Chapter 530: The tossing and turning Tevez
It didn't look like a life-or-death game in the Champions League, but more like a feast with cheers from the stands. They shouted Tevez's name and called out the name of every Manchester City player.
In the face of such an enthusiastic Manchester City fan. The Manchester City players who were warming up were also not allowed to interrupt their warm-up and walked under the stands where Manchester City fans were most concentrated. Wave to them. Then they got even more cheers and applause.
In the last game, against Bolton, Manchester City won the game, but it was not an easy game.
However, in today's game, Manchester City got into the game quickly.
Manchester City put pressure on Ajax from the start, and in the face of this pressure, Ajax was unusually passive from the start, even if they got the opportunity to attack, but their attack seemed a little disorganized.
Yaya Toure and David. Silva's cooperation in the midfield is becoming more and more tacit. Yaya Toure and David. Silva combined to organise the attack, Wright Phillips took advantage of the flanks to attack the opposition's defence, and up front, Tevez and Dzeko were a threat.
A week ago, there was an incident at Manchester City FC, when Argentine striker Carlos Tevez suddenly submitted a transfer request to the club, and Manchester City officially said "NO!" to Tevez for the Argentine striker's ridiculous move. Subsequently, Manchester City announced on their official website that the club did receive a written request from Tevez to transfer, but since the contract has not yet expired, Manchester City have rejected the Argentine's transfer application.
Although Tevez has been loved by Manchester City fans since he transferred to Manchester City from Manchester United, and his attacking combination with Yang Fan is also a classic, but after returning from injury, Tevez's main position was occupied by Dzeko, of course, the main reason is that Tevez and Italian coach Mancini do not agree, before that, Tevez expressed the idea of wanting to transfer. In an interview with the Argentine Ole newspaper, Tevez said frankly that the reason for his hesitation about the transfer was that he enjoyed the feeling of partnering with his good friend Yang Fan, and if he transferred away, he would not be able to partner with Yang Fan.
However, it now seems that the Argentine is ultimately inclined to move away, and after repeatedly expressing his desire to leave Manchester City, he finally submitted a transfer request to Manchester City recently, regardless of the feelings of the fans. In response, Manchester City wrote on their official website: "It is our regret to inform the fans that we have indeed received a written transfer request from Tevez, but his request has been rejected by us. ”
Manchester City FC also said they were disappointed by some of the comments and behaviour of Carlos Tevez and his agent. Tevez's agent has repeatedly offered to renegotiate Tevez's contract over the past few months and has recently offered to renew his contract with the club. "However, according to Manchester City FC's policy, we will not consider negotiating a contract extension with a player in the middle of the season. Tevez has three and a half years left on his current contract and is already the highest-paid player in the Manchester City squad. ”
Manchester City believe that Tevez's transfer request is "unfortunate and unpopular", and Manchester City will continue to focus on the game and promise not to ban the "beast" internally. Of course, the Mirror and other British media also revealed that in order to keep Tevez, Manchester City still plans to raise Tevez's salary, although it cannot be compared with Yang Fan's world's highest salary, but it is also among the best in the UK, just to keep the Argentine beast in the city stadium for a long time.
In addition, Yang Fan also publicly expressed his retention of Tevez, who also expressed his willingness to continue to enjoy his years at Manchester City and desire to achieve glory with the Manchester City team in order to ease the tension with fans after careful consideration.
And in today's game, Tevez is also holding his breath to perform well, on the one hand, to please the fans, and on the other hand, when Yang Fan is not in the team, Tevez is also eager to prove himself. He wants to show everyone that even if Yang Fan is absent, he Tevez can lead Manchester City to win, which is not to say that he has a bad relationship with Yang Fan, this is a kind of pride and competition.
Tevez poured all his energy into this game. He was ravaging Ajax's defence with impunity.
At the start of the game, Tevez broke through in a beautiful dribble of great height up front and fired a cold shot past Van de Wiel, forcing Ajax goalkeeper Stekelenberg to make a difficult save.
Yang Fan and Tevez have similarities in technical characteristics, however, compared to Tevez, Yang Fan's breakthrough feels sharper, more resolute, and bolder, he knows that he has a degree advantage, and rushes to the opponent without a loss, using the constant change of direction and the change in rhythm to get rid of the defenders, which is Yang Fan's specialty of breaking through. John Mortensen said, "However, Tevez's breakthrough just now was no worse than Yang Fan, and the Argentine got into the game very quickly today." Maybe Tevez really got rid of the distractions and wanted to stay at Manchester City and play well. ”
Tevez then dribbled up front and after connecting the two opponents, the ball was shoveled off the touchline by Emmanuelsson, and City missed a good chance to score, because at the other end, Dzeko was already in place, he raised his hand to ask for the ball, but Tevez did not pass.
