70 minutes, 2 to 2.
Neymar, who helped Paris Saint-Germain equalize the score, sat calmly on the bench, accepted congratulations from his teammates, then put on a sports jacket and drank a sports drink.
Although there are many things that he doesn't care about in the field of football, he doesn't mind winning another Champions League trophy in Paris Saint-Germain.
But there were one or two moments when he felt that it didn't matter even if he lost the game today. Although this idea was just a fantasy in his mind and did not change his running, assists and goals on the court, he felt a strong disgust when he thought that if they won the game today, Mbappe would be talking nonsense and having an even more arrogant expression.
But these are just his psychological activities. At this moment, he has left the field and the next game is left to others.
On the court, Mbappe has already thought about the strategy for the next game. Tonight, his several breakthroughs on the left side have achieved very good results. It may be because he is in good shape, or it may be because Wan Bissaka who is defending him is not in good shape. He always used his speed to force attacks and successfully created threats several times.
Thinking of this, he thought of the ball that Neymar had just headed away, which made him lose his assist, and he felt unhappy again.
Manchester United attacked, Mbappe jogged while looking at Li Gangren.
It's not because the stick is so good-looking, but because he is waiting for Li Gangren, who is defending and moving seriously in the back, to make eye contact with him so that he can give him instructions.
Sure enough, Kwa failed in his attempt to dribble past the opponent on the left and was double-teamed by Ashraf and Lucas Hernandez. The pass was not passed out and Ashraf directly grabbed the ball and moved forward.
Li Gangren switched from defense to offense and started running forward, but when he looked up, he saw Mbappe standing in the left half of the field which should have belonged to him.
If we ask who is Mbappe's best friend in Paris Saint-Germain, Ashraf ranks second and no one dares to rank first.
At this moment, he saw his good brother standing "alone" on the left, and felt very distressed. He thought that this was a waste of the greatest talent in the world, so he quickly made a long pass to the left.
If Daji is King Zhou's Hakimi, then Ashraf is no different to Mbappe, since his last name is Hakimi.
Mbappe took a step forward in the open space on the left and received a comfortable pass. At this time, Rashford had retreated from the prohibited attacking position, and Timberl saw the ball coming and pressed towards Mbappe.
Mbappe didn't say a word and started dribbling the ball along the sideline. After running two steps, he dribbled the ball and passed it to himself three seconds later!
Timberlake and Rashford were left behind in an instant, not because their speed was so much slower than Mbappe, but because Mbappe was almost always walking when he was not attacking, and his physical energy consumption was at the same level as that of a goalkeeper.
It goes without saying that Rashford repeatedly sprinted down the bottom to pass the ball, while Timber was constantly running back and forth to intercept and pass the ball in the defensive midfielder position. Who has the stamina to keep up with Mbappe's full speed?
With a step that showed no regard for anyone and hearing the exclamations from the entire stadium, Mbappe dodged Timber's tackle and dribbled the ball once again, rushing towards the left side of the penalty area.
Wan Bissaka came over and he is now the last line of defense. If he is broken through again, Mbappe will have the chance to score alone.
Fortunately, Mbappe dribbled the ball a long distance, and when he tried to catch up with the ball, it was already near the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area.
Mbappe deliberately ran in an arc from left to right, went around and tried to catch up with the ball and headed straight into the penalty area. Wan-Bissaka, who was chasing him, tackled him one step outside the penalty area line!
Zhan Jun: "The referee blew the whistle for this ball!"
"Mbappe fell in the penalty area! Signal to referee Osato that it's a penalty!"
"But the Manchester United players thought that the place where Wan Bissaka made the tackle, where the two of them came into contact, was outside the penalty area, so it was at most a free kick!"
Zhang Lu: "It's hard to say. Maybe we can only rely on VAR."
Zhan Jun: "Looking at the replay, this ball... is really hard to say!"
Guan Zeyuan: "The ball was in the penalty area. Wan Bissaka's back foot was outside the penalty area when he tripped Mbappe, but Mbappe's front foot was already in the penalty area."
Xie Hui: "Wan Bissaka had no choice. Any defender forced to this point would have to take the risk of tackling. Mbappe is really too fast."
The referee Osato made a VAR gesture and walked to the sidelines. He was wondering in his heart, why is it that every time he meets Chen Xiaoliang, whether in Serie A or the Champions League, there always exist some weird things in the game?
Chen Xiaoliang was speechless. Why did he have to watch VAR in every game refereed by Osato?
He comforted Wan Bissaka, then gestured to Ten Hag on the sidelines that a substitution must be made as soon as possible.
