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Chapter 866 Football Doesn't Believe in Tears

In the 45 minutes of the first half, Manchester City's ball possession rate was as high as 81%. The offense was organized smoothly. The players ran actively, passed and received the ball smoothly.

But only a quarter of an hour into the second half, Manchester United had already committed twice as many fouls as the opponent, with all kinds of shoulder picking, clothes pulling, sideways collision, and even a flying shovel that made the onlookers shudder!

The whistle came one after another, and Atkinson has already drawn six yellow cards, five of which were for Manchester United, Herrera, Thomas Muller, Ashley Young, Alderweireld, Lukaku.

United quickly replaced Ashley Young with Marco Rojo, but the Argentine defender brought down Douglas Costa ferociously immediately after coming on to collect his sixth yellow card.

"The first half was the most gentle 45 minutes in the Manchester Derby." Zhan Jun said with emotion: "Unexpectedly, there was no personnel adjustment, but the Manchester United players showed a completely different performance... oh oh oh oh, this is a Serious foul!"

"Beep!" A sharp whistle sounded.

Guardiola on the sidelines rushed forward, almost poking his finger in the face of Coleman who was still acting innocent.

"Isn't this a red card!" Aguero complained loudly to the referee.

Sun Wu squeezed into the crowd and raised his index finger to emphasize, "This is only his first foul, right?"

"They don't want to play football at all!" David Silva yelled from the outside, "They just want to play people!"

"It's men's football!" Ashley Young, sharp-tongued, put it into practice. "You should play in the women's league!"

"What did you say!"

"Fuck!"

The riot broke out suddenly, Sun Wu didn't do anything this time, but pulled his teammates away one by one... Please, after a few more yellow cards, there is really no hope!

Perhaps seeing that Sun Wu was very well-behaved this time, Atkinson showed Coleman a yellow card... However, this foul looked very fierce, but it was actually a five-pointer, and Coleman touched the ball .

"The replay is here... Aguero split the side, this is a knife mountain ball!" Zhang Lu watched the replay attentively, "Sterling wanted to pick the ball, but Coleman made a flying tackle... first touched the ball, then kicked On Sterling's calf."

"It's okay, it's a yellow card." Zhan Jun heaved a sigh of relief, "If he is sent off, it will be difficult to play later."

At this time, the big screen turned, and Sterling, who was being carried on a stretcher, was covering his face and weeping bitterly. Although he couldn't see his expression, big tears flowed from his fingers.

"Good job!" Sun Wu quietly held Coleman and gave a thumbs up, "Be careful next, Thomas also has a yellow card, I will let him switch positions with Griezmann."

A yellow card for Sterling was a good deal.

Sun Wu looked at the stretcher from a distance, and said in his heart... Football doesn't believe in tears!

Seeing Sterling's crying, the Manchester City players holding two goals in their hands obviously began to shrink back, while Manchester United did not seem to be in a hurry to break through the opponent's goal. Firmly controlled the midfield.

In the 63rd minute, Schneiderlin pressed forward and intercepted Tevez, who had just come off the bench. The former had dirty hands, but the latter was no better than Sterling.

But the whistle did not sound, Sun Wu took the ball forward and forcibly wiped David Silva, and stabbed Griezmann on the wing with his toe.

Griezmann took the ball and waited for Coleman to plug in the back row, but suddenly cut inside and made a diagonal breakthrough. However, Fernandinho made up the defense in time, and finally the ball was cleared out of the baseline.

"Corner kick, this is Manchester United's first corner kick in the game. Set kicks are the most likely chance for Manchester United to score now."

Sun Wu stood in the penalty area, looking at the chaotic restricted area with his hands on his hips. Almost no one's hands were honest, and everyone was making small moves. Even Bravo was desperately trying to push Herrera out who blocked him. push.

After two consecutive free throws were blown back by Atkinson, Sun Wu swung his right foot for the third run-up. The flight path of the ball did not have any arc, but it was fast and flat, and went straight to the front point.

"The whistle didn't sound this time...be ahead!"

