Glory Greenery

Chapter 362 Shrouded in the Shadow of Yang Mo

After the UEFA Champions League group stage with Villarreal, Manchester City and Bayern, who have three wins and one tie, have confirmed that they can appear in the group. Now there is still suspense, which of these two teams will be the first in the group stage?
After the expedition to Spain, when the Manchester City players returned to the UK, they had not fully recovered from the fatigue of the long-distance trip, and they ushered in the 11th round of the Premier League.

Only three days apart, the pre-match intensity of the Premier League can be seen in general.

This is still the case when the FA Cup has not started. Once the second half of the league is entered, the games of the multi-line teams will be so intensive that the players cannot bear it.

There is no winter break, and there are many games. It is no wonder that the outside world is joking, saying that the Premier League teams are lively in the first half of the league, and sluggish in the second half of the league.

Regarding this situation, although many Premier League coaches have protested, and even the national team coaches have said that the absence of a winter break will lead to lack of rest for players, resulting in a decline in health, but for the sake of profit, the Premier League has completely turned a deaf ear.

In this case, giving up those unimportant games, allowing players to rotate, and ensuring the health of players is something that every head coach must consider.

So in this Premier League game against Queens Park Rangers, Mancini rotated the main players, and it was rare for Yang Mo to not start in the league and sat on the bench at the beginning.

However, I don't know if it is because of the lack of deterrence of the main players, or because of the away game. From the very beginning of this game, Queens Park Rangers and Manchester City played equally well.

At the end of the first half, the score on the field turned out to be 2-2, a number that no one expected.

Although everyone said that in the Premier League, even the underdogs should not be underestimated, but Queens Park Rangers, who are only 12th in the league, have forced Manchester City, which has won ten consecutive victories, to this state, which is indeed beyond everyone's expectations.

Could it be that Manchester City's winning streak in the new season is about to end in this game?
For everyone's question, Mancini gave a reassuring response to everyone, in the second half, go to Yang Mo!
"It's right to do this. If you don't play Yang Mo, there will be problems in this game. Tevez has been sitting on the bench for too long this season, and he was completely out of shape in the first half. On the contrary, Balotelli has been playing in the last few games. The game went very well.”

Seeing the beginning of the second half, Mancini replaced Tevez, who had not played in the league for a long time, with Yang Mo, and Zhang Lu, who finished with Zhan Jun, slapped the table and expressed his appreciation.

"That's right, in the current Manchester City team, Yang Mo's role is not only in terms of personal ability, the deterrence he gives to opponents, and the centripetal force brought by being the captain of the Manchester City team are all in the past. What Manchester City lacks the most."

"The cheers from the fans on the field were very enthusiastic. It seems that the fans are quite satisfied with Mancini's decision. After all, the fans are a little anxious after being forced to this level by the opponent..."

During Zhan Jun's commentary, the Chinese fans who stayed up late and waited for a long time in the live broadcast room immediately became emotional when they saw Yang Mo play.

"At a critical moment, I still have to rely on my Great Demon God to rescue him!"

"Yang Mo is on the field, the game is stable!"

"I, Manchester City, promise that I will never use Yang Mo first, and now you are forcing me!"

"I think Queens Park Rangers must be very regretful this time. Why did they play so aggressively in the first half? Now it's all right. Before the stage changed, the boss was brought out!"

"The little monsters haven't been cleared yet, who opened the boss? The Queen's Park Rangers are going to be wiped out..."

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Just when netizens were ridiculing, the second half of the game had already begun.

And Yang Mo's performance after playing did not disappoint Mancini's hopes, commentary's appreciation, and fans' support.

In the 65th minute of the second half, Yang Mo made a cross from the right side of the penalty area after breaking through from the right, and then assisted Nasri to score the overtake goal.

In the following time, under the leadership of Yang Mo, Manchester City began to completely suppress the Queens Park Rangers.

Queens Park Rangers, who had back and forth with Manchester City in the first half, faced Yang Mo's deterrence, and never dared to attack unscrupulously like they did in the first half.

For these mid-lower teams with weak defenses, the oppressive force brought by Yang Mo alone is simply too unbearable.

In today's world football world, because of the existence of Yang Mo, a defensive player who is fast, confrontational, and able to keep up with Yang Mo's attack, as long as he appears, his worth will skyrocket.