If they continue like this, Paris Saint-Germain will have 9 players defending, leaving only Mbappe in front to walk and recover his strength. The further back Manchester United's teammates on the defense line go, the more energy they will consume, and the less they will be able to stop his speed.
Ten Hag immediately asked B Fee, Dalot and McTominay, who had already finished warming up, to prepare on the sidelines, but the substitution had to wait for Osato to make the final decision and the game entered a dead ball state.
After a minute of agony for fans of both sides, Osato turned around and walked slowly onto the field.
Obviously, he was still hesitating in his heart. At this time, "Mbappe's penalty" was equated with "Schrödinger's cat" in his mind, and was in a superposition state of being judged or not. But for Manchester United fans, this might really be like that "cat", deciding whether the game would be a matter of life or death.
When Osato walked to the sidelines, he made the final decision. He drew a square with his hands, representing the VAR penalty, and then the whistle sounded, pointing to the Manchester United penalty area!
"yeah!!!"
Half of Wembley Stadium, all Paris Saint-Germain fans and players raised their hands and cheered excitedly.
In the other half of the stadium, Manchester United fans were complaining and holding their heads...
Subsequently, Osato also showed a yellow card to Wan Bissaka.
A standard yellow card package for a foul in the penalty area.
It was already the 73rd minute, and getting a penalty at this time would be tantamount to announcing that Paris Saint-Germain would turn defeat into victory.
Manchester United made substitutions, replacing Timberwolves and Wan-Bissaka with two Portuguese internationals, B Fee and Dalot.
While Chen Xiaoliang was directing his teammates to position themselves outside the penalty area and encouraging De Gea, he asked B Fee to play as an attacking midfielder and he would fill the right defensive midfielder position left by Timber.
Mbappe stood directly on the penalty spot without looking at any of his teammates. Of course, Neymar, who had snatched the penalty from Mbappe, had left the field, so naturally the rest of the team would not compete with him for the penalty.
Mourinho was also ready to make substitutions, ready to replace Dybala or Kone with Verratti instead of Asensio as originally planned.
He wanted to see the penalty situation first before making a decision. Once the team took the lead, he would need players who could control the ball.
"Beep!" Osato blew the whistle, Mbappe took two deep breaths, and then started to run!
His run-up was short and powerful, and his right foot hit the bottom edge of the ball hard!
Zhan Jun: “This ball goes in!”
"Mbappe deserves it! In the 74th minute! He helped Paris Saint-Germain reverse the score, 2-3!"
"Mbappe scored two goals in this game and celebrated once again!"
"It's possible that he is only about 20 minutes away from his first Champions League trophy!"
Zhang Lu: "Mourinho still has his way. Although Kone received a yellow card shortly after the start of the game, Paris Saint-Germain had seven players on the defensive today, and each of them had good defensive abilities, especially the two defensive midfielders, who had both physical strength and attitude."
"Except for the long shot that Xiaoliang scored, he had to take care of the overall defense at other times and really didn't get any good chances."
"And Paris Saint-Germain's attack is very simple. If they can connect the frontcourt, they will connect. If they can't connect, they will pass it directly to Mbappe, and he can really score."
Guan Zeyuan: "It's amazing. The penalty just now was created by him all by himself, running from the backcourt to the frontcourt."
“Super strong personal ability.”
Xie Hui: "I don't mean to slander or anything, but Haaland can't do this."
Zhan Jun: "All I can say is that their styles are different."
On the sidelines, Mourinho delayed the substitution, wanting the players on the field to take advantage of the high morale after the goal and deal with Manchester United for a while.
He didn't want to suddenly upset the delicate balance on the field.
On the field, Manchester United kicked off again. Mbappe immediately saw Chen Xiaoliang's position move back, and he couldn't help but feel proud again: "This guy is finally here."
Before the game, Mourinho predicted that Manchester United might let Chen Xiaoliang directly defend Mbappe, and said that the whole team should pay special attention to this. At that time, Mbappe was dismissive and didn't care.
Although the two had faced each other in a friendly match, in Mbappe's mind, it was just a friendly match before the start of the season. He had not fully recovered and was not in the mood to give his all. A young man like Chen Xiaoliang would definitely be excited to see him and would try his best to prove his strength. So the fact that he was evenly matched with Chen Xiaoliang in speed was nothing in his mind.
After scoring the goal, Paris played more steadily. After all, they had a one-goal lead, and there was no need to launch an attack easily in such an important final.
Chen Xiaoliang asked B Fee and Casemiro to press forward and started high-pressure defense together with three teammates in the frontcourt.
