Chi Meiya
Chapter 303 Without You, What Would We Do?
As their physical strength declines, problems still arise!”
“Guardiola is going crazy… It’s rare to see Guardiola in such a state. He is under a lot of pressure. Once eliminated, the overwhelming doubts will make him and the entire Manchester City the focus of controversy.”
“Jardim’s face is flushed with shouting, is it because of the defense, or because the players are not executing his tactics? Because Jardim is not yelling at Fabinho and Bakayoko, this direction should be Mbappe and Lemar… It seems that Jardim did not let all the players retreat to defend, but should always maintain the pressure of attack, so that Manchester City dare not easily press the entire team to attack.
As a result, the players on the field seem to think that at this point in time, they should all retreat to defend and hold the score.
In the first leg between the two sides, Jardim asked the players to hold the score when the game was tied in the second half. As a result, these proud young men thought that Manchester City was nothing more than that, and continued to attack, leading to the team’s loss.
In this game, Jardim asked the players not to blindly defend, but these young people may have learned the lesson from the first game. After taking the lead, they began to completely retreat to defend, and no longer retained a counter-attack fulcrum in the frontcourt, resulting in another miscalculation.
They should really listen to the coach’s arrangement. They are very young and lack game experience. They should not change the coach’s tactics on the field without authorization.”
“This is a cooperation between Manchester City’s two defensive midfielders. The two defensive midfielders, who have been exhausted from defense, have the energy to attack after Monaco’s attack slows down. After Zhao Gang and Fernandinho’s continuous bumping cooperation, they suddenly kick the ball when they are three or four meters away from the edge of the penalty area! This ball leaves Fabinho, who has been keeping a certain defensive distance from Zhao Gang, with no way to deal with it!
This cannot be regarded as Fabinho’s defensive error. He has done quite well. Bakayoko did not make up for the block in time, giving Zhao Gang a chance and angle to shoot. At this distance, Bakayoko should have realized the danger! Throughout the first half, it was difficult for Zhao Gang to find a shooting opportunity at this distance.
Monaco, it’s a bit of a pity, but there are still opportunities. There are still fifteen minutes. As long as they show the momentum of the first half and score another goal, they will still be the active party!” He Shi is happy for Manchester City, happy for Zhao Gang, and also very sorry for Monaco.
In the first half, they almost pressed Manchester City to play, and Manchester City encountered an unprecedented crisis.
Even the second half has been going on for more than thirty minutes!
They were almost successful.
This group of young talents are showing their talents to the fullest and fighting for their dreams.
It would be too regrettable if they were eliminated in such a tragic way.
Mbappe on the field has a resolute face and reveals a firm look.
Attack!
Score another goal, two goals!
If we can score three in the first half, we can score two in the second half!
Go!
Charge!
Under the pressure of the entire Etihad Stadium standing up and cheering, Monaco quickly distributed the ball to the wings after the kick-off in the center circle and began a massive attack!
Zhao Gang did not move forward at this time, but still stood in front of the center back, keeping an eye on Mbappe. Even if he did not receive the ball, Zhao Gang did not relax his vigilance.
As for the two wings, Fernandinho and Sterling need to make up for the defense.
You can’t count on De Bruyne’s defense.
Mbappe, the core of Monaco’s attack in this game, is constantly impacting in the middle. Now his physical strength has declined somewhat, and he is being watched by Zhao Gang at all times. After getting the ball, he has no space to break through at all, and can only pass the ball back or pass it to both sides as a support point.
“Mbappe, at his age, his physical fitness is very good, but compared with the first half, it is still a bit worse. Now his speed is not an advantage, and his breakthrough is almost completely restricted by Zhao. He can’t even attract more Manchester City players to defend in the middle!
In this way, other Manchester City players will stand in their defensive positions and will not be out of position.
Guardiola’s decision to let Zhao limit Monaco’s attacking blade is very successful. Not only will there be no problems in the middle, but there will be no huge loopholes on the two wings due to the defense.
