Chapter 367 Can you still compete?
The first twenty minutes of the game was calm, and the two sides had both fierce collisions and no exciting skills.
Compared to everyone's expectations for this game, the current game is more like a stagnant pool.
But in this situation, in the 22nd minute, Kaka received a pass from Sneider in the frontcourt.
He lay down the football to the right, swung his right leg, and made a move to shoot directly from a long distance.
Manchester United midfielder Fletcher, who was defending him, immediately came up to block it, but Kaka was a fake move.
His right foot quickly slams the ball to the left.
Everyone thought that he would continue to break through after deducting Fletcher, but Kaka did not do what everyone hoped. After deducting Fletcher, he pushed the ball horizontally with his left foot.
A straight pass!
Because Manchester United's defensive attention was on Kaka's long shot before, it seemed a bit inadequate to prepare for Kaka's sudden straight pass.
In a hurry, Manchester United's central defender Leo Ferdinand wanted to stretch his foot to destroy it, but in the process he lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground. Not only did he not play the ball, but he also lost his defensive position...
Now he could only watch Glory enter, receive Kaka's straight pass, and then face the attacking goalkeeper De Gea and swing the ball to the goal.
The football flew over De Gea. Because the speed was too fast, De Gea's save seemed like a network delay. The football flew over and he made the first save...
Ferdinand closed his eyes and didn't have to look at it anymore, he knew what would happen.
“ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG!!!!”
John Motson yelled suddenly: "The ball is in!! The ball is in! Manchester City leads Manchester United 1:0 away!"
Alan Hansen next to him also suddenly became energetic: "Kaka's pass is really clever! Rong's back insertion is also very good. He ran earlier and would definitely be offside at his speed. Running slower, Kaka's ball may be directly passed to the baseline! It's so beautiful! Although everyone knows that the relationship between them is not very good, this does not seem to affect their performance on the court! The two often assist each other in the game..."
"I want to kill each other?" said John Mortson.
Alan Hansen was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "That's right! The relationship between them has surpassed the opponents and teammates in the general sense!"
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As Alan Hansen said, the relationship between Rongguang and Kaka is very special. After scoring, Rongguang did not find Kaka who assisted him to celebrate the goal. Although he often takes the initiative to find his teammates who assisted him after scoring. However, for Ibrahimovic and Kaka, this is an exception.
Other Manchester City players are also used to this kind of thing, and do not feel that the team has been split and lost its combat effectiveness...
In fact, this team is full of combat effectiveness because of this "division"!
What made Alan Hansen even more excited was that the ball of Rongguang broke the balance and deadlock of the game, which would inevitably cause more chain reactions. He believed that this same-city derby game would officially begin from this time!
Alan Hansen hopes to see more goals and more intense games in the next place.
However, until the end of the first half, his wish was not fulfilled.
Although there were two yellow cards, and they were all obtained by players from the away team Manchester City. But in Alan Hansen's view, even if it is a normal game, what does it mean to have two yellow cards in the first half?
Not to mention this is a city derby!
In the same city derby, he only had two yellow cards and one goal in 45 minutes, which made him somewhat dissatisfied.
So he was very rude to comment on Manchester United during the halftime break.
"I didn't see any determination to win in the first half. Could it be that Manchester United lost their fighting spirit after being overtaken by Manchester City in the league? Ferguson's team could not lose their fighting spirit so quickly, right?"
"I think it shouldn't be that Ferguson will definitely make adjustments during the halftime break. This game is very important to Manchester United. Maybe at this time, Ferguson's hair dryer is already in the locker room with all his strength..."
The two then began to look forward to and split in the second half.
Alan Hansen hopes the game will be more intense, but John Motson believes that the situation may not be as Alan Hansen thinks. Because this game is very critical and Manchester City is already leading, the game may be more dull.
After all, Manchester City plays defensive counterattacks, and after they score, they will definitely shrink their defense. If there is no good counterattack opportunity at that time, Manchester City may defend the lead of this goal to the end.
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After the second half, Manchester United relied on their kick-off opportunity to launch an attack. This attack was quite threatening, at least forcing Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart to make a very exciting save.
