Chapter 450: The Strong Rise of Newcastle's 'Two Parallel Imports' (VI)
Fifteen minutes, if you wait anxiously, will become as long as a century.
Finally, when the electronic screen on the ceiling of St. James played the slow-motion replay of Shevchenko's ultra-long-distance hook shot for the tenth time, the second half of the game was finally about to begin.
Players from both sides slowly walked out of the tunnel. Newcastle fans looked for that familiar figure in the crowd, but they were disappointed...
[Superboy] Steven Taylor did not walk out of the tunnel with his teammates!
As expected, Swiss big man Senderos appeared on the court.
The fourth official played the substitution electronic card on the sidelines——
No. 4 Steven Taylor comes off and No. 18 Senderos comes on.
"...This, this is really bad. Taylor really can't play. I wonder if his injury is serious or not. Will it affect the next game? Let Senderos, a stupid big man, guard the team's middle. Throat, then in the second half, the team’s defense in the middle was at a loss..."
At this moment, countless people in Newcastle were filled with sorrow, stamping their feet and beating their chests.
The mood of Ajax fans is obviously a different world. Dutch commentator Nigel Van Buron expressed the common sentiment of all Dutch people at this moment: "Wow, hahahaha, Taylor is off the field, he can't participate in the game... Haha, Madman Li was forced to send Senderos, a big parallel importer known to everyone in continental Europe... Wow hahaha, their central defense will undoubtedly drop three or four steps, God testifies, Ajax's chance coming……"
However, the Ajax people were obviously happy a little too early.
Soon, after the fourth official issued a substitution prompt for Newcastle, he also issued a substitution prompt for Ajax. The Dutch team's main center back Oleg was also replaced...
"... It seems that it was a lose-lose injury. Not only did Taylor leave the field injured, but Ajax's main center back Oleg, who collided with Taylor, also had to miss the second half of the game... However, in comparison, Taylor His departure obviously has a greater impact on Newcastle's on-field strength..."
Sester lowered his eyebrows and compared the results for a while, and was very depressed to find that in fact, his side was still at a disadvantage.
…
"force--"
Just as both sides were playing their own games, referee Martin Atkinson blew the whistle to start the second half.
Except for the replacement of a main central defender, the team's tactics and formation have not changed much. Newcastle is still attacking with fearlessness, while Ajax is still patiently carrying out the defensive counterattack to the end... …
46th minute.
It was still [Czar] Arshavin's wonderful breakthrough pass from the wing, which created Newcastle's 8th corner kick of the game...
Juan Mata will sprint towards the corner with the football in his hand.
The Magpie warriors did not dare to delay at all, because every second now is worth tens of millions of dollars to Newcastle...
As for this corner kick attack, Newcastle's hammers did not dare to press forward as arrogantly as they did at the end of the first half. Otherwise, there would be absolutely enough time at this time in case the opponent played a high-quality attack. If you fight back, you can make St. James so desperate that he wants to live but cannot die...
However, the two central defenders Manzianni and Senderos, who are naturally relatively high in altitude, still appeared in the Ajax penalty area, preparing to compete for a header...
force--
Juan Mata takes a corner kick.
It was still a high parabola opening downwards, flying towards the penalty area of the penalty area...
Sester suddenly felt that this scene seemed a bit familiar.
"If at this moment a tall figure suddenly comes in from behind, jumps up high, shakes his head gracefully, and then... oh, what is this?... God!"
Sester was thinking shamelessly, but the scene that happened next on the court made him stunned...
Because, there was actually a tall figure who penetrated hard from the back row, then jumped up high and shook his head coolly...
And then, an even more outrageous scene happened——
boom!
Blood splattered.
Football slipped out of the bottom line.
In the penalty area, two people fell.
"...Oh God ahhhh!!!" Cester and Nigel Van Buron covered their faces and groaned at the same time.
Not only the two of them, but everyone in St. James entered a state of jaw-dropping petrification at almost the same time...