Sterling and Fernandinho have also been very active in protecting the wings in the second half.
Monaco’s frontcourt attack group can’t get whatever they want like in the first half. With Manchester City’s defense stabilized, it will be a bit difficult for Monaco to find another chance.
It’s even difficult for them to send the ball into the penalty area.”
“Lemar’s cross is a bit reluctant. Kompany and Zhao are both in position, and it is difficult for Mbappe to get this ball! Kompany’s interception, he is dribbling the ball himself!”
Kompany, who directly intercepted the pass, did not go to De Bruyne and Delph, but accelerated out of the penalty area himself.
Bakayoko rushed to grab the ball, and Kompany went straight along the left, all the way forward, shaking off Bakayoko.
He was not in a hurry, Sterling and Zhao Gang retreated too deep, and Manchester City had too few counter-attack points.
There’s no way, if Zhao Gang doesn’t retreat, it will be difficult to contain Monaco’s attack.
Kompany is waiting for all the players to run to their positions. At this time, Zhao Gang’s physical consumption is already very huge.
His several accelerations to retreat and defend, limiting Mbappe, were really a bit overwhelming.
So in this attack, Zhao Gang did not catch up in the first time. Before reaching the midfield, Kompany was surrounded, and he had no choice but to turn around and pass the ball back.
Zhao Gang received the ball, and Fabinho and Mendy, who were still pressing Kompany, rushed towards Zhao Gang again.
Falcao is also quickly supporting, trying to grab Zhao Gang’s ball and launch a counter-attack on the spot.
Jardim on the sidelines kept shouting, telling all the players to move, attack!
Manchester City scored a goal, even if they lost this game, they would still advance.
Now Monaco has no choice but to attack.
Defense is useless, winning will also lead to elimination.
Zhao Gang observed his teammates’ running positions and directly passed the ball horizontally to Zabaleta who was inserted on the wing.
“This kind of pass is still very simple for Zhao Gang. He can easily see the gap on the wing, let’s see if Manchester City can find a chance on the wing.”
There were no defenders around Zabaleta. He started quickly, directly crossed the midfield, and played a small cooperation with Sterling before directly pulling the defense to the side.
Sterling alone began to show his breakthrough ability.
He crazily stepped on the bicycle on the right, and then suddenly cut inside. Unfortunately, Raggi, who followed up, firmly blocked the position. Sterling could not form a shot, nor could he pass it to Jesus in the penalty area.
He could only push the ball to Zhao Gang who arrived. Zhao Gang did not stop the ball, but lifted the ball with one kick and found De Bruyne.
Then, he suddenly started and rushed into the penalty area like a gust of wind!
Sterling also sprinted towards the penalty area.
Coupled with Jesus who was already in the penalty area, Manchester City had many support points!
This made the entire Monaco defense panic. Everyone stared wide-eyed, nervous, and quickly followed the three people.
De Bruyne got the ball and was just about to hang it into the penalty area when he saw Monaco’s dense defense. Instead, Fernandinho outside the penalty area was completely empty!/
Bakayoko and Lemar ran towards De Bruyne to intercept his pass into the penalty area.
De Bruyne pushed hard, and the football did not enter the penalty area, but appeared on the edge of the penalty area and went towards Fernandinho!
The Monaco players in the penalty area quickly flew to block Fernandinho’s shot. Fernandinho pushed again, and on the right was Delph who had arrived to support.
The pull of the two people created some defensive loopholes in Monaco’s dense penalty area.
As soon as Zhao Gang saw Delph get the ball, he knew what he was going to do.
In this position, Delph has no long-range shooting ability. With so many feet in the penalty area, even if there is a passing route, he would not dare to pass the ball on the ground.
Even if he could pass it in, he wouldn’t dare, for fear of making a mistake and wasting this opportunity.
So he would only pass it horizontally to Fernandinho again.
