I Want to Be the King of Football

When the game entered the twelfth minute, Stoke City won a throw-in opportunity on the right side of the frontcourt.

When Marcelo returned to defense, he shoveled the ball out of bounds.

Stoke City's right-back Wilkinson quickly ran to the front, picked up a football from the ground, put it in the shirt on his chest, and wiped it carefully to remove the water stains on it.

The players of the visiting team pressed on quickly, especially high center John Carew, who went directly to the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area and blocked Pepe behind him with his burly body.

This is Stoke's signature tactic, the throwing grenade tactic.

As the referee blew the whistle, Wilkinson quickly lifted the ball over his head and threw it towards the penalty area with all his strength.

Both of Stoke's full-backs have practiced this routine, throwing them far and well.

John Carew leaned on Pepe and kept leaning back.

To say that Pepe's body is in the central defender, it is very top-notch, but he is a bit shorter than John Carew, and he is not dominant in strength, and he has to block between him and the goal, so Pepe only Can go back.

Although John Carew is a high center, his footwork is also very good.

Wilkinson's hand tossed the ball directly into the left side of Manchester City's penalty area. After landing in front of John Carew, the Norwegian center kicked the ball to the bottom line, and Pepe behind him tried his best to think To get stuck in position, don't let Karoo turn around.

But when the two were engaged in a physical confrontation, Joe Hart didn't know what to think, so he abandoned the door and attacked.

If you really want to attack, you attack when you throw the ball into the penalty area and take the ball out of the air, that's fine, but you wait until the ball hits the ground, and you just throw it in the air, what's the matter? ?

You attack a lonely ah!

Pepe was shocked and tried desperately to stop John Carew from kicking.

But the Norwegian center had turned sideways and saw Joe Hart, and immediately stabbed the ball with his height and long legs.

Although Carew fell in the box because of an off-balance, the ball passed under Joe Hart's crotch and headed straight for the goal.

Behind him, Kompany kept chasing back, trying to clear the ball in front of the goal, but he ended up dribbling the ball and shoveled into his own goal.

There was a burst of exclamations mixed with disappointment throughout the Etihad Stadium.

Zero to one!

John Carew jumped up from the ground, roared, rushed out of Manchester City's big penalty area excitedly, ran all the way, kept roaring, as if telling everyone that he scored!

Su Dong, did you see it? I scored! !

It's very surprising, it was Stoke City who scored the first goal!

Manchester City once again exposed problems in this throw-in defense, especially goalkeeper Joe Hart, his timing of the attack was very bad, and even if he had just stayed in front of the goal, I believe Pepe could have prevented the card. Ruth, after all, Carew's shooting angle was not very big at the time.

But who would have thought that Joe Hart would give up and not save the ball, which is simply incomprehensible.

One-to-zero! With the goal of the Norwegian high center Karu, Stoke City temporarily leads the away game.

Amidst the boos of the audience, Pepe watched Joe Hart, who fell into the penalty area, failed to hold his legs in time, and was pierced by Carew, and really wanted to yell at him.

With such a small shooting angle, you just need to guard the near post. What are you attacking?

It doesn't matter if you attack, anyway, you save the ball!

In terms of physical confrontation, facing Carew, Pepe really can't take advantage of it, but he tried his best to push Carew to the bottom line, so Carew didn't have many shooting angles, and the shot was basically hitting the goalkeeper's arms. situation in.

But now it's alright, it's pierced.

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While City were temporarily trailing Stoke City 0-1 at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester United are taking on Blackburn at Ewood Park, north of Manchester.

The two games were played almost at the same time, and now Manchester United and Blackburn are 0-0.

Ferguson stood in the command area in front of the visiting team's coach, chewing gum and watching the game intently.

Blackburn's nineteen-year-old centre-half Phil Jones has done well to impress Ferguson, defusing United's attack a few times and looking promising.

Assistant coach Mike Phelan walked up to Ferguson just after receiving a call.

Goal over there!

Ferguson's eyelids twitched, so fast?

Su Dong? Ferguson asked blurted out.

No, it's John Carew. The assistant coach chuckled, using their signature throw-in grenade tactic.

Ferguson was instantly overjoyed and laughed out loud.

Really do whatever you want!

He had been waiting for the news of Stoke City's goal, but he didn't expect it to come.

Tony Pulis is still very good. He can bring a lineup like Stoke City to eighth in the league. If he can win Manchester City tonight, it may not be possible to go further. Ferguson is in a very beautiful mood. , By the way, didn't Manchester City defend this tactic?

Defended, but Joe Hart took the initiative and didn't save the ball, but instead exposed his crotch.

After speaking, the assistant coach couldn't help but laugh.

No matter who scored or conceded, Manchester United were happy as long as Stoke scored.

