Extraordinary football jersey

Chapter 235 I'm Really a Striker

"It's a fake striker!"

It's not just Guardiola who has this feeling, even many people in the West Brom team have this illusion.

Aguero's appearance in the zone was seen by Evans who was defending him.This made Evans, who was struggling to defend Aguero, in a good mood, and he asked Yang Daye with a smile in the next dead ball time.

"Yang, in fact, you used to be a defender, right?"

"I'm really a striker." Yang Daye replied with a smile.While he did play at full-back a few times before, his true role has always been as a striker.

"Actually, I think you have the potential to be a defender. Or you can change to a defender in the future. With you here, I feel a lot easier." Evans said with a smile.

"NO! I still like the feeling of shooting. Shoot! Shoot! Shoot! If you are a man, you should shoot!" Yang Daye made a gesture of shooting with both hands.

"Seriously, Yang, you should consider my suggestion." Evans did not give up.

"Captain, don't worry. Although I am a striker, if the team needs me, I will appear wherever I am needed." Yang Daye said seriously.This is his mental words.He also wants to be a full-time goalscorer wholeheartedly.But the reality of the West Brom team is obviously impossible.He can only make himself like a defender to make more contributions to the team when necessary.

Speaking of this, Evans didn't say anything more, and the game has restarted.

Manchester City, bent on winning, continued to attack West Brom.Since the second half, they have obviously strengthened their offensive, and they are trying to keep the ball in West Brom's half for continuous attack.

But West Brom's defense has also become more tenacious.Influenced by Yang Daye, the entire West Brom team became very involved.Even Yang Daye, an offensive player, works so hard to defend, others naturally don't want to be compared to him.

Let's run, everyone spares no effort to run.

If you are passed, you just turn around and continue to chase.

If a teammate is out of position defensively, then go to make up for it as quickly as possible.

West Brom players are playing hard.Although their level of strength is far inferior to that of their opponents, they have the correct strategy, plus everyone is actively united.This made them weave several lines of defense that were difficult to break through.

In the small space, Manchester City's efforts did not bring out their true level.The whole West Brom team is running desperately to cover their positions, so that each Manchester City player who holds the ball often faces more than two defenders at the same time.This situation makes the players on the Manchester City team feel that they are not playing against 11 opponents, but are playing against more than a dozen opponents.

It can be said that the Manchester City team is not working hard. Stars such as Aguero and De Bruyne are working very hard to achieve goals.However, such a strong defense of the West Brom team really makes it impossible for them to display their abilities.

Faced with this situation, Guardiola finally couldn't sit still.He began to frequently come to the sidelines and wave his hands to direct the players to attack.

But Guardiola's sideline command also failed to allow Manchester City to achieve the desired goal.The West Brom team's super-powered bus cannot be broken with a few commands.

If Manchester City is a team that is good at high-altitude bombing, it will be more effective against the West Brom team with the bus.It's a pity that Manchester City is a team with relatively weak high-altitude capabilities, and their strikers are really at a huge disadvantage in terms of height.Especially the West Brom team facing a bunch of strong men is even more obvious.

Knowing that relying on the skills at his feet alone can't help the West Brom team, Guardiola started to make substitutions after playing for 10 minutes in the second half.

He replaced Sterling, who likes to stick to the ball and is relatively independent, and replaced him with Ihenacho.

Ishinacho is a young player born in 96.Although he is very young, he is currently the only high center forward available to Manchester City.Guardiola hopes to use his height and impact to help Manchester City smash the damn bus that West Brom have in front of the goal.

It's a bit sad to say that among Manchester City's large number of powerful forwards, only the winger Sane and this Ishinacho are over 180cm tall.The rest are a bunch of dwarfs who are less than 175cm.This is true whether it is Aguero, Sterling, or Suges who just transferred over earlier this year.

These technical strikers will be very useful against strong teams such as Manchester United and Liverpool.But facing a shameless team like West Brom, it can only be hopeless.

After the substitutions, Manchester City's formation on the field has also changed from the previous 4141 formations to a 442 formations of double forwards with high speed.

