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Chapter 191 Thoughts
At the same time, Martin Taylor said at the scene: "Li Xiaoming has been trying to get rid of Gutierrez's entanglement, but no matter where he goes, there is always such a person by his side, and Gutierrez is like his shadow... "

Li Xiaoming is obviously aware of this, if he continues to run like this, it may be very difficult to get rid of Gutierrez.

Anyway, now that the first half is almost over, and Manchester United is leading by one goal, the need for goals is not so urgent.So Li Xiaoming simply stopped running.

From the previous constant running to find space, it is the same as walking, it doesn't matter if there is space.

Of course, teammates will still pass the football to him, but after receiving the ball, it is more of a back pass and a cross pass, and they always choose the closest, best and safest route to him, and rarely go forward Passed.

It's actually boring for him to pass the ball like this, but it makes it difficult for Gutierrez to grab it again.

His teammates saw that Gutierrez was always by Li Xiaoming's side, and then saw that Li Xiaoming passed the ball back to him, and they knew what it meant—less interest during this period of time. Famous biography The ball is gone, so they turn around and pass the ball to others.

Vidal, who has been following him, is not very satisfied, because every time he rushes up, the result is that Li Xiaoming kicks the football back...

It made him feel like he was wasting his time.

So when he moved with Li Xiaoming, he was beside Li Xiaoming and said in English: "Hey, Chinese boy, are you Chinese all so timid?"

This kind of area attack is often a big killer move. Once it is said, it has a strong attack power and can instantly irritate the opponent.

This is also one of Gutierrez's trash talk attacks.He hoped to use this method to anger Li Xiaoming and make him lose his cool.

Generally speaking, this practice is tried and tested in the game.

The most famous example is that in the 2006 World Cup final, after the Italian defender Materazzi attacked the French captain Zidane with trash talk, the latter was so angry that he slammed into Materazzi and drew a fire for himself. A red card bid farewell to the game ahead of time, and also let him pass by the French team and the Hercules Gold Cup.

On the basketball court, because the space is small and the direct contact distance between players is closer, trash talking is common, and it is even a well-known tactic.

In football, because there is so much space and players are often far apart, trash talking is not yet very common.

But as long as there is an opportunity, such unique tactics will appear.

It's just that Vidal encountered a strange person who is not an ordinary person this time.

Li Xiaoming didn't respond after he said this, and continued to run.It wasn't until about a second later that Li Xiaoming turned his head suddenly, looked at him in confusion, and asked back in English: "excuse_me?"

Gutierrez froze for a moment—didn't this kid understand?

This made him feel a little frustrated. This kind of trash talk cannot be repeated, and if it is repeated, it will not be lethal.It's like telling a joke to someone, and the other party doesn't laugh after telling the joke, and you have to explain again where the joke is, it's so boring.

But soon Gutierrez realized - this kid has played in the Premier League for a season, and he has no problem communicating with his teammates. Why can't he understand what he just said?
So he snorted, "Just pretend, keep pretending! Can't you understand?"

Li Xiaoming frowned and made a listening expression, as if it was difficult to understand Gutierrez's words.

Gutierrez was almost angry and wanted to turn around and leave - if he didn't remember what his mission was when he was about to turn around, maybe Gutierrez really left.Trash talk can't be helped if you meet someone shameless...

But if Gutierrez is not ashamed, he will really repeat his map shot just now, and see how Li Xiaoming will take it.

But it's a pity that Vidal is a bit hot-tempered and straightforward, so Li Xiaoming was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Li Xiaoming glanced at Gutierrez again, and seeing that he really didn't speak, he turned his head away, ignored him, walked on the court by himself, and then casually received passes.As the core of the team's offensive and defensive rhythm, Li Xiaoming has played like this. Now Manchester United just wants to be fast and can't get up to speed, so they are full of rhythm.

Anyway, there is not much time left in the first half of the game, and there is still a one-goal lead, so it is okay to slow down the pace.

So the whole team followed Li Xiaoming to slow down the pace and focus on controlling the ball.

Time passed in a slightly boring game and came to the end of the first half.

The referee blew his whistle and the first half ended.

