Chapter 862 Rescue (Happy New Year to everyone!)

The football suddenly flew up, drew a beautiful arc, and flew straight towards Manchester United's goal, but Cancelo had not reacted yet!

Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea flew to save the ball, his fingertips touched the ball, but he still couldn't stop the ball from flying forward.

At this moment, De Gea was on the verge of despair.

Once this goal was scored, Paris Saint-Germain also got an away goal. If Manchester United wanted to equalize the score, they had to score two more goals, which was too difficult.

Then, De Gea heard a muffled "bang" sound.

This muffled sound was like heavenly music to the ears of the desperate Manchester United fans.

Paris Saint-Germain players, including Neymar, were ready to celebrate the goal, but the crisp sound was like a hammer hitting their hearts.

The smile that just appeared on Neymar's face froze. He looked at the football that hit the crossbar and bounced up, and then was cleared away by Maguire with a big kick, and shook his head with a wry smile.

Pochettino had already stood up on the sidelines to celebrate the goal, but the crisp sound pushed Pochettino back into his seat.

The dejected head coach of Paris Saint-Germain looked at his assistant, who also smiled bitterly and shook his head. The ball hit the goal frame again. Today was really weird!

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Mourinho touched his heart. His heart beat faster just now and he almost thought that the ball had gone in and Manchester United was finished.

"It seems that we are really lucky today." Mourinho, who was still in shock, forced a smile and said.

He was really scared.

At the same time, Mourinho also had to admit that Neymar's personal skills are indeed strong, and it can even be said that he is better than Bruno and Ronaldo whom he coached.

In Mourinho's view, Bruno and Ronaldo, his two Portuguese compatriots, are not actually talented technical players. The reason they can reach their current status is more due to their own efforts.

Of course, this does not mean that Bruno and Ronaldo are not talented. Their talents are among the best. It’s just that their talents are mainly reflected in physical fitness rather than in technology.

Bruno and Ronaldo both have top-notch injury resistance, which makes them almost never get injured. In addition, they have almost infinite physical energy, which allows them to play almost non-stop and always maintain a good competitive state.

Of course, the two also have very strong mental attributes, which enables them to maintain a strong fighting spirit under any circumstances. Even if the team is in desperate situation, they can still lead the team forward.

A negative example in this regard is Martial, who was just substituted off the opponent's field.

Mourinho actually admired Martial's football talent very much, but it was Martial's poor mental attributes that made him finally give up on Martial and agree to his transfer to Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2016.

In Mourinho's view, Martial is an extremely emotional player. When he is in a good mood, he is like a god descending from heaven, and he can do anything. But once he is unhappy, it is difficult to expect him to play well.

But professional football is a highly competitive sport, and there are often uncontrollable and even cruel situations. At this time, you need a big heart to face it, but Martial obviously can't do this.

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"The fourth one!" Andy Gray shouted. "After Martial was substituted, Neymar also hit the post. Manchester United's goal today was their twelfth goalkeeper. They have already blocked four goals from Paris Saint-Germain in the first and second half! It's incredible!"

Andy Gray spoke while shaking his head. He didn't know whether to say that Paris Saint-Germain was too unlucky or that Manchester United was too lucky.

"Neymar! He showed us his genius football talent, but it's a pity that his shot was blocked by the goal frame."

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After Neymar came on the pitch, Paris Saint-Germain's attack began to improve again.

In the 81st minute of the game, Neymar broke through Cancelo with a series of bicycle kicks, then he passed the ball into the penalty area, and Icardi's header was slightly higher than the crossbar.

Manchester United escaped disaster again.

Although they did not score a goal, Paris Saint-Germain's morale was boosted by the continuous creation of excellent scoring opportunities, and they took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on Manchester United's goal.

Pochettino paced back and forth on the sidelines, looking a little impatient.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets and an extremely serious expression.

Cancelo pressed Neymar closely, but the Brazilian flexibly pushed the ball to the left with his left foot and then pulled it back, easily avoiding Cancelo's outstretched foot.

However, Neymar was unable to move forward. He was tightly entangled by Cancelo, who held his jersey tightly with his left hand. Neymar reached out and hit him, and Cancelo's right hand also came up, and the two men fell to the ground together.

The referee Brüch blew the whistle and verbally warned Cancelo, which caused strong dissatisfaction from Paris Saint-Germain, who believed that Cancelo should have received a yellow card.

