The game continued. Although Auxerre made sporadic counterattacks, the overall rhythm was still firmly controlled by Manchester United.
At halftime, Manchester United led 1:0 in the away game.
In fact, the result of this half dissatisfied many people, especially the fans who supported Manchester United.
The first is that the score was too small, leading only 1:0. Manchester United was so much better than Auxerre, and they only scored a goal in the half?
The second is that I am not satisfied with Manchester United's trident. I didn't see any eye-catching information between them in the first half.
The third is that they are dissatisfied with Manchester United's ability to control the game, allowing a team like Auxerre to threaten the ball several times, which makes Manchester United's supporters a little dissatisfied.
However, there is nothing to say. After all, we are in the lead. We can't ask the team to give big scores every day, right? Let's look at the second half first.
Back in the locker room, Ferguson didn't say much.
He stood in front of the tactical board and circled a few positions with a red pen. "They will definitely press out in the second half, and the gap behind them will become wider. Seize the counterattack opportunity and score another one."
He turned his head and glanced at Zhang Kuang: "You can run more flexibly and tear apart their defense."
Zhang Kuang nodded, sat in his seat, opened a bottle of water and took a sip.
In the second half, the team changed sides and fought again.
In the first few minutes, the fast pace of the UEFA Champions League game was missing. The two teams struggled more in the midfield and neither team formed an effective threat.
In the 52nd minute, Birsa of Auxerre got the ball from the wing.
France made two consecutive changes in the midfield to shake off O'Shea's defense. He kicked his left foot and leaned to the left, causing O'Shea's center of gravity to move.
Then Birsa moved his right foot, passed O'Shea's side, cut inside to the edge of the penalty area, and took a long shot.
The ball drew an arc and flew towards the far corner of the goal. It was very powerful and the arc was very tricky. Vidić took off from the side and blocked the ball.
His shoulder bumped into Birsa's body, slightly deforming Birsa's shooting action.
The ball missed the upright and missed the baseline.
Martin·Tyler: "The two sides struggled with each other in the first few minutes of the second half, but Auxerre gave Manchester United a blow first! Birsa's long shot almost equalized the score!"
In the 58th minute, Contout fell on the turf. No one hurt him, but he fell.
He repeatedly sprinted and counterattacked in the first half, and his hamstring muscles finally gave out.
Contout tried to stand up, but his right leg weakened and he knelt down again. His expression was painful and cold sweat oozed from his forehead.
The team doctor ran into the field and after checking, he shook his head. He had a muscle strain and could not continue.
Therefore, those who say that the intensity of this game is not enough are untenable, but some of the intensity is not the striding attack on the opponent's goal as shown on the surface, but may be in those seemingly boring strangulations.
Everyone fell down from exhaustion and their muscles were strained.
Fernandez replaced him with Quercia.
Contout limped off the field, each step was laborious. When he walked to the sidelines, Zhang Kuang happened to be standing nearby.
Contout raised his head and glanced at Zhang Kuang, then stretched out his hand.
Zhang Kuang held his hand and patted his shoulder.
"Come on." Zhang Kuang said in French.
Contout nodded and walked back to the bench.
Auxerre fans applaud him.
In the 64th minute, Zhang Kuang received the ball from the left.
Hengbart and Mignot clamped up again, Hengbart pressed against his back and put his hands on his shoulders, Mignot stuck in front of him, their positions were in perfect harmony as if they had been rehearsed a hundred times.
But this time, Zhang Kuang gave them no chance to encircle them.
He moved the ball forward three meters with his left foot, and then started to accelerate.
Hengbart turned around and chased him. After half a beat, Zhang Kuang stepped out with his first step, making a shallow pit in the turf. Grass clippings flew up and hit Hengbart in the face.
Hengbart stretched out his hand to pull, but only caught air.
Mignot defended from the side, Zhang Kuang dunked with his right foot, and the ball passed by his side.
Mignot's body didn't even have time to turn sideways, and could only watch the red jersey flash past his eyes.
