Chapter 202 appears! The traditional skills of the British goalkeeper
In the home team's dressing room.
Coach Pearson’s first words when he returned to the locker room were:
“Guys, you played well in the first half!”
This is encouragement, but also fact.
In the first half, Manchester City had a slight advantage in possession rate of both sides, reaching 60%.
The number of shots was six to four, and Manchester City also had more shots.
Being able to play back and forth with the last Premier League champion at home is enough to prove that their tactics and playing style are effective.
Judging from their current record and league rankings, they are definitely on the right path as a newly promoted team that has returned to the Premier League after ten years!
“In this game, we did a good job on the defensive end and did not give the opponent too many absolute opportunities.”
"In the second half, we need to continue to stay focused and seize the opportunity"
"Jesse (Lingard), you can move forward more and help Jamie (Vardy) open up the defenders"
"Ling, you played well this time. You restricted Yaya Toure's performance very well!"
Hearing this, Ling Feng, who was munching a banana silently, suddenly He raised his head, but his face was confused and confused.
Huh?
I restricted Yaya Toure?
Shouldn’t it be him who limits me?
Ling Feng thought Pearson would say that he was praised, but instead he was praised?
However, after thinking about it carefully, Ling Feng understood what Pearson meant.
Indeed, in the first half, Ling Feng was completely suppressed by Yaya Toure. He had almost no chance to win the ball, nor did he create many opportunities for other teammates.
However, isn’t this a kind of restraint? !
It is precisely because of Ling Feng's presence and erratic movement that Yaya Toure can only focus on defense and has no time to move forward and participate in the offense.
Even if he wants to take the ball and advance, the faster Ling Feng will stand in front of him immediately and become the first barrier to Manchester City's advancement!
This also resulted in Manchester City's midfielder missing a very important point of advancement.
The other midfielder, Fernando, is basically a defensive midfielder with no ability to move forward at all.
It is precisely because there is no Yaya Toure who pushes forward like a bulldozer during the transition between offense and defense, Manchester City cannot advance as fast as it can from defense to attack!
Nasri, David Silva and Lampard in the frontcourt are not players with good speed.
Once the counterattack speed is no longer possible, Leicester City's defensive players will quickly retreat and get into position, and a good counterattack will turn into a positional battle.
This is also the reason why Manchester City did not really threaten Leicester City's goal in the first half when they had the advantage in possession and shots!
In this way, I have indeed restricted the performance of Manchester City's core midfielder Yaya Toure to a great extent!
This game is equivalent to Manchester City using Yaya Toure's superior horse to exchange Leicester City's superior horse Ling Feng!
However, in this way, the key to winning or losing the game depends on the performance of other teammates.
As for the individual strength of the players, Manchester City is definitely a level higher than Leicester City as a whole!
Except for the forward, Manchester City basically won in almost every position!
So, how to liberate Ling Feng in the second half has become a question for Pearson to think about
He also considered whether to let Ling Feng and Mahrez or Lingard switch positions.
However, as soon as this idea came up, he rejected it!
Once Ling Feng leaves the center and moves to the wing, the wing can certainly play some coordination and offense.
However, neither Lingard nor Mahrez is so intimidating that Yaya Toure can stay in the midfield and not advance forward to attack.
Once Yaya Toure is allowed, Manchester City's offense will definitely become more threatening!
So, after much thought, Pearson decided to keep the status quo!
After all, judging from the current scene, Leicester City has not lost at all.
Both the offense and defense are done well, there is no need to make changes for the time being.
There is no need to take the huge risk of liberating the core of the opponent's midfield to break the current balance of power on the field.
Because, he is not sure whether this will allow Manchester City to score goals or his own team to score goals.
Even if the game ends in a goalless draw and the game ends in a draw, both he and Leicester City can accept it.
On the other hand, Manchester City, if they cannot get three points from newly promoted Leicester City, then their good winning streak will be ended.
While catching up with Chelsea, there will be a pause.
So, it’s not them who should be anxious, but their opponents!
Besides, this head-to-head matchup with the world's top midfielder Yaya Toure will definitely be helpful to Ling Feng's growth.
Only by playing against a midfielder of Yaya Toure's level can Ling Feng understand his current strength and how far he is from the truly top midfielder in the world.
Moreover, if you move Ling Feng to the wing, you may send a wrong message to Ling Feng, that is, the head coach feels that he is not Yaya Toure's opponent!
