Chapter two hundred and ninety-eight stop the ball
Manchester City fans were also anxious about the current situation. They began singing in the stands and used Γ sound to inspire the players.
At this time, the team needs their support more.
Alan Hansen said that they could see that until now, Manchester City, which was originally playing at home, was hit by Tottenham Hotspur, and it seemed that the goal could be lost at any time. The main reason is that Bale's performance is really good.
He led the attacks of Tottenham Hotspur alone and leaned towards the area guarded by Sabaleta, like a torrential rain. Even with the help of Lucio and others, Sabaleta struggled to deal with it.
This made many Manchester City fans feel strange - this is not the first time Manchester City has played against Tottenham Hotspur, nor is it the first time to play against Bale.
They also know how Bale and Tottenham performed in the past. Why did the whole team and Bale both act like they were getting bloody today?
Many people thought of the first game of this season, where Manchester City challenged Tottenham Hotspur away. In that game, because Manchester City's own poor performance, they were eventually tied 0:0 by Tottenham Hotspur.
But the performance of Manchester City players in this game cannot be said to be poor... Everyone can see clearly that even Sabaleta's performance is very positive, but Bale's performance today is really good, it's like a cheat.
Today's Bell made them a little familiar with it.
Many people think of glory.
Yes, Bell's performance reminded them of glory.
This is no longer just a illusion of Sabaleta alone.
Even Lucio couldn't help but curse after Bale hit the post this time, "Fuck! Rong!"
He also felt that Bell was like glory...
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Commentator John Motterson also thought so: "Bell's good condition today is surprising... After breaking through Sabaretta's defense, he decisively cut in and shot decisively. In the end, although the football did not enter the goal, he hit the post. However, this performance reminded me of Rong...Bell is simply Rong of Tottenham Hotspur!"
"So people say Rong is his idol. He also intends to imitate Rong when playing football..." Alan Hansen added next to him.
"It's interesting..." John Mortson laughed.
Alan Hansen laughed too.
The laughter of the two made Manchester City fans very annoyed.
But it made Tottenham and Arsenal fans feel very happy.
George Allen was almost cheering for Bale and Tottenham Hotspur in the media seat. Although he didn't shout it out 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 the team encounters difficulties, everyone will naturally turn their attention to glory.
Twenty-five minutes into the game, because Tottenham Hotspur's fierce offensive kept pushing Manchester City to shrink its defense, so Rong Guang did not get many opportunities.
But he is still a person that cannot be ignored, so no matter whether he has a ball under his feet or whether Manchester City is defending or attacking now, there is always a Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Wilson Palacios who follows him unceasingly.
This Honduras international is fierce on the court, running without hesitation, and is good at heading and tackle. He was once named one of the top ten best signings in the Premier League in the 2009-2010 season by the British Sun.
Manchester United coach Ferguson once believed that Palacios and Chelsea's Essin were of the same level, but Manchester United did not get him in the end.
Redknapp used him to limit glory, and his intention was to completely freeze glory.
From now on, the competition has been going on for more than twenty minutes. He has done a good job and has not received many opportunities.
Despite this, Palacios was still working diligently around Glory. He would go wherever Glory went, without having to worry about losing his position after being pulled apart by Glory.
This is also Redknapp's arrangement. For Palacios, who is responsible for the glory, he has a special arrangement, that is, he only uses defensive glory and does not have to care about defense in other positions.
This ensures that no matter where Glory is, there are people around him, putting pressure on him so that he doesn't have to take the ball so easily.
In order to avoid Palacios following Rongguang, Tottenham Hotspur had a small team in the midfield. Redknapp arranged a 352 formation in this game and five people were arranged in the midfield. In this way, even if Palacios was taken away by Rongguang, Tottenham Hotspur's midfield was not in a mess, and the remaining four people could still complete a complete midfield configuration.
Modric and Van der Fate were relatively centered, with Van der Fate in front, while Modric dragged back and took on the task of inheriting the past and starting the future. Bale and Lunon were separated from left and right. Lunon and Bale attacked on the side, Van der Fate was responsible for the last pass as the organization of the offense, while Modric followed the past and started the future.
Palacios can completely escape from this system and focus on defending glory. His absence will not make Tottenham Hotspur's midfield system run smoothly.
The forward line is a double center, with Crouch and Pavlyuchenko partnering, so whether it is Bale's cross or Rennon's cross, there are at least two points in front of the goal, ensuring the success rate of the point grabbing.