Although it will greatly consume the already limited physical strength, possession of the ball is of vital importance to Manchester United at the moment.
There was an effect. Except for the two wing-backs and Kone, the other four players in Paris Saint-Germain's midfield and backcourt were more defensive. Although they had a certain ability to control the ball, they mainly played safely in the final. Once they were pressed and could not make short passes, they would choose to kick the ball forward. At worst, the team could retract its overall formation and continue with the bus-style defense.
In the 77th minute, B Fee and Kva made consecutive short passes on the left. Kva broke into the bottom line and made a triangle pass. B Fee's shot hit Lucas Hernandez and was refracted. Although Donnarumma reacted quickly for the second time and immediately adjusted his center of gravity to rush to the other side, he still did not touch the ball.
But just when Manchester United thought they were going to equalize the score, Nuno Mendes rushed back to defense and blocked the ball on the goal line!
In this game, with the saves and this clearance, Donnarumma and Nuno Mendes have blocked almost three sure-goal opportunities for Manchester United!
Even many Manchester United fans began to think that it was "God's will, and you will suffer the consequences". After failing to score the must-goals, it seemed that fate had destined Paris Saint-Germain to win tonight.
To make matters worse, Varane strained his thigh after a subsequent non-confrontational retreat and took the initiative to request a substitution on the sidelines.
So in the 80th minute, Manchester United replaced Varane and Rashford with Lindelof and Milinkovic-Savic. B Fee moved to the right and let Milinkovic play as a front midfielder. This not only provided an extra point for passing the ball, but also allowed him to use his height to compete with Cesco for headers in the penalty area.
In the 82nd minute, with time running out and Manchester United's offensive becoming more and more fierce, Chen Xiaoliang received the ball on the right rib and pretended to pass it directly to B Fee who was running forward on the right. He took the opportunity when Nuno Mendes, who was double-teaming him with Cone, subconsciously took a step back and cut inside with the ball, forcing his way into the middle from in front of Cone.
Cone's hand had already grabbed Chen Xiaoliang's clothes on the back, Osato's whistle was already in his mouth, and Mourinho's heart was already in his throat!
Mourinho was very nervous. Although he was a meritorious head coach who had experienced countless ups and downs, but when he led the team to such a moment and had one hand on the Big Ear Cup, who wouldn't be nervous?
On the one hand, he was glad that he did not replace Kone and let the midfielder continue to bear the impact of Chen Xiaoliang. On the other hand, he was hesitant. Kone, who had a yellow card on his back, might commit a foul and get a yellow card at any time, and replacing him with Verratti was obviously a safer choice.
But after Verratti came on, the defensive ability declined a lot.
Wait a minute...
Wait a little longer?
I can’t wait any longer! I can’t wait any longer! If I wait any longer, I will regret it forever!
He immediately gave Forti a look and made a substitution at the next dead ball, with Cone coming off the field and Verratti coming on.
On the court, Chen Xiaoliang not only relied on his speed to cut inside, but also used his body to hold Cone, treating him like an axis, and then he ran three or four steps and then got in.
Cone really wanted to pull the man down, but he also knew that he already had a yellow card, and the impact he felt from Chen Xiaoliang was like an overwhelming force that suppressed his entire body.
This shouldn't be the physical strength that a person who played until the 82nd minute should have!
He had only one thought, to hold on and wait for his teammates to come and help.
Sure enough, Ugarte on the side did not forget his duty. He came over to double-team Chen Xiaoliang immediately. When he saw Chen Xiaoliang was about to enter the penalty area, he came over and hugged him to stop him.
This time, Osato didn't need to look at VAR. He gave Ugarte a yellow card and then awarded Manchester United a free kick 2 meters outside the right side of the arc.
Chen Xiaoliang retreated to the rear, leaving only Lima and himself behind, and let the rest of the players press forward.
Except for Mbappe, all the players on Paris Saint-Germain returned to the penalty area to defend.
Guan Zeyuan: "Why doesn't Xiaoliang play? I think it would be better if he plays and Dalot or Luke Shaw stays behind."
Xie Hui: "The main consideration is the problem of defending Mbappe."
Guan Zeyuan: "After all, we are lagging behind now."
B Fee took the free kick, but facing the dense crowd and human wall, he did not choose to shoot directly, but instead lifted the ball into the penalty area.
Zhan Jun: "Middle! Milinkovic-Savic!"
"Shoot again!"
"besides!"
"Ugarte cleared the ball with a big kick, and Ashraf rushed out from the right!"