Just like how every team in the NBA needed a strong center in order to defend O'Neal, Yang Mo's appearance directly led to a surge in the market for this type of defensive player.

These players may not need to be very good at skills, as long as they can stick to Yang Mo, not be thrown away by Yang Mo, can harass or even foul, and prevent Yang Mo from fully unfolding the terrifying impact.

But this kind of player is obviously not available for Queens Park Rangers.

Therefore, when faced with Yang Mo's unstoppable impact, fouling became the only way to defend.

In the 79th minute of the second half, Yang Mo dribbled the ball inside and broke into the penalty area. When it was about to become a single shot, Queens Park Rangers defender Gabbiton shoveled Yang Mo down in the penalty area.

This tackle caused Yang Mo to roll around in the penalty area, terrified all the fans of Manchester City and Yang Mo. Mancini even wanted to rush up to check on Yang Mo's injury.

However, after the staff lifted Yang Mo off the field and performed simple treatment, Yang Mo returned to the field, making everyone unconsciously relieved.

For Manchester City, Yang Mo is too important.

Needless to say, just look at Manchester City's 48 total goals this season, Yang Mo scored 26 alone, accounting for more than half, and you can see what will happen without Yang Mo.

If Yang Mo is really seriously injured, the current good situation of Manchester City may suddenly collapse.

Of course, the referee would not be polite to Gabbiton's foul just now, and sent out a red card and a penalty package directly.

After Yang Mo played, the penalty was naturally taken by him.

For him who wants to break the Ruud van Nistelrooy's consecutive scoring record, any goal cannot be missed.

However, when Yang Mo walked up to the penalty spot, his feet were still a little deep and shallow. It wasn't that he was pretending.

Although he tried his best to dodge Gabbiton's foul just now, he was still heavily shoveled on his instep. If it were an ordinary player, he would definitely end up seriously injured, and a few months of truce would be inevitable.

But even he, who had been transformed by the system's black technology, had several bloodstains on the back of his feet in the face of such heavy shovels.

According to the team doctor's explanation, he still needs to go to the hospital for a detailed examination after the game. After all, some injuries cannot be detected on the spot.

That's all about the injury, let's talk about penalties, of course Yang Mo won't make any mistakes in this regard.

With an easy push, Yang Mo scored his first goal in the game.

Relying on this goal, the game is not over yet, he has tied Ruud van Nistelrooy's record of ten consecutive league goals in the Premier League.

"Let's congratulate Yang Mo! He tied Ruud van Nistelrooy's consecutive scoring record in the Premier League. In his first season in the Premier League, Yang Mo showed extraordinary dominance..."

Following Zhan Jun's words, the game continued.

In the next ten minutes of the game, Queens Park Rangers, who had one less player to fight, completely became the target of Manchester City's ravages.

But maybe it was because of the shovel injury just now. Although Yang Mo contributed another assist in the last time, he didn't score another goal.

In the end, when the game ended, Manchester City beat Queens Park Rangers 2-7 away, once again performing a big-score game in the Premier League.

In this game, Manchester City's Silva, Balotelli, Nasri, Minar, Yaya Toure, and Yang Mo all scored goals, which can be described as full bloom.

Among them, Yang Mo, who completed one shot and two passes, even though he only played half of the game, relied on his dominant performance in the second half and still won the best of the game.

After the game, Yang Mo tied Ruud van Nistelrooy's record of scoring goals in ten consecutive Premier League games, which once again sparked heated discussions in the UK.

However, after the match, Yang Mo checked last night, and after confirming that the injury was not serious, he flew directly back to China.

Because during the FIFA international competition day in early November, the 11 Brazil World Cup qualifiers started again, and Yang Mo was going back to China to play.

On November 11th, which coincides with the lively "Singles' Day" in China, the country will go to Doha, the capital of Qatar, to play against Iraq for the fourth match of the Asian Top 11 group stage.

As for why the match against Iraq was played in Qatar, it was because FIFA was very dissatisfied with Iraq's home preparations. In the first match against Doha, Iraq's home stadium, the Hariri Stadium, experienced several power outages.

This situation made the FIFA staff think that the facilities, organization, and technology of the Iraqi home court were not done well, so the Iraqi team was disqualified from fighting in its own territory.

