At Goodison Park, Yang Fan's two long-distance runs, Everton's encirclement and interception, there is no way to take him, these two long-distance runs, the result is an assist, a goal!

Obviously, Yang Fan was the best performer in the whole Manchester City team, and the Manchester City captain was also the best performer in the first half, and he made Everton's two goals less effective!

Manchester City, twice down, twice equalised, especially in the way they equalised, gave them a morale boost, and the players looked like they were leading now when the whistle blew at the end of the first half. With a smile on his face, the City player entered the dressing room.

Everton's players, on the other hand, looked a little confused---- they thought they had a pretty good first half, leading twice and scoring two goals, but at the end of the first half, the score was 2-2!

By the first blow of the whistle, Moyes had already left his seat and turned to walk into the corridor. He was unhappy with the result and had something to say at half-time.

Mancini was in no hurry to go back to the dressing room, he stood on the sidelines of the pitch and patted the head and shook hands with every Manchester City player who came off the pitch to congratulate and encourage. He was pleased with the fact that the team was able to equalise twice when they were down twice, especially the second goal, which was completely unexpected by Mancini, the team's back line today was all improvised and he knows the pressure of the players!

So, he felt he needed to praise the players with that gesture. Standing in the hallway and letting go of his warmth with every player, Mancini turned to leave, the last man to enter the visitors' dressing room.

"Well done. "Mancini was in a good mood, his voice was loud and his movements were powerful. It was clear that he was quite happy with the result in the first half. "The game, it's still in our hands, in the first half, you showed the fans how tenacious you are, in the second half, keep trying, our goal today is -"

"Kill Everton!" Yang Fan shouted.

Everyone shouted along, and the atmosphere in the locker room was good.

"Okay, let's talk about the second half. Mancini said.

Hearing his words, everyone became serious. After all, the current score is only 2 to 2, and there is no lead yet, not to mention this game, it is not so easy to win, for this, everyone knows it.

"Everton are absolutely not willing to settle for a draw, they think the same as we do, to win the game!" Mancini pointed to the door of the dressing room, and after coming out of the visiting dressing room, he walked not far down the corridor to the home dressing room, and continued, "So, in the first half of the game, Everton will definitely step up their attack...... Do you know what that means?" He didn't wait for the players to answer, he continued, in fact, he didn't want to hear the players' answers, "When Everton attack with all their might, that's our chance, we have to take this opportunity, seize it, and break the fighting spirit of the Everton people with goals!!"

Everyone nodded with a straight face.

Mancini continued to lay out his tactics.

Meanwhile, in the Everton ground dressing room.

Moyes grimaced as he was greeted by the same Everton players.

Moyes didn't curse, he just glared at the players fiercely for a moment, then sighed and spoke.

"Let's see how we play in the second half......" Moyes said, pointing to the board. On the tactical board, he marked several arrows with a red pen pointing to Manchester City's goal and the penalty area.

The content of this tactical board says it all.

'We've got to ......attack,' said Moyes, gritting his teeth, glancing at his players. 'But we can't press them all and have to defend them on the counter-attack as well as on the attack. In the second half, we focused our attacking forces on the two flanks......" he said, pointing to the opposition formation on the tactical board.

'The two wings have to be lively, they have to be more aggressive. ”

'In midfield, you have to be more tenacious and more creative. He glanced at Hibbert.

Hebrette nodded, he knew that this job was not easy to do, that is, he had to attack and defend back! It required him to exert great effort, and he had to work extremely hard.

City made an important change before the start of the second half, with Yaya Toure coming on and James Milner coming on as a substitute.

"Yaya Toure was replaced? What is the reason for this? We don't know yet, but we can guess that Yaya Toure must have had a reason to be replaced, such as being injured, otherwise Mancini would not have replaced Yaya Toure easily. The narrator guessed.

As the commentator guessed, Yaya Toure was indeed injured, he felt muscle aches at half-time, and after the physiotherapist gave him a massage, there was still no good improvement, for the sake of safety, Mancini still replaced Yaya Toure and replaced him with Milner.

