Chapter 27: Calm

Robben walked off the field topless, with his shirt hanging over his shoulders.

During the game, even if you celebrate the goal, you are not allowed to take off your clothes, which is a yellow card, but when it is not a game time, as long as you don't even take off your underwear, no one cares what you do.

But the weather was not hot, and even a little cool, so Robben's actions could be understood as other meanings, such as the difficulties he encountered in his work.

Offense, that's his job.

For the vast majority of Premier League teams, the most terrifying thing about Chelsea at the moment is their attack, with 21 goals in five games, an average of more than four per game, but for several Premier League powerhouses, including Manchester City, what makes Chelsea most troublesome is not their razor-sharp spears, but their invulnerable shields.

Robben was faced with one of the hardest corners of the shield.

Unlike Bale, who is more often entangled with Essien, Robben is more often against Ashley Cole, one of the best left-backs in the Premier League.

Judging from the number of jù in the first half, Robben's table seems to be okay, with a one-on-one pass success rate of up to 90%, but unfortunately a hidden number is that he has never really completely gotten rid of Ashley Cole's defense, and he has four shots on goal, but none of them are within the range of the goal frame, which will not satisfy Robben, who claims to have an "unsolvable" in-cut in any case.

At this time, Robben saw Lin Sen standing on the sidelines with a smile on his face.

This made Robben a little stunned.

Everyone knows the current situation of the Manchester City manager, including the players of Manchester City, naturally including Robben, perhaps because Robben has been in a very stable position since he came to Manchester City, although the relationship between Robben and Linsen is not very close, but at least the cooperation is pleasant. For Lin Sen's situation, sympathy is useless, Luo can do it. Just try to give a great table on the pitch xiàn.

It's just that in the last few games, including this half, Robben's watch has been tepid. Of course, in the face of Lin Sen, Robben can't talk about guilt, he has done his best, if he insists on saying anything, it can only be a pity.

Although not too old, Robben has already met some good managers, such as Guus Hiddink in PSV Eindhoven, Jose Mourinho in Chelsea and even Schuster in Real Madrid. He is also an excellent coach, and of course, compared to the first two, Schuster is a manager who Robben watched out of class.

When this happens to the same person, it always feels ironic, but in fact, in football, this is nothing new.

As Robben walked off the field, Linson patted him on the shoulder. Then the eyes moved on to the next player, Javi Martinez.

City didn't take the lead, and even if they did, the leader shouldn't be too presumptuous at half-time. Javi Martinez's face is as usual, but in Linson's eyes, he is the most excited person on the field right now.

Facing Linson, Javi Martinez took the initiative to reach out to his manager.

It's not the same as Robben. Xavi Martinez, who didn't even play as a rotation player last season, had some resentment against Linson in his heart, and he "betrayed" Athletic Bilbao to come here, not to be a substitute for others. He thought that with the price of Manchester City to bring him in, he would definitely not be able to play a dispensable role, but the fact is that he was always a substitute last season, and Vidal, who is less expensive than him, has always been Linsen's main force.

With comparison, there is an imbalance.

However, in this game, he was given the opportunity to start.

Javi Martinez has reason to believe it's not a "gift" because everyone knows what this game means for Manchester City, and what it means for Linson.

As a head coach, Lin Sen knows that any of his actions can be big or small, and only God can do this kind of thing to control a person's fate, but to control the fate of a player in Manchester City, this kind of thing is just a job for him, someone puts on an inspirational drama, and naturally someone puts on a depraved drama, not everyone can get the best ending, he tries to make everyone happy, but this is not an obligation.

Caring about each player's feelings and understanding each player's thoughts is what a manager should do, Javi Martinez's situation last season was not satisfactory, Lin Sen will not say that this is a training for the other party, the fact is that the other party did not give a convincing table in several starts, so he can only be a substitute, it's as simple as that. And this time the start, it is not because of Lin Sen's clever calculation, the fact is also very simple, that is, because among the players who are in a low mood, he is one of the few players who can stare at Lin Sen's satisfactory state on the top of his head.

Lin Sen may have misjudged a person's character, but he would never misjudge a person's state, at least, his eyes have not deceived him so far.

Walking into the dressing room, Lin Sen still didn't intend to say too many words, in the past few games, Lin Sen has put on an exciting speech, expressed a surprising anger, and also maintained a depressing silence, but Manchester City's final result is not satisfactory every time, today, Lin Sen has no intention of repeating it again.

