Chapter Ninety-One: The Next City

In less than ten minutes on the court, Draxler staged a good play of passing and shooting, Nan Xiao stood on the sidelines and showed a happy smile, which is difficult to see in him, his performance on the field has always been moody, even in the away 5-0 win over Crystal Palace, the camera has never captured his smiling face, but after such a wonderful performance by Draxler, he finally couldn't hide his inner joy, and he was able to show such a good state in his debut, It also made Nan Xiao feel pleased with his choice. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Stoke City were a little helpless in the face of a sudden two-goal deficit, trying to speed up the pace of the game and launch a quick counter-attack, but they always made mistakes on the final pass, either because the players did not know how to pass or the passers were not well controlled, and in short, they tried four or five through balls without success.

Mark Hughes was constantly directing the team on the sidelines, and it was clear that he was very unhappy with the current scoreline, and the Stoke City players were starting to look a little impetuous at the moment, and their pass success rate was much lower than before Sunderland's goal, especially in the forward passes, they began to try to pass more aggressively, which may put some pressure on Sunderland's defence, but such desperate passes will continue to increase the anxiety of the players.

After the Sunderland team took a two-goal lead, they once again chose to recycle the defensive posture of the whole line, and tightening the fence to stabilize the defense is a more common tactical method adopted by Nan Xiao after the team has a lead of more than one goal, of course, this is in the case that the opponent is still capable of counterattacking, if the opponent is like that Crystal Palace after falling behind as if losing the fighting spirit, then Nan Xiao will not let go of this opportunity to sprinkle a handful of salt on the opponent's wound.

Because in the first leg, his team was stubbornly equalized by the opponent with a two-goal lead, and the three points that were supposed to be in hand became one point, so in this game, Mark Hughes originally wanted to fight for this breath at his own doorstep, but what he didn't expect was that it was his own team that was two goals behind again, but things have developed to this point, and it is useless to be annoyed, and the only thing he can do now is to find a way to tie or even overtake the score and defend his home honor!

"In the 60th minute, Stoke City was going to make a personnel change, and we saw that Crouch was already on the sidelines, ready to come on as a substitute.

"Crouch, who is 201 cm tall, came off the bench and replaced the team's No. 6 Glen Whelan, so Stoke City should be changing the formation, let's see what kind of formation Mark Hughes wants to use against Sunderland in the next time through the position of the game."

Mark Hughes replaced Crouch to make it clear that he wanted to strengthen the attack, and he didn't think his team was going to lag behind his opponents in terms of strength, so strengthening the attack was his only option.

"The Stoke City team should have changed to a 343 formation, with Pieters, Muniessa, Shawcross three central defenders, Glenn . Johnson spoke on the wing, opposite Arnautovic on the left, Joe Allen and Charlie Adam in the middle, Bonilla on the left, Crouch in the center and Shaqiri on the right. ”

In the face of the home team's Stoke City's counterattack, the away Sunderland team also lowered its posture and began to stabilize its defense unhurriedly, at this time Juanfran's ability began to slowly show, his one-on-one defensive ability and anticipation of the ball are world-class, so Arnautovic and Bony could not find any chance to break through on his side, and after coming and going, Stoke City gradually gave up the attack on the left side, and began to focus on the side of Shaqiri, So the Swiss international Shaqiri, who had been silent for a while, once again took on the responsibility of the team's attack!

'The minutes are dying, and now that the 80th minute is on, time is running out for Stoke City, and Mark Hughes is also nervous on the sidelines, his side are currently ninth in the Premier League table, just three points clear of seventh-placed side, Sunderland, so there is a good chance of qualifying for the Europa League at the end of the season, so he will also be hoping to get a win against an opponent who is in direct competition with him."

Compared with the poor performance in the first half, Shaqiri seemed to gradually find the form of the game in the second half, he won many heads-up with Van Aanholt, one of which was a bulltail crotch pass was applauded by the fans, but his choice after the breakthrough was not very good, either too much procrastination or did not control the footwork of the cross, only one inverted triangle back pass was not bad, but Charlie Adam, who followed up, hit the second floor stands!

Stoke City wasted many opportunities, and couldn't organize a few threatening attacks, and the mentality of the whole team began to be obviously impetuous, from the coach on the sidelines to the players on the field, they all showed a little anxious look, this situation is also what Nan Xiao wants to see the most, because he knows that as long as the opponent messes up the mentality, it is equivalent to giving the victory of this game into his own hands.

"Sunderland made another substitution, and this was their last substitution, with Chinese teenager Zhang Xiuwei replacing Dokar, who contributed an assist!"

'Dokar, how does it feel in the midfield position?' After Dorkar returned to the bench, Nan Xiao also asked in time.

"With the previous training, it feels okay." Dokar replied after taking a sip of his sports drink.

"If I keep you starting in this position in the next game, will you do as well as this one?"

"Of course, coach, I'm going to do better than this one." Dokar replied confidently.

Dokar has a very important role in the idea of building the team of Nanxiao, his original position is a midfielder or right midfielder, but under the development of Nanxiao, he can be qualified for the position of left midfielder and midfielder, having such an excellent all-rounder is an indispensable condition for Nanxiao to switch between a variety of formations at will, although Draxler or Halilovic is the object that Nanxiao wants to focus on cultivating the most, but the importance of players like Dokal in the Nanxiao team will definitely not be lower than the previous two.

Like Draxler and Halilovich, Zhang Xiuwei is also a player that Nan Xiao wants to focus on cultivating, but there is only one reason why Nan Xiao wants to cultivate him, because he is Chinese, although Nan Xiao's dream is to become the best head coach in the world, but cultivating excellent talents for Chinese football is the most important job in his heart, he also knows that the strength of the Chinese team is very weak now, but he believes that in a few years, he will make Chinese football strong through his own efforts! He has no ability to change the environment of Chinese football, nor can he interfere in the work of the Chinese Football Association, but he has the ability to cultivate one world-class player after another for Chinese football, Zhang Xiuwei is the first Chinese player he wants to cultivate!

In the final ten minutes of the game, Sunderland once again showed their ferocious fangs in the midst of Stoke City's ups and downs, and completely beat the "Sky City" team with two goals from center forward Defoe.

'We can tell from the look on his face that he is very disappointed with the result of this game, but there is no way to change the scoreline, he should see the shortcomings of his team in this game and make adjustments accordingly to be able to make the team perform better in the next games.'

"In the end, Sunderland won a 4-0 victory at the Britannia Stadium with their outstanding performance, and continued to sit firmly in the top seven, and in three days they will also have their first game of the FA Cup at home, against Coventry City, a team from the third tier of the English league, they brought in the third new signing in the winter transfer period, Xu Xin, a player from China, is likely to get the opportunity to play, and I hope you can continue to pay attention to the live broadcast of the event brought to you by Feiyue Sports, please see you soon!"