Chapter 699
Chapter 699
Seeing the ball being cleared by Kompany, a loud sigh sounded from the Stadium of Light and said, at the same time, Cardoso patted his head with both heads, with a dull expression on his face. If he hadn't hesitated just now, and didn't want to dunk the opponent's goalkeeper and shoot directly, maybe he has become the hero of the team at this moment.
However, on the court, a bear and a hero are often in the same mind. Manchester City's strong strength this season has left Cardoso with no confidence, so he thought of a more secure way to send the ball into the net. However, this idea made him miss the opportunity to help the team score.
On the sidelines, Van Basten was not swayed by Benfica's excellent scoring opportunity. After seeing that the opponent finally couldn't suppress the desire to attack, Van Basten even had a smile on his face once.
Van Basten has confidence in his disciples. As long as the opponent has just attacked, he must be the one who wins in the end. It took Manchester City almost a season to prove this.
The madness of Manchester City this season is not blown out. For now, almost all the teams that dare to fight against Manchester City have become corpses.
No.305 minutes, Benfica once again fully attacked, and even the two full-backs crossed the half-court together, and the final pass of this game came from the right back Pereira, but his pass was directly blocked by Kompany.
Manchester City took advantage of the situation and played a quick counterattack. Kompany scored the ball and passed it to Boateng. Boateng passed it directly to Yaya Toure, who found Li Feng again.
Li Feng didn't stick the ball either, and sent the ball into the Benfica penalty area with a sling pass. Dzeko once again passed the ball to Silva on the left from the double-teaming of the two central defenders of Benfica.
The latter stopped immediately, and then took a volley shot without waiting for the ball to hit the ground. It is a pity that the Benfica goalkeeper seemed to have been prepared, and flew to catch Silva's shot with both hands.
In 2 minutes, Benfica made another strong attack, Witsel inserted in the middle, Aimar moved laterally to the right, and it was another cooperation from the right. Pereira, Aimar and Gaitan staged a wonderful passing cooperation.
Aimar made a diagonal pass from the right, Gaitan knocked his heel outside the penalty area, and Pereira pushed in with his foot. Cesar, who moved to the center, shot a long shot to test Joe Hart's reaction again.
"Benfica's offensive is very strong, they actually suppressed Manchester City in an all-round way." While the commentator was shouting, Benfica completed another wave of attack.
Still playing on the right, Gaitan is indeed rumored to be a player favored by Manchester United. His breakthrough on the wing is indeed extremely sharp. In addition, Kolarov is a full-back who is strong in offense and weak in defense. Manchester City's left is indeed a bit seriously exploded.
But the good thing is that Kompany and Boateng are relatively strong. Under Kompany's defense, Cardoso didn't get many opportunities, and in the following time, Boateng also began to consciously move left to help defend.
In the end, Gaitan's cross ended up being cleared by Manchester City. Although he got a corner kick afterwards, Joe Hart directly took the ball off.
In this way, the time will unknowingly pass 10 minutes to the last moment of the first half, and Manchester City also got the best chance of the first half, a free kick from the right corner of the goal.
However, as the commentator said, Manchester City did lack a little bit of luck. Li Feng's free kick went over the wall, and even passed Arthur's ten fingers, but the goal post once again saved Benfica.
No. 403 minutes, Benfica ushered in the last kick of the first half. It came from Aimar's left side of the penalty area. This was also Aimar's first shot in the game.
It can also be seen from this how closely De Jong defended Aimar in the first half. This time, Aimar and Cesar switched positions to get the shot.
It was the first time that Xavi Garcia stepped in. In this game, Xavi Garcia had the heaviest task, because the Manchester City player facing him was Li Feng.
Witsel made a diagonal pass, and Xavi Garcia was blocked by Li Feng in the penalty area. The latter passed back to Emerson. The Brazilian full-back made a low pass and hit the middle.
In stoppage time, Manchester City also ushered in the last shot of the first half, which came from Li Feng's long-range shot. Similarly, this was Li Feng's first long-range shot in the first half of the sports game.
Judging from Li Feng's performance throughout the first half, the Manchester City core who had performed well in the past didn't seem very excited about today's game. This is also the most important reason why Manchester City's offensive was not as strong as Benfica's in the first half.
The last shot came from the cooperation of Li Feng, Silva and Dzeko. Li Feng still split the side in the middle, and Silva broke through from the left and passed directly to Dzeko in the penalty area.
Manchester City's defense on the left was exploded, but when they were attacking, Silva and Kolarov were in a different situation. In layman's terms, they were in a state of mutual explosion.
Although the two central defenders of Benfica are comparable in size to Dzeko, they are obviously inferior to Dzeko in terms of flexibility, which is why Dzeko always has some advantages in this game.
After receiving the pass from Silva, Dzeko turned around and dunked, but he still didn't get any chance to shoot. Luiz was blocking, and the goalkeeper behind him was also watching, so Dzeko sent the ball outside the penalty area.
Then the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half. Although Benfica did not take the lead, the fans of Benfica were quite excited, because from the performance of both sides in the first half, Benfica still had a certain advantage.
You know, Manchester City this season is the most popular team in Europe. It has been true since the summer. Manchester City's 3000 million pounds' payment not only put Li Feng on the world's most expensive throne, but also let Manchester City steal the limelight.
The original doubts have long been silenced, and now there is a lot of praise, because the arrival of Li Feng not only improves the strength of Manchester City, but also increases the reputation of Manchester City, and even almost earns back his transfer value to Manchester City.
Unlike the excitement of Benfica fans, Manchester City fans have a look of worry on their faces. Even at this moment, many fans are scolding the FA in their hearts. Obviously, most Manchester City fans believe that the reason for Manchester City's performance in the first half is that the schedule is unreasonable.
The fans have the understanding of the fans, but the players only have their own thoughts. The Manchester City players who returned to the locker room did not care about their performance in the first half at all, because they knew very well that it was not that they were inferior to their opponents, but that they did it intentionally.
(End of this chapter)