our champion dream

Chapter 190 Opening

The game went on for a while, and at No. 305 minutes, Newcastle launched an attack, but this attack was not completed, in front of Manchester United's penalty area.Their pass was interrupted by Vidic.

After stealing the ball, Vidic realized that this was a good opportunity to counterattack, so he quickly passed the football to the midfielder Carrick, and Carrick turned around and passed it to Nani who retreated from the wing.

After receiving the ball, Nani started to run forward with the ball. He was soon blocked by Newcastle midfielder Button.

Facing Barton's blocking, Nani did not choose to force a breakthrough with the ball, but passed the football to Li Xiaoming in the middle.

When Li Xiaoming received the ball, there was not a single Newcastle player sticking to him. This is not to say that the Newcastle players looked down on Li Xiaoming and did not pay enough attention to him.Instead, Li Xiaoming kept running on the court, and just happened to run into the air.

So when Li Xiaoming just received the ball, Newcastle's defensive teammate Nolan rushed up.

Li Xiaoming turned around, protecting the football in front of him, and at the same time seemed to be heading to the other side.On the other side, Rooney is indeed advancing at high speed.

Li Xiaoming's turn and Rooney's running attracted Newcastle's defensive attention, and their defensive players also moved there.

But at the same time as they were moving, Li Xiaoming suddenly twisted his body and passed the football to the other side, where Nani was!

at this time.Nani has already rushed up, the football sent by Li Xiaoming jumped twice on the slippery turf, rushed forward, and just rolled in a place in front of Nani!

The strength was just right, and the football did not stop at a place with stagnant water.

Although Li Xiaoming's pass was a bit unexpected, Newcastle's defense reacted very quickly and immediately moved to this side.

So when Nani received the ball and was about to rush into the penalty area, Newcastle's defenders had already moved in front of him.

It is not impossible for him to break through, but the field is slippery.The success rate is bound to be greatly reduced.

At this time, Nani shook his head towards the middle, and he saw Li Xiaoming.

In Manchester United's counterattack, all attacking players rushed forward.When Newcastle's defenders were forced to retreat, Li Xiaoming did not run forward, but on the contrary, he retreated a few steps, which just opened a little distance between him and Newcastle's defenders.

This is an active creation of space, because it is such a small distance.Keep him unmarked!

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Nani, who has been cooperating with Li Xiaoming since last year, the tacit understanding between the two parties is also very high.

When he saw that Li Xiaoming was not moving forward but retreating, he knew what Li Xiaoming was going to do - just to make room!
So he decisively passed the football to Li Xiaoming.

The distance between football and Newcastle's goal suddenly became farther than before. This seems to be a symbol of the failure of Manchester United's counterattack. Manchester United has to play a long-term plan again.

After Li Xiaoming received the ball, he didn't even pass the football out immediately, but controlled it a bit.

This control gave the retreating Newcastle players time to rush up again.

"Oh, it's too late!" Duan Xuan cried out in regret when he saw this scene.

He believes that Li Xiaoming should pass the ball or shoot immediately after receiving the ball, so as to make full use of this gap.But after Li Xiaoming got the ball, he waited for a while. By waiting, the space was gone.

But Li Xiaoming was actually waiting for Newcastle's defenders to come forward.

If they don't press up, how can new, deadly gaps appear?
And in order to deepen this effect, Li Xiaoming also chose to take the ball forward to meet Newcastle's defender!
Gutierrez rushed to him for the first time.

At the same time, Rooney, who was originally in the middle of the penalty area, saw that Li Xiaoming was about to break through the middle, so he pulled towards the side and raised his hand, signaling Zhou Lixiaoming to pass the football to the middle after drawing all the defensive attention to the middle. He on the sidewalk.

But how could Rooney have not forgotten Rooney, the Premier League Golden Boot last season, and the experienced Campbell followed up.

For a while, Newcastle's various running routes in front of the penalty area were intricate. If everyone had a thread behind them, it would have been a mess at this moment.

But a good or even top playmaker must be able to find the thread in the mess.The ability to find spaces in the clutter, and fast!
In Li Xiaoming's mind, he quickly found this space.

