[Football] Crown of Thorns

“……大家好，现在是英格兰时间，8月26日星期日的下午15点，2012/13赛季英格兰超级联赛第2轮的焦点战已经在安菲尔德球场拉开……”

"Liverpool are playing Manchester City at home and now the game has just started and the Reds serve."

"At the start of the game, Liverpool went on the offensive, the Reds' new midfield partner Joe Allen passed the ball to Gerrard in the back, Gerrard was a little bit deeper today, he received the pass from his team-mate and then passed the ball again. It was a nudge at the feet of Vasco da Gama, and Vasco da Gama took the ball without hesitation and dribbled it into the opponent's half."

"... oh oh it's a beautiful pass... oh oh da Gama dribbled the ball to the Manchester City general De Jong, oh oh I read it right, Manchester City player Dutchman De Jong wearing the No. 34 team Facing this old opponent, Da Gama did not dare to be careless. He kicked the ball back, backed up and then changed his foot and pushed. Da Gama and De Jong collided, and the two fell to the ground at the same time. Gama passed the ball... Gerrard, Gerrard got the ball and tried a long shot from outside the opponent's penalty area, but unfortunately, the Red Army captain's low shot missed the left post..."

Gama fell to the ground and turned his head to watch Gerrard shoot. The football missed the post. He shook his head in disappointment.

De Jong, who was sitting on the ground at the same time as him, also looked back, and when he saw the ball missed, he turned his head and glanced at Gama.

The last time the two met was two years ago, when the two teams faced each other in the World Cup in South Africa. At that time, the two faced each other several times. Neither of them took much advantage, but in the end Portugal still lost that game Contest……

Although I have watched De Jong's 'Foshan Wuying Foot' formidable, I have no grudge against him. Players win the game on the court, and in order to win the game, they really use their own moves, as long as they are not against themselves. Framed or black hands, Jia Ma actually doesn't care much about those small tricks on the court, because he has done that occasionally~

Before the referee came over, Gama got up on his own. Seeing that he didn't have the reaction of wanting to find someone to reason with, De Jong also got up by himself. The two looked at each other and ran away.

"...Speaking of which, although De Jong's evaluation from the outside world is not very good, according to the data, Vasco da Gama never protested against his actions when he played against him..."

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart threw the ball. He threw the ball very steadily and threw it directly to the feet of teammate Toure, who counterattacked with the ball.

However, when he was about to pass the ball, Toure was squeezed away by Gama and took the ball away.

This stealing action drew cheers from the Red Army fans.

"Wow, this action of Dagama is really beautiful~~"

Anthony yelled loudly.

Fowler and Matthew couldn't help standing up and staring at the situation on the field, and applauded.

Come to think of it, Yaya Toure is a 1.91-meter-tall man, and Da Gama is five centimeters shorter than him. Judging from his appearance, he may be bullied by many people... Cough cough, Gamarco hates being bullied People say he is a weak character, hum~

Many people say that Yaya Toure is definitely the kind of player who intercepts and shoots fiercely just from his appearance, but Yaya Toure not only has a very strong body and is good at defending and mopping up large areas. Gao Da is also very good in terms of passing skills, otherwise he would not have played like a fish in water after integrating into Barcelona's short passing system when he was in Barcelona. After coming to Manchester City, he has even gained the attention of the club.

Well, he also has the highest salary for a Premier League player, with a weekly salary of 22 pounds!

Small-minded Gama felt his heart ache when he mentioned this.

Because of this, when Yaya Toure was about to play the ball, Gama stared at him.

Tall people have both advantages and disadvantages. For example, he is a little lacking in speed. Gama just stared at this momentary space and rushed over with a thigh hook and a back kick, and a reverse smash back.

Yaya Toure froze for a second and turned around to chase. Gama directly passed a long pass with his left foot. Sterling in the frontcourt received the ball and drove straight into the opponent's penalty area. At this time, Manchester City's defense double-teamed him and was caught by the opponent. No. 28 Kolo Toure made a direct tackle. After the ball flew out, it just landed at the feet of Gerrard at the front of the penalty area. Gerrard immediately fell to the ground and attacked with his right foot. Unfortunately, the ball still missed the post.

The Red Army fans in the audience sighed in disappointment, but then they gave the players warm applause.

"That's pretty cool, isn't it?"

"Yes."

Anthony and Fowler, Matthew said with a smile.

On the field, Gama looked at Yaya Toure, who was chasing after him, and then at Kolo Toure, who was not far ahead, who had tackled Sterling. Tsk, these two brothers are really good. Quite tough!

All right, all right, work harder and kill them all.

Less than 10 minutes into the game, the confrontation between players from both sides was already full of gunpowder.

Jia Ma looked at Gerald pulling the teenager Sterling and saying something, the young man is still too impulsive!

Gama shook his head pretentiously, and walked to the other side.

The game restarted, Manchester City's attack.

The football flew near the midfield and Balotelli got it

When Balotelli dribbled the ball and was about to break through, Skrtel from the Red Army's defense went straight to a slipping tackle and brought him to the ground.

The referee whistled, Skrtel fouled, and Manchester City got the first free kick opportunity of the game.

