248 Chapter 248
The second half of the game began.
The QPR is back in the back of its own half. This time, even Leon is back. The thirty-meter area in front of the goal was occupied by eleven players from the QPR.
City's attack is starting to take a look.
Pep Guardiola seems to have spotted that Yu Zixiang's running in the second half was not as diligent as in the first half.
Lu Ling put his hands in the pockets of his down jacket and stared at the field. She asked Zixiang repeatedly during the intermission, but Zixiang repeatedly said that there was no problem with her injury. So she didn't replace him. But now it looks like his form is still affected. She needs to think about which player to go on if she replaces Zixiang now.
Bernardo Silva and Andrea Živkovic began to move closer to the left back of the QPR. Both are left-footed players, and after facing Yu Zixiang, who is also left-footed, they can get rid of the ball inside.
It was difficult for Yu Zixiang to effectively stop the activities of the two men in turn. He had been tackled to his left ankle and was still a little swollen. When he fell to the ground, the team doctor sprayed him with cryospray and gave him further care at halftime. But it still hurts.
His turning, acceleration, and deceleration movements weren't smooth, so he watched Živkovic glide past him once again. He tried to use his right foot to get the power out, but he took down Zhivkovic.
This free-kick in front of the penalty area was taken by Zhivkovic himself. It was a perfect curling shot, but Hans was able to save it into the top corner.
Gabriel Jesus has only been tasked with some transition balls for the time being, but QPR's three centre-backs have not dared to let his guard down for a minute.
The Brazilian twice tested the opposing German goalkeeper in the first half, both of which failed.
However, his eyes were still closely watching Hans Bachmeier's position, as well as the positions of the other QPR defenders.
Gabriel Jesus was introduced to football at a very young age, and his father threw it at him when he could have just started walking. When he was five or six years old, he began playing games against children aged seven or eight or older in the streets of the suburbs of São Paulo, sometimes kicking for a day, and coming home covered in mud and moonlight. By that time, my father had died. And his mother became the most important person in his life, and she raised him and his three brothers alone.
The most common thing my mother said was, "Don't forget where you're from, Gabi." ”
She was right. Jesus' home is in a relatively safe area on the outskirts of São Paulo, but it is still a slum. He has a tattoo on his arm and is a child holding a soccer ball, facing a large slum of houses. His eldest brother in the Brazilian national team, Neymar, the number one Brazilian star who has become known all over the world, has almost identical tattoos on his calf.
His mother rarely complimented him unless he did a very good job. He felt it was right. This shaped his character – always wanting to be the best he could be, in all respects. There was a game where Gabriel Jesus didn't get involved because he was a little tired – he was a striker and the coach didn't blame him. But when he returned home, his mother scolded him.
"You can't win if you don't give it your all. Don't be so weak, Gabi! Don't forget where you came from. ”
Until the age of fifteen, Jesus played mainly in the streets, until he entered the echelons of Palmeiras. At the age of 16, he scored 54 goals in 48 games for the "Big Green" youth team, and at the age of 17, he scored 37 goals in 22 games in the São Paulo State Under-17 League. At the age of 18, he made his debut at Palmeiras and quickly became a nationally and world-renowned talent, just like Neymar back then.
When City's contract arrived, he didn't hesitate because he felt Pep Guardiola was the best coach and the Premier League was one of the best leagues. In the Premier League for over a year, he has adapted quickly and is the best player here......
But that matchup with Patrick Amber was a hurdle in Gabriel Jesus' heart. When that goal came he was standing very close, watching a boy his age score a goal that was purely Brazilian ghetto-style as he grew up in the most developed city in the world.
Perhaps, in the past two years, a lot of money, countless praises, some of them have made him forget something. He's been working hard, and he knows he's a genius, that's why he's where he is today. But he hasn't won the championship yet, and he hasn't surpassed Patrick Amber either.
I haven't made it yet. Mom is right, and the coach is right.
Don't forget where you're from, Gabi.
It's not a game.
