Chapter 55: Two Defenders to Two Forwards
Bolton is indeed very pitiful. Their existence seems to be to highlight Kopelle Ferreira's outstanding defense.
But in fact, except for shooting data, Bolton was not passive in the whole game, but now in the eyes of others, they have become pitiful.
However, their players actually felt very depressed, because they did not achieve the effect expected by the coach - they failed to break the point of Manchester City's central defender, but instead allowed the opponent's young central defender to play in form, and then they were surprisingly stable in defense. At the same time, they also lacked many opportunities, and were at a disadvantage in both momentum and fighting spirit.
This is not what they want to see.
So they tried to continue to break through Koppel Ferreira's point, but unfortunately Koppel Ferreira seemed to perform better and more and more stable. The more Bolton players played in this direction, the harder it was to find opportunities. When the game was 27 minutes long, their midfielder Stede even ran over to foul Koppel Ferreira. This impulsive approach made Bolton lose a good opportunity to attack, and it also proved that some Bolton players were no longer calm.
Head coach Allardyce stood on the sidelines and immediately shouted to remind the players to calm down.
As Bolton's head coach, of course he is not afraid of playing harder games. Bolton's football is originally a tough style, but being tough does not mean being rough or losing his mind. It is very dangerous to lose his mind in the game. But Bolton has never reached that point now, and the score on the court is still 0:0. They just failed to play the expected effect.
But at this time, not many people were concerned about Bolton.
Since the beginning of the game, everyone has been discussing Manchester City's central defender combination, and now fans and reporters are paying attention to Kopelle Ferreira. His performance is really outstanding.
His stability has lasted for dozens of minutes.
If you succeed in defense once or twice, it is difficult to be taken seriously, but if you are targeted by Bolton, you can persist for so long, which is enough to become a genius.
He stood firm in his position, making people feel that the defense line he held was indestructible.
By now, Kopelle Ferreira has become the focus of everyone. Many fans have forgotten the current score. They only focus on Kopelle Ferreira's performance, especially when Kopelle Ferreira completes defense, they cheer together and shout his name to celebrate.
That's like Kopelle Ferrera is a big star!
The same is true for the commentators. Many TV station commentators will say something when talking about the game, "Look! It's Kopelle Ferreira again!!!"
The voice spread throughout England!
Kopelle Ferreira on the field felt that he was in full shape. At no moment, he would feel so strongly confident.
Listening to the shouts in his ears and feeling the enthusiastic atmosphere at home, he had a premonition that he would succeed here, and then he continued to devote himself to the game with full confidence and his performance became more and more stable.
"He's really doing it beautifully!" Pierce said in surprise.
Before the game, Pierce thought that Dunn should be allowed to be in the team for several years and has been quite stable in defense. The only problem is that his return from injury is too short. It is difficult to keep up with the team's tactical rhythm. However, Dunn is a veteran defensive defensive master and is just a central defender. Even if he does not participate in the offense, the impact will not be too great. His stability can still greatly help the team.
But Wansheng insisted on giving Kopelle Ferreira and Ricardo Costa a chance. If Pierce hadn't persuaded him, Dunn wouldn't even have the chance to make it to the roster.
"What I need is a player who can adapt to tactics," Wan Sheng explained.
Wan Sheng was a little dissatisfied with Dunn, mainly because after Dunn recovered from injury, he was not very active in tactical training, and the progress of integrating into the team's tactics was really slow.
Originally, Dunn was too late to participate in tactical training. Without much enthusiasm, how can he quickly integrate into the team's new tactical system!?
With Dunn, the best central defender must be the combination of Dunn and Kopelle Ferreira. Ricardo Costa’s ability is still slightly insufficient. He is a good choice as an all-around substitute similar to Sun Jihai. However, Wan Sheng was dissatisfied with Dunn’s training attitude, so he gave Ricardo Costa a chance.
Now Ricardo Costa’s performance is average, and he can only be considered to be barely qualified, but fortunately, Kopelle Ferreira performed very well. She was even a little unexpected!
Pierce was quite surprised by this, "How did you know he would be so good?" He was the most confused about it.
In daily training, Kopelle Ferreira performed well, but it was definitely not that far. He couldn't think of why Wan Sheng was so optimistic about Kopelle Ferreira, and now Kopelle Ferreira has indeed shown his strength.
