champion light

Chapter 800 Shrinking?

In terms of defensive glory, Liverpool is not much different from the previous teams, that is, the foul tactics are more strictly guarded.

Rong Guang was absolutely not given a chance to hold the ball for a long time. As long as the football stayed under his feet for a few seconds, the Liverpool players would surround him and separate him from the other players.As for the other Manchester City players, they are all in the category of normal level, they are still enough to cope with it, it is difficult to handle just one glory, and they need special treatment.

So although Rongguang got some chances in this game, they were all interfered by Liverpool players.In the words of CCTV commentator He Ping, Liverpool's defensive players are almost everywhere.

It was Rongguang's best chance to miss Reina with that long shot just now.

Because at the time everyone thought he was going to make a decisive breakthrough, but Rong Guang just received the ball and shot directly without a run-up, so the Liverpool players hadn't reacted yet.

It's a change of pace.

Rong Guang got some inspiration in this goal.

Perhaps adding some changes in rhythm will make it more difficult for the opponent to guard against, because they don't know what they will do next...

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Liverpool led the score and had the upper hand on the scene. Their ball possession rate reached 50.00%, which is almost [-]%. You must know that this is Manchester City's home court...

"We can't believe it's City's home ground..." Mortensen said.

"What's the matter, I still can't believe that Manchester City spent 700 million pounds to buy people this summer..." Alan Hansen continued to complain.

Mortensen smiled.

While talking, Rong Guang received the ball from Robinho.

Before receiving the ball, he leaned forward, making the two Liverpool players defending him, Mascherano and Alonso, think that he was going to break through, so the two took a step back at the same time.

As a result, Rongguang's body stopped, the football stopped under his feet, and he did not sprint with the ball.

Alonso reacted a little quicker, and seemed to know what Rongguang was going to do—now the distance between them and Rongguang had been widened. If Rongguang broke through in other directions at this time, they would have to watch helplessly!
So Alonso quickly took a step forward, intending to approach Rongguang again and stick to him.

But just when he rushed up, Rong Guang suddenly started on the spot, flicked the football to the left, followed by his left foot to block the football forward, while others passed by Alonso!

"Fried meatballs!!" Mortensen yelled.

"Only Rong is acting normally!" Alan Hansen stopped complaining about Rong Guang.

Just when everyone thought that Rongguang would rely on his good "fried balls" to get rid of the two Liverpool players defending him, Rongguang was knocked down by Mascherano from the side.

The cheers that had just started in the stands stopped abruptly, and then... paused for a second, then switched to boos.

Manchester City fans booed Mascherano.

The referee's whistle also sounded, Mascherano fouled, there is nothing to say.

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"Oh! Foul! Foul!" Mortensen yelled.

Alan Hansen said from the side: "This is the trick. It has been proven to be very effective against Rong in the past few games. Although it has been criticized and not glorious, the effect is really good. Rong is caught in the opponent's muscle jungle, falling down endlessly, or being disrupted... He also feels uncomfortable when kicking..."

Rong Guang was knocked to the ground, but he didn't get up immediately like he was violated before.

Mascherano hit his left rib just right, and there was some pain there, but that wasn't what kept him lying on the ground.

The moment he was hit by Mascherano, he made a dodge movement, but of course he didn't dodge in the end.

So it was hit hard.

He thought of a similar situation when he led Werder Bremen to the first Bundesliga game. When he rushed forward with the ball, the Dortmund players rushed up aggressively. He didn't dodge horizontally, nor was he afraid. Instead, he made a 360-degree turn!
Going around the opponent, and then scored his first official game goal in European football.

The most important thing is not to dodge, but...whether you feel fear in your heart.

Rong Guang felt that in these few games, when the opponent made a lot of fouls, especially when these moves were aimed at his injured right ankle, he would have a subconscious fear, wanting to avoid the opponent's foul and not let the opponent touch it.

But it often ends up being… for the worse.

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"For a player who has been seriously injured, the most difficult thing to recover is not the body, but...the mind." Said Sun Fengyang, who was sitting next to Deborah in the box. "This is why so many experts were not optimistic that Rong could return to the top. A champion player, his courage is more important. They all believed that serious injuries would wear away Rong's courage... Judging from the previous games, Rong has this problem. Maybe he didn't realize it, but it was subconscious..."

