Chapter 009: Gareth Bell

Manchester City's 1-0 lead over Tottenham Hotspur has excited the Manchester City players, including Yang Fan, who scored the goal, and it would be a wonderful feeling if the team won this game and won three in a row.

However, after only a few minutes, they realized that their opponent was not as easy to deal with as they had imagined.

Tottenham Hotspur did not panic after conceding the goal, but took advantage of Manchester City's recent goal and some mood swings to put pressure on Manchester City's goal.

Their Welsh star Gareth Bale was particularly eye-catching.

When it comes to Bale, one has to mention his battle for fame.

The story takes place on the night of 20 October 2010, when the Nerazzurri take on Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.

It should have been a dream, as Inter Milan had just revisited their dream of dominating Europe under Jose Mourinho a few months ago, and this time they faced the Champions League rookie at home, and a big win was expected.

The story did go in that direction at the beginning: Zanettietto and Stankovic combined to lock the half-time score at an astonishing 4-0. The suspense of the game was lost as the opponent was even sent off at this point.

However, in the 52nd minute of the second half, I woke up from a dream, everything changed abruptly, and the game instantly became Bale's one-man performance. He first used almost 10 yards per second to break through McCone and Zanetti before Samuel could make a tackle and fired a low left-footed shot into the net from 11 yards out on the left side of the box.

After 38 minutes, he again unreasonably accelerated past Zanetti and McCone on the left flank, and in the same way changed the score to 4-2.

1 minute later, Lennon broke through and crossed, and Bale, who rushed to the ball after rushing forward, was in the same area again, sending the ball into the corner of the goal, 4-3!

Although it didn't result in a draw in the end, what could be more memorable than the 21-year-old Bale?

"He's incredible!" said Bell's idol Ryan Giggs. But what's even more incredible is that Bale didn't get a steady chance to play until the beginning of last season, and before that, he was even a "disaster" for the team.

Back in the summer of 2007, Southampton debutant Bale was eventually recruited by Tottenham after being chased by a number of big clubs.

In the first days of White Hart Lane, people quickly fell in love with this Welsh kid with strong explosiveness, outstanding skills, good passing, good shooting, love to force breakthroughs at high speeds, and free kick kung fu. However, in December's game against Birmingham, Bale's ligament was severely damaged and he missed the rest of the season.

After returning from injury, the "winless curse" found him again - in all 24 games in which Bale came off the bench, the team did not win a single game, and it was either a loss or a draw. The Telegraph even wrote about the "Bell Curse" with interest, and fans attributed his surname to the tragedy – the word "bale" also means "disaster" in English.

It wasn't until the end of September 2009 against Burnley that the 20-year-old Bale's four-goal lead was lifted from the shackles of his last name by a substitute from the veteran Redknapp. Having overcome injuries and spells, Bale is just one chance away from proving himself again.

Finally, this opportunity came in early 2010. The Africa Cup of Nations, which has been criticised by European clubs, has withdrawn Tottenham's main left-back Azuektor from the team and Bale has been reintroduced. By the time Atsuecto returned, the Welsh boys were firmly in the driver's seat. Ray then fine-tuned his tactics, returning Azuekto to left-back and moving Bale forward to give full play to his attacking prowess

Excellent characteristics, this is the future Champions League in the field of genius, more precisely, the world's most impressive.

Balle himself doesn't think it was a sudden flash of inspiration: "I've been very good at the game, since Southampton and even earlier, and that's my long-term strength, not just occasionally. Indeed, Bale, who has an amazing athletic talent, rose to prominence at an early age. At the age of 14, he was able to speed an astonishing 11.4 seconds in the 100 meters, but he also showed great talent in middle distance running, hurdles and hockey. On the green field, his middle school physical education teacher Morris even stipulated that he could only use his right foot, which he was not good at, to hit the ball, "otherwise other children would not want to touch the ball". That being said, the ultimate goal of the teacher is to make Bell's technique more comprehensive. At the time, Bale was training twice a week at Southampton's satellite academy in the Bath region, where the team's scouts discovered Bale's talent when he was nine years old.

God gave Bale outstanding athletic talent, but it set up many obstacles on his way to success. Although he still runs at a high speed, Bell's back is often painful during his development. "I was very small at the time, but as my physique grew rapidly, I had problems with my back and my bones were growing so fast that my skin and weight couldn't keep up. Bale had to take a break from football training because of that. It was this period of recuperation that caused Southampton to hesitate to offer Bale a full contract, and Marcon Elias, who was the club's admissions director at the time, decided that Bale's future development potential might not be enough to meet the demands of the first team. "I don't know if Bell is strong enough physically and mentally," he worried. ”

Obviously, this worry didn't stop Bell psychologically: "Doubts like this made me work harder to show myself. So when he was fully recovered, he quickly moved into the base in Southampton. He was 16 years old, and in the same room as him was a small man named Theo Walcott, who was just as fast.

