Chapter 63: The Seventh Victory
Gudjanssen had only played Adriano once since he came on and knew he had been given a terrible assignment. Because he found that although the height difference between the two was not large, he was not the opponent of the other party at all in terms of strength.
On the football field, marking and passing are relative, but marking is undoubtedly much more troublesome than passing. Don't mention the issue of active and passive, the importance of the two is fundamentally two different things, you can try again if you can't pass people, and if you can't mark people, many times it basically means losing the ball. So, when Coyle gave the task to Goodjanssen, it meant that he had to bite the bullet.
It's just that he doesn't have an advantage in body and strength, and Goodjanssen has no choice but to hit the idea to his feet. Because most players with excellent body and strength are generally not very flexible on their feet.
Gudjanssen's second attempt was sweet when he broke the ball at Adriano's feet.
The time was fifty-first minutes.
Goodjanssen ignored the boos from the field, and then, just as he turned to get the ball out, he noticed a huge force coming from his side, and then, before he could figure out what was going on, he fell into a daze.
The referee's whistle blows.
When Gudjanssen got up from the ground, he saw the tall figure running away slowly, and the referee chased after him and gave a verbal warning.
It's Adriano.
What happened was very simple, Goodjanssen broke Ade's ball, and Ade chased back, but he lost the initiative and inevitably fouled when he was scrambling.
Coyle, who was on the sidelines, immediately ran to the fourth official to complain, thinking that Adriano deserved a yellow card for his counter-attacking action just now, but the Manchester City fans in the stands gave Adriano applause because they saw the fighting spirit. For the fans at home, nothing beats fighting spirit to win their applause. It's the same no matter what course you're on.
Looking at Adriano, who was getting greener and brighter above his head amid applause. Lin Sen, who was also standing on the sidelines, smiled bitterly in his heart, Adriano is very positive, which is a good thing, but don't let his halftime talk backfire.
The score is still 1-0. The shape on the field is still Manchester City's main attack, Burnley counterattack, such a game, each round of the league has to be played several times, whether it is Spain, Italy, or England, because it has nothing to do with the style of football, just the way of survival.
Linson is still anxiously awaiting the arrival of the team's second goal. One goal ahead, in front of the thief. It's just too dangerous.
The ball was passed to Adriano's feet again, Gudjanssen forced it up again, and the two thief eyes aimed at the ball at Adriano's feet, this time Ade's ball was well protected, but because Ade's body was facing away from the goal, Gudjanssen was not in a hurry to get down, but just used his hand against Adriano's back within the scope allowed by the rules, counteracting part of Adriano's power, while guarding against Adriano's turn......
At this time, Lin Sen's eyes suddenly lit up. Because he saw that the green light above Adriano's head was skyrocketing.
Is it coming?
In Linson's experience, when a goal is about to happen, the player who shoots doesn't have to have some kind of positive change, such as when Russ Bender scored in the last round. The German's sentiments didn't change at all, because it was a goal that he didn't even expect to score. However, when a player suddenly has a certain change of affection, something is bound to happen.
A lot of the time. Linson calls this a feeling, for example, the feeling of a goal before a goal.
So. Adriano's situation at this time, Lin Sen doesn't know if he will score, but he is sure that Adriano wants to do something.
Sure enough, Adriano, who received the ball, did not act as a turret to quickly pass the ball to his teammates this time, but after controlling the ball, he knocked the ball forward slightly, and made a gesture of preparing to forcibly turn around and shoot, Gudjanssen was really fooled, just when Gudjanssen finally stepped out to block the direction of Ade's shot, Ade just gently pulled the ball, and the center of gravity of his body instantly shifted in the direction of the ball, from left to right.
When Gudjanssen pounced, he knew it was going to be bad, because he didn't know the position of his teammates behind him, it was obvious that he couldn't just let Ade pass, so he reached out a hand and directly grabbed Adriano's jersey, which was about to start.
The whistle blew again.
Boos rang out.
Coyle breathed a sigh of relief that Gudjanssen's experience had played a role after all, and that if Gudjanssen had allowed Adriano to break through, City would almost certainly have a situation of playing more and playing less. Therefore, although Goodjanssen committed a foul this time, he did not commit it in vain.
A free kick from 30 metres from goal.
