Chapter 649: Iniesta in Li Chuanqi's mind
With his excellent performance in these four games, Li Chuanqi has established the image of a savior in the hearts of Manchester City fans.
Narrowly winning two games in a row has also sounded a wake-up call for Manchester City's players that it is not so easy to win a game in the Premier League.
They have also woken up from their first two wild victories.
The addition of Li Chuanqi has indeed greatly enhanced the team's attacking power and brought a lot of goals, but the problem of the lack of solidity in the back line has also been exposed.
Conceding goals in two games in a row shows that City's defence is not impregnable.
At the same time, Manchester City's strong attacking power has also caused Premier League teams to change their strategy against Manchester City, and many teams have opted for a defensive counter-attacking tactic.
And the defense of Li Chuanqi is also tighter.
As the game progresses, it will become more and more difficult for Li Chuanqi to score goals, which will require other players to step up.
De Bruyne didn't think so, and after the team discussion, he approached Li Chuanqi: "They have concerns about it, I don't think so. ”
Li Chuanqi smiled: "What do you say? ”
De Bruyne said seriously: "You can run with confidence, I can definitely pass the football to your feet, all you have to do is shoot!" ”
Seeing that Li Chuanqi didn't speak, he asked, "Do you think there is a gap between my passing and Iniesta?" ”
Iniesta is Li Chuanqi's teammate in Spain, and he was able to win the World Cup in Brazil in 14 years because of the excellent performance of the two of them.
Iniesta performed very well in that World Cup, often forming a connection with Li Chuanqi.
Iniesta is also the best passer among Lee's teammates.
De Bruyne: Is this going to be on a par with Iniesta?
Li Chuanqi thought for a while and said: "In terms of the overall situation and the accuracy of passing, there is not much difference between the two of you, and it can even be said that in the overall situation, you have a slight upper hand." ”
De Bruyne's eyebrows were raised, and joy appeared in his eyes.
"But in the penetrating passing of short distances, you are a little bit worse than him."
De Bruyne was not frustrated, and said happily: "What you said was fair, I have time to reflect on the creativity of my passing...... There are still shortcomings. ”
A voice interrupted the conversation: "What are you plotting?" ”
The modest Sergio Aguero, Messi's hardcore friend, walked over.
Although Li Chuanqi and Messi are in competition, Aguero is not disgusted with him, because Li Chuanqi has never belittled Messi in public.
Aguero thinks that Li Chuanqi's approach is quite general-like, and his impression of him will not be so bad.
"Oh! It's very lively! ”
Captain Vincent Kompany also came over, and then more players came up because they were talking about important things.
De Bruyne reasserts his point.
Kompany thought for a while and said: "This is a matter of your attack line, our defense line has problems now, you discuss, I will go." ”
Kompany left with a bunch of defenders, leaving the attacking players behind.
Sterling said: "It's going to be fine, I believe Kevin!" He's the best passer on our team, and if he can't do it, no one else can either! ”
Sane raised an eyebrow at Sterling and pointed at Li Chuanqi with his mouth, have you forgotten this?
Sterling followed his eyes to see Li Chuanqi and said embarrassedly: "I mean, Kevin is a midfielder, his task is to pass, and you are a striker, the main task is to score goals." ”
The crowd laughed, defusing Sterling's embarrassment.
Li Chuanqi shared his views on the two narrow victories: "The first two big victories are gratifying, but we are all lost now, and almost everyone is studying how to deal with us.
So the game is definitely going to be tough.
An easy victory is gratifying, but the joy of a narrow victory is even stronger.
We put ourselves too high and hope to keep winning.
There's nothing wrong with that, and that's what we're after.
But this is a football field, and victory and defeat are often in the first thought, and if you miss it, you may lose. ”
Teammates look at him, it's not because you're here that we have this pressure, last season we won the Premier League with a hundred points, and now you're here, is there any reason why we shouldn't defend the title?
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Li Chuanqi seemed to see what they were thinking, and continued: "In the 14 World Cup, why did Bosque keep emphasizing that we are here to fight for the championship, not to defend the title.
The purpose is to let us go of our baggage.
I think we should be like that now, we're really the defending champions and I think we can completely forget about it.
It's not about not having confidence in winning the title, it's about taking the pressure off of us.
Being under pressure for a long time can affect our mood and prevent us from looking at the results calmly.
We've won four in a row, which is already a good start, so why are we getting 'worried'? ”
De Bruyne corrected: "We don't worry about it, we have to find the problem and solve it. ”
Li Chuanqi asked, "So what is our problem?" ”
The team-mates talked about it, some said passing, some said running, some said formation......
After everyone finished speaking, they looked at Li Chuanqi.
Li Chuanqi said: "Are these the most important? What is more important in a football game besides technique and tactics? ”
Sterling thought for a moment and said, "Will! ”
Li Chuanqi did not speak.
Aguero said: "It's the belief that you will win! ”
Li Chuanqi nodded and said, "That's right, it's the belief of victory!" The game can't go the way we want it to go, because standing on the field, everyone wants to win and no one wants to lose.
We have to build up the belief that we must win, especially in the Champions League, even if we lose the first leg, we have to have the belief that we must win, and believe that we can come back in the second leg.
So the outcome of a game is not the most important thing, the final victory is the most important thing!
Even if we lose in the Premier League next, it's nothing, as long as we are determined to win the title, even if we are behind in points, we can still have the last laugh!
This is the belief in victory! ”
Sergio Aguero felt this very well, and in the 2011-12 season, the Manchester City duo fought until the last minute for the Premier League title. The two were level on points before the final round, with Manchester City sitting in first place with only a goal difference.
If Manchester City want to win the title, the best way is to win in the final round.
At the start of the final round, at the ninety minutes, United led 1-0 thanks to Wayne Rooney's goal, while Manchester City were 2-1 down at home.
The odds were stacked against Manchester City, who had to score two goals in stoppage time to snatch the title back from Manchester United.
Manchester City fans were almost desperate at that time.
However, a miracle happened at this time.
In the first minute of stoppage time, Manchester City won a corner, Silva sent the corner into the box, Dzeko jumped high in the box and headed it in!
Two to two!
City saw their hopes of winning the title, but time was running out as they had just four minutes of stoppage time.
By this time, the match between Manchester United and Sunderland had come to an end, and United won 1-0.
In the 93rd minute and 20 seconds, Balotelli fell to the ground and passed to the penalty area, Aguero got the ball past the defender, and calmly volleyed with his right foot to kill him, and Manchester City overtook the score 3-2!
With Aguero's stunner, Manchester City snatched back the Premier League title from Manchester United, and won the English domestic top league championship again after 44 years!
With that goal, Sergio Aguero established a lofty image in the minds of Manchester City fans.