He turned to look to the right.

This makes Campbell very nervous, because Rooney is here.It seems that he really wants to pass the football to Rooney?
But in fact, if there is an eye-tracking device, it can be found that although Zhou Lixiaoming turned his head to this side, his eyes did not look at Rooney, but fell on Berbatov who was also on the side. .

He was watching Belle move her head.When I found that space, what about my teammates?
It's no use if no one can run into the gap.

When he turned his head away, he saw Berbatov suddenly speed up and rush towards the middle of the penalty area!
He knew that Berbatov also found a vacancy!
It was an empty space behind Newcastle's defense after Li Xiaoming waited for the ball, then dribbled forward and Rooney pulled to the side!

After Berbatov took his own big stride, Li Xiaoming swung his thigh sideways and turned his ankle sideways at the same time.Like a golf club pushing the ball into the hole, the football is passed out.

Straight plug!

The football ran past the ground turtle!
And Gutierrez has nothing to do except watch...

In fact, Campbell, the former England's top defender, also realized it when Gross Kreutz advanced, but even if he realized that it was an empty space, he couldn't make a decision immediately.Because for him, this is a dilemma - should he continue to defend Rooney, or defend Berbatov?This is a difficult multiple choice question.

It stands to reason that he should defend Berbatov, who obviously wanted to get the ball.But if he really went, Rooney would not be stupid, and he would be in an unmarked situation immediately.At that time, as long as Berbatov gets the ball and passes the football sideways.Rooney can face the goal directly, which is probably easier than practicing shooting in training...

Campbell only hesitated for a short time, but still made a decision. He dropped Rooney and turned to defend Berbatov.After all, football is now passed to Berbatov.No matter what the situation is, priority should be given to controlling players with the ball, as their threat is the greatest.

As for Rooney?

He can't take care of it anymore, and can only count on his teammates to make up for the defense in time, so that Rooney will not fall to the point of being unmarked.

But it was just such a hesitation, and after getting older.Due to the lack of explosive power and speed brought about by the decline in physical fitness, Campbell lost the best opportunity to label Berbatov.

Berbatov sprinted with all his strength, Li Xiaoming's through ball was also very fast, he could catch the ball directly without slowing down.

He kicked very hard, striding meteor suppressed Campbell!
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"Dawn!" Martin Taylor yelled, the football rolled into the penalty area, and Berbatov was about to catch the ball!

"Berbatov——!" Martin Taylor elongated his voice.

Accompanied by this long whistle, B Itz received the ball, Berbatov made a sideways move, widened the angle of the shot, then swung his left foot, and hit the middle and lower part of the football!
The football was drawn by him and flew upwards!
Because the distance is too close—the place where the shot is already closer than the penalty spot—even though the goalkeeper Harper blocked the angle, he only had time to raise his hand in reflex, and the football hit him On his shoulder, he changed the line slightly and flew into the goal!

"The ball has been scored!!" Martin Taylor's protracted sound ended here, and it instantly turned into a roar of excitement.

Well done Bebba!Well done, Li Xiaoming! "

After the goal, Berbatov was also very excited, although he lost his balance after the shot, and his legs slipped out on his knees.But he quickly got up from the ground with hands and feet and ran to Li Xiaoming who passed the ball to him.

When he was about to run in front of Li Xiaoming, he turned around and motioned for Li Xiaoming to come up.

Li Xiaoming was also polite, and jumped up directly, and was carried by Berbatov on his back.

Then, they and other teammates shook their fists at the fans in the Manchester United stands, responding to the shouts above!
The roar of these Red Devils fans even shattered the rain above them!

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"Li Xiaoming completely dominated Manchester United's attack! It seems that no matter what position he plays, no matter how far away from the goal, as long as the football is given to him, he can always create a threat! He sent the ball to Berbato It's just right!"

Duan Xuan and He Ping on the TV looked very excited.

Li Qingru in front of the TV was also very excited. He slapped himself hard on the thigh: "Strike!"