As soon as he raised his hand, the originally noisy locker room suddenly quieted down, but he just scratched the back of his head with his fingers, and the reaction of the players surprised Lin Sen a little, he smiled, and suddenly felt a little proud in his heart.

Either way, he's already the only one in the locker room.

"I'm very happy with everyone's performance in the first half, I hope the second half can continue, we are facing ......" Lin Sen said, but just as he was about to continue to say something, he suddenly stopped, was silent for a moment, and then shook his head, "No, that's it, let's take a look at the highlights of the first half." ”

That's it?

Kidd, who was standing next to him, was not a little surprised, but very surprised. To put it mildly, this could even be Linson's last half-time speech at Manchester City, but right now, Linson's speech adds up to less than ten seconds, and it's almost equal to the ten seconds he didn't speak.

Kidd shook his head in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it.

At halftime, the atmosphere of the MCFC was the same as the score of the game at this time, not good or bad. But it's not a new scoreline, having lost the last few games. That's the score at midfield. The question of Linsen's whereabouts is no longer a boring topic in the eyes of Manchester City fans, but a real possibility.

Linson would probably be proud if he knew what was being said about the issue in the eyes of City fans at the moment, because at least at MCFC, more than 80 per cent of fans still believe City should keep him.

Of course, this also means that there are still two out of ten fans who think he should leave.

And these two fans, in the 56th minute of the second half, seemed to be on the right side, because it was at this time. What happened in previous games happened again.

Chelsea scored.

Malouda suddenly pulled to the right, Azli Piqueta, who was pinned down by Anelka, failed to complete the marking at the first time, so that the Frenchman could comfortably start the ball, and Drogba, who wrestled with Kompany for most of the game, suddenly accelerated, jumped, and exerted force in his abdomen, and scored with a header from close range.

There was a sigh of relief in the bar.

"Now, the problem is once again in front of Lin." Martin Taylor felt sorry for Linson, but there was nothing sorry for his voice.

What's the problem?

Now it's not how to exceed the score, it's how to equalize.

Lin Sen, who stood up from the coach's seat, did not scratch his head or shake his head, he walked slowly to the sidelines. Looking at the court, no one knew what he was thinking, but he didn't make any adjustments right away.

Boya in the box looked solemn.

Here and now, she couldn't help him standing on the sidelines. All of them can only rely on himself.

Tang Hua and Dina sat in the coach's seat and did not get up, their faces were anxious. But the eyes are calm. If the goal just now finally becomes the last straw that overwhelms Linsen, then Linsen will not be the only one who will leave Manchester City. It's certainly not the way they want to leave, but if they have to, then they'll choose to accept it calmly.

When the score is behind, the side behind always feels that time is passing so quickly.

It seemed that in the blink of an eye, the game came to the final stage.

Everyone at the MCFC bar stopped shouting and complaining, and they all held their breath and began to hope for the final miracle to happen, although they also knew why the miracle was called a miracle.

The elder Miller in the bar stared at the TV screen, and had forgotten to wipe his hands, just now, Linson used the last substitution, Adriano replaced David Luiz.

Three substitutions, all offensive players for defensive players.

Manchester City on the field no longer has a formation to speak of, if there is, it should be called two, three five. Chelsea and Inter Milan fans will be familiar with this kind of "fight", because Mourinho does it all the time, but it's not the patent of the magic bird.

Chelsea weren't to be messed with, they weren't the kind of team you could attack if you wanted to, but now that the game is in stoppage time, Man City have piled up too many attacking players up front, and most of them are the kind of players who can change the game, Chelsea have to pile up the same number of people at the back, at the end of the day, leading them, Man City want to fight for their lives, but they really don't have to fight for Manchester City.

In the final minute of stoppage time, David Silva's long-range shot was blocked by John Terry, and City were given a corner, perhaps the last chance, as the referee could end the game at any time after the corner.

David Silva sparked for a corner and all the City players ran up, including Joe Hart.

The Spaniard hooked a kick to the back of the line.

Lin Sen on the sidelines had already squatted down, no one could see his expression, and the camera didn't catch it.

The ball was pushed out by Ivanovic.

The whole bar was silent for a while, and Ancelotti's heart fell to the ground like a boulder.

The referee began to take the whistle and prepare to end the game, but at this time, in a clear color, there was a figure wearing a different color jersey, but he grabbed the first point of Ivanovic's clearance, and then, without adjustment, directly volleyed.

The movements are unusually stretched. (To be continued......)