Chapter 203 One to One

Beep!

With the whistle of referee Martin Atkinson, Carvajal made a foul when facing Nani's one-on-one defense on the right, and the whole Wembley Stadium exploded again.

"After the start of the second half, Southampton played more aggressively. They were more proactive and desperate in grabbing some opportunities that were not contestable!"

After seeing the referee blow the whistle, the TV commentator commented and analyzed the trend of the second half.

Martin Atkinson called Carvajal over.

"It's time to draw your cards!"

There was an uproar in the stands, with cheers and boos.

Obviously, Manchester United fans think that this card was a good one, but Southampton fans think that this action does not warrant a card.

"The referee was giving a warning to the Southampton players. Carvajal's performance was very good. He defended Nani very well. The Portuguese winger hardly made a breakthrough from his side."

Sure enough, Atkinson raised a yellow card high towards Carvajal.

"In the 53rd minute of the second half, Southampton, who were one goal behind, received their fourth yellow card of the game, which was also the third yellow card for the Saints. The other one was given to Carrick of Manchester United."

"Carvajal has to be careful now. Manchester United is clearly targeting the left flank. He has a yellow card and needs to be more cautious."

The TV commentator's words only appear in the live broadcast, but at the scene, everyone can only hear the cheers from the fans.

In the royal box, Abramovich burst into laughter as soon as he saw Atkinson take out his cards.

"What a pity, it was just a yellow card. In my opinion, it should have been a red card!"

If the two teams continue to play like this in the second half, Southampton will have no hope at all.

At best, we can only say that Southampton fought harder and grabbed the ball more fiercely.

But the problem is, this can only be a war of attrition, what effect can it achieve?

Yang Huan couldn't help feeling a little nervous, as he didn't want to see Abramovich's smug attitude after winning the game.

Just at this moment, Spanish midfielder Isco, who was sitting on Southampton's bench, came out and ran quickly to warm up, which attracted the attention of Yang Huan in the stands.

Is this a substitute or just a normal warm-up?

Generally, players on the bench will take the initiative to warm up every once in a while to ensure that their bodies can adapt to the rhythm on the court as quickly as possible.

"It's about time!" Wilkinson said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Prince William turned his head and asked.

At this point in the game, everyone in the royal box was focused.

The most important thing is the big gamble between Yang Huan and Abramovich.

An eight-figure gamble is no joke.

"The combination of Scholes and Carrick cannot play a war of attrition. They are not good enough in terms of zone coverage. Bielsa further intensified the pressing and oppression in the second half, playing a war of attrition, with the purpose of substitutions."

This explanation does make sense.

After all, even if they make substitutions now, there are still more than 30 minutes in the game, and there is still plenty of time left for Southampton.

With just one goal, the game went into overtime. Southampton's players were younger and had certain physical advantages.

"Who do you think will be replaced?" asked Prince William.

"Vidal!" Although Wilkinson was guessing, he was very confident.

Replace Vidal with Isco, and let Isco and Adam Lallana, two technically sophisticated players, partner up, with Stroman behind them, and continue to strengthen the offensive and threatening passing ability.

To some extent, Isco's appearance can relieve the pressure on Adam Lallana.

Yang Huan shook his head, "I don't think so."

"Why?" It was Wilkinson who asked.

Yang Huan smiled and said, "I don't know, it's just a feeling."

At this moment, Isco, who was warming up on the sidelines, ran a lap and immediately returned to head coach Bielsa.

Bielsa, who was squatting on the ground, stood up, pointed at the court, and told Isco something.

Soon, the fourth official on the sidelines raised the number plate.

Isco replaced captain Adam Lallana!

"Substitute Adam Lallana?" Wilkinson was obviously confused by the substitution.

Adam Lallana is very threatening when it comes to receiving and passing the ball in front of the penalty area, so why was he substituted?

And his performance in this game was not bad, at least better than Vidal.

However, as soon as the Saints captain saw the number plate, he immediately walked towards Ibrahimovic, handed him the captain's armband, and said something, asking him to lead his teammates well. Then he ran to the sidelines to hug Isco and left the stadium.

After Isco came on the pitch, he did not move forward and appear in Adam Lallana's attacking midfielder position. Instead, he walked towards the midfield, came in front of Vidal, and said something to the Chilean midfielder.

In the end, it was Vidal who moved forward and appeared in the midfield, closer to the attacking midfielder position.

Let Isco, who has better technical, dribbling and passing abilities, move back and push Vidal forward?

"I don't understand it, I really don't understand it!" Wilkinson kept shaking his head.

Bielsa's move was very risky, especially his trust in Vidal, who performed poorly in this game.

He won the bet and everyone said it was a great move.

But if he loses the bet, everyone will say that he is nepotism.

"Is he planning to use Vidal to further consume Scholes and Carrick? Just like Rooney's harassment of Stroman in the first half?" Wilkinson speculated with a frown.

However, Vidal's actual usefulness has not yet been revealed, and Isco, who came on as a substitute, instead won a chance to show his face.

"Southampton counterattacked after stealing the ball, and Strootman passed it to Chamberlain."

"Chamberlain pulled to the middle to receive the ball and tried to break through, but Scholes was stuck in position."

