From ancient times, heroes have risen from desperate straits, and legends have always been forged in troubled times!
MyScore platform:
"Tsk, damn it, I don't know what to say, Zhang Kuang is the most trustworthy shooter. But, Manchester United's back-to-back defense, can you guys stop conceding the ball? Zhang Kuang can score two or three goals in a game, but he can't stand you guys constantly conceding the ball."
"Hey, no one thought about it before, right? There were already four goals in the first half, and those who bought big goals made a lot of money. Is there anyone who bought big goals?"
"I bought it. I know Premier League and other derbies and other strong team duels usually like to play without defense, so the score is usually very big. Hehe, small profit, small profit..."
"Shit, it turns out there is such a rule. I will buy it the same way next time."
"..."
In the 38th minute, Manchester City made the first substitution adjustment.
Mancini stood on the sidelines with a stern expression and gestured to the fourth official.
Milner bottom, Džeko top.
Manchester City replaced a high center forward, and the formation changed from 442 to 4411, with Džeko at the front and Agüero retreating to the attacking midfielder position.
Mancini's intention is very clear: continue the attack.
Martin: "Ah? This, what kind of substitution is this? A substitution after only 38 minutes? This? Gary, do you understand? This is Mancini. Are you dissatisfied with Milner?"
Neville: "Hey, you know what? Mancini is a straight person, he is a technology geek, and his emotional intelligence is sometimes horribly low.
Therefore, I estimate that he just wanted to change the game based on purely technical and tactical design, and he may not have considered the player's face and mood at all."
Martin: "Well, Milner was really livid. He didn't even give Agüero a high-five. He, he went straight back to the locker room through the tunnel?"
Neville: "Wow, Manchester City is there going to be internal strife?"
However, no violent conflict occurred as imagined.
But I have to say that Mancini's substitution worked wonders. Džeko realized the effect of this substitution within two minutes of playing.
In the 39th minute, Manchester City cooperated on the right wing. Balotelli took the ball and passed it across to Richards who was inserted. Richards made a pass and the ball flew to the center of the penalty area.
Džeko beat Smalling to grab the first point. He headed the ball to the back point. Agüero's follow-up shot was saved by De Gea, but the ball bounced to the feet of Silva on the right side of the penalty area.
Before Silva knocked on the door, Džeko put the ball into the net during the melee.
2:3!
Martin: "GOOOOOOOOOOOAL, Manchester City leads again 3 to 2, in the 39th minute. Two minutes after Mancini's magical substitution, Džeko headed the ball, Agüero's shot was saved by De Gea, Silva made a contribution."
Neville: "Oh, Manchester United's defense is in chaos. This time Manchester United's defense will be sprayed to death by Sir Alex Ferguson."
After Džeko scored, he patted the team logo on his chest and then high-fived Silva in celebration.
Manchester City All the players on the bench stood up. Mancini clapped twice on the sidelines, but his expression still did not relax.
In the 42nd minute, Manchester United received a set kick in the frontcourt.
When Kompany was defending Hernández's high-altitude ball, he raised his elbow and hit the opponent's chin. Clattenburg called a foul.
Zhang Kuang stood in front of the ball again, this time he chose to shoot directly.
The ball bypassed the wall, but the angle was not tricky enough, and it was pounced by Joe Hart and missed the baseline.
There was no threat after the corner kick was taken, and Manchester City defender cleared the ball.
In the stoppage time of the first half, Agüero tried a long shot from outside the penalty area, and the ball missed the right post. Clattenburg then blew the whistle to end the first half.
The score on the electronic scoreboard is 2 to 3. Manchester United is one goal behind at home.
He Wei: "Okay, referee Clattenburg blew the whistle for the first half. This first half was very surprising. The two teams contributed 5 wonderful goals. Manchester United team fell behind at home. After a short break, they came back from midfield. Xu Lu guided everyone to analyze the situation of the first half."
In the first half, the two teams shot a total of 25 shots, 12 of which were on target. The pace was breathtakingly fast.
Zhang Kuang walked towards the tunnel with his head lowered. When passing by the court, a Manchester United ball boy handed him a bottle of water. He took it and took a sip, then handed it back.
In the locker room, Ferguson's face was not too ugly.
He stood in front of the tactical board and drew two circles on both wings with a marker.
