The strongest blade in football

Chapter 118
Manchester City is really busy before the new season, with the transfer market on the one hand and the warm-up match on the other.

Their last warm-up match before August attracted a lot of attention. It was the Pirelli Cup match between Manchester City and Inter Milan.

Before the game, the media hyped up the battle between Mancini and the former owner. As a result, Mancini asked for leave to go home because his father was critically ill, and had to be directed by Brian Kidd.

Facing his old acquaintance, Benitez, who just came from Liverpool, Brian Kidd immediately put on a posture of playing in the Northwest Derby of the Double Red Club. The Red Devils gene in his blood was ready to move, and he didn't want to lose!

So the striker arranged Adebayor's partner Tevez, and Wang Nuo was pressed to sit on the bench.

Although Adebayor has been dishonest recently and is clamoring for a transfer, Brian Kidd still believes in Little Warcraft more than Wang Nuo, who has not "proved" himself.

It's a pity that the progress of the game was completely out of his control. Facing his former owner, Vieira elbowed Materazzi shortly after the opening and got a Ruby God of War card.

Inter Milan beat 3-man Manchester City 0-10 cleanly.

Wang Nuo was even more depressed. He had just scored two goals in the last game, and he thought he could start this warm-up match, but Kidd didn't let him play until 75 minutes.

Wang Nuo made a lot of efforts in the ten minutes of garbage time, but he didn't perform well against Inter Milan.

On the second day, many media commented gloatingly that the Premier League upstart was beaten back to its original form by the Champions League champions, and Gazzetta dello Sport spoke out mercilessly——

"A team without historical background is destined to be a pseudo-strong team. When big-name players are only loyal to the British pound, it is difficult for the team to form a fighting force."

However, the Manchester City team did not take external comments seriously at all. Everyone knows that the team is still lacking in running-in, and it is not at all a manifestation of its full combat effectiveness.

On August 8th, Manchester City flew to Germany non-stop to challenge Borussia Dortmund as a guest at Westfield.

This warm-up match set off a lot of enthusiasm in Japan. Wang Nuo's transfer fee of 1250 million made many Japanese people know about this star of hope in China.

And they also have their own "big empty wing".

Shinji Kagawa, who was elected as the top scorer of Japan's second division in the past, also just joined Dortmund in the summer!
The voice of the Asian derby gradually sounded, and even some European media also participated.

In order to attract attention, the title is very challenging - "35 VS 1250 million", "Who is the Asian newcomer king?" "

For this game, the majority of domestic fans showed great attention.

In the last warm-up match, Wang Nuo didn't come off the bench until 75 minutes into the second half. Brian Kidd had already been scolded [-] times by domestic fans.

Unexpectedly, in this round, Shinji Kagawa made his debut, and Wang Nuo was still on the bench.

The mentality of the domestic fans who finally found the source of the live video immediately exploded.

Especially when Japan's "Dasora Tsubasa" made a point first and then scored a goal to help Dortmund take the lead 2-1, the major domestic football forums were full of complaints about Mancini's posts.

What about the Asian Derby?

That little Japan was almost the best in the audience, why didn't Wang Nuo let it go?

Do you know Mancini?
Fortunately, the Italians finally gave Wang Nuo a chance.

In the 65th minute of the second half, Wang Nuo replaced Adebayor and boarded the West ** Stadium.

At the same time, Dortmund also made substitution adjustments. The teenager Lewandowski from Poland replaced Barrios.

Wang Nuo stood on the sidelines and high-fived Adebayor who was leaving the field. His heartbeat accelerated, even though he was chewing a blade of grass, it still couldn't relieve it.

After staying on the bench for more than an hour, he is still a little uncomfortable with the atmosphere here.

Seeing is believing, this course is crazy.

Although the attendance rate of this warm-up match was not high, the South Stand... oh my god, why are there so many people? They are like a huge yellow wave surging high, as if they will be photographed head-on at any time, making people daunting.

This stadium is too "steep", the stands seem to stand up, and all the fans are standing to watch the game!
Especially when he catches the ball in the frontcourt and creates a threat, the boos of the fans can pierce the eardrums and make him feel suffocated!

Coupled with the tireless yellow and black flags fluttering throughout the field, as well as the almost never-ending singing, this place has become an impeccable devil's home stadium.

Wang Nuo can hardly imagine how terrifying the scene will be when some important events make this stadium full!
Just when he was secretly speechless, Yaya Toure successfully intercepted Hajnal and stuffed the ball over.

This was an excellent opportunity to counterattack. Wang Nuo kicked the ball far away, bypassing Owomoyela who was too late to turn around, and instantly started the sideline race mode.

