LRAB Chapter 496
Chapter 496
The haze hangs over Manchester City.
On the last day of March, Manchester City ushered in the FA Cup home game against the English Championship team Southampton.
Su Fei still did not return.
The defeat in the first round of the Champions League round of 16 and the defeat against Middlesbrough on the 25th, under the pressure of double defeat.
Stuart knows that the team and the fans who support Manchester City need a hearty victory to regain confidence.
In this game, Stuart sent out the starting lineup except Su Fei.
Even if the opponent is just a English Championship team, there is no slack.
At 5:30 in the evening, the game is about to start.
The 55,097-seat Etihad Stadium is full, and the faces of the Blue Moon fans are full of expectations and seriousness.
"We Fuck Need Win!"
The bright red banners fluttered in the Colin Bell diehard stand.
It is hard to imagine that such a slogan will appear at the home of a Premier League champion last season and now the top of the Premier League.
Stuart stood at the side of the court.
His requirement for himself today was that he would not sit on the bench until the whistle of the end of the game sounded, but would always stand with the players on the court.
Beep!
With the referee's whistle.
The game officially began.
The Manchester City players, who were ready for battle, immediately launched a fierce high-position pressing.
Everyone had a fire in their stomachs that needed to be vented.
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The second minute of the game.
Southampton's right winger crossed the center line with the ball and wanted to change the line and cut inside.
Sun Jihai took the initiative to attack, fell to the ground and slid, knocking his opponent down.
Beep!
The referee's whistle, which had just been put down for a while, sounded again.
A yellow card was shown to Sun Jihai.
For the player's opening foul, Stuart did not roar angrily as before.
Instead, he stood firmly on Sun Jihai's side and excitedly expressed his dissatisfaction to the fourth official.
"Give me a card right now?"
"We're playing football!"
"Don't play house with kids!"
Faced with Stewart's argument, the fourth official raised his intercom after blinking.
The referee ran to the side of the court.
He pointed the yellow card, which he hadn't put into his pocket yet, at Stewart again.
There was a lot of booing at the Etihad Stadium, and expressions of anger and panic appeared on the faces of the Blue Moon fans.
The game just started.
It set the tone of the game.
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Next.
Manchester City's players didn't calm down, and they also aroused the emotions of Southampton's players.
The game soon turned into a fierce physical fight.
Flying tackles, pushing down, pulling, and dribbling.
The referee's whistle kept ringing.
"Blue Moon!"
"You know just what I was there for!"
"You heard me saying a prayer for!"
In the stands of Etihad, fans continued to passionately sing the team song "Blue Moon".
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27th minute of the game.
Modric broke through on the left and passed the ball to Cassano who entered the penalty area.
Barry boy faked a shot and really dribbled.
He deceived the center of gravity of the Southampton goalkeeper.
Then he quickly raised his legs and shot into the far corner.
The moment the football crossed the goal line, the whole Etihad burst into huge cheers.
"GOAL!!"
"GOAL!!"
"GOAL!!"
1:0! !
Although this was just an FA Cup football against a Championship team.
For the entire Manchester City and Blue Moon fans, it was the first goal after two games!
Cassano opened his arms excitedly and rushed to the corner area to cheer and shout.
Behind him were also crazy Manchester City players.
"Fxxxk!!!"
Stuart was so excited that he yelled as if he was in the first game of last season, seeing Su Fei's goal.
The Southampton players looked at each other.
They couldn't understand.
Why did Manchester City, a giant in the Premier League in their eyes, go crazy because of a goal?
Of course they didn't understand.
Because they had never experienced the days of falling from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the valley, covered with wounds, and being stared at by circling vultures.
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In the following time, Manchester City took advantage of the victory and suppressed Southampton from the possession of the ball.
That omnipotent Manchester City, which could easily defeat those weak Premier League teams even without Su Fei.
Back.
The 41st minute of the game.
RightOn the wing.
Sun Jihai received a pass from Modric in the middle.
Facing the pressure from Southampton's right back.
Calmly passed the ball to Vassell who was advancing.
Vassell pushed the ball to the middle.
Podolski rushed over, touched the ball and shot hard, completing the goal.
The crazy shouts at the Etihad Stadium rang out again.
The Blue Moon fans felt as if they had not cheered for the home team so happily for a long time.
2:0!
Stuart punched the air continuously.
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During the halftime break, the home team's locker room.
Stuart did not explain any tactics, but hugged every player in the locker room.
"Just do it!"
"Just play like this!"
"This is us... This is fucking us!"
The Manchester City players responded positively to Stuart's encouragement, and each of them had a firm look.
Confidence returned to everyone's eyes.
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In the second half, Manchester City showed more vitality and state than in the first half.
Everyone was running and actively participating in offense and defense.
In the 52nd minute, Manchester City counterattacked, Cannavaro made a long pass from the backcourt, and the ball accurately found Knight on the right. After Knight passed two people, he made a cross from the bottom, and Podolski headed the ball into the penalty area and scored twice.
3:0!
In the 64th minute, Manchester City's midfielder made a series of quick short passes, and Modric made a precise pass and sent the ball to Podolski's feet. The German teenager shot a heavy cannon from the top of the penalty area.
4:0!
In the 81st minute, Sun Jihai dribbled forward, burst on the side, swept across the penalty area, Modric grabbed a point and shot, the ball flew over the goalkeeper's head and went into the near corner of the goal.
5:0!
When the whistle sounded at the end of the game.
The celebrations continued throughout the Etihad Stadium, with Blue Moon fans hugging each other and jumping up and down.
And Manchester City players also ran to the fans' stands from everywhere.
Waving, shouting.
Enjoying today's victory with the fans.
Stuart pounded his palms hard, and he repeated to Oliver beside him.
"We did it! We did it!!"
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At this time, Manchester Royal Hospital.
In front of the TV.
Su Fei watched the coach, teammates, and fans celebrating wildly after the game.
He couldn't help but clench his fists.
"Beautiful!!!"
Although Su Fei has been in the hospital for a week after the 0:4 defeat to Barcelona.
But through the TV and the hospital newspapers.
It is clear how much public pressure the team is under now.
This pressure.
is also on Su Fei's shoulders.
There is no doubt.
This FA Cup victory successfully helped teammates release pressure and regain confidence.
And my own injury.
Under the rapid repair of the system.
It has also been basically healed.
Revenge.
A revenge at Manchester City's home ground is brewing.
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