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Chapter 171 Just Too Weak
At the beginning of the game, Koppel turned his head here frequently and glanced at Duncan.

But he was disappointed.

Duncan is not a person who likes to show off and show emotions, not to mention he wears a pair of glasses. Koppel can see through the sky, but he didn't see a single hair.

But looking at the results, it's actually pretty good.

At least 10 minutes into the game, the score is still a 0:0 draw.

Is it necessary to "respond to all changes with the same" against Manchester City?
Is my bet right?

Koppel thought rather smugly.

But he still has some worries in his heart. He knows that Manchester City scored four goals in a row in the last three and 10 minutes of the match against Sporting Lisbon.

No one can guarantee that Manchester City's performance is anesthetizing the opponent?

"Does the opponent have any trump card? Is it a long-range shot? Or a follow-up shot? Or a substitution?"

Suspicions began to form in Koppel's head.

"Oh, Samaras missed another chance this time... Could it be that he is paralyzing us?"

Koppel began to think big.

If you think about it with your toes, you know that from the ranking of the standings, Manchester City ranks first, and Reading ranks third from the bottom.In terms of performance, the two are basically a heaven and an underground.

But the most strange thing is that these two teams with such extremely different results are actually playing evenly.

Is it normal?
Is it reasonable?
unusual!unreasonable!
Since it is abnormal and unreasonable, there must be a conspiracy!
Koppel smiled coldly: Humph, no matter how you pretend, I'll see through it.

But what is the conspiracy?

Koppel scratched his head again.

He couldn't figure out what the conspiracy was.

He couldn't help but look at Duncan on the other side, and found that every word and deed of Duncan seemed to have some kind of strong hint.

Duncan looked at his watch—should he be checking the time for a change?
Duncan bowed his head-is he thinking about which killer to use?
Duncan whispered—is this discussing a conspiracy?
Duncan stretched...

——Uh, that's tired from sitting...

Koppel studied Duncan and got a little bit obsessed.

Obviously, Duncan still hasn't made any adjustments and changes.

Because of the situation on the field, they are still stalemate.

For a long time, because Reading's tactics are flexible and changeable, once the players are asked to stick to the "inherent tactics", they will also be confused: Is it the previous inherent tactics or the current inherent tactics?
Reading's formation was fine in the first half of the game, and the distance between the three lines was good.

The performance of Manchester City's substitute is not good.

But after an hour of the game, when the scene was stalemate and it was time for the winner, Reading's own formation began to become disorganized.

Some players want to attack, and they want to take one or two sneak attacks to take away three points; some players want to defend, and it is completely acceptable to draw with the leader!
The thoughts of the players on the court are not unified, but the head coach off the court still has no expression. He is still studying Duncan endlessly.

And even if he saw the situation on the field, he would not make a judgment.

Because Manchester City on the opposite side is also scattered.

Their tactical thinking is unified, but the starting lineup with a mix of main players and substitutes lacks tacit understanding in terms of cooperation, and the entire team does not run smoothly.

In this case, the game continues.

Slowly, when the overall tactics of both sides are lackluster, the performance of star players has become the key to determine the direction of the game.

Silva took the ball at the front of the penalty area, moved two steps, and suddenly turned around and accelerated, throwing away the opponent like a loach, and slipped into the penalty area.

The originally slow game entered the fast lane because of Silva's sudden change of rhythm.

The arrival of Silva has made Manchester City's game full of creativity!

"Come on! Block his angle!" shouted the Reading keeper.

People like Silva have entered the penalty area, and the fool knows what the problem is.

The Reading players who had been slowly deploying defenses at the front of the penalty area suddenly rushed towards Silva.

Everyone knows Silva's physical weakness, so they want to use physical confrontation to squeeze Silva's position.

However, with his thin body, Silva is not at a disadvantage in confrontation.

After all, in Reading's penalty area, defensive players have to weigh their actions.

However, it was obviously difficult for Silva to make any moves under the close pressure of the opponent, and he also found that his partner did not react because of his temporary rhythm change.

Now he is fighting alone.

There is no way, let's shoot.

Silva barely exerted his strength and shot a slow ball.

With such a ball, the goalkeeper has enough time to react.He has judged the football line and opened his hands at the finish line waiting for the football to arrive.

However, the pig-like teammates reappeared.

Because of the panic just now, four or five players rushed towards Silva within a narrow range.

When Silva was about to kick again, they tried their best to remedy it as a defensive player: kicked the ground, threw themselves out, and at the same time pushed their toes forward vigorously, trying to clear the football.

Unexpectedly, the ball shot by Silva was too weak.

It's too late to stop.

Suddenly, a foot appeared on the path of the football. Although the owner of the foot tried to retract the foot, the football still hit the foot, then changed direction, and rolled towards the goal.

It was too close to the goal line, even if the goalkeeper risked his head hitting the goal post to save, he did not rush to the football before it hit the net.

"Woo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

"The ball... the goal was scored, an own goal?"

Koppel was dumbfounded.

Everyone ran over and hugged Silva, some even stroked Silva's long hair.

Duncan's team building ideas, whether offensive or defensive players, are based on a simple style of play.Silva was picked by Duncan, one of the few flamboyant and pleasing players.This is also the same as when Silva arrives at Manchester City, he will serve as the core.And his low-key and modest character won the favor of everyone.

Who doesn't like a player who is high-profile on the court and low-key off the court?
Walking toward his own half, Duncan applauded Silva and gave Silva another thumbs up.

Well done David!

After losing the ball and falling behind, Koppel poured a basin of ice water over his head again, waking up like a dream.

He finally realized the chaotic state of his team.

I also realized that until the moment the team fell behind, I had been playing soy sauce.

He immediately made adjustments, compressed the formation, and did not give Silva a chance to break through.

But Manchester City's offense is not something you can defend if you want to defend.

Duncan replaced Vassell, who was mediocre throughout the game, and replaced him with Shevchenko.

Manchester City's attacking foursome, resurrected!
Reading found that they could not prevent Manchester City's attack at all.They thought they had a very dense defensive line, and Manchester City players were rushed to the ground whenever they moved.

No shooter will miss such an opening.

Samaras and Shevchenko seized the opportunity to win each.

In the end, Manchester City easily defeated Reading 3:0 and continued to maintain their leading position in the standings.

And Koppel sat in a chair, looking annoyed.

It's not a crime of war, it's just that my team is too weak...

(End of this chapter)