"We conceded three goals in the first half. Who can tell me what happened? Smalling, come on, can you tell me...
... and Evans... Today is the Derby, 75,000 people are watching you from the stands..."
Ferguson's hair dryer function was turned on, and he sprayed for ten full minutes, spraying the back line to nothing and even the three midfielders.
Rooney was also criticized, saying that he was not active enough in assisting in defense...
Fortunately, the halftime only lasts for 15 minutes. After the Ferguson hair dryer is finished, everyone will go on stage.
Let them remember this game, whether they win or lose, remember how you played.
Ferguson finally said, "Manchester City spent so much money to buy people, but they can't buy Old Trafford's spirit. Go out and get back what you lost in the first half."
The players clapped together, and the sound echoed in the locker room.
In the locker room on the other side, Mancini and Milner had a fierce conflict. The two had a heated argument, but in the end Milner was suppressed.
In CCTV-5's halftime tactical analysis session, Zhang Lu talked eloquently in the program.
Zhang Lu: "In the first half, it can be said that both sides were really full of firepower. In the first half, Manchester United shot 11 times, 5 times on target, and scored 2 goals. Manchester City shot 14 times, 7 times on target, and scored 3 goals.
What does this data mean? It means that the data of a normal Premier League full-time game is compressed into half-time.
That is to say, the shooting data, shooting data, and goal data of many Premier League games for the whole game are not as much as for half of this game.
So, can you imagine how fast this pace is? And at such a fast pace, any slight disadvantage will be magnified tenfold.
For example, the weaknesses of Smalling and Evans: easy to fall off the top, lose focus, rough basic skills, and large fluctuations in stability, etc. are all magnified, so they are outperformed by Manchester City's frontcourt.
Similarly, the first of Manchester United's three lines is the midfielder. The combination of Anderson, Fletcher, and Ashley Young cannot have any interception effect at all, and all the pressure is given to the back line.
This caused the defense to be in a hurry, and eventually there were a lot of mistakes. Therefore, it was basically caused by the imbalance in the midfield. When we look at this goal, it is obvious that..."
MyScore platform:
"Oh my god, will this be Manchester United's first loss in this competition?"
"Haha, no matter how strong Zhang Kuang is, he can't stand up to his teammates. Zhang Kuang scores two points and his teammates lose three. How can this be fun?"
"I think this is a problem with Sir Alex's personnel arrangement. To compete with Manchester United, the midfielder must be a combination of Kali, Giggs, and Fletcher. Now this combination is really invisible, and there is no midfielder."
"Yes, Yaya Toure, Silva, Džeko, and Agüero pass through the midfield as easily as they cross the road, so Manchester United's defense is under great pressure."
"Oh, it's good to lose a game, otherwise Manchester United will be in the sky."
"It's better to have money. Manchester City can still be effective if you buy it instantly."
"Nonsense, look at the current lineup of Manchester City, it's really making people drool."
"..."
In the second half, the storm is still behind.
Before the start of the second half, all the lights of Old Trafford were on.
The twilight of late autumn comes early, and just after three o'clock in the afternoon, the sky becomes as dark as evening.
The stadium's ceiling lights illuminate the turf green and shiny, and every blade of grass is clearly visible.
When the players from the two teams walked out of the tunnel again, the noise in the stands was even more ferocious than in the first half: Manchester United fans desperately cheered for their team with songs, while Manchester City fans responded with louder shouts.
He Wei: "Hello everyone, audience friends, welcome back..."
In the 46th minute, Clattenburg blew the whistle and the second half began.
Manchester City quickly launched an offensive after kicking off. Džeko passed the ball to Agüero in the center circle. Argentina passed it back to Yaya Toure, then turned around and sprinted forward.
Yaya Toure advanced the ball more than ten meters. Facing Fletcher's pressing, he distributed the ball to Balotelli on the right.
France took the ball and cut inside, took a step away from Evra, and then used his left foot to pass a curved ball to the back of the penalty area. Džeko jumped high and headed the ball towards the goal, and the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar.
Manchester City created a threat with the first wave of offense in the second half.
Manchester United stabilized its position and began to organize a counterattack.
In the 48th minute, Anderson intercepted the ball in the midfield and handed the ball to Zhang Kuang who retreated to cover.
