The strongest blade in football

Chapter 150 Crazy Manchester City (4000 words chapter)
This is the second time that Wang Nuo took the initiative to find Mancini in the office.

The first time was before the Manchester Derby last month, also to gain playing time.

At that time, Wang Nuo had played in the Premier League for nearly 3 months, and the league had no results and was under a lot of pressure.

He still remembers sitting on the chair by the door, worrying about gains and losses, feeling uneasy, a feeling that he will never forget for the rest of his life.

Fortunately, Mancini gave him a chance. Wang Nuo scored his first Premier League goal and helped the team win the Derby.

After that, Wang Nuo played more and more smoothly.

In the past two months, his personal data has increased by 2 league goals and 1 assist, as well as the Europa League goal against Juventus alone!

He is much more confident now than he was then!

To play Aston Villa, it is not too much to ask for a starter, right?
The door of Mancini's office was still ajar, Wang Nuo knocked on the door and went in.

The room was bright, and Mancini's legs were resting on the large U-shaped desk, his upper body was leaning comfortably against the leather back, and he was holding a few playing cards in his hand.

On the table in front of him, there are more than a dozen cards of various suits neatly laid out, which seems to be playing a game of Solitaire.

"Hi, boss."

Wang Nuo squeezed out a bright smile and said hello.

Mancini glanced at Wang Nuo, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, accompanied by a half-sentence "um" in his mouth, which was regarded as a response.

That's Mancini's style, as long as he's not playing in boots, he's always cool.

"Boss, I have fully recovered, let me start the next game."

Wang Nuo knew that there was no need to talk nonsense when communicating with Mancini, it would be a waste of each other's time.

Mancini is a very egotistical person, which also means that his ideas are difficult to be changed.

Wang Nuo still remembered that he made the same request last time, but Mancini didn't say a word, and the scene was awkward for a while.

Unexpectedly, this time Mancini quickly agreed and added a sentence.

"Whether you start or not has nothing to do with whether you come to me. I only send players who satisfy me. Don't look for me next time, understand?"

"Okay, boss."

Wang Nuoke didn't care what Mancini said, he was very happy to play.

Italy put his legs down from the table, still fiddling with the poker in his hand, he put a queen of hearts on the front of the table.

The table was covered with poker cards, and Wang Nuo couldn't see any logical meaning between them.

This must be some kind of old and boring Italian game, Wang Nuo thought so at first, but he stared at the table a few more times, and realized that the boss was not killing time.

"Boss, these poker cards are really interesting. This is... the formation for tomorrow's game?"

On the table, the tiled poker is just a 433 formation.

Mancini finally showed a rare smile, "These cards represent the players in the next game. This is Mario, this is Silva, and this is you."

Wang Nuo saw Mancini pointing at a 10 of hearts, and then pronouncing "you", while Balotelli was the Q of Hearts just now, and Silva was the Q of Spades!

Wang Nuo realized that he was only 10 in Mancini's heart!

When he saw that there were some 10s of other colors in the starting lineup, as well as some poker cards under 10, he felt a little better.

Mancini seemed to be able to read his mind.

"I like to use playing cards instead of players. In the summer, you were still 7 of clubs. Congratulations, you have risen several levels!"

"If you want to have a more sense of presence with me, then prove yourself with performance. The starting lineup is not won by fighting, but won by strength!"

On the afternoon of December 12th, the sky was overcast as usual, and 28 fans of the home team came to the Manchester City Stadium, and the stadium was full of people.

In stark contrast, Manchester City's quiet dressing room.

Wang Nuo has always had a feeling that Manchester City's pre-match dressing room is completely different from the standard Liege, and it is even more different from the dressing room when they played in the youth league in the past.

Here, everything is so quiet.

Mancini's prohibition of playing music is on the one hand, on the other hand, it is also a reflection of the team's overall temperament.

Wang Nuo dressed neatly, observing his teammates——

David Silva is stretching his small frame, Kompany is leaping ahead, Balotelli and Vieira are making two-legged passes, the ball bouncing off the concrete floor.

The matter of Balotelli seems to have been resolved, because Wang Nuo saw that he was in a good mood, and the haze disappeared from his face.

Here, no one speaks loudly, and no one tries to mobilize and speak enthusiastically.

In Wang Nuo's impression, in the past in Dufrasen and the youth team, the locker room before the game was very noisy in most cases.

Everyone yelled, yelled, Vetteante or Boloni issued instructions there to cheer the team up.

Wang Nuo gradually understood that when it is necessary to rely on the accumulation of energy to win the game, it shows that the strength of the team is still insufficient.

