kai has given up the ’Elevator Ball’."
"So, according to what we know about Deng Kai’s arsenal, he’s most likely going to use that move!"
Ohhh!
The Manchester City fans let out a cheer.
Hssss!
Similarly, the Manchester United fans let out a chorus of boos.
From the position of Deng Kai and the football, and their distance, they all knew what was about to happen.
"Beckham! Beckham! Beckham!" The Manchester City fans chanted the name of Beckham.
Manchester United fans were struck as if by lightning.
Fuck!
That hit a sore spot.
Bang!
With Deng Kai’s body leaning dramatically.
The football flew out, tracing an exaggerated arc in mid-air.
This is...
"GOAL!"
"Beckham-style curve! The crescent moon scimitar!"
"Just as expected! Deng Kai, a direct free-kick goal!"
"Two to zero!"
"Deng Kai defeated Manchester United in the most Manchester United way! This free-kick is like a gunshot to the hearts of the Manchester United fans!"
"Not only have they lost Beckham, their rivals Manchester City have gained another Beckham!"
"I guess you could say this is a sort of bull’s-eye!"
Howard pursed his lips, helpless, as there was simply no saving super free-kicks that went straight into the net.
It was just too authentic.
This goal significantly demoralized the players of Manchester United on the field.
The thirty-first minute.
Ashley Young, after receiving Deng Kai’s through pass on the ground, managed to deliver a rare and precious reverse triangular pass.
Tu Lei followed up with a powerful shot.
Dang!
The football hit the crossbar and flew off.
Each team’s goal frame had contributed a spectacular save.
The thirty-third minute.
Keane launched a long pass from the backfield to kick off a counterattack.
Ronaldo sped up, caught up with the football, pretended to go down the line but suddenly cut in.
He nutmegged Maicon.
However, the space left for Ronaldo wasn’t much.
In the absence of teammates to pass to, he went for a tight-angle shot, trying to pull off a miracle from a bicycle into a motorbike.
But his left foot shot wasn’t as accurate as his right, and the football hit the side net, causing many Manchester United fans to think it had gone in.
The thirty-sixth minute.
It was Ronaldo again, successfully earning a corner on the left flank.
After Scholes delivered the corner, Ferdinand got his head to the ball.
But because he was a fair distance from the goal, Čech had ample time to react and adjust.
In the end, Čech successfully caught the attack.
But the next moment, Čech charged out of the small box.
Many Manchester United players hadn’t even reacted before seeing Čech throw the ball, tilt his body, and boot the football towards the frontfield with a big kick.
This is...
The counterattack!
A rapid counterattack from the goalkeeper!
In the forward position.
Manchester City’s forward Torres flashed by like a wild horse set loose, leaving a streak of blue lightning across the green field.
"Torres! Torres is too fast! Torres!"
"One-on-one! This is a perfect opportunity!"
"Howard comes out, Torres challenges Howard!"
"He shoots!"
"It’s in!"
"Torres scores a textbook counterattack goal!"
"Fast! Efficient! Clean! This is exquisite teamwork between the goalkeeper and the forward!"
"If Čech’s save is top-tier in the Premier League, then his positioning, footwork, and offensive awareness are in a league of their own!"
"As for Torres, I firmly believe that he and Villa will carry the front line of the Spanish national team into the future!"
"His posture on that play just now reminded me of a historical figure."
"It’s as they say, ’The white silk attire befits Ma Chao, the young warrior brandishes his spear with heroic audacity,’ and isn’t that just Torres with his flowing golden hair!"
Skinner!
[PS: Brothers, Guardiola has stolen my outline! They actually won the Champions League before us!]
[PS: To those who previously said Peach doesn’t understand football, do you now see why Kai transferred to Manchester City? This Champions League victory for Manchester City, with no exaggeration, is partly thanks to our readers! Hehe!]