Zhang Kuang picked up the ball with his back, and Richards came up from behind. Zhang Kuang felt the pressure from behind and did not turn around. Instead, he pushed the ball with his left foot and stuffed the ball out from between Richards's legs.
It was a crotch pass, and the ball rolled towards Evra who was on the left.
Evra made a pass from the bottom line, Hernández shot from the front, and the ball was saved by Joe Hart.
Neville raised his voice in the commentary room. "Zhang Kuang's crotch pass is so freehand. He can sense the position of the defensive player behind him and the gap between his legs without turning around at all. This kind of court vision and space perception are talents and cannot be taught."
There was no threat after the corner kick was taken.
Manchester City won the ball and quickly organized a counterattack.
In the 51st minute, Silva took the ball in the midfield and found Agüero with a through ball.
Agüero used speed to throw away Evans, broke into the left side of the penalty area, and then passed the ball across the goal.
Džeko scrambled for a shovel shot. The ball was blocked by De Gea with his legs, but it bounced to the right side of the penalty area.
Balotelli rushed over and hit the ball and shot into the empty goal.
The ball rolled into the net.
The ball went in!
2:4!
Martin: "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL, the ball went in, Balotelli pushed into the empty goal, Manchester City 4:2, is this going to beat Manchester United? Gary, what do you think?"
Neville: "Hey, it still doesn't work during the halftime. During the halftime break, it seems that Sir Alex was busy with the hair dryer and didn't make any adjustments.
Look at this ball. Silva broke through with the ball in the midfield, and then passed it to Agüero. Then Agüero, Džeko, Balotelli, Manchester United were four sharp shooters in front of the penalty area. How could Manchester United stop it?
A shooter needs two defensive players, four of which are involved in the midfield and backcourt. But in fact, there are only De Gea in the backcourt. This is really picturesque in the frontcourt and De Gea in the backcourt!"
Martin: "Haha, Gary, your words are very good and powerful, 'the front court is picturesque, the back court De Gea'."
Balotelli ran towards the corner flag area after scoring a goal, with his hands on his hips and a smile on his face.
Manchester City players swarmed over, Džeko jumped on his back, Agüero put his arms around his shoulders, and the group of people made a fuss.
The Manchester City fans in the East Stand went completely crazy. The blue flags surged like a sea, and the songs poured into the center of the stadium like a tide.
The Manchester United stands fell into a brief silence. There was a two-goal gap and nearly forty minutes left, but the opponent was Manchester City, who was pressing forward across the board and in hot form.
Some people began to sit down in silence, some put their heads in their hands, and some were still clapping desperately.
Ferguson stood on the sidelines with his hands in his coat pockets, his expression unchanged.
His eyes scanned the field and he was not in a hurry to make substitutions.
In the 53rd minute, Manchester United played a patient frontcourt cooperation.
Anderson, Fletcher and Evra passed six consecutive shots on the left, compressing Manchester City's defense to the front of the penalty area.
Evra passed the ball across to the middle. Fletcher passed the ball directly to Rooney on the right without stopping.
Rooney took the ball and cut inside, swayed away from Clichy and then shot. The ball was blocked by Kompany with his body.
At the front of the penalty area, Zhang Kuang grabbed the second spot.
He didn't stop the ball.
The moment the ball hit the ground, Zhang Kuang had already swung his right leg.
Volleying from the instep, the ball passed through the gap like lightning and headed towards the lower left corner of the goal. Joe Hart reacted very quickly and flew down to save the ball.
But the ball was not thrown far and bounced to the feet of Hernández on the right side of the penalty area.
Little Pea stops the ball, adjusts, and shoots into the far corner.
The ball rolled against the turf towards the goal, and Lescott blocked the ball with his body on the goal line.
There was an exclamation of surprise in the stands.
Two shots were taken and both were blocked.
Zhang Kuang stood outside the penalty area with his hands on his hips and shook his head slightly.
He turned and ran back to his place.
In the 56th minute, Manchester City made another substitution.
Mancini replaced Richards with Zabaleta to strengthen the defense on the right. Richards was overwhelmed by Zhang Kuang in the first half, and his physical fitness was obviously unable to keep up.
After Zabaleta came on the field, Manchester City's defense on the right was obviously more stable. Argentina's positioning sense was better than Richards's.
