Chapter three hundred and seventieth desperate
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"The ball is in!!"
Seeing the football fly into the goal, the live commentator Berbart let out a huge roar, "Manchester City scored a goal! The goal was Manchester City striker Darren Bent! He had just returned to the club from England and helped the team score in the league!"
"This goal is also Darren Bent's fourth goal in five league rounds and four goals in five league rounds. Bent is ranked first in the league's scorer list with high efficiency!"
"Bente performed quite well last season, but he was just a substitute for Manchester City. This season, Anelka left Manchester City to Chelsea. Bente became the regular striker. His performance completely surpassed Torres, a Spanish 'golden boy' who joined Manchester City for nearly 40 million euros! It is worth mentioning that Torres has not helped Manchester City score in the league yet. His only goal is in the Manchester derby of the Community Shield Cup..."
"Darren Bent just celebrated his birthday and he finally ushered in a full-scale outbreak. Seeing his current performance, we can expect that he will definitely become the most powerful contender in the league scorer list and even the European Golden Boot!"
"Manchester City has never lacked shooters, but Bente has proved that he is at least the best of the season..."
"Perhaps, Torres, who is in the same position as him, has felt the pressure."
In Berbart's voice, the camera also pointed at the Manchester City bench, and Torres was sitting in his seat with no expression on his face.
But in fact, Torres already felt the pressure.
When he first came to Manchester City, he came with great hope. He also performed quite well in the Community Shield Cup, and a goal proved everything.
But in the four rounds of the league, he has played all the games, but no goal has been scored.
He played for more than 360 minutes and had no goals. It can be described as a goal drought. When he saw Darren Bent's outstanding performance, he felt very stressed.
Torres really hopes that the coach can change himself.
So he looked towards the coach, but unfortunately Wan Sheng was talking to Diamares, as if he was discussing the goal just now, and did not notice Torres's eyes.
Manchester City fans are cheering for the team's goals.
Manchester City won the league championship for two consecutive seasons, and Manchester City fans have long been accustomed to the team's victory. They all feel that there is nothing wrong with playing against ordinary teams at home.
But this game was awkward from more than 10 minutes since the start of this game, because the goals were Aston Villa.
Afterwards, Aston Villa scored the second goal, and Birmingham fans celebrated wildly. They were very confident if they wanted to overwhelm the other party with their voices.
During the halftime break, many people were also discussing that Manchester City may lose today. They don’t want the team to lose, but the situation where the team is lagging behind still makes them very worried, and some fans are thinking. Maybe this game is really going to lose.
Now the team is recovering one!
Although he was still one goal behind, Darren Bent's goal gave all Manchester City fans hope to tie!
So they cheered wildly in the stands for the goal.
Listening to the voices in his ears, Wan Sheng felt much more at ease. So far, the game has proved that his idea is correct!
Even if the team has changed to half a substitute, its strength is still stronger than Aston Villa. In any case, it shouldn't be impossible to achieve an advantage because it is not familiar with tactics. Everything is still the team paying too much attention to tactical cooperation.
When the team plays more targetedly and pays more attention to the efficiency of goals rather than the process. The team's offensive ability immediately rises to a higher level!
Seeing the team's performance, Wan Sheng couldn't help but think of Barcelona, which is about to "spanke Europe".
Barcelona is the top team in Europe. However, the results in recent years can only be said to be average, and China suppresses Real Madrid. There is no good performance in the Champions League.
But in a few years, they will be in Europe, right?
Their tactics are very similar to Manchester City. Their overall style of play is also mainly controlled, constantly passing the ball, passing the ball, passing the ball again, passing it forward if you have the chance, and passing the ball horizontally if you don't have the chance. In short, you have to control the ball under your feet.
With cooperation alone, Barcelona can make the defense of most teams collapse!
But, is Barcelona that way better than Manchester City?
Wansheng suddenly laughed.
Before this game, he really didn't dare to say that the team would be better than the "Dream Three Team", but from now on, he has confidence because the team's playing style is not only skillful, but also targeted.
The team has surpassed the powerful Barcelona in tactics.
As for the players and team strength, Wan Sheng is even more confident.
If those who have not traveled through time know the current Manchester City lineup, they will definitely be shocked and can't even shut up!
Silva, Ozil, Torres, Darren Bent, Carlos, Pepe... The names of football masters can't be gorgeous anymore!
So what if Barcelona have Messi?