The reason why Manchester City will not yell is because everyone knows that if they play normally, there is no problem in winning the game, and there is no need to make noise.

It is said that this change in temperament has happened in the last one or two years, and Wang Nuo has reason to believe that this will become a Manchester City tradition.

During this period of time, Manchester City ushered in a wave of victories and led the standings, which made Manchester City fans who are used to hard times feel like a dream.

On the court outside, the lively atmosphere has been going on for a while.

Today, both fans and Manchester City players want to hold the three points tightly in their hands.

Before the game, fans sang "Man City" to the tune of the famous Beatles song "Hey, Jude".

"NA~NA~NA, NANANANA, NANANANA, Hey Jude!"

"NA~NA~NA, NANANANA, NANANANA, Hey Jude!"

Manchester City's player channel is not wide, and Wang Nuo is standing in the bottom three of the team. When the players walked to the pitch, they were next to each other, almost shoulder to shoulder.

Wang Nuo looked over the heads of the players, officials, and photographers, through the blue roof that extended to the stadium, and onto the bright and blurry green turf.

Some Manchester City fans gathered around the wall, shouting loudly and waving small blue flags in their hands.

At the farthest point of his vision, on the electronic screen, a round blue moon symbolizing Manchester City was slowly turning.

Manchester City's opponents in this game, Aston Villa, have a glorious past. They have reached the top of the European arena and have multiple league honors.

They have also performed well in the last three seasons and have been stable in sixth in the league.

It's a pity that their performance in the first half of this season was not good, and they are only at the bottom of the standings for the time being, especially their away record is terrible.

As of the No.20 round of the Premier League, Aston Villa's away points ranked second to last among all teams, conceding nearly three goals per game!
They especially like to play against other teams, so they can often win wonderfully and lose badly.

Aston Villa has lost five of the last six games, so that the coach is a little crazy, and before the game, he said that he would take all three points at Manchester City's home court.

They also have a characteristic of man-to-man defense against the opponent's strikers, which they have done against Liverpool and Tottenham.

In Wang Nuo's view, unless you are facing a superstar, man-to-man is not suitable.

In man-to-man defense, once the man is lost, the opponent will drive straight in.

Now almost all teams have changed to zone defense or mixed defense. Every time they single-handedly dribble the ball, they will face layer upon layer.

Man-to-man is like an old flip Motorola phone, while zone defense is like the latest iPhone 4.

Of course, if someone clings to him today, Wang Nuo will let him taste his strength.

With the whistle of the referee, the game started, and Wang Nuo quickly passed a good kick——

He kicked off the game. Of course, he will not make a mistake in this kick.

Wang Nuo's real first touch came a few minutes later.

Yaya Toure kicked a through ball with strong penetrating power, and Wang Nuo caught it well. He was bumped by Leo Coker who had been following him, but he quickly stabilized his body.

He took a few steps forward, Balotelli came over quickly, Wang Nuo passed the ball, and the Italian used his genius heel to knock the ball back to the front of Wang Nuo's running route.

When Wang Nuo bypassed the defender and received the ball again, he was already facing the goalkeeper one-on-one!
In just a few minutes, Wang Nuo got such an opportunity, even he himself was a little unbelievable.

At this moment, everything seems to slow down, which is the strangest feeling when playing football.

Wang Nuo ran into the opponent's penalty area, as if running in thick mud. His brain was running at high speed, or a little over-working.

Wang Nuo calculated the steps needed to score a goal like a computer.

Is goalkeeper Friedel out of position?

Is the little guard No. 3 leaning over?
Should I try to get past the keeper, or shoot early?
Would it be silly to try to shoot through the crotch and end up missing it?

Thoughts popped up and disappeared one after another, Wang Nuo immediately felt bad, because too much time to think would complicate a simple matter.

He quickly extinguished distracting thoughts, volleyed vigorously, and then the football flew into the stands.

ah oh...

It seems that today's feet are not going well.

In this game, Aston Villa seems to want to imitate Everton a few days ago, pre-emptively and anti-customer.

After blocking a wave of Manchester City's attacks, they also invested a lot of troops in the midfield.

Aston Villa's striker, Abanglaho, is very strong. His amazing starting speed allows him to easily get rid of the defenders, and he is very good at going forward.

After Wang Nuo's shot, Aston Villa pressed forward and launched a fierce attack.

Petrov and Downing were very active, frequently helping the team create threats.

In the 11th minute, Abang Laho received the ball from the edge of the penalty area and shot a cold arrow, but Joe Hart pressed the ball under him.

