champion light

Chapter 1176
Manchester City fans are also anxious about the current situation.They started singing in the stands, using their singing to encourage the players.

At this time, the team needs their support even more.

They can also see what Alan Hansen said. From the start of the game until now, Manchester City, which was supposed to be playing at home, was beaten by Tottenham Hotspur. It seemed that they might lose a goal at any time.The main reason is that Bell's performance is really good.

He alone led the offense of the entire Tottenham Hotspur team to the area guarded by Zabaleta, like a torrential rain. Even with the help of Lucio and others, Zabaleta was struggling to cope.

This makes many Manchester City fans feel strange-it is not the first time that Manchester City has played against Tottenham Hotspur, nor is it the first time that they have played against Bell.

They also know how the previous Bell and Tottenham Hotspur performed.Why is it that the entire Tottenham Hotspur team and Bale are all bloody today?

Many people thought of the first game of the season, Manchester City's away game against Tottenham Hotspur.Because of Manchester City's poor performance in that game, they were finally tied 0:0 by Tottenham Hotspur.

But the performance of the Manchester City players in this game cannot be said to be bad... Everyone can see clearly that even Zabaleta's performance is very positive, but Bell's performance today is really good, it's almost like a hang-up.

Today's Bell makes them a little familiar.

Many people thought of Glory.

Yes, Bell's performance made them think of glory.

This is no longer just Zabaleta's illusion.

Even Lucio couldn't help swearing after Bell shot the center post this time: "Damn! Rong!"

He also felt that Bell was honored...

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The commentator John Mortensen also thinks so: "Bell's good form today is simply surprising... Just now, after breaking through Zabaleta's defense, he decisively cut inside and shot decisively. In the end, although the football did not enter the goal, it hit the post. But this performance reminds me of Rong... Bell is simply Rong of Tottenham Hotspur!"

"So people say that Rong is his idol, and he deliberately imitated Rong when he played football..." Alan Hansen added beside him.

"Interesting..." John Mortensen laughed.

Alan Hansen laughed too.

The laughter of the two people was annoying to the Manchester City fans.

But it made the fans of Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal feel very happy.

George Allen was all but cheering Bale and Tottenham on in the press box.Although he didn't shout out on the surface, in his heart, George Allen was so happy that he was about to fly.

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Based on past experience, when the team encounters difficulties, everyone will naturally turn their eyes to glory.

25 minutes into the game, because of Tottenham Hotspur's fierce offensive, Manchester City can only shrink their defense, so there are not many opportunities for Rongguang.

But he is still a figure that cannot be ignored, so no matter whether he has the ball at his feet, whether Manchester City is defending or attacking now, there is always a Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Wilson Palacios by his side.

The Honduras international has a fierce style on the court, running without sparing physical strength, good at headers and tackles.He was once rated as one of the top ten Premier League signings in the 2009-2010 season by the British "Sun".

Manchester United coach Ferguson once thought that Palacios and Chelsea's Essien belonged to the same level of players, but in the end Manchester United did not get him.

Redknapp used him to limit Glory, with the obvious intention of freezing Glory completely.

From the current point of view, the game has lasted for more than 20 minutes. He has done a good job, and there are not many opportunities for Rongguang.

Despite this, Palacios is still conscientiously guarding around the glory.He would go wherever Rong Guang went, and he didn't have to worry about losing his place after being torn apart by Rong Guang.

This is also Redknapp's arrangement. He has a special arrangement for Palacios, who is responsible for marking Rongguang, that is, he only needs to defend Rongguang, and he doesn't care about the defense in other positions.

This can ensure that no matter where Rong Guang is, there are people around him to put pressure on him and make it difficult for him to hold the ball so easily.

In order to prevent Palacios from following Glory, Tottenham Hotspur had fewer players in the midfield. Redknapp formed a 352 formation in this game, with five players in the midfield.In this way, even if Palacios is taken away by glory, Tottenham Hotspur's midfield is not messed up, and the remaining four people can still complete a complete midfield configuration.

Modric and Van der Vaart are relatively centered, with Van der Vaart at the front, while Modric lags behind and assumes the task of connecting the past and the future.Bell and Lennon lived left and right.Lennon and Bell attacked from the side, Van der Vaart was responsible for the last pass as the organizer of the offense, and Modric inherited the past and ushered in the future.

Palacios can completely break away from this system and concentrate on defending glory.His absence will not make Tottenham Hotspur's midfield system work smoothly.