Unfortunately, no goal was scored.
If the game continues like this, Manchester United's counterattack is just around the corner.
But in the 47th minute, in an attack, Kaka dribbled the ball and tried to break through with speed, but was thrown to the ground by Manchester United's central defender Evans!
The shoveled card came up in the air, then lost its balance and fell to the ground, rolling after landing, with a very visual impact.
The referee's whistle also sounded.
"Oh! Evans! This was a very fierce foul! Manchester United is not good!"
John Motterson shouted.
"Benitez must be very nervous, he doesn't want Kaka to be injured..."
Manchester City players rushed up, some went to visit Kaka, while others surrounded the referee, hoping to put pressure on the referee - no matter how you want to give a red card!
As the captain, Rongguang is the person who should go to the referee and put pressure on the referee.
But he didn't do that, and he couldn't be found in the Manchester City crowd surrounding the referee.
Where is he?
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"Hey, can you continue the game?"
Rongguang squatted beside Kaka and asked with his head down.
Kaka frowned and gritted her teeth, not having the time to answer his question.
Seeing this, Rongguang shook his head and said, "It seems that he can't play the game anymore..."
At this moment, he heard Kaka sucking in his breath and said, "Who, who said he couldn't beat him?"
Although Kaka was still rubbing the oncoming bones of his right calf and his expression on his face was still very ferocious, at least he responded to Rongguang.
"Where did you hurt?" Rongguang ignored his answer and continued to ask.
"Calp on the skeleton." Kaka continued to rub there.
There were leg guards in that place, Kaka was so painful. You can imagine how cruel Evans's kick was.
"Didn't hurt your knees, ligaments?" Rongguang continued to ask.
"It shouldn't be..." Kaka moved his feet a little, and found that they could still move normally. He shook his head and said.
Hearing Kaka say this, Rongguang then stood up, turned around and squeezed out of the crowd. He seemed to no longer care about Kaka, and he turned around to find the referee.
He pulled out the teammates around the referee one by one, and in the end he was left to face the referee alone. He didn't yell at the referee. He just pointed to Kaka who was still lying on the ground and said to the referee calmly: "Although this is a frontal tackle, I think it's a very bad foul in my eyes."
The referee made a gesture to Rongguang that he didn't need to say anymore: "I understand, Rong. I am the referee, and I know what to do."
Rongguang nodded, but did not leave, and stood next to the referee to see how he treated Evans.
As for Kaka, the team doctor rushed up and then checked Kaka.
After some inspection, he did not stand up and make a substitution gesture to Benitez, which made Benitez, who had been watching closely on the sidelines, breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that Kaka did not suffer any serious injuries, and at least he can continue to play.
Then, Kaka limped off the stadium with the help of the team doctor, which made the Manchester City fans and Brazilian fans in front of the TV feel heartbroken.
After all, they didn't know how Kaka was injured. Seeing him walking like this, many people thought of Kaka's injuries on his groin.
Or elsewhere will you suffer injuries?
Far away in Brazil, when Pereira saw this scene, she couldn't help but feel nervous.
Although he has never recruited Kaka to join the team, just as he told the media, he has been paying attention to Kaka's performance.
In his mind, as long as Kaka can continue to perform like this for a period of time, he will consider recruiting him into the Brazilian national team.
But the premise is not to be injured.
Now seeing Kaka limping down, his heart was covered with a dark cloud.
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At this time, on the court, after the referee dispersed everyone, he hooked his hand and signaled Evans who was hiding aside to come over. He would definitely not be able to escape this level.
Then he showed Evans a...red card!
"Red card! Evans was sent off with a red card! This was a really bad result for Manchester United!"
John Motson exclaimed.
And on the sidelines, it was Ferguson's turn to be excited.
He ran down from the coach's bench and roared at the fourth official: "This shouldn't be a red card!"
But his rant did not work.
The fourth official ignored him at all.
The referee also had no intention of changing his punishment.
Evans seemed not very surprised by this result. After seeing the referee's red card, he turned around and walked off the court. However, his teammates could not accept the result and surrounded him one after another.
Chapter completed!