In the 58th minute, Manchester United passed more than a dozen shots in the frontcourt, trying to tear apart Manchester City's defense, but Manchester City's defensive formation remained very compact.
Kompany and Lescott followed Hernández, Yaya Toure retreated to the front of the penalty area to assist in defense, and Barry was responsible for blocking Rooney's long-range shot space.
When Zhang Kuang got the ball on the left, Zabaleta's position was very good, not only blocking the inside route, but also maintaining a distance where he would not be hit behind.
Zhang Kuang tried two breakthroughs but failed to find space, so he had to pass the ball back to Fletcher.
Just when everyone thought Manchester United's offense was at a stalemate, Ashley Young suddenly started on the right.
After receiving the ball from Fletcher, he made a fake move to break through to the baseline in the face of Clichy's defense, then suddenly spiked the ball and cut inside, moved half of his body, and made a pass with his left foot.
The ball flew towards the center of the penalty area with an arc, and the landing point was accurately pointed at the back point.
Zhang Kuang plugs in at high speed from the left side of the penalty area.
His start-up timing was just right, Zabaleta was half a beat too late to keep up, Kompany was held in front by Hernández, and Lescott's position was biased towards the middle.
Zhang Kuang A gap appeared in front of him.
He jumped high while running, exerted force on his waist and abdomen, leaned back slightly in the air, and then smashed his head against the flying ball like a hammer.
The ball was hit on his forehead, changed direction, bounced on the ground, and then headed towards the far corner of the goal.
Joe Hart dives towards the near corner.
He predicted that Zhang Kuang would hit a near-angle direction.
But Zhang Kuang points to the far corner.
The ball's speed did not slow down after it bounced off the ground, and as Joe Hart looked back in despair, it rolled into the net in the lower right corner of the goal.
The ball went in!
3:4!
In the 58th minute, Zhang Kuang scored a hat trick.
Martin: "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL, Zhang Kuang, Zhang Kuang, hat trick, he got a goal back for Manchester United, there is still time, there is still a chance."
Neville: "Ah, we still have to look at Zhang Kuang. He is Manchester United's real leg. Without him, Manchester United would have been bloodbathed today..."
Old Trafford exploded again.
The roars of 75,000 people merged into one name. "Zhang Kuang!"
The sound seemed to come from the ground, causing the steel structure of the stadium to resonate slightly.
Zhang Kuang landed from the air without running wildly or sliding to his knees.
He turned around and ran into the goal, bent down to pick up the ball, held it in his arms, and then ran quickly towards the center circle.
There was no smile on his face, and the fire in his eyes burned brighter than ever.
He Wei: "Go in, go in, go in, hat trick! Zhang Kuang completed the hat trick! A free kick, a long shot, a header, three completely different ways to score! Manchester City The entire defense line was torn apart three times by him alone!
This twenty-year-old China boy announced to the world today in Old Trafford: He is the most dangerous existence on this lawn!
Look at the height when he jumps, it's like Lescott is not jumping underneath him! The perfect combination of jumping ability, waist and abdominal strength, and header skills!
Today's Manchester United has a beautiful frontcourt and a chaotic backcourt. The team's defense frequently fails and is full of loopholes. However, despite the wind and rain behind them, there are young men in front of them carrying the flag!
Hero has emerged from desperate situations since ancient times, and has always created legends in troubled times! Zhang Kuang is that Hero today, and is destined to be a legend."
Zhang Lu chuckled, with excitement in his voice. "Zhang Kuang was so smart about hitting the ball. He didn't hit the ball towards the near corner, but hit the ball towards the far corner."
This method of heading the ball requires very high skills: first, you need to take off early and wait for the ball in the air. Secondly, the part where your head touches the ball must be accurate, otherwise the ball will fly high. Finally, you must observe the position of the goalkeeper and decide which direction to head the ball. Each of Zhang Kuang's three goals demonstrated different technical abilities, proving that he is a truly comprehensive shooter."
Zhang Kuang carried the ball back to the center circle, placed it on the kick-off point, and then retreated to his position.
Manchester City's players are still standing in their respective positions with different expressions on their faces.
Kompany put his hands on his hips and lowered his head, Lescott was shaking his head, and Joe Hart walked out from the goal line and clapped his hands twice.
Balotelli stood near the center circle, hands on hips, looking at Zhang Kuang expressionlessly.