striker cool brother

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The Manchester City team returned to the dressing room. Yaya Toure, the captain of the game, threw the jersey hard on the stool.

"Those bastards actually treat us as opponents in the warm-up match."

Leicester City's defense in the last few minutes, the players reminded each other, this was obviously caused by the lack of tacit understanding in the team's defensive tactics.

A team that really understands each other will not issue instructions frequently, because it will affect the judgment ability of the players themselves.

Yaya Toure heard that Leicester City has been training in closed doors for a week to adapt their tactics.

Unexpectedly, in today's game, it became a touchstone for the opponent.

Being used as a warm-up opponent by a team at the bottom of the points, where will I put the face of the defending champion?

"Don't be so impulsive. The opponent's tactics have obvious loopholes. It will be a matter of time before we score."

When Pellegrini was arranging the attack in the second half on the tactical board, Kompany on the side said disapprovingly: "Coach, just press on it, they are our opponents."

The arrogant Kompany made Pellegrini a little embarrassed, but he still smiled.

"The pressure must be pressed, but there are a few details that must be paid attention to. Their counterattack..."

Before he finished speaking, Kompany said: "They didn't have any counterattacks. They didn't even take a shot in the first half. In my opinion, the two wingers should press up."

The other Manchester City players nodded.

In the first half, it was because of the need to stabilize the ball possession advantage in the midfield, and not many troops were invested on the wing. The team could only rely on crosses to threaten the goal.

Pellegrini was about to speak, but Silva interrupted: "I need someone to help me share the offensive pressure. I can't single-handedly attack the entire defense line."

"David, I have a lot of openings. You should pass the ball to me more. I can attract the defense and you will have a chance when you go forward."

In the locker room, the players began to discuss heatedly.

Pellegrini frowned slightly.

With a gentle personality, he found that he could no longer control the locker room.

Especially Kompany, there is a little disharmony between him and the meritorious captain.

The cause was Kompany's conflict between the national team and the Premier League.

"I emphasize again that you can press on the wing, but you must pay attention to the opponent's counterattack. After all, their attack on the wing is their advantage."

Pellegrini finished speaking in a decibel voice higher than usual and left the locker room.

After the start of the second half, Manchester City's attack suddenly strengthened.

Kolarov and Sagna's frequent overlaps made Leicester City's defense crumbling.

In the 48th minute, Manchester City passed the ball and hit the right.

After the opponent's defense was all in position, Silva took the ball in the left rib space and shot angrily.

Before the shot, Kolarov moved forward to take away the defense, and Aguero's running position also attracted the attention of the defense.

David Silva seized this gap, used his strong personal ability, dialed the ball laterally, and scored with a long shot.

The Etihad Stadium is boiling.

The team scored a lightning goal in the second half, which indicated that the offensive frenzy of mountains and tsunami was coming.

This kind of offense is the pride of Manchester City.

stable?
To deal with the bottom-to-last team, it can be used steadily.

After the goal, the situation was reversed instantly, Manchester City's offense became more violent, and Yaya Toure's position was slowly raised.

With the midfield defense of Cambiasso and Drinkwater, the pressure suddenly doubled, and the two sides had to shrink their defense.

Leicester City's 4-4-2 formation, the connection between the forward line and the back line is very close, which is conducive to shrinking the defense, and the horizontal coverage is large, and the sides can also return to the defense in time.

However, Manchester City used their excellent personal ability to press Leicester City's defense too flat and lost the protection in depth. Even if they could barely defend, the clearance ball would fall into the control of Manchester City.

Pearson's solution is to let Drinkwater quickly advance forward after a clearance, waiting for an opportunity to find a counter-pass.

In the 55th minute, after a defense by Leicester City, Drinkwater moved forward and received a pass from Cambiasso.

Meanwhile, Mahrez and Vardy have been activated.

Rossi receives a pass near midfield, and with Yaya Toure involved in the attack, the space behind him is protected by Fernando.

But the Brazilian midfielder didn't seem to take Rossi seriously, and rushed over directly from the side.

Rossi knocked the ball to the left with his heel, and while avoiding Fernando's sweeping legs, he flashed the passing space. With his bad left foot, he passed the ball as hard as he could.

As Manchester City's full-back pressed up and there was a huge space behind him, no matter how poor the quality of Rossi's pass, Vardy could easily receive it.

Luo, this advance amount is a bit too early.

Vardy exhausted his breastfeeding power and swept to the goal before the ball rolled out of the bottom line.

Mahrez grabbed the spot before Demichelis, but the header is not his strong point. Under the interference of the defender, the header slid out of the goal.

This counterattack made Pellegrini, who was sitting in the rest area, uneasy and rushed directly to the command area.

That's the only situation he's worried about, the full-backs being too far forward, leaving a lot of space behind them.

