With Scholes on the spot, Gao Xiaodong didn't directly serve the corner. He discussed with Scholes in the past. Scholes asked Gao Xiaodong to take a long-range shot and he would serve the corner.
Due to the high efficiency of Gao Xiaodong's long-range shot, Ferguson specially formulated the set piece tactics for Gao Xiaodong. Scholes passed the ball and Gao Xiaodong shot long-range from outside the restricted area.
Gao Xiaodong is happy to make such an arrangement. Stoke City is known as the city of the sky, and the ability of high-altitude ball is far higher than his ranking. Although Manchester United's defenders have good air control ability, their ability of heading attack is not so good. Gao Xiaodong has no advantage in the restricted area, and long-range shot outside the restricted area is a good offensive choice.
Gao Xiaodong came to the top of the forbidden area and stood near the arc, waiting for Scholes's corner.
Stoke City attaches great importance to Gao Xiaodong's defense. Even if Gao Xiaodong doesn't enter the penalty area, some players follow him.
Looking at Gao Xiaodong is the core of Stoke City, Esther Linton, who is outside the restricted area not only to prevent Gao Xiaodong from shooting, but also to launch a quick attack for the first time after he can get the free ball.
Gao Xiaodong and Scholes had communication in advance, but he did not completely follow the training mode to grab points.
In Scholes run-up, Gao Xiaodong quickly made a forward movement, as if to grab the front point.
Esther Linton quickly followed Gao Xiaodong to run, but when Scholes started, Gao Xiaodong immediately took back his outstretched leg, made a reverse run, and quickly ran to the back corner of the big restricted area.
Ethrington was shaken by Gao Xiaodong. He was not as fast as Gao Xiaodong. When Gao Xiaodong was in place, he just turned around.
Scholes passed the ball with great accuracy. Gao Xiaodong ran to the front of the rib of the restricted area and the ball came in front of him.
Gao Xiaodong jumped up and volleyed the ball to the right side of the goal.
Gao Xiaodong has been ready for a long time, and the shooting action is very relaxed. Before the action is finished, Manchester United fans burst into applause.
Stoke goalkeeper Sorensen was afraid of Gao Xiaodong. When the ball flew to Gao Xiaodong, he quickly moved to the left side of the goal to prevent Gao Xiaodong from playing on the left side of the goal. Seeing Gao Xiaodong's side volley, Sorensen stopped and rushed out of the goal to intercept the ball in the middle.
But Gao Xiaodong's shot was very fast. Sorensen's attack was a little slow and the ball flashed past his fist.
Sorensen was desperate. He seemed to hear the cheers in the stands, but when he looked back, he only heard a bang and the ball bounced out of the post.
After Gao Xiaodong finished shooting, he didn't stand up, so he was lying on the ground staring at the ball. Seeing the ball hit the post, Gao Xiaodong held his head regretfully, "mud horse! What bad luck
At this time, Esther Linton ran to Gao Xiaodong and saw the ball pop up on the post and was kicked out of the sideline by the defender. He gloated and said to Gao Xiaodong: "boy, you don't want to score today
Gao Xiaodong got up and yelled at Etherington: "shabby! You deserve that, too. " With that, Gao Xiaodong gave a contemptuous smile to ethrington and quickly ran to the edge of the court to catch the ball.
Gao Xiaodong spits on his face. If he is not afraid of being sent off by a red card, he would like to give Gao Xiaodong a kick.
Evra stands outside the sideline to serve. Gao Xiaodong wants to receive the ball, but Stoke City has almost two people following Gao Xiaodong. Evra doesn't pass the ball to Gao Xiaodong, but throws it back to Fletcher.
Fletcher passes it to Scholes, Scholes passes it to Gao Xiaodong and then presses forward with Fletcher.
After Gao Xiaodong received the ball, there were two more people immediately, and another one took over. Three people formed a cage to surround him.
As soon as Gao Xiaodong looked at this posture, he immediately understood the meaning of the sentence just said by ethrington. Today, he focused on himself.
It's no wonder that Gao Xiaodong has played so well in the last eight league matches and three Champions League matches. Today is Gao Xiaodong's birthday, and Stoke City has more strict defense on him than Scholes, and is determined not to let Gao Xiaodong get the ball right.
If other players encounter this kind of situation, it is estimated that it will be out of the question, but Gao Xiaodong is different. He has plenty of weapons in his arsenal. His opponent is targeting Gao Xiaodong. After Gao Xiaodong finds out, he immediately changes his playing style.
Next, Gao Xiaodong catches the ball and goes out immediately. He never carries or controls the ball. When other Manchester United players control the ball, Gao Xiaodong runs around the penalty area to look for opportunities to shoot.
A player with the ball is easy to defend, the ball is a burden and burden, but a fast, powerful air runner can not defend, especially Gao Xiaodong's running position is very secretive, reverse running, emergency stop running, the referee does not pay attention, but also use the body to hit the opponent, pull the opponent, marking Gao Xiaodong's player is made urgent by the obscene fat man, but still can't keep up .
In the ninth minute of the game, Nani broke through the side and passed the ball. In order to avoid the defenders, Nani passed the ball a little high, and no one in the middle reached it.
Gao Xiaodong, who was in the front of the penalty area before, didn't know when he suddenly appeared at the back point. He jumped high and headed the ball to the back corner of the goal.
Fortunately, the goalkeeper Sorensen moved faster and blocked to the back point, and the ball hit Sorensen's arms.In the 14th minute of the game, Stoke City hit back and the ball was pushed out of the sideline by Ferdinand. In the middle of Stoke City, Delap's "grenade" was thrown into the restricted area. Full back Huth threw his head to attack the goal and was hit by goalkeeper van der Sar.
Manchester United launched a quick counterattack. Berbatov swung past the guard at the front of the penalty area and volleyed. Stoke City goalkeeper Sorensen threw the ball away. Gao Xiaodong suddenly shot in front of the ball, but the ball slipped out again.
In the 20th minute of the game, pennant's return pass in Stoke City was a little weak. Gao Xiaodong forced goalkeeper Sorensen to leave his big foot at close range, and the ball nearly bounced into his goal.
The most thrilling thing was that in the 25th minute, Scholes split the line, Hernandez pulled the ball to the side, Gao Xiaodong pushed away the defenders like a tank, shoved the ball to the ground in the small restricted area, and the ball bounced out on the post again.
There was a sigh of regret and exclamation in the stands. Manchester United fans felt that Gao Xiaodong's luck was really bad today, while Stoke City fans felt that their team was lucky today.
Gao Xiaodong's performance in the first 20 minutes stunned stoke manager Pulis. Is this the midfield organizer Gao Xiaodong? Back to defense, attack, especially this is a round version of Inzaghi!
If today's high and small winter ball is a little better, it is estimated that Stoke City is 2-0 behind.
Ferguson also kneaded his nose secretly. Gao Xiaodong's playing style today is not his arrangement, and he can't arrange it like this. It can only be said that Gao Xiaodong is too comprehensive, and NIMA can't defend at all. He can play as a preemptive striker. How can the opponent defend? And when the opponent attacks, Gao Xiaodong can also provide defense, Ferguson can not say that Gao Xiaodong does not do his job, can only play at will.
Pulis also has the ability to deal with emergencies on the spot. Seeing that Gao Xiaodong can't prevent, he can't prevent, and it's also a blind man. He immediately asked the players to keep an eye on Scholes and Nani. He believed that he had "strangled" the two men. Manchester United's attack and Gao Xiaodong couldn't get the pass, and they didn't have the chance to shoot, so Stoke's crisis was naturally relieved.