Although Jean Melly threatened the goal once, in general, Manchester Athletic had the advantage.
After equalizing the total score, their morale was still high. They wanted to take advantage of this momentum and continue to attack, striving to win another victory and take the lead in the total score.
"...Atletico Manchester's formation is getting higher and higher, and their central defender Diediu is also standing on the center line...The entire second half is empty. This is a perfect opportunity to counterattack!"
When Spanish commentator Alvarez Sanchez said this, Manchester Athletic's center back Didiu took the ball and crossed the center line on the field.
Except for goalkeeper Dickinson, all Manchester United players are already in the Madrid half.
The Madrid Kings players retreated to their own half.
Judging from the scene, it was a complete suppression of Manchester United.
When Diediu took the ball, he looked up and looked for a forward release point.
But in fact, there is no good connection point.
Because all the Madrid players returned to their own half, there was very little space.
Upon seeing this, Chen Xingyi ran back, approached Diediu, and raised his hand to ask him for the ball.
As a winger, due to the head coach's tactical arrangements in this game, his offensive opportunities were very limited.
Now that Melli is in his own half, Chen Xingyi is rarely free to get the ball.
But Diediu didn't notice Chen Xingyi who was asking for the ball at all. He stretched his neck, looked far ahead, and wanted to hit the ball directly into the heart of the Kings with one kick.
In the end, he chose to pass the football straight forward.
Such an obvious intention was naturally judged in advance by King Madrid forward Mendy Payet.
The moment Diediu started to pass the ball, he had already taken a step to the side and intercepted the football!
When Mendy Payet stole the ball, Mellie Banega in the middle suddenly started and pushed forward resolutely!
When Diediu saw that he had made a mistake in passing the ball, he rushed forward reflexively, intending to snatch the football back, completely ignoring Melly who was advancing forward!
So just when he rushed forward to grab Payet, the latter sent a diagonal kick!
The football was passed into the empty Manchester Athletic backfield!
As the football flew past, Melli also crossed the center line and entered the Manchester Athletic half!
There was no one in front of him, and there was only Manchester Athletic goalkeeper Dickinson in the huge half!
Behind him are all the players from both sides!
Seeing this scene, huge screams and boos erupted from the shuttle field!
"Here's your chance!!" Sanchez shouted excitedly.
He had just said that this was an opportunity for the King of Madrid to counterattack, and now the King of Madrid launched a deadly counterattack.
Let him have a sense of accomplishment of "following his words".
If this goal is scored, then he can at least continue to play until the Champions League final.
"The King of Madrid's counterattack! Melly!" He Feng exclaimed, he was worried about Manchester United.
As a Chinese commentator, his butt is naturally sitting on the Manchester Athletic side.
No matter what worries and dissatisfaction everyone on the Internet has about Chinese players participating in the European finals at this critical moment before the start of the World Cup, when it comes to the game, he, the Chinese commentator, still hopes that the Chinese players will win.
Because no matter how many reasons there are, no one likes to fail.
After exclaiming and screaming, everyone suddenly realized that a figure was approaching Melly at high speed!
"Chen Xingyi!" He Feng swept away his anxiety and shouted excitedly.
The screams above the shuttle field were mixed with some cheers, which were the sounds of Manchester Athletic fans cheering for Chen Xingyi.
Few people noticed that when Diediu chose to pass the ball forward, Chen Xingyi was already ready to defend.
Because he guessed that Diediu's kick would probably fail.
As he expected, the football was intercepted by Payet.
It was at this time that Chen Xingyi started running back - he and Meili started at almost the same time, but Meili started five or six meters ahead of Chen Xingyi.
In fact, Diediu's forward attack still interfered with Payet, because when the French forward passed the ball, his strength and direction were not very accurate. He did not pass the ball directly to the front of Melly's running route, but passed it slightly wider.
Some are off, some are off.
The football passed diagonally in front of Melli and rolled to the right.
Melli could only change direction to chase the ball.
It stands to reason that after Melli catches up with the football, he should continue to dribble in the direction of the ball rolling, so as to minimize the loss of speed, and then complete the direction adjustment with a larger curvature, returning to the center in a large circle.
But after Melli caught up with the football, he indeed chose to move the football directly to the center, and he stopped suddenly, changed direction, and started again.
Although the route is the shortest, the speed loss is the largest due to the need for emergency stops and restarts.
"Merry's choice..."
Qin Lin, who saw this scene in the stands, couldn't help but want to complain, but before he could finish his words, he was drowned out by the sudden increase in cheers from the shuttle field.
Amid the cheers, it was Chen Xingyi who was approaching Meili from behind at high speed!
"Chen!" England commentator Matthew Cox raised his voice excitedly. "He is so fast!"
Taking advantage of Meili's opportunity to slow down and start again, Chen Xingyi accelerated a second time and caught up!
