Football King Bale

After the start of the second half, Zenit's head coach Spalletti did not return to his coaching bench. He was a little nervous. The Italian stood on the sidelines, watching the changes on the court, occasionally giving instructions through shouting, whistles and hand gestures.

"Press up a little more!"

"The full-back needs to assist!"

"Pay attention to maintain formation!"

"Cross transposition!"

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In stark contrast to the nervous Spalletti, Ferguson sat firmly on the fishing platform. The old Scottish man sat quietly on the coaching bench, talking relaxedly with his assistant about the situation on the field.

Manchester United has a two-goal lead away from home, which is a stable situation. Although the pace of the game on the field is fast, this is what he expected. With Bale, Nani and other Manchester United who are good at counterattacks, they are not afraid of attacking any opponent.

Zenit full-back Anyukov, who was suppressed by Manchester United's offense in the first half, became active in the second half, frequently crossing the center line and assisting Manchester United within 30 meters. He doesn't look like a full-back, but more like a winger.

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In the 64th minute, when Zenit player Serokov was in possession of the ball at the edge of Manchester United's penalty area, his jersey was pulled by Sneijder. He rushed forward, but Sneijder grabbed his jersey tightly. put. The angry Serokov threw his hand back and almost hit Sneijder.

As the game time goes by, the anxiety in the hearts of Zenit's players is gradually emerging. If they don't score a goal soon, the game will be over.

Serokov missed Sneijder, but attracted the referee's attention. The referee of this game immediately blew the whistle to suspend the game, called the two men in front of him to give a warning, and then awarded Zenit a frontcourt free kick.

Zenit fans in the stands booed loudly. They believed that the referee should not only give Sneijder a foul but also give him a yellow card because he had obvious pulling movements.

And if Sneijder gets a yellow card, he will be sent off, because before that, he has already received a yellow card.

But the referee only awarded Sneijder a foul but did not give him a card, which made Zenit fans very dissatisfied.

"Is this our home court after all?" some fans cursed in the stands.

Manchester United fans were also desperately booing the referee.

They believed that the referee should call Serokoff for a foul and give him a yellow card, because his backward wave action was very bad. As long as he hit Sneijder, it would definitely be a card, and the color would most likely be red. of. It's just that Sneijder didn't put his face up, otherwise even if he was slightly scratched, he would have covered his face with his hands and rolled on the ground in pain, so that the referee could send Serokov off directly.

As Zenit's on-field playmaker, if Serokov is sent off, their game will be completely out of the question.

"Damn home whistle! That referee must have received money from the Russians to award a foul to Sneijder!" Manchester United fans complained angrily.

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"Twenty-six meters away from the goal. Serokov stood in front of the ball. This Zenit organizer is also a good free kicker. He is basically responsible for taking the free kicks of Zenit in this game."

Manchester United also knew that Serokov's free kick was very threatening, so they lined up seven people on the wall.

De Gea was also very nervous and leaned against the goalpost to direct the position of the wall: "Hey! Hey! Leo! Move to the left! Move the entire wall to the left! Left, left!"

Serokov did not take a quick free kick. He did not intend to do so. He stood in front of the ball and waited for Manchester United to set up the wall.

"Although Zenit has had some chances to score goals so far in the second half, it always feels a little bit worse. They have been unable to score in sports battles, and set kicks will be their best chance."

Without any warning, the tense atmosphere had already filled the area of ​​Manchester United's penalty area. After finally arranging a human wall, De Gea signaled OK and then retreated to his position.

The referee checked the wall, stepped away, and then blew his whistle.

Serokov took a run-up and took a shot. The football drew an arc, bypassed the jumping wall, and fell straight into the near corner of the goal!

De Gea watched the football fly out from behind the wall and jumped up to save it. However, the football still flew into the goal before him!

"The ball went in!!"

After Serokov shot the football, he looked around. When he saw the football flying into the goal, he turned around and ran towards the coaching bench with open arms.

The entire Petrovsky Stadium was boiling. Their team scored a goal shortly after the 60th minute of the game. This gave them hope of equalizing the score or even reversing Manchester United, so they cheered desperately and loudly. called Serokov's name.

