Chapter 44: Conceding two goals in a row
After Yaya Toure got the ball, in the face of Xu Yifei's fierce defense, he did not panic, but first stood in a favorable position. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
When Xu Yifei pasted Yaya Toure, he immediately discovered a serious problem: he couldn't squeeze the opponent at all, and he couldn't touch the football at all!
At this moment, Xu Yifei knew that his strength attribute was too poor, and he was not at the same level as Yaya Toure.
And Yaya Toure also felt very uncomfortable, although Xu Yifei couldn't do anything about him, but he also lost the angle of shooting.
Xu Yifei was like a plaster, sticking to Yaya Toure, leaving him no space, so that he couldn't shoot at all.
Yaya Toure had no choice but to use his strength advantage, leaning on Xu Yifei and passing the ball back behind him.
"Oh, Xu Yifei relied on the will of the newborn calf who was not afraid of the tiger, successfully blocked Yaya Toure and completed a beautiful defense!"
However, before Xu Xiang could finish his happiness, Milner, who received Yaya Toure's return pass, had already completed a long-range shot.
"Bang!"
The football roared like a cannonball towards the Leeds United goal.
Hearing the crisp sound of Milner's shot, Pierce on the ball road hurriedly held his head to dodge, the power of the ball was too great, he didn't dare to block it with his body at all!
At this time, Xu Yifei did not blame his teammates, he knew that a professional player's powerful shot could even break a bone. Pierce was forgiven for choosing to dodge the roaring football.
Milner's shot, although powerful, was not angled enough, and the ball was punched off the bottom line by Leeds United goalkeeper Ashtang.
"In the fifth minute, the home team Manchester City won the second corner!"
It was David Silva who took the corner.
"Kolarov came over to pick it up, tactical corner! Kolarov then passed the ball to Silva and let the Spaniards organise the attack. ”
Leeds United right-back Bayram immediately pounced on Silva to prevent the Spaniard from bursting into the box.
However, Silva shook Biram past Biram in three or two clicks and continued to kill in the penalty area.
"Xu Yifei has passed, and he has to have a heads-up with Silva!"
However, this time Silva did not give Xu Yifei a chance to go head-to-head, and when the two were two meters apart, Silva crossed.
"Yaya Toure took the ball at the edge of the box and took a step sideways, but Austin didn't stick tight enough to give the Ivorian an angle to shoot! Yaya Toure kicks up, the ball goes in, the world waves! ”
"Wow!"
The Etihad Stadium was boiling, and tens of thousands of fans erupted in a shout at the same time, shaking the entire stadium slightly.
Xu Yifei looked at his own goal and was dumbfounded. He couldn't have imagined that Austin couldn't even support a round in front of Yaya Toure.
"Just five minutes into the game, Yaya Toure opened the Leeds United goal with a world wave, 1-0!
The next game is going to be very tough for Leeds. They were already far inferior to their opponents, and now they had to take the initiative to attack. Their poor defensive line is bound to expose more holes.
Xu Yifei held his head in his hands, looking dazed, as if he couldn't believe the facts in front of him. To be honest, the sixteen-year-old Chinese teenager's performance in just a few minutes is already eye-catching, but after all, he is still very young, and he still has a long way to go compared to opponents like Silva and Yaya Toure.
In fact, for him, the outcome of today's game is not the most important thing, and the experience of playing with masters is his rare wealth. Next, what kind of performance Xu Yifei will have, let's wait and see. ”
Yaya Toure didn't go into celebration, believing that a goal against a team like Leeds United, who are only mid-table in the Championship, is not a big deal.
Soon, all players from both sides returned to their positions in their own half.
"Force!"
Leeds United kick off again.
After two return passes, the football reached Xu Yifei's feet. He is not in a hurry to move forward, but continues with the unfinished business: the proposal to build up a team-wide defense.
Under the guidance of Xu Yifei, after more than a dozen inverted feet in the backcourt, the passing line between Austin and other defensive players was finally established relatively steadily.
The next step was to bring in a couple of wide players to make the wide defence more solid.
Warnock and Diouf on the left, experienced, not too much of a problem. On the right, Bayram is very young and inexperienced, and has become a breakthrough for the opponent many times.
The top priority at the moment is to fill the hole on the right side as soon as possible, so Xu Yifei moved to the right appropriately and made contact with Bairam first.
City play on the left with Kolarov and Silva, who certainly won't let their opponents pass the ball easily in front of them. When Xu Yifei received a pass from Bairam for the second time, they pressed up.
After Xu Yifei got the ball, the passing route between him and Byram had actually been established, and he passed forward to Norris, who came to answer.
Norris picked up the ball and was easily cut off by Yaya Toure, who counter-attacked on the spot.
Xu Yifei immediately communicated with Austin first, and then took the lead in sticking to the Ivorians, while Austin assisted in the defense behind him.
In this way, Xu Yifei and Austin formed a three-dimensional defense, and the difficulty for Yaya Toure to break through the two instantly increased several times.
In desperation, Yaya Toure chose to pass diagonally to Silva on the left side, and handed over the responsibility of organizing the attack to the Spanish king.
Leaving Austin to mark Yaya Toure, Xu Yifei immediately ran to the right side to assist Bairam in defending.
"Xu Yifei is running all over the field so sparingly, will his physical fitness be overdrawn?" Xu Xiang also Xu Yifei pinched a handful of sweat.
However, Xu Yifei did not fight alone this time, and on the way to run, he hurriedly made gestures to nearby Norris and Pierce, asking them to shrink the formation and compress the space for the opponent to break through.
Finally, under his leadership, the entire Leeds United backline was moving.
Faced with a fast-moving Leeds United defence, Silva had no choice but to pass the ball back to Yaya Toure.
At this point, Manchester City relied on the individual ability of their players, and although they were able to gain an advantage in local areas, Leeds United at least had the ability to resist on the whole.
Although the ball still flew around in Leeds' half most of the time, Leeds' defense was finally decent at the top of the penalty area, the left and right ribs and other key parts.
Of course, Xu Xiang also saw this: "Leeds United did not rush to equalize after conceding a goal, but quickly filled the holes in the defensive line and added help defense. Among them, Xu Yifei played an important role as a defense commander.
Manchester City are now bent on extending the scoreline, but they have been on the offensive for a long time now, and someone has to step up and rely on individual ability to make a local breakthrough to change the score again. ”
As soon as Xu Xiang's voice fell, someone in Manchester City had already done it......