Chapter 703 The Restless Balotelli
Chapter 703 The Restless Balotelli
In the end, Manchester City scored a 3:0 in Lisbon. This score also allowed Manchester City to directly book a seat in the semi-finals. No one would believe that Benfica can also give Manchester City a 3:0 at the Etihad Stadium, especially this season.
After the game, Manchester City did not stop in Lisbon and directly took a special plane to return to Manchester. As for the scene, Sylvia and Xiuying will stay in Lisbon for an extra day. After all, it is rare to travel here.
Although Xiuying was a little disappointed that Li Feng was not by her side, there was nothing she could do about it. The league was at its final juncture, and Xiuying didn't want to embarrass Li Feng at this fateful moment.
And Li Feng didn't have a holiday either, because three days after returning to Manchester, Manchester City will usher in the No.30 round of the league.
Even if Manchester City has a lot of livestock, this cannot be the case. Although Van Basten still gave the players half a day off the next day, when they resumed training in the afternoon, both physically and mentally seemed a little weak.
Especially Silva, during the training the next day, Silva first reported to the team doctor before returning to the court. It seems that the bump in the [-]th round still had an impact on Silva.
For this reason, Van Basten rushed the whole team to the team doctor again. The final result was that captain Kompany, De Jong and Dzeko all needed to rest for a round, because if they played again, they were likely to be injured.
In other words, in the No.30 round, Manchester City will lose three main players, but the impact on Manchester City is not too great. Barry, Minaur and Adam Johnson can be replaced, and the opponents in the 31st round are not strong.
What really makes Manchester City care about is the No.30 opponent in the second round. At that time, Manchester City will go to London again to be a guest at the Emirates Stadium to challenge Arsenal.
As for the opponents in the 31st round, it is only Sunderland, which is in the middle and lower reaches, and Sunderland's state is not very good recently. It has only won one victory in the past four league rounds.
Moreover, Manchester City has maintained a complete victory at home in the past 11 years. The last time they lost was in the 98-99 season, so whether it is in the eyes of expert media or fans, there will be no suspense in this game.
But the result greatly exceeded the expectations of the media and fans. If Li Feng hadn't staged a solo savior again at the last moment, Manchester City would really have staged a big turnaround at home.
The beginning of the game seemed to indicate that this game was not easy for Manchester City. Just 4 minutes after the start, Richards needed to go to the sidelines to receive treatment from the team doctor because of a fight. You know, Richards had just recovered from his injury.
Then Balotelli clashed with central defender Bardsley, who came from Manchester United's youth training. In another fight, Bardsley showed his soles to Balotelli, but Balotelli avoided him, but Balotelli is not a master who swallows his anger.
After that, the two had many conflicts in the penalty area. In the end, it was the referee who took the shot, and each of them got a yellow card to allow the two to refocus their attention on the game.
Sunderland scored. In the 201st minute of the game, Larson from the right took a long shot from outside the top of the penalty area. Joe Hart's sight was just blocked by Lescott, so it was too late when Joe Hart saw the ball. He could only watch the ball fly into the goal he was guarding.
Sunderland took the lead to break the deadlock, and it was still at Manchester City's home court, at the Etihad Stadium. You must know~~~ In this season, in the league, let alone a draw, Manchester City has maintained their overall strength, and there are very few situations where they even fall behind.
Capsized in the gutter?It's not impossible, but Manchester City's next performance was unbearable. However, Balotelli ushered in an explosion.
No. In the 303rd minute, Li Feng sent a through ball on the left side. Balotelli threw off his rival Bardsley to get a single shot and sent the ball into Sunderland's goal.
After scoring the goal, Balotelli did not forget to provoke his opponent, and directly spread his arms in front of Bardsley with an expression of who else.
Balotelli's provocation really played a certain role. No. 40 minutes, Balotelli received a pass and broke through the penalty area again, but was directly brought down by the loss of Bardsley.
Fortunately, the referee only awarded a penalty kick. If Bardsley is given another yellow card, it is estimated that there will be no suspense in this game.
As for the penalty, naturally no one would compete with Balotelli, and Balotelli had already stood on the penalty spot with the ball in his arms. With the referee's whistle, Balotelli made it overnight, and Manchester City completed the overtake, rewriting the score to 2:1.
This is also the final score of the first half. During the intermission, the personnel of both sides remained unchanged. However, as soon as the second half started, the game on the court changed again.
Sunderland scored again, and this time it was Bendtner, the confident king who came on loan from Arsenal, who helped Sunderland score. Sessegnon made a cross from the right, and Lescott was not tight.
Seeing this situation, Van Basten on the sidelines was expressionless for a while, and at the same time he was secretly glad that he kept Boateng, otherwise the consequences would be really unimaginable.
After the score was tied, Manchester City launched a wild attack, but it was still a little short of the goal. No. 603 minutes, Li Feng blasted a long shot and Mignolet held it out with both hands.
The subsequent corner kick Lescott almost made up for it, but luck was not on the side of Lescott and Manchester City. The ball finally hit the crossbar and flew out of the baseline.
Four minutes later, Richards left the field for the second time in this game to receive treatment. He was brought down from the back. It has to be said that the referee's law enforcement was very loose. The current position is that Balotelli and Bardsley showed a yellow card during the quarrel. Other fouls did not mean to draw cards.
This will definitely have an impact on Manchester City, but neither Manchester City nor Sunderland would have imagined that it was a foul that led to Li Feng's goal and finally helped Manchester City get this difficult three-pointer.
It really proves that sentence, Cheng Ye Xiao He defeated Xiao He, No. 709 minutes of the game, Sunderland's foul outside the penalty area ruined their efforts throughout the game.
It's not that Sunderland didn't send free kicks to Manchester City in this game, but Li Feng missed all the previous two free kicks. From Sunderland's point of view, because Li Feng's state also had some problems in consecutive games, that's why he recklessly fouled outside the penalty area.
In fact, there is no problem with Li Feng's physical condition, nor is there any problem with his state. Li Feng has a system, and his efficiency is indeed terrifying, but he is still just a person, not a god.
This time, it was Li Feng's third free kick chance in this game, but just when Li Feng was about to make a free kick, Balotelli found Li Feng.
It has to be said that Balotelli's brazenness far exceeded what Li Feng thought. This guy actually wanted to compete with Li Feng for this free throw opportunity.
Regarding this~~~ Li Feng will naturally not give in. Although Yaya Toure moved quickly and drove Balotelli away from Li Feng in time, even so, it cannot change the fact that has already happened. Naturally, the dispute between the two will inevitably be hyped.
The broadcast camera also turned to Van Basten on the sidelines for a while, but there was no change in the performance of Van Basten in front of the camera, and it seemed that he didn't care about the small dispute between the two.
On the court, with this free kick, Li Feng finally scored the first goal of the game and the last goal of the game. In the end, Manchester City kept the score 3:2 to the end. Manchester City defeated Sunderland at the Etihad Stadium with difficulty.
(End of this chapter)