Chapter 637: Shadows

At Britannia Stadium, Stoke City was excited by the cheers of the fans!

Tony Pulis' side are known as Sky City because they are the tallest average team in the Premier League.

In midfield, Stoke City has Whelan and Nzonzzi, two tall men, and Crouch in the forwards, and Walters, who should be his head, is not short.

At the back, Hut, Wilson, Shawcross, Wilkinson, goalkeeper Begovic, these players are all big men.

And their style of play is of course very direct, that is, playing high balls, Stoke City still maintain the traditional style of English football, they like to pass the ball into the air, and then use their height and confrontation advantage to take the initiative of the game.

What's more, this is their home stadium, so at the beginning of the game, Manchester City was still a little chaotic by Stoke City.

However, Vincent Kompany was solid and the starter Harry Maguire was also impressive when facing the opposition's high ball.

Ten minutes into the game, the name mentioned most often by the commentators was Harry Maguire.

"There is no doubt that Coach Gao Bo has promoted another good young player, and Maguire has been very solid so far!!"

"Oh... Beautiful header clearance!! Maguire grabbed a header over Crouch's head!! ”

"In the Premier League debut, this youngster did not have stage fright at all, but the more he played, the more confident he became!!"

Maguire was in the limelight in the first 10 minutes of the game, but after 10 minutes, he gradually lost his chances.

Because after the first ten minutes of scramble, Manchester City gradually took control of the situation.

Seeing this, Stoke City turned back to the defense and they also made up their minds to play Manchester City's counter-attack.

And Manchester City's attack quickly advanced to the front, but in this game, Manchester City's offensive was not able to play.

The first is the speed, after the football reaches the front court, it always slows down very quickly, without the sharpness of the front airport, the speed of the forward pass in the back court is quite fast, but once it reaches the front court, the speed slows down.

It's like a machine without lubricating oil, and suddenly it stops.

Gao Bo frowned and looked at the team's offensive organization, what was the problem?

He looked at Yaya Toure and couldn't help but sigh.

The problem is clearly on Yaya Toure's side.

Although Gao Bo placed Yaya Toure in the left midfield in this game, Yaya Toure kicked and kicked involuntarily to ask for the ball in the middle, and after the ball reached his feet, the pace of the game immediately slowed down.

As soon as Yaya Toure stopped, took a walk, then observed, and then passed the ball out, Stoke City's defense had already fenced up, and it was even more difficult for Manchester City to score in.

Such a sparse attack made Gao Bo finally unable to bear it.

In the thirtieth minute of the game, Gao Bo took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to call Yaya Toure over again.

"Speed!! Our speed!! Yaya !! ”

Gao Bo continued to emphasize.

But it didn't work, and Yaya Toure went his own way when he returned to the field.

In Yaya Toure's heart, he was holding back his strength.

He was unhappy with the manager's use of him, which he felt was a complete limitation of his performance.

Is Taya Toure a midfielder who only crosses and shoots from distance?

That's too much to underestimate him!

So Yaya Toure must show something on the field.

When I score, when I lead the team to victory, I'm going to see what you say!

Yaya Toure is now competing with Gao Bo.

And Gao Bo was also very decisive after seeing Yaya Toure like this, and he immediately asked Eriksen to warm up.

Even before the end of the first half, he decided to make a substitution.

Eriksen's warm-up did not attract attention, assistant coach Moya simply asked all the players on the bench to warm up, anyway, in the game for more than 30 minutes, the substitute players will warm up collectively to avoid too cold and keep their bodies hot, in case of any accidents on the game, they can also play at any time.

And just when the players were warming up, the team actually conceded a goal!

The goal started with Yaya Toure, and when he got the ball again, Charlie Adam, the butcher of the villain, kicked the ball away with a direct side kick and sent Yaya Toure to the ground.

Yaya Toure spread his arms to protest against the foul, but the referee ignored it.

This is the scale of the Premier League, which is always wider than other leagues.

After that, Stoke City's counter-attack was very fluid, Crouch received a long pass from the back and showed off his footwork, and the big man was also very beautiful at his feet, he flicked his heel and passed the ball to Walters!

Walters, on the other hand, didn't drag his feet and fired a long-range shot that hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced into the back of the net.

Stoke City lead 1-0!!

Under the boiling Britannia, it was Gao Bo's cold face.

He's going to blow up!

So at the first moment, he called Eriksen, who was still warming up, over and asked him to prepare for the game.

"Substitution?!"

"Manchester City are going to make a substitution!"

"Gao Bo looks like he can't stand Yaya Toure's performance!!"

Yaya Toure also couldn't believe it when he saw a substitution on the sidelines.

Generally speaking, substitutions are made in the first half, and in the absence of injuries or other special reasons, it is an extreme dissatisfaction with the performance of the players.

Yaya Toure reluctantly got off the field, his face was ugly, he felt humiliated, he was even ready to leave the court directly, but the last reason calmed him down, and now even if he wants to transfer out, it is impossible, so, if he offends Gao Bo, he will have to sit on the cold bench for at least half a season.

"Take a good look at how we play!!"

The anger on Gao Bo's face was obvious, Yaya Toure was only a year younger than him, and the two were even the same age, but one was a coach and the other was a player.

Yaya Toure was a little frightened by the angry Gao Bo, and he nodded subconsciously, but soon he felt that this was too shameless.

So he deliberately pouted, then hesitated, and finally returned to the bench and sat down.

"What Gobo and Yaya Toure said, and Yaya Toure's reaction after that also made Manchester City fans worried. Yaya Toure and Gao Bo obviously clashed! ”

"Falling behind by a goal, making substitutions before half-time, the big man in the team and the manager are at odds. The foundation laid by Manchester City's previous three victories has now been overshadowed!! ”

The commentators are worried, excited, or gloating, and the story between Gao Bo and Yaya Toure is believed to be the most interesting thing for the media after the game!

Manchester City, who looked to be on high terms and in full form since the start of the season, are now overshadowed by this incident........