Seeing that he could not pass the ball or break through, Chamberlain immediately turned around, turned his back to Scholes, and protected the ball.

Seeing Isco quickly running up the right side from behind, Chamberlain immediately passed the ball.

"Isco, facing Evra, with Nani behind him, kicked the ball..."

"...Good shot! Pick it again! Pick it past Evra..."

Being sandwiched between two players, Isco dribbled past Evra and immediately turned around to block Evra behind him.

"The breasts stopped, beautiful, then I picked... I picked behind Evra..."

"It's over, it was amazing, Isco!"

As soon as the short Isco saw the ball pass Evra, he turned around and quickly chased after him.

Evra also wanted to turn around, but he was a beat too slow.

Isco received the ball before anyone else, one shot!

"It's over! It's over!"

The whole screen is focused on Isco!

No one expected that although the young player was in a back position, he would suddenly move forward, and he did it so resolutely and decisively.

More importantly, he managed to break through in an extremely narrow space on the wing despite being double-teamed by two players.

How will he deal with it next?

Countless fans looked at him nervously, and even many fans in the stands were so excited that they couldn't help but stand up.

"...pass..."

The ball drew an arc and fell into the penalty area.

Vidal rushed up quickly from outside the penalty area and jumped high to meet the ball.

But the tall Vidic suddenly appeared, got there before him, and headed the cross out of the penalty area.

There was a roar throughout Wembley Stadium, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

There were also voices of regret from Southampton fans.

Who could have thought that this young Spanish player would create a threat as soon as he came on the pitch and touched the ball for the first time?

"Isco, this player has fine skills at his feet but is a bit sticky with the ball."

Wilkinson feels that Isco is the kind of player who is very eye-catching.

But if the ball had been passed earlier, lower and faster, the ball would basically have been scored!

"Placing Vidal at the front of the penalty area seems to be to bring out his ability to score from behind."

Although the threat he created with his first touch failed to result in a goal, Isco became more and more active.

More than a minute later, he got another chance to get the ball in the center circle.

Vidal retreated to defend, intercepted the ball and passed it to Stroman, who touched the ball to Isco.

Isco stopped the ball, turned around and started in one go.

After moving forward for a while, he suddenly passed the ball with his right foot.

The ball passed between Vidic and Evra.

Right winger Chamberlain started quickly, urged himself to run as fast as possible, and went straight behind Evra.

In the middle, Ibrahimovic also rushed forward quickly, ready to support Chamberlain.

Evra and Chamberlain were competing in speed on the wing, but as soon as he started, Chamberlain's speed was beyond Evra's expectations.

After all, the young English player has Jamaican ancestry, and once he starts sprinting, his speed is unstoppable.

Evra didn't even have time to commit a foul.

I just watched Chamberlain rush forward quickly, stop the ball on the right side of the penalty area, and quickly adjust.

At this time, Ibrahimovic had already rushed into the penalty area.

Chamberlain only had a few tenths of a second to react.

The young English player raised his head and saw that Ibrahimovic was being sandwiched between Vidic and Ferdinand in the penalty area.

If we spread the word now, it will be difficult to have a chance.

Chamberlain chose to take it himself!

The young English player was brave and fierce enough, and he dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area.

Scholes and Evra both retreated, and the two of them tacitly wanted to sandwich Chamberlain from the front and the back.

It’s going to be transmitted!

It’s going to be transmitted!

If you don’t pass it on, it will be gone!

Everyone at the scene had this thought.

Chamberlain also knew he had to pass the ball, but the question was, who should he pass it to?

Just when he was at a loss, he caught a glimpse of a red figure from the corner of his left eye, followed by a voice, "Give it to me!"

Who is this person?

He doesn't know.

The only thing that can be confirmed is that the voice is quite familiar and it belongs to one of us.

So, he passed it on!

Just as Scholes and Evra were about to complete the double-team, Chamberlain passed the ball past Scholes.

After hearing the message, he raised his head and looked forward carefully.

“Vidal!!!!!”

Vidal, who had just completed an interception in the backcourt, had already rushed into Manchester United's penalty area!

Vidal rushed up and faced Chamberlain's pass. Every step he took was very steady and heavy.

Because every step will be related to the series of actions that follow.

The left foot stops to meet the ball coming from the right, and the ball bounces to the right.

Vidal quickly changed his center of gravity, stepped firmly with his left foot, and swung his right foot.

At this time, the ball was just within the shooting range of his right foot.

Without any hesitation, he faced the ball and shot it with his right foot!

The ball flew past Vidic's long right leg as he turned and stretched out his leg like a cannonball.

Goalkeeper Van der Sar flew to save the ball, trying to clear it.

But the ball flew at an extremely fast speed, between his outstretched long arms and the goal post, into the goal line and hit the net.

Vidal was stunned!

The Southampton players were also stunned!

Everyone at the scene was stunned!

This ball went in just like that?

Yes, the ball went in!

The referee Martin Atkinson's whistle for the goal caused the deathly silent Wembley Stadium to burst into crazy cheers.

All the Southampton fans only reacted at this time and shouted at the top of their lungs.

All the Southampton players rushed up, hugged Vidal and surrounded him.

One to one, Southampton tied the score!