"... Senderos and Roy Vanderveer collided hard together. Vanderveer had fainted, and Senderos was lying on the ground covering his brow bone with his hands, and blood had already flowed from his It flowed out from between my fingers..."
"...Ouch, the damn Newcastle people have 'murdered' our central defender again. They must have done it on purpose... Damn, this is definitely Crazy Lee's tactic, a shameless 'murder' tactic!"
Sester and Nigel Van Buron finished shouting all this feebly, and for the first time in the whole game, they looked at each other across the commentary box. Both sides saw an incredible look in each other's eyes.
Because everything that just happened on the field was a replay of the scene in the last 30 seconds of the first half. A corner kick caused the two central defenders to hit their heads and bleed. One fainted and the other brow bleeds...
After three or four seconds of dead silence, there was a buzzing noise from the St. James stands, and the decibels got louder and louder. It was like a huge wave sweeping in from a distance, and finally it took on a thunderous momentum. , rushing in front of me...
Fans, commentators, players, referees, and head coaches all immediately set their sights in one direction -
Not Crazy Li!
It was [Angel Wings] Juan Mata who was still standing in the corner in a daze.
"God, this guy is not a wizard, is he? Does this handsome Spanish guy have a deep grudge against the central defenders all over the world recently for killing his wife and seizing his children? Otherwise, why would two central defenders be reimbursed every time a corner kick is taken? Woolen cloth?"
Seeing countless pairs of strange eyes directed at him, Mata could only spread his hands to express his innocence. [Angel Wings] felt that he was even more unjust than Dou E.
…
The game was temporarily suspended.
The staff carried the stretcher and once again trotted to the Ajax penalty area with the team doctors from both sides, scrambling to provide emergency treatment...
If you want to select the ‘Best Passer Award’ in this game, Ajax center back Van der Wiel definitely deserves it.
This 20-year-old young shot was the player who replaced the 'senior' Oleg who was injured in the first half. As a result, in less than 3 minutes, he kept pace with the times and followed the pace of his 'senior'. He rolled his eyes and fainted...
At this time, it seems to have become a competition between the two team doctors.
The Ajax team doctor opened Van der Wiel's eyeballs, looked at them, and then felt around the main artery in his neck. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and began to take the first step of 'saving Private Van der Wiel', trying to save the little shot. wake up...
Newcastle's team doctor, Comrade Ito Yun, took out a few long golden needles from the pocket he carried with him in an extremely cool manner. In the frightened eyes of the foreigners around him, he plunged the long needle into Sender "horribly". Rose's scalp, and then 'cruelly' twisted it a few times...
"Mummy, God, what cruel orientals..."
When the foreigners around saw such a bloody scene, they all made a cross on their chests in fear, their faces turning ashen.
But, at this moment, something magical happened——
Senderos' brow bone, which was bleeding like water from a tap, stopped bleeding instantly. Then, Newcastle's other team doctor quickly wrapped Senderos with white gauze. The Swiss has recovered. A bit more energetic...
Ajax’s team doctors’ eyes widened...
"God, this... this is magic. It has long been said that there is another Chinese named Ito Yun next to Crazy Li, who knows an incredible acupuncture technique. It is indeed magical..."
The foreigners looked at Vandeveer, who was still unconscious, and then at Senderos, who could move freely, and were suddenly speechless...
Soon, both injured players were carried to the sidelines for further confirmation and treatment.
…
The game continues.
Three minutes later, when Senderos, whose head was wrapped in white gauze like an Indian Assan, raised his arms and asked to come on, St. James burst into applause like a mountain roar...
The fans stood up and applauded the brave Swiss international!
"...No matter how he performs next in this game, but with this scene alone, Senderos has been able to win the recognition of the fans. From now on, I don’t think anyone in St. James will compare Senderos to Ross calls it parallel imports!”
Sester's words speak to the aspirations of every Newcastle fan.