Manchester City has a lot of top first-tier players, and they are all in peak state. Even if one person can't catch up with Messi, what about two? What about three? What about three? What about the players in the team? What about their own coaching skills bonus. With the effect of attribute bonus, Messi is what he counts!
Thinking of this, Wansheng became more confident.
He knows very well.
Starting today, Manchester City's strength will rise to another level!
Aston Villa coach Martin O'Neal didn't know Wan Sheng's idea, but he had already begun to worry about the team's defense.
During the halftime break, he set up a defense, but unexpectedly, Manchester City would play so targeted in the second half.
Before, O'Neal didn't think Manchester City had a strong offensive ability. Perhaps their cooperation was gorgeous and they were good at controlling the ball. But one data can tell a lot of things - Manchester City scored a total of 9 goals in the first four rounds of the league.
Average of 2.25 goals in a game is not a lot, but with the defending champion Manchester City, plus their four opponents: West Ham United, Arsenal, Derbyshire, and Blackburn, 2.25 goals are a bit less.
Another proof is that Manchester City beat West Ham United 3-0 and Arsenal 2-0 in the first two rounds. After two pretty good games, they were not the first in the league because they scored fewer goals than Chelsea.
This shows that Manchester City's goal-scoring ability is actually not as strong as imagined.
The first half also confirmed this.
Manchester City suppressed Aston Villa in the first 20 minutes, but no goal was scored. In the later time, Manchester City's offense was not bad, but they still did not score.
However, O'Neal did not expect that Manchester City almost changed a team in the first and second half!
Just when he was thinking that Manchester City had made a bad substitution and shot like a waste of opportunities when he arrived in front of the goal, Aston Villa encountered frequent crises.
When O'Neal realized it, it was now... Manchester City had already scored a goal!
What to do now?
This question was put in front of him.
But O'Neal couldn't think of a solution. He couldn't let the team let go of the attack. That would be like giving up the victory to the opponent, but with the opponent's current firepower, the defense is not sure that he can defend it.
The only thing O'Neal can do is to continue to remind the team of defense, "Hold! Be sure to hold on!"
He repeated.
After Darren Bent scored, the balance of the game seemed to be tilting towards Manchester City, but in fact, Manchester City still fell behind with one goal, and the game was less than thirty minutes left.
It's not easy to score a goal in thirty minutes.
Even though Manchester City's style of play is more targeted, Aston Villa's defense is also very tight. No matter how fierce Manchester City's offensive is, they are not sure to score within 30 minutes. What's more, Aston Villa is not without the power to counterattack.
After the game started again, Manchester City continued to launch a fierce offensive, but more than half of the remaining time passed, they still did not score.
At this time, Wan Sheng also considered changing people.
If you want to score a goal, it is necessary to continue to strengthen your offense, so you should replace a striker.
Wan Sheng glanced at the bench and locked in Torres.
The Spanish Golden Boy has not helped the team score goals in the league so far, but Torres' ability is undeniable and he is familiar with tactics. No goals is more due to luck and mentality.
Wansheng thought he should give it a try.
He turned his head and signaled that Torres was ready to appear. Torres immediately stood up and walked aside to warm up.
Torres felt very happy.
After Darren Bent scored, he thought he had no chance to play, but he didn't expect that the coach would let him play in the end.
What is the time to play now? Everyone knows very well, that is to help the team score goals.
This is a kind of trust.
So Torres was looking forward to it, and he couldn't wait to appear.
While Torres was warming up, Wan Sheng continued to watch the game. Now it was time to take a gamble. It was a big problem for who to replace him. In the end, his eyes were fixed on Lescott.
Since the start of the game, Lescott has done a good job in defense and his performance is very stable.
But the key is that Lescott has no offense, and Dunn and Boateng are enough to defend the backcourt. Now it is time to fight, and it doesn’t matter if the defense is weaker. The most important thing is to be able to score goals. If you can’t score goals, you will lose the game. Then there is no difference between 1:2 or 1:3.
After Wan Sheng made a decision, he called Torres back and reminded him, "Fernando, if you come on the court later, you will be in the front and keep looking for opportunities in the opponent's penalty area. Be careful to run more, don't wait for the ball on the spot, be sure to pay attention!"
"It is best to restrain the opponent's defense more, even if you don't have the chance, you should attract defense for others."
"Do you understand?"
Torres nodded fiercely and responded, "I understand." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!