However, Delph will definitely observe the situation in the penalty area.
When he looked into the penalty area, Zhao Gang stretched out his hand. If you don’t dare to pass a low ball for fear of making a mistake, pass it to the sky, those lines are not intercepted by anyone!
Delph, who understood, raised his foot and passed the ball into the air.
“Delph! Back point! Zhao Gang!” He Shi looked at this passing route and at Zhao Gang’s figure rushing towards the baseline. This ball was passed too far, and that position was basically going out of the baseline.
Even if Zhao Gang could get the ball, it would be impossible for him to shoot.
Delph’s pass still had a lot of problems after being interfered by the defenders.
Seeing Zhao Gang’s passing route, Zhao Gang did not give up. He turned around and rushed to the baseline position, leaping high with all his strength to meet the football!
“Zhao Gang’s core strength! This ball was headed back! Just as it was about to go out of the baseline, it was headed back by Zhao Gang! Middle! Very chaotic!
Jesus, is there a chance!”
Jesus was caught in the crowd and headed the ball wide. He didn’t touch the ball and it leaked past the back of his head!
Jesus, who didn’t head the ball, didn’t relax at all. At this time, the ball was still in the penalty area, and there was a chance to shoot at any time.
So he turned around directly, and the ball hit Raggi’s shoulder and bounced.
Raggi, Jesus, and goalkeeper Subasic rushed to the landing point of the ball at the same time!
Jesus kicked the ball before Subasic could pounce on it!
The football passed over Subasic and crashed into the goal!
Two to three!
Manchester City scored another goal!
The Etihad Stadium was instantly沸腾!
Even if they were one goal behind, Manchester City fans were just as crazy!
The total score is seven to six!
Manchester City completed the逆转!
If Monaco wants to eliminate Manchester City, they must score two more goals!
The game has reached the eighty-third minute, and Monaco has almost lost the chance to advance.
Ten minutes ago, Manchester City fans were still anxiously praying, and some fans with poor psychological endurance were about to shed tears.
Now, Manchester City has not only equalized the total score, but also directly taken the lead by one goal!
Manchester City fans have gone from the torment of hell to the carnival of the world, experiencing the excitement and passion that football brings to them between great ups and downs.
And the Monaco fans, who were hoping that Monaco would score a goal and make a miraculous comeback, really couldn’t accept this blow.
In the first half, they were in high spirits and had already taken the lead against Manchester City. How could they be continuously bombarded by Manchester City with two goals in the final moments?
What about Monaco in the first half?
What about that group of brave and fearless young men?
Why did they suddenly collapse?
How good it would be if time was frozen at the end of the first half!
Monaco fans, from carnival to crying, switched identities with Manchester City fans.
The Etihad fans are cheering and celebrating to their heart’s content, sending the most intense shouts and applause to their players.
Guardiola smiled so hard that his mouth was grinning, and he clapped his hands vigorously, his tense nerves relaxed.
He felt that he was not only invincible in tactics, but also unmatched in his ability to change formations on the spot.
Just changing two people and letting Zhao Gang retreat to contain Mbappe, and Monaco’s entire attack was废掉.
Manchester City turned around and scored two goals, completely defeating Monaco.
“Monaco is really in danger. Their performance on the upper and lower two grass fields is really as different as雲泥. In the first half, they used attack instead of defense, making Manchester City焦头烂额. At the beginning of the second half, they still made it very difficult for Manchester City to play.
As their physical strength declined, they gave up their attack, allowing Manchester City to seize the opportunity. After scoring a goal, Monaco was completely迷茫.
They tried to organize an attack, but Manchester City, whose defense was already very stable, did not give them a chance!
Guardiola’s decision to let Zhao Gang sacrifice his attack to defend Mbappe was indeed bold enough, but the effect was very significant!
Although Zhao Gang spent most of his energy on the defensive end, he can still use his excellent physical reserves to unleash his talents on the offensive end!
