Salah's pass caught Manchester United's defense off guard, and Gu Ran's high-track bombing made it impossible for the entire Manchester United defense line to react in time!
Van der Sar jumped up reflexively, but before he could stretch his arms, the ball was shot into the net with great force! The ball went in! In the last minute of injury time in the first half, Southampton made a sharp frontcourt traction and a back pass, and Gu Ran scored with a header! The referee gestured to the center circle, indicating that the goal was valid!
The score on the big screen at Wembley Stadium immediately changed to Southampton 2:2 Manchester United!
Southampton equalized the score again!
The Manchester United fans in the stands all covered their faces and kept silent! But the Southampton fans cheered excitedly!
Gu Ran blocked the wind with one hand while happily running towards Salah who assisted him!
Salah also ran towards Gu Ran excitedly, slid to his knees, and hugged Gu Ran's thighs tightly.
This was Southampton's second goal, Gu Ran's second goal, and Salah's first assist.
The last time Gu Ran scored a goal, Salah's shot was saved, and Gu Ran made a side-hook shot in the penalty area, so it cannot be considered as Salah's assist. But this time, Salah's save and return pass was really beautiful. Gu Ran received the return pass from Salah and scored directly!
The young Pharaoh was naturally very excited to get an assist in a competition of this level.
This also greatly boosted Salah's confidence on the court! With the referee's whistle, the first half of the Community Shield game ended.
The score is temporarily fixed at 2:2.
Players from both sides left the field and returned to their respective locker rooms to rest.
The Southampton players returned to the locker room with excitement and excitement, while the Manchester United players looked depressed and at a loss.
Manchester United players originally wanted to take revenge in the Community Shield, but now not only did they fail to do so, they were instead defeated twice by Southampton.
This kind of pressure is enormous for a powerful team.
Sure enough, after the Manchester United players returned to their away team locker room, Ferguson's hair dryer-like roar was heard in the locker room.
The sound was so loud that even the Southampton players in the home team's locker room could feel it.
During the 15-minute halftime break, Ferguson cursed for the full 15 minutes.
After the half-time break, players from both teams returned to the field and continued the game.
After being scolded by the hair dryer, Manchester United regained their spirits and strengthened their attacks on both wings and defense in the middle.
Park Ji-sung and Carrick, who were almost outrun by Gu Ran, seemed to have been given a shot of chicken blood and burst out with amazing defensive abilities again.
However, the good times did not last long.
The hair dryer's powerful effect only lasted for a dozen minutes.
In the 61st minute of the second half, Gu Ran cooperated with Mikel in the backcourt to intercept Rooney's ball. Then Gu Ran made an almost seamless two-on-two cooperation with Lallana who retreated, passing Park Ji-sung and Carrick who had dirty hands and feet, and then passed the ball to Henderson who was in a better position.
After receiving the ball, Henderson quickly advanced along the right side of the ribs, while Chamberlain had already run into space on the left side of the ribs.
At this critical moment, Evra made a fatal sliding tackle, directly tackling Henderson and the ball into the air!
The young Henderson's kick was still a little slow. If his kick had been a little faster, Evra would have received a red card for this fatal sliding tackle.
However, even if Henderson failed to pass the ball in time, Evra's sliding tackle was a clear foul.
The referee ran over and showed Evra a yellow card.
Evra knew he was in the wrong, so he did not argue.
At this time, the main left-back received a yellow card, which was very troublesome for the wing defense behind him.
The referee awarded Southampton a free kick close to the right side, at least thirty-seven or thirty-eight meters away from the goal.
Manchester United players all knew that they would take the free kick, so each of their faces was filled with tension and solemnity.
The Southampton fans all stood up and stood in the stands, cheering for Gu Ran in unison.
Gu Ran calmly stood at the penalty spot, bent down, turned the football, and placed the ball.
Immediately afterwards, Gu Ran took three steps back, staring sharply at the human wall that was being arranged, and pulled up the legs of his sports shorts with both hands, revealing his iron-like leg muscles.
All the female fans started howling.
Their favorite scene to watch is when Gu Ran takes the free kick.
Gu Ran suddenly accelerated his run-up, swung his right leg and kicked the bottom of the football. The football was lifted high by the arch of his foot like an electromagnetically powered cannonball, drawing a crescent-shaped arc in the air, quickly passing the strong area of the human wall and flying onto the goal beam! This ball also made Van Dijk, who was standing behind Gu Ran, nervous.
From Van Dijk's perspective, the ball was very powerful, fast, and had a very curved arc, but it was shot too high and was completely a miss.
However, the next moment, before Van Dijk could even blink, he saw the football falling like a deadly elevator after passing the strong area of the jumping human wall! It was as if an invisible God touched the football in the air and changed the path of the football! Not to mention Manchester United's human wall, even the experienced world-class goalkeeper Van der Sar was dumbfounded! Van der Sar had saved countless free kicks in his life and had also watched Gu Ran's highlights video. When Gu Ran took the free kick, Van der Sar was fully prepared mentally, but...
Crescent Blade plus Deadly Elevator! This is equal to the peak of Beckham's free kick skills plus the peak of Cristiano Ronaldo's free kick skills!
Moreover, this ball specifically hit the strong area of the human wall, which was full of tall players. When they jumped up, they unconsciously blocked Van der Sar's line of sight. By the time Van der Sar reacted, the football was almost about to hit his face!
Van der Sar didn't even have time to move before the football went straight into the net!
The ball went in! The net shook, and even the goalposts trembled slightly!
The referee gestured to the center circle, indicating that the goal was valid!
The score on the big screen was also changed to Southampton 3:2 Manchester United! Southampton had overtaken!
...(End of this chapter)
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