As long as Manchester City lose this round, in the last round, Manchester United have a chance to come back.

More importantly, Manchester United this season is also in the third-tier battle. One side is the Champions League final, the opponent is Jose Mourinho's Barcelona, ​​and the other side is the FA Cup final, the opponent is Guardiola's Manchester City. .

If it can be reversed in the league first, it will be a great help to Manchester United.

After hearing the good news, Ferguson was refreshed and pointed to Jiang Shanshan, saying: Manchester City's biggest problem now is the goalkeeper. Their frontcourt is only weaker at best, but the goalkeeper has made too many mistakes. It's very demoralizing.

Many people say that we need goalkeepers, but that's when Van der Sar is going to retire, but even so, Van der Sar is very reliable, but Manchester City is different, no one knows when Joe Hart will retire. When my brain twitched, something bad happened.

Mike Phelan also laughed, agreeing with Ferguson's statement.

The introduction of a high-level goalkeeper has become the most proposals for Manchester City from the outside world.

Joe Hart has made enough mistakes this season, and he is not worthy of the main goalkeeper position of the Premier League championship team.

Of course, this also has something to do with Guardiola's tactics.

Manchester City is behind, we should work harder!

Having said this, Ferguson walked to the sidelines and shouted loudly at the Manchester United players on the pitch: All cheer me up, we need to score goals, attack me!

The Manchester United players on the pitch heard Ferguson's roar and immediately cheered up. Many players also got the information they wanted to know from Mike Phelan's gesture on the sidelines.

Manchester City lost the ball!

As long as Manchester United win the opponent, there is still suspense about the title of the Premier League.

Thinking of this, the Manchester United players on the pitch immediately played more vigorously.

Rooney even called on everyone in the team to press up, madly pressing Blackburn in the half and beating hard.

The unfortunate violent books, they are always murdering others, when have they been so murdered?

But Manchester United's players are like wolves and tigers, and they look unbelievably ferocious.

Finally, in the 20th minute, Rooney pulled the ball to the right, forced a breakthrough and then crossed in. Hernandez shrewdly ran to the goal and headed the goal from close range, breaking Blackburn's goal for Manchester United. .

In an instant, there were shouts of Manchester United players throughout the stadium.

The head coach Ferguson on the sidelines even raised his arms, his face flushed with excitement, and he kept roaring.

Finally scored!

As long as a goal is scored, Manchester United has the initiative in its hands!

In one go, chase after victory!

An idea popped into Ferguson's mind.

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At Blackburn in the north, Manchester United scored!

News quickly reached the Etihad Stadium.

The players on the pitch are still passing the ball patiently, controlling the ball and the game, patiently organizing the infiltration, and it is not clear what happened at Blackburn in the north, but the coaching staff on the sidelines and the fans in the stands know it.

They all gave out a restless restlessness.

Movements are naturally conveyed to the field.

The players are not stupid, they are also paying attention to the movements in the stands and on the side of the court, and naturally they are aware of the problem.

They guessed that Manchester United should be ahead.

Manchester City are behind here, Manchester United are ahead there, could there be a worse situation than that?

Are the scenes outlined by Ferguson before the game really going to come true?

With this messy mind, there were also problems with the passing and control of Manchester City players on the field.

Some players are getting anxious.

Originally, it should be passed on again, but it fell down, but in the end, I was eager for success and hit it directly.

Needless to say, before the heat arrived, he must have been frustrated, and he was even counterattacked by his opponent.

Guardiola also realized the problem on the sidelines and kept calling on the players to be calm, to be calm and not to worry.

But emotions are something that can't be controlled casually.

Even as a professional player, it is related to one's own interests and the success or failure of a season's efforts, who can not care?

Manchester City's players were anxious, but Stoke City continued to defend and counterattack.

Tony Pulis also knew the result of the battle in the north, and immediately defended it more steadily.

Cunningly, he was waiting for Manchester City to make mistakes and send a deadly killing intent.

Su Dong also realized the problem. After an attack failed, he loudly called on his teammates to calm down, don't worry, there is still a lot of time, and this is the first half.

He has high prestige in the team on weekdays, but in the fast-changing game, such an appeal is not very effective.

Once attacked, the players began to rush again.

Everyone knows that Manchester United are ahead and Manchester City need at least two goals to maintain their advantage.

In the face of stable Stoke City, can Manchester City score two goals?

Guardiola's tactics are just a little bit bad. They demand a lot of mentality from players. Be patient and make mistakes easily if you are impatient.

So, to a certain extent, Guardiola's passing-and-possessing style of play is more suitable for a long-term league game, rather than one or two decisive cup games.

But now, Manchester City is playing in the league, but it has been forced to a desperate situation behind the knockout stage.