Yaya Toure was replaced by Milner, and in the first half of the game, Kompany was replaced by Kolarov, Manchester City's two substitutions were due to injuries to players and players, and they were passive substitutions, which also made Mancini very helpless.

James Milner came off the bench and Ballack came on in a central midfield position, forming a back two with Frenkie de Jong, Milner at right midfield and David Silva at left midfield.

Yang Fan moved from the position of the front line to the position of the front midfield.

Manchester City now have only one striker in front of them, Dzeko.

City's change has sparked a lot of discussion in the commentary booth and the press box.

'City's formation has changed now after this substitution. Sky TV commentator Mortensen said: "Is Mancini ready to let Yang Fan play in the midfield? His passing skills are supposed to be able to play this position, but to keep Yang Fan away from the goal, isn't this tantamount to a violent thing?"

In the face of Mancini's changes, Moyes was stunned, and the Everton manager was a little speechless, letting a real goalscorer in front of the waist, of course, Yang Fan has this ability, Manchester City is really extravagant.

At the start of the second half, Everton's attack intensified significantly, and they seemed to lay siege to Joe Hart's goal as if they were not thinking about defence.

The commentator seems to be used to such situations, and at the beginning of the first half, the situation on the pitch was like this.

Everton's offensive is very strong, but in the face of Manchester City's formation retreat, there will be nothing to be done for a while, but it is Manchester City's two counterattacks that make Everton very embarrassed.

However, Howard's performance was really good, he saved two shots from Manchester City in a row, and with him in the back to keep the goal open, Everton's attacking players were much more relieved.

Roberto Mancini was furious that his side had missed two must-score chances.

Dzeko had a fitness problem and Mancini decided to replace him, and he did it immediately, he didn't want to waste time, what if he had that time to score for Everton?

Now Mancini has two options. One is Bam Adebayo, who has returned from injury, and the other is Balotelli, who is younger and faster.

Bam Adebayo's strength lies in his ability to take chances in front of goal and his experience, while Balotelli's advantage is much simpler: speed and youthful impact.

After weighing it in his mind, Mancini chose to trust the more experienced Adebayo, who is more capable of seizing opportunities than Balotelli.

When calling Adebayo to his side, Mancini asked Adebayor: "Adebayo, the team is a bit passive now, we need someone to go up and turn the tide. ”

Adebayo nodded. He wants to leave Manchester City, but there is some hesitation, on the one hand, he wants to fight for another spell at Manchester City, and most importantly, after leaving Manchester City, he will not be able to get such a high salary elsewhere.

City were quick to make a substitution, with Bam Adebayo coming off the bench and Dzeko coming on.

And Adebayo's play, everyone knows that this is Mancini's "offensive signal".

"Mancini arranged Yang Fan's position to retreat a little, this tactical arrangement now seems to be very average, and Dzeko in front of Everton's defense is not much of a threat, now, the tired Dzeko is replaced, Adebayor comes on the bench, let's see how Mancini will adjust, Yang Fan's position will return to the front again. Forming a double striker with Bam Adebayo is still the status quo. The narrator said.

Manchester City's attacking effect this time was not good, their attack could not play, and the pressure on Everton's backline was much less, and their attack was more unscrupulous and unscrupulous.

Seeing Bam Adebayo on the pitch, Moyes was not too nervous, and a Bam Adebayo who has been in poor form of late will not pose much of a threat to his team.

After Adebayor ran onto the pitch, he made a gesture to the players, which was to continue to defend the counter-attack, and to be more resolute in the forward insertion of the counterattack, which all the Manchester City players understood.

Mancini did not immediately ask Yang Fan to return to the front, but planned to take another look, compared with Adebayo, Yang Fan's position was slightly withdrawn, which was more helpful to the whole team, and Adebayo would also participate in the defense, Adebayo, who had just come on the field, was full of physical energy and ran all over the field, which was also helpful for the team's defense.

