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Chapter 824 There is not much time left for Robinho
Don't look at Robinho also stepped forward to celebrate after Rong Guang's goal, but he was actually quite anxious in his heart. Berbatov had already assisted once, and he hadn't shown any performance in the attack yet...

He wants to score...

After scoring twice in the last FA Cup game, the pressure on Berbatov has been significantly reduced, and now the pressure has been transferred to himself.

Before the game, when the media saw that he had returned to the starting roster, they began to criticize and comment on him again.

Robinho has seen those words, and he really wants to score goals in the game to silence those who laugh at him.

Like Rong Guang, he chose to go to Manchester City, which was seen by many people as giving up his competitive future in order to make money.

But no one knew that he chose Manchester City precisely for his own competitive future.

But judging from the first half of the season, his choice really failed...

After half a season, he was planning to give up his previous ideas, and just make enough money with the champion of Manchester City. As for the championship honors...for him, they are like floating clouds.

Brazilian players are easy to be lazy, and once they lose their fighting spirit, they will degenerate very quickly.

Robinho had planned to hang around like this, but the last FA Cup game gave him a lot of stimulation.

Why did he come to Manchester City in the first place?
The scene of making the decision resurfaced before his eyes.

At that time, he was sitting in his own home in Madrid, watching Rong Guang's fast-moving figure on the TV, and his heart was also stirred up.

It was his first official game back after eight months of serious injury, but he ran as fast as before, disrupting Aston Villa's defense and making them restless.There are also fast players in Aston Villa, but in the face of glory, all of them were defeated.

At that time, Robinho looked at Rong Guang's figure and really felt that there was nothing in this world that could stop him.

So he decided to come to Manchester City, thinking that Manchester City has such an honor, so the results will not be too bad, right?

After adding myself, competing for the Premier League championship is definitely not a dream!

As a result, the cruel reality gave him a head-on blow.

But now, he intends to prove it again to those who hate him.

He Robinho is not some kind of "empty door does not enter the emperor"!
That's what he planned, but after the game started, he didn't seem to be integrated into the team's offense.Seeing that Rong Guang and Berbatov cooperated tacitly and sparked frequently, but nothing happened to him, he was very anxious.

But his pride did not allow him to ask Rong Guang for help, saying "Rong you pass the ball to me, I want to score a goal".

How do you say that he was also a rising star known as "Pelé's successor"...

then what should we do?

Looking at Rong Guang who was still celebrating his goal with his teammates, Robinho thought of Rong Guang running wildly in the match against Aston Villa.

"...If you really want to win, then what you should do now is not to be a spectator, with the mentality of leaving everything to Rong. You should try to keep yourself up to Rong's speed..."

Benitez's words suddenly sounded in his mind.

Robinho knew what to do.

Then run.

Try to keep up with Rongguang's speed.

When Rongguang was attacking, he ran desperately. If he appeared in a good position like Berbatov, maybe Rongguang would pass the football over?
If you run away, you may not be able to get a chance.But if you don't run... there will never be a chance!
This is a very simple truth, but Robinho understood it so clearly for the first time.

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No one cared what Robinho was thinking with his head bowed, Benitez and his assistants were celebrating a goal, and Portsmouth's manager Paul Hart was feeling annoyed about conceding a goal.

Rongguang's speed...how could you forget this?
Oh shit!

Now that the ball is conceded, how will we play the next game?
Press out to attack?I'm afraid I will lose more balls, right?

Or shrink the defense, and wait patiently for a suitable counterattack opportunity under the premise of ensuring that the ball will not continue to be lost?

In the end Paul Hart chose the latter.

It's just a conceded goal. Judging from Manchester City's previous performance, there is still hope.

What he should avoid is like the last FA Cup game, if Manchester City score another goal in a short period of time, it will really be over.

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When Portsmouth completely recovered their defense, Manchester City's defensive counterattack could not be played, and they had to fight positional warfare.

Moreover, Portsmouth's defense against Rongguang has become stricter. All kinds of fouls or actions close to fouls are aimed at preventing Manchester City's core Rongguang from taking the ball well and preventing Manchester City's offense from running smoothly.

Time passed by in this tug-of-war, and the first half was over. Neither side scored any more goals. The score was fixed at 1:0, and Manchester City temporarily took the lead in the away game.

Portsmouth shrank even harder in the second half, and they looked as if they had given up attacking.

Portsmouth's adjustment was successful and they kept City scoreless for the first 10 minutes of the second half.

No matter how hard Rong Guang, Berbatov, Elano and others tried, they just couldn't seal the victory.

Leading by only one goal is a very dangerous thing for them.Manchester City's defense is not very good. They have conceded 34 goals in the [-] league rounds. No team in the top [-] of the league has conceded more goals than this, which shows that the relationship between defense and results is very direct.