Players from both sides quickly ran to the sidelines, unwilling to continue to get wet on the court.Li Xiaoming was also among them, and even ran faster, rushing into the passage in a flash.

Gutierrez saw Li Xiaoming's flexible appearance behind him, and the conversation between Li Xiaoming and him came to mind, this bastard... What a bastard!

He's pretty sure now that he was being teased.

But it doesn't matter, I won't give him any chance to pass a deadly ball in the second half!
After the start of the second half of the game, Gutierrez still followed Li Xiaoming every step of the way, not giving Li Xiaoming a chance.

During the intermission, Newcastle's coach specifically praised Gutierrez.I think his restriction on Li Xiaoming at the end of the first half was very successful.Let him continue to play like this in the second half.

As long as Li Xiaoming can be restrained, Manchester United's offensive threat will be greatly reduced.At least the transition from the midfield to the midfield will not be so smooth.

Li Xiaoming saw that Gutierrez was still following him as before the end of the first half, so he simply stayed in the middle circle of the court and didn't go forward much.

And Gutierrez still followed him, and didn't mean to retreat.

Li Xiaoming also turned his head to look at Gutierrez strangely, and asked him, "Why are you following me?"

Gutierrez felt that Li Xiaoming asked a stupid question——did I let you run away if I didn't follow you?
He didn't bother to answer such a stupid question, so he just snorted and didn't speak.

"I advise you to go back to your own place." Li Xiaoming still said.

Gu Tielei was about to laugh. He had never seen such an idiot. Do you think you can be fooled by just saying a few words?
It's a fool to go back!

Seeing that Gutierrez was unmoved, Li Xiaoming spread his hands: "I'm doing this for your own good, since you don't accept it... okay."

Gutierrez looked at Li Xiaoming with sympathetic eyes.

I think this kid must have a problem with his brain, why is there so much nonsense?

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Because Li Xiaoming was temporarily pegged by Gutierrez, Manchester United's offensive threat was not so great during this period, but Newcastle took advantage of this opportunity to increase their offensive.

Ten minutes into the second half, they had three shots on target, one of which forced a fine save from Van der Sar.

The few Newcastle fans in the stands were very excited. They thought the goal was not far ahead, and they would come back soon!
Newcastle's third shot was created by their striker Alan Smith. He shot a cold arrow at the front of the penalty area and the football went out. Although it didn't go in, it also shocked many Manchester United fans into a cold sweat.

The ball boy threw the football in.Van der Sar was about to take a goal kick, but he saw Carrick standing on the outside line of the penalty area, gesturing at him, which meant to let Van der Sar pass the football to him.

Van der Sar originally planned to kick the football directly to the frontcourt with a big kick.But since Carrick took the initiative to ask for the ball... Of course Van der Sar believed in his teammates,
So he pretended to have a big foot, and after several run-ups.But passed the football directly to Carrick.

When Carrick received the ball, his back was facing the attacker first, and he used the outer instep of his right foot to transfer the football horizontally to Li Xiaoming, who was a little ahead of him.

After getting the ball, Li Xiaoming turned and ran forward. At the same time, he waved to his partner Carrick in the position and shouted: "Go forward, David! Run forward!"

Gutierrez continued to follow him, unmoved, and after Carrickce passed the football, he also rushed towards Li Xiaoming.

Li Xiaoming stopped when he was catching the ball, his legs were in a horse stance, and his center of gravity was lowered.Brutely withstood a Gutierrez body collision.

Although his body swayed and his footsteps were a little staggered, he still protected the football.Then he quickly passed the football to Carrick who advanced forward.

Then he just stood there and didn't move forward, as if what happened next had nothing to do with him.At the same time, he turned his head and asked Gutierrez beside him, "Are you sure you don't want to go back?"

Gutierrez acted as if he hadn't heard it.

Li Xiaoming curled his lips and cast his eyes on Carrick.

Carrick's sudden drive forward was followed by Rooney dropping slightly back from his right-wing position to meet him.David Carrick passed the ball to Wayne Rooney and, instead of stopping, kept going.

This run made Newcastle suddenly uncomfortable.

