Chapter 1189: Stop the ball

Manchester City fans are also anxious about the current situation. ∑ the top novel, they started singing in the stands and cheering the players with their songs.

At times like these, the team needs their support even more.

What Alan Hansen said they can also see that since the start of the game, Manchester City, which was originally playing at home, has been pressed by Tottenham Hotspur and looks like they may concede goals at any time. The main thing is that Bale's play is just too good.

He led the whole Tottenham Hotspur team's attack to the area where Zabaleta was guarding, like a torrential rain, even with the help of Lucio and others, Zabaleta struggled to deal with it.

This is a surprise to many Manchester City fans - this is not the first time Manchester City have played Tottenham Hotspur, nor is it the first time they have played Bale.

How Bale and Tottenham Hotspur have been in the past, they all know how. Why is it that the whole Tottenham Hotspur team and Bale are like chickens today?

Many people think of the first game of the season, Manchester City away to Tottenham Hotspur. That game was played poorly by Manchester City and they were held to a 0-0 draw by Tottenham Hotspur.

However, the performance of the Manchester City players in this game cannot be said to be bad...... Everyone can see very clearly, even Zabaletta's watch xiàn is very positive, but today's Bale's watch xiàn is so good, it's like a hanging.

Today's Bell is somewhat familiar to them.

Quite a few people thought of glory.

Yes, Bell's watch xiàn reminded them of glory.

It's no longer just Zabaleta's delusion.

Even Lucio couldn't help but curse after Bale's shot hit the post this time: "! Glory! ”

He also felt like Bell was honored......

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Commentator John Mortenson agrees: "It's surprising how well Bell was in shape today...... The goal just now, after breaking through Zabaleta's defence, he cut inside decisively and shot decisively, and finally although the ball did not go in, it hit the post. But such a table makes me think of Rong...... Bale is simply the glory of Tottenham Hotspur! ”

"So people say that Rong is his idol, and he intends to imitate Rong when he plays......" Alan Hansen added next to him.

"Interesting...... John Mortenson laughed.

Alan Hansen laughed along.

The laughter of the two made Manchester City fans annoying to listen to.

But it made Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal fans feel very happy.

George Allen came close to cheering for Bale and Tottenham Hotspur in the media box. Although he didn't shout it on the surface, in his heart, George Allen was so happy that he was about to fly.

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Based on past experience, when a team is in trouble, it's natural for everyone to look to glory.

Twenty-five minutes into the game, because of Tottenham Hotspur's fierce attack, Manchester City can only shrink the defense, so Glory does not get many chances.

But he is still a figure to be reckoned with, so whether he has the ball at his feet or not, whether City are defending or attacking at the moment, there is always a Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Wilson Palacios by his side.

The Honduras international has a ferocious style on the pitch, running with a lot of body and excelling at headers and tackles. He was once named one of the top 10 best signings in the Premier League for the 2009-2010 season by The Sun.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson once thought that Palacios and Chelsea's Essien belonged to the same level, but in the end United were not able to get him.

Redknapp used him to limit Glory, with the obvious intention of freezing Glory completely.

From now on, the game has been going on for more than 20 minutes, he has done a good job, and Rong Guang has not had many chances.

Despite this, Palacios remained faithful in his surroundings of glory. He will go wherever the glory goes, and he doesn't have to worry about losing his position after being torn apart by the glory.

This is also Redknapp's arrangement, for Palacios, who is responsible for marking Glory, he has a special arrangement, that is, he only defends Glory, and does not care about the defense in other positions.

This ensures that no matter where Glory is, there are people around him to follow him and put pressure on him to take the ball less lightly.

In order to avoid Palacios following the glory, Tottenham Hotspur had few people in the midfield, and Redknapp lined up a 352 formation in this game, with five men in the midfield. In this way, even if Palacios is taken away by glory, Tottenham Hotspur's midfield is not messed up, and the remaining four can still complete a complete midfield configuration.

Modric and Van der Vaart are relatively in the middle, with Van der Vaart being more forward, while Modric is lagging behind and taking on the task of connecting the past and the future. Bell and Lennon are separated. Lennon and Bale flanked off, with Van der Vaart in charge of the final pass in the attack, while Luka Modric picked up the lead.

Palacios, on the other hand, could completely break away from this system and concentrate on defending Glory. His absence will not make Tottenham's midfield system unfunctional.