Therefore, this time the game was placed in Qatar.

For domestic fans and domestic media, Doha is definitely a blessed place for the current national team. After all, in this year's Qatar Asian Cup, the national football team won the first Asian Cup championship in Doha unprecedentedly.

Of course, no matter where the game is played, the national team fans feel for the first time that there is not much to worry about even playing against Iraq.

After all, at home last month, with Yang Mo's five goals, the national team just won a big victory.

There is no reason to change the venue, and Iraq can suddenly explode.

On November 11, Yang Mo arrived in Yanjing and joined the country.

When he came to the national team, Lippi was very concerned about Yang Mo's shovel injury by Gabbiton in the league before. He said that if Yang Mo's injury was more serious, he could not play in the national team game.

In Lippi's opinion, even if the Chinese team, which has won three consecutive victories in the group stage, loses the match against Iraq, it will not affect the national team's qualifying situation.

In the game against Singapore on November 11, even without Yang Mo, the national football team has a very high chance of winning. Four wins are enough for the Chinese team to qualify.

Regarding Lippi's suggestion, Yang Mo did not refuse, but he did not accept it completely either.

"My injury is not a major problem, but playing in the Premier League is really tiring. I will be a substitute for this game, and I will see how my teammates perform before deciding whether to play or not."

Lippi readily agreed to Yang Mo's request.

So, on November 11, domestic fans happily turned on the TV to see Yang Mo's heroic appearance, but found that Yang Mo was not included in the starting list.

Seeing Yang Mo sitting on the bench chatting and laughing with the head coach Lippi, the fans were immediately disappointed. Even hundreds of Chinese fans who went to Doha to support the national football team began to shout and hope that Yang Mo could play.

After all, in the national team's competition, without Yang Mo, the god of Dinghai, everyone was always uncertain.

As for the two starting forwards in this game, Gao Lin and Wu Lei supported by Yang Mo, what the hell are these two!

But no matter how confused the fans are, the game started as usual.

Without Yang Mo, the national team’s game cannot be said to be poor. At least in terms of defense, several aggressive young defensive players played relatively well under the guidance of Lippi and under the supervision of Yang Mo. Hard work did not give Iraq much chance.

However, compared to the defense of the national team, the offensive performance of the national team makes the fans very dissatisfied.

After seeing Yang Mo's performance in the frontcourt where he often kills all directions and dribbles the ball into no one's land, then look at the performance of the two starting forwards, it is simply eye-catching.

Assistant forward Gao Lin's shooting accuracy in front of the goal is worrying. Another very good opportunity, he even hit the plane.

However, Wu Lei, who was favored by Yang Mo, was still too inexperienced in competitions, and he didn't have any outstanding performance in the first half.

In this sleepy rhythm, the first half was over quickly, the score was 0-0 on the field, and neither side could score.

"It's time to change to Yang Mo. What was he playing in the first half? I couldn't grasp the chances several times. Gao Jifei is still as stable as ever!"

"I heard that Wu Lei will go to the Eredivisie in the second half of the season. With this level, he probably won't be able to stay in the Eredivisie!"

"Could it be that Yang Mo hasn't recovered from his previous injury in the league, so he won't be able to play in this game?"

"The people watching this game are almost falling asleep. When will Yang Mo be on the show? You must know that Yang Mo won't be on today, so I won't watch the game."

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In Yangma's five studios, Liu Jianhong, Duan Xuan, and Tao Wei were also looking at the fans' messages, but they all smiled wryly at the same time.

Liu Jianhong couldn't help but said: "Actually, the fans don't need to criticize Gao Lin and Wu Lei's performance too much. After all, it's unfair for everyone to compare them with Yang Mo."

"Let's not talk about China's offensive ability on the field in a single round, even if it has been played several times in world football, there is no player who can compare with Yang Mo."

"I have to say that after the Chinese team entered the era of Yang Mo, it was the best era for Chinese football and Chinese fans, but it was the worst era for any Chinese striker."

"Under the shadow of Yang Mo's performance, I am afraid that no forward player can get everyone's approval."

After Liu Jianhong finished speaking, Duan Xuan said with a smile: "Actually, it's not just Chinese players. I think that in the next period of time, the entire world football forward players will live under the shadow of Yang Mo."

(End of this chapter)