Martin·Tyler: "Zhang Kuang! He broke through on the left! Hengbart and Mignot can't stop him! We need to add more people. How can Zhang Kuang be stopped by two people?"
Rob: "Yes, if two defensive players or three defensive players could stop him, Premier League would have blocked Zhang Kuang long ago..."
Two Auxerre defensive players were left behind.
Zhang Kuang advanced along the left road to the edge of the penalty area. His speed was extremely fast, and every step was like flying.
Coulibaly rushed from the middle to cover, but Senegal Tieta's body blocked his inside path.
Coulibaly's eyes are very serious.
His knees were slightly bent, his center of gravity was very low, and his hands were swinging in front of him, blocking every possible direction of Zhang Kuang.
Zhang Kuang looked into his eyes. There was no resentment in those eyes, only the concentration of a warrior.
But Zhang Kuang had no plans for him.
He raised his head and glanced at the penalty area: Berbatov was outflanking Dudka in the middle, and Dudka was caught by him. There was a gap of about five meters in the middle of the penalty area.
Zhang Kuang pushed with his left foot, and the ball rolled against the turf toward the center of the penalty area. It was extremely fast and the arc was precise, sliding past Coulibaly's toes.
Berbatov rushed over.
The Bulgarian met the ball from the 12-yard position and shot into the far corner. With a push from the arch of his right foot, the ball rolled towards the lower right corner of the goal and hit the inside of the post and into the net.
0:2.
Horse: "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL, Berbatov, a very neat putt goal."
Rob·Hawthorn: "Zhang Kuang's assist! He tore apart Auxerre's entire defense line alone on the left, and then calmly fed the ball to Berbatov's feet!
The Bulgarian's shot is also very beautiful! This is Manchester United's textbook quick counterattack!"
Berbatov rushed to the corner flag area and knelt down to celebrate.
Zhang Kuang ran behind for more than ten steps, then stopped and raised his hands without making any too exaggerated movements.
He still maintained restraint.
He Wei: "Zhang Kuang's performance in this game is still quite satisfactory, with one goal, one assist, and countless successful breakthroughs.
But what is most admirable about him is his restraint after every goal or assist, and he has always taken care of the feelings of the home fans."
Leisu Sports barrage:
"Brother Kuang made one goal and one assist."
"That breakthrough is so cool."
"Coulibaly's last look is so sad."
"Do you feel that Zhang Kuang has been scoring goals recently, and I always feel that he is not as exciting as when he first debuted? I also feel that he has become weaker? But the data tells me that his dominance has become stronger."
"Yes, yes, I feel the same way. What's going on? I watched Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo recently. I was so excited that they could score one goal per game, but Zhang Kuang averaged two goals per game, but I thought he was weak. Why is this?"
"I also want to know why. You can see that he has scored one goal and one assist in this game, but I can't get excited. I feel that if he doesn't score a hat trick or a big four, he won't be able to excite me anymore."
"Throw..."
In the 72nd minute, Berbatov picked up the ball on the edge of the penalty area.
The Bulgarian leaned against Dudka with his back. His body's center of gravity was so low that Dudka couldn't push him behind him.
Berbatov clicked with his left foot, turned around and volleyed!
The ball flew towards the goal with great force and at a very awkward angle.
Dudka kicked the ball from the side, and his toe hit the lower edge of the ball that was flying toward the goal at high speed. The ball deflected and bounced to the other side.
A red shadow came rushing towards me.
Zhang Kuang.
The moment the ball bounced, he had already sprinted to the left side of the penalty area, squeezed out of the gap between Hengbart and Mignot, and walked through the dense crowd like a slippery loach.
Hengbart stretched out his hand to stop him, but when it touched his arm, it bounced away.
Mignot's body moved sideways to block him, which was too slow.
The ball flew to a position about half a meter in front of Zhang Kuang, but it has not yet fallen.
Zhang Kuang is not adjusted.
He straightened his left foot and accurately pushed the side and lower end of the ball. The ball was like playing table tennis. The counterattack player only needed to welcome the high-bouncing ball and tap the end with the racket, and the ball quickly bounced back.