When Deborah heard Sun Fengyang's words, what she thought of was what Rong Guang said to herself: "Even if the head coach collapses, I will not collapse."

Mental cringe?
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Because Rong Guang didn't get up immediately, his teammates were very worried about him. Mark Hughes also stood up from his seat for the first time, looking nervously at the court.

If Rongguang has any troubles, then he can now consider how to leave Manchester City in a relatively decent way under the indiscriminate bombardment of the news media...

Just as everyone gathered around to see how Rong Guang was doing, Rong Guang got up by himself.

Berbatov was going to reach out to help, Rong Guang waved his hand: "I'm fine, Dimita."

Then he looked ahead and asked, "It's time for us to attack?"

After asking, without waiting for his teammates to answer, he ran forward by himself, ready to attack.

Berbatov looked at his back, not knowing what to say.

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Mascherano did not get a yellow card for his foul, he was only verbally warned by the referee.

Such physical collisions are very common in the Premier League, and there is no need to give a yellow card.

But if it is in the Bundesliga, Mascherano will definitely not be able to run.

This is also a characteristic of the Premier League. Because of the tough style, a lot of physical contact is allowed, not as strict as other leagues.

This also provides the basic conditions for the Premier League team to use foul tactics to contain glory.

In the Bundesliga, some teams tried to use foul tactics to curb glory, but on the one hand, the referees in the Bundesliga have stricter penalty standards, and on the other hand... who would dare to use such tactics against Bayern Munich?That's the overlord of the Bundesliga. Don't you want to play this game with Bayern Munich?
Therefore, in Germany, foul tactics died before they became popular.

Unexpectedly, in English football, it will flourish because of the glory.

The game continued. Although Rong Guang won a free kick in the frontcourt for Manchester City, Manchester City did not take advantage of this free kick to score.

After the offense and defense changed hands, Liverpool attacked up.

In terms of staffing and tactics, Liverpool are better than Manchester City.

The only thing Manchester City can really beat Liverpool is glory, and no one else is better than those Liverpool players.

Coupled with the foundation laid by Benitez for Liverpool and the KOP spirit instilled by Dalglish, this Liverpool team is indeed very strong.

They can even play against Manchester City away.

A goal lead is not safe, they have to expand the score.

Within 3 minutes, Liverpool made two consecutive shots, both of which posed a threat to Manchester City's goal.

If Joe Hart hadn't played well, Liverpool might have scored again.

When Hart threw Gerrard's long-range shot under him, he heard a voice shouting: "Hart, hurry up, give the ball to Rong!"

Only then did he notice that it was Elano.

So he got up and found that Liverpool's overall formation was too high due to continuous attack just now, and now their backcourt is empty.

Where is the glory?
He found it quickly, not too far forward, but between the center circle and the top of the free throw arc.

Give football to Rongguang, this is a good opportunity to fight back, but... Joe Hart saw Mascherano not far from Rongguang again.

The Argentine may not let himself get his way...

His defense against Rong Guang is very strict.

But... besides this, do we have other ways to threaten each other?
Joe Hart kicked the football forward with a big kick.

He didn't directly throw it to Rongguang with his hands. Although the accuracy was higher, it was useless, and Rongguang would fall into the opponent's encirclement.

It's better to just kick the football forward and let Rong Guang use his speed.

If you want to get rid of a defense like Mascherano, speed is the best way.

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Seeing Joe Hart kick the football forward, Rong Guang started to chase the football.

Mascherano followed closely.

He was not as fast as Rongguang, but he didn't give up, because he knew that when Rongguang was about to catch the ball, he would definitely slow down.

That is your chance.

"Joe Hart kicks the football forward and Rong is chasing the ball! Could this be a great chance for Manchester City to counterattack?" Mortensen raised his voice.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult... Mascherano is still following Rong..." Alan Hansen jumped out again to pour cold water on the Manchester City fans.

The next two people stopped talking and just stared at the court.

The football flew through the air, straight across the midfield, towards Liverpool's half.

And in Liverpool's backcourt, because of the series of indiscriminate bombing just now, it seemed a little empty-most players rushed up to participate in the attack.

Now the Liverpool players are running back with the football, intending to stop Rong Guang.

They also realized that this is indeed a good opportunity for Manchester City... no, for Rongguang!

(End of this chapter)