"забитьгол (the ball went in)!!! забитьгол (the ball went in)!!!" The Russian commentator was the most excited. He shouted in a long voice, "забитьгол! забитьгол! забитьгол! Serokov! He did it. ! He did it! He scored a golden goal for the team! He got a goal back for Zenit! There is still half an hour left in the game, and Zenit still has a chance!"

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The Zenit fans at the Petrovsky Stadium gave a huge cheer, and the Zenit players in the stadium also chased Serokov's back and ran towards the coaching bench.

Serokov ran to the coaching bench, dove into the crowd, and hugged Spalletti. He was able to become Zenit's playmaker this season because of Spalletti's support. Now, in such an important game, scoring such a crucial goal, of course, I have to thank Spalletti.

In fact, Spalletti would like to thank Selokov even more. This goal made him breathe a big sigh of relief. Pulling one back with nearly half an hour left before the end of the game was so important for Zenit.

Just now, he had seen the anxiety in the hearts of Zenit players, even Serokov himself. His reaching out to pat Sneijder was an obvious signal. Fortunately, this was Zenit's home court and the referee awarded Sneijder a foul.

If Zenit fails to score in seventy minutes, the team's morale will be greatly damaged and there will be no hope for this series.

Everything was lucky, and in the 65th minute of the game, Serokov repaid his trust with a beautiful free kick.

While the players were running back to celebrate the goal, he said to everyone: "Defense! Shrink the defense and hit their counterattack!"

Although Zenit had just pulled a goal back and was still one goal behind, Spalletti, who knew the power of Manchester United, did not dare to let the team attack Manchester United anymore. It was lucky to be able to win back a victory, but to keep attacking Manchester United was to seek death. The experience of Roma's 1:7 defeat at Old Trafford five years ago is still unforgettable for Spalletti.

Therefore, what Zenit needs most at this time is not to pursue the victory and score another goal to equalize the score in a short time, but to penetrate the fence first and avoid being scored by Manchester United.

The Russian commentator criticized Spalletti for being conservative and liked Zenit at the beginning of the second half, but that was the commentator's opinion after all. As a head coach, Spalletti believes that as long as being conservative can help him win, then he would rather be conservative.

However, Spalletti subconsciously put this issue aside and did not consider whether Zenit's defensive counterattack could withstand Manchester United's full attack.

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"Asshole! Damn it! Damn it!" De Gea yelled at the football in the net. He was not angrily scolding any of his teammates. He was just angry that he did not save such a ball.

Although this conceded goal has little impact on the overall situation, it is not very beneficial to De Gea himself.

He chose to come to Manchester United for the position of main goalkeeper. But in this first season, his position was strongly challenged by Lindegaard. Although he occupies the main goalkeeper position more often, Lindegaard also shares a lot of games. This made the young Spaniard feel a strong sense of crisis.

In such a major game as the Champions League knockout round, if he makes too many mistakes, the head coach will definitely have doubts about his position as Manchester United's main goalkeeper. In future major games, he may have to give way to Lind. Gadde.

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Seeing Zenit's goal, the commentators who were singing praises for Manchester United just now also changed the objects of their support, and unanimously believed that Zenit had come back to life and had hope of reversal.

People who watch the excitement never take it too seriously. Compared with Manchester United's elimination of Zenit, the news of Zenit's reversal of Manchester United is undoubtedly more shocking.

However, the two CCTV commentators were a little disappointed. Liu Jianhong shook his head in the studio and said: "Manchester United defended Zenit's many attacks, but could not defend Zenit's free kicks. Set kicks are full of accidents. This An accident of this kind made them unlucky. Although Manchester United's performance in this game was very good, but..."

He Wei also said with regret: "This is football, there will always be many accidents that are contrary to your expectations... But this is not a big deal. Manchester United is still in the lead, not to mention this is the first round. …”

The TV broadcast gave Bell a close-up. As the best player in the game, if his team did not win the game in the end, it would undoubtedly be a big blow to him. The broadcast director also understands this truth, so he expresses his meaning in this way.

He Wei continued: "Bale...his performance was very, very good. Manchester United is indeed the number one club at the moment. They made Zenit, who was playing at home, do nothing in the first half. But luck...I can only say this It’s just bad luck.”

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