"Dzeko has a good job on his feet, but sometimes he needs to be a little simpler. Lineker said, "This time, Tevez was acting a little selfish. ”
City's frantic attack, with thirteen minutes played, paid off.
Dzeko received a pass from Zabaleta and headed home. It was a difficult header to be exact, and Dzeko noticed that Ajax goalkeeper Stekelenberg was in a higher position and deliberately headed towards the top left corner.
“gooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1!”
"Hanging shot! Hanging header! Dzeko's header hanging shot! Look at Stekelenberg's eyes, he has nothing to do with this header, at this moment he seems to see a visitor from outside the world! Manchester City has taken the lead! Manchester City has always dominated the field, and it is natural to take the lead!"
'Dzeko scored back-to-back goals in the game and the Bosnian was outstanding after his move to Manchester City. Lineker said.
And, interestingly, Dzeko was able to occupy a regular position precisely because of Tevez's absence due to injury. Mortensen quipped, "Now, Yang Fan is injured and absent, I don't know whether Tevez or Dzeko, which of these two can snatch the main position belonging to Yang Fan." ”
'It's even harder to score 10 goals in a game. Lineker laughed.
Ajax manager Frank de Boer looked furious on the sidelines, believing that the centre-back Vertonghen had failed to get a lid on Dzeko and give the former Bundesliga Golden Boot a chance to head the ball on goal.
Frank de Boer officially took over as Ajax's head coach three days ago, having previously held his role as technical manager at the club.
Dutch football is a blessing and optimism for Frank de Boer to take charge of Ajax, a Dutchman with fond memories of Dutch football.
In addition, Frank de Boer is the head coach and Bergkamp is his assistant, which is a coaching combination that countless Dutch fans and Ajax fans are looking forward to.
'98 World Cup in France, quarter-finals, stoppage time, Netherlands 11 Argentina. Dutch centre-back Frank de Boer received the ball at the back and, after taking a few steps forward, glanced out of the field before delivering a 6o yard long ball with a weightless lift. The pass found the only Dutchman on the flank, Dennis Bergkamp, who masterfully controlled the ball and scored the winning goal. After 10 years at Ajax and a glorious time at Barcelona, Frank De Boer and Bergkamp are reunited at Ajax, this time with De Boer as Ajax manager and Bergkamp as his assistant.
As a player, Frank de Boer was heavily influenced by two of Ajax's biggest figures, Cruyff and Louis van Gaal. The former was De Boer's mentor during his time at Ajax's youth team, while the latter led them to Ajax's most recent Champions League triumph. Cruyff and Louis van Gaal's philosophy of football has had a profound influence on De Boer's coaching philosophy at Ajax, and the Amsterdam kid is now looking to re-establish their domestic and European glory. Cruyff's personality and Van Gaal's team credo can be reflected in the foundations of Frank de Boer's coaching philosophy.
However, for Frank de Boer, who has only been in charge for three days, the game came too quickly and too inopportunely, and there was not enough time to build his own label for Ajax.
If Frank de Boer was still angry at this time. Then at the end of the first half, they conceded another goal, and at that time, he was already helpless.
The man who scored the goal this time was Tevez.
Tevez's sharp breakthrough tore apart the Ajax defence, and this time it was Ajax full-back Anita who was deceived by his continuous shaking and lost his center of gravity, only to watch Tevez scurry past him with the ball.
In front of goal, Ajax goalkeeper Stekelenburg was on the verge of being a big enemy.
Just when Stekelenburg thought that Tevez, who cut in, would shoot straight at goal, he crossed the ball to Yaya Toure, who was inserted. The latter shot but hit the post, but Tevez reacted in time to go up and shoot the ball into the net.
It was a goal that turned Manchester Municipal Stadium into a sea of joy.
"gooooooooooaaaa1!Tevez!his goal!!"
'Yaya Toure wasn't so lucky, his shot was blocked by the post, but Tevez scored from the stoppage. ”
"2:o! score before the end of the first half. Frank de Boer's expression was bitter! He obviously didn't expect his team to face such a desperate situation at half-time!"
After falling behind by two goals on the road, the opponent's morale is like a rainbow, and there is a great intention to continue to hurt the killer, in the second half of the game, can Ajax do anything?
Looking at the end of the first half, the Ajax players walked towards the players' tunnel in frustration, and everyone knew that this game, for them, could almost be declared an early end.
On the other hand, the morale of the Manchester City players is high, and the players are talking and laughing towards the players.