It was Manchester City's No. 13 Krarov who was about to take the free kick. After hearing the referee's whistle, the Serbian directly sent a curve ball with his left foot, although the ball went over the goal The wall was easily confiscated by Reina because the angle was too straight.

Then came the attack of the Red Army.

After receiving the backcourt pass, Gama and Joe Allen continued a two-two pass and passed the ball to Suarez.

Suarez hit the goal without hesitation after receiving the ball, but there seemed to be something wrong with the ball. Gama saw Suarez suddenly expressing to the referee that someone had fouled, and the game was suddenly interrupted.

Gama ran over and heard Suarez telling the referee that the opponent's Krarov had handballed in the penalty area.

Despite protests, the referee ignored Suarez's call and warned him to stand back, which made Suarez look displeased, and Gerrard went over to pull him away, and the game continued.

Three minutes later, Suarez faced Krarov again. This time Suarez successfully broke through Krarov's cross pass near the baseline, but his cross was destroyed by Joe Hart.

At this time, the director pointed the camera at the stands. Joe Cole, who missed the team game due to injury, was sitting there watching the game.

Gama took the ball again, this time he didn't let the ball move too much, but passed the ball directly to Sterling.

Sterling's cross, who received the ball, made a wonderful cross. Borini grabbed a point in the middle of the penalty area and shot directly in the air. As a result, the ball slipped through the goal post and hit the sideline on the billboard with a bang. .

"It's a pity, this is a wonderful scoring opportunity~"

Anthony shouted.

On the pitch, Manchester City immediately launched a counterattack.

This is a direct pass, and it was delivered to Nasri's feet after only one hand. Nasri's wonderful through ball tore through Liverpool's defense line. Tevez inserted a small angle shot near the baseline on the right. His shot The shot not only broke through the attacking goalkeeper Reina, but also swayed Coates who was about to make up the goal. Unfortunately, the ball hit the far post and bounced back into the field, and Reina quickly hugged him when he got up.

This is Manchester City's best chance so far in this game, but it is a pity that they are not lucky.

Anthony said this to the camera.

Then City had another good chance, as Balotelli was tripped from behind by Kelly after a successful steal in the frontcourt and won a free kick.

This time it was Nasri who took the penalty. His free kick from the left side of the front court was fast and the angle was very tricky. The point column flew out of the bottom line.

Not to be outdone, the Red Army will certainly not let go of the opportunity to attack. Gama controls the midfielder, organizes the pass and adjusts the opponent's defense and then passes the ball to the frontcourt. A strong shot is blocked by Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart.

After taking the ball and preparing to attack, the pass of Manchester City was intercepted by Gama again. He passed the ball back to Gerrard. When the side baseline was about to break through, Kolo Toure intercepted the ball.

After Kolo Toure steals the ball, he sends the ball forward with a big foot. Balotelli grabs the ball and shakes it continuously from the left side of the penalty area.

Jia Ma shook his head and glanced at the coach on the sidelines.

Rogers gestured to him to continue the attack.

Gama nodded and reached out for the ball.

When Reina took the football thrown by the caddy, he saw Gama's raised arm. He immediately threw the ball vigorously and threw it near Gama.

Gama dodges Tevez, who is grabbing the ball with him, and then catches the ball.

Gerrard got the ball and immediately attacked from the right. He dribbled the ball to the bottom line and he crossed it. When Kompany rushed to make a clearance from the front point, he almost headed the ball into his own goal. His clearance was slightly higher. The beam flew out, and it was almost an own goal.

Seeing Kompany patted his chest in fear, Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart looked at him helplessly.

Hehe, it is said that a defender who has never scored an own goal is not a good defender, but he does not want to have such good defender teammates at all!

Corner chance for the Reds.

Gerrard went to take a corner kick. He took a corner kick on the right side of the front court. Skrtel jumped into the middle of the penalty area from behind and scored a powerful header. It was 1-0. In the 35th minute of the half, Liverpool led Manchester City.

After leading the score, the Red Army did not relax up and down, and continued to suppress the opponent in accordance with the instructions of the coach on the sidelines, and launched a fierce attack on the hinterland of Manchester City.

Gama took control of the ball, once again dodged the opponent's double-team, Gama made a diagonal pass, and the ball found Joe Allen.

Joe Allen in the frontcourt made a breakthrough after receiving the ball, but unexpectedly kicked it through, and handed the ball to Suarez who pulled out the space at the front of the penalty area. The Uruguayan striker hit a right-footed arc. Missed.

Manchester City also launched a counterattack. Balotelli got the ball in the frontcourt and sent a wonderful through ball. Tevez got rid of Coates' interception at high speed and put in the goal. Fortunately, Reina attacked in time, before Tevez touched the ball. He held the ball in his arms.

At this time, a 2-minute stoppage time sign was displayed on the sidelines.

In stoppage time, the slightly relaxed Red Army's defense was once again broken by Balotelli. Sterling had no choice but to pull Balotelli down, which gave Manchester City another free kick on the right.

But this time, Krarov's free throw was blocked by the wall, and Nasri's supplementary shot from the outside of the penalty area was blocked by Skrtel.

As the goal was blocked, the referee blew his whistle to end the first half. Liverpool temporarily led Manchester City 1-0 with Skrtel's header.

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Gama: Ha, the first half is over now, sir, I am not yet brilliant! ! !