And this information is likely to hit the self-confidence of this amazingly talented young man, causing him to waver even a little bit.
Winning or losing a game is really not important.
Even if they lose to Manchester City, they can still remain in the top four,
However, if Ling Feng's confidence is affected because of a game, it will be too bad!
So, during the halftime break, he did not ask Ling Feng to make any changes, but asked the players to maintain their performance in the first half
After the short halftime break, the players from both sides once again Back on the field.
“Welcome back, let us continue to watch the sixteenth round of the Premier League. Leicester City faced Manchester City in the second half of the home game.”
“In the first half, both sides caused damage to the goal. It was a threat. Manchester City, in particular, created a lot of opportunities, but it was still a little short of a goal.”
"Obviously, the absence of the team's top scorer Aguero has a very big impact on Manchester City."
After the start of the second half, Ling Feng continued to act as a "space reader" in the frontcourt, appearing in various positions. When free, provide support for teammates.
And Manchester City also continued to adopt steady tactics, taking their time and playing small-scale passing and receiving cooperation on the wing.
Until the 60th minute of the game, seeing that there was still no good chance to score, Manchester City finally couldn't hold it anymore and took the lead in making changes:
Pellegrini used No. 15 Jesus Navas replaced No. 78 teenager Pozo!
Spanish teenager Pozo, who played for an hour, looked very out of place on the court.
He was unable to form a tacit understanding with other teammates at all, and could only keep moving to support his teammates.
Compared to Ling Feng, he was more like a headless fly running aimlessly on the court.
So, Pellegrini finally understood the truth:
Not every 18-year-old youngster is Ling Feng who emerges from the sky!
After replacing right winger Navas, "Pergone" directly pushed Lampard to the front line, and then moved David Silva, who originally played on the right, to the center.
Silva's vision is wide, his passing is accurate, and his foot skills, especially his flicking and maneuvering within a small area, can better deliver cannonballs to his teammates.
And this change quickly bore fruit!
In the 67th minute of the game, Navas got the ball on the right side of the frontcourt.
Under Schlupp's defense, after he stepped on a bicycle, he resolutely made soup from the outside.
However, what he didn't expect was that Schlupp was not slow either.
Seeing that he could not break through, he suddenly stopped at his feet and passed the ball directly across the middle!
And David Silva, who was connecting in the middle, suddenly came to the passing route like a slippery earthworm.
I saw him stretch out his left foot and stop the ball firmly. Just as he was about to handle the ball, he was tackled to the ground by Cambiasso who was following closely behind!
A sharp whistle sounded.
The referee did not hesitate to show the Argentinian a Topaz God of War card. Cambiasso did not defend himself. He just patted Silva on the shoulder and stood in front of the ball to prevent his opponent from taking a quick free kick.
At this moment, the former Argentine superstar, who has won three consecutive Serie A championships and the Champions League, is just thinking in his heart:
If he were three years younger, He will definitely be able to scoop the ball away from Silva's feet without fouling!
Unfortunately, time not only took away his hair, but also his speed and reaction.
Thanks to Cambiaso's timely foul, Silva was not allowed to dribble the ball into the penalty area or shoot directly.
However, the location of the foul was right at the front of the penalty area, about 22 meters away from the goal, and the location was very good.
As for Manchester City, it was Yaya Toure who took the free kick at the front of the penalty area.
Four Leicester City players formed a human wall.
As soon as the whistle sounded, Yaya Toure took two steps, then suddenly swung his right leg and hit a beautiful curve ball!
Yaya Toure's free kick bypassed the wall and flew straight into the upper right corner of the goal.
Leicester City goalkeeper Ben Hamer was so dumbfounded that he had no time to react.
The next second, thousands of visiting team fans at the King Power Stadium suddenly burst into amazing cheers:
“What a wonderful free kick!”
“Asia Ya~~Ture!”
"This super midfielder who has four times African Footballer of the Year once again used his own goals to knock on the opponent's door for Manchester City!"
"The deadlock on the field was finally broken. Let's see what happens next. How will Leicester City respond?"
At the same time, Ling Feng, who was standing not far away, had a solemn expression, but there was a hint of reverence in his eyes.
He is indeed the number one B2B midfielder in the world today!
In addition to being able to build a solid barrier in the midfield and complete the defensive tasks of steals and interceptions, he can also participate in the offense, either dribbling the ball in the midfield or scoring long shots from behind.
