Ten minutes and seven seconds.

This is Gareth Bale's average in the team's internal 100-meter test.

If that figure were to be played at the 100m athletics, he would have what it takes to represent Great Britain at the Olympics.

On the football field, this is undoubtedly a very scary number, even if it is not the first in the world, but at least it must be top-notch, and among the players familiar with Gao Han, only Aubameyang in Chinatown can catch up with this level.

Gareth Bale is characterized by a quick start, excellent short-range explosiveness and a strong long-distance run, while Aubameyang is different, the latter has the main advantage in the first 30 meters, surpassing Gareth Bale and even enough to rival the African star Usain Bolt, but after 30 meters, Aubameyang's speed will drop a bit.

Overall, the speed of both players was amazing.

From the first time he met Gareth Bale, he was convinced of the player's potential, especially his incredible speed, physicality and strength, which are his invincible weapons on the court.

After coming to Manchester City, Gareth Bale has been training and playing in an orderly manner according to Gao Han's arrangement, although he is basically fixed on the left side, but Gao Han's career development plan for him is to let him go to the right side.

Gareth Bale on the left is a winger at best, but on the right he becomes more of a threat.

However, if he wants to perform on the right flank, he will need to further refine his skills at the feet.

Over the past few months, the Welshman has struggled to adapt to City's technical and tactical style of play, while also experimenting with new tasks that Alpine has given him, and his performances have gone from strength to strength as the season progresses.

Now, he has become a high-profile rising star for Manchester City and even the Premier League.

Many people are starting to speculate that Sturridge and Kompany were brought out last season, and it is likely to be Gareth Bale and James Milner this season, and both players are getting better and better.

In this game against Real Madrid, Gareth Bale was placed in the squad as always, but did not make the starting line-up, which he has long been accustomed to.

After beating AC Milan away in the first round of the group stage, Manchester City only need to beat Real Madrid at home again, so the remaining two rounds against Ajax are relatively easy, and if they win both, the team will undoubtedly qualify for the group, which will make the team feel a lot less pressure.

In such an important game, the manager must have put more trust in a superstar like Cristiano Ronaldo.

Gareth Bale was self-aware of this, so he sat in the dugout throughout the game, watching the game intently, analysing the situation on the pitch with his teammates sitting around him from time to time, waiting for the opportunity to come off the bench.

The second half of the game went on very quickly, and twenty minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

Not only did Manchester City continue their excellent performance in the first half and firmly control the situation on the field, but they also played more threatening than in the first half, especially the four superstars up front, constantly threatening Real Madrid's goal, but they were always close to scoring.

According to the information obtained from the coaching staff, Cristiano Ronaldo did not have many opportunities to start this game, especially in the second half, with a total of seven shots on goal, three on target, and the efficiency should be good, but none of them could score, which made the Portuguese, who has scored frequently this season, a little impatient.

For his feelings, everyone is completely understandable.

He is aiming for the FIFA Ballon d'Or, and if he wants to win this award, the most important thing is to show his face in the Champions League, especially in the face of AC Milan and Real Madrid.

Conversely, if the strong dialogue is weak, it will be criticized.

Thinking of this, Gareth Bale couldn't help but sigh, sometimes too competitive is not necessarily a good thing.

At the very least, Cristiano Ronaldo has put a lot of pressure on himself.

Just as Gareth Bell was thinking, assistant coach Brian Kidd suddenly walked over.

"Gareth. ”

"In. Gareth Bell jumped out of his seat almost reflexively.

"Hurry up, give you five minutes, go warm up right away. ”

With that, Brian Kidd turned and walked back to the dugout.

Gareth Bale was stunned for a moment, but was quickly reminded by Milner, and under the envious gaze of his teammates on the bench, he took off his coat and ran to the side to warm up, but his whole brain was buzzing.

I...... Am I really going to go on?

He finished his warm-up at the reminder of Brian Kidd, ran back to the front of the coach's box, first stood aside, but saw Gao Han beckoning to him, he immediately ran over, "Boss." ”

"It's been 68 minutes and it's still 0-0, but Real Madrid is at the end of the game. ”

"You listen carefully, pay attention, their two central defenders, Bruno Alves and Albiol, are both central defenders who have strong frontal interception ability, but weak recovery ability and slow turning speed, so you can't directly face such a defensive player, play more behind, understand what I mean?"

Gareth Bell patted his overexcited brain with both hands, and nodded, "Understood, boss." ”

Soon, seeing Gao Han's inquiring eyes, he said again: "After I get on the field, I will try to insert behind them and counter offside." ”

"Good. At this time, Gao Han was sure that he really understood, "I will ask other players to pass the ball to you as much as possible, and your task is very simple, it is what you said, don't go head-to-head, intervene more behind, and play your speed advantage." ”

"I see. Gareth Bale nodded solemnly this time.