For Mancini's withdrawal of Yang Fan's position, the reporters in the media gallery are still talking, even some pro-Manchester City reporters, also think that Mancini is a stupid move, to keep the team's most dangerous player away from the goal, what does he think?

Roberto Mancini has made a substitution, but Moyes' side is still on hold. First of all, he doesn't know what the effect of Mancini's change will be, so it's right to wait and see, and secondly, Everton are in good momentum right now, and under the leadership of Rodwell, they have put a lot of pressure on City's backline.

However, Moyes still made a slight adjustment, he just asked the players in the back line to pay attention to offside, and one way to deal with the defensive counterattack was to create offside, so that the opposing attacking players frequently fell into the offside trap, so that the opponent's passers no longer dared to pass through the ball easily.

In the following time, the quality of City's counter-attacks improved. First of all, Yang Fan can control the ball at his feet, break through, shoot from a distance, and is very comprehensive, such a striker can do what it takes several people to do. In addition, Adebayo has just come on the pitch, and Adebayo is still very fit.

Mancini arranged for Yang Fan's position to retreat slightly to organize the team's attack, which in the eyes of many people, was a tactical adjustment that took care of one or the other, and in the 63rd minute of the game, Goodison Park was plunged into a wail.

After blocking a pass from Everton, Ballack passed the football to David Silva, who handed it directly to Yang Fan.

Yang Fan pulled the ball and turned around, facing Hibbert's defense, he smashed the ball, passed Hibbert, and then, accelerated with the ball at high speed!

Rodwell came up to intercept Yang Fan.

Yang Fan suddenly made a sudden stop, he glanced at Rodwell, and at the same time observed the situation on the field with the corner of his eye.

Yang Fan flicked the football to the left, and he was about to break through from that side.

Rodwell didn't hesitate to make a tackle.

However, in the next second, the face of the Everton veteran changed, because he saw Yang Fan jump up and dodge his tackle, this discovery made Rodwell a little surprised, because Yang Fan still has the shadow of football at his feet!

Yang Fan shoveled down in Rodwell, jumped up to avoid the tackle at the same time, he deftly took the lead and passed the football out!

Adebayor, meanwhile, slapped right behind Jagielka on the other side, not offside, and cut diagonally to catch the ball.

"Adebayo!!!, a beautiful pass and an offside counter!"

But this is not Everton's death sentence, because Yang Fan is under the pressure of Rodwell, his left-footed pass, in order to be able to pass the football as far as possible, his force is still relatively large.

Therefore, there is still some distance between the rolling route of football and Adebayo, as long as Howard goes out in time to block the line and angle, plus he continues to play bravely as always, then it is not impossible to save the team again.

Howard made his choice - he went out of the net, he wanted to get as close as possible to Adebayo and block his shot, while he mentally recalled Adebayo's shooting characteristics and was ready to save the ball at any time.

Yang Fan's pass, the force is slightly larger, Adebayo suddenly stepped forward and caught up with the football, at this time, the angle of wanting to shoot directly is already relatively small, unless Adebayo wipes the ball horizontally, and then looks for a better shooting angle!

So, after Howard attacked, his body was ready to move to the left and pounce at Adebayo's feet, and he was waiting for the moment when Adebayo moved laterally!

Experience is important for goalkeepers, and if they can make predictions based on their own experience, their chances of making a successful save will increase exponentially.

"Bam Adebayo has caught up with the football, Howard has attacked, he has blocked the angle of Adebayo's shot to the maximum, will he dribble past Howard?"

Adebayo lifts his right foot and volleys with the outside instep!

At the same time, Howard pounced on the outside, ready to stop the opponent's shot, and just flew out, he was horrified to see the ball fly past his other side. It's fast. He didn't even have time to turn his head to look at the situation behind him. But it wasn't necessary anymore because he heard the cheers of the other City players......

Adebayo's eyes were fixed on the direction of the goal after the shot, and his eyes looked deeper through Howard.