Pochettino protested loudly on the sidelines and the fourth official had to come over to warn the Paris Saint-Germain coach to behave himself, otherwise the referee would come over and talk to him.

"Please calm down, Mr. Pochettino, you have to trust the referee's decision." The fourth official said to Pochettino.

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Free kick for Paris Saint-Germain.

Neymar's opening free kick went into the penalty area. Icardi wanted to squeeze Van Dijk out of the way and complete a header, but the experienced Dutch central defender was very smart. He stood in position in advance and stuck out his butt at the same time. Icardi was pushed and his center of balance was unstable, so he failed to jump successfully.

Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea rushed out and punched the ball out, but he did not kick the ball out of the danger zone.

Gueye headed the ball to Neymar, who was about to stop the ball and shoot when a red figure rushed up. It was Bruno, who knocked Neymar off balance.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mbappe quickly poked the ball away.

Manchester United was about to launch a counterattack when the referee Brüch blew the whistle. He penalized Bruno for a foul and awarded Paris Saint-Germain a free kick opportunity.

This time, it was Mourinho's turn to be extremely dissatisfied, and he protested strongly on the sidelines.

The fourth official left Pochettino behind and came over to stop the emotional Manchester United coach.

"Bruno committed a foul! Paris Saint-Germain now has a direct free kick about... 26 meters away from the goal. This may be a chance for Paris Saint-Germain!"

Neymar's free kick went over the wall and almost hit the post and went out of the bottom line, which once again made Manchester United players sweat.

At the same time, the staff held up an electronic sign indicating two minutes of injury time for the entire game.

Mourinho once again expressed his dissatisfaction, he thought the two minutes of stoppage time was too little.

"Yes, it would be better to keep adding extra time like in Ferguson's time, until you score a goal." Pochettino had been annoyed with this guy for a long time and said sarcastically.

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The score on the field remained at 2:0, the total score was 3:4, and Manchester United only needed one goal to advance.

Manchester United didn't care about defense at all at this time, and they went out in full force.

For Manchester United, 2:0 and 2:1 are the same, they will be eliminated, so at this time they can only attack desperately.

What if a goal is scored?

In the first minute of injury time, Manchester United's gambling attack finally exposed the loopholes in their defense.

Manchester United got a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt, and as many as eight Manchester United players, including the two central defenders Van Dijk and Maguire, squeezed into the penalty area of ​​​​Paris Saint-Germain.

"This could be Manchester United's last chance to attack."

Because the ball was too far away from the goal, Bruno did not choose to shoot directly, but passed the ball into the penalty area. Harry Kane's header was firmly held by goalkeeper Navas, and Paris Saint-Germain launched a quick counterattack.

"This is a counterattack opportunity for Paris Saint-Germain!" Andy Gray shouted, "Four against two! A scoring opportunity for Paris Saint-Germain!"

At this moment, in Manchester United's backcourt, there were only two Manchester United players: Bruno, who had just taken a free kick, and Kante, the midfielder who stayed behind.

Draxler dribbled forward at high speed and Kante went up to defend him.

Before getting close, Draxler passed the ball, Icardi held Bruno, knocked the ball and passed it to Neymar.

"Single sword!"

Neymar received the ball and dribbled forward into the penalty area.

Mourinho's face turned pale and he was confused and panicked. He had done everything he could, but still couldn't turn the situation around?

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Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea left the goal.

Neymar pretended to pass the ball to Verratti who came up to receive the ball, tricking De Gea into falling to the ground to save the ball. Then he pulled the ball back, and then, facing the huge empty goal, the Brazilian just gave a light push.

"Empty goal - Neymar! Shoot!"

"It's over! Everything is over!" The commentator of Paris Saint-Germain shouted with relief.

Neymar has turned around, opened his arms, and is ready to celebrate the goal.

His teammates were also running towards him, ready to celebrate the goal.

Once this ball goes in, the game will be completely killed!

Then, the Paris Saint-Germain commentator's eyes widened, because he saw a red figure desperately chasing back, and when he saw Neymar shooting, he fell to the ground and slid, throwing his body out!

"Oh my God! Bruno!" Martin Taylor shouted.

Everyone saw that Manchester United's No. 8, wearing the captain's armband, fell to the ground and slid, and before the ball almost crossed the goal line, he swept the ball and shoveled it out.

The football was hooked back from the goal line by Bruno's foot, landed near the small penalty area line, bounced a few times on the ground, and finally stopped inside the small penalty area line under the action of gravity.