Chapter 139: Shining Blue Moonlight (3)
1:4。
It's not the end, it's better than the end!
On the field, Manchester City's sideline ball was handed to Sane's feet, Sane transferred the ball to the middle, fortunately, Bruno has been observing the situation on the field, seeing that Yaya Toure has the meaning of pressing and tearing apart the yellow submarine back line after winning the ball, he immediately chased over, and a fallen sliding tackle directly overturned Yaya Toure, this action also brought a yellow card to Bruno!
Looking at Bruno's foul, Escriva was a little impatient off the field, although they wanted to attack, but now they were still suppressed by Manchester City back to their own half, and there was no way.
Manchester City want to completely kill the suspense of the two-legged game, so the attacking firepower is still fierce, and Sane's wide breakthrough is still sharp, but perhaps because of physical fitness, the pace of Manchester City's players on the field is not as fast as before.
Villarreal finally started to slowly turn the tide in midfield.
In the 79th minute, Bruno cut off Yaya Toure's pass and sent a long pass to Trigueros in the middle.
Trigueros did not hesitate to rush forward with the ball, and in the face of De Bruyne's defence, Trigueros handed the ball to the feet of Castillejo, who retreated to receive it.
Castillejo saw Trigueros get rid of De Bruyne and immediately made a return pass, and Trigueros received the ball only to feel that his eyes were suddenly open.
Trigueros was anything but quick, and as soon as he got the ball, City's backline reacted.
In the face of Yaya Toure, who stepped forward to press him, Trigueros carefully protected the ball at his feet, not daring to be careless at all, and before the opponent arrived, he passed the ball to the right side of the front of the Manchester City penalty area.
Dai Zhiwei stared at the flying ball, silently planned the landing point of the ball, and nervously adjusted the pace, hoping to get the ball in the first time.
However, it was naturally impossible for the Manchester City players to watch Dai Zhiwei win the ball, and at this time, Manchester City full-back Sagna also rushed towards the ball.
The landing point of the ball was almost predictable, and at this time, Dai Zhiwei also had a fierce physical confrontation with Sania, the two were entangled with each other, and the small movements of his hands became more and more.
Pull jerseys, rack crutches...... As long as it wasn't too big, both of them beckoned to each other without hesitation.
Dai Zhiwei is already a master of small actions now.
Seeing that the ball was about to fall, he suddenly crouched on his knees.
Sania was taken aback, and at this time, he was blocked by Dai Zhiwei's palm and saw that Dai Zhiwei wanted to jump, so he jumped up subconsciously.
"Hehe, have you been deceived?" Dai Zhiwei smiled proudly, the football has not flown over yet, and Sania started half a second early.
After Sania's jump, Dai Zhiwei leaped high and unloaded the ball at his feet with an easy chest stop.
Immediately, Dai Zhiwei dodged Saña with a false shake and rushed up with the ball.
Seeing Dai Zhiwei hit his backfield, Manchester City's defense immediately moved.
Seeing Dai Zhiwei form a breakthrough, Yaya Toure immediately gave up marking Castillejo and ran towards Dai Zhiwei.
Dai Zhiwei took the ball and chased it in stride, he feels very good now, he likes the feeling of dribbling the ball on the green field at high speed and without interference.
Yaya Toure was getting closer and closer, he was already stuck on Dai Zhiwei's forward line and began to try to reach out and break the ball at Dai Zhiwei's feet.
Yaya Toure played the role of a defensive midfielder in this game, with top defensive awareness and organizational concepts, and was once the world's top five defenders, but now that he is 34 years old, can he still stop Dai Zhiwei's wave of "back waves"?
Just after Yaya Toure had blocked Dai Zhiwei's breakthrough line, who knew that at this time, Dai Zhiwei slammed Yaya Toure with his body, divided the ball, and then strode forward.
Dai Zhiwei is clearly bullying Yaya Toure's declining physical fitness, and he broke through with his speed and physical confrontation ability, which has no technical content at all, but it is very effective.
