Chapter 584: Who Can Question Him?
In Dick's view, the reason why Torres has scored fewer goals is not because of his personal strength or poor form, the first is the problem of adaptation, and the second is that Torres has actually sacrificed a lot in Manchester City's system.
Ribery will not be sacrificed, because most of the attack in the front court is done by him, he has enough space to move, plus his own breakthrough and passing is very good, so he will not perform badly on the field, and Di Natale is a silent killer, most of the time he is almost invisible, appearing in front of the camera will kill with one hit, such a player will get the greatest praise and tolerance as long as the number of goals goes up.
And what about Torres? In Dick's tactics, he has to run around and at the same time draw the attention of the opposition's central defenders, give Ribery space to run, create opportunities for Di Natale to shoot, and at the same time let the midfielders get more chances, he has to do so many things, sometimes it is natural for his performance to be a little flat, but because of such sacrifices he has received the most criticism, which is obviously quite unfair to him.
It is precisely because he is Torres that Dick will make him make a certain sacrifice, because Dick knows that Torres will not have any doubts about Dick because of this, and now, Dick also expects Torres to use his performance to slap those who criticize him hard!
He believes that Les can do it because he knows that Torres can withstand pressure and his own strength.
The game restarted and City began to fight back amid the shouts of the fans, and Torres did not make any special moves, but ran back and forth as usual, receiving and passing the ball......
In this kind of running, Newcastle's defenders began to relax their defense against Torres a little, after all, Torres now looks very harmless, but that Di Natale's run can always appear in key places, and Ribery's breakthrough is still so sharp, making Newcastle's two Beyer and Enzobia miserable.
Manchester City's offensive momentum is very strong, but the control is a little worse, after all, none of the three midfielders have excellent control ability, Parker can only pass the ball with two feet, although Ribery is the core of the attack, but he is an assault type rather than a playmaker, which makes Manchester City's attack back and forth rhythm very fast.
This is also a situation that Dick faced after coming to the Premier League, he didn't want to play control the ball, to be honest, the previous three clubs, he was control-oriented, the midfield has never lacked masters with excellent control ability, there was Belleron when he was at Atletico Madrid, Rosicky was transformed when he was at Dortmund, and Sneijder was introduced when he was at Inter Milan, but after coming to Manchester City, it was difficult for Dick to introduce such a player even if he wanted to - it was also Dick's cocoon, he achieved such excellent results with such a player, It has also led to such a trend in the entire European continent, such players who can be organized from behind, almost all the giants are hiding and refusing to transfer, even if Dick wants to dig people, there is no place to dig up, and he can only retreat to the second, plus the characteristics of the Premier League, he is more in the midfield to strengthen the ability to run and intercept, since it is temporarily impossible to create a midfield with strong control ability, then it is also necessary to use running and confrontation to enhance the confrontation ability of the midfield.
It's just that in this way, the support for the forward line will be weakened a lot, and in this case, Torres will have to support his teammates more, and the difficulty can be imagined.
Yaya Toure received a cross from Ribery on the edge of the box and immediately got up to shoot hard, Given's flying save was cleared by Torres who was ready to shoot and was cleared off the touchline by central defender Rozenal.
Torres was a step slower...... It's a bit of a shame to have this opportunity. ”
The commentator commented that in fact, it was a half-to-half chance just now, and it was normal for anyone to touch the ball first, but in the end, Torres failed to make up for it, which naturally made people feel that his performance was not very good......
While the commentators were still assessing the goalless attack, City had already launched another attack.
Barnes threw a throw-in, Parker passed back, Barnes took the ball and planned to break through from the left side, but quickly buckled the ball back and passed to Parker in the middle, Parker directly picked up the penalty area, Torres, who was originally in the same position as the back line, suddenly started and threw off Taylor and went straight into the penalty area!
"Oh! Parker's pick-up pass, Torres successfully countered offside, and it was a single knife! ”
Amid the shouts of the on-site commentators, the Manchester City fans began to clamour, Torres raised his foot to unload the ball after bursting into the penalty area, and Gilvan decisively abandoned the goal, trying to block Torres's one-on-one goal!
Torres took another step forward, looked at the attacking Given, his face did not change, and then he shook his ankle - cross!
In such a need for a goal, Torres still chose the most secure way to attack.
Di Natale, who was outflanked in the middle, received Torres' cross and the rest was simple, he took the ball forward and then easily got up and pushed it into the Newcastle goal!
One to one! In the 38th minute of the game, Manchester City equalized after a series of attacks!
"Hmm...... This assist from Torres is very clear and level-headed...... However, as a goalscorer, he seems to be starting to lack some aggression, after all, for a top striker, the desire to score at key moments is also very important, maybe because he is the captain at Atletico and needs to take on more responsibilities, he is more used to sacrificing himself to complete the team, I think this should be something he needs to improve......"
