champion light

Chapter 823
Against Manchester City, Portsmouth looked at this team with old eyes at the beginning, pressing on the offense, trying to win the opponent at home, so that their ranking will be higher, and strive to complete the task of relegation as soon as possible.

So they pressed very high after the game started.Of course, at the beginning they will quickly return to defense after losing the ball, or when Manchester City is attacking.

But as the game time passed, Portsmouth's players returned to defense more and more slowly, and some of them didn't even return at all.

During this period of time, they completely suppressed Manchester City. It seemed that a goal could happen at any time, as long as they worked harder...every Portsmouth player thought so.

Just try harder, so don't go back after this attack...

In this way, the game went to No. 207 minutes.

Portsmouth completed a wave in which they had three shots in a row, the first of which was the closest.

Pete Crouch jumped high in the penalty area, Kompany couldn't match him at all, Crouch headed the ball, but he didn't head the ball directly to the goal, but ferryed it to the center... The goalkeeper Joe Hart, who had moved to the back to block his shot, had to quickly move back to the center, but it was too late...

David Nugent, No. [-] of the team following up in the middle, stretched out his foot and shot!

However, under Sun Hai's personal interference, Nugent's shot didn't hit the target, the football went to one side, and was ended by another Manchester City player Harman...

There was chaos in the penalty area and screams from the stands - the Portsmouth fans in the stands were ready to cheer for the goal when Crouch swung the ball down the middle...

And Manchester City fans almost stopped their hearts beating.

It was dangerous.

But Manchester City's crisis has not been resolved, and the football that was cleared fell to the feet of the Portsmouth players, and they formed a second attack.

This is the advantage of Portsmouth's press play-they can always grasp the ball's landing, form a second attack, or even a third attack.

So many Portsmouth players are reluctant to return to defense...

And Portsmouth is also confident to score goals during the siege of Manchester City, because their [-]-meter-tall center Crouch is like a beacon in the penalty area, and everyone only needs to upload the football to him.

Even if Crouch can't directly shoot with a header, his header ferry after occupying the commanding heights in the penalty area can always create many opportunities for his teammates.Just like the attack just now.

Next, Portsmouth made two more shots, but the threat of these two shots was not as good as the first time, and it can even be said that one shot was not as good as one.

City's defense bounced back quickly after the initial turmoil.

On the third shot, the football was held firmly by Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart.

But Joe Hart didn't lie on the ground holding the football all the time, and he didn't get up until everyone exited the penalty area.Instead, he got up from the ground holding the football. When he was surrounded by players from both sides, he had already run forward. When he ran near the penalty spot, he threw the football with his hands!

"Rong—!" he shouted while throwing the ball.

He threw the football straight to Berbatov who was near the middle circle. His voice was to remind Berbatov to pass the football to Glory again!

Rong Guang's back was facing the attacking direction just now, so he couldn't throw the football directly to him. In that case, he wouldn't be able to give full play to his speed advantage.

But if Berbatov is allowed to make a transition... the situation will be different-Rong Guang has already turned around and started to rush forward!
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In fact, there is no need for Joe Hart to shout, Berbatov also knows what he should do.

In the team's training, this is a kind of counterattack routine.A long pass from the backcourt, whether it is with hands or feet, let the football fly to the top of your head, catch the football yourself, and at the same time attract the attention of the opponent's defense, and then jump up, not to stop the ball with your chest, nor to hit it back with a header, but directly rub the football back!

He ran back, and sure enough, a Portsmouth player followed him. At the same time, other Portsmouth players were watching him.

However, the Portsmouth player following Berbatov had just followed halfway, when he saw Rong Guang plug in from the other side at high speed and run behind Berbatov!
He hesitated for a moment, wondering if he should retreat to defend against Rongguang, because what if Berbatov passed the football to Rongguang?
Isn't that a counterattack?

But he thought that even if he retreated to defend against Rongguang, would he be able to defend against it with his speed?
So it's better to just go up and stick to Berbatov, and don't let him have space, time to control the ball and pass the ball.Let Manchester City's counterattack be terminated directly by Berbatov, this is a successful defense!

Making up his mind, he quickly jumped on it again.

But this hesitation actually made him miss the opportunity to stick to Berbatov.

Besides, Berbatov didn't even think about stopping football.

He leaps over the football, and from the height he's not trying to stop it with his chest... but his head!

But he didn't push the football back. The moment his head touched the football, he quickly leaned back, and the football was rubbed behind him by him!
The Portsmouth player who was planning to come up to interfere with the final attack watched the football fly over his head, but he was powerless. He turned his head and saw Glory chasing the football like the wind!

"Berbatov's header kicked back! This is Manchester City's counterattack opportunity! Excellent... counterattack opportunity!" Mortensen shouted.

