Chapter 370: All or Nothing
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"The ball is inβ!!"
Seeing the football fly into the goal, the on-site commentator Belbart let out a loud roar, "Manchester City pulled a goal back!" The goal was scored by Manchester City striker Darren Bent! He's just returned from England and he's helping them score goals in the league! β
"This goal is also Darren Bent's fourth goal in five league games, four goals in five league games, and Bent sits at the top of the league scorer list with his high efficiency!"
"Bent also performed quite well last season, but he was still only a substitute for Manchester City, this season Anelka left Manchester City for Chelsea, Bent became a regular striker, and his performance completely overshadowed the Spanish 'golden boy' Torres, who joined Manchester City for nearly 40 million euros! It is worth mentioning that Torres has yet to help Manchester City score in the league, with his only goal coming in the Manchester derby in the Community Shield......"
"Darren Bent has just turned 23 and he has finally had a full explosion, and seeing how he is doing now, we can expect that he will definitely become the top scorer in the league and even the strongest contender for the European Golden Boot!"
'City have no shortage of goalscorers, but Bent has proven himself to be at least the best ...... this season'
"Perhaps, Torres, who is in the same position as him, has already felt the pressure."
In Belbart's voice, the camera also pointed to the Manchester City bench, and Torres was seen sitting in his position with no expression on his face.
But in reality, Torres was already feeling the pressure.
He came to Manchester City with a lot of hope and in the Community Shield he did quite well and a goal proved everything.
But in the four rounds of the league so far, he has played the whole game, but he has not scored a single goal.
Played more than 360 minutes. There are no goals, which can be described as a goal drought, and seeing Darren Bent's excellent performance, the 'golden boy' feels very stressed.
Torres would have liked the coach to bring him on for the job.
So he looked in the direction of the coach, but it was a pity that Wan Sheng was talking to Diamares, as if he was discussing the goal just now, and did not notice Torres's eyes.
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Manchester City fans were cheering on the team's goal.
Manchester City have won the league title for the second season in a row, and Manchester City fans have long been accustomed to team victories, and they don't feel like they have any problem playing against average teams at home.
But this game. From the first 10 minutes, it felt very aggrieved because it was Aston Villa who scored goals.
Aston Villa then scored a second goal and the Birmingham fans celebrated wildly, trying to overwhelm each other with their voices.
At half-time, many people were also discussing that Manchester City was likely to lose today, and they didn't want the team to lose, but the team was behind. It still worries them, and some fans think that maybe this one is really going to be lost.
Now the team is chasing back one!
Although still a goal behind, it was a goal from Darren Bent. Let all Manchester City fans see the hope of equalizing!
So they were in the stands, frantically cheering for the goal.
Listening to the voice in his ears, Wan Sheng also felt a lot more stable in his heart, so far. The competition proved that he was right!
Even if the team changes half of the substitute lineup, the strength is still stronger than Aston Villa, and it should not be because of unfamiliar tactics. It can't play an advantage at all, and the team still attaches too much importance to tactical coordination to make trouble.
When the team plays more targeted and pays more attention to the efficiency of scoring goals rather than the process, the team's offensive ability immediately rises a notch!
Seeing the team's performance, Wansheng couldn't help but think of the Barcelona team that was about to 'cross Europe'.
Barcelona is the top team in Europe, but the results in recent years can only be said to be average, suppressing Real Madrid domestically, but there is no good performance in the Champions League.
But in a few years, they'll be all over Europe, right?
Their tactics are very similar to Manchester City, and the general style of play is also based on control, constantly passing, passing, passing, passing the ball again, passing forward when there is a chance, passing horizontally when there is no chance, in short, to control the ball at the foot.
With just a combination of forces, Barcelona were able to collapse the backline of most teams!
But is that kind of Barcelona better than their own Manchester City?
Wan Sheng suddenly smiled.
If he hadn't dared to say that the team would have been better than the 'Dream Three team' before this game, but from now on, he has confidence, because the team's style of play is not only technical, but also targeted.
In terms of tactics, the team has already outperformed the strong Barcelona team.
As for the strength of the players and the team, Wansheng is more confident.
If you let the people who have not crossed know the current Manchester City lineup, they will definitely not be able to close their mouths in shock!
Silva, Ozil, Torres, Darren Bent, Carlos, Pepe...... The names of football masters can't be more gorgeous!
