Soccer Card System

Chapter 804 Every Victory Is Worth Winning
There is still a month until the transfer window opens.

How does Manchester City pry the corner of Real Madrid? Naturally, there are professional public relations personnel to do it!
At this point, there is no need for Gao Bo to step in.

After all, one of the most notable features of modern society is the high division of labor.

Even Gao Bo's eloquence is not bad, but he is not a public relations man after all.
Therefore, after formulating the plan of "breaking one finger", Manchester City began to formulate a plan to pry Varane in full swing.

And preferably in secret!

Because Real Madrid now has three surviving central defenders.

Pepe, Ramos, Varane!

Once Varane can be pried away in the winter window, Real Madrid will be in big trouble this season!
Once Pepe or Ramos have any injuries or suspensions, they don't even have a rotation defender, and they can only be replaced by some jack-of-all-trades players.

Of course, the issue of Real Madrid's possible qualifying is not in the scope of Gao Bo's consideration.

Who let the other party use various means to seduce their own players?

Speaking of this, Gao Bo actually hopes to reach a contract extension with Hazard as soon as possible.

In the current transfer market, it is not easy to find a player like Hazard, especially in the center forward position.

A center forward who can hold the ball in a small area and has a strong impact and breakthrough ability is actually quite difficult to find.

Manchester City's tactics are more inclined to go on the ground, and the crosses from the wing are usually used to knock down the triangle through the ground or pass directly to the small penalty area. They rarely kick the ball up and pass in the air.

Therefore, Hazard is a player who is very suitable for this set of tactics.

After Gao Bo expressed his hope that Hazard could stay, Soriano also nodded.

He said that the club will reach a contract renewal negotiation between the two parties as soon as possible.

For Manchester City, it is very simple to keep people.

The previous hesitation was only because of UEFA's Financial Fair Play Act.

Once Hazard is given a salary increase, it will be followed by a wave of salary increases for the main players.

This is not easy for Manchester City's books.

However, it is actually very easy to bypass this act.

For example, in addition to the club's salary, other companies under the Abu Dhabi consortium can give Hazard an advertising contract and the like.

The salary increase of other players can also be solved in this way.

In this case, it may be difficult for UEFA to catch Manchester City's handle-after all, at the club level, Manchester City's financial situation still looks perfect, with a perfect balance of income and expenditure.

Three days after playing the No.15 round of the league, to be precise, two and a half days later, the No.16 round of the Premier League.

Manchester City challenge Southampton away!
The team made some rotations in this game. Some players who played the game three days ago were rested. In the frontcourt, Adam White and Vardy, and Kaka started. Eriksson also got a chance. He played on the right.

In midfield, Casemiro, who has returned from injury, played alongside Milner.

At the back, Maguire replaced Kompany, with Umtiti as the starting centre-back.

Left-back Luke Shaw got his chance, right-back Trippier.

The schedule in December is very tight, and the team is about to enter the Christmas Express season with the most intensive schedule. In order to avoid any possible injuries during such an important schedule, Gao Bo is very cautious in using players.

In the end, it was relatively difficult for Manchester City to play this game. In the first half of the game, the two sides entered the intermission with a score of zero to zero.

In the second half, Manchester City's siege continued until the No. 80 minute of the game and did not recover.

Although Manchester City's offense is already very fierce, Southampton's goal has also been tested repeatedly.

However, Southampton, who is playing at home, is very lucky! !
Their goalkeeper even fished out the ball on the goal line several times!

And the Southampton players are playing more and more confidently!

Can push Manchester City to No. 80 minutes without scoring!
This is the first time in the Premier League so far this season! ! !
"10 minutes to go!!! Southampton are 10 minutes away from making a miracle!!!"

In the stands, the commentators were very excited! !
"Is Manchester City's winning streak coming to an end?!"

"Match No. 803 minutes, the score is still zero to zero!!! Manchester City has not scored yet!! Southampton is steady!!!"

"Manchester City has put too much pressure on other teams this season. If they are tied in this game, all other Premier League teams may breathe a sigh of relief, even if their top spot is still unchallenged!! But this at least proves that Manchester City is not absolutely invincible, there are still teams that can draw them!!"