The ball drew an arc and flew to the lower right corner of the goal.
The angle was tricky, and the speed was as fast as a flash of white light.
Sorin flew out, but his body only flew halfway and the ball had already entered the net.
0:3.
Martin·Tyler: "GOOOOOOOOOOOAL, Zhang, Zhang, Zhang Kuang scored twice, his second goal of the game!
In this game, he had two shots and one pass! But he still didn't celebrate! All opponents were guarding him, but even if he was guarded by the entire team for the whole game, he could always score more than two goals in the end.
Farke, I have never seen such a player. He can be defended very hard all the time. You may even lose sight of him in the camera for a while, but when he appears, it is a fatal blow."
Rob: "It feels like Zhang is becoming more and more like a ghostly assassin now. He is no longer the rampant and passionate young man he was when he first arrived."
He Wei: "The flying boot touches the ball and misses the path. There is a young man chasing the wind. He flies into the air without waiting and steps calmly. He flicks the streamer and falls into the net.
There is never an absolute rescue on the football field. An extreme save will instead create a more deadly murderous intention.
Zhang Kuang This sprint, this light shot, did not rely on luck, but the forward's prediction in front of the goal that was engraved in his bones. It was the whole game that never slackened in running, which allowed him to seize this fleeting opportunity to score.
Victory is never as easy as a dandelion. Every wonderful goal contains the accumulation of a long run."
Xu Yang: "This ball was really full of twists and turns. Berbatov's shot made everyone think that the ball was scored. However, Dudka's clearance made everyone marvel at his wonderful clearance. Very few people could intercept the ball when it was running towards the goal at high speed.
This feels like a missile mid-course interception in the military field, but that is science and this is man-made.
Dudka's interception was amazing enough, but the plot was reversed again. Zhang Kuang made a table tennis move, lightly touched the ball, and the ball went into the goal.
Gee, these twists and turns are quite tortuous. The key is that these three turns happened within three seconds. It can be said that it happened in the blink of an eye. When everyone reacted, the result had already happened, and then they realized how thrilling and thrilling that moment was..."
Zhang Kuang did not celebrate, Berbatov, Rooney, Giggs they came over and just patted Zhang Kuang.
The applause from the stands rang out again.
This time it was more intense and longer than the last time.
Auxerre fans know that their child no longer belongs to them, but they are still proud of him.
The song sounded again, "The boy from the east shines in our small town..."
The chorus of 20,000 people poured down from the stands like a farewell song.
Leisu Sports barrage:
"Fuck, fuck, fuck, I just said that Zhang Kuang didn't feel like scoring a goal, and here he is, and it's so wonderful, ah, Zhang Kuang, so awesome!"
"I can't describe my admiration for Zhang Kuang in words. It's like the water of the Yellow River, flowing endlessly..."
"I know why people feel that Zhang Kuang is not exciting enough the more they watch it, because he does not appear in the camera for most of the entire game, which makes fans always have a feeling of 'a very important figure but not standing in the spotlight', so I feel that Zhang Kuang is not exciting anymore."
"Yes, yes, yes..."
In the 75th minute, Manchester United made a substitution.
Berbatov down, Hernández up.
Giggs down, Carrick up.
In the 81st minute, Auxerre's last chance.
After Quercia came on as a substitute, he suddenly shot a cold arrow outside the penalty area. The ball flew towards the goal with force, and Van der Sar flew over and lifted the crossbar.
Auxerre fans burst into applause for the team's hard work.
In the 88th minute, Carrick arranged for midfield, and he passed the ball to Zhang Kuang, who was being guarded at all levels.
At this time, Zhang Kuang was chatting with Hengbart, talking about women's arrangements. He didn't even want this assist or goal. He never thought...
His teammates forced the ball to him, and Zhang Kuang, who has a professional spirit, started immediately. Before Hengbart could finish his words, he saw Zhang Kuang eject.
"Fuck, you don't have martial ethics..." Hengbart hurriedly chased the ball, but Zhang Kuang had already caught the ball.
