LRAB Chapter 412
Chapter 412
In the Manchester City locker room.
The first thing everyone cared about after returning was to ask Oliver about Knight's condition.
"No big problem, ankle sprain. Expected to be absent for three weeks."
The players breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Oliver's answer.
James then showed a vicious expression.
"Damn Reading..."
Others were also very indignant. Last season, Manchester City's main players had almost no injuries.
Unexpectedly, they lost a starter in the opening game of the new season.
Stuart calmed the players' emotions.
He also hated Reading.
But he didn't want the players to play irrationally with anger in the second half, leading to large-scale conflicts.
Not worth it!
"Okay, that's it. Everyone should focus on the second half. We are now two goals ahead, keep it up."
"By the way..."
"Congratulations to Gareth for the assist and Lucas for the goal!"
Stuart took the lead in applauding, and the players rushed to congratulate the two young players, which temporarily made the players forget the unpleasantness of Knight's injury.
Only Su Fei.
No expression.
Knight is his brother.
This account has not been settled yet.
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The 15-minute halftime break passed in a flash, and the players of both sides walked out of the player tunnel with their own thoughts.
At the Madejski Stadium, the 22,000 Reading fans who attended also adjusted their mood and cheered for the home team again.
"Beep!"
"With the referee's whistle!"
"The second half of the game has begun!"
"Reading has the ball!"
"Currently Manchester City is leading 2:0, with two goals from Su Fei and German teenager Podolski!"
"In the first half, Manchester City and Reading had 63% and 37% possession rates respectively."
"Manchester City had 6 shots and 4 on target, while Reading was struggling to cope with Manchester City's offensive, with only 2 shots and 0 on target."
"Hey!"
"Beautiful!"
"Modric stole the ball from Seol Ki-hyun on the right, passed it to Martinez, and the ball was exchanged!"
On the court, Martinez dribbled the ball in the middle, and Manchester City players advanced in coordination.
Kevin Doyle chased back to intercept.
Martinez passed the ball straight to Su Fei who was running in front.
Su Fei led the ball sideways, stopped, turned, and then ran again.
Explosive acceleration.
He passed Steve Sidwell halfway with the ball.
Sidwell was unwilling to give up, and tried to stop Su Fei from passing.
Su Fei was too lazy to be polite.
He swung his right arm and hit Sidwell's body with his elbow.
Sidwell felt as if a hammer had hit his chest.
He screamed in pain, slowed down his pace, and let go of his hand.
He watched Su Fei rush from the middle like a beast to his own hinterland.
Reading's defensive midfielder Ginason and the central defender Ingmarson blocked the defense and prevented Su Fei from rushing into the penalty area.
Su Fei faced two people blocking his way.
He suddenly raised his right foot and poked the bottom of the football.
"Su Fei!!"
"A half-high diagonal pass to Bale on the left side of the penalty area!"
"Bal!"
"Shoot directly from a small angle!"
"This ball..."
"What a pity, it hit the net!"
"Bal's shot was a little hasty, and it feels like there is more room for maneuver."
"But he's young."
"You can take your time and grow slowly."
With Gareth Bale's outstanding performance in the first half as a prelude, Manchester City fans, including the two ESPN commentators, are very tolerant.
His sideline breakthroughs are so fast.
It doesn't matter if his shooting skills are a little worse.
After all.
You can't expect every newcomer to have a goal conversion efficiency as Su Fei, who made his debut in the Premier League last season.
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Manchester City's first counterattack in the second half also set the tone.
Reading still found it difficult to get past Manchester City's defense, whose average individual ability was much higher than theirs.
Continuously losing the ball and constantly enduring Manchester City's rapid counterattacks.
While Su Fei was switching offense, he kept passing the ball to Bale and Podolski.
Compared to himself.
These two Manchester City newcomers need more usage to quickly adapt to the high-intensity game rhythm.
After all, it's September.
The Champions League will start.
Although we can't expect the two young players to take the lead directly, at least they can't be too bad.
The game is enteringAfter the 70th minute.
Both sides had used up more than half of their stamina.
But the young Gareth Bale was still full of energy and had a strong foot.
The 73rd minute of the game!
Cannavaro cooperated with Martinez's backcourt interception to disrupt the pass from Reading striker Kevin Doyle.
Sun Jihai got in before Seol Ki-hyun.
A powerful kick.
He sent the ball directly to the left side of the frontcourt.
The ball rolled on the grass and rolled to the sideline near the corner area.
"Jihai's kick should be intended to launch a counterattack!"
"But the force is not well controlled!"
"The ball should be out of bounds..."
"Wait!"
"Bale!"
"The Welsh youngster is chasing the ball with all his strength!"
On the court, Reading left-back Nick Shorey, who had slowed down after seeing the trajectory of the ball, immediately stepped forward nervously after noticing Bale chasing the ball.
His advantage is that he is closer to the ball.
But!
He watched with his own eyes as Bale, at an outrageous speed, saved the ball from being out of bounds before him.
"Saved it back!"
"It's been more than 70 minutes!"
"The Welsh youngster is still so fast!"
"No problem with his attitude!"
"Very positive!"
"Let's see how Bale handles this ball..."
Bale, who got the ball near the corner, observed the position of his teammates.
He found that only Su Fei had caught up with his save and was already close to the top of the penalty area.
Bale made a diagonal pass and sent the ball to Su Fei.
Then.
He continued to accelerate and rushed towards Reading's goal without the ball.
When he saw the ball rolling towards him, Su Fei also noticed Bale's cut inside without the ball.
It appeared!
Maradona had a flash of inspiration!
Such a clear passing route!
He decisively raised his right foot, without stopping the ball, and the inside of his foot directly hit the football that rolled to his feet.
"Su Fei!"
"Keep passing the ball!"
"Bale!"
"Shoot the ball!"
"This ball..."
"Beautiful!!"
"The arc of the football avoided the save of Reading goalkeeper Frederick!"
"Goal! Goal! Goal!"
"With the assist from Su Fei, the Welsh youngster shot the ball from the left side of the goal!"
"3:0!!"
"Manchester City further expanded its lead!"
"Gareth Bale!"
"At the age of 17, he made his Premier League debut, with 1 shot and 1 pass!"
"A stunning Premier League debut!"
"I seem to see another rising Premier League star!"
-【Awesome!!! As soon as the Great Sage came up, I felt that he would definitely be able to do it. Just look at his face, he is definitely a star! 】
-【Haha, you really don't say it! The nickname of the Great Sage sounds better and better. 】
-【This super long-distance rush to save the ball is the key. The Reading players all thought it must be out of bounds. They were too slow to return to defense and didn't take it seriously. 】
-【Don't forget, Su Fei also scored 1 goal and assisted 2 times today. What's going on? Is the devil Su going to be the assist king of the Premier League in the new season? ! 】
The stands fell into silence again. 0:2 seems to be catchable.
This 0:3 almost announced the result of the game.
On the court!
Gareth Bale ran excitedly, making a heart gesture with his hands in front of him.
At the same time.
In an apartment in Southampton.
Two girls were sitting in front of the TV, cheering for Bale's goal.
"Lily! Look! Gareth gave me a heart again!"
"Okay, Emma, I know. I didn't expect to be fed dog food while watching a game with you."
"Hehe."
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