In the 15th minute, Aston Villa made a threatening pass from the left, but Abanglahor, who outflanked the center, failed to get a chance to hit the goal under the close defense of Kompany.

Aston Villa's fiery offense did not last long, and there was indeed a gap in the abilities of the players of the two teams. Manchester City quickly reversed the situation on the field after being passive for a short time.

Manchester City's ability to break dense defense is average now, but they are really not afraid of Aston Villa when playing against each other.

Gradually, Manchester City began to take over the game.

In the 18th minute, after receiving a wonderful pass from the midfielder, Wang Nuo split Aston Villa's defense like a bolt of lightning.

He dribbled the ball into the penalty area and knocked across. Silva followed up from the left and scored!

The score was rewritten to 1 to 0!

Silva, who scored the goal, raised his arms and cheered in celebration, then pointed at Wang Nuo who was rushing forward, and gave him a warm hug.

Before that, he passed several good passes to Wang Nuo. Today, Wang Nuo finally reciprocated!
Wang Nuo also got his second assist in the Premier League!

The fans in the stands sang Silva's song -

"Ole, Ole" "Ole, Ole" "Ole, Ole"

"David Silva Ole"

"David Silva Ole"

With this goal, the only remaining cautiousness of the Manchester City soldiers disappeared, and they completely entered the berserk mode.

Aston Villa's front line was blown to pieces, and the man-marking tactics prepared before the game became a complete joke.

The three strikers Wang Nuo, Balotelli and David Silva all have strong personal abilities, and when they are connected in series and Yaya Toure keeps going forward, Aston Villa is obviously not enough. Living.

In the 36th minute, it was Wang Nuo's turn to perform again.

Wang Nuo received the ball in the frontcourt, he controlled the ball at his feet, did not pass the ball, and did not stop dribbling.

In Aston Villa's half, he once again swayed Leo Kok, who was following the defense, and left Bannan behind him, as if a sharp knife had been unsheathed, overwhelming.

All the fans held their breath at this time, and all the pictures seemed to be replayed in slow motion before their eyes.

Mancini was wearing the thickest blue scarf, standing in the command area like a sculpture...

Wang Nuo rushed forward for nearly ten meters, his eyes staring at Corinth and Kural who stood in front of him, until a narrow gap appeared between them!

Wang Nuo thought, now is the time!
As the fans cheered, Wang Nuo poked the ball out between the two with his toes, and it was David Silva again. He didn't waste Wang Nuo's wonderful pass and began to protect the ball from the penalty area line.

He is as nimble as a deer, swaying left, swaying right, breaking through!

The goalkeeper abandoned the goal, David Silva calmly pushed the ball aside, Balotelli got the ball in the penalty area, raised his foot and shot!

The ball flew into Aston Villa's gate again without any suspense.

2 is better than 0!

This is a perfect goal after a smooth pass, and the home fans are so happy!
It is hard for them to believe that Tevez is not there, the team can play such a beautiful offense, the Argentines take turns, and Manchester City's firepower does not seem to be affected!

After Balotelli's goal, the spectators in the die-hard stands turned their backs to the field, put their hands on the fans around them, jumped up and down, danced their bodies, and began to celebrate!
People call this way of celebrating "Poznan".

This season's Europa League group stage, Manchester City and Poland's traditional strong team Poznan Lech joined hands to qualify. When Manchester City played away with it, Poznan Lech's fans celebrated their goals like this.

City fans thought, hmm, this looks good, so they picked up the celebration and called it 'Let's have a Poznan'.

The DJ on the sidelines also started shouting at the right time, "Let's have a Poznan!!!"

The fans responded in unison, "HOOOH!!"

“Let's make a Poznan!!!”

"HOOLA!" "HOOLA!"

Manchester City's players clapped their hands in celebration, with big smiles on everyone's faces.

The City players were relaxed, but even then Mancini yelled from the sidelines, "Run! Don't take a walk!" "Focus!"

Mancini was a little too careful, and Aston Villa has obviously been completely beaten.

Soon, Manchester City made another comeback!
Balotelli received the ball on the line of the penalty area. He adjusted slightly, drew his bow and arrow, and fired a heavy bombardment!
Balotelli, who has no troubles, is a different person from the last game.

His long-range shot draws a trajectory that cartoon rockets only have in cartoons, and hits the upper left corner of the goal!
Let Friedel, who flew to save, completely become the background board!

The ball went in again!

Balotelli scored twice and the score became 3-0!

The first half is not over yet, Manchester City has already led by three goals!

There is no doubt that this game has gradually turned into a massacre!

(End of this chapter)