Chapter 661 The Wronged Boateng
Chapter 661 The Wronged Boateng
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"Let's take a look at the No. 6 in Basel." When the referee blew the whistle for the first half, Van Basten turned his head and said something in Kidd's ear.
A game can often change the fate of a player. One goal of fame will always exist on the football field. Dragovic probably did not expect that his performance would give him the opportunity to join Manchester City.
Of course, this is just an opportunity. Whether he can really join Manchester City in the summer still needs him to conquer Van Basten with his performance, so that Manchester City is willing to put him on his body.
Back in the locker room, Van Basten glanced at each player and said: "The No. 6 in Basel did perform well, but that didn't stop us from scoring goals. You were slack in the first half."
"If you look at the Champions League knockout with this mentality, then let me tell you, you will never touch that trophy for the rest of your life." At the end, Van Basten was quite stern.
Basel is the weakest player among the 16 teams in the knockout round. This is the first time they have entered the knockout stage of the Champions League. Although Manchester City returned to the Champions League after half a century, Manchester City was assigned to the super death group.
Therefore, Manchester City's experience in the group stage is not even as cruel as the knockout stage. If you are not careful, you will be out of the group after waiting. It can be said that Manchester City has experienced the cruelty of the knockout stage in the group stage in advance. This is a precious asset for Manchester City, which returned to Europe after half a century.
But at the same time, it also gave Manchester City players a feeling of pride. After all, they broke through such a terrifying death group, and they still have the record of being the first in the unbeaten group, and the opponent in the top 16 is the weakest team among the [-] teams.
To put it bluntly, Manchester City is still a relatively young team. The oldest player is only Barry on the bench, who is only 31 years old, and the oldest player on the court is Yaya Toure, who is only 28 years old.
So they need to be beaten constantly, but the speed needs to be grasped well, otherwise it will easily arouse the disgust of the players, but for now, Van Basten is doing very well. After all, Van Basten was also a player, and in the field of players, he has already stood at the top.
However, at the beginning of the second half, it was Basel who took the lead in attacking at home. Shaqiri made a wonderful breakthrough, and Richards became the background of the Basel teenager.
At the beginning of the season, Richards once made anyone standing in front of him his background board, but now, the identities of the two have been somewhat reversed, but even so, Richards is still an excellent full-back.
Defensive players are not offensive players, and Richards actually did a good job in this game. At least, Shaqiri's performance in the first half was not as active as before.
Streller, the captain of Basel jumped high in the penalty area, followed by Kompany. It was a muscle-to-muscle collision.
Although Kompany did not completely prevent Streller's header, under his defense, Streller's header was not powerful at all and was easily won by Joe Hart.
Manchester City counterattacked, Joe Hart sent the ball to Li Feng's feet, the latter sent it forward without looking up, Aguero unloaded the ball and dunked past Park Joo-ho, and rushed to the Basel penalty area.
Seeing this, Dragovic immediately stepped forward to block, and Park Joo-ho also followed closely behind, attacking back and forth, but it was Park Joo-ho of South Korea who caused the final humiliation.
I saw that Aguero didn't turn around at all, he tapped his heel lightly, and the ball passed through the wicket accurately and came to the feet of Richards who inserted from behind.
For a long-range shot, Richards swung his foot and shot. Unfortunately, the ball did not let the goal go, but deviated from the goal. Richards' long-range shot still needs to be strengthened.
Not long after Manchester City's attack, there was another controversy on the field. Two minutes into the game, Basel tied the score in a wave of attacks.
Xhaka crossed the half with the ball in the middle and was intercepted by Li Feng. Seeing that he was still unable to break through Li Feng, and was even almost cut off by Li Feng, Xhaka decisively passed back to the veteran Hugel behind him.
Hugel looked up, a long pass with a big foot, the ball flew across the half, and came outside the Manchester City penalty area. Streller had already withdrawn from the Manchester City penalty area, and a header ferryed.
Only Boateng and Old Frey were left in the penalty area, but at the moment when Streller's header was ferried, Boateng took a quick step forward and made an offside, but the linesman did not raise the flag.
"Offside~~~" Boateng yelled immediately, and his own people didn't stop, but at this moment, the two had completely moved away, and even if Boateng reacted quickly, it was useless.
"GOAL~~~The goal is scored~~~Basel, Basel tied the score. It's unbelievable that it was Basel who scored the goal. Facing Joe Hart, veteran Frey calmly pushed and helped Basel tie the score."
But Basel did not celebrate, because Boateng found the referee very excitedly: "First of all, this is an offside. At the moment when the opponent passed the ball, the guy who scored the goal stretched out in the offside position."
Of course, the referee would not believe Boateng's words, but shifted his gaze to the line referee. Seeing the referee's questioning gaze, the line referee shook his head, indicating that Frey was not offside.
"Impossible, this is indeed an offside, I assure you" Boateng obviously did not accept the judgment from the sideline, but when the Manchester City players were arguing with the referee, the rebroadcast camera was already replaying the goal just now in slow motion.
"This~~~ is indeed a misjudgment. At the moment when Streller passed the ball, Boateng's forward movement did cause Frey's offside, but the offside was not obvious. If you don't watch it in slow motion, the referee may indeed make a wrong judgment." This is a common view.
But at this moment on the field, Boateng was extremely wronged. There is no doubt that this was a successful offside, but he forced his team into a difficult situation.
Last season, Boateng had a very unsatisfactory life in Manchester City. Mancini's mistrust, coupled with constant injuries, resulted in not playing much throughout the season. Boateng knew very well that Mancini bought Savage to replace him.
Boateng himself is ready to leave, and there is also a team interested in him, that is Li Feng's previous team, the Bundesliga overlord Bayern Munich.
However, the change of things made Boateng a little overwhelmed. Mancini, who led the team with good results, was eventually fired, and Van Basten took over.
Following that, his own destiny also changed. Van Basten found him and gave him a choice, whether to leave in despair, or to stay and prove himself.
It turned out that Boateng chose to stay and prove himself, and he soon got his chance, being replaced by Van Basten after Lescott made a low-level error.
Boateng seized the opportunity, and he successfully replaced Lescott as Manchester City's starter. As the season progressed, his combination with Kompany gradually gained recognition from the media and fans.
(End of this chapter)