Patrick saw a rare look of seriousness on the face of the Brazilian boy on TV, and his stern expression matched his strange eyebrows...... It makes people feel like they want to point to his face and laugh.
He thought that the next time he saw that guy, he would have to laugh at his eyebrows. Of course, you have to learn a few words of Portuguese from Neymar first.
"That boy must be very competitive, so he doesn't usually show it. Jack said as he poured jelly beans into his mouth, flattening his mouth a few times before continuing, "Kind of like you." You've been like this since you were a kid, as if you don't care about anything, but you want to get what you really want. ”
Is that what you're trying to say, Oldman?
Patrick did not respond to Jack's words. Gabriel Jesus is an interesting guy though. After that game against Manchester City in the first half of the season, it seemed as if he wanted to come to him for a shirt, but David Silva took off his shirt before him and handed it over. Later, the Brazilian generously pulled down the half-lifted jersey. The result of that game and his goal should have made Jesus very depressed, but the Brazilian was not stingy and took the initiative to come and slap him in the face.
And when they met at Camp Nou not long ago, the Brazilians still looked like they "missed" him very much, and seemed to want him to return to the Premier League, so that they could continue to compete......
In fact, Patrick may be more eager to meet Jesus at the World Cup than to meet Argentina. However, judging from the schedule, England and Brazil will not meet until they reach the quarter-finals.
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The QPR had a chance to counter-attack and Glenn Mitchell fed the ball to Ian near the centre circle. Ian half-turns and prepares to play.
Gabriel Jesus, on the other hand, is starting to kick off and head towards his own half.
Three Latin American attackers from the QPR are ready to launch a quick counterattack. Vargas received the ball, Campbell met it at the near end, and Leon ran forward.
But Gabriel Jesus appeared to be in the 100-metre sprint, with Vargas dribbling a little behind and he was already chasing him not far away.
Vargas saw Gabriel Jesus' comeback, and he quickly dealt with the ball to Campbell.
Jesus immediately rushed to Campbell again. At the same time, the defenders of this side have also pressed up, ready to grab the ball.
Campbell made the wrong choice, instead of passing the ball to Leon, he controlled it himself in order to get out of the trap. This time allowed Jesus to catch up with him completely.
Pep Guardiola's eyes widened on the sidelines. But then he seemed to understand something, and the corners of his mouth curled upward.
On the other side, the head coach of QPR was yelling at the field.
It's too late.
Campbell tried to pick up the ball through the gap and pass it to Leon, but Gabriel Jesus leaped to his feet and intercepted it easily. After that, he barely paused, immediately passing the ball forward and attacking.
The formation of the QPR was a little scattered because a few people pressed out in this counterattack.
Jesus didn't dribble the ball himself, which also surprised Lu Ling. He has a lot of space in front of him, but the pass is obviously quicker.
He passed to Zhivkovic, his most trusted teammate.
Geniuses are always connected to each other.
Živkovic lightly touched the ball twice. It's art that doesn't belong to the favelas of Brazil, but Jesus knows that the two arts are essentially the same frequency.
He enjoyed this wonderful "resonance", but now was the time to show his fangs.
Ian realised that Gabriel Jesus had run up, but the Brazilian's straight-line speed was terrifying, and the captain of the QPR couldn't keep up with the speed of his forward, and he was thrown out of two positions in an instant.
Živkovic's third touch gave the ball to Gabriel Jesus' path a second later.
In front of the penalty area are two QPR centre-backs. Glenn and Mario are not standing side by side, but Mario is in front of him, and Glenn is slightly diagonally behind to protect.
Both of them stared at Jesus as he rushed head-on. How will he choose to feint and pass it on?
Gabriel Jesus' foot touches the ball. The first one seemed to be big, probably by inertia, Mario thought to himself. After all, this guy has been sprinting at a high speed for about □□ ten meters, and there is a turnaround in the middle, which will definitely affect the feeling under his feet.
So, Mario stepped up and prepared to break the ball.
