After the referee Michel blew the whistle to start the first half, Manchester United's two forwards were like arrows from the string, one left and one right inserted into the Tottenham half.
The two teams know their rivals all too well.
This season alone, they have already played against each other three times, so there is no need to test the opponent.
"Hadley Foss steals in the frontcourt..." He Wei's voice came from the screen.
"Rooney dribbles the ball..."
As soon as Rooney took a step forward, a huge pressure came from the left side of his body.
Lu Xiaopang didn't hesitate and immediately split the ball with the outside instep of his right foot.
The moment the ball came out, the pressure on his side disappeared instantly.
When he turned his head and took a closer look, it turned out to be Wang Xiaodong who was returning to defense.
"Hadley Force carries the ball forward..."
"Looking to one side..."
"Yo!"
As He Wei raised his voice, the cross ball was refracted on Woodgate's leg and flew straight towards the goal.
Fortunately, the ball speed was not fast and Robinson easily confiscated the ball.
"Manchester United's attack is advancing very quickly!"
In the camera, as soon as Robinson fell to the ground, Rooney's figure appeared in front of him.
In other words, in just a few seconds, Lu Xiaopang rushed into the penalty area and ran in front of the Tottenham goalkeeper.
Whenever Robinson makes any mistakes, Lu Xiaopang will take the opportunity to make a sneak attack.
This is the effort of a world-class forward and the sense of touch in front of the goal of a world-class forward.
A minute later, the ball returned to Manchester United again.
Carrick passed through the midfield and immediately found Ronaldinho in the middle with his back to the Tottenham goal.
Ronaldo turned around and made a collision with Rooney. After the vertical collision was successful, before Wang Xiaodong came over, he moved to the right wide and found Hargreaves.
It seems that both Lu Xiaopang and Xiao Luo are avoiding direct physical contact with Wang Xiaodong.
There was no defender around Hargreaves when he got the ball, which put him in a tentative mood.
The Canadian is a practical midfielder. He has balanced abilities in all aspects. While he can play multiple positions in the midfield, he is also very physical and active in defense.
Ferguson sent him to start with a very clear purpose.
That is to let him assist Carrick and compete with Wang Xiaodong for control of the midfield.
After Hargreaves paused, he immediately made a pass with his right foot.
The ball drew a scimitar in the air and flew accurately to the small penalty area line.
Chimbanda and Carlos Tevez jumped high, but neither of them touched the ball.
Fortunately, Ledley King headed the ball before Lu Xiaopang and pushed the ball out of the penalty area.
"Fortunately, Ledley King is experienced and made accurate judgments, and he cleared the ball in advance..."
"Hey! Look at Evra!"
After Evra got the ball in the midfield, he accurately found Ronaldinho on the wing through a long pass.
Facing Lennon's defense, Ronaldinho leaned against the sideline and dribbled the ball laterally.
After continuously shaking his left and right feet in front of the ball, Ronaldo suddenly moved his right foot and pushed the ball to the baseline.
At the same time, he suddenly accelerated and sprinted past others, causing Lennon to stumble.
"Wow~~~"
Seeing Xiao Luo's extraordinary smoothness, there was an exclamation from the audience in the stands.
"...dodged past, the ball passed beautifully!"
"The ball is passed to the back point..."
"oops!!!"
On the screen, He Wei's voice of regret could be heard endlessly.
Hargreeves was a little short when he tried to reach the top near the back post. The ball grazed his scalp and flew over his head, flying out of the penalty area and rolling out of the touchline.
"The ball was passed a little higher..."
Following the commentator's voice of regret, the camera once again showed Xiao Luo.
This is already the third time from the opening to now that Ronaldinho appears alone in the center of the screen.
It can be seen that these offensive players were very active after Manchester United started.
Wang Xiaodong, who is compared with him, only appears in the wide-angle camera as a supporting role.
Of course, the two players have different positions and different court attributes, and they cannot be generalized by the "number of shots".
However, when Manchester United fans saw their new star frequently appearing in the broadcast footage, they became more hopeful for victory.
Seemingly affected by the cheers of the fans, a few minutes later, Manchester United's attack started from the left again.
This time, it was Ronaldinho who carried the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt alone.
After passing Lennon and Modric in succession, Ronaldinho decisively pushed the ball with his left foot to the feet of Evra on the wing when faced with Wang Xiaodong's attack.
Seeing Ronaldinho passing the ball, there were boos from the Tottenham stands.
"coward!"
"Cowardly guy!"
"Why are you no longer a human being? Why don't you continue to take me with you?"
"Hmph! You're probably afraid that our DONG will kick your legs off!"
Although Wang Xiaodong has never kicked an opponent's leg off on the court, in the eyes of fans, Wang Xiaodong's ability to do this is as simple as digging a booger out of his nostrils.
But judging from the scene, Ronaldinho's pass is definitely a clever one.
He attracted many Tottenham defenders with his continuous passing. As Tottenham's formation tightened towards him, he distributed the ball to his teammates on the wing.
This pass immediately defeated Tottenham's encirclement.
Evra glanced at the ball and glanced at the penalty area.