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At Old Trafford, there was a huge cheer after Berbatov's goal.

Cheers can cover everything.

Martin Taylor also had to raise his volume as much as possible amid such cheers.

"Lei! A beautiful assist! Berbatov's beautiful volley completed his first league goal of the season, which is also Manchester United's first league goal of the season! And the first game of last season Different, this time, although Manchester United's state is not as good as last season, although they didn't score until the No.306 minute, but before that, the initiative was in their hands!"

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After Berbatov's goal, the Newcastle coach on the sidelines was making quick adjustments.

After half an hour of observation, he found that apart from being a central midfielder at the beginning of the game, Li Xiaoming became more and more like a midfielder after that, returning to his old way of playing as a midfielder, regardless of position. It's still the way of playing, it's all about kicking the midfielder.

What does this mean?
Either it means that Li Xiaoming is not really familiar with the position of central midfielder, or he prefers to play as a midfielder, so he subconsciously plays as a midfielder.

Or it means that Ferguson did not strictly limit Li Xiaoming's position, but let Li Xiaoming do whatever he wanted.

No matter which one it is, it shows that Li Xiaoming has not changed from last season. He is still using his best method to organize offense in the place he is most familiar with.

The adjustment Newcastle made was to arrange for a person to follow Li Xiaoming all the time, and implement an oppressive method on Li Xiaoming, restricting him from the time the football was passed to Li Xiaoming, preventing him from receiving and passing the ball easily.

This task was given to Newcastle's main midfielder Gutierrez in this game.

He called Gutierrez to the sidelines as the United players celebrated their goal.Face-to-face instruction is appropriate.

"Where is he going, where am I going?" Gutierrez confirmed to his coach.

"Yes, where is he going, where are you going." The Newcastle coach confirmed.

"Then what if he retreats to the back position?" Gutierrez asked again.

"Then you follow." Newcastle coach did not hesitate.

"Okay. Understood." Gutierrez nodded.

Next, he ran back to the court and waited for play to resume.

Soon, the Manchester United players also ended their celebration, and they ran back to their own half.

The game restarts.

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At kickoff.Manchester United returned to the midfield position.But for the current Newcastle, it doesn't matter if Li Xiaoming plays as an attacking midfielder or a central midfielder or even a defensive midfielder. Anyway, Gutierrez will follow him wherever he goes.

After the kick-off, Newcastle took advantage of the momentum that had just taken the lead and launched a fierce attack on Newcastle's goal.

And in the process, Li Xiaoming raised his position again.

Unlike last time, this time, there was an extra Newcastle player by his side.

Gutierrez followed him every step of the way.

No matter how Li Xiaoming runs, it is very difficult to get rid of Gutierrez.

At first, Li Xiaoming caught the ball.Gutierrez bumped into him violently, and the ball under Li Xiaoming's feet was immediately knocked away. Li Xiaoming also fell to the ground at the same time.Fortunately, the referee called Gutierrez a foul, otherwise Newcastle would probably use this opportunity to fight back against Manchester United.

Since then, Li Xiaoming has obviously accelerated the speed of passing and receiving the ball, and then kept running, trying to get rid of Newcastle
But Newcastle was like sticky candy, sticking to Li Xiaoming's body, so it was not so easy to be thrown off.

He followed Li Xiaoming and ran non-stop, from left to right.Run from front to back.

The tactical arrangement of coach Newcastle was perfectly realized - where did Li Xiaoming go, and where did he go.

Everyone has seen that Gutierrez is going to post Li Xiaoming.

"Li Xiaoming now seems to be playing football with someone behind his back, and the field conditions are not very good. His performance has been affected because of this..."

He Ping frowned while speaking.

Ferguson on the sidelines also frowned.

He is very aware of Li Xiaoming's weakness. This kind of close defense, even if there is no physical contact, forcing Li Xiaoming to run non-stop will also consume a lot of his physical energy.

You must know that the physical energy consumed in the rain battle is faster and more than that in the normal field.

So run like this.Li Xiaoming's stamina seems to be consumed faster than the rain battle!
(End of this chapter)