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Chapter 164 Physical Problems!

In the visiting team's locker room, the Sporting Lisbon coach looked at his players with his hands on his hips.

Most of them were sitting on stools, panting heavily, some were pale, and even their legs were trembling slightly.

Someone was still pouring drinks into their mouths.

The high-spirited look he had just left was completely gone.

Although in the midweek league, Lisbon arranged for the main players to rest and replace them with substitute players, the physical exertion on the players in this half of the game was still very high.

Bigger than the Sporting Lisbon coach expected.

The pressure of Manchester City's powerful attacking power, Mido's need to concentrate every time he shoots, the fear of losing the ball, the tense nerves all the time, the home team fans who fill the entire stadium...

All of which have caused the Sporting Lisbon players to consume more energy than usual.

This is something that surprised the head coach of Sporting Lisbon.

Offense requires physical strength, and defense naturally requires physical strength. Manchester City players are constantly running and moving positions, which requires the defensive players of Sporting Lisbon to concentrate on coping.

Concentration is required for 45 minutes in a row, which will naturally put a great load on physical fitness.

Manchester City's score behind is a kind of pressure. They must recover the score before they can hope for a comeback.However, Sporting Lisbon's score lead is naturally another kind of pressure.

Their strength is inherently weak, so to maintain their lead, they must put in more effort.

And this kind of pressure is also on the hearts of every player.

Looking at the pale faces of the players due to excessive physical exertion, the head coach of Sporting Lisbon knew that if he continued to defend, there would be many chances of the game crashing in the second half, and the tactics for the second half of the game had to be adjusted.

He clapped his hands and attracted the players' attention: "Guys, thank you for your efforts in the first half of the game. You are great. Xiaobao is playing, and we are going to give Manchester City some surprises..."

The 15-minute halftime break ended quickly.

The home fans were a little anxious. With 45 minutes left, the team was still two goals behind. At this time, even the calmest fans became worried.

The home team fans were not in high spirits.

As for the visiting team's fan area, although in order to avoid unnecessary conflicts, there was no loud noise.But the faces of every Portuguese fan who came from afar were filled with happy smiles.

We lead 3:1!
In 45 minutes, we will be able to eliminate the opponent in front of us and enter the top sixteen of the UEFA Cup!

Players from both sides appeared on the field. It was a little strange that the leading visiting team Sporting Lisbon came out first, and the lagging home team Manchester City waited for a while before coming out.

"If you wait a little longer, how much energy can you recover?" The head coach of Sporting Lisbon curled his lips.

The two sides exchanged venues in the second half, and the referee blew the whistle to start the game.

The first 15 minutes of the second half was a complete replica of the first half. After 15 minutes of midfield, Manchester City recovered a bit of strength. They pressed 30 meters in the front field and bombarded around the gate of Sporting Lisbon. Mido tried three times Long shot, blocked twice, and the remaining one was hit by anti-aircraft guns.

The four players in the frontcourt are still interspersed with running positions, intending to open up Sporting Lisbon's space.

In the 59th minute, Martin Petrov ran repeatedly and was exhausted. After an accelerated stop, he was exhausted, failed to step on the ball, and fell to the ground.

Duncan hurriedly called Pedro and Fellaini to warm up.

Three minutes later, the two ran back, took off their coats, and walked up to Duncan.Duncan was holding a small tactical board and was pointing out the situation on the court while drawing on the display board.

The eyelids of the head coach of Sporting Lisbon jumped: Is Manchester City going to give up long-range shots and engage in high-altitude bombing tactics?

The head coach of Sporting Lisbon has a deep memory of Fellaini.

In the first round, it was Fellaini's header that brought Manchester City a valuable away goal.If this big man enters the field, the physical fitness of his own players may not be able to keep up!

No, no insurance.

The head coach of Sporting Lisbon stood on the sidelines.

Seeing this scene, the Sporting Lisbon players on the field glanced at each other.

This is their prior agreement.

Execute Plan B!

Another shot attempt by Mido was blocked by the opponent, and the football fell to the feet of the opponent's thin forward. Normally, he would make a big kick to clear the siege, but this time, he took the ball and strode forward. ball.

The other players of Sporting Lisbon started to advance at the same time.

Duncan, who was explaining to the two, obviously saw each other's actions, and called Fellaini and Pedro to sit down: "The fish is hooked!"

The head coach and players of Sporting Lisbon obviously didn't see this scene, and they devoted themselves to this counterattack.

If they can score a goal through a counterattack, then they will lead Manchester City 4:1, which will destroy all the confidence of Manchester City.

The thin striker is not greedy for merit, he sweeps the ball horizontally, and hands it to Moutinho, who comes in behind him.
The right midfielder of Sporting Lisbon has already broken through at high speed!

At this time, there was no one in front of him. Manchester City central defender Richards was 20 meters away from him, retreating and leaning towards the side.

Stupid, you prevent me from going to the bottom, but what if I cut inside?
Martin Petrov, who was supposed to defend the right midfielder, had shown his physical strength several times before, and was left in the backcourt at this time.

Are you sure you don't have the strength to go back now?
This is also the reason why the head coach specially arranged this point for him as a burst point during the intermission!

No physical strength, no matter how fast you can go!The opponent can no longer keep up!

As for the Chinese sun...

The speed is not good, and he has been left behind just now.

Hey, the home team fans are cheering?
Give me an away team player cheer, are they stupid?
Sporting Lisbon right midfielder, thinking foolishly.

But he didn't realize that behind him, a blue figure was desperately chasing after him.The distance with him is getting closer little by little.

At this time, there are still physical forwards, except for the right midfielder, there are four people, Moutinho, the thin forward and the left midfielder.

The thin forward has moved to the center, the closest to him, and he is waving at him, but with a distance of 30 meters and the noise of the stadium, I can't hear what he said clearly.

Are you letting yourself move on?

Another Manchester City central defender, Joel Luka, has been guarding the center, fighting and retreating.

The cheers at home are getting louder!

So annoying!

The right midfielder slowed down a little, ready to wait for his teammates to respond. Anyway, Manchester City's physical strength was exhausted, and the pursuit must not be fast.

At this moment, with a sound of "suddenly", a blue figure suddenly passed from behind, and then separated him from the football!
The right forward was caught off guard and was bumped, only to see a big "sun" flying in the wind on the blue back!
PS: Sun Jihai chased back, Kongmen made a rescue, everyone should have seen that video, it was also very fierce!

(End of this chapter)