The commentators began to be a little embarrassed about this assist, although Torres did not choose to shoot himself, but it was obvious that in the face of the attacking Given, the probability of his goal was basically half to half, and at this time, it was passed to Di Natale who followed up in the middle, that is, infinitely close to 100% - it is indeed rare to have such a consideration in such a situation.
However, some things have different meanings from two aspects, as a striker, choosing to pass the ball at this time can also be said to pay attention to the overall situation, or it can be said that his own ability to bear is not strong, and the responsibility for scoring goals is handed over to his teammates...... In short, there are two sides to the word, you can say it however you want.
"Well done, guys, in a passive situation we weren't affected too much...... The second half continued like this, their offensive threat was not very big, although Martins's speed was fast, but his flaws were also obvious, poor running and poor shooting skills were his biggest problems, Viduka was old, he would not be too much of a threat, Martins, try to let him go to the wing, his threat on the side is much smaller, the midfielder is careful of Smith's long shots, mainly attack, just breaking through the wings...... Fernando, you can be a little selfish in the second half. ”
Hearing Dick say this, the players in the locker room all set their eyes on Torres, to be honest, although it has only been more than a month, Manchester City's players are a little convinced of Torres, although he is the standard king, he has no frame at all in training, and he is also conscientious on the field, although the captain's armband Dick gave Samuel, the vice-captains are Yaya Toure and Parker, but to Torres, the other players are very appreciative, some time ago he was hacked by the media The players are also fighting for him, and now Dick wants to change his tactics, Everyone else agreed......
"That's it, Fernando, and we'll pass the ball for you." Ribery was the first to express this attitude, Dick said that Torres could be selfish and that Ribery's freedom might be weakened, but at this time, the French behaved decently.
"No problem, look at me." Torres nodded heavily.
At the start of the second half, Newcastle's players didn't notice anything wrong as City's attack still looked normal and old-fashioned.
The two sides went back and forth on the pitch, and in the midfield they kept strangling together, Torres continued to do what he was supposed to do, dropping, taking the ball, passing, running......
Parker passed the ball to Ribery, who made a feint in front of the goal, and then quickly slid the ball to the baseline and accelerated the breakthrough!
It looked cool to eat hard with speed, and when Ribery forced his way through Beyer with speed, the City fans in the stands immediately let out a huge cheer!
"Fill in the position!" Givens shouted loudly, at this time, Ribery had already hit the bottom line, and then crossed with his feet!
Before his cross, Torres moved horizontally to the back post, Di Natale moved laterally from the back post to the middle, the Newcastle defenders began to mark, the ball spun in the air and flew directly to the back post, Torres jumped up to meet the ball, as if to ferry the ball to the middle......
Taylor set his sights on Di Natale, and Given's attention was also on the middle, but Torres did not ferry the ball, but faced the falling ball and shook his head directly at the goal!
The ball flew from seven meters in front of the goal and flew directly into the corner of the goal!
“GOOOOOOOAL! Fernando Torres! Powerful header! 2-1, Manchester City overtook the score from behind! Less than two minutes into the second half, Torres taught Newcastle a lesson with a goal! One pass, one shot! Torres did it perfectly! After the controversy, Torres immediately showed his quality! ”
After landing on the ground, Torres took a look at the ball bouncing inside the goal, then waved his fist and stood there with his arms outstretched, receiving the cheers of the fans!
Instant Paradise! That's what professional football is all about, when you score a goal, you're able to answer all the doubts!
After taking the lead, Manchester City's attack began to become more and more violent, a one-goal lead was not enough, Newcastle wanted to fight back, but Viduka was eaten to death by Kompany's body, Martins was forced by Samuel every time he took the ball, and was forced directly to the side by Samuel, unable to pose a direct threat to the goal.
When the game reached the eighty-first minute, Manchester City launched an attack again, after a few passes in the midfield, Ireland who came on as a substitute distributed the ball to Torres at the edge of the penalty area, Torres looked up after receiving the ball, but did not pass the ball to Ribery who received on the side and Di Natale who was cruising in the penalty area, but took the ball forward on the spot, and then decisively shot from the front of the penalty area!
The ball arced through the air, past Given's outstretched hand, and into the corner of the goal!
The entire city stadium, with Torres's earth-shattering shot, instantly became boiling!
"Who can question him? Who can question him? With two shots and one pass, he dominated the whole game! The king of standards is well deserved! He will be the king of Manchester City! The on-site commentator shouted hoarsely, and his voice rang out along with the crazy Manchester City fans!