The narrator was talking in the stands!
Southampton fans are also very excited! !

They sang and danced in the stands! !

It's like what kind of championship their team won! !

On the court, the faces of South Upton players were flushed! !
hold on! !
Hold on to this tie! !
This is what all Southampton players are thinking right now! !
Even Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino has largely given up on attacking.

The Argentine coach was originally a young marshal who advocated offense, but now facing the mighty Manchester City at home, Pochettino has also adopted very conservative tactics!
In the No.805 minute of the game, Pochettino used the last substitution spot!
With a defensive midfielder, the team's only striker is replaced! !

"Pochettino is going to completely defend and give up attacking completely!"

Everyone understands Pochettino's intention for this substitution.

On the other side, Gao Bo looked unhappy.

His team may suffer the first draw of the season! !
This made Gao Bo very unhappy!

At this time, Manchester City's last substitution quota was also used up! !
Gao Bo called Li Yuanshan to the sidelines! !
"After playing, top the frontcourt!! Let the two sides keep pilling for you!!"

After Gao Bo quickly explained the tactics, he pushed Li Yuanshan onto the stage!
He replaced Milner!

Replace a defensive midfielder and replace a striker! ! !
After that, Gao Bo also immediately strengthened the header card equipment for Li Yuanshan! ! !

The last moment of the game!
Manchester City has also become easier to play!

In order to create more threats, the two sides started a steady stream of pilling! !

And in the middle!

Li Yuanshan, Vardy!

There is also the central defender Maguire who stepped forward! !

Form a situation of outflanking and grabbing points with three points at any time!

Other players control the perimeter!

The game passed by every minute and every second!

The second minute after Li Yuanshan came on stage!

He got a header chance!

A powerful header hits the goal! !
The goalkeeper raised his hand almost instinctively and blocked the ball! !
"Ahhh!! What a pity!! Li Yuanshan's header was saved!!!"

"A very unbelievable save!! The goalkeeper reacted almost instinctively and blocked the ball!!"

On the court, Li Yuanshan and his teammates were also very regretful.

A header from close range was almost a must, but was saved by the goalkeeper!
Could it be that in this game, Manchester City really have no choice but to accept a draw?
"The draw has little impact on Manchester City. At most it just stops the winning streak. They still have a very big advantage in the standings!!"

said the narrator.

This is what many Manchester City fans are thinking at the moment.

After all, the team can't win all the time, can it?
There will always be times when points are lost.

With so many games in a season, winning [-] consecutive league games is already an exaggeration. Moreover, the [-]-game winning streak has already increased the Premier League's winning streak by two games.

This has fully demonstrated the strength of Manchester City! !

However, Gao Bo didn't think so!

He doesn't think that after the rotation, Manchester City should accept a draw away!

A truly peak team should fight at the last moment and pursue victory! !
Gao Bo kept waving his arms on the sidelines, urging the players to press hard!
On the sidelines, the fourth official held up a stoppage time sign!
3 minutes of stoppage time for the whole game! !

"3 minutes!! There are still 3 minutes!!"

"Southampton are 3 minutes away from making a miracle!!!"

The commentators said loudly! !

And now! !

Kaka led the ball in the frontcourt!
Right foot volley! !
The football sticks to the ground and flies towards the dead corner of the goal! ! !

And in this line!
In Southampton's penalty area, the central defender stretched out his foot! !

The football rubbed against his toes and changed direction a little bit! !

And it was this little change in direction that made Southampton escape again!

boom! ! ! ! ! !

This voice saved Southampton again! ! ! !

"Pillar!!!!"

"The pillars saved Southampton!!!"

"Manchester City didn't have any luck in this game!!!"

"Look at Pochettino's expression, and you will know how lucky Southampton is now!!!"

"After this game is over, perhaps Southampton fans should thank God for his blessing!"

Even the Southampton players were high-fiving each other on the pitch to encourage each other! !

I can't get in!
This shows that Southampton should score a point against Manchester City in this game! !
Pochettino also seemed to have escaped death.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

His team is inferior to Manchester City in every aspect!
However, Southampton must also make a difference at home.