But soon, Manchester City, who re-kicked off, once again occupied absolute possession of the ball. The players told the coach, but didn't take it to heart.

In the 72nd minute, Pellegrini replaced Boni, who was so-so, with Milner.

As the king of winter transfer bids, Boni's performance can't be said to be very good, it can only be said to be quite satisfactory.

After Milner came on the field, in an attack, after receiving a cross pass from Navas from the wing, he scored with a long shot.

2:0! !
Such a score advantage has secured the victory of the game in advance, and Pellegrini replaced Silva with Lampard.

Without Silva's organization in the midfield, Manchester City's offense played "do whatever they want".

In the middle, Yaya Toure and Lampard frequently used long-range shots to threaten the goal, completely igniting the enthusiasm of the home fans.

Wonderful shooting, smooth cooperation, this is Manchester City.

If you can score goals, that would be great.

Facing the pressure, Pearson made adjustments, Matthew James replaced veteran Cambiasso, and Nugent replaced Mahrez.

In the 85th minute, Leicester City once again distributed the ball to Drinkwater.

Rossi was marked by his opponent and hurriedly signaled Drinkwater to advance with the ball, while he quickly advanced.

With Demichelis marking Rossi at the back, Fernando turns to defend Drinkwater, who has the ball, and cuts off his pass to Rossi.

Drinkwater took two steps and observed that Rossi had attracted a central defender and passed the ball directly to Vardy who was inserted from the wing.

Central defender Mangala made up for the empty space on the side, but Vardy used a fake move to sway the defense and pass the ball to the goal.

Outflanking the door was Nugent.

During the counter-attack, he completed an interspersed swap with Rossi, and he was in front of the goal to grab points.

The 34-year-old Demichelis is slightly inferior to Nugent in turning and catching up, but his prediction of the landing point is still world-class.

The two competed for the top at the same time. Under mutual interference, Demichelis caught the ball first, flew to the back point, and happened to land in front of Rossi on the right side of the penalty area.

Instead of pressing up, full-back Sagna blocked Rossi's shots and passing angles.

Yaya Toure also walked in from the penalty area, preparing to double-team Rossi with his teammates.

In the cross, there is no outflanking point in front of the goal.

Pass back, there is no teammate nearby to respond.

Leicester City's counterattack hit here, it can be said that there is no chance.

Rossi observes the position of goalkeeper Joe Hart, who is already standing in the near corner of the goal.

From the start of the game to the present, Leicester City's shots did not seem to really threaten the goal he was guarding.

As the saying goes, seeing Hart was dumbfounded.

With a flash of inspiration, Rossi stopped the ball with his chest and stood upright.

Sagna observed Rossi's standing posture without any extraordinary movements, thinking that he must be waiting for his teammates to respond.

But when the ball was falling, Rossi swayed his right calf and sent the ball carelessly with the instep.

The ball drew a beautiful arc in the air, and when it passed over the head of goalkeeper Joe Hart, it suddenly fell.

This is not a pass, it is a lob!
Joe Hart, who realized something was wrong, jumped up quickly, his arms straightened and his body leaned back.

I saw the ball drop leisurely from the sky above his palm and into the net.

Hey!
The entire Etihad Stadium erupted in a voiceless exclamation in an instant.

[GOAL! ! ! ! 】

[What is the situation, what is the situation, Luo actually used an imaginative lob to penetrate the goal guarded by Joe Hart. 】

[Without any shooting action, no one thought that Luo actually shot here. 】

[Poor Hart, he once again became the background board for a wonderful goal. 】

[Rosie, who is unrestrained, really lives up to his reputation. 】

Pearson, who had been suppressed for a long time, kept shaking his clenched fist after Rossi scored.

Several assistant coaches jumped at him even more excitedly.

After the goal, without celebrating, Rossi scooped up the ball and ran towards the center circle.

The teammates along the way just put their arms around his shoulders and went back to their own half together.

With 5 minutes left, Manchester City started their delaying tactics, using passes to kill time.

Not only that, but the head coach also used substitutions to delay time.

Manchester City's delaying tactics scored a goal in the first minute of stoppage time, and Aguero scored a low shot in the counterattack.

3:1! !
Manchester City basically locked the victory of the game.

However, after Leicester City kicked off, the three strikers still rushed forward.

At this time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Angrily, Leicester City players surrounded the referee to protest, and Pearson roared and rushed to the fourth official.

Immediately there was boos at home.

In the case of a large score behind and stoppage time has expired, the referee can end the game.

The reason for Leicester City's protest was that Manchester City celebrated after scoring a goal just now, which killed a lot of time.

In the end, the protest was invalid, and the Leicester City team lost again, and they were already at the bottom.

Pearson and his team were once again pushed to the brink by the media.

(End of this chapter)