The forward line is a double center, Crouch and Pavlyuchenko are partnered, so that whether it is a Bale cross or a Lennon cross, there are at least two points in front of the goal, ensuring the success rate of grabbing points.

It can be said that Redknapp's adjustment was also somewhat unexpected by Benitez, so defensively, Manchester City were caught off guard by the combination of two full-backs and two center forwards.

This is one of the reasons why Manchester City were on the back foot for more than 20 minutes.

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When Manchester City was in trouble, everyone remembered the glory and pinned their hopes on the glory.

Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and even millions of people have pinned such hopes on Rongguang, and the pressure on Rongguang can be imagined. He said okay, and everyone was just cheering. But if he doesn't look good, then his previous hopes will turn into disappointment, or even abuse.

Ordinary people will be excited, their heartbeat will increase and their blood pressure will increase when they are scolded by a person, let alone scolded by tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people.

And Rongguang has been under such pressure in the game, and he has never disappointed, which is even more commendable.

Now, the pressure is coming back with everyone's high hopes.

In the face of Bell's excellent performance, what will Glory come up with?

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Because Manchester City is pressed by Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City's way of attacking can only rely on long passes from the back to find glory directly.

But Rongguang's side will follow Palacios every step of the way, so this puts forward very high requirements for Rongguang's possession, as long as he stops a little bigger, he may lose possession under the interference of Palacios.

You must know that Tottenham Hotspur is not the only Palacios to follow Glory, wherever he goes, the Tottenham Hotspur players in that area will be waiting for the opportunity, as long as Glory has a little ball control error under Palacios's marking, he will immediately rush up and break the ball.

In such a situation, it is indeed difficult for Rongguang to successfully fight back.

In the 30th minute, Manchester City got the ball again at the back, Gareth Barry took the ball at the back and took a look at where the glory was, and then directly picked up his right foot and kicked the ball forward with a bang.

It was another Manchester City counter-attack.

"It's so easy!" Alan Hansen criticized. "Even if it's a quick counterattack, it's not like there's only one way to counterattack...... Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid also plays defensive counter-attacks, and they pay attention to fast, but their counter-attacking methods are much more abundant...... This kind of direct long pass from the back is simple and crude, and it can easily fall into Tottenham Hotspur's targeted defense......"

As he spoke, the ball flew through the air and flew to the front.

On the ground, Glory was also running towards the football, and he didn't run too fast, because if he had sprinted with all his might, he would probably have run in front of the ball. Because Gareth Barry kicked it very high, the speed of the ball in the air was also slower, the distance was longer, and it took more time.

In this case, Rongguang must adjust his running speed to ensure that he can arrive in sync with the football.

It is for this reason that Palacios has been able to follow the glory all the time.

He is almost on par with glory.

It's not easy to stop such a high ball, let alone stop accurately. As long as the glory stops a little bit, Palacios has the confidence to make the glory stop a little bit into a conceded goal.

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This time, when the ball flew from behind Glory and fell, Glory reached out to stop the ball.

Palacios sped up to bypass Glory from the inside to break Glory's ball.

Glory's right foot reaches forward to reach the ball.

The football falls.

The two meet on turf.

But the football didn't pop out as Palacios thought, or get out of the way.

Glory's right foot was flipped out, just in front of the ball falling, so the ball bounced up after hitting the ground, hit Glory's outside instep, and after being blocked, it fell back to the turf and never bounced back.

At the same time, the glory of running made a sharp stop, kicked with his left foot, twisted his body, and turned around with his right foot as the axis!

At this time, Palacios ran right behind Glory, and passed by Glory, who had turned, one to the left and one to the right.

"Stop the ball and turn around...... Pretty!! John Mortenson shouted when he saw this.

Palacios looked at the glory that turned away from him, his face was full of shock - he really didn't expect the glory to deal with this high ball like this, stop the ball and turn it all in one go!

The ball stopped so steadily, just right to connect with the next turn, without stopping, without any loss of time. There are many players who have to adjust after stopping the ball to make the football easier to handle, and this adjustment often takes time, and the defender who is still some distance away from him can take the opportunity to pounce, and when he is finished, the defender will stick to him.

But the good thing about this stop of glory is that it doesn't need to be adjusted!

You can also use the stop ball to get rid of the close defenders of other players!

This is the highest level of stopping the ball! I527