A draw with Manchester City can bring strong confidence to Southampton. In the next schedule, Southampton still needs to score a lot of games.

In general, Southampton is a team with the lowest strength. In terms of book strength, they are not very good even among the downstream teams.

However, under the leadership of Pochettino, Southampton has been at a stable local mid-range level in the past two or three seasons.

At least, in these two or three seasons, relegation is not too difficult for Southampton.

Being able to bring such a team with not outstanding book strength to this level shows Pochettino's strength.

Moreover, this head coach is also very good at spotting young players.

That's important for a team like Southampton.

Because as long as any young people in Southampton's team are famous, they will be snatched away by the Premier League's giants immediately.

Liverpool, Arsenal, including Tottenham, have not lost their wool on the Southampton sheep these seasons.

However, thanks to Southampton's excellent youth training system, every time they are exhausted, they can always discover useful players from the youth training system in time to maintain their qualifications to continue to stay in the Premier League.

To some extent, Southampton is also a very successful small-cost operation team.

Of course, teams have different goals.

Investing in small Southampton, the goal is to stay in the Premier League and not be relegated.

And Manchester City, which has invested heavily, is going for the championship.

They want to win every game! !

Even with [-] consecutive victories, Gao Bo will not allow the team to lose points when the team is facing a team like Southampton with a complete lineup!

"Press it up!! Press it all up!!!"

Courtside!

Gao Bo waved his arms, directing the players to attack.

It's a corner kick! !

Two central defenders, several midfielders and forwards all appeared in the penalty area! !

In the backcourt, apart from the goalkeeper, there are only two full-backs who are chasing fast, Trippier and Luke Shaw.

Up to now, the game has progressed to No.90 two minutes.

There are only 40 seconds left before the end of the game! !
"This may well be Manchester City's last attack!!"

"City are 30 seconds away from their first draw of the season!!"

The commentator's voice came from the TV.

in Manchester.

Inside a bar where Manchester City fans gather.

Many Manchester City fans looked at the stadium nervously.

Some fans are consoling themselves: "It doesn't matter, even if it is a draw, we are still at the top of the list!"

"That's right, it's no big deal to draw once in a while!"

"The championship is still ours, let's see how many points Manchester United are behind us!"

Manchester City fans commented.

on the field!

In the restricted area!
Manchester City has assembled a force of seven players in the penalty area! !
This time!
Really the final blow of the game! ! !

Adam White, who took the corner kick, extended his right hand.

Then, he gave his little thumb up.
Tactic five? !
The players in the penalty area immediately understood.

But Li Yuanshan felt the pressure.

Last hit. Shall I do it?

Li Yuanshan took a deep breath!

He was entangled with the opponent's defender in the middle at this time! !
Adam White Runs! !

Then! !
The moment he was about to hit the ball! !

Li Yuanshan quickly retreated from the middle, then turned back and ran forward! !
An easy switchback run! !

And other players are also cooperating with his running position this time! !
In a blink of an eye! !
There is a small gap in the restricted area! !
The football fell from the sky! !

On the commentary table!

The commentator Letkinson stood up in a hurry, and the materials printed on copy paper fell to the ground!
And Li Yuanshan jumped up before the defensive players who hadn't reacted yet! !

"Header!!!!!!!!!"

In the roar of the narrator! !

Li Yuanshan shook his head and attacked the goal! ! !
Football is in the air on the touchline! !

Time seems to slow down!

Li Yuanshan turned his head desperately, looking at the direction the football was flying to! ! !
Later! ! !

boom! ! !
Hit a post! ! !
Li Yuanshan laughed! !

Courtside! !
Gao Bo also laughed! ! !
The terrified expressions of the Southampton players are undoubtedly leaked under the high-power camera! ! !

brush! ! ! ! ! ! !
The football bounces into the goal!Hit the net! ! !

Lore! ! ! !
High Wave breathed a sigh of relief! !
Then he looked at Li Yuanshan who was running wildly on the sidelines.

It seems that this kid is going to be given more opportunities.

(End of this chapter)