But Jesus was too fast, he touched the ball before Mario and kept the pace of the sprint.
Glenn didn't think it was as simple as Mario, and he was ready to make up for it.
However, after Jesus touched the ball, his speed did not decrease at all, and he still had the same momentum as the 100-meter sprint.
He stood, violently through the two of them.
If you had an aerial camera at this time, you could see the sky-blue number 33, sprinting straight across the half-court and piercing like a sharp sword between two QPR defenders in dark away shirts.
This is the most primitive way to pass the people. No feints, no body shaking. Pure speed, leaving the two QPR players in place.
Hans started rushing out the moment Jesus burst into the box, ready to block the lone.
The children in the slums on the outskirts of São Paulo swung their right leg and struck the center of the ball with all the force of their whole body with the strength of this sprint.
The ball grazed the side of Hans's face in a sharp line, raising a strand of blonde brown hair and going straight into the middle of the net!
The Etihad home fans all cheered wildly, and as soon as the cheers rang out, Gabriel Jesus, unable to brake, slammed into Hans's shoulder, who was already hunched down, and then flew out of the German giant's body like a broken kite, flipped his whole body in the air, and fell the turf.
The cheers of the audience turned into exclamations in an instant. Jesus was lying face down on the ground.
City's team-mates gathered to celebrate, but things didn't seem good.
Manchester City's team doctor also came running. At this moment, Jesus finally rolled over, face up, panting, with a little pain on his face, but with a smile.
Hans Bahmeier walked over with a blushing face, pushed the two City players away, looked at Gabriel Jesus and held out his hand.
Jesus also held out his hand. Then Hans pulled him up.
The two did not speak, and after glancing at each other, they walked away. And City's players pounced on Gabriel Jesus.
It was another magic goal. The scorer, Gabriel Jesus, after running all the way back to the ball, sprinted all the way to the opposition penalty area, took out two brilliant centre-backs with his speed and then slotted home a beautiful shot against the best goalkeeper in the league.
Lu Ling had nothing to do about the production of this goal. The only thing that needs to be reviewed is that when he counterattacked on his side, he didn't pay attention to the maintenance of the formation, so that he was hit by the opponent with a counter-counterattack. Although this is basically done by one person.
But the goal itself was unstoppable.
The score returned to a tie.
Pep Guardiola smiled. The goal was not in his expectations, and Gabriel Jesus's move was also a big surprise to him. But he was still happy, because he knew that something in Jesus was awakening.
And that's going to make him a better player.
City's team doctor was still checking on Gabriel Jesus' condition and did a quick test on the sidelines to see if he was conscious and allowed him to return to the pitch.
The QPR re-kicks off in the centre circle.
There was half an hour left in the game.
QPR gets a free-kick in front.
At this time, Yu Zixiang seemed to be a little unable to hold on. Lu Ling got up and prepared to signal to the fourth official for a replacement.
But Zixiang seemed to have guessed the manager's intentions at this time, he suddenly turned around, ran this way, and waved his hand at the coach.
Lu Ling's questioning eyes turned towards him, Zixiang looked at her and nodded, and then turned around and ran towards the center of the field.
That kind of gaze, she used to see in Pat's eyes.
He was telling her, believing him.
She turned her head to look at the team doctor, who shook his head, as if he still thought that Yu Zixiang should be let out. She looked at Tim next to her again. Tim said softly, "If you don't change it, the risk of getting worse will be even greater." Of course, you are the boss. ”
Lu Ling hesitated for a second, turned his head, and walked back to the sideline.
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'Very good, good and both teams don't score again, you've given the fans a good game and we're happy with the scoreline. "It's a serious voice from Ross Barkley.
All the Everton players were like boys who echoed the captain's words.
Indeed, if this is a draw, Everton will be the biggest beneficiary. Nicholas also smiled slightly, but neither Pep nor Christine probably wanted a draw.
For the next 30 minutes, both sides will fight for their lives. 166 Reading Network