"Arbeloa has a yellow card, and the fitness of several of Real Madrid's defenders has been almost exhausted by Cristiano, so you have to play more to your physical strengths when you come on the pitch, be more active, be bold, understand?"

"Don't worry, boss, I won't let you down. Gareth Bale replied confidently.

When he was warming up just now, he had already thought of this set of words.

"Good, go, ready for a substitution. ”

"For whom?"

"Cristiano. ”

"Huh?" Gareth Bell suspected he had misheard.

"Yes, you heard him right, replace him, I don't want to have one less person at the critical moment of the counterattack. ”

As the second half wore on, the Portuguese were in a state of agitation again.

In fact, he has never been a player who can calmly control his emotions, even if he seems to be much more mature now, so Gao Han can't let him stay on the pitch and take risks, after all, he already has a yellow card.

What's more, now on Gareth Bale, it's a good time to fight back.

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Gareth Bale completed the handover with Gao Han's latest instructions, walked to the sidelines, sorted out his boots, shin guards, socks and shorts, and took a deep breath to calm his excitement.

This is the much-anticipated Champions League group stage, and the opponent is Real Madrid, can he not be excited?

Soon there was a chance for a dead ball, and a substitution sign was held up on the sidelines, indicating that it was the number seven who had been replaced.

This immediately made the entire city stadium exclaim.

No one thought that at this critical moment of the counterattack, Gao Han would actually replace the team's top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo?

Not only did the fans not understand, but Cristiano Ronaldo also felt very puzzled, he felt that he was still full of strength now, he felt that he was just a little bit away from scoring, and it was time to replace him?

The Portuguese pointed at himself in disbelief and looked at the cold on the sidelines, but the manager gave him a resounding nod.

Cristiano Ronaldo shook his right hand hard and kicked the grass in anger, sending dirt and grass clippings flying.

When he walked all the way to the sidelines, he didn't even want to shake hands with Gareth Bale, passed him directly, ignored the head coach Gao Han who was standing in front of him, and walked directly to the players' tunnel.

Everyone at the scene could see that he was silently protesting against the manager replacing him at this time.

He's hungry to score goals, he's hungry for more.

Gao Han's face is not very good-looking, he can understand Cristiano Ronaldo's mood at this moment, but he has to react to the behavior of the Portuguese, otherwise, what majesty will he have in the future?

"Do you want me to go back and have a look?" asked Steve Peters, a psychiatrist, with concern.

He is the lubricant within the team and is very popular among the players.

"No, let him calm down and don't get hot-headed at every turn. ”

After Gao Han finished speaking, he walked directly to the sidelines and gestured to Xavi Alonso and others one after another, signaling that the next team's tactics should make some adjustments appropriately.

Xavi Alonso was a close confidant of the Chill and quickly grasped the manager's intentions and quickly communicated them to his team-mates.

Soon, City were again inside the 30-metre zone of Real Madrid, where David Silva crossed diagonally to Gareth Bale on the left, and as soon as the Welshman received the ball, Arbeloa ran for it.

Gareth Bale was about to dribble the ball down the middle, when suddenly a quick dunk changed direction, accelerated with the ball, and rushed along the left side of the penalty area to the bottom line.

However, by this time, the Real Madrid defensive formation in the box was already in place, and Gareth Bale wanted to pass the ball into the box, but Bruno Alves was the first to clear it.

The Welshman had the ball for the first time since he came on the pitch, and although he broke through and sent the ball into the box, he was unthreatening.

After that, Manchester City's attacks were obviously on the left side, Gareth Bale frequently got the ball on this side, but Arbeloa also attached great importance to his defense, resulting in Gareth Bale making mistakes on several occasions.

'Gao Han replaced Cristiano Ronaldo with Gareth Bale, and everyone thought it would change the course of the game, but judging by the Welshman's performance in the first few minutes, he didn't make a splash. ”

'A couple of passing and receiving errors were disappointing and didn't seem to fit in well with the rest of the team-mates. ”

"Arbeloa's performance in this game was quite good, especially against Cristiano Ronaldo, although it was very difficult, but it was also a good hold. ”

Gao Han feared that the Portuguese would lose control of his emotions and replaced him with Gareth Bale, but the Welshman was unable to break through Arbeloa's defence. ”

"If the game continues to be deadlocked, I think it's probably going to be a draw. ”

It will also be the first draw for Manchester City in more than a year in more than a decade in charge of Gao Han. ”

(End of chapter)