As for Ajax, although their center back Van der Wiel had regained consciousness under the rescue of the team doctor, he had to be replaced due to a slight concussion and received further treatment...
Van Basten wanted to cry but had no tears.
Midfielder Christian Eriksen replaced Van der Wiel as a central defender.
The game was only in the 48th minute, and Ajax had already used up two substitutions due to non-tactical reasons. Van Basten felt that there must be smoke coming from his ancestral grave, but it was black paint. The numb black smoke...
At this time, Van Basten was a little worried.
Ajax is currently using defensive counterattack tactics, using the defensive midfielder to replace the central defender. It is too difficult to keep a clean sheet under Newcastle's stormy offensive...
However, besides this, Van Basten could not find any other way!
Playing against Crazy Lee's Newcastle in St. James's is like eating arsenic for a long time!
…
When he stood on the sidelines with his arms raised and asked to come on, St. James's applause rang in Senderos's ears. At this moment, the Swiss suddenly felt an unprecedented power growing and growing in every cell of his body. ,growing up……
The hard bump four minutes ago made the corners of his eyebrows painful, blood blurred his eyes, and a slight movement of his head felt like a needle was pricking his eyeballs!
At that time, Senderos really wanted to be like Taylor and tell the head coach Crazy Lee that he could no longer hold on and needed to take a rest...
However, Senderos understood that this was an opportunity, an opportunity to win the hearts of the fans and prove himself. His current position in Newcastle is only the third or even fourth substitute central defender. If he does not seize every opportunity to prove himself, then after the end of the season, what awaits him will definitely be the listed price on the transfer list!
"Boss, I'm fine, please let me continue the game!"
After stopping the bleeding and bandaging the wound, Senderos made such a request to Li Tongfan.
Li Tongfan looked at Ito Yun and another team doctor, and both shook their heads. Senderos was anxious and was about to make an excuse, but Li Tongfan nodded: "Okay, Felipe, you can continue the game, but remember, if you feel that the wound has a tendency to split, come down quickly..."
Senderos touched the wound under the gauze that had been simply sutured by the team doctor and nodded happily.
Of course, what Senderos didn't know was that after he came on the field, Ito Yun and the team doctor both raised serious objections, believing that intense exercise could cause the Swiss central defender's wound to burst. If the situation was a little worse, it might even affect Senderos's vision...
Li Tongfan shook his head and said nothing.
In the system simulation of FM2009 before the game, Senderos' injury caused his physical strength to drop from 99% to 88%. According to the system operation rules, such injuries generally do not leave any serious sequelae!
"... There will be no danger. He must continue to play in this game, not because there is no one on our bench who can play central defender, but because Felipe will find what he has lost for a long time in this game..."
Li Tongfan put on a charlatan look and refuted the two team doctors in a mysterious way.
...
...
The game is going on fiercely.
To everyone's surprise, after the "parallel import" Senderos dressed himself up as an Indian in a white gauze and went on the court, he performed very stably. In the next 20 minutes, he contributed 4 crucial steals, neutralized several very threatening counterattacks of Ajax, and saved Newcastle...
"Senderos successfully defended..."
"Senderos intercepted the ball at Suarez's feet..."
"Beautiful sliding tackle, Senderos grasped the timing very well..."
"Damn, it's that Swiss big white pig again..."
"This is a foul, that guy tackled Huntelaar, penalty kick, penalty kick!! Awoo, shit, what is the referee doing..."
The screams, roars and curses of the English commentator Sester and the Dutch commentator Nigel van Bruen continued to reach the ears of the TV audience. Almost half of the ten sentences they said were about Senderos...
"Could it be that this guy got enlightened after his head was hit?" The Newcastle people were very curious.
With his outstanding defensive performance, every time Senderos touched the ball, thunderous applause would always sound in the St. James's stands at the right time. Just as the commentator Sester said not long ago, the Swiss international has really gradually conquered the Newcastle fans who were not interested in him!