"The series of offensives just now caused many Portsmouth players to press up and forget to return to defense... Maybe they also forgot how fast Rong is!"

While Mortensen was speaking, Rongguang took a lunge, then stretched out his legs, and then caught the football that was rubbed behind by Berbatov.

He didn't park the football directly at his feet, but took the opportunity to move forward!
This trip just happened to pass the Portsmouth defender who was going to intercept him when he stopped the ball. The defender could only watch the glory pass in front of him like a football...

And he didn't even have time to reach out to grab Rong Guang!
"Rong! Breakthrough! Clean and neat!"

The few Manchester City fans jumped up from their seats, shouting Rong Guang's name loudly, cheering him on.

The commentators from all over the world couldn't stop talking at this time.

"Rong! Rong! He waded the ball out! Beautiful! Just waded past the defender!"

"The speed of Rongguang is really fast! Portsmouth players can't catch up with him at all! This is Manchester City's best chance in this game!!"

"What a low-level mistake for Portsmouth! How can they have such a big gap in the back line? Now, Rong is like a wild horse!"

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This ball is really not too difficult for Rongguang.

After he waded, there was only one Portsmouth player standing in front of him.

Rong Guang didn't pay attention to the opponent at all, his gaze was on the goal.

Without any feints, not even a feint of the upper body, Rong Guang just walked the ball according to his own rhythm, and the last defender of the opponent was thrown away like this...

Next, he charged into the box and met Portsmouth goalkeeper David James.

Facing the attacking James, Rong Guang swayed his foot and made a fake shot. James fell to the ground, and then Rong Guang's right foot dunked the football to the left, just like that.

James fell to the ground, trying to get up and make a second save.However, Rong Guang flicked the football to the left with the instep of his left foot, which completely cut off his idea.

He could only lie on the ground, stretch his hand towards Rongguang, and watch Rongguang catch up with the football with one stride, and then easily push the football towards the goal with his left foot...

He can't see the rest, but it doesn't matter, he knows that football will definitely enter...

Sure enough, behind him, the Portsmouth fans in the stands let out a burst of exclamations and boos.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Ron! Ron!!" Mortensen raised his arms and shouted. "This is his No. 16 league goal this season! He once again helped Manchester City take the lead in the game! Can Manchester City persist in winning to the end this time?"

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The glory after the goal did not rush to the corner flag area to celebrate, but turned and pointed to Berbatov, letting him celebrate the goal.

The ball was assisted by Berbatov.

Berbatov ran over with open arms, and the two hugged each other.

"This is a bit interesting..." Alan Hansen hummed when he saw this scene. "Why did Manchester City try so hard to snatch Berbatov from Manchester United? It can't really be just to disgust Manchester United, right? Rong and Berbatov can cooperate well with each other. Berbatov has excellent foot skills and body. He can get the ball in the frontcourt and serve as a fulcrum for Rong's offense. As long as he can control the ball, Rong can boldly insert it without worrying about running for nothing..."

"If this is not a coincidence, it can be said that Benitez's Manchester City is indeed different from Mark Hughes's..." Mortensen added on the side.

"Although I still rely on Rong, the way of relying on him is better than Mark Hughes." Alan Hansen nodded. "And now it seems that if Berbatov can cooperate with Rong tacitly, it will be very obvious for Manchester City's overall offensive improvement...Berbatov scored two goals in the FA Cup last game, and contributed another assist in this game so far. His state is recovering...The next thing is to look at Robinho."

As he was talking, the TV broadcast gave Robinho a close-up shot.

He also went up to celebrate the goal with other teammates.

Robinho did not play in the last FA Cup game, but he returned to the starting list in this game, which made those who thought Robinho really had a falling out with Benitez feel puzzled-reconciled so quickly?

However, Robinho's performance on the court is far less dazzling than Rongguang and Berbatov.

Now it seems that Berbatov and Rongguang have formed a tacit understanding, while Robinho feels a little dissociated from the system.

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PS, I'm sorry, last night's update was not displayed due to the website's convulsions, and the technical failure was not displayed. I only saw your messages when I woke up today, and I quickly asked the editor to help me fix it.It should be ready now, friends who haven't seen Chapter 62 can go to see it again, it should be displayed normally.

terribly sorry!

In addition, I went to Shenzhen to participate in the summit and came back. I flew twice in less than 48 hours. The flight time was six hours.
　PS, I'm sorry, last night's update was not displayed due to the website's convulsions, and the technical failure was not displayed. I only saw your messages when I woke up today, and I quickly asked the editor to help me fix it.It should be ready now, friends who haven't seen Chapter 62 can go to see it again, it should be displayed normally.

　　terribly sorry!

　　In addition, I went to Shenzhen to participate in the summit and came back. I flew twice in less than 48 hours. The flight time was six hours.
　　
　
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