It can be said that Redknapp's adjustment was somewhat beyond Benitez's expectations, so in defense, Manchester City was caught off guard by the combination of two full-time forwards and double centers.
This is also one of the reasons why Manchester City was at a disadvantage in more than 20 minutes of the start of the game.
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When Manchester City encounters difficulties, everyone recalls glory and will place their hopes on glory.
Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people have such hopes for Rongguang. The pressure on Rongguang can be imagined. If he performs well, everyone will just cheer. But if he performs poorly, the previous hope will turn into disappointment, or even abuse.
Ordinary people will be excited when they are pointed at the nose and scolded by a person, their heartbeats will be faster, and their blood pressure will rise, not to mention being scolded by tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people.
And Rongguang has always been under such pressure in the game, and he has never disappointed people, which is even more commendable.
Now, the pressure is coming to you again with everyone's eager hope.
In the face of Bell's outstanding performance, what will Rongguang perform?
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Because Manchester City was pressed by Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City can only rely on long passes in the backcourt to directly seek Rongguang.
But Rong Guang would follow Palacios in an instant, so this puts a very high requirement for Rong Guang's ball possession. As long as he stops a little bit bigger, he may lose the ball possession under the interference of Palacios.
You should know that Tottenham Hotspur is not only Palacios with Rongguang. Wherever he goes, Tottenham Hotspur players in that defense will wait for an opportunity. As long as Rongguang makes a little mistake in the control of Palacios, he will immediately rush up to intercept the ball.
Under such circumstances, it is indeed difficult for Rongguang to successfully fight back.
In the 30th minute, Manchester City got the ball in the backcourt again. After Gareth Barry took the ball in the backcourt, he took a look at the position of Rongguang, and then directly swung his right foot and kicked the ball hard towards the frontcourt.
This is another counterattack from Manchester City.
"It's so simple!" Alan Hansen criticized. "Even if it's a quick counterattack, it doesn't mean that there's only one counterattack... Mourinho's Real Madrid plays defensively and counterattacks, and they pay attention to fast, but their counterattack methods are much richer... This kind of approach of directly passing the long pass in the backcourt to find Rong is simple and crude, and it is easy to fall into Tottenham's targeted defense..."
While he was talking, the football flew in the air and flew towards the frontcourt.
On the ground, Glory was also running towards the football, and he did not run too fast, because if he sprinted with all his might, he might have run in front of the ball. Because Gareth Barry's kick was very high, the football's flight speed in the air became slower, the flight distance was longer, and the time took more.
In this case, Glory must adjust his running speed to ensure that he can arrive in sync with the football.
It is precisely for this reason that Palacios was able to keep following the glory.
He was almost on par with glory.
It is not easy to stop such a high ball, let alone stop accurately. As long as Glory stops a little bit larger, Palacios will be confident that he will make Glory's stop a little bit more big into a goal.
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This time, when the football flew over from behind Glory and fell, Glory stretched out his foot to stop the ball.
Palacios accelerated and planned to bypass the glory from the inside to break the glory.
Glory stretched forward his right foot and went to the ball.
The football fell down.
The two met on the turf.
But the football didn't pop out or get out as Palacios thought.
Rong Guang's right foot turned outward, just in front of the football falling down, so the football bounced up after it landed, hitting Rong Guang's outer instep. After being blocked, it fell back on the turf and never rebounded again.
At the same time, Rong Guang, who was running, stopped suddenly, kicked his left foot with force, twisted his body, and his right foot was the axis, and he turned around!
At this time, Palacios happened to run over from behind Rong Guang and passed by Rong Guang who turned around, one to the left and the other to the right.
"Stop the ball and turn around...beautiful!!" John Motson shouted when he saw this scene.
Palacios looked at him turning around to get rid of his glory, and his face was shocked - he really didn't expect Glory to deal with this high ball like this, stop the ball and turn around and do it in one go!
The ball is so stable that it can be connected to the next turn without stopping and no time loss. Many players still need to adjust after stopping the ball, making it easier to handle the football. This adjustment often takes time. Defensive players who are still a distance away from him can take the opportunity to pounce on him. After he has finished adjusting, the defensive players will also stick to him.
But the good thing is that Rong Guang’s stop is that there is no need to adjust!
You can also use the stop to get your close-fitting defense away from him!
Chapter completed!