Just now, Milinkovic-Savic got the first point in the middle, but it hit Skriniar. Then he shot again at the ball that bounced back, but missed and was blocked again by Skriniar who was defending him. Then when he raised his foot to shoot for the third time, Ugarte who had retreated from the wall rushed up and kicked the ball to the right with a big foot.
Zhan Jun: "Ashraf received the ball on the right and passed it directly to Mbappe!"
"Middle! No offside after the center line!"
Mbappe had already started running a moment before Ashraf passed the ball. He was behind the center line at the time, so there was no offside problem even if he surpassed Chen Xiaoliang and Lima.
Chen Xiaoliang immediately turned around and chased after him, while Lima on the other side was left behind by the two men who rushed out like arrows.
Mbappe was running in the middle, Chen Xiaoliang was on the right side of his body, and Ashraf's long pass flew from behind Chen Xiaoliang's right.
It was as if this was a track and field sprint race and the two were not there to play football, but to sprint to the finish line of the track.
Football fans all over the world witnessed the famous scene of the two fastest football players in the world running at the same time. Haaland, who had returned to his hometown in Norway and was eating a hot dog while watching the game, stopped chewing.
Many fans at the scene followed the two people's running and slowly left their seats.
At first, Mbappe, who started half a second earlier at 15 meters, had the advantage, and Chen Xiaoliang was one body length behind him.
But after 15 meters, when he entered the full-speed sprint state, Chen Xiaoliang caught up with him with a speed difference that was not obvious but visible to the naked eye!
Although the previous continuous sprints gave Mbappe his highlight moments, they undoubtedly consumed a lot of physical strength. However, Chen Xiaoliang is still the indestructible nuclear-powered midfielder. He can reach full speed and rely on sufficient physical strength to speed up!
When the ball fell less than 10 meters away from Manchester United's penalty area, Chen Xiaoliang had already run one body length in front of Mbappe!
Mbappe was so angry that he put his hand on Chen Xiaoliang's shoulder when he saw that the fat meat was about to fly away.
Chen Xiaoliang slowed down, held Mbappe with his back, pushed the falling ball forward to De Gea, who immediately kicked the ball forward.
And Mbappe actually fell to the ground!
Faced with the shouts of Paris Saint-Germain fans and Mbappe who was lying on the ground in pain, Osato had no choice but to stop the game and run while listening to the replay analysis of the video referee team in his headphones.
The video referee team's statement was the same as what he saw, it was a completely clean defense, and it was clearly a fake fall.
Perhaps in order to enforce the law impartially, or perhaps to find a balance for the penalty that could have been awarded or not, Osato showed Mbappe a yellow card for a malicious dive.
"Hey! What's going on?!"
Like a medical miracle, Mbappe, who had just been watching his teammates put pressure on the referee in agony, immediately jumped up and questioned.
Manchester United fans in the stadium immediately booed in unison.
Xie Hui seemed to confirm his judgment to Guan Zeyuan: "If it wasn't Xiaoliang who kept the ball, Lima and Dalot would have been left behind by Mbappe and had a one-on-one chance."
On the field, the yellow card had already been given and would not be changed. Chen Xiaoliang was too lazy to look at what the referee was doing. He walked towards the penalty area and punched De Gea, who had just cleared the ball in time, to encourage him.
Mbappe and his Hakimi were still insisting on trying to stop the referee until Osato couldn't stand it anymore and half warned and half threatened that he would show a second yellow card if he interfered with the referee's work again. Only then did Mbappe walk away unhappily.
Others don’t understand his inner world and think that he is just angry and embarrassed after being exposed for faking a fall, but Chen Xiaoliang understands him very well.
Mbappe, who was overtaken in the sprint just now, is a typical example of an immature person who, after losing in a competition full of confidence, has to find excuses to cover up his embarrassment and even use incompetent rage to cover up his inner guilt.
What he cared about was not the lost chance to score, but the fact that his speed, which he was most proud of, was lost to the opponent whom he said he didn't care but whom he wanted to defeat the most in his heart.
So he wanted to use the fall to express that it was not that I couldn't outrun Chen Xiaoliang, but that Chen Xiaoliang tricked me and made me fall.
But that was his own inner drama. How could countless spectators and fans know that it was undoubtedly very disgusting to fake a fall and then perform a medical miracle and jump up on the spot.
However, even so, Paris Saint-Germain is still in the lead, and time is running out.
Manchester United continued to attack, but facing a steel bus and a speed demon who could cause damage with a counterattack at any time, Manchester United really had no good way to break through these layers of defensive barriers.
If nothing unexpected happens, an accident will happen.
As Murphy's Law says, as long as there is a chance that something could go wrong, no matter how small the chance is, it will happen.