He rushed from his own half to the front of Dortmund's penalty area in one breath, and then smashed the ball to Tevez who came in the middle before Sassin blocked it.

Carlos Tevez took the ball and calmly got rid of it horizontally. With a shot, the football rubbed against the post and flew out of the baseline.

"Huh~huh~" Wang Nuo panted heavily, seeing Tevez showing him an ugly but friendly smile, Wang Nuo also gave Tevez a thumbs up.

In Standard Liege, there are not many people who can keep up with him in the counterattack. In most cases, it is difficult for Wang Nuo to find a support in the middle. Maybe he can only take the ball and shoot by himself in the end.

And Tevez, as the counterattack weapon of the Manchester United Trident back then, was indeed quite tyrannical. After running for tens of meters at high speed, he caught the ball and got rid of it in one go, and he hit the goal very powerfully. .

This goal was a pity, but it didn't take long before Wang Nuo found the right time to start doing things again.

A wave of Manchester City's offensive passed continuously to the left. Wang Nuo took the initiative to cruise to the ribs to seek cooperation. He first hit the wall with Johnson for cooperation, and then crossed into the penalty area.

After rushing back and forth in the penalty area and found that the ball was still outside and couldn't get in, Wang Nuo ran out to meet it.

He received the pass 10 meters outside the penalty area. There was a person behind him. Wang Nuo felt that it should be Subotic.

Wang Nuo slammed him hard and dribbled past another guy.

This is just the beginning of everything, and Wang Nuo doesn't want to stop.

He made a feint, dunked the opponent he had just thrown off but tried to tackle, and re-dribbled into the penalty area, trying to find an open shot.

But when he looked up, he was surrounded by opposing players.

Maybe pass the ball?Wang Nuo was a little uncertain for a moment, he couldn't see the route of passing the ball.

Therefore, Wang Nuo went all out and continued to bite the bullet and bring it in.

He knocked another person down with his shot fake, but his pace was also affected.

The last kick was a bit big, and Wang Nuo staggered to the end of his blow, but he still had a quick wit and raised his foot to shoot.

The football bounced off the baseline on Hummels' leg.

There were neat and deep exclamations from the Westfield Stadium. Although the goal was missed, the series of actions directly shocked the fans.

Wang Nuo upset Dortmund's defense by himself, and finally got a corner kick.

Within a few minutes, the comment area below the domestic video live broadcast was full of discussions about this ball.

"It's a pity, it's only one step away from Maradona! After three or four!"

"Is this our fucking Chinese player? I'm going to cry!"

"It's ok, it's really exciting, people have passed by, and the air is still flamboyant."

"Fighting Subotic, this power is the best in Asia, right?"

Everyone was very excited and looked forward to what Wang Nuo would perform next.

It's a pity that Wang Nuo couldn't perform well in the rest of the time.

He tried his best, but he played very hard. Hummels No. 15 and Subotic No. 7 are both tall, and the high-altitude ball was almost completely controlled by them.

In the face of Wang Nuo's breakthrough, the teenager Hummels no longer took it lightly.

He was always able to get stuck and forced Wang Nuo to pass the ball back twice. Wang Nuo tried to make more physical contact, but he didn't take advantage of it.

10 minutes passed, but in a Dortmund counterattack, Lewandowski shot from a small angle and basically killed the game.

As the football entered the net, Wang Nuoneng saw that several teammates were discouraged at once, and the fans at the scene made a huge commotion, and even the fans in the East Stand and South Stand interacted.

The stands on both sides shouted Hey on one side, and BVB on the other side. Their voices were all over the stadium, and what Mancini shouted on the sidelines was completely inaudible.

Wang Nuo felt a strange sense of frustration. In Belgium, he was often able to solve problems by himself, but he always felt that he was a little bit worse in this game.

It's like a layer of window paper, but it seems far from it.

Moreover, after returning to Europe from the United States, for two consecutive games, the rhythm of the game he felt was too unfamiliar, the transition speed of offense and defense was too fast, and the half-court was changed without blinking, and the defense turned into a counterattack.

Dortmund and these guys ran like lightning one by one, smashing Manchester City to pieces.

In the end, Manchester City suffered another defeat, losing 1-3 to Dortmund.

Watching the referee blow the whistle to end the game, Wang Nuo shook his head weakly.

He is satisfied with his performance, but this performance may not be enough for him to enter Mancini's starting lineup in the new season.

Perhaps this is the gap between Europe's second-tier leagues and first-tier teams. In the league, he is almost unstoppable, but here, there is still a long way to go.

(End of this chapter)