Chapter 313: Manchester United driven by dual cores! (6.4k chapter)

[High energy ahead! There are horrible malicious fouls, which may cause discomfort to readers! ]

Manchester United have never suffered consecutive defeats in 2005 league games since April 4, which is not good news for Kevin Keegan who is aiming to win his first victory since taking office.

Yes, Kevin Keegan, the new Newcastle manager who replaced Allardyce and has been in office for a month, has not won a game in four Premier League games, with two draws and two losses. In the last round, he lost to Aston Villa away from home with a score of 1-4...

I really don't know where Keegan got the confidence and courage from. Miss Jingru definitely shouldn't take the blame, after all, the song was not in English.

In addition, before the League Cup final, another piece of good news reached Manchester United's locker room. At 12:45 noon, in the earliest game of the 27th round of the Premier League, Arsenal was tied by the home team Birmingham with a score of 2-2 at St. Andrews Stadium!

The home team, which was outnumbered, first scored a goal with a free kick from McFadden, and then the young Gunner Walcott scored twice to reverse the score. However, Clichy's final foul ruined Arsenal's good opportunity, and McFadden scored a penalty kick to equalize the game!

This is a golden opportunity for Manchester United to catch up with the league leader, so the Red Devils' desire to win in this game can be said to have reached its peak!

However, here, Manchester United's coaching staff only conveyed the news that the opponent was equalized to the locker room, but did not disclose another piece of news that shocked the English football world. This was because they were afraid that it would affect the morale and mood of the Red Devils players who were preparing for the game:

Because in Arsenal's away game against Birmingham, in addition to the final penalty kick to equalize the game, there were also serious malicious fouls. The scene was very bloody and cruel, and super scary!

Just 2 minutes and 30 seconds into the Gunners' game, home team centre-back Martin Taylor delivered a fierce frontal kick to Eduardo da Silva's ankle!

The former was sent off without hesitation by the referee, and the game ended early;

But the latter, the Croatian talented striker, was sent to an early season by Martin Taylor. I wonder if his career will end early...

After being tackled, Da Silva remained on the ground. Medical staff performed emergency treatment and even used an oxygen mask. It may be that the excessive pain caused him to fall into a coma.

The game was interrupted for 7 minutes, after which Da Silva was carried off the field on a stretcher, with fans from both sides giving him applause of encouragement and comfort.

At that time, Arsenal teammates seemed very worried. Hleb and Adebayor put their hands together and prayed for Da Silva. Because the fleeting scene showed that Da Silva's calf was completely broken and deformed!

(O_O;)

According to the news from the scene, even the medical staff responsible for treating da Silva expressed shock at the severity of his injuries. Sky TV did not even broadcast the slow-motion close-up of da Silva's injury because the scene was so horrific that it caused serious discomfort to the directors...

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Post-match examinations showed that both the tibia and fibula of Da Silva's left foot were completely broken, with only ligaments connecting the broken limbs.

Therefore, Da Silva himself will definitely miss the rest of the season and Croatia's European Cup in the summer; as for the recovery timetable, it is not convenient to assess...

In addition, on February 2, two days after this game, it will be Da Silva's 25th birthday, but he has to spend it in pain and suffering from injuries. It is really pitiful and sad, which makes all football practitioners feel worried.

After the game, Birmingham issued an urgent statement that Taylor's tackle was not intentional.

Head coach McLeish said Taylor was not a dirty player: "I watched the video and it was indeed tackled on the ankle, but Taylor's foot was not raised high, and his intention was definitely not to tackle the opponent's shin or knee...

I think it was Da Silva's action that was too fast, and Taylor's tackle was a step slower... Of course, we express our regrets to Sauri and express our sincerest blessings to Da Silva! "

Really... it's Sao Rui again. Let's not talk about the use of apology. The key point is that sometimes the foreigners don't even have a formal apology. It's just an insignificant Sao Rui. Oh, sometimes it will bring even more insignificant regrets... Old Li Qi is extremely resentful of this!

But this time, the Chinese don’t need to complain, after all, it is another group of foreigners who were hurt.

The head coach of the other team, Professor Wenger, was very angry about this malicious foul! "I think this person should not play football anymore. What is he doing on the field? This is a murderous move!

Birmingham explained that he was not that kind of player, but just like a person who only kills one person in his life, someone will be harmed in the end.

The scene was so horrific that it would not only have a psychological impact on the players who were playing football, but it would even affect the children who were still learning to play football!

You see a tackle like that and say the guy wanted to play football, it's unacceptable! This has to stop and we have to fight it!"

Of course, during the game, Li Qi didn't know that the red card in the Arsenal game was such a serious foul; but after watching the video after the game, he still felt sympathetic, so he could only quickly tell Lapang and Bernard to do their work again and protect themselves.

Therefore, some people in the English football circle brought up the Ricardo Liqui's broken leg incident two years ago for comparison. The perpetrator at that time is still under suspension!

In response to Arsenal's stern protest and threats from certain unknown forces, the English Football Association, the Premier League Committee and the Referee Management Committee later issued statements one after another, stating that they would strictly enforce the law this season and severely punish malicious fouls!

Martin Taylor, who was in a daze after the foul, was in trouble. The Birmingham defender was originally suspended for three games and received death threats. With the intervention of new forces, he was suspended for three months, fined 5 pounds, and investigated by the procuratorate...

Of course, there are still death threats, but they are not just from Croatia, there are even mafia from unknown areas!