He had a dominant performance on both offense and defense, and even had a good free kick!
It can be said that reaching the pinnacle of Yaya Toure is the ultimate goal for which he strives!
For the Blue Fox generals, there is nothing they can do about this lost ball.
It can be said that almost seventy minutes have passed, and Manchester City has obtained such an absolutely great opportunity.
Moreover, when the audience got the first free kick opportunity, Yaya Toure shot the ball into the dead center of the goal.
Such a goal cannot be prevented at all.
However, facing the last Premier League champion at home and persisting until almost 70 minutes before being penetrated through the goal is already considered very good.
After all, the huge gap in overall strength cannot be completely narrowed by active running or fighting spirit.
Had it not been for Aguero and Dzeko, Manchester City might have taken the lead long ago
After taking the lead, Manchester City did not pursue the victory, but continued to shrink their formation. Let Leicester City attack.
However, without Ling Feng's organization, Leicester City's offense did not improve much.
We could only rely on the two wingers and Vardy's frequent retreats to manage some coordination.
But it was unable to threaten Manchester City's goal.
In the 80th minute of the game, after unremitting running, Yaya Toure's physical fitness finally began to decline significantly.
Coupled with the fact that the team was already leading, Yaya Toure's defensive attitude also became lazy.
As for Ling Feng?
He had already begun to murmur in his heart:
Those British guys have praised this boy No. 7 so well, why don’t I think he is so good.
Aside from being a little more stamina and a little faster than other players, there is nothing remarkable about him.
No, under his own defense, he didn't even dare to take the ball!
Ling Feng also noticed that the speed of this super beast's waist to defend him began to slow down.
Eighty minutes of "running around" finally made Yaya Toure numb and careless about him!
Then it was time for him to perform.
A few minutes later, Leicester City attacked with the ball.
Cambiaso passed the ball to Mahrez on the right, and Manchester City left back Kolarov, who replaced Clichy, immediately took his position.
Mahrez's feet were directly touched, and there were several shoulder-sinking tests.
However, Kolarov did not stumble, but just stared at the ball at his feet.
As a result, Mahrez, whose physical fitness had also declined significantly, did not choose to continue to break through, but passed the ball to Ling Feng who came to respond.
Before Ling Feng caught the ball, he had already noticed that Yaya Toure was not following so closely.
Ever since, just when everyone thought he would pass the ball to his teammates again, he directly called back with a beautiful pull and completed the turn!
"Nice turn!"
Under the commentator's praise, Yaya Toure reacted and hit him like an angry black rhinoceros!
However, in Ling Feng's opinion, his speed has slowed down a lot.
A long diagonal pass came out of his feet and hit directly behind Manchester City right back Zabaleta!
At the same time, Lingard, who did not get much of the ball on the left, pushed forward resolutely!
Before Zabaleta turned around and chased back, Lingard used his chest to remove the ball, and then took the ball into the penalty area.
Then he directly passed a half-high ball with his left foot in an inverted triangle!
"Lingard has entered the penalty area!"
"Inverted triangle!"
Ling Feng, who immediately moved forward after passing the ball, appeared in time. The direction the ball flew from.
A half-high ball at the waist is quite embarrassing for professional players.
Because whether it is stopping or shooting, it is very uncomfortable.
However, for Ling Feng, whose [Volley] attribute is as high as 97, this is not a problem at all.
Seeing the ball in front of him, at that moment, in his mind, there were only scenes of Robin van Persie's non-stop shooting.
Seeing Joe Hart standing in front of the door again, Ling Feng made a quick decision!
Mud, I saw Hartmon kick him!
If you go in, go in, if you don’t go in, you’ll be knocked down!
Without any hesitation, he aimed directly at the ball's landing point, swung his right leg, and launched a sudden shot!
With a "bang" sound, the ball shot out and flew towards the center of the goal.
Facing the sudden shot, Joe Hart reacted quickly and made an immediate move.
However, the ball suddenly dropped in the air, bounced off the ground, and went right into Joe Hart's arms.
Unprepared, the Great Britain goalkeeper subconsciously grabbed the ball with both hands, trying to control the ball.
However, this move directly caused the ball, whose kinetic energy had not completely disappeared, to hit his chest, causing a rebound.
Then he bounced to the ground, passed under his legs, and couldn't wait to jump over the goal line!
(End of this chapter)