The atmosphere at Manchester City Stadium was buzzing.
The morale of the two sides is high and low, and the state is also very different, and Manchester City's overall strength is also stronger than Ajax, so the second half of the game was a bit uneventful, to be exact, everyone Manchester City team as expected, set off a storm on the Ajax goal, and beat them all over the ground.
Ajax manager Frank de Boer made two substitutions at half-time, bringing on Christian Eriksen and Luis Suarez in an attempt to change the situation. Among them, Suarez is the top scorer in the Ajax team, in the pre-game warm-up, Suarez has a little problem with his leg muscles, in order to be safe, Frank de Boer let Suarez sit on the bench, however, after two goals at half-time, Frank De Boer had to send Suarez, the strongest offensive weapon in his team.
Suarez is a very controversial player.
His most famous recent debut was in the 14-and-14 final of the World Cup in South Africa in July of that year, when Suarez deliberately blocked a must-have goal from Ghanaian player Aditya with both hands in the last minute of extra time, and was subsequently sent off with a red card. But Gian missed the penalty, and Suarez, who saw the scene, celebrated wildly on the sidelines. This once caused a big discussion in the whole sports world, and some people criticized Suarez's actions for violating sportsmanship, but in Uruguay, Suarez is regarded as a national hero!
Let's once again focus on the real protagonist of that game from the perspective of montage: South Africa World Cup 14 finals, Uruguay vs Ghana, in the last second of extra time, when Ghanaian player Gian missed a penalty, there was a figure clenching his fists in the player's tunnel, secretly rejoicing, and even jumped up with excitement, and his facial expression was also deformed with excitement. This is Uruguay striker No. 9 Suarez, who was sent off and gave Uruguay a chance to survive in a way that no one expected, and that chance eventually turned into victory. After this game, Ghanaian fans and even the whole of Africa will curse him as the devil, but for the Uruguayans, Suarez is a lifesaver and a national hero.
Back in the last minute of extra time, Annan took a free kick from the right side, Suarez, who was standing on the goal line in the chaos, blocked Appia's first shot with his knees, Aditya headed again, Fusile and Suarez blocked together, Suarez slapped the ball on the goal line with both hands. Deliberate handball, Suarez was sent off with a red card, while Ghana were awarded a penalty. Suarez, who was sent off, did not explain anything to the referee because the red card and penalty were not to blame. At this time, the time of extra time has come, and it can be said that once the penalty is scored, it will be a veritable "whistle ball", the Uruguayans will no longer have any chance of equalizing, and Suarez's red card and penalty will also become a "laughing stock".
Suarez, who was sent off, stayed at the exit of the tunnel, covering his face with his shirt, he did not dare to watch Gian's penalty and did not seem to believe in a miracle.
However, a "miracle" happened! Gian's penalty hit the crossbar and flew out, and the Uruguayan players on the field hugged each other in celebration as if they had escaped death, and goalkeeper Muslera roared at the goalpost like gratitude, kissed his gloves, and then patted the goalpost. Suarez, on the other hand, celebrated even more wildly alone at the entrance to the players' tunnel.
Before the penalty shoot-out, Uruguayan coach Tabarez hugged goalkeeper Muslera, believing that the goalkeeper who shocked Ghana would bring good luck to the Uruguayans. Sure enough, Muslera saved the Ghanaian's penalty twice, and Uruguay finally survived and had the last laugh. At this time, the whole world realized that at the last moment of extra time, Suarez's "handball savior" turned out to be the most classic scene in the history of the World Cup.
After the incredible victory, Suarez celebrated with his teammates on the field. Objectively speaking, in this game, Suarez, as a striker, performed mediocre in attack and missed many opportunities, and being sent off with a red card gave him no chance to contribute to the team in the penalty shootout. However, after the game, he was picked up by his teammates as the Uruguayan team's number one hero. Although the Uruguayan fans present were only a few thousand, they became the happiest people in the 84o17 crowd in the Football City, and in the Uruguayan team, Suarez became the happiest.
The media used one sentence to describe Suarez: this is a selfish and happy man who loves his job.
And just a month ago, Suarez did another very controversial thing, in November 2O1o Suarez in Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, before the end of the game, Suarez suddenly bit the shoulder of the opponent player Bakar with his teeth, and then the Dutch Football Association issued a fine, Suarez was banned for 7 games.
Therefore, at present in the Netherlands, whether it is the Eredivisie or the Dutch Cup, Suarez can not play, he can only play in the European competition, today's game, Suarez is full of strength to score, I didn't expect to be unwell during the warm-up, so I had to sit on the bench, and now I finally got the opportunity to play, so to speak, now Suarez is depressed and suffocated.