Because there are only so many people in their midfield.Everyone has their own defensive tasks, Nani and Berbatov are not vegetarian.

So now David Carrick pops forward.Just let him be in the unmarked situation.

And he is now very close to Newcastle's penalty area!

This scene is really embarrassing for Leverkusen.Should we defend him or not?
Li Xiaoming also glanced at Gutierrez next to him. It could be seen that Gutierrez did not expect the situation to turn out like this, and he was a little confused—who would have thought that Li Xiaoming was dragged behind, and it was the engineer who rushed forward Carrick? !

Seeing that Carrick was unmarked, Rooney passed the football to him again.

When the football rolls to Sven Bender.Still no one came up to defend him. Newcastle's defense is now in a brief chaos. Who should defend the sudden appearance of Carrick?If I go to defend him, then who will help me defend the target I was originally responsible for marking?

If this problem is not clear, everyone dare not go up easily.

Seeing that no one came up to defend him for a while, Carrick simply shot a long shot about 30 meters away from the goal!
"Carrick - long shot!!"

With Martin Taylor's roar, the football was like a cannonball, smashing through the dense rain in the air and flying towards the goal.

Newcastle's goalkeeper saw Carrick's sudden kick and jumped sideways.

Carrick's shot was very sudden, and the football would become heavy and slippery after being wet, making it more difficult to save, so Newcastle did not dare to neglect.

We must know that in the rain battle, the scoring rate of long-range shots is very high...

He pounced on the football, but he couldn't hold it in his arms, he could only lift the football out of the crossbar with one palm!

"Strike! Good save!" Martin Taylor shouted. "Carrick shoots really well too!"

There was a huge exclamation from the stands, and it was a pity that Carrick missed the goal.

Carrick himself regretted that the goal was not scored. He felt that he felt good when he shot.He is actually not the kind of midfielder who is good at scoring goals from the back. He is an honest organizational and defensive midfielder, so his number of goals is very, very low.

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Li Xiaoming saw Carrick holding his head in regret, and shouted at him from behind: "It's okay, David! It's okay! There are still opportunities, come back later!"

He did not forget to give Carrick a thumbs up.

Gutierrez next to him glanced at him.Before he remembered, he had to let himself go back to defense...

I stayed by his side, and as a result, there was one less man in the backcourt, giving Carrick a chance to go forward and shoot.

Carrick shot this time, so what if he passes the ball next time?

Gutierrez was horrified at the thought of the myriad possibilities of leaving Carrick unmarked.

Only then did he understand why the kid had to let him go back to defense. It turned out that he wasn't teasing himself. If he didn't go back to defense, there would really be problems!

At the same time, in the commentary booth, Martin Taylor also said: "It was really dangerous just now. If Newcastle's goalkeeper hadn't performed well, Newcastle would have conceded the ball again... When Carrick went forward, there was no chance at all. It is not right for people to go up to defend. Gutierrez is responsible for defending Newcastle. There is no problem, but when Li Xiaoming stays in the backcourt, is it necessary for Gutierrez to continue to stay by his side? This is a questionable The arrangement. I think Gutierrez should actively return to the defense. After all, there are so many people in the midfield, and one person is missing. On such a large stadium, it is still very obvious..."

Although Carrick did not score in this attack.But it seems to provide a new way of thinking for Manchester United's offense.

Soon, Manchester United got another chance to attack. Under the close defense of Gutierrez, Li Xiaoming once again gave the football to Carrick who was going forward.

After passing the ball.He still didn't run forward.

At this time, Gutierrez rushed towards Carrick without looking back, leaving Li Xiaoming behind.

Li Xiaoming laughed when he saw this scene from behind.

You were asked to return to prevent you from not returning, are you in a hurry now?
late!

After passing the ball, Carrick continued to run forward.To be more deeply involved in Manchester United's offense.

Nolan stuck close to Caroney, not letting him hand over the football to Carrick easily.

Gutierrez accelerated to catch up with Carrick and prevented him from taking the ball.

Everyone's eyes were on these four people, but they ignored that Li Xiaoming had already quietly run up from behind.

Rooney passed the football back to him just as he crossed the middle circle!
(End of this chapter)