Yaya Toure did not give up and still followed Dai Zhiwei, but he did not dare to foul, because Dai Zhiwei had already dribbled the ball two steps ahead of him and went directly into the Manchester City penalty area.
Seeing that Dai Zhiwei got rid of Yaya Toure, Manchester City's back line did not dare to be careless, and they all went all out with their spirits, and Fernandinho strode to meet Dai Zhiwei who entered the penalty area.
Fernandinho took small steps to block in front of Dai Zhiwei, but he didn't dare to stretch his feet at will, because Dai Zhiwei had already entered the penalty area, as an experienced defender, he knew that he couldn't be careless at the moment, because as long as he failed to break the ball at Dai Zhiwei's feet, then the opponent was likely to break through at the moment he stretched his feet.
On the pitch, if a defender makes a mistake, it can be a big disaster for the team.
Dai Zhiwei's characteristic of dribbling is that he keeps his head up, and he hardly looks at the ball at his feet with top-level dribbling ability, so he saw Fernandinho's arrival at the first time.
When Dai Zhiwei was still 2 meters away from Fernandinho, his head shifted to his left and his gaze was also wandering.
Left?
Seeing this scene, Fernandinho subconsciously shifted his body's center of gravity to Dai Zhiwei's left side, and his eyes also swept to the same side of Dai Zhiwei.
Right!
At this moment, Dai Zhiwei suddenly changed direction and broke through to his right, his eyes were diametrically opposite to the direction of the movement of the football, Fernandinho couldn't react, and stretched out his leg to intercept Dai Zhiwei, but where did he catch up with Dai Zhiwei, who had already started?
Before Fernandinho could turn around, Dai Zhiwei had completely dodged the nearest Manchester City defender.
Dai Zhiwei had already seen the Manchester City penalty area and Caballero's position clearly when he broke through Fernandinho, so the next moment he flashed Fernandinho, he opened his bow and shot from a distance!
At this moment, there was a dead silence at Manchester City Stadium, and all eyes followed the ball that drew an arc in the air.
Although Caballero had already made a save, he could not do anything to watch the ball rub his fingertips
“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”
2:4!
Villarreal managed to pull a goal back!
Dai Zhiwei shouted the moment the ball drilled into the goal to get the football, and his speed at the moment was no slower than the speed of the penalty area just now.
He wants to show his attitude that Villarreal is clearly not satisfied with two away goals, even at Manchester City Stadium, he doesn't like to lose!
"Beautiful goal! In the 82nd minute, Villarreal recovered a goal with Dai Zhiwei, and the score of 2:4 was not unacceptable for the Yellow Submarine, but obviously their number one star Dai Zhiwei was not very satisfied with this score! The commentator in England commented in the live broadcast room.
Caballero didn't react much when he saw Dai Zhiwei rushing over, after all, Manchester City still have a two-goal lead.
Because Dai Zhiwei did not celebrate after the goal, but instead brought the football back to the centre circle, Manchester City's re-kick-off was quick and the game continued almost without interruption.
"The next game is not going to be good, and Manchester City will definitely be stimulated to attack." Escriva frowned, but since he had decided to attack to the end, he couldn't change the order overnight, otherwise the team would definitely collapse if they didn't agree.
"Don't be afraid! Attack it! Escriva had already stepped on the sideline of the pitch with one foot, and kept shouting and cheering at the disciples on the field.
As expected, the two teams engaged in a fierce battle in the midfield, Castillejo just tried to break through with the ball at the previous moment, but was immediately snatched by De Bruyne, and then shifted the ball to the feet of Yaya Toure in the middle, but a Bruno stabbed in the diagonal to snatch the ball.
Sane had just picked up the pace when Costa pushed the ball off the touchline with a desperate sliding tackle.
Both sides were almost in midfield for five minutes after the restart, and there was no sign that it was 80 minutes later.
Although Manchester City's midfielders are famous, Villarreal's midfielders are not lagging behind, and Villarreal's midfielders are gradually turning the tide, although it is difficult to organize an effective attack, but it has also successfully repelled Manchester City's attacks again and again.