As time passed, Newcastle's cheers for Senderos gradually stopped after 20 minutes...
This is not because Senderos' performance began to decline. On the contrary, the Swiss's performance was as stable as ever... but because Newcastle has not scored a goal yet!
The game has reached the 70th minute, and the score remains at 3:1, with a total score of 3:3. If this score is maintained until the end, then although the game can be won, the eliminated team will still be Newcastle!
Compared with the high efficiency of scoring three goals in a row in the first half, in the second half, the good luck of Newcastle's forwards seemed to have disappeared. Shevchenko and Owen failed to seize several good scoring opportunities created by midfielders!
74th minute
Newcastle once again organized an offensive.
After Fernando Gago intercepted the ball from Leonardo's feet in the backcourt, he took advantage of the panic of Ajax's switch from offense to defense and immediately raised his foot to pass a very penetrating through ball. Alan Smith faced the ball near the edge of the penalty area and gently tapped it with his heel and passed it into the penalty area...
Owen rushed out of the chaos, successfully countered the offside, and formed a single-handed situation...
"... Gago... Alan Smith, a wonderful heel pass... Opportunity!! Owen Owen Owen Owen Owen!! The lightning killer got a single-handed opportunity... As long as this ball is scored, Newcastle will get the chance to qualify for the next round they dream of!"
Sester trembled with excitement.
St. James fans also jumped up from their seats, waiting to celebrate wildly after the goal was scored. Such an opportunity was equivalent to a goal for Owen...
But, something unexpected happened...
After rolling, the football suddenly hit a bump on the grass. This bump was made by an unknown guy without public morality, causing the football rolling on the grass to jump a little...
And it was at this time that Owen adjusted his rhythm and started shooting.
A series of coincidences made Owen's instep not touch the football as he expected, but only touched it weakly...
, faced with such a shot, Ajax goalkeeper Scott Lundborg made a standard side dive, narrowly blocking the football...
Shevchenko, who was inserted from the wing, won the ball and went forward amidst the exclamations. He raised his foot to shoot, but there was a "bang" sound, and the football hit Ajax's "temporary center back" Christian- Eriksson's head flew high out of the baseline...
"Buzz buzz-"
At this time, St. James's exclamation sounded...
"...Wow hahaha, this is God's will, this must be God's will!! Haha, an impossible bulge appeared on the lawn of St. James. Watch the slow motion. It is this inexplicable bulge that makes Irving didn't hit the right spot when he shot..."
Dutch commentator Nigel van Buron roared with joy and joy: "It was the Newcastle turf that destroyed Owen's shot, and it was the Newcastle player who blocked Shevchenko's shot. The temporary central defender of the players who went down, all this is Newcastle helping Ajax, hahaha, Newcastle people themselves ruined a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity..."
Although Nigel Van Buron's statement seems absurd, it actually speaks to the hearts of most Newcastle fans!
On the court, some things will make you feel incredible. Sometimes scoring goals is so simple that it makes you unbelievable. Sometimes it is so difficult that it can make people all over the world go crazy. Sometimes, it seems that somehow, There is a mysterious force controlling everything that happens on the court, making it impossible for you to resist...
Call it luck or superstition, but most fans, players, and even the head coach will believe in this kind of thing, and today, this mysterious force seemed to be against Newcastle at the beginning of the second half...
The hearts of the fans of the Magpie Legion gradually sank!
On the field.
Newcastle got their 12th corner kick opportunity because of Shevchenko's shot just now. The corner kick was still taken by [Angel Wings] Juan Mata!
The white gauze on Senderos' head has been faintly seeping with blood. It is estimated that the violent exercise during this period has caused the simply sutured wound on his brow bone to burst. Ito Yun and the team doctor are treating him on the sidelines. Worry……
However, the Swiss center back still ran towards the Ajax penalty area without flinching...he was going to fight for the corner kick!