After slowly adjusting, he ran to the ball and made a direct pass.
"Look at Evra this time..."
"Pass it around!"
"Ledley King!"
It was veteran Ledley King who jumped high in the penalty area again and beat Scholes to push the ball out of the penalty area.
The camera suddenly focused on Tottenham's old captain. In the camera, the London native black man who has played for Tottenham for ten years looked haggard, but his eyes were bright.
Looking at his resume, in fact, Ledley King is only 28 years old this year, in his prime as a professional player.
However, frequent injuries and an old appearance, as well as the comparison with other young players on the team, make this Tottenham veteran look so old.
In the first ten minutes, Manchester United attacked several times in a row and seemed to be forming a trend of overpowering their opponents.
But everyone knows that Tottenham is not a team that "submits to weakness".
Even with one less player, they can still achieve a decisive victory. Their counterattack may explode at any time, punching a huge hole in Manchester United's defense.
In the 14th minute, Scholes fouled when intercepting Modric, and a dispute quickly broke out between the two players nearby.
Wang Xiaodong pulled out a big hand and directly protected Modric behind him, using his chest to face Tevez, Hargreeves and others, while Scholes covered his face and fell to the ground. From the zoomed-in lens, it can be seen It can be seen that a bright red color has appeared on his fingers.
In the camera, Modric stood behind Wang Xiaodong, pointing at his opponent and cursing.
In his opinion, as long as he hides behind Wang Xiaodong, he is safe.
And so it is.
No matter how ugly his Croatian English was, the Manchester United players could only stand one step away from Wang Xiaodong, pointing at his nose and yelling curses.
Although Wang Xiaodong is young, he is like a mother chicken at this time, protecting her tightly.
After the referee Michel ran over, he took one plate each and showed a yellow card to Scholes and Modric.
The Silver Horn King was quite dissatisfied when he saw this, while Scholes, with the support of his teammates, came to the sidelines to stop the bleeding from his nostrils.
Taking advantage of the fact that the opponent had one less player to play, Tottenham quickly launched an attack on the left wing.
Bale and Modric played a rapid one-two, and Hargreeves turned his head continuously and almost fainted.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Bell quickly broke forward.
After looking up at the penalty area, he decisively made a pass with his right foot.
"Let's see, Tottenham's counterattack opportunities..."
"Berbatov has followed to the door..."
"Ouch!!!"
He Wei's voice of regret came from the microphone again.
"Vidic..."
"I almost made my own mistake!"
In the center of the shot, Vidic is picking his nose.
When Bell's cross just reached the penalty spot, he headed towards the baseline to clear the ball.
But the ball hit the two goalposts. Fortunately, it hit a little high and flew over the crossbar and out of the baseline.
Seeing such a thrilling scene, the Manchester United fans in the stands were also frightened into cold sweats.
The corner kick was taken quickly.
This time Tottenham did not directly hoist the ball into the penalty area. Modric lightly knocked the ball and pushed the ball to Bale who came to respond.
At the same time, players from Manchester United and Tottenham ran towards the outside of the penalty area immediately, and no one wanted to be left behind.
Looking at his teammates running in the penalty area, Bell took the ball diagonally and took a step forward, then decisively pushed the ball three meters in front of the top of the arc in the penalty area.
There, Wang Xiaodong had already prepared everything.
"Bell Hengla..."
"Pass to the middle..."
"Wang Xiaodong!!!"
He Wei didn't even have time to shout for a shot, the ball whizzed and flew straight to the Manchester United goal like a sharp arrow.
Van der Sar, who was wearing a green robe, his pupils shrank sharply, and he immediately jumped to the left, holding his body like a stick in the air.
boom!
The ball hit Van der Sar's left palm hard and bounced into the small penalty area.
How could Ferdinand dare to hesitate when he saw this?
After catching up with the ball, he decisively made a clearance.
After the ball flew over a distance of more than 40 meters, it flew out of bounds from the right side.
The crisis in Manchester United's goal has been temporarily resolved.
"Wang Xiaodong!"
"Ouch yo yo..."
Seeing Wang Xiaodong's kick, not only He Wei, but also Zhang Lu, who had been silent since the beginning, let out a series of "yoyo" sounds.
The live broadcast footage replayed Wang Xiaodong's volley over and over again. The shot was very beautiful in terms of angle and power.
However, today's Van der Sar seemed to have the help of a god, and he actually saved such a fairy ball.
The camera first showed the Dutch goalkeeper. When he got up, he kept swinging a single fist.
It looks like venting and loudly expressing dissatisfaction.
A second later, the camera focused on the originator of the shot.
Wang Xiaodong wiped his nose and backed away slowly after his shot failed.
It wasn't until Ferdinand made a big save that he turned around and ran towards the wing.
The operation just now was like a common occurrence for him. There was neither the disappointment of not scoring a goal nor the joy of shooting such a world-wide kick.
From his perspective, everything was just like a warm-up after the start.
Wang Xiaodong appeared on the screen for three seconds. After three seconds, the cameraman reluctantly moved the camera away from him.