Manchester City's problem in the first half of the season is not just a lack of attack.

Seeing that Manchester City has been unable to score again, many people began to worry habitually - the opponents in the FA Cup are too weak, which cannot reflect the true level of Manchester City. This game may be the real test of Benitez's Manchester City...

Maybe, Manchester City will concede another goal before the end of the game, turning the three points in hand into one point...

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Marc Bowen stood beside Benitez and asked: "Are there any adjustments? The game is over with ten minutes left..."

What he meant was to remind Benitez to pay attention to defense, don't lose the game at the last moment, that would be too wronged...

In fact, Benitez has been thinking about this issue before.

Rong Guang and Berbatov performed well in this match, especially in the positional battle, Berbatov played a greater role than he imagined, so if there is an adjustment, it is impossible to replace these two people.

To strengthen the defense, now it seems that only one Robinho can be replaced.

He didn't change Robinho before because he saw that Robinho's attitude in the game was obviously different from before, and he was more active, so he wanted to give this active player some opportunities and time. If he can score a goal through his own initiative, it would be great.

But now, the game has progressed to the last 15 minutes, scoring is no longer important, what is important is defense.

At this time, Robinho can only be replaced by defensive players to strengthen the team's defense.

He has given Robinho enough time, he can't help himself if he doesn't score a goal, and he can't be kept on the court forever. If Portsmouth equalizes the score in the end, who will be to blame?

Thinking of this, he nodded: "Okay, tell Richards to warm up."

Mark Bowen led the way.

Soon, Richards got up from the bench and ran to the warm-up area.

The TV broadcast seemed to understand too, and after turning the camera to the warm-up area, it gave Robinho a close-up.

The commentator Mortensen said: "Richards is going to warm up. It seems that Benitez is going to strengthen his defense. In this case, Robinho should be replaced. His attitude in this game is much more positive than before, but he still failed to score. And from a tactical point of view, Robinho is the player who has made the least contribution to the team. Rong is definitely impossible to leave the field. Berbatov can form an offensive fulcrum in the frontcourt. Limited, can't play out..."

"Maybe this summer, Robinho will leave Manchester City..." Alan Hansen spread his hands beside him and said.

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Robinho didn't cast his gaze off the field, he didn't seem to know that he was about to be replaced, he was still trying to find and wait for an opportunity.

Since he moved to Manchester City, he has never been so devoted to the game... It has almost reached the state of ecstasy.

5 minutes passed, and the game entered No.80 minutes.

In the past 5 minutes, Portsmouth no longer just blindly defended, they began to try to attack, grasping Manchester City's eagerness to seal the victory, and played some counterattacks.

Manchester City's defensive pressure began to increase.

At the same time, Richards has also finished warming up and returned to the coaching bench. Assistant coach Mark Bowen is holding a tactical board and explaining to him his tasks after playing.

Half a minute later, he walked to the sidelines with the fourth official, who was still holding an electronic reminder card for substitutions in his hand.

This is about to be replaced.

But at this time there is no dead ball on the court, so there is no way to make an immediate substitution.The fourth official bowed his head to enter the number on the sign, and Richards was next to him, twisting his hips, bouncing and moving.

To paraphrase a famous commentary - there is not much time left for Robinho now...

At this time, Portsmouth launched an offensive. The game entered No. 80 minutes, and there was not much time left for them, so their offensive was much more violent than before.You must know that the purpose of their shrinking defense is definitely not to lose a few goals, but to counterattack at the last moment. If they don't press out to attack, what's the point of not conceding the ball before?They are already behind the score!

On the wing, Jermaine Pennant, who came to Portsmouth on loan from Liverpool this season, received the ball, and he was about to sway Sun Hai who was in front of him.

Sun Hai was not reused under Mark Hughes in the first half of the season. In Mark Hughes' view, Sun Hai really wanted Rong Guang to adapt to life in Manchester City as soon as possible. His role was off the court, not on the court.

However, with the arrival of Benitez, Sun Hai, who was serious and active in training, also began to get the chance to play games.

In the previous FA Cup match against Nottingham Forest, Sun Hai appeared in the starting list, and it is the same for this game.

In the first half, he played another excellent defense in front of the goal, successfully interfering with Nugent, preventing the opponent from kicking Crouch's ferry and preventing Manchester City from being scored first.

This time, facing Pennant's breakthrough, he also acted very decisively. He saw the timing, stepped forward suddenly, broke the ball under Pennant's feet, then circled behind Pennant, caught up with the football that was stabbed by him near the sideline, and then kicked forward with a big kick!
At the same time, Rong Guang near the middle circle also started to speed up, chasing the football!

The atmosphere in the stands changed suddenly. The cheers of the home team fans who were still cheering for Portsmouth before were replaced by boos and roars. They panicked-this is another counterattack!

(End of this chapter)