But the two did not stay together for long, Walcott quickly entered the first team with his outstanding performances, joined Arsenal for 10 million pounds after the season, and was immediately called up by England manager Eriksen to play in the World Cup in Germany, becoming the youngest player in England's history, and Bale also began to develop on his own path, entering the Southampton first team at the age of 16 and being bought by Tottenham two years later. Ahead of the friendly against Trinidad and Tobago in May 2006, then-Wales boss Toshak made Bale the youngest nation in Wales history, and soon after, he broke the record for the youngest goalscorer in the Welsh national team.

The two who became famous at a young age will inevitably be compared, and the shy Bell doesn't know how to answer this. When asked which of the two was faster, Bale replied without hesitation: "Theo (Walcott)." As for the reason, "Theo's size is the kind that looks like he can run faster than a human. "What about Lennonbi, a current team-mate, and the answer Bale gave was still not himself.

Unlike the traditional image of arrogant footballing talent, Bale has always been associated with humility, saying: "I'm still young, I'm still learning, I'm getting new techniques every game, and as long as I'm playing every week, I'm improving. God knows, he actually has the "ability to compete with Ronaldo", guess which arrogant coach with a delicate relationship with Ronaldo said this.

Of course, the words of praise for Bell are not the highest. Former Tottenham winger, Clive Jones, asserted: "He will undoubtedly be the best player in the world. Luis Figo, who is also a winger, repeatedly uses the same English word to describe him: "Amazing!"

But it's clear that Bale hasn't lost his way because of these compliments, he doesn't want to do better than others, he just feels the need to improve because "I want to be a player like them". So from the 2010-2011 season, he wanted to improve himself in all aspects and didn't want to be fixed on the wing: "I'm always being marked by the opposition and I have to adjust to that and choose to cut inside from the wing to find space instead of staying on the wing and being frozen by the opponent. ”

Under the elder Redknapp, Bale's position gradually moved closer to the middle. In non-attacking form, Bale is still on the left side of the custom, but when an attack is blocked or an opportunity arises, Bale will cut inside decisively, or shoot himself or provide a subtle assist, contributing 23 goals and eight assists for the team last season, and was named the best in the Premier League for the second year in a row.

It has been found that Bale's status at Tottenham is increasingly equivalent to Ronaldo's role in Real Madrid, but after all, Tottenham is not Real Madrid, and it may not be worth Bale's repeated "I am willing to exchange two Premier League best for a chance to enter the top four".

And in this game, people took out Bell and compared Yang Fan, not to mention whether Bell can be compared with Yang Fan, just being qualified to be compared with Yang Fan is a great praise and affirmation for the Welsh star.

Van der Vaart broke the ball at the feet of Yaya Toure in midfield, and he immediately handed the ball to Livermore, who took two steps and passed the ball over the top, Defoe headed the ball over, and then the plugged Tottenham full-back Walker was seen to volley straight into the head!

It was a powerful shot with great speed and speed.

Joe Hart didn't dare to hold the ball in the face of such a powerful long-range shot, and the football was pounced on by Joe Hart, but it bounced towards the goal.

This scene shocked countless people in the stands of White Hart Lane Stadium let out a regretful inhalation.

The ball bounced off the goal line after being saved by Joe Hart and tottenham Hotspur's Wales star Bale burst out of the crowd to head home amid the shouts of the crowd!

The ball flew towards the goal, but it was kicked out by the rushing Klich in front of the goal line, and the ball flew outside the box, and the second spot was still won by Tottenham Hotspur. Batglia shot straight at goal, but it missed. The soccer ball swept in front of the goal. If no one stops it, the ball will fly off the bottom line like this, and it will be just a false alarm......

Suddenly there was a shadow in the crowd, and then people saw the football touching on this shadow!

The ball changes direction and flies towards goal......

Joe Hart made a subconscious save, however, the ball flew over before he could reach it and flew straight into the net!

"The ball went inβ€”"

Accompanied by the shouts of the commentators, the White Hart Lane Stadium erupted in huge cheers.

Just three minutes after Manchester City's goal, their goal was lost. Tottenham Hotspur equalised tenaciously and quickly!

This made Manchester City fans, who have always been excited and expecting victory, a little unacceptable for a while.

"This defense sucks!" Mancini, who was sitting in the dugout, slapped his assistant coach angrily and said to the assistant coach next to him, before asking, "How did the goal go in?" The latter shook his head, he didn't see exactly who Tottenham were and how they got it. There was chaos in the exclusion zone. I can't see how the goal was scored.

At this time, in the stadium, the person who scored the goal was celebrating wildly, he ran to celebrate, shouted excitedly, and then he was crushed under his teammates who were equally excited.

It was Gareth Bell who scored the goal!

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