"Ferry...Later...Alderweireld!"

"The goal went in...look at Atkinson...the goal counts!"

Instead of celebrating, Alderweireld snatched the ball and ran to the middle circle, then waved his arms to encourage the fans.

"Manchester United scored a victory from the first corner kick, and the following game looks good!"

Zhang Lu said excitedly: "Alderweireld was seriously injured for three months. After his comeback, he was in a mediocre state. He conceded 4 goals against Real Madrid. He conceded two goals in the first half of this game, but he played for Manchester United in a set kick. Congratulations!"

"It seems that the Manchester City players are protesting?" Zhan Jun coughed twice, "Let's see... the previous point was Lukaku and Kompany fighting for the top. Lukaku shook his head and missed Kompany behind him. , but Kompany headed the ball to the back."

"Oh, Alderweireld sprints from the line of the penalty area and uses his speed to head the ball... the ball goes in, he goes in and knocks Kolarov over."

This is the reason why the Manchester City players protested. They believed that Alderweireld fouled first and Kolarov had already got stuck.

But Atkinson did not change the sentence, and even gave Carlos Tevez a yellow card, but he immediately ran into the penalty area because Kolarov hadn't gotten up yet.

At this time, the slow motion came. Sun Wu, who was waiting for the kick-off outside the center circle, couldn't help but twitched his mouth. Kolarov was knocked over by Alderweireld, and the back of his head hit the goalpost impartially. superior……

After checking for a while, the Manchester City team doctor reluctantly made a substitution gesture to Guardiola from a distance.

"Kolarov couldn't hold it anymore. The impact was so strong that he might have a concussion."

"But Alderweireld didn't do it on purpose."

"But no matter what, the first half was the most gentle 45 minutes of the Manchester Derby." Zhan Jun sighed: "And the second half is likely to be the bloodiest 45 minutes of the Manchester Derby!"

Killing the opponent's two main players and pulling back a victory, Manchester United's morale was boosted, while Blue Moon's was panicked.

There is no left back on the Manchester City bench. Clichy was cleared by Guardiola as early as the summer, and Kolarov’s substitute was Bartra, who played a guest role. What about the hospital bed?

In the 68th minute, Manchester City replaced Kolarov who was helped out with Thiago.

"Thiago?" Zhan Jun asked in surprise: "Director Zhang, what do you think?"

"Well, first of all, Kompany and Otamendi will definitely not be able to play as a guest full-back, and secondly, Thiago...it is also very difficult for him to play a guest full-back." Zhang Lu hesitated before saying: "Will Guardiola change? Array?"

Zhang Lu was still hesitating, but Sun Wu immediately knew what Guardiola wanted to do.

Thiago stood in the left midfield after playing, David Silva stood in the front midfielder, Douglas Costa on the right retreated slightly, Jingdong An and Fernandinho guarded the center.

Manchester City changed to a 352 formation, Walker, Kompany and Otamendi played three central defenders, Aguero and Carlos Tevez played two forwards, and the remaining five formed the midfield.

Sun Wu gritted his teeth and felt ruthless in his heart. He smashed the ball out of bounds with an accurate shovel, got up and stared at Guardiola hard.

The reason why Sun Wu encourages and encourages his teammates to put on the toughest posture during the halftime break is nothing more than for the control of the midfield.

Jingdongan and David Silva's defensive hardness and strength are very average. When Sun Wu, Herrera, Schneiderlin, Thomas Muller, and Griezmann made fierce interceptions and shovels, Manchester City has already It was difficult to control the midfield, and the possession ratio in the second half was roughly tied.

But after Kolarov was injured and left the field, Guardiola chose three central defenders ingeniously, and also focused on the midfield, changing from three midfielders to five midfielders. The number is no longer at a disadvantage, and Tia Ge is a player with a very strong ability to pass and catch the ball.

Guardiola's change of tactics had an immediate effect. Although the Manchester United players were still working hard, the passing and receiving of the Manchester City midfielder gradually became smoother.

(End of this chapter)