Chapter 100
Manchester United seemed to be on the verge of a 1-1 tie with Southampton.
But at this point, Southampton's attempt to clear the ball towards Manchester United's half was headed over by Carrick in the middle.
"Opportunity!"The eyes of Southampton's center forward Pelle, who was cruising near the center circle, lit up.
He suddenly accelerated and chased after the football.
"Oops." Carrick's face changed drastically, and he turned around and chased in the direction of the football.
At this moment, there were only two people in Manchester United's back line, including goalkeeper De Gea, and the other was central defender Rojo from Argentina.
Rojo glanced at the direction where the football was sliding. Even if he accelerated towards the football now, Pelle would definitely get the chance to handle the ball before him.
"Get back on defense." Rojo yelled to his teammates as he retreated.
After Pellet controlled the ball, he immediately accelerated towards Manchester United's half. In addition to him, Southampton's Mane and Mayuka also smelled the opportunity to win the game. They accelerated from both wings and rushed towards Manchester United's half.
Before Rojo pushed to the edge of the penalty area, he knew that he could not retreat. He knew that the tall center forward's dominant foot was his right foot. He turned his body sideways to block the angle of Pellet's right foot to shoot at the far post, freeing up the angle for Pellet to shoot at the near post.
This is also the last resort when there is no other way.
Pellet did not hesitate at all in the face of Rojo who blocked his angle to shoot at the far post, and directly shot at the near post with his right foot.
"boom——"
With a muffled sound, the football was shot out from the edge of the penalty area and shot towards the near corner of the goal.
De Gea opened his arms and pounced on the football.
""Bang!"
With a dull sound, the football hit De Gea's right forearm and bounced to the ground.
Pelle and Rojo pounced on the landing point of the football at the same time, but De Gea once again showed the explosive power of a goalkeeper with top goal-line technology.
He exerted force twice on the spot, and"pounced" on the football, pressing the ball under his arms to control the ball.
So far, Southampton's sharp attack that made Manchester United and all the fans on the field and off the field sweat ended with De Gea's heroic save.
""Hurry!"
Just as De Gea was considering whether to lie on the ground to delay for a while, he suddenly heard the roar of a teammate in the frontcourt. He looked up and saw that it was Chen Huan who was pointing at Wilson who was at the forefront of Manchester United's front line.
"Let me... pass the ball over from the air?" De Gea was stunned.
""Pass it quickly!" Chen Huan roared at De Gea again.
Chen Huan knew that De Gea was very bad at long passes, short passes, and attacks except for his excellent goal-line skills, but he could not care about these at the moment, as time was running out.
De Gea no longer hesitated and immediately made a long pass to the front court. His goal was to pass the ball around Wilson who was at the front, but the ball drew an arc in the air and fell on the head of Southampton's right back Klein.
Klein was obviously also confused by De Gea's pass. Seeing Ashley Young running towards him, he just waited to jump and head the ball far away.
Everyone looked at the football.
Then they found that Chen Huan had appeared near the landing point of the football.
""Bang!"
Chen Huan passed the ball directly to Wilson without stopping.
Jose Fonte immediately squeezed behind Wilson.
Wilson staggered a step due to the push of the experienced Jose, but he successfully completed the pass back to Chen Huan who was rushing over before falling to the ground.
Less than a meter outside the penalty area, Chen Huan touched the ball and faced Klein's pressure.
Chen Huan faked a pass and passed Klein with his super fast pace, then dribbled the ball horizontally into the penalty area, and Jose also moved to defend him.
There was no angle for shooting, and no line for passing.
Chen Huan gritted his teeth and used his unfavorable left foot to dunk the ball to the right and pass it. The football hit Jose's foot, but finally bounced and rolled in front of Chen Huan.
Although the process was bumpy, Chen Huan had passed Jose and was about to face the goal.
Just as Chen Huan was about to shoot, his body was suddenly hit from the side. Chen Huan tried his best to keep his balance and complete the shot, but this time he failed to complete the shot and fell to the ground sideways.
"Huh?! Huh!"On the sidelines, Van Gaal, who was clenching his fists, saw clearly that it was Yoshida Maya, who was partnered with José Fonte, who noticed that he could no longer block Chen Huan's shot, and pushed Chen Huan down from the side.
"It's a penalty, a penalty!" Van Gaal shouted to the fourth official.
The next moment, the referee on the field also blew the whistle, and the referee standing outside the penalty area raised his hand and pointed to the penalty spot.
"Penalty!"
Sky Sports Channel.
York's roar echoed in the studio.
The former Manchester United star stood up and shouted:"Chen passed two defenders in a row, and just when he was about to shoot, Southampton's No. 3 player forcibly pushed him down."
"This is a penalty without a doubt! Let's see who should take the penalty from Manchester United."
……
The referee showed a yellow card to Maya Yoshida, who did not protest. Instead, he bowed slightly to Chen Huan and said apologetically,"Mr. Chen, I'm sorry I can't watch you shoot."
Chen Huan nodded slightly and patted the other party on the shoulder.
He could understand the other party very well. If he allowed himself to shoot in that situation, he would almost certainly score.
And if he knocked himself down, maybe the goalkeeper could play in front of the twelve yards, and there would be a certain chance to save the ball.
If he faced such an opportunity in the penalty area, he might also make the same foul.
Manchester United's original number one penalty taker was Rooney, number two was Di Maria, number three was Van Persie, and number four was Carrick���
Carrick, who played as a defensive midfielder in this game, only realized it was his turn to take the penalty after De Gea reminded him.
No one could have thought that the first, second and third penalty takers were not on the field at this moment.
Carrick picked up the ball and walked towards the penalty spot, but suddenly turned around.
"Chen." Carrick pulled Chen Huan over.
"You made this goal, so you should take the penalty kick. I trust you." Carrick put the ball into Chen Huan's hands and patted his shoulder.
Chen Huan held the ball without any resistance.
……
"Huh?!"
"Carrick handed the ball to Chen Huan? Did he want Chen Huan to take the penalty?"
"Sure enough, Chen Huan was already holding the ball and walking towards the penalty spot."
Longguo Sports Channel, Xiao Zhan said excitedly
"Chen Huan came to the penalty spot and kissed the ball, hoping that this would bring him good luck."
"Southampton goalkeeper Fraser came over. What did he want to do? He was provoking Chen Huan."