football's number one madman

Chapter 633 You are the ones to do it first!
Manchester United lost 0:3 to Tottenham, and their city rival Manchester City is not having a good time.

Pep Guardiola's Super Blue Moon were held to a 1-1 draw by Nuno Santos' Wolves in light rain at Molineux...

As the biggest favorite to compete with Chelsea for the championship, Manchester City has been clinging to Chelsea last season, and it was regrettable to be runner-up until the end of the season.

Unexpectedly, they turned over early at the beginning of this season. Li Poluo couldn't help sighing:
"Invincible loneliness!"
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"Drip~~~"

Like the weather encountered by Manchester City, there was also light rain in the afternoon at the St. James Stadium.

The field became a little slippery, and even a master dribbler like Hazard would fall off his back if he was not careful.

But today's Lee Polo, the [Ball Control] attribute has reached an astonishing 90 points. Although he is still slightly inferior to the ball king, he is no longer the rough guy who used to stop the ball ten meters away.

The ball is becoming more and more obedient at his feet, coupled with his explosive physical fitness, especially confrontation and balance ability, it is becoming more and more difficult for defensive players to grab the ball from his feet.

Benitez on the sidelines seemed a little nervous. He kept walking up and down the command area, shouting to the players on the field, urging them to quickly return to the area he had arranged on the tactical board in advance.

Facing the craziest scoring machine in today's football, Newcastle must of course focus on defense. Benitez set up an iron barrel formation with five defenders and two defensive midfielders at the beginning, and only arranged on the forward line. The tall Longdong was used as the bridgehead for the long pass, and on his flank was Ayoze Perez, who was good at interspersed running.

Benitez's arrangement did have a miraculous effect.

Less than 3 minutes into the game, Li Boluo got the first chance to shoot the goal. He pedaled the bicycle continuously, which seemed to be very skillful, but actually a little flustered. push and shoot.

But Dubravka, who is 1.9 meters tall, showed amazing reaction speed and confiscated the ball with his own hands!

Then, without waiting for the Blue Army's defense to retreat, he kicked out his big kick, directly crossed the entire half of his own side, and kicked towards the opponent's hinterland!
Long Dong and Cahill collided, and neither of them could fully control the landing point. They could only push the ball back and let the players on both sides continue to compete for speed.

Compared with Rudiger who is in the middle, Ayoze Perez on the right is obviously closer to the ball. I saw his set of unloading movements with continuous stops and trips, and even took advantage of the opportunity of Navas to retreat. A cold shot straight to the upper left corner of the goal!
Navas jumped up vigorously, but the rain-soaked ball turned out to be more slippery than he had imagined, and it slipped through between his hands!
1: 0!

Newcastle took the lead in the 4th minute of the start! -
"That's it?"

Benitez couldn't believe his eyes.

So much so that when the fans in the stands started cheering, he was still holding the back of his head in shock...

But after all, he is a veteran coach who has seen big scenes. After the initial shock and ecstasy, he quickly calmed down and conveyed his tactical intentions to his disciples:

"cheer!"

"Don't be too happy!"

"Follow the defensive counterattack to the end!"
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[They were the ones who started it first! 】

[Then don't blame me for being cruel! 】

Ayoze Perez's goal became the best reason for Li Polo to unload his psychological burden.

He stretched out his right hand, pointed to the sky above his head, and blew the charge of Chelsea's full counterattack!

"The ground is too wet and slippery, let's play a high-altitude ball!"
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[Come on, Newcastle! 】

Conte clenched his fists and silently sent encouragement to his opponent.

Assistant coach Alessio was a little surprised by his silence, and took the initiative to ask:
"Shall I yell at them?"

Conte looked at him blankly:
"The opening is only 4 minutes, is this necessary?"

"It's just one goal behind, do you think he can't adjust?"

Alessio froze for a moment, and suddenly smelled a strange smell.

He keenly noticed that there were obviously 11 Chelsea players playing on the field, but Conte used a singular number, "he".

As the first assistant coach, Alessio was Conte's most trusted assistant and confidant. Of course he knew that Conte was not happy this past summer.

Although he led Chelsea to sweep the major rankings last season and Conte was also selected as the best coach in the Premier League, Kong Er, who has a stronger personality, has already shown resistance.

In the summer of 2017, he wanted a new five-year contract, but Marina only increased his salary in the end, but the period was still only three years, and the conflict between the two parties had already arisen.

Then Marina and Meloena vetoed his plan A to introduce Lukaku and Morata's plan B, and spent huge sums of money to introduce Li Polo, which further deepened the contradiction.

And after an extremely successful season, not only has this contradiction not been alleviated, but it has become bigger and bigger!
Because... in many cases, Conte has a feeling from the heart:

This team has never had its own brand!

In the first season, he won the Premier League championship, but was evaluated as "eating from Mourinho's roots".

In the second season, he went a step further and won all the honors, but the evaluation was even worse:

"It's totally hugging Lee Polo's thigh!"

"With Lee Polo and Hazard, Chelsea's coaching dog can win!"

If it's just an ordinary person, maybe he would like to have such a job, but as an ideal and aspiring Conte, he doesn't want to spend his coaching career under the influence of anyone!
So much so, that he now expects that Benitez can teach him a lesson...those arrogant players!

[Come on, Rafa! 】

[Let this group of ignorant brats experience the role of the head coach firsthand! 】

[Don't let them think that the head coach is a dispensable decoration! 】
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Benitez really wants to win this game. For him today, if he can really beat Chelsea, it will undoubtedly be a huge boost to the morale of the entire team.

Scored a goal at the beginning, which is very beneficial to his defensive counterattack tactics, and it also strengthened his confidence in scoring points on Chelsea.

But... his confidence lasted only 8 minutes before it was shattered in an offensive and defensive duel!

Fabregas sent an overhead pass, and the football landed deep into the penalty area. The goalkeeper could have easily resolved it, but Li Polo stepped into the penalty area one step faster than everyone expected!

Newcastle's three central defenders frantically chased back, even pulling and dragging in full view, and finally resorted to a brutal collision!

They successfully stopped Li Polo's forward momentum, but the two guards, who had no time to brake, collided with each other!
One broke his brow bone on the spot, while the other broke his nose directly, and both of them were blood-stained at the same time!
Instead, it was the target they were chasing and intercepting, sitting on the grass unharmed at this moment...

"You guys did it first, so don't blame me!"

Looking at the two wounded who were helped off the field by the team doctor, Li Poluo grinned, as if he had nothing to do with him:

"I just exerted a little force to help you hit a little bit harder!"

"Sigh~~~"

Benitez and Conte on the sidelines gasped almost at the same time.

[Almost forgot! 】

[Ordinary defensive tactics have almost no effect on him! 】

[When he was killing all sides as a central defender, Newcastle was still playing in the British Championship! 】

(End of this chapter)