Melly heard the sudden increase in cheers, and before he could turn around to observe the situation, he felt a hand coming up.
He knew he was being tagged!
So he didn't care who was sticking to him, but lowered his head and stared at his feet, preparing to speed up and get rid of the opponent again.
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After Chen Xingyi put his hand on Meili's shoulder, he immediately let go. He couldn't hold on to it - that would be a foul and might be a red card.
He also saw Merry's intention to get rid of him.
Melly cannot be allowed to continue dribbling - he is about to enter the penalty area!
If you let him enter the penalty area, it will be troublesome.
Seeing that Meili was about to speed up, Chen Xingyi couldn't catch him anymore if he tried to interfere.
So he gritted his teeth and made a more risky move - he twisted his left leg while running at high speed, went around from the left side, and tackled the football horizontally!
At this time, the football is on the outside of Melli's right foot, and there is Melli between Chen Xingyi and the football. He may not be able to tackle the football if he does this.
But he has no choice...
Melli's right foot reached forward, and when it was about to touch the football, Chen Xingyi's left foot came over sideways and poked the ball out first!
Meili's right foot did not touch the ball, but kicked Chen Xingyi's left leg. He lost his balance and fell down!
"Chen Xingyi made a tackle!! This ball..." All the rest of He Feng's words were stuck in his throat.
Because he was commentating on the game through television signals in the studio behind, he didn't know whether Chen Xingyi's kick was a foul or not...
If it is a foul, then Chen Xingyi will be sent off with a red card, and Manchester United will have one less player for the rest of the game.
He Feng's eyes had already started to look at the referee who was running towards him. He had to judge the result through the referee's gestures.
He saw the referee raising his hands in front of him!
"No foul! The game continues!! This is a clean tackle! A successful defense of extremely high quality!"
He Feng excitedly raised his arms and shouted in the studio.
Even bigger cheers echoed throughout the shuttle field!
When Melli fell to the ground, he heard the noise and knew that the referee did not call a foul. So he took advantage of the inertia to get up from the ground and wanted to continue chasing the ball, but found that the football had been controlled by the Manchester Athletic players who were returning to defense.
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Moreover, in the penalty area, Manchester United has a personnel advantage.
If you rush to grab the ball yourself, you will only be treated like a monkey by the opponent.
Only then did he stop and turn his head to look back.
He finally saw clearly the person who tackled his ball.
It’s none other than Manchester Athletic’s left winger Chen Xingyi!
Chen Xingyi, who tackled the ball, also immediately got up from the ground and took advantage of the situation. After seeing that his teammates had controlled the ball, he pulled away laterally to create an angle for his teammates to pass the ball.
Then he felt that he was being stared at by something very dangerous.
He turned his head and saw Mellie Banega standing diagonally in front of him.
The latter was staring at him as if he was staring at the enemy who killed his father.
Chen Xingyi quickly looked away and did not meet his eyes.
Although the game is still going on, the sky above the shuttle field is already full of cheers and applause.
The TV broadcast ignored the fact that the game was still going on and moved up the close-up lens, focusing on Chen Xingyi's body and moving with his movements.
Under this lens, commentators from all over the world praised Chen Xingyi's amazing performance in their native languages.
"When Manchester United was about to fall off the cliff, it was Chen who stretched out his hand and dragged the team back! His pursuit defense was like Superman!"
"Chen's pursuit speed is so fast! As a winger, he is indeed good at speed..."
"After creating a penalty kick at the beginning, Chen completed the 'killer' against Melli in defense! His performance is impressive!"
"Melli made a big mistake! He started five or six meters ahead of Chen, but Chen finally caught up with him at the front of the penalty area and destroyed the ball... It's incredible! Listen to the cheers above the shuttle field.
Come on! This way of defeating the opponent's ace player is so exciting!"
"...Since moving to Manchester Athletic four years ago, this 31-year-old Chinese left winger has conquered the discerning English fans. Now he is the hero of the shuttle field!"
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Amid the cheers, Mellie Banega withdrew his gaze. He took a deep breath, feeling as if something was blocking his heart, making it difficult to breathe.
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When he saw Chen Xingyi scooping up the ball at Melli's feet like "pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth", Qin Lin was shocked. He finally understood Munster's intention of making such an arrangement.
But just when he was about to tell the answer, he heard Ding Gaoyi next to him slap his thigh:
"I know! Why did Munster let Chen Xingyi fight against Melli? Because of speed! Chen Xingyi's speed can guarantee that he can keep up with Melli!"
Then he looked at Qin Lin: "Old Qin, have you noticed it a long time ago?"
Qin Lin was silent for two seconds and then nodded and said: "Of course. Otherwise, why would Munster choose Chen Xingyi?"
He had an expression on his face that said, "Old Ding, you just saw it."