champion light

Chapter 1178 put pressure on him
Tottenham fans, as well as Arsenal fans, were delighted when Bale led Tottenham Hotspur to bombard the Manchester City penalty area.Tottenham Hotspur fans are happy that they are hopeful for the top four in the league, and Arsenal fans are happy that their record has been preserved.

But now, they couldn't laugh anymore.

Glory helped Manchester City take the lead!
In the case of seemingly no advantage at all, Manchester City took the lead instead.

In fact, this scene should not be unfamiliar to them, and this kind of thing happened to Manchester City not once or twice.

But they still take a chance and think that this kind of thing will not happen against the team they support...

Now that Tottenham are behind, what next?
Many people feel a little lost.

When Tottenham were leading before, they never considered such an issue at all.So that now it seems a little unprepared.

But Tottenham Hotspur did not have this problem. When the game restarted, they took advantage of the advantage after Glory's goal and launched a fierce offensive to Tottenham Hotspur's goal, pushing Tottenham Hotspur back.

Bell is the same as before, but now he has to keep returning to defense to help the team defend glory.

He is a left midfielder, and the area where Rong Guang often plays is on the right side of Manchester City, and the two of them are right on top of each other.

In the case of Manchester City just scoring a goal, in order to ensure that his team will not concede consecutive goals in a short period of time, Bell must return to defense.

You must know that Manchester City has been very good at using a goal to disrupt the opponent's rhythm recently, and then scored another goal after a stormy attack.

Bell is the only player in the Tottenham Hotspur team who can compare with Glory in terms of speed. If he doesn't return to defense, he will just wait for Tottenham Hotspur's wing to be completely blown away.

After all, Tottenham Hotspur has no full-backs in this game. They have three central defenders. The wing defense must rely on the active defense of Bell and Lennon.Before, it was because Tottenham Hotspur had always played against Manchester City, so the defensive pressure on both sides was not very great, and they did not need to return to defense.

Things are different now...

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Bell returned to defense many times, and also had a one-on-one chance with Rongguang.

For him, although he can't perform in offense for the time being, he is still full of fighting spirit if he can defend Glory.

Defeating Rong Guang directly can be regarded as his tribute to his idol.

So the two of them started speeding again and again on the sidewalk.

"Rong...he broke through forcibly! Bell caught up! The two started a [-]-meter sprint race on the sidewalk!"

"Rong suddenly stopped suddenly! Bell was thrown away!"

"...But after Rong cut inside, Bell chased after him..."

Contests like this happen from time to time between two people.

Rong Guang also seems to enjoy the feeling of racing with Bell. He used to move to the center or play on the left, but now he is fixed on the right.

If Bell is going to beat him, then he will give Bell a game to see what he can do.

At the beginning, Bell was able to keep up with Rongguang's speed, frequently starting, sprinting, emergency stop, restarting, and accelerating again and again.

He was also able to barely draw with Rong Guang.After all, Rongguang dribbles the ball, but he runs without the ball.

But as the number of such sprints increased, he gradually felt powerless, but he kept gritting his teeth and persevering.He is not willing to show weakness in front of his idol...

That's how the first half ended.

Because of Bell's desperate defense, Manchester City did not score again after scoring in the first half.

The score in the first half was that Manchester City led Tottenham Hotspur 1:0.

However, this score does not make those who support Tottenham Hotspur happy. After all, Tottenham Hotspur is behind.

If the situation does not improve in the second half and the score is maintained until the end, then Manchester City will have the last laugh.

It means nothing to those who don't want City to win.

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In the locker room at halftime, Bale gasped for breath as the team's physical therapist massaged his thigh muscles.

Redknapp is taking the time to explain the tactical arrangements for the second half to his players.

Bell sat on the massage table, propped up on his hands, while the physical therapist worked on his legs.

He was tired in the first half, and if Tottenham Hotspur hadn't dominated for more than 20 minutes before conceding a goal, he might not have survived.

Fortunately, now he can use the intermission to recover some physical strength.The main thing is to relax your muscles.

Frequent sprinting is a great burden on his joints and muscles.

The team medical team is also very aware of this, so he was asked to receive a massage as soon as he returned to the locker room.

Redknapp did not praise Bell's performance in the first half, but Bell knew very well that this was not because the head coach didn't take him seriously, on the contrary, it was because the head coach understood his performance.

When playing against idols, Bell did not need to be praised by the head coach for his outstanding performance.

Bell is very grateful to Redknapp, because if it weren't for him, his career might not have the current glory.

It was Redknapp who moved himself from the left back to the left midfielder position, allowing himself to occupy the team's starting position.

Although he knows Real Madrid's interest in him very well, he really doesn't consider Real Madrid's affairs now.