Monaco really shouldn’t have retreated across the board. The threat of Mbappe and Lemar is huge. Monaco is like throwing away the sharp knife in their hand and主动 lying down on the砧板.
Hoping that Manchester City will not be able to complete the goal in more than ten minutes.
This wrong choice has cost them a very large price!
This game is a bloody lesson for them. Fortunately, they are young enough and have more opportunities to make changes.”
Jardim had stopped shouting. He shook his head in silence. These proud sons of heaven didn’t take his words as a coach to heart at all. They had their own ideas.
Why do Manchester City players listen to Guardiola?
Jardim’s eyes wandered back and forth between Mbappe and Zhao Gang, two super rookies who will influence the entire football world in the future.
Jardim sighed. Mbappe is good enough and天赋异禀, but he is much worse in character. He already has his own ideas at the age of eighteen. After a few more years, the coach in his eyes may not even be a屁.
Zhao Gang is also full of talent. His reputation is one level higher than Mbappe now, but he resolutely executes the coach’s tactics on the field.
If he is asked to attack, he will rush to the front. If he is asked to defend, he has no complaints, gives up the attack, and entangles Mbappe to death.
These two people will achieve terrifying achievements in the future, but Mbappe will definitely not be able to compare with Zhao Gang.
It is根本没可能 to become the current格局 of two prides.
Jardim has given up. He should have given up when these players showed their own ideas on the field.
Monaco’s players launched several attacks in the following time, but they could no longer threaten Manchester City’s defense like they did at the beginning.
The more they played, the more anxious they became, and the more mistakes they would make.
In the stoppage time, Mbappe directly got into a fight with Delph, who was taking a sideline kick.
Mbappe believed that Delph was delaying time, and Delph’s words made Mbappe break防.
“What’s the hurry? You’ll be eliminated even if you score a goal! What were you thinking before, now you’re in a hurry??”
The two directly clashed.
De Bruyne扑倒Lemar, and the others pushed each other.
Manchester City fans stood up, waving their scarves and shouting.
干他, 干他们!
De Bruyne is so帅!
De Bruyne used to always pull people apart, but recently he has become very brave. He has pushed the opponent’s players to the ground more than once in conflicts!
Jesus stood next to Zhao Gang, and he pushed whoever Zhao Gang pushed.
The referee and linesman rushed over and separated the players from both sides.
In addition to Mbappe and Delph, who were involved in the conflict, receiving yellow cards, only De Bruyne received a yellow card.
The entire Etihad Stadium was filled with thunderous cheers.
De Bruyne received帝王般的 treatment.
He received a yellow card, and his face was originally full of anger. Listening to the齐声呐喊 of the entire stadium, he tried hard to hold back his smile.
The camera has been on his face, and his expression is让人忍俊不禁. The fans in the stands are going crazy and shouting De Bruyne’s name with all their might.
He, who should have pretended to be very凶悍, stared his eyes fiercely.
Zhao Gang stood aside, glanced at him, couldn’t control himself, covered his face and laughed, his shoulders were shaking with laughter.
De Bruyne couldn’t hold it back, and the corners of his mouth slowly勾扯, his smile was both fierce and funny.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the fans at the Etihad Stadium stretched out their hands and a long-lasting applause came.
Manchester City advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals with a total score of seven to six in two rounds.
This game made Manchester City fans提心吊胆.
The performance of this group of young Monaco players was impressive.
Mbappe, Bernardo Silva, Lemar, Fabinho, Bakayoko, Mendy, this generation of young talents, if they can continue to stay in Monaco, they will definitely be able to create their own era.
“Congratulations to Manchester City, the process was a bit惊心动魄, but the result is good. This is their first home defeat this season, but it cannot stop them from advancing to the Champions League quarter-finals!
Monaco has shown the world’s fans their tenacious fighting spirit, and the young storm almost created a miracle.
