Chapter 621
Chapter 621
With Son Yejin's departure, England's paparazzi finally subsided, and the Premier League also ushered in the last half of the game. Manchester City will be a guest at the Stadium of Light to challenge Sunderland.
In the last two visits to the Stadium of Light, Manchester City has not won a victory, but Van Basten doesn't care, after all, he was not the head coach of Manchester City before.
Due to the relationship with Liverpool in the next round, Van Basten made a large-scale rotation this round, and even made changes in the defense.
Although there were no major injuries in Manchester City, there were minor injuries. Kolarov had just recovered, and Richards was injured again. Coupled with the dense field, Van Basten chose to rotate.
Goalkeeper Joe Hart has no side, but the two central defenders have become Lescott and Kolo Toure, and the injured Kolarov and Zabaleta are on both sides.
Due to the suspension of Li Feng in the midfield, Van Basten replaced Barry and partnered with De Jong. Yaya Toure moved forward to play the role of Li Feng. However, it is obvious that although Yaya Toure has certain organizational and offensive capabilities, compared with Li Feng, the gap between the two is still quite obvious.
On the front line, Silva and Aguero all rested, Miner, Adam Johnson and Dzeko formed a trident, and Balotelli still sat on the bench.
Before the game, Balotelli caused trouble again. As the winter break is approaching, Balotelli has performed well this season, so there are rumors that both the Milan duo and Naples have expressed interest in him, hoping to bring him back to Italy.
Balotelli once publicly admitted that he was a fan of AC Milan and sang AC Milan's team song in the Inter Milan dressing room.
It is hard to imagine that Balotelli was an Inter Milan player at that time, and it is no wonder that he was so talented and was eventually sold to Manchester City by Inter Milan.
For example, this time when the Milan duo and Naples showed goodwill, Balotelli once again acknowledged and responded to AC Milan, "God knows, my heart belongs to AC Milan and San Siro. Maybe in the near future, I can put on that dream jersey and play for the team I dream of."
Balotelli's answer caused an uproar, and Manchester City fans left messages holding Balotelli, and even some extreme fans called Balotelli to scold Manchester.
Van Basten also called and scolded Balotelli and threw him out of the squad for this game. Therefore, Balotelli was not on Manchester City's bench in this game.
Van Basten and Manchester City did not expect that this game would become the strength of Manchester City's first league game this season. Just 3 minutes into the game, Sunderland created a single.
Sessegnon made a straight pass, Bendtner succeeded in countering offside, and the self-confident emperor was indeed the self-confident emperor. Facing the attacking Joe Hart, Bendtner did not shoot immediately, but tried to pass Joe Hart and pushed for an empty goal. As a result, the ball was directly crushed by Joe Hart.
The biggest player in Sunderland's team is undoubtedly the striker Bendtner who was loaned from Arsenal. This guy made his debut in Copenhagen. When he first appeared, his talent can be said to surprise the whole of Europe. He is tall, strong, excellent in technique, and quite fast. He was praised by the media as a perfect modern center forward.
At that time, it attracted the pursuit of many European giants, and was even once regarded as the hope and future leader of Danish football. However, this former genius is now loaned to Sunderland by Wenger.
And what he is talking about most now is no longer his talent, but his ability to cause trouble and his inexplicable self-confidence. This guy has made many self-confident remarks, so he is called "the emperor of self-confidence" by fans.
The idol of this guy is Ibrahimovic. I have to say that this arrogant self-confidence is really comparable to that of Ibrahimovic, but Ibrahimovic has that strength, but he is only so arrogant and confident.
Of course, Bendtner is not too old now, he is only the same age as Li Feng, if he can get the hang of it, then his future is still bright.
Manchester City began to control the rhythm after 10 minutes of the game. However, although Manchester City controlled the rhythm of the game, it was completely incomparable to before.
Before this game, Manchester City gave people the impression that their offense was strong, their offense was sharp, and their coordination and passing were smooth and smooth, but at this moment, Manchester City's performance was much worse than before.
"Ah~~~ I finally know why, because this Manchester City game lacks wind in the midfield, which is why the performance of this Manchester City team we see now is different from before," the commentator said.
In the end, both sides failed to break the deadlock in the first half. Although Manchester City had the advantage as always and had a lot of shots, there were not many real opportunities.
In the second half, Van Basten replaced De Jong, who had received a yellow card in the first half, with Silva. Manchester City's offense in the second half also changed because of Silva's appearance.
However, even so, Manchester City just gained momentum and failed to score, and still failed to break the deadlock. Ever since, Van Basten used the second substitution quota, and Aguero replaced Minaer.
Aguero got an excellent chance as soon as he came on the field. Yaya Toure and Barry jointly intercepted Sessegnon's ball, and Manchester City quickly counterattacked.
Silva sent a through ball and Aguero succeeded in turning offside. However, facing such an opportunity, Aguero missed the ball and the ball went through the goal post and crashed into the side net.
Not long after, Dzeko also got a good chance. Silvara made a cross from the bottom, and Dzeko's header hit the crossbar with no defense in front of the goal.
Missed opportunities will eventually be punished. In the last minute of stoppage time, Sunderland staged the final. Sessegnon went straight. The young South Korean striker Ji Dong-won, who came off the bench, volleyed and finally broke through the goal guarded by Joe Hart. This goal also allowed Ji Dong-won to break the four-month scoring drought.
But this goal was full of controversy, because according to the slow motion, Ji Dongyuan was in an offside position at the moment Sessegnon passed the ball, so it was an offside ball, but the linesman did not raise the flag.
In the end, Manchester City died at the Stadium of Light because of an offside ball, ushering in the first loss of the season. As for the Korean media, they were very excited. Facing the best team in the Premier League this season, Chi Dongyuan actually staged a lore. Although it was an offside ball, the Korean media didn’t care.
It has to be said that South Korea's arrogance is really deeply rooted in their bones, and they don't even think about it. If there was Li Feng in this game, the result would definitely be completely different.
(End of this chapter)