LRAB Chapter 700
Chapter 700
During the halftime break of Manchester City vs Villa, the ESPN live broadcast signal was temporarily cut off. In the commentary booth, Wang Tao and Zhan Jun discussed the reasons why Manchester City fell behind today.
"Teacher Zhan, if I have to say, I think Manchester City's offense today was not good and failed to seize the opportunity. The defense was sloppy and failed to stop Villa's sudden acceleration."
"To sum it up, everyone is in poor condition!"
Wang Tao shook his head and analyzed, and Zhan Jun nodded in approval, first smiled bitterly, and then showed a relieved expression.
"The main players just finished the European qualifiers. After all, the international arena is different from the club game. It is normal for the team to have ups and downs. Even if Manchester City loses today, it is a good thing. At least it can let Guardiola find the problem again. If they keep winning, it will not be easy to expose the problem."
"Teacher Zhan Jun, you are very optimistic. We lost to Villa once last season. I guess the Blue Moon fans will not be happy if we lose to Villa again today."
"Hahaha, you are right! It can only be said that Manchester City started the new season with the title of the new triple crown, which has raised the fans' expectations to the sky!"
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The 15-minute halftime break is over.
On the Manchester City side, Guardiola replaced Knight with Benzema, who moved to the forward position, and Rakitic's position was moved forward again.
"French teenager Benzema comes on as a substitute!"
"Change sides in the second half!"
"Manchester City's formation changed from 3412 to 3223 with three forwards!"
"Just at the beginning of the second half, Manchester City deployed three forwards, further strengthening the firepower in the frontcourt."
"It seems that Guardiola still wants to solve the team's offensive problems first, use offense instead of defense, and seize the situation."
With Manchester City's active change of formation, many Blue Moon fans in the stands showed their expectations and couldn't help cheering for Benzema.
"Benzema!!"
"Benzema!!"
Benzema ran onto the court with a nervous expression amid the cheers of the fans. The team was behind and was ordered to take charge in a critical situation. In this situation, no player would have the heart to enjoy the cheers.
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The second half of the game officially began.
Manchester City attacked.
Balotelli kicked the ball to Su Fei behind him for organization.
Su Fei took the ball and observed.
Waiting for teammates to deploy formations and join in coordination.
Villa.
Continuing the enthusiasm of the first half, they directly started high-pressure pressing, and forwards Kalu and Abang Laho rushed towards Su Fei.
Su Fei raised his leg to kick the ball.
The football passed through the gap between Kalu and Abang Laho that was about to close, and found Cassano in front.
After Cassano got the ball, he cut the ball to the side with the outside of his left foot.
Villa's front midfielder Petrov decisively gave up his position in the middle and sandwiched Cassano with midfielder Barry.
Cassano turned back and passed the ball to Zambrotta who was following behind him, then passed Barry and reached for the ball.
Zambrotta sent a straight pass along the sideline, and the football brushed past Barry's outstretched intercepting foot.
It was successfully passed back to Cassano's feet.
"Manchester City started to make a move on the left side after the opening!"
"Excellent passing and cutting!"
"Successfully sent Cassano, who was dribbling the ball, to the front court!"
"Cassano!"
"Look at this posture, he wants to carry the ball to the bottom!"
"Keep accelerating!"
"Villa's left-back Bouma followed closely and blocked Cassano's cross route with his body!"
"See how Cassano will deal with this ball, whether it can be transformed into a threatening attack..."
On the court, Cassano approached the baseline in the confrontation with Bouma, and suddenly pulled the ball away.
Successfully opened up a certain space with Baumara, who failed to brake due to inertia.
Now!
Cassano raised his right leg high and kicked the bottom of the football, and the football flew high across the penalty area.
This was not a cross!
Instead, it was a large-scale transfer in the front court, and the ball landed at Benzema, who came on as a substitute on the right side.
Benzema, who received the pass, was on Villa's weak side. Facing Villa's right back Zat, he stretched out his foot to cut the ball and cut inside.
Right side of the penalty area.
"Bang!"
Sudden attack!
"Benzema... shoots directly!!"
"The angle is tricky!!"
"This ball..."
"Carson!!"
"Scott Carson! ! "
"Villa goalkeeper Carson can hold the ball? ! ! "
"Amazing! ! "
In the penalty area! Carson held the ball with one hand and raised his other arm, showing a happy expression. Several Villa defenders in front of the goal couldn't help but come forward to praise.
On the side of the court!
Martin O'Neill excitedly raised his arms again, and he had already begun to consider whether to buy out the young goalkeeper who was on loan from Liverpool. Two close-range saves in the first half, plus this one, the change of direction meant that Carson helped the team score a goal!
Seeing that the home team's threatening attack after the restart was resolved by Villa, the expressions of the Blue Moon fans in the stands became even uglier.
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Although the first attack in the second half was still Although they failed to score, everyone, including Martin O'Neill, thought that Manchester City was about to wake up and blew the horn of counterattack.
Unexpectedly, the horn was a bit "premature", which was the beginning and the end.
For a long time afterwards, Manchester City's attack seemed a bit anticlimactic, from the backcourt to the midfield, very smooth and silky, and when it was close to the final shot, it pulled a big one.
Among them, Balotelli even contributed an exaggerated performance in front of the small penalty area, kicking an outrageous shot like a helicopter spiraling up to the sky.
50 minutes.
60 minutes.
70 minutes.
The game time kept advancing.
Guardiola replaced Balotelli with Mandzukic as the central striker.
"There are only 20 minutes left before the end of the regular time of the game!"
"Manchester City made another substitution!"
"Well... there is not much time left for them!"
"It is still 0:1 behind! "
"Let's see if Mandzukic, who has been substituted in, can open up some opportunities for the team's offense..."
In the ESPN live broadcast room, Wang Tao's voice has not yet fallen.
On the court, Manchester City sent a quick sideline hand throw, and Su Fei and Cassano cooperated in the area and successfully sent the ball to the left side of the penalty area.
Cassano lofted the ball into the penalty area.
"Bang! !"
Mandzukic overpowered Villa central defender Mellberg in the penalty area and violently headed the ball.
Football!
Flew out of the penalty area!
Yes, that's right... Mandzukic, who had just come on the court, immediately paid tribute to his teammate Balotelli and made a "clock in the opposite direction"!
Guardiola's expression couldn't be held.......
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