In the 92nd minute, with 2 minutes left in the 6 minutes of injury time, Manchester United got a corner kick opportunity on the left side.
Almost all the fans in the stadium were standing to watch the game.
Whether you are praying for Paris Saint-Germain to win or praying for Manchester United to win, you are praying for the team you support with the most sincere faith.
Zhan Jun: "Manchester United gets a corner kick! A corner kick in injury time!"
"Everyone must remember that in the second leg of this season's Champions League semi-final, Manchester United relied on two corner kicks in injury time to equalize with Manchester City, dragging the game into extra time and eventually winning the game!"
"Will the great reversal happen again today?!"
Zhang Lu: "I saw many fans in the stands were afraid to watch, it was too tense."
This time, there was no time left for Chen Xiaoliang to stay. If the Steel's defense was still to give the offensive end a chance to equalize the score, if he did not invest in the offensive end at this time, then he would really have no chance at all.
Only Dalot, who had relatively enough energy, was left in the backcourt to watch Mbappe, and even De Gea ran up.
"Beep!" Osato whistled!
Luke Shaw takes a corner kick from the left!
But as soon as the ball went out, Xie Hui made a "tsk" sound, and it was obvious that the ball was not kicked well.
As expected, the ball was too low and couldn't reach Lindelof in the front point, so it was headed out by Verratti who was blocking him.
It was Ashraf on the right side who turned around and received the ball. At this time, except for Lindelof and Cesco who rushed over to press Ashraf, all the other Manchester United players were running back desperately!
If we were to launch a counterattack and even the goalkeeper wasn’t there, the game would be completely over!
De Gea ran for his life. It seemed that as a goalkeeper who didn't like to attack, he had never run so fast in his life.
But no matter how fast a player is, he can't be faster than a kicked ball.
Ashraf passed the ball to Dybala who had already run out of the penalty area. Dybala once again made a long pass to the frontcourt when Chen Xiaoliang caught up with him.
The ball was kicked with great force, and at one point many people thought Dybala was going to lob the ball into the goal from a long distance.
Dalot frantically squeezed Mbappe with his body while running back with all his strength.
Mbappe was indeed a little tired after playing to this point, even though he had taken a lot of time for walking.
Moreover, having just received a yellow card, he did not dare to respond to Dalot's physical confrontation with any big moves, but just wanted to use speed to get rid of him.
The ball fell and bounced high, and Dalot was still stuck in front of Mbappe until he reached the penalty area. Mbappe was finally about to rush in front of him. When he was about to lose his position, Dalot made a move that was unexpected to the entire stadium and fans all over the world.
He jumped forward on the penalty area line and pressed the ball down with his hand!
At that moment, the whole audience was stunned!
Be it the knowledgeable Mourinho, or Osato who won the Italian Golden Whistle Award, or all the celebrities and legends in the stands, as well as commentators from various countries and fans from all over the world, they were all stunned!
What followed was a penalty kick and a direct red card for Osato!
Dalot didn't say anything. As he listened to the Paris Saint-Germain fans who had reacted and were celebrating in the stands, celebrating the joy that they were about to kill the game, he jogged to the sidelines, shedding sad tears.
He tried his best when he came on as a substitute. Even though it was an intentional handball that seriously violated the rules, it was his only and unhelpful solution in the situation.
"Fuck..."
Chen Xiaoliang cursed in his heart.
Of course, this curse word is not directed at Dalot. He fully understands the helplessness and sadness of his teammate. It’s just that the current situation is the most dangerous, urgent and desperate moment since he became a player.
Countless thoughts flashed through my mind:
"what to do?"
"what do I do?"
"How can we save the team?!"
"What's needed now is a chance to score a goal."
"No, no, no, we have to defend this penalty first!"
"How about I go and guard the door myself?!"
"Damn! I don't have the goalkeeper attribute, nor do I have a goalkeeper card. It would be a waste of time to be the goalkeeper!"
"Look at the star card..."
"Damn it! None of the star cards have anything to do with penalties!"
"Gerrard slip card..."
"Busquets acting card..."
"Reina Balloon Card..."
"What the hell is going on?!"
"Oh right, the slip card!"
【Boom boom boom! 】
[The host has used the Gerrard Slip Card on Mbappe]
[The next time Mbappe defends the host, the chance of slipping will be greatly increased]
"What the hell! What's the use of this?!"
"It's his turn to take the penalty kick now! It's not me who's attacking with the ball!"
"What should I do?! What should I do?!"
Chen Xiaoliang's eyes were focused on the acting card.