However, this information, which only came out on the second day of the game, did not affect the match between Manchester United and Newcastle. The two sides, who did not know the details yet, were still fighting fiercely!

Even in the 8th minute of the game, Butt elbowed Li Qi while running without the ball, but the former escaped punishment by chance.

However, Newcastle's super technical moves obviously could not stop Manchester United's fast break.

In the 11th minute, Li Qi received a long diagonal pass from Wes Brown on the left wing, stopped the ball with his chest, and unloaded the force with the instep of his right foot, and the ball stopped steadily on the grass.

Then Li Qi, who had observed the ball in advance before stopping it, did not give Milner a chance to interfere closely, and directly sent a diagonal pass to the corner of the Magpies' penalty area.

Rooney made a direct run, a textbook diagonal pass and direct run; then Rooney did not choose to shoot directly, but twisted his waist and knocked the ball to the other side of the goal with his left foot...

Tevez was lying in ambush at the far end of the goal!

Unfortunately, due to the interference of Faye, Tevez's shot from 14 yards on the right side of the penalty area was blocked by the latter, and then the ball slowed down and was confiscated by goalkeeper Given.

Three minutes later, Manchester United came back again, but this time, they started their attack from Ronaldo's right wing.

After Ronaldo dribbled the ball on the right and got rid of it, he retreated to the middle to receive the ball from Tevez; the latter made a forward run, played a triangle with Rooney, and sent a low diagonal cross from the edge of the penalty area...

The ball was aimed at the empty space on the other side of the penalty area, where Li Qi was making a high-speed forward run.

Given was also attacking to block, Milner was chasing closely behind Li Qi, and Beyer was trying his best to pull Li Qi to affect his balance.

Finally, Li Qi got the chance on the left side of the penalty area, 11 yards in front of the goal, and shot from the ground!

Unfortunately, the ball was blocked by Steven Taylor who was returning to the middle and made a tackle there...

Huh? Another Tyler, but this time it's Steven Tyler.

Manchester United's attack on both wings in this game was very flexible. They were not confined to the bottom cross, but instead started from the wing, combined with the transition through the middle, and then outflanked the other side. Although no goals were scored, the effect was quite good - this is a new tactical coordination that Manchester United has practiced in recent days.

However, in the next offensive round, Manchester United's new tactical routine finally broke through Newcastle's defense and scored a goal.

In the 19th minute, Li Qi first took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to make a big switch with Ronaldo. The two switched sides, and this simple operation immediately messed up Newcastle's defense. The main reason was that Milner, who was originally arranged to keep a close eye on Li Qi, lost his position...

Milner continued to run with Li Qi, but halfway through the run, he found that he had overlapped with Duff on the other side.

Li Qi thought for a moment and knew that Ronaldo must be left open at the far end! However, if Li Qi passed the ball directly to him, the effect would not be the best...

So Li Qi first chose to pass the ball to Tevez who was retreating to the middle to receive the ball, so that Newcastle's defense line would shrink to the middle first, and not rush to fill the gap on the right side.

Tevez, who was double-teamed by three defenders, did not choose to hold the ball for too long, but after all, it was a threatening area at the front of the penalty area. Even if Tevez just touched the ball back, it attracted the attention of most of Newcastle's defenders;

Milner, who originally wanted to return to his position quickly, and Barton, who wanted to fill in the position, were also drawn to the middle by Li Qi's short pass.

Then Tevez bounced the ball back, and Li Qi made a long pass, directly behind Newcastle's right back Beye...

Facing the forward runs of Ronaldo and Evra, Beye could only stay in the inside position and was unable to interfere closely.

So the 30-year-old Beyer experienced the horror of the 23-year-old Ronaldo's sprint. He was impossible to stop and even couldn't be pulled back. Moreover, Li Qi also threw a high float ball behind Beyer, which was right in the route of Ronaldo's frontal explosion!

Ronaldo was sprinting at high speed like an unstoppable chariot. He leaped into the air and caught the ball with his chest. At the same time, he also overturned Beye who was trying to grab his jersey. After landing, he was about to rush into Newcastle's small penalty area in two steps...

But the next moment, Given, who took another risk, and Steven Taylor, who flew to block the shot, were surprised to find that Ronaldo did not attack the goal directly, but made a light left-footed inverted triangle pass back to the middle.

So, with the two people in front of him looking back with despair in their eyes, Rooney, who was unguarded, easily pushed the ball into the empty goal from 6 yards in front of the goal!

This is a magical quartet played by the four little swans of Manchester United! Li Qi instigated, Tevez covered, Ronaldo was responsible for the key breakthrough and the fatal pass, and Rooney finished it!

In less than 20 minutes, Manchester United was leading the home team Newcastle 1-0 away from home.

Newcastle can be said to be one of Manchester United's favorite prey. The Red Devils have won 6 of the last 5 visits to St. James' Park and have never given their opponents any chance since September 2001.

At the same time, magpies are also Rooney's favorite delicacy. After transferring to Manchester United, Rooney scored 8 goals in the previous 6 games against Newcastle.

Moreover, today is Rooney's 250th club start in his career. It is lucky for Rooney to meet his favorite prey on this special day.

Newcastle, who were behind, would naturally launch a counterattack under the cheers of the home fans. After all, neither Newcastle nor Keegan had a clear understanding of their own positioning...

However, in the next 15 minutes, the impatient Newcastle gained nothing in the attack, and paid two yellow cards for blocking Manchester United's counterattack during the offense-defense transition, and were almost counterattacked by Tevez and Ronaldo twice.