Manchester City, who had been unable to attack for a long time, began to slow down the pace of the game under the command of Guardiola, and Manchester City began to counterattack with a clear vision, sending the ball to the Villarreal team penalty area again and again.
At this time, the power of Sane, Silva, and Aguero is reflected, don't look at the three of them are relatively alternative small bodies in the Premier League, but they can't stand their speed, which creates a lot of trouble for Musacchio and Ruiz.
But fortunately, these three have played for more than 80 minutes, their fitness has been somewhat affected, and the speed is much slower than when they started the game, and the Villarreal back line can barely cope with it.
Although Villarreal managed to hold the table, everyone could tell that Villarreal was in crisis at the back, and after Ruiz cleared the ball again with a big kick, the ball fell near the midfield.
As City's ferocious attack forced Villarreal to start tightening up defensively, Villarreal's frontline players were more likely to roam around midfield.
Ruiz's big foot clearance was picked up by Sane, Sane's technique is delicate, and his speed is also top-notch, only to see his dexterous unloading to control the ball at his feet, gently moving the ball forward, and increasing the speed violently.
Because Villarreal's back line is more concerned about Aguero who is overturning in the penalty area, no one can defend Sane for a while, and when Sane is about to hit the big penalty area, Villarreal's back line has not been able to make an effective defense, because Sane's speed is too fast.
In fact, Sane's importance to Manchester City is at least in the top three among attacking players, although Manchester City now looks full of talent in the front, but the only real ability and potential is Sane.
In fact, whether it is Sergio Aguero or Silva, including Kevin De Bruyne, the positional battle really makes the opposition defence stand firm, they are actually more looking for cooperation, and there is not much to do individually.
When Sane is in good form, the opposing defenders can only drop back. Sterling's side was much less effective, moving a few times and then forcing the bottom, the result was basically a matter of luck, occasionally succeeding a few times, but it was more like a mistake by the opposing defender.
The rest of the people in the front court, who were strong in getting rid of it, flashed out of the gap, and then passed, were not really directional blasts.
It's like Sergio Aguero, you let him go one-on-one with a defender and he can definitely get enough shots in the gap. But as long as you call him a superordinate, the certainty is not so great.
To some extent, Leroy Sane's growth has determined the ceiling of the current Manchester City team.
Of course, it would be a different story if the local giants Manchester City brought in other players.
On the field, seeing that Sane was about to hit the penalty area, he was about to get the opportunity to hit the goal, and then Costa pounced in a panic.
Costa made a sliding tackle from afar, but Sane was deftly dodged, and Sane did not stop, immediately accelerating to rush into the penalty area.
At this time, I suddenly saw a burst of exclamations, only to see Sane suddenly fly in the air like a wrecked car at high speed, and Sane's screams seemed to resound throughout the stadium.
"Beep!" A sharp whistle blew and the referee reached into his pocket with one hand and quickly ran towards the place where Sane had fallen.
Through the replay on the big screen, I saw Bruno catch up the moment he got the ball in Sane, although Sane was fast, but he naturally reduced his speed when he shook past Costa.
Just when he wanted to rush into the penalty area, Bruno had already caught up, perhaps afraid of Sane's kick to shoot, and he directly tackled Sane to the ground with a behind-the-back tackle.
Players from both teams gathered around the referee, with Villarreal leading the way hoping for mercy from the referee, while City's players thought it was a penalty and Bruno had to be sent off.
Fortunately, the referee was sharp-eyed, and he insisted that Bruno had committed a foul outside the penalty area, and Bruno's action was not a hurtful action, but only gave Bruno a yellow card.
However, this yellow card and a red card are not too different for Bruno, because after he got a yellow card before, he has two yellows and one red, and he must be sent off, and the next leg between the two sides is also destined to miss the game.
"Alas!" Dai Zhiwei sighed, this season Bruno + Trigueros has been the team's main back-back combination, this time Bruno, as the team's first defensive barrier, goes down, not to mention the next round, whether Villarreal can hold this game is a question.
Villarreal seems to be one step closer to the end of the world.
(End of chapter)