Tottenham came close to finishing fourth last season, but fell short in the end.And this season, Bell hopes to help Redknapp enter the Champions League, hoping to play the Champions League once under the leadership of the old coach.

In this way, even if he leaves Tottenham Hotspur in the future, he will not have any regrets.

For this reason, he must win this game against Manchester City!

The teammates all saw Bell so out of breath. Although they didn't say anything, they were also very grateful to Bell in their hearts.

In the first half of the game, if it weren't for Bell, Tottenham Hotspur would never have conceded just one goal.

But what made them feel even more deeply was the horror of Rong Guang.

It's the first time they've seen Bale so tired after only half a game.

And it's all because Bell defended Glory in the second half of the first half.

But he defended Rongguang in the second half of the first half... and he didn't single out Rongguang alone, and Palacios was helping him.

Even so, Bell was still as tired as if he had played for 120 minutes.Even when he returned to the locker room, he had to ask the physical therapist to give him a massage quickly.

In addition to Bell, Palacios is actually quite tired, but there is only one massage table, so Bell has to be given priority.

The rest of Tottenham's players felt a tremendous amount of pressure seeing their two most physically fit players exhausted after only half a game.

Rong Guang... that person is truly a monster!

The first half was like this, what about the second half?
Although Redknapp was telling them about the tactical adjustments in the second half, many people didn't listen to it at this time. They only felt that Rong Guang alone made two of their team so embarrassed. Can we really beat his Manchester City?
Now that I think about it, in the first round of the league, they were able to keep Rong Guang from scoring a goal at home and draw with Manchester City... It's amazing!

But how exactly did they do it back then?

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At the same time, in the dressing room of Manchester City, Benitez was saying to Rong Guang: "Continuing to be active on the wing in the second half forced Bell to come back to defend you, so that our defensive pressure on the right was much less. And... Bell's physical fitness is not enough to support the end of the game. Attacking from here can also be very effective in opening up the situation."

Rong Guang nodded.

He felt it too.

At the end of the first half, he and Bell had another confrontation. At that time, he drove forward with the ball, and Bell followed him to chase him. He could clearly hear the very heavy breathing coming from his side.

He also wondered why he was breathing so heavily after running for a while.

And the breathing sound is getting heavier and heavier.

He knew it was Bell's breathing.

It was only later that he realized that Bell was tired...

Such a heavy breathing can show that Bell's physical strength has reached its limit.

The halftime break saved him, but the 15-minute rest period cannot restore too much energy to him, so Benitez's arrangement is actually to let Glory drain Bell's last bit of energy, and directly make the player who threatened Manchester City the most in the first half lose his combat effectiveness, and even withdraw from the battle sequence-being substituted.

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After the two sides changed sides to fight again in the second half, no one made a substitution.

The TV broadcast swept across Rong Guang's and Bell's faces respectively, giving each a close-up shot for a few seconds.

Rong Guang's expression was calm, and Bell frowned slightly.

"Bell looked tired when he left the field after the first half, and now it seems that he has recovered at halftime..." John Mortensen said. "In fact, Bell's physical fitness is very good. He even practiced long-distance running when he was in middle school. Even after playing a whole game, it is difficult to see him panting and exhausted, let alone only playing half of the game. But today, we are fortunate to witness Bell's exhausted side. This is all brought by Rong..."

"If I were Benitez, I would let Rong continue to attack Tottenham Hotspur's left flank in the second half, forcing Bell to return to defense more. It consumes his energy." Alan Hansen said beside him.

After the second half started, what he said became reality.

In the second half, Manchester City kicked off the ball. Not long after they got the ball, the football was passed to the right.

Rong Guang received the ball from the wing, passed the football to Sneijder who came to meet him from the center, and then ran forward by himself.

Bell didn't care about Sneijder and football, but followed Rong Guang to catch up.

He knew very well that Sneijder would definitely pass football to Rongguang.

Sure enough, Sneijder quickly knocked the football in front of Rongguang, and Rongguang made a wall-hitting match with him.

Palacioscar was on the inside, and Bell was sticking to the glory, chasing after him.

Rong Guang didn't slow down after receiving the ball, but directly moved the football forward.

Anyway, Tottenham Hotspur has no full-backs, and their three central defenders are relatively in the middle, so there is more space on the wing.Rong Guang didn't have to worry that such a trip would put the football at the feet of the Tottenham Hotspur full-back.

Bell and Palacios also chased after them. If they can force Rong Guang to pass, it will be regarded as a successful defense.No matter how bad it is, they have to destroy the bottom line or sideline, and give Manchester City a corner kick or a throw-in or something.

Anyway, he can't be allowed to cut into the penalty area from the wing.

In the end, under the concerted defense of the two, Bell blocked Rongguang's ball from the bottom line, and Manchester City won a corner kick.

(End of this chapter)