Chapter 593 What is a Champion
Chapter 593 What is a Champion
After the goal, QPR remained calm and defended impeccably. Manchester United did not find a chance to equalize the score throughout the first half.
During the intermission, Simeone gave the players blood: "We let QPR reach the top of the top league standings for the first time in history. Do you feel like you are making history? Do you feel excited?"
"It's right to be passionate. This is the meaning of all of us coming to this team from all over the world. Some of you are veterans who are worthy of honor, some are promising rookies, and there are also talents who are in their prime and desperately need honor."
"You came here not for retirement, not for high salaries, but to unite and create one history after another."
"Do you want to let the team enter the Champions League for the first time in history? Do you want to let the team win the league championship trophy for the first time in history? Do you want to let the team win the FA Cup for the first time in history? Do you want to let Add a name to the ranks of the Champions League champions?"
"Then struggle, then work hard, then risk everything to fight! Every step of yours is creating history!"
With excited morale, QPR set foot on the pitch again.
After the adjustment of Mourinho, Manchester United also appeared very calm, and did not become impatient because they fell behind.
After all, they are the Red Devils who won the championship and won the soft hand. They still have this psychological quality, and they will not be in a hurry because they fell behind for a while.
At the beginning of the second half, QPR launched a high-position press, successfully stealing the ball and counterattacking on the spot, Evra had to pull to Rico.
Modric blessed a free kick into the penalty area, Alderweireld grabbed a header to ferry, Nainggolan inserted in the back row, but his volley shot went over the crossbar.
In the 48th minute, Evra passed the ball, and Rooney shot from the left side of the penalty area and was blocked.
In the 51st minute, Maicon got rid of the defensive player from the left and passed the ball to the middle of the penalty area. The placement was very good, but Ferdinand made a clearance before Ronaldo.
The two sides played neither hastily nor impetuously, and both attacked and defended each other, but neither had a good chance.
But in the 62nd minute, Carrick made a steal in midfield and ran with the ball himself. The QPR players were eager to mark other Manchester United players, and even let Carrick go. Carrick dribbled the ball 50 meters to the edge of the penalty area, and the QPR players stepped forward to block it like a dream.But Carrick fired a calm low shot, and Handanovic couldn't make a save, and the ball went into the bottom left corner.
"Carrick Goallllll! He scored a wonderful goal for Manchester United and equalized the score! This is his first Premier League goal this season. The ball was fantastic!"
QPR, who was suddenly equalized, became impatient for a while and gave Manchester United several good chances in a row.
In the 65th minute, Valencia made a pass from the right. Rooney and Evans outflanked the ball from far away.
One minute later, Welbeck ran to the edge of the penalty area in a counterattack, kicked up suddenly, and hit the goal with a right-footed arc. Handanovic made another wonderful save to keep the goal.
Both sides made substitution adjustments at this time. Mourinho replaced Welbeck with Hernandez, and Simeone made two consecutive substitutions, replacing Pandev and Arda Turan, removing Rico and Nainggolan.
It can be seen that neither side wants to accept a draw, and both are eager to score in the final 20 minutes.
In the 71st minute, Manchester United got another good chance. After receiving a pass from Carrick, Rooney calmly shot from the edge of the penalty area, but the ball bounced off the right post!
Simeone was also taken aback. If he is reversed at this time, he really can't see the hope of a comeback. QPR will be too passive in future games.
In the 75th minute, after Pandev kicked the ball back from the right, he curved the ball with his left foot and made a pass. Ronaldo outflanked the goal and shot slightly high.
In the 79th minute, in the QPR counterattack, Ronaldo scored the ball to the left. Ricardo shot low with his left foot, trying to hit the far corner, but the ball slipped out.
After 80 minutes, Mourinho and Simeone made the same decision to defend firmly and control the rhythm.
Although they all want to win, they don't even want to lose.
A draw may be fair to both parties.
In the slow down, the game came to an end.
Simeone used the last substitution, Borja Valero replaced Ronaldo, Ricardo topped the striker, and the team played 442.
There is only one person in the QPR team who has not given up on the pursuit of victory.Although he couldn't run anymore, Licado was still gritting his teeth and running. He wanted to win, he wanted to be the champion!
What is a champion?
Pursue victory at any time, pursue 3 points, this is called a championship!
Those compromises, those trying to keep the balance, those strategic abandonments, and those expecting competitors to make mistakes are all weak mentality!None of them deserve to be champions!
The championship is to fight for every ball, defeat all the enemies, and get on the high podium by yourself!
In the second minute of stoppage time, the QPR midfielder intercepted the ball and handed the ball to Modric.
Manchester United returned to the defense very quickly. Modric controlled the ball. Seeing that there was no counterattack to play, he handed the ball to Ricardo in front of the penalty area.
Ricardo received the ball with his back, but he tapped the ball lightly with his heel, and turned around immediately.The football slipped through Carrick's crotch, Ricardo caught up with the football, raised his leg and shot from the edge of the penalty area!
De Gea immediately made a save, but in mid-air, his heart was cold!The ball is too fast!Why did Ricardo still shoot such a powerful shot at the last moment of the game!
Now he only hopes that Ricardo's shot will go wide.
But in his experience, the shot...was a good shot.
"Ricardo Goallllll! He beat the game! Killed Manchester United! This is Ricardo's 23rd league goal of the season. This golden goal gave QPR all three points at home!"
Ricardo didn't celebrate, but just calmly walked back to his own half.
The rest of the QPR players were not so calm, they still surrounded Ricardo and laughed out loud.
To the Manchester United players, the laughter was so piercing...
United re-kicked off, but there were no chances, and Carrick ended the game with a ridiculously high shot from distance.
At the press conference after the game, Mourinho said helplessly: "Everyone knows that the key to defeating QPR is to freeze Ricardo, but who can freeze him? I learned a lesson in this game. With Rafford, I hope I can teach Simeone a lesson."
Simeone smiled and ruined his gangster-like image, "I don't regret Manchester City's victory over Arsenal at the last minute. Our goal is the top four in the league. Now we have overfulfilled the task. What we have to do It's about guaranteeing a place in the Champions League at the end of the season."
After this round of competition, Manchester City ranked first with 38 points. QPR and Manchester United ranked second and third respectively with 36 points. Tottenham also won. They defeated Sunderland 2-3 at home and are currently 1. Ranked fourth.
The top 4 has such a tight bite, which has rarely happened in nearly a decade.
The battle for the league championship may not be revealed in a short time...
(End of this chapter)