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Chapter 20 The Doubtful Trabelsi
In Southgate's view, such a tight man-to-man tactic is more than enough to keep Manchester City's striker combination in check.

Who is Middlesbrough at the back?England international Woodgate!German international Huth!
On the other hand, what about Manchester City's striker?

Samaras was labeled as a "parallel importer" early on. Andy Cole is very famous, but Kobe Huth is a full round older in age.

A middle-aged uncle with a beard!

Southgate is very confident in his defense. Manchester City's most threatening Cordilla has been put into the reserve team. Samaras did score three balls in the last game, but Wigan Athletic's scumbag defense , Can it compare to my Rice Burger?

So when Samaras scored a goal, from Southgate to the players on the field, they were suddenly confused.

The accidental loss of the ball disrupted Middlesbrough's deployment.

They never expected that under such strict defense, Manchester City could still score goals.

How can you defend yourself? There is no way to continue playing!
It can be said that Samaras' goal, like a knife, was directly stuck in Middlesbrough's chest.

Destroyed the tactical layout of Miburg.

The ensuing match was one-sided without any suspense.

Although Middlesbrough did not give up resistance, they had no fighting spirit and were caught by Manchester City for a while.

In the 51st minute, when Middlesbrough swarmed towards Samaras who was holding the ball, Samaras stuffed the ball to Andy Cole, and Andy Cole calmly shook Middlesbrough away Goalkeeper, put the ball into the empty goal.

In the 66th minute, Manchester City seized the opportunity of Middlesbrough's heavy pressure and played a beautiful counterattack. Finally, Samaras sent the ball into the Middlesbrough goal.

3: 1!

Manchester City reversed!
"Samaras, he scored his fifth goal in two rounds! What a hot state!"

"I have to lament Duncan's luck. In the two games he took office, the team won two games and broke out of the relegation zone in one fell swoop!"

"If Manchester City can have such a performance in the first half of the season, then they will not be reduced to relegation now, right?"

Although in the lead, the commentator still attributed the reason for the victory to Samaras' sudden outburst.

In his opinion, in this game, whether he was behind or leading, Duncan never left his seat, and he was extremely calm.It must have nothing to do with the victory of this game.

Even assistant coach Diop stood up and yelled twice when the team fell behind, where is Duncan?
Did you think you were here to play The Matrix?The commentator was full of dissatisfaction with Duncan.

So just like the media, the commentators don't believe that Duncan made the slightest contribution in the process of the team from falling behind to reversing.

At best, it's just a mascot.

In the 80 minutes of the game, Middlesbrough knew that the situation was over, and there were few resistances. The football has been dangling at the feet of Manchester City.

The dust has settled!
Duncan, who had been watching the game nervously, also breathed a sigh of relief.

Duncan suddenly thought of the boss of the Devils in the movie "Shaolin Soccer".Now he is dressed in black, black shoes and black sunglasses. Except for the lack of cigars and the different colors of the clothes, he looks quite similar to the boss of the Devils in the movie.

Duncan pushed his sunglasses and asked Diop: "Hey, aren't we being a little too cruel?"

"Uh, okay..." Diop hesitated, he was a little puzzled by Duncan's sudden question.

"Then be more cruel! Haha!" Duncan made a trumpet shape with his hands and shouted loudly into the field.

The final score was fixed at 2:3.

Middlesbrough took advantage of the slack after Manchester City took the lead, and scored a goal at the last moment.Even so, Manchester City fans are still very happy.

Manchester City won, while relegation rivals Wigan Athletic lost to Fulham the day before.The winning Manchester City opened up a five-point gap with the relegation zone.

"Doo-doo-doo-doo--"

Two short whistles, one long whistle and three whistles, the referee announced the end of the game.

Duncan stood up, ready to shake hands with Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate.

"You guys did a good job!" Southgate said. Although he was not happy about losing, he still had to have a demeanor.

"I appreciate your honesty!" Duncan said.

"Eh..." Southgate's expression froze, but in the end he didn't say anything, shook hands and left.

The Manchester City players on the field did not leave the field, they went under the stands to thank the fans who came from afar.The fans also gave warm applause to their team.

"Little Sa, don't tell me that your shot was fooled, I don't believe it." Defender Trabelsi moved closer to Samaras, looked at the stands, but said to Samaras with his mouth .

"Hey, this is a secret." Samaras smiled mysteriously: "But you can go to the boss."

"Is it because of the boss?" Trabelsi looked at Duncan on the sidelines.

Although there have been two outstanding games, to be honest, Trabelsi still doesn't know much about the new head coach.

After the head coach came to the team, he actually only did two things: the first thing was to put Cordela and Harman into the reserve team, and the second thing was to make sure Samaras and Andy Cole For the main striker combination.

The first thing made Trabelsi feel the sternness and decisiveness of the new head coach. The main forwards like Cordella have been scored in the reserve team. It can be said that everyone in the first team is in danger. Within a short time, he was shocked by Duncan's iron fist.

The second thing made Trabelsi really start to admire Duncan.As the main player of the first team, Trabelsi is very clear that Samaras has not changed much, but as soon as Duncan came on stage, he immediately showed a difference. He scored five goals in two rounds. What is this like? efficiency?
If it had nothing to do with Duncan, he wouldn't believe it even if Trabelsi was killed!
"It's really because of the boss." Andy Cole came over and said, "With the boss here, I found the feeling of cooperating with Dwight York in Samaras."

"What? You said black wind and double evil? How is that possible?" Trabelsi has also been famous for a long time. Although he played for Ajax before, he also has the power of Manchester United's "black wind and double evil". heard.That was the combination that frightened the entire Premier League defenders and helped Manchester United win the Triple Crown!

Do you think you can get it done just by picking someone up casually?

"Besides, I'll let you in on a secret." Samaras also came over and said mysteriously, "Before the game, the boss asked me to take a long shot, and I really scored a long shot!"

"I think you're talking about God, not the boss." Trabelsi was in disbelief.

(End of this chapter)