Zhang Kuang took the ball from the top of the arc in the penalty area and pushed it diagonally to the right. He didn't want to break through and shoot again. After taking a look, he passed the ball to the right with one kick, hoping to give Rooney an assist.
The result...Hernández suddenly caught up with the ball from the center at extremely fast speed, and then pushed the ball into the goal.
0:4.
Zhang Kuang:"..."
Rooney:"..."
Hernández ran to the corner flag area excitedly, then jumped, turned around, and roared!
What can Zhang Kuang say? Rooney also shook his head and smiled bitterly, and then the two of them ran to Hernández to celebrate!
Hengbart was scolded several times by Fernandez. He lowered his head and did not dare to reply. He was indeed paralyzed just now. Next...
Hengbart held one arm of Zhang Kuang tightly with one hand. He could not make any more mistakes.
At 93 minutes, the final whistle sounded.
Beep--beep--beep----!
Zhang Kuang changed jerseys with Birsa, and then shook hands and hugged the players of Auxerre one by one, including the coaching staff.
In the best awards ceremony after the game, Zhang Kuang took the trophy and showed a youthful and sunny smile.
Two goals and two assists, what can we say? If he doesn't win the best, who will win the best?
Even though, most of the time, he can't see anyone, it doesn't affect the explosion of his information.
Reporter: "Zhang, congratulations on winning the best of the match. What do you want to say about this game? What is your summary of your personal performance?"
Zhang Kuang: "Today's game is special because I returned to the Abe Deschamps Stadium to play football. Both teams gave their best today, and obviously everyone performed very well.
However, in the final result, Manchester United had the advantage. As a member of the active Manchester United, I am happy for this result.
As a former member of Auxerre, I regret this result. But whether I am happy or regretful, this is football, win or lose, and we must learn to accept any result that we are not satisfied with.
As for me personally, I have nothing to say, I have done what I should do..."
Post-match press conference.
Ferguson said, "I am in a good mood now. Manchester United achieved the desired result, even a little beyond expectations. The 4:0 result made the next game easier."
Zhang Kuang's performance today was perfect, with two goals and two assists. Although he performed the best, he also showed that he has such respect for the place that trained him.
It shows that he not only has outstanding football skills, but also has admirable character. The performance of Auxerre fans today is equally touching. They welcomed their children home with applause."
Fernandez said, "Zhang Kuang came out of Auxerre, and I am proud of him. Everything he did on the court today proved that he is a top player, and Auxerre will always be his home."
Leisu Sports's comment area:
"I just brushed the data of two goals and two assists so quietly. It feels easier than playing "Football Manager"."
"It's boring, boring, it's not difficult at all. It's like watching a TV series that already knows the outcome. We clearly know what the plot will be, but we still have to pretend to be excited and passionate about it."
"How about you watch Messi? Watch Cristiano Ronaldo? Or watch the newcomers who are waiting hard to get playing time?"
"Zhang Kuang If this continues, I'm going to unsubscribe. I won't read this novel anymore. It's so boring."
"Novel?"
"Oh, no, it's his game."
"Haha, interesting."
"Actually, I am now looking forward to whether Zhang Kuang can lead Hong Kong Football Team, who is ranked 133rd in the world, to score World Cup. A true world champion needs to lead his national team to score World Cup."
"Really? I also look forward to him showing himself on the World Cup stage."
"It's a pity that such an outstanding person can only join one regional football team."
"Shh, don't bring up this topic."
"Can't we talk about this topic? Is there any taboo?"
"It's not a taboo, hehe, just try not to talk about it."
"Throw, what the hell?"
"..."
After the game, the media, netizens, and football circles all started a heated discussion about the game, and Zhang Kuang has returned to Paris, his secret villa.
He needs comfort, the comfort of many pink, red, and purple grapes, and even more, the friction of fat and thin millstones.
So, no matter how noisy outside, he immersed himself in all kinds of refreshing grapes...
At the same time, he also activated the system that he didn't seem to check...