Rooney's advantage lies in his impact. He will never be at a disadvantage physically when confronting opposing defenders, and his long-range shots are very strong.

However, being good at long-range shots does not mean being good at free kicks. It's just that the current Manchester United team, apart from Rooney and Giggs, really can't find a free kick expert.

Giggs can also take free kicks. His left-footed free kicks can even create a crescent-shaped arc like Beckham's, but the accuracy of Giggs' free kicks is relatively poor.

As a center forward, Rooney naturally enjoys more free kicks and penalty kicks than other players.

Therefore, as Manchester United had already lost Beckham and Ronaldo, Rooney became the main free kick taker.

The position of this ball is still very good, almost facing the goal.

Rooney looked at the human wall and the goal with sharp eyes, then took a run-up and exerted force suddenly!

The football was like a cannonball fired from a gun, with no rotation, no arc, and went straight into the upper left corner of the goal!

Goalkeeper Davis predicted Rooney's shooting route in advance and jumped up to save the shot like a nervous knife!

However, Rooney's kick was too powerful!

Davis missed the ball! The ball just changed direction slightly and continued to shoot towards the blind corner!

The ball went in! Manchester United fans in the stands of Wembley Stadium cheered wildly!

The referee gestured to the center circle, indicating that the goal was valid!

The score on the big screen was immediately changed to Manchester United 1:1 Southampton! With Southampton leading by one goal, Manchester United went through a 12-minute crazy pressure attack, and finally got a free kick thanks to Nani's diving in front of the penalty area. Rooney, the center forward with rough free kick skills, then scored the equalizer! Facts have proved that no matter how technical or rough a goal is, great force can always work miracles! After scoring the goal, Rooney happily opened his arms and hugged his teammates to celebrate.

Southampton's score advantage was gone and the two sides returned to the same starting line.

After equalizing the score, Manchester United was in high spirits. After the restart, they immediately implemented a full-court pressing strategy, especially in their defense against Gu Ran.

Park Ji-sung pressed Gu Ran more closely and more violently. Before Gu Ran could even get the ball, Park Ji-sung had already started pulling Gu Ran's arms with his hands.

In the 36th minute, Giggs passed the ball to Fletch in the middle, and Fletch immediately dribbled forward. When Mikel came forward to intercept, he kicked Fletch's supporting leg and knocked Fletch to the ground.

Fletch rolled over in pain, holding his leg, but Mikel thought that Fletch was pretending to be so as to get a yellow card, so Mikel reached out to pull Fletch who fell to the ground, and Fletch wailed even louder.

Rooney immediately rushed over and pushed Mikel away.

The Southampton players immediately rushed towards Rooney, and the Manchester United players also surrounded him without showing any weakness. The two sides were immediately on the verge of a fight! Although Mikel was only on loan from Chelsea, in just a few games, Mikel had completely integrated into the Southampton team, so when Rooney stretched out his hand to push Mikel, all the Southampton players were furious.

Gu Ran rushed to the front, face to face, crotch to crotch, nose to nose, eyes to eyes, chest to chest with Rooney, and they butted heads with each other!

Fat Lu's body is as strong as a tank, but in this situation, he couldn't even defeat Gu Ran and was pushed back step by step by Gu Ran!

Such an exciting scene immediately ignited all the Southampton fans!

The cheers of Southampton fans shook the sky! The entire Wembley Stadium was about to be blown away!

Mikel received a yellow card, Rooney received a yellow card, and Gu Ran also received a yellow card.

Such a penalty is somewhat disadvantageous for Southampton.

Mikel and Gu Ran are Southampton's double defensive midfielders. When intercepting and defending, they have to move bigger, especially Mikel, who has to play with the ruthlessness of an engineer who is not afraid of getting his body or reputation dirty. But now, Mikel and Gu Ran have both received yellow cards, while in Manchester United, only one center forward received a yellow card, which basically has no effect on Manchester United's defense.

Coach Adkins, standing in the technical area on the sidelines, complained angrily to the referee.

The referee ignored it, insisted on the original decision, and awarded the ball to Manchester United.

Amid the boos from Southampton fans, Manchester United's formation pressed forward collectively, and Evra kicked the ball with the outside of his foot.

Fletch jumped up and headed the ball, but failed to get it into the penalty area. Instead, he made a mistake and headed it not far from Gu Ran and Park Ji-sung.

Gu Ran and Park Ji-sung immediately rushed forward at the same time to grab the second point.

Gu Ran's speed is much faster than Park Ji-sung's, and with his physical advantage, he can easily shake off Park Ji-sung and grab this landing spot.

However, Gu Ran was not in a hurry, but deliberately fell behind a little.

Park Ji-sung thought that Gu Ran was running out of energy, so he immediately threw his arms around to fight for the ball.

At the same time that Park Ji-sung jumped up to compete for the header, Gu Ran also immediately jumped up to compete for the header with Park Ji-sung!

Gu Ran jumped higher than Park Ji-sung, and his head was the first to touch the ball! Then, their heads collided heavily! To be precise, Gu Ran's head hit Park Ji-sung's nose!

Park Ji-sung fell to the ground with a muffled sound!

Gu Ran was also lying on the ground with blood all over his head.

The Southampton fans at the scene were all frantic! The referee immediately stopped the game and called the team doctors of both teams to enter the field urgently.

After emergency treatment by the team doctors of both teams, Manchester United player Park Ji-sung, with blood all over his face, was carried off the field on a stretcher, while Gu Ran stood up full of energy after cleaning the blood from his hair.

The Southampton fans cheered at the same time! Ferguson frowned and asked Scholes to warm up urgently.

Park Ji-sung's injury and departure completely disrupted Ferguson's tactical deployment. Although Park Ji-sung's ability is far inferior to Scholes', Park Ji-sung can do the dirty work, while Scholes cannot defend Gu Ran like a dog-skin plaster.

So, even though Park Ji-sung is not the main player of Manchester United, without Park Ji-sung, it means that Gu Ran will not be able to be better restricted.

In this situation, Ferguson could only replace veteran Scholes and let Fletcher withdraw to temporarily take on the responsibility of defending Gu Ran.

The game continues... (End of this chapter)