With Iheanacho on the field, Manchester City finally had a high point of support in the penalty area, and their offensive threat has indeed been greatly improved.

After Ishinacho came on the field, he also played very actively.His activities in the penalty area have instantly increased West Brom's air defense pressure a lot.

Fortunately, Ishinacho is still too immature.Ishinacho, who is inexperienced in the game, is far behind his teammates in many aspects of position selection and judgment.His level of strength is currently only at the shallow gold level. Although he has created some threats, he has not been able to break through the goal of the West Brom team.

"If I have a strong high center forward. Hey!!" Guardiola looked at Iheanacho, who was a bit lacking in grasping ability on the field, and then turned to look at the players on the bench, feeling helpless.

The situation of the scene is just like Guardiola's mood at the moment.Although Iheanacho's playing has indeed enhanced Manchester City's offensive threat, it seems that there is still a long way to go before scoring a goal.

As West Brom gradually adjusted to the changes in Manchester City, the scene once again fell into a stalemate.

Soon, the game time also passed 70 minutes.Players on both sides have physical problems to varying degrees.Although the players of the West Brom team have experienced a significant decline in physical fitness due to a lot of running.But the Manchester City players who have been maintaining a siege posture also have many physical problems.

It is said that there is a burst of energy, and it will be exhausted again and again.

At this point in time, Manchester City's momentum to defeat West Brom in one fell swoop has long been exhausted.Immediately, Manchester City's offensive also slowed down.

Guardiola had to make another substitution. He replaced the old Yaya Toure with Fernando.

Although Yaya Toure didn't show his face in both offense and defense today, his physical fitness has also been exhausted in the hand-to-hand fight with West Brom players.

The West Brom team also began to make personnel adjustments, and Pulis replaced two players who were not physically fit in one breath.

However, Yang Daye was not among the two substitutions.

Yang Daye can be said to be the most active player in the West Brom team so far in this game.But it was not him who was replaced.This has to disappoint Aguero and others.

What's going on, Priss?
Why not replace China Yang?
Don't you see that he's on his hips right now, gasping for breath?
Yes, Yang Daye is indeed gasping for breath now.He opened his mouth all the way, breathing heavily.He needs to inhale as much oxygen as possible into his lungs.He's taking every minute and second between games to rest.

Don't look at Yang Daye like this and think that he can't run anymore.In fact, before he was like this, he had just tried his best to catch up with Sane who broke through his teammate and tackled the ball out of the touchline.

It was precisely because of Yang Daye's performance that Pulis did not replace him, but instead replaced the other two players who seemed to be unable to run.

After both sides completed the substitutions one after another, the game soon started again.

Needless to say, the purpose of Manchester City's substitutions is to strengthen the offense.Unexpectedly, the West Brom team seemed to be forced to make a substitution, but Pulis added an offensive midfielder.

The West Brom team's formation had always been 541 before, but it actually became 4231 after the substitution.

One defender has been reduced and the strength of the midfield has been increased.Is West Brom trying to attack?

Guardiola was quick to spot the change at West Brom.It's just that he was very puzzled. The West Brom team, who had been on the bus for so long, even used the forward Yang Daye as a defender. Now they want to fight back?
Guardiola really doesn't believe that West Brom will do this.

Who gave West Brom such courage?
But when he turned his head and saw Yang Daye, Guardiola felt that this was Pulis's trick.So far in the game, West Brom's offense is better than nothing.Adding a midfielder, Guardiola doesn't think it can change the status quo of West Brom's inability to attack.

If the West Brom team really wants to strengthen their offense, this is what Guardiola wants to see.

Smashing the bus, the Manchester City team is a little weak.But if the West Brom team dares to raise the formation up, as long as the space is opened, Guardiola can guarantee that Manchester City will definitely take the opportunity to score.

It was with this in mind that Guardiola began to make Manchester City reduce their offense and retreated the formation.

Whether or not West Brom really want to step up their attack, Guardiola has decided to lure them out.

