Captain Football System

Chapter 325
The match between the Manchester City duo has always been eye-catching, especially after the two champion coaches of Guardiola and Mourinho came, and with the addition of Shen Peng, the standard king, this season is the center of the Premier League topic.

Those gimmicks that have been said countless times have been hyped up by the media.

At this time, Guardiola was standing by the side of the field, watching the training of the players, and kept touching his head, with an unsightly expression on his face.

It's not because of all kinds of media hype, but the current situation in Manchester City is not very good.

City are currently fourth, only three points ahead of fifth-placed Liverpool, and both teams have the same number of games remaining, so this game is important for them.

If they lose, although their goal difference is still higher than that of Liverpool, there must be no mistakes in the future, otherwise it is very likely that they will not even be able to play in the Champions League next season-if he leads a team that cannot even play in the Champions League after one season, it will be a joke.

But at this time, Manchester United came again and Shen Peng and Rashford cooperated with each other tacitly. When he was coaching Bayern Munich, he had suffered enough from Shen Peng and Mbappé.

For Manchester City, this game is not easy to play even at home.

So Guardiola tried every means to restrict Shen Peng, but Shen Peng is not the kind of player who can be restricted by saying restrictions.

……

On April 4, Manchester United challenged Manchester City away.

At Manchester City Stadium, Manchester United in red jerseys played a fierce game against Manchester City in blue jerseys.

In the previous match between the two teams this season, they were tied [-]-[-]. That time it was Manchester United's home court. Now Manchester City's home court, Manchester United's main center Ibrahimovic is also injured. It stands to reason that Manchester City should play better.

However, the situation on the field is somewhat different.

Although Manchester City is still very smooth when attacking, and occasionally cooperates skillfully, it has never been a big threat to Manchester United's goal.

Looking back at Manchester United, Shen Peng and Rashford are now cooperating more and more tacitly. They seem to have a chemical reaction. Every time they see each other, they perform better than the last time they saw each other.

So the offense of the two brought a lot of trouble to Manchester City's defense.

All 31 minutes, amidst the huge boos of the audience, Shen Peng shook past Manchester City's main midfielder Yaya Toure, who was put on the bench by Guardiola at the beginning of the season and only got the chance to play later, and then before the other two Manchester City players rushed over, he made a diagonal pass to the center!
The ball rolled to Rashford's feet, and Rashford didn't delay for half a second, and passed the ball back with one kick. At this time, Shen Peng had already thrown off the defenders, and took the lead with his own speed, preemptively controlling Rashford's return pass.

The cooperation between the two is just a simple wall-hitting cooperation, but Manchester City's defenders seem to have nothing to do!

After Shen Peng passed the ball, if they blocked Shen Peng, it would be easy to foul and get a card. If they didn't block, Shen Peng could forcibly widen the gap by relying on speed and receive a pass from Rashford!
So they can only find a way to defend Rashford. As long as Rashford is restricted, it will be much easier to defend Shen Peng alone.

However, Shen Peng's pass was extremely concealed just now, and the Manchester City players couldn't predict it at all. When Rashford ran towards the ball, it was too late for them to catch up, so this caused the three of their defenders to face Shen Peng and Shen Peng.

This cooperation was fatal for Manchester City, because when the ball fell to Shen Peng's feet again, he faced only Manchester City's goalkeeper Bravo!

In this case, Bravo had to attack to block Shen Peng's shooting angle, but Shen Peng already had a wealth of single-handed experience, and he saw that Bravo was defending his lob shot, so he just poked lightly, and the ball flew into the goal from Bravo's armpit.

One to zero.

Seeing this goal, Guardiola on the sidelines felt as if he had returned to Bayern Munich, while on the opposite side was their old rival Dortmund.

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In the 604th minute of the second half, Lingard dribbled the ball from the right and then passed it to Rashford. After seeing Lingard passing the ball, Rashford faced the direction of Lingard when someone was defending him. He knocked the ball directly with his heel, and the ball rolled from the foot of Fernandinho who was defending him to the left.

Fernandinho didn't expect Rashford to pass the ball without even looking at Shen Peng's position, without any warning, let alone him, even the experienced top central defenders in the world may not be able to defend against it.

Shen Peng ran towards the ball. At this moment, there were three Manchester City players around him. He didn't choose to force a breakthrough directly. When the ball rolled to his feet, he kicked up and passed back!

The ball flew to the middle, and Rashford ran to the ball!
If Rashford gets the ball first, Manchester City's goal will be in danger!

So Manchester City's players began to try to stop Rashford.

Rashford was also really affected by them, his speed was slower, and he seemed unable to reach Shen Peng's pass.

Otamendi breathed a sigh of relief, defending Shen Peng and Rashford, the nerves can't be relaxed at all. A negligence just now may lead to Shen Peng's successful pass.

However, after he saw the trajectory of the ball, his heart was suspended just after he let go!

Because the ball took a small turn and flew towards Manchester United's right!
Shen Peng can pass a curve ball, basically everyone knows it, but they didn't expect him to do it at this time, and if you look at it now, even if they don't block it, Rashford may not be able to touch the ball. Shen Peng didn't intend to pass to Rashford at all.

The ball had also flown to the right at this time, and Lingard suddenly ran out. At this time, he was in an unguarded state. After receiving the ball, he adjusted his posture and shot!
The ball flew into the goal trickily.

Two to zero!
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No. 707 minutes, when Rashford received the ball in the middle, Manchester City Kompany fouled because of defensive actions, and the referee gave Manchester United a free kick.

Seeing the referee's penalty, the home fans booed, but this was an obvious foul. They did it purely to support their team.

This free kick is even worse for Manchester City. They are still [-]-[-] behind. Shen Peng's free kick is also very powerful. If this free kick is scored again, then Manchester City will be over.

Without this free kick, the difference between the two goals, in the remaining ten minutes, if you are lucky, it is entirely possible to make it back.

(End of this chapter)