Wan Sheng smiled and raised his lips and said, "I have always been optimistic about him. He was very good when he was in Porto, so I brought him to the team." Of course, he would not tell Pierce that the reason for being optimistic about Kopelle Ferreira is because of the memories of his previous life. I guess even if he explained it, Pierce would not believe it at all.
In addition, the reason why Wansheng believes in Kopelle Ferreira is naturally the data of the football training master system.
Even if he has memories of his previous life, if Kopelle Ferreira's own strength does not meet the standards, Wan Sheng would not be able to fully trust him. But Kopelle Ferreira's personal ability is indeed very outstanding. His comprehensive evaluation is even better than that of captain Distin, and his spiritual attributes are even higher. Such a capable player really lacks only game experience.
Therefore, as long as Kopelle Ferreira has confidence, it is quite normal for her to perform well.
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"Kopelle Ferreira's performance is amazing!"
"He has just entered the Premier League. He was not very famous in Portugal before. He didn't expect to perform so well after coming to Manchester City!"
"In this game, many people are worried about Manchester City's defense. Captain Distin's injury is a blow to them. Dunn has just recovered from injury and almost no one is available in their backcourt. But unexpectedly, Kopelle Ferreira took on the burden. The central defender combination formed by him and his friend Ricardo Costa is surprisingly excellent, and Bolton has no way to do anything!"
If fans who don't understand the situation will definitely be puzzled by the commentator's words, because they have never heard of Kopelle Ferreira's name at all, and they would not have expected that this player would be unfamous before this game. However, many commentators now only praise Kopelle Ferreira. "Seeing Kopelle Ferreira's performance now, we believe that a Portuguese central defender star will soon rise!"
"We also believe that after this game, Kopelle Ferreira's name will definitely be known to many people. He can be said to have become famous in one battle!"
"What is certain is that Manchester City will definitely have a position in the backcourt in the future..."
The commentator no longer talks about Bolton, now they have become completely supporting roles, while Kopelle Ferreira has become a hero.
This game also seems to be played for the rise of heroes.
At this time, Bolton felt that it was really not very good. He failed to break through Manchester City's goal for more than 30 minutes of offense. Instead, the offense was blocked in front of the penalty area, so that their shots were pitifully small.
They were all quite depressed, but they were not playing offensive football after all. Thirty minutes passed, and they had to slow down their offensive. So after thirty minutes, Manchester City took more initiative.
At this time, anyone can see that the situation is not good for Bolton.
At the 37th minute of the game, Bolton launched another attack, but failed to achieve good results. This time it was not Kopelle Ferreira who stopped them, but his partner Ricardo Costa.
Ricardo Costa's performance in front is quite stable, but with Kopelle Ferreira, who performed better, he is very inconspicuous.
However, this time he quickly cut off Bolton's pass in the frontcourt, and then transferred the ball to Morris, helping the team launch a counterattack.
Manchester City's tactics are about control and rhythm, but it does not mean that the team's counterattack is not fast. In fact, there is not much tactics in fast counterattacks. If you have the chance, any player knows that speed is the most important thing.
When Morris got the ball, he used the most efficient method - he drove the ball into the frontcourt with a big foot!
Manchester City did not pass a few long passes in the whole first half, but Bolton did not react this time. When they saw the football reaching Darren Bent's feet in the frontcourt, they realized the danger!
Darren Bent is also a newcomer to Manchester City, but since Andy Cole is a veteran and Robbie Fowler has just recovered from injury, he has made more appearances. Just like in this game, he and Anelka formed a double striker combination.
In the previous time, Darren Bent had little performance and no one would notice him.
But now he has become the protagonist of the whole audience!
All cameras followed, just because he got the ball on the left side of the front of the penalty area, and there was no defensive player around him.
Anyone knows this is a good opportunity!
Darren Bent was also very excited. After stopping the ball steadily, he carefully observed the surroundings and then dribbled the ball forward. He dribbled the ball across the penalty area line. At the same time, he noticed that Bolton goalkeeper also attacked.
He continued to drive the ball decisively and drove straight in!
Bolton goalkeeper Jasko Ranen has already saved. He tried to block Darren Bent's shooting angle, and at the same time he also tried to form a pinch with Ben Haim behind Darren Bent, creating pressure on Darren Bent and forcing him to make a wrong choice.
But at this moment, Darren Bent suddenly pushed the ball horizontally!
Anelka followed on the other side. All he needed to do was to push the empty goal with one kick, and then the football flew into the goal without any suspense the next second.
1:0!
In the 37th minute of the game, Anelka and Darren Bent helped Manchester City complete the goal! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!