He saw the football, bypassed all defenders, bypassed all obstacles, and spun into the goal.

"Are you going to get past Howard...... Oo!!!!!!oo

"Adebayo ——!"

Seeing the goal scored, Bam Adebayo started running, he was already ready to celebrate with his arms outstretched.

When Adebayo ran some distance and opened his arms to accept the congratulations of his teammates, the commentator's crazy goal sounded!

"Brilliant shot! a good shot, Bam Adebayo faced Howard, his shot was of high quality!"

'Howard was in great form today, he saved a couple of shots that City were sure to score, but this time, he couldn't keep Adebayo at bayo!'

From Yang Fan's exquisite pass to Adebayo's running position, and then the shot, the whole goal was pleasing to the eye!"

"Aha! We saw Yang Fan and Adebayo hugging each other! Yang Fan's pass is quite exciting, and Adebayo's shooting is also very beautiful!" The commentator exclaimed loudly, and then he glanced at Manchester City's coach's box, looking at Mancini, who was applauding and cheering for the goal, "Yang Fan's pass this time is quite exciting, and the timing and strength of the pass are appropriate!"

"You guy, this ball is beautiful!" Yang Fan laughed and hugged Adebayo.

"Haha, thank you for the assist. Adebayo said proudly. Receiving the compliment from Yang Fan, he was very happy and proud.

"This guy!"

"Well done, Adebayo!"

"Hahahaha......"

Bam Adebayor was unhappy at Manchester City and came close to joining Real Madrid on loan in the winter.

Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho is indeed eager to get Adebayo, and Enrique Ortego, an expert in Marca, believes that what pleases Mourinho the most is his physical characteristics. Togo is a strong man who will not be easily defeated by any iron guard, and his height of 1.92 meters and excellent bounce give him a clear advantage in the air. And these are the most suitable types of centre-forwards in Mourinho's tactics, looking back at the previous list of reinforcements that Mourinho hoped for, in addition to Adebayor, Almeida, Amaury, Llorente and even Ruud van Nistelrooy all have basic physical advantages. However, in Ortego's opinion, the most valuable thing about Adebayo is his instinct as a striker in the box. He never hesitates when faced with an opportunity and is always able to deliver a fatal blow. Benzema, on the other hand, has not been good enough in this regard, and the frequent waste of must-score goals has become his trademark.

And the perfect combination with Adebayor's forward instinct is his excellent shooting ability. In addition to his regular finishing skills, the Togolese can score from anywhere they face the goal, the most classic example being Arsenal's Champions League match against Villarreal that year, when he received a long pass and went straight to the goal.

Like his predecessor Didier Drogba, Adebayo is a well-rounded striker who has excellent technique and quick pace at his feet in addition to his physical strengths. This was due not only to the excellent physical flexibility of the African, but also to the tutelage of Arsene Wenger at Arsenal and the help Thierry Henry gave him. Arsene Wenger bought him in the hope of developing him into another Kanu, and he did reach that level in the end.

The most commendable thing is Adebayor's adaptability, whether he is playing as a single striker at Arsenal or playing as a duodent at Manchester City and Tevez, whether it is in the Gunners' attacking style of play or in the defensive counter-attacking system in the east, he can fit perfectly into the team. In particular, his ability to drop back and play the ball on the wing has made his nickname "Little Monster" even more apt, thanks to the training in the Gunners' system.

Looking at Mourinho's two successful centre-forwards in the past, Didier Drogba and Milito, their characteristics can now be seen in Adebayo, which is enough to give Mourinho the freedom to use his preferred tactics. Compared to Benzema, he is more like a terminator, which makes it much more likely for the Togolese to win the main force.

However, at the last moment of the winter transfer, Adebayo still chose to stay, of course, there is another reason that Manchester City does not want to let go, at that time Yang Fan is still participating in the Asian Cup, if Manchester City lets go of Adebayo again, the front line is really stretched.

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