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Chapter 115 vs. Fulham (4)

Shevchenko is restrained!
This is how to do?
Jim Cassell was in a mess and didn't know what to do.He subconsciously scratched his head, but there was nothing he could do about the situation.Manchester City's tactic in this game is to use Shevchenko to attract the opponent's firepower, and then create space for other players.

This kind of tactic can also give full play to the advantages of the five-element formation.

However, this tactic also has its fatal flaws.When Shevchenko is restricted, Manchester City's offense is paralyzed.

Just like it is now.

Shevchenko, who is responsible for attracting firepower, cannot play his role, so the characteristics of Martin Petrov and Trabelsi on the wing cannot be fully utilized.This led to the fact that although Manchester City dared to invest troops in the offense, it could only cause more people to be restrained.

Fortunately, Hargreaves and Barton have adapted to the pairing of double midfielders. The two rushed all over the field, fighting fires everywhere, and finally stabilized the situation a little.

On the court, it has fallen into a stalemate.

Jim Cassell is a little anxious. The development of this situation is obviously not good for Manchester City.If the development continues, Manchester City will lose the ball sooner or later!Jim Cassell looked to Duncan, hoping that the head coach nicknamed "The Wizard" could bring the team a countermeasure.

Not only Jim Cassell, but even the on-site camera also turned to Duncan.

The attention of most people at the scene was on Duncan, and even Coleman turned his head from time to time, hoping to know Duncan's next plan.

Sure enough, there was an expression on Duncan's face—he yawned...

That's not all, after yawning, Duncan stretched himself.

Could it be... is this his countermeasure?

Jim Cassell was shocked, and to make matters worse, Duncan's yawn was broadcast to the whole of England on TV cameras.

Everyone's expressions became wonderful.

Coleman frowned, trying to think about Duncan's profound intentions.

In his view, Manchester City is now Fulham's caged bird, as long as they work harder, everything will become very simple.But what does Duncan's yawn mean?
Yawning shows that Duncan is confident about the current situation, indicating that he still has control over the situation.

How can this be?

Coleman felt anxious for a while, then stood up and walked around the sidelines with his arms folded. Shevchenko was so restricted that he couldn't see Manchester City's chance at all.

On the court, relying on full understanding, Brad successfully performed the role of "giant killer".He chased and intercepted, and every time he could predict the enemy's opportunity, make correct judgments, and intercept Shevchenko's possible choices.

Brad was proud, confident, and... smug about what he had done as an unknown player.He felt that he was awesome today, and being able to watch a world-class striker like Shevchenko die without a temper showed that Brad was not an ordinary player.

Maybe he became famous in one battle and started the road to a wealthy family from then on?

Thinking in my heart, Brad kept on stepping, and still successfully defended Shevchenko.

"Wow, it's hard to imagine that Shevchenko has nothing to do with Brad! From the perspective of worth, Shevchenko is 1800 million pounds, while Brad is 50 pounds, the former is 36 times the latter .But Brad’s performance today has allowed £50 to explode into a value of £1800 million.”

This time, Shevchenko's body moves to the left, but his feet push the football to the right.

Brad moves early and then jams the ball to the right.

With two touches, Brad perfectly controlled the ball, then looked up for a long, penetrating pass.He wants to prove to the coaching staff that he is not only a defensive champion, but also a metronome.

Just as Brad raised his head, a figure suddenly walked around from behind and got stuck between him and the football.

Shevchenko!

Shevchenko, who was intercepted, completed the counter-grab and broke the football again.

Then under Brad's incredible gaze, he dribbled the ball to the penalty area!
The Fulham players also did not expect that Shevchenko would be so active in counter-robbing after losing the ball.His time around the front is accurate and his position is timely, showing superb defensive skills!If he had moved forward earlier, he would not have separated the ball from Brad; if he had been later, Brad would have likely passed the ball.Just when Brad hit the ball, Shevchenko successfully steals the ball!

Fulham's defenders were caught off guard. They didn't expect Brad, who had made no mistakes before, to fail. The most direct result was that they didn't think about how to defend Shevchenko.

For a world-class striker, the ability to grasp the timing is key.

Taking advantage of the opponent's astonishment, Shevchenko accelerated, passed the Fulham defender like lightning, then faked a shot past the goalkeeper, and swept the ball into the goal before going out of the baseline.

2:1!Manchester City overtook the score!

"Shevchenko! Shevchenko! He has been resurrected! He has become the omnipotent Ukrainian nuclear warhead again! If the previous goal had the restraining factors of other Manchester City players in it, then this goal , It has completely become a manifestation of Shevchenko's individual combat ability."

"This goal shows Shevchenko's comprehensive quality. Compared with his series of calm and exquisite handling of the ball in offense, I am even more surprised by his high IQ in defense! No Thinking, as a striker, Shevchenko has such a strong defensive ability."

"If anyone still says that Sheva is a parallel importer, then I will be the first to stand up and slap him in the mouth! To score twice in such a difficult game, such a Sheva is definitely worth his value! "

Compared with the domineering side leakage after the first goal, Shevchenko scored this time with a relaxed expression.

He didn't have any aggressive performance, just smiled and high-fived his teammates who ran over.The striker partner Samaras ran over to give him a hug, and Shevchenko smiled and hugged him, and then the two whispered something, and walked back together slowly.

Coleman's face was ugly.

Such a restrained Shevchenko is more able to deal with him than the domineering him just now.

Listen to the thunder in the silent place, and break the predicament with the strongest point!

Shevchenko defeated not only Brad, but also Coleman who made this tactical deployment.

But this time, beyond the "experience" and "habit" that Coleman relied on, it was Shevchenko's defensive ability.

When did Shevchenko's defensive ability get so good?
Of course, this is an illusion, because Shevchenko's defensive ability is definitely not strong enough to match his offensive ability.

The reason for this illusion actually lies in the top striker's ability to capture fighters.

Capturing fighter opportunities is actually a combination of "discovering the opponent's weakness" and "seizing the weakness to counterattack".

In the confrontation with Brad again and again, although Shevchenko does not have the advantage, Brad is also leaking his own information when successfully defending Shevchenko.

He exposed his strengths and weaknesses to Shevchenko.

His advantage lies in his control over Shevchenko's "habit" and "experience", which allows him to make predictions in advance; and his shortcoming lies in the sloppy after stealing the ball, which gives Shevchenko Take the opportunity.

And this is also the gap between Brad and Shevchenko.

It took Brad a week to rely on mechanical rote learning to limit Shevchenko.

And Shevchenko only took a few minutes, and in several matches, he knew where Brad's goal was and made a goal accordingly.

50 pounds and 1800 million pounds, the verdict is up!

(End of this chapter)