According to City's previous arrangement, the free-kick on the left side went to David Silva and the free-kick on the right went to Robben. The free-kick was on the right-hand side and Robben was about to come over to take it, but Adriano picked it up.
"I'm coming?" Facing Robben, Adriano said solemnly.
"Here you go." Robben was only slightly surprised by Ade's request, but he nodded cheerfully. The friendship between the two is second, this free kick is far away, Robben is not a power player, so if he takes this ball, most of it is to choose to pass, Robben's interest is not very big.
Just as Ade was asking for the penalty from Robben's side, players on both sides also began to pile up in the penalty area, and Burnley quickly lined up a crowd wall. Ade, who was holding the ball, gently placed the ball at the point of foul just now, did not take a trick to move a little closer, then took a few steps back, stretched out his hand and drew a cross on his chest, took a deep breath, and looked at the opponent's goal.
The referee, who managed to get the players on both sides to settle a little in the penalty area, took a few steps back, glanced at Adriano, then turned his gaze to the penalty area, put the whistle in his hand into his mouth, and blew lightly......
The whistle seems to have just fallen!
A dazzling light has appeared in front of everyone!
Jensen, who had been guarding the goal for Burnley for six seasons, had not even reacted before the ball appeared in front of his eyes, and then before he could even take a full look, it flew into the bottom left corner of the net!
"My God......"
Even Morris, the commentator who looked at the whole situation, didn't react until the ball flew into the goal, and at this time he had forgotten what he should say, and only had time to let out an exclamation: too fast!
No one calculates the speed of the ball, but it is certain that no one will want to hit the ball.
Lin Sen on the sidelines had already raised his arms high, and there were huge cheers from the stands, and Adriano, who scored the goal, did not run wildly, but just stood in place, his hands pointed obliquely to the sky, his eyes looked at the blue sky, and he let out an angry roar in his mouth, as if he wanted to vent all the previous sullenness......
Nine months!
Almost nine months have passed since his last goal!
It was Adriano's first goal back in Europe! It was also the first goal that symbolized his rebirth of Adriano!
This is the first, but definitely not the last!
Looking at his team's somewhat helpless expressions after conceding the goal, Coyle's face showed a wry smile, he doesn't blame his players, what can you say about such a goal? And what can be done? What made him smile even more was the score, 2-0. There is still nearly half an hour left in the game, but for Burnley at the moment, such Manchester City no longer gives Coyle any illusions about winning.
Finally, Manchester City's streak is coming to an end on their own team. Thinking of this, how could Coyle not smile bitterly?
Adriano's goal was not over.
Fourteen minutes later, also in the face of Gudjanssen's defence, this time Adriano shook off the opposition defense with a simple change of speed, and after making a wall-to-wall link with David Silva, he also scored with a powerful shot.
The score became 3-0 and the time of the game was 78 minutes.
Even the most conservative Manchester City fans have completely let go of their worries at this time, because the big picture has been decided!
When the referee blew the final whistle, the stadium erupted in applause as Manchester City's seventh league win of the season was long overdue, but finally arrived, in front of more than 40,000 home fans.
Lin Sen, who stood up from the coach's seat, took a deep breath and spit out again: Goodbye! Damn the four-in-a-row!
Then, he strode to the other side of the dugout, where Coyle was already standing waiting to shake hands with Linsen, he was relieved about the result of the game, and it was inevitable to be disappointed by the defeat, but the defeat was not unacceptable, and for Burnley, Manchester City was still a behemoth after all.
"It's so young......" When Lin Sen walked in front of him, Coyle couldn't help but let out another sigh in his heart that he had never thought of before.
Because if it weren't for Linsen, the forty-three-year-old Coyle would have been one of the youngest promising managers in the Premier League, but now, this young and less than 30-year-old Lin Sen, who is not old among coaches, has suddenly become so inconspicuous. Unlike many people who think that Lin Sen is just a lucky person, Coyle's perspective is a little different from others, others see the scenery after Lin Sen's carp leaps over the dragon gate, but Coyle sees what happened before.
This may be due to the fact that Linsen's previous coach of Malaga is also a promoted team, although he has only played a dozen league games, it is enough for Coyle to understand what the top league is, so others may not think so, but he is very aware of how difficult Linsen's achievements in Malaga last year were.
Lucky? If this is also luck, then luck is also a strength. (To be continued......)
PS: I want to apologize to everyone, the state of the past two days is not very right......