Football nukes: a pound buys a club

With an eight-point point advantage, Bury came to the away game to challenge Newcastle United.

Newcastle performed quite well this season, and now they are ranked fourth in the standings, and they are only two points behind Manchester City, which is ranked third.

Before, he only ranked at the top of the standings with his stable ability to abuse food, but since they were defeated by Bury [-]-[-] in the first half of the season, they seemed to have suddenly opened up, and they were able to play back and forth against strong teams.Although it is still difficult to win an away game against a strong team, they have won Manchester United, Tottenham and Chelsea at home, and also tied Liverpool. It can be said that their combat effectiveness at home is quite good.

And this game was held at St. James' Park, home of Newcastle United.

The difference from the last match was that Newcastle United had an extra Giovinco in their formation.

The 1.6-meter-four player came to the old leader Ferrara's team in this winter transfer window after joining the MLS for a year.

Atomic Ant, who was frustrated in the European League, is a superstar in the American Major League. His outstanding performance moved Mr. Ferrara and made him choose to recruit his former subordinates again.

And Giovinco did not disappoint Ferrara's trust. After joining the team, he quickly became the main force of the team and helped Newcastle stabilize in the top four.

This is another deviation from Zhang Chong's previous memory.

In his memory, the atomic ant stayed in the American major league for several years, and then went to the Saudi league, basically staying away from the center of football.

For this player, Zhang Chong is still very impressed. Although he is short in stature, he is full of energy on the court and is a very characteristic player.

Therefore, he still made a key defense against Giovinco.

However, the difficulty of this game was beyond his imagination.

In this game, he put Mbappe and Gnabry, who were rested in the last round, into the starting lineup, hoping to use their assault on the side to suppress the opponent's side.

For the forward line, he sent a combination of Ali and Antoine Hill, and almost the full main lineup in the frontcourt.

But in this game, Krul and Newcastle's defense showed united courage and almost unbelievable luck, making Bury's attacks come to nothing.

Mbappe and Gnabry have already blown up the opponent's two full-backs, but their crosses can't reach Antoine Hill's head and feet.

Although the opponent's central defender combination Jonathan Mensah and Curtis Goode are not well-known, their state in this game was too brave, restricting Antoine Hill to death.

Bury had no choice but to strengthen the long shot.

But Cruel's state is even more fairy-like, Mbappe, Gnabry and Ali's shots are difficult to break through his fingers.

At the end of the first half, Bury shot nine to one, but the score was still zero to zero.

During the intermission, Gary Neville couldn't help feeling with Carragher: "This Italian coach has a good defense!"

He has also been a head coach himself, and he knows how difficult it is to train defense.

And his coaching experience also made him fully understand that he is not the material to be a head coach, and it is more reliable to obediently be a guest commentator and write a column.

Carragher also nodded with deep feeling. As a central defender, he values ​​defense even more.

In their view, although Ferrara's previous coaching experience was not successful, judging from his performance in Newcastle, he seems to have matured and evolved.

And Newcastle's ability to come to today's league ranking is also an honor they deserve.

Zhang Chong adjusted the lineup during the intermission, replacing the mediocre Antoine Hill and replacing him with Mesias, hoping to solve the problem with more personal explosive points.

Sure enough, as soon as Mesias came on the field, the scene changed immediately!

In 1 minute, Ali led the ball into the frontcourt, and Mesias retreated out of the penalty area to respond.As soon as Alli had passed the ball towards Mesias, centre-back Mensah stepped up to prevent him from turning to face the goal.

But Mesias tapped the ball lightly, but he walked around from the other side of Mensa, and passed the ball with his back!

Another central defender, Gude, knew that he was not good, and immediately rushed forward to tackle!

But Mesias poked lightly before his shovel, and the football has been passed to Ali who is rushing in!

At this time, only Krull was left in front of Ali!

The midfielder Tiot, who was closely behind him, had to stretch out his hand and push Ali. Ali was caught off guard and fell into the penalty area!

Zhang Chong on the sidelines immediately signaled to the fourth referee that this is a red card and a penalty kick!

The referee's whistle sounded at the same time, and his hand firmly pointed to the penalty spot!

But he just showed Tiot a yellow card!

Zhang Chong immediately became dissatisfied, and he protested loudly: "This prevented an obvious one-handed goal, why is it not a red card?"

But his protest had no effect, and the referee's penalty could no longer be changed.

Gary Neville and others in the studio also interpreted the penalty by repeatedly watching the video.

Carragher looked at the video carefully and said: "The referee's decision may be based on the fact that the two full-backs have moved in to attack Ali, and Tiot is not the last defender."

Gary Neville also nodded: "It is true that the referee has his reasons for not awarding a red card for this ball, but if it were me, I might award a red card and a penalty kick."

However, their discussion could not affect the penalty, and preparations for penalty kicks have already begun on the court.

Mesias took the penalty kick, and saw him run up and shoot!

But Krull is worthy of being a master of penalty kicks. He judged the right direction and hit the ball directly!

Mesias couldn't believe his eyes, he fell to his knees in regret.

Zhang Chong on the sidelines also put his hand on his forehead depressedly.

But they didn't have time to regret too much, because the ball had already been obtained by Newcastle players, and they launched a quick counterattack!

I saw them quickly hit the ball to the frontcourt while Bury's players were still a little distracted!

Giovinco received the ball, and his size advantage allowed him to switch between offense and defense with ease!

He accelerated with the ball, deftly swerved past Dick William's press, and poked the ball to another striker Luke de Jong when Maguire stepped forward to block!

The striker, who joined the team last summer, was already unguarded at this time. Facing the attacking goalkeeper, he calmly pushed and shot the far corner, and Mendy had nothing to do!

One to zero!

Newcastle, playing at home, used a quick counterattack to rewrite the score on the field!

And 20 seconds ago, Newcastle also suffered a penalty kick!

The ups and downs on the court are really exciting!