Unfortunately, they lack some Champions League experience, and they were turned over by Manchester City at the last moment. This team, with an average age of only twenty-four years old, will be the most powerful contender in the league and Champions League for a considerable period of time in the future!
Next season, if they can still maintain their current lineup, I believe they will definitely make a comeback. At that time, the entire European豪门 will have to be careful!
In this game, Zhao Gang spent a lot of energy on the defensive end, and also because of the joint restriction of Fabinho, Bakayoko, and Falcao, his performance was a bit abnormal. You know, in the previous Champions League games, he scored an average of three goals per game!
This game only had one goal. For other players, it is already considered a超长发挥, but for himself, it is already a bit abnormal.
Even so, he is still continuing to break his single-season Champions League goal record.
And this record has not yet been fixed, Manchester City is still continuing to move forward in the Champions League this season.
This defeat also exposed some of Manchester City’s defensive loopholes. They are very afraid of this kind of surging衝擊ability. With Kyle Walker unable to play, Manchester City’s defense is a bit weak in speed. Guardiola needs to find a way to stabilize the defense.
Can’t you really let Zhao Gang play as a full-back, as some fans joked?”
The Etihad fans at the scene shouted excitedly, thanking them.
Manchester City has only entered the Champions League quarter-finals last season since the team was founded.
In the end, they failed and could not go any further.
This season, they have been reborn, advancing rapidly in the league and sweeping away everything in the Champions League.
As a result, they almost overturned again in the second leg of the knockout stage.
Many fans were even despaired in the seventieth minute. They thought that Manchester City had once again become that软骨头 that could not fight hard battles.
They would lose the chain at critical moments.
But this time, they didn’t.
Although they ultimately lost the game, the result was still good.
That young man once again proved himself.
As long as he is there, Manchester City will have a chance to turn the tables, and Manchester City fans should be full of hope!
Even if he is tightly defended by three people, even if he needs to undertake more defensive tasks.
But he will save the team at the most critical moment and give all his teammates and fans a pill of定心丸.
“Zhao! Zhao! Zhao!!”
When the Manchester City players walked towards the通道, a fan above shouted hoarsely, and Zhao Gang raised his head to look at the excited fan.
The fan was holding the number eighteen jersey and shaking it hard, almost crying, “What would we do without you, Zhao!!!!!”
Zhao Gang blinked,愣了一下, then smiled, nodded, and replied loudly, “Yes, what would we do without you! Thank you, thank you all!”
When the players entered the 通道, the surging cheers that erupted outside did not stop for a long time.
The carnival at the Etihad did not stop all night.
The next day, the news that Manchester City had advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals appeared on the front page of the newspaper.
This game was让人提心吊胆, and Manchester City’s defensive problems became a hot topic again.
Manchester City’s 명숙s kept analyzing and helping Guardiola come up with ideas.
Fortunately, these so-called 명숙s are not as high-profile and proud as those of Manchester United.
Otherwise, Zhao Gang would really be搞的焦头烂额.
Zhao Gang has imagined more than once what the consequences would have been if he had not left Manchester United’s youth training and finally entered the turbulent Manchester United.
It is estimated that there is a high probability that he will leave Manchester United.
He is not unable to accept criticism, he cannot accept those吹毛求疵-like troubles.
He has no interest in continuing to stay at Manchester United to prove himself to those people. There is a high probability that he will join Manchester City amidst countless criticisms, and then return to Manchester United and踢歪 their faces.
While the 명숙s of Manchester City were thinking of ways for Guardiola, they were very confident that Manchester City would break the team’s history record and enter the top four.
“This is a very united Manchester City. Zhao’s appearance has given Manchester City a second core besides Guardiola. They will definitely go very, very far.
I even very much hope that our next round opponent is Barcelona. Last season, Barcelona eliminated Manchester City. If that is the case, what an exciting duel it will be, just like God gave us a chance for revenge.”