In fact, the West Brom team really wants to strengthen their offense.Before the game, Pulis set up such a strategy: 70 minutes before the game, he was to defend with all his strength and carry it to the death.Wait until the energy of the Manchester City team is consumed, and then strengthen the offense.If you can take advantage of the decline in Manchester City's physical fitness to counterattack successfully, then everything will be fine.If the counterattack is frustrated, then retreat and defend again until the game is dragged into overtime and the final penalty kick.

Therefore, the situation on the field miraculously began to undergo a major reversal.

The West Brom team, which had been under pressure in the front, began to strengthen their offense and pushed back the formation of Manchester City.

However, the Manchester City team, which had been strong before, retreated.They kept pushing their formation back and allowed West Brom to attack into the penalty area a few times.

"What's going on? Are we already dead? We were counterattacked by the West Brom team."

"Go up. Why don't you attack?"

Seeing that the Manchester City team suddenly became the defensive side after the substitution.This made the Blue Moon fans who watched Manchester City play against West Brom for most of the game very confused, and then became anxious.

But when the Manchester City fans were anxious, Guardiola, who watched the changes on the field, showed a mysterious smile.And his smile only flickered for a moment, and a seemingly anxious expression soon appeared on his face, and then he continued to direct from the sidelines.

"Hold on, hold on, don't mess up. Be defensive."

Seeing Guardiola's appearance, Manchester City fans became more and more anxious.They shouted one after another, cheering for the players on the field.But no matter how they cheer, the situation on the field seems to be tilting towards West Brom.

"Be sure to hold on. This is our home court, we can't let West Brom score."

"Damn it. What's going on. Why do people like Aguero seem to have no desire to attack?"

"Pep Guardiola's fucking substitutions. A good situation becomes a mess after the substitution."

The situation on the field looks more and more like the West Brom team is coming and going.This encouraged the West Brom team, their morale was boosted, and they screamed and wanted to attack.

They held back this game for too long.They have been pressed and beaten but have no strength to fight back.Although there is a reason for them to take the initiative to retreat, but being kicked like this by others for a long time makes me very aggrieved.

Now they find that the situation seems to have been reversed by themselves.So, they want to attack, and they want to tell the Manchester City people that they West Brom are not just going to be beaten and not fight back.

attack.Attack hard.It is best to press the entire formation across the half.

Guardiola looked a little nervous on the surface after watching the West Brom team really get better and better, but in fact he was very happy in his heart.

Especially after seeing that Yang Daye, who had been causing great trouble to Manchester City's offense before, was fully involved in the offense, Guardiola's eyes turned cold, and then he made a call to the Manchester City players on the field. Only gestures they can understand.

it's time!

And when Guardiola made this gesture, West Brom had once again attacked the front of Manchester City's penalty area.It's just that Manchester City's defense is very solid, making it almost impossible for West Brom to find any flaws.

Rondon was constantly looking for opportunities in Manchester City's penalty area, but his connection with other teammates was cut off by the defender, which made it impossible for Livermore, who was holding the ball, to give him the ball.

Livermore ran across the front of the penalty area, hoping to find an opportunity to shoot or pass.But he quickly attracted Manchester City's defensive attention, and several defensive players rushed towards him at the same time.As long as he hesitated for a moment, he would be surrounded and suppressed immediately.

"Livermore. This way."

Just when Livermore realized that he was about to fall into a tight siege, Yang Daye's voice sounded.

After seeing Yang Daye, Livermore passed the ball without any hesitation.

"Oops. And that Chinese!"

"Quick! Stop him!"

Guardiola exclaimed suddenly when he saw Yang Daye coming out from a diagonal stab and there were no defenders around him.

And just when Guardiola shouted, Yang Daye had already hit the ball directly in response to Livermore's pass.

"Boom!" With a sound, the ball flew out from Yang Daye's feet and flew towards the goal quickly.

Watching Yang Daye complete the shooting action, a thought flashed in Guardiola's mind:
This guy turned out to be really a striker!
(End of this chapter)