Soccer Dreams Set Sail

Chapter 17

On August 8th, the first round of League One began. This time Manchester City's opponent was Crystal Palace.

After a month of intensive training, Manchester City is more or less in shape now, and Crystal Palace is considered a star team in League One.

They generally play in the League One and rarely make it to the Premier League, but those who play in the League One generally know that there is such a famous player who has no achievements.

"Welcome everyone to the Maine Road Stadium, home of Manchester City Wall. Their opponent is Crystal Palace, a well-known team in League One."

"I'm Tyler Baruch, the commentator for this game. There are a few minutes before we leave the game. Let's talk about their lineup."

"Manchester City's side is 433, and the lineup is
Single striker: No. 10 Ronaldo

Both sides: No. 8 Henry, No. 7 Caniggia

Center: No. 6 Litmanen, No. 5 midfielder Seedorf, No. 4 midfielder Davis
The defense is: No. 3 Gallas - central defender, No. 11 Zambrotta - left back, No. 12 Willy Sagnol - right back, No. 2 Fabio Cannavaro - central back

Goalkeeper: No. 1 Buffon"

(This lineup will be used in future matches, so I won’t write it in again!)
"Crystal Palace is the same, it's still 442, and the next game begins."

"At the beginning of the game, it was Crystal Palace who kicked off first. They did not rush to attack, but chose to pass from the backcourt to stabilize their position."

"Manchester City didn't go up for grabs, everyone looks friendly!"

"Crystal Palace started to attack, playing on the wing. Their No. 8 was very fast. Manchester City did not go up immediately here, but followed all the way to the bottom line."

"Crystal Palace's No. 8 suddenly made a pass, and it was intercepted by Manchester City's No. 2. Manchester City has the ball."

"They passed very quickly. In a blink of an eye, they entered the opponent's half and split the side. Oh, that guy is too fast. Several people behind him can't catch up with him. Let's see how he handles this attack."

"He didn't continue to bottom, but he changed the line and cut inward, which is unbelievable."

This sudden change disrupted Crystal Palace's defensive arrangement at once. Someone had to defend Henry, otherwise he could hit the goal directly.

"Crystal Palace's troubles are coming. Someone must interfere with Manchester City's No. 8, but the defense will inevitably leak people. Will Manchester City seize this opportunity?"

Henry saw someone coming, there was no sticky ball, and he gave the ball to Ronaldo who was free, and Ronaldo started his first performance in Manchester City.

"Oh my God! What did I see, is it true? Manchester City's number 10, he is a genius, he scored three goals in a row, including the goalkeeper."

The whole audience was excited. Today's Maine Road Stadium was full of people. After all, this is the first game of Manchester City in the new season. Everyone is still looking forward to it.

And this time they didn't let them down. After 15 minutes of the game, Manchester City took the lead, and the goal was very exciting.

Mejia clapped his hands on the sidelines, smiling, but had other things on his mind.

Messia gave Ronaldo full fire. After the ball reached his feet, he wanted to play him, and others would respond.

Ronaldo was very happy, bouncing back to the field after giving Messia a hug, and the game continued.

The goal this time has little to do with tactics. What has to do is that Cannavaro directly finds Litmanen after stealing the ball, and then he distributes it to Henry. The rest is personal ability.

No way, sometimes personal ability is also the key to determining the game.

Crystal Palace kicked off, and the offensive routine did not change. It was still two hits on both sides, and then crossed.

Manchester City took the ball, passed from the backcourt to control the ball first, and then a gorgeous pass came. The full-back pressed up and cooperated with the continuous pass from the center, making the players of Crystal Palace run all over the field.

"Look at Manchester City's gorgeous passing, is this really a League One team?"

It's really a home commentary, and I started to praise when I had the opportunity.

Litmanen took the ball and passed it to Seedorf, who came up to meet him. Seedorf passed it to Zambrotta on the side, and then returned to Seedorf with one foot.

Seedorf went straight through, quickly and accurately, Ronaldo took the ball, and three Crystal Palace players came near Ronaldo. Ronaldo didn't play the ball at the first time, but waited until they surrounded him, and passed it diagonally to Henry who came up. .

Henry didn't stop the ball and hit the goal directly. Unfortunately, he was a bit unlucky and hit the post and flew out of bounds.

The whole offense is over, this time it is mainly tactical, through short passes to hit the frontcourt, and then use Ronaldo to attract the opponent's defense, Henry plugs in and hits the goal.

It's a pity that luck is bad, or this attack will be done.

In the following time, Crystal Palace played interestingly. There was no change. The pass was made from the bottom. After the pass, the striker was left in the penalty area to fight. Almost broke the door.

This put a lot of pressure on Crystal Palace, and now they are playing a bit frightened.

The first half was over, and after the second half started, Messia changed his routine and began to play on the wing, allowing Henry and Caniggia to attack in turn, and the Crystal Palace was in a mess.

The score came to 2:0, this time it was Ronaldo who scored the goal, because of Henry's continuous impact, the Crystal Palace formed an inertia, and then the routine changed, and Henry cut it again.

It seems to repeat the first goal, but this time Ronaldo's goal is very simple, he catches the ball and hits the goal directly.

The whole game was under the control of Manchester City. At the end of the game, Manchester City 2-0 Crystal Palace got off to a good start.

(End of this chapter)