That touch of white, and the faint red under the white, were so eye-catching in the night of St. James, and the applause from the stands was generous again!
"force--"
In a strange atmosphere, referee Martin Atkinson blew the whistle for the penalty kick!
Juan Mata retreats slightly, takes a run, swings his leg, takes a free throw...
At this moment, almost everyone was thinking, will this free throw of [Angel Wings] cost two central defenders again?
Even Juan Mata himself has such an illusion!
And the corner kick he took was still a high parabola that opened downwards...
The direction the football flew towards was still the penalty kick spot in the Ajax penalty area!
"If at this moment another tall figure suddenly cuts in from the back row at high speed, picks him up high, and then shakes his head in a dashing way..."
At this moment, almost everyone paying attention to this game was thinking so, so next, they were all stunned——
Indeed, another tall figure got in from the back row, then jumped high and shook his head...
"See the undead!!"
Is this really the case?
boom!
There was a crisp sound.
Blood splattered.
The football slipped into the net!
Yes, you read that right, this time the football did not slip out of the bottom line, but entered the net unstoppably...
The blood splattered not because two heads collided again. In fact, the only person who jumped high was Senderos, Ajax's 'temporary centre-back' with blood-stained white gauze wrapped around his head. Eriksen didn't know whether it was because of fear, or because as a defensive midfielder, he didn't realize the danger of the ball...
Blood spattered because Senderos, who was jumping high, moved too violently. The wound on the corner of his eyebrow finally opened, and the blood once again flowed down like running water!
Since there was no interference from Ajax players, there was no suspense about Senderos' header this time. He beautifully ran in from the upper right corner of the goal. Ajax goalkeeper Senderos, who performed well throughout the game, Tecklenburg didn't even have time to open his arms...
After a brief silence, when the gauze wrapped around Senderos' head fell apart due to his desperate fight for the header, and when the Swiss international raised his arms and roared after confirming that he had indeed scored the goal, the entire St. James Park stadium also Started to roar...
Like the roar of an ancient beast, the white 'palace' shocked the entire city of Newcastle!
"...GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!
Dutch commentator Nigel van Buron passed out again. Sester, who was so excited that he wanted to boo, grabbed the microphone in front of him and began to show off his super lung capacity that would put the blue whale to shame——
"Sendros!!! A header worth thousands of dollars!! The Swiss center back saved Newcastle! I declare that from now on, the word parallel import will forever be insulated from Newcastle's Senderos, just With this goal, he can compete for the honor of St. James' most popular player in February!"
Countless pairs of arms stretched out from the St. James stands to the stadium. The fans wanted to get closer to their heroes in this way, even if it was only a dozen centimeters closer...
The big man on the court with blood streaming from his head and a ferocious face roaring like a demon, was so cute and so heroic in their eyes!
The cheers and applause continue!
Courtside.
Assistant coach Alan Shearer, who was so excited that he didn't know why, suddenly rushed over from behind and picked up Li Tongfan who had not had time to cheer. He swayed like a golden snake...
"Lee, we qualified, we can advance!! This is incredible..."
After shaking Li Tongfan's crooked nose and squinting eyes, Shearer's excitement could not be vented at all, so the "weird uncle" extended his "devil's claws" to the young lady and the handsome guy on the Newcastle bench. We...
And Van Basten, at this moment, could only angrily throw away the best prop that a football head coach can throw——
Water bottle!
As for why he was angry, the Dutch coach himself could not explain clearly.
Because Newcastle's goal just now was not controversial at all from beginning to end. It was a beautiful goal, both in terms of the way it was scored and the momentum of the goal!
4:1, total score 4:3. Such a score has forced Ajax to a dead end.
In less than fifteen minutes, Ajax could no longer sit back and play defensive counterattacks. The cruel reality forced the Dutch team to go out and attack with all their strength. Only by scoring goals could they win. Give them another chance to advance to the next round!
