Chapter 48: The Biggest Shortcoming

Harvey. Garcia spread his hands to referee Clattenburg and babbled on something, with an innocent look on his face indicating that he had not committed a foul. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Clattenburg waved his hand and insisted that his decision was correct, before issuing a verbal warning about Garcia's attitude.

Of course, the Manchester City fans were booing again, and coach Roberto Mancini was also pointing fingers at the pitch.

"McCormack takes the penalty and shoots straight at goal! Yes! The football went around the human wall, but unfortunately it was slightly higher than the crossbar and flew into the stands!

Hey... The City fans in the stands did not throw the ball back after receiving it, and they expressed their displeasure with the decision just now.

Seeing this, the little caddie on the sidelines hurriedly threw a football.

Hehe, the Manchester City fans did this with a bad demeanor, and the Leeds United fans gave them the middle finger of the middle finger.

The contest between the fans of the two sides is also full of gunpowder. This is also a small episode in the game.

Back on the pitch, Pandilimon took a goal kick and the Toure brothers made a pass before handing the ball to David. Silva, who organizes the attack.

Immediately after Silva won the ball, he was pressed close to Norris.

"Norris grabbed it very fiercely, which made the little Spanish king look a little embarrassed. Wow, Austin and Xu Yifei also rushed up after eyebrow-to-eye, and sandwiched Silva with Norris.

Yes! Silva couldn't get past Austin and the ball was broken. Silva was a little annoyed and counter-attacked on the spot.

The Jamaican did not dare to be careless and immediately crossed to the right. However, the ball seems to be a bit blind, and Austin has no teammates on the right......"

As soon as Xu Xiang's words fell, he saw a white figure piercing into the right side of the screen at an extremely fast speed.

Xu Yifei exploded his speed, took a big step with his right foot, and gently flicked his left foot on the top of the football, received Austin's cross, and then sprinted forward in a straight line.

The first half of the game has already entered injury time, and the referee may blow the whistle at half-time at any time. Xu Yifei is racing against time.

"The referee is looking at his watch, will he let Leeds finish this attack?"

Xu Yifei changed direction to dribble with Yaya Toure when he was five meters away, evading the Ivorian interception, but he was also forced to the right side of the penalty area and lost most of his shooting angle.

And Vani and Byram on the right side of Leeds attracted a part of the defensive force through cross-running, and only Krarov came to defend Xu Yifei alone.

"No matter how Krarov says it, he is also the existence of the star realm, and the shooting angle here is very small, unless there is a miracle, it will definitely be no play, or cross."

With the minute of stoppage time already ticking out, Clattenburg still didn't blow the whistle and the City fans erupted in another shocking boo.

In the midst of the hustle and bustle, Xu Yifei rushed out the football before Krarov was close.

"The cross, the ball was fast and with a lot of spin! Krarov stretched out his leg to block, but couldn't touch the football. Vani jumped to the top at the front point, but unfortunately missed the ball!

In the penalty area, players from both sides huddled together and did not give in to each other to see who could grab this point! Pandilimon strikes and gets out of the way!

Diouf shoots! Pandi Limon gets out again!

Wow, there was chaos in front of Manchester City. More than a dozen feet collide together, no one can distinguish between friend and foe!

Kolo Toure, Diouf, Zabaleta and McCormack all fell to the ground, but still scrambled for the ball at close range.

I don't know who poked the football out, Pandilimon couldn't save it, and the ball went in!

The referee's finger circles the kick-off point, and the goal is valid!

However, the referee immediately blew the whistle for the half-time break.

In the last minute of the first half, Leeds United stubbornly chased a goal back! The 1-2 scoreline gave Leeds United hope of an equaliser. The Etihad Dragons once again sang the loud Leeds United anthem.

Looking at the replay just now, who scored this goal?

Diouf's close-range follow-up shot was struck by Pandilimon's one-on-one punch, and from five yards in front of goal, McCormack and Colo Toure came together at the same time, both of whom moved their hands and fell to the ground almost at the same time.

With Collo Toure's interference, McCormack couldn't get the shot on goal. But the ball was bumped by McCormack's knee, refracted and bounced off Diouf.

The Senegalese demon was about to shoot when he was suddenly tackled by Zabaleta, and the two fell together.

The football was shoveled back to the goal by Zabaleta, and the four people lying on the ground were fighting for each other, embarrassed. The football was refracted several times and was never cleared.

Oh, and it was McCormack who stabbed the ball into the net in the end.

Sure enough, now the TV camera follows McCormack.

The players from both sides have returned to the dressing room, so let's take a break and watch the second half. ”

The noise of the Etihad Stadium was heard far and wide. Manchester City fans are angrily blaming the referee for extending the game. Leeds fans erupted in a tsunami of shouts and cheers.

Xu Yifei and his teammates ran to McCormack to celebrate his goal, then hooked up with Diouf and slowly walked down the tunnel under the murderous gaze of tens of thousands of home fans.

After returning to the dressing room, the Leeds United players consciously gathered together, talking and laughing, and their expressions were quite relaxed.

It can be seen that the score of 1 to 2 makes everyone feel more satisfied.

But this can also be interpreted as free-spirited: a group of people chattering and talking nonsense in the locker room, unorganized.

Xu Yifei wanted to say a few words to motivate everyone, but considering that he was too young and not famous, he still held back.

"Forget it, as long as they do what I want on the court, the rest doesn't matter." Xu Yifei said in his heart: "As for being a leader? Let's wait for the day when you are strong enough! ”

Xu Yifei's consideration is actually completely reasonable. Anyone who plays football knows that there is a fundamental difference between the dressing room and being on the pitch.

The commander on the pitch is just the tactical core. The boss of the locker room is the spiritual leader of the team. Just like the German team in 2002, everyone is completely willing to play around Ballack on the pitch, but back in the dressing room, Ballack must also listen to captain Kahn, otherwise he will not be able to move an inch in the national team!

As for Pelletier of Leeds United. He, the captain, has only been in office for half a year, and he has not achieved absolute authority in the locker room, so he also kept his mouth shut, but let the players play freely.

It wasn't until head coach Warnock walked in that everyone stopped talking.

Warnock closed the locker room door, clapped his hands at everyone, and smiled, "Guys, what you did just now!" If we played a little more ferociously in the second half, the big stars of Manchester City would not dare to fight with us......"

Xu Yifei was stunned for a while, and finally finally understood one thing completely: "It turns out that Leeds United's biggest shortcoming is not the players, but the coach......"