What about Barcelona with Messi?
Manchester City has a lot of top players, and all of them are in peak condition, even if one person can't catch up with Messi, what about two? What about three? What's more, the players in the team also have their own coaching skill bonuses, and under the effect of attribute bonuses, what does Messi count!
Thinking of these, Wansheng is even more confident.
He knows it well.
From today onwards, Manchester City's strength will go up another notch!
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Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill doesn't know Wan Sheng's thoughts, but he has already started to worry about his team's defence.
At halftime, he set up his defense, but what he didn't expect was that Manchester City would play so targeted in the second half.
O'Neill didn't think Manchester City had a strong attacking ability before, maybe they were gorgeous and good at controlling the ball, but one statistic says a lot - Manchester City scored a total of nine goals in the first four league games.
An average of 2.25 goals in a game is not a lot, but on the defending champions Manchester City, plus their four opponents: West Ham, Arsenal, Derby County, Blackburn, 2.25 goals is a bit less.
Another proof of this is that after beating West Ham United 3-0 and Arsenal 2-0 in the first two rounds, they are not the top of the league because they have scored fewer goals than Chelsea.
This shows that Manchester City's goalscoring ability is actually not as strong as imagined.
The first half also confirmed that.
Manchester City suppressed Aston Villa in the first 20 minutes, but did not score a goal, and in the following time, Manchester City's attack was not bad, but they still did not score.
However, O'Neill didn't expect that Manchester City in the first half almost changed teams!
Just when he was still thinking that Manchester City had made a terrible substitution and shot as if they were wasting their chances in front of goal, Aston Villa's goal was in constant danger.
By the time O'Neill realizes it, it's now...... Manchester City have scored!
Now what?
The question was in front of him in a different place.
But O'Neal can't think of a way, he can't let the team go to attack, that would be tantamount to giving the victory to the opponent, but with the current opponent's firepower, the defense is not sure to be able to hold.
The only thing O'Neill can do is to continue to tell the team's defense, "Hold on!" Be sure to hold on! β
He repeated.
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After Darren Bent's goal, the balance of the game seemed to tip in the direction of Manchester City, but in reality, City were still one goal behind and the game was less than 30 minutes away.
Thirty minutes, it's not easy to score a goal.
Even if Manchester City's style of play is more targeted, Aston Villa's defense is also very tight, and no matter how fierce Manchester City's attack is, it is not sure that it can score within 30 minutes, not to mention, Aston Villa is not without the power to counterattack.
After the resumption of the game, City continued to launch a fierce attack, but more than half of the time remained, they still failed to score.
At this time, Wansheng also considered a substitution.
If you want to score goals, you have to continue to strengthen your attack, so you should change a striker.
Wan Sheng glanced at the bench and locked on Torres.
The Spanish golden boy has not helped the team to score in the league so far, but Torres's ability is undeniable and he is familiar with tactics, and the lack of scoring is more due to luck and mentality.
Wan Sheng felt that he should let him try.
He turned his head and motioned for Torres to get ready to play, and Torres immediately stood up and stepped aside to warm up.
Torres felt happy.
After Darren Bent scored, he thought he wouldn't have a chance to play, but he didn't expect the coach to let him play in the end.
What you're doing at this time, anyone knows very well, and that's helping the team score.
It's a trust.
So Torres is looking forward to it, he can't wait to play.
While Torres was warming up, Wan Sheng continued to watch the game, and now it was time for the desperate moment to replace anyone, and finally his eyes were locked on Lescott.
Since the start of the game, Lescott has done a good job defensively, and he has been consistent.
But the point is that Lescott has not shown much in attack, and it is enough to have Dunn and Boateng in the backfield defense, and now it is time to fight, it doesn't matter if the defense is weak, the most important thing is to be able to score, if you can't score, the game will be lost, then it doesn't make a difference between 1:2 and 1:3.
After Wan Sheng decided, he called Torres back and admonished, "Fernando, when you come on the pitch for a while, you will be in the front, constantly looking for opportunities in the opponent's penalty area." Be careful to run more, don't wait for the ball in place, be sure to pay attention! β
"It's better to be able to draw more attention to the opponent's defense, and even if you don't have the chance, you have to attract the defense for others."
"Got it?"
Torres nodded vigorously and replied, "I see." (To be continued.) )