…
"Attack! Attack with all your strength!"
After the game restarted, Van Basten stood on the sidelines and issued a final mobilization. The Ajax players were like lions forced into a corner, and they started their last fight with a tragic mood...
But at this time, Crazy Li's absolute determination made Ajax unable to beat the Chinese first, then, and then...
Because, under Crazy Li's gesture, Newcastle actually... actually launched a defensive counterattack!
Midfielder Alan Smith was replaced by midfielder Makelele, and forward Owen was replaced by midfielder Khedira. Newcastle played an outrageous defensive formation with three midfielders, including Juan Mata and Arshavin. Retired to his own half for part of the time to help defend...
In the frontcourt, only one Ukrainian nuclear warhead was left, which caused bloody wounds to the Dutch in this game!
A nuclear warhead finally found its launch pad in St. James!
The game, in a tense atmosphere that made Ajax people want to wipe their necks and commit suicide, passed bit by bit towards the finish line...
At this time, the most popular person in St. James is not Owen, not Mata, not Alan Smith, not David Thornton, not...but the person who has been criticized and criticized by the ruthless media in the past month. Andrei Shevchenko and Felipe Senderos, whom the fans call 'Newcastle's two major parallel imports'!
Shevchenko's two shots and one pass, Senderos' shocking header, and four goals. It was the wonderful performance of these two "parallel importers" that allowed Newcastle to complete a match that could be compared under extremely unfavorable conditions. A magical reversal at night in Istanbul!
"...Shevchenko's super long-distance overhead goal will undoubtedly become the scene that has appeared the most on football programs in the past week or two, and the scene of Senderos's blood-stained jersey will also be All the major radio and media outlets are rushing to report this!”
"...and just based on this game, we have to admit that Crazy Li's transfer this winter was considered by countless expert media to be an extremely failed transfer operation. It was definitely the most astute and successful plan in the 2008-09 season. In fact, [God on the football pitch] never makes mistakes!”
Although the game has not yet begun, the commentator Cester can't wait to start making the final summary of the entire game. Although Ajax's offensive is fierce, it gives people a feeling of returning to the past, unless there is a big surprise in qualifying...
However, at this moment, an accident happened——
After Khedira intercepted the ball, he made a routine long pass. The German teenager didn't even have time to look at the movement of his teammates in the frontcourt before passing the football...
In the frontcourt, Newcastle's only player, Shevchenko, saw the ball coming, fought hard to pick it up, and competed with Ajax's temporary center back Eriksen for the ball at the same time.
Their heads hit the football almost at the same time, and then they both staggered and fell to the side. They didn't know where the football flew to...
The stands recalled Scream!
Because at this time, due to Ajax's full attack, only Eriksen was left as a defensive player in their own half. The football did not fly too far, and no other players ran in the first time. Come and fight for the football...
Shevchenko was the first to react!
After Li Tongfan modified Shevchenko with FM-MM, he was no less than his peak in AC Milan. When his opponent was still looking for direction, Shevchenko got up from the ground at lightning speed, and then found the football in the first time...
The character of the nuclear warhead began to explode again at this moment!
He almost relied on his own feeling and swung his feet to make a long-distance lob shot of about 40 meters...
And the facts proved that Shevchenko's feeling was right!
Ajax's full-line pressure not only left their half without defenders, but also made their goalkeeper Scott Ronburg stand extremely forward. When Shevchenko and Eriksson were together in the previous second, Stekelenburg was still thinking about whether he should go out to grab the football, and the next second, he began to run back in panic...
Because Shevchenko's lob shot came!
However, those who run on the ground can’t beat those who fly in the sky, so this overhead shot from more than 40 meters away actually went in!
The ball really went in!
Hat trick!!! ——
8600 words, almost three chapters.
It’s the last day of 2010, I wish all my brothers and sisters all their wishes come true in the new year.
Finally, I would like to ask for a monthly ticket!