There are two center forwards on the forward line, Crouch and Pavlyuchenko partner, so whether it is a Bell cross or a Lennon cross, there are at least two points in front of the goal, which ensures the success rate of grabbing points.

It can be said that Redknapp's adjustment was somewhat beyond Benitez's expectations, so defensively, Manchester City was caught off guard by the combination of two full-backs and double centers.

This is also one of the reasons why Manchester City was at a disadvantage in the first 20 minutes of the game.

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When Manchester City encountered difficulties, everyone recalled Rong Guang and pinned their hopes on Rong Guang.

Tens of thousands, 10, or even millions of people place such hopes on Rongguang, and the pressure on Rongguang can be imagined.He performed well, and everyone just cheered.But if he does not perform well, all previous hopes will turn into disappointment, or even abuse.

Ordinary people will get emotional, have a faster heartbeat, and blood pressure when they are scolded by someone pointing their noses, let alone being scolded by tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people together.

And Rongguang has always been under such pressure in the game, and he has never disappointed people, which is even more commendable.

Now, the pressure came to the door again along with everyone's ardent hope.

Facing Bell's outstanding performance, what performance will Rongguang show?
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Because Manchester City was overwhelmed by Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City's way of attacking more can only rely on long passes from the backcourt to directly find Rongguang.

But Rongguang's side will follow Palacios every step of the way, so this puts very high requirements on Rongguang's possession of the ball. As long as he stops a little bit, he may lose possession of the ball under the interference of Palacios.

You must know that Tottenham Hotspur does not only have Palacios following Rongguang. Wherever he goes, the Tottenham Hotspur players in that defense zone will be waiting for an opportunity.

Under such circumstances, it is really difficult for Rong Guang to successfully counterattack.

No. In the 30th minute, Manchester City got the ball again in the backcourt. Gareth Barry took a look at Rongguang's position after getting the ball in the backcourt, then directly swung his right foot and kicked the football forward.

This is another counterattack from Manchester City.

"Too simple!" Alan Hansen criticized. "Even if it's a fast counterattack, it doesn't mean that there is only this kind of counterattack...Mourinho's Real Madrid also play defensive counterattacks, and they also pay attention to speed, but their counterattack methods are much richer...This kind of direct long pass from the backcourt to find glory is simple and rude, and it is easy to fall into the targeted defense of Tottenham Hotspur..."

As he spoke, the football flew through the air, heading towards the field.

On the ground, Rong Guang was also running towards the football. He didn't run too fast, because if he sprinted with all his strength, he might run in front of the ball.Because Gareth Barry's kick is high, the speed of the football's flight in the air is also slowed down, the flight distance is longer, and it takes more time.

Under such circumstances, Rongguang must adjust his running speed to ensure that he can reach the football at the same time.

It is also for this reason that Palacios has been able to follow Rongguang.

He is almost on par with Rong Guang.

With such a high ball, it is not easy to stop, let alone stop accurately.As long as Rongguang stops a little bit, Palacios is confident that this little stop of Rongguang will turn into a goal.

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This time, when the football flew over from behind Rong Guang and fell, Rong Guang stretched out his feet to stop the ball.

Palacios accelerated and planned to bypass Rongguang from the inside to break Rongguang's ball.

Rong Guang stretched his right foot forward to reach the ball.

The football falls.

The two meet on the turf.

But the football didn't bounce, or roll as far as Palacios thought it would.

Rong Guang's right foot was thrown out, just in front of the football falling, so the football bounced up after landing and hit Rong Guang's outer instep. After being blocked, it fell back to the turf and never bounced back.

At the same time, Rong Guang, who was running, suddenly stopped, kicked with his left foot, and twisted his body, using his right foot as the axis, he turned around!
At this time, Palacios just ran from behind Rongguang, and passed by Rongguang who turned around, one to the left and one to the right.

"Stop the ball and turn...beautiful!!" John Mortensen shouted when he saw this scene.

Palacios looked at Rong Guang who turned around and got rid of him, his face was full of shock—he really didn't expect Rong Guang to handle this high ball like this, stopping the ball and turning around in one go!
The ball stopped so steadily that it could just connect to the next turn without stopping and without any time loss.Many players have to adjust after stopping the ball to make it easier to handle the football, and this adjustment often takes time. The defensive player who is still some distance away from him can take the opportunity to pounce on him.

But the good thing about Rongguang's stop is that it doesn't need to be adjusted!
You can also use the stop to get rid of the close defenders!

This is the pinnacle of stopping the ball!
(End of this chapter)