Ball King Pioneer

Chapter 108 Defensive Counterattack
The venue for today's game is the Etihad Stadium, but Manchester City fans are still used to calling it the Municipal Stadium. Tickets for this stadium with a capacity of more than 55000 people are hard to find today. Only one-third of the away team tickets that were originally sold were quickly snapped up within 20 minutes after the announcement of the two clubs.A small amount of remaining home team tickets were killed in seconds.Before entering the venue at night, scalpers had already been fired up to 500 pounds.

This time Lin Yi didn't ask the club for tickets for his friends. As an international company, Puma's influence is still large enough. They asked for a big box from Manchester City to receive Lin Yi's agent and Lin Yi's friends who came from Hong Kong specially.

The charity match with Balotelli was just an accident. Originally, he just wanted to help Balotelli pick up girls and take in a younger brother by the way, but who knew it would develop into such a big show, but Lin Yi was very happy to do the suggestion of the charity match.But Ji Dong always remembers that a game is a game. At this moment on the court, his identity is a player, and what he has to do is to do his best to help the team win.

However, the first goal is still the home team Manchester City.

In the 18th minute, Manchester City launched an attack after stealing from the midfield. Yaya Toure passed a pass to Aguero in seconds. Aguero broke into the penalty area and was saved by Howard. In a panic, Baines kicked the ball not far away, but it was caught by Yaya Toure outside the penalty area. How could the Ivorian miss such a good opportunity?

"1:0, in the 18th minute, Yaya Toure scored his first goal in the Premier League this season. This is a long-range shot he is very good at. We saw Lin trying to block this shot just now, but unfortunately it was still a step too late. It's a pity. I am a Lin fan, so I really want to see if Lin can show his magic when facing a strong team. I have no doubts about it. But it is a pity that I have to switch to his free kick debut after waiting for him. The BBC's bad decision..."

Watching the Manchester City players celebrating, Lin Yi could only shake his head helplessly. Manchester City's midfield overall is more than a little bit stronger than Everton's. Moreover, their defense is very distinctive, their running positions are very thoughtful, and each position has more than one point that can be filled. Mancini has contributed a lot, and their two starting forwards Aguero and Balotelli today are also in very good condition.Everton's situation is not very good, mainly because there is no possession of the ball. Since the opening 18 minutes, Lin Yi's several touches have been obtained through defense, and he has hardly made any decent cooperation with his teammates in the midfield.Looks like it's time for a change.So Ji Dong found the captain Phil Neville, and then Ji Dong and Neville switched positions, and Ji Dong became a midfielder.

Since only defense can have the ball, Lin Yi will try to defend well.The game restarted, and Manchester City still took the initiative. In the 22nd minute, Aguero and Silva hit the wall on the right side of the front court and then made a pass from the bottom. Clichy then tapped the ball and passed it back to the middle. Nasri got the ball and wanted to break into the penalty area.After Lin Yi stole the ball, Baines passed the ball back to Lin Yi who was standing up. Lin Yi faked a dunk over Balotelli and made a super long pass. Cahill, who had already run past the midfield, received the ball.

There is a play, that's how it came about, although it was destroyed, Ji Dong seems to have found a way to defend and counterattack, which is currently the best tactic.

Pienaar threw the ball from the sideline, Ji Dong pretended to shoot hard after receiving the ball, but crossed it to Rodwell on the left, Rodwell made a clever miss, the football was caught by Cahill who was in a better position, the Australian dribbled the ball into the penalty area, he dodged Clichy's defense, and just when he was about to hit the goal, Kompany slammed into Cahill again, Cahill fell to the ground, and the football rolled out of the baseline.The referee did not say anything, the goal kick, this penalty immediately attracted strong dissatisfaction from the Everton players, but the referee insisted on the penalty.

A suspected penalty kick was not awarded, and Everton's blow did not stop. One minute later, Silva was brought down by Phil Neville on the right side of the midfield, and the captain of Everton received a yellow card.Osman also received a yellow card for a foul on Richards in the 1th minute.Everton got tougher.

Although he has found a way to deal with it, the strong ball-handling ability of the Manchester City team still allows Lin Yi to make up for the shortcomings by running.Everton is still weak on offense.In the 38th minute, Richards made a pass from the right, and Balotelli shot over the crossbar in the middle of the restricted area.In the 41st minute, Richards received Sri's cross from the right and was cleared. After a few header fights, the ball landed at Barry's feet. Manchester City took a long shot 25 yards from the goal near the top of the midfield arc. Howard confiscated the ball.In the 45th minute, Aguero shot the ball from the left, and Howard risked injury to grab the ball in front of Balotelli.

At the end of the first half, the two sides returned to the locker room. The Everton players waited for Moyes' criticism, but this time Moyes did not go crazy.

"The problem on the field is obvious. There is indeed a certain gap between our strength and theirs. Of course, there are certain problems in my employment. Lin and Phil's adjustments are correct. In the second half, Lin and you continued to play in the midfielder position, and we played defensive counterattacks. The teams we faced at the beginning of the season were generally not strong. Now I hope you put your mind on it. , this is our chance."

"Through the competition in the first half, Everton led 1:0. At the beginning of the second half, we saw that Everton defended with all their strength, leaving only Cahill cruising next to the opponent's back line. This also gave the opponent's back line a reminder. Although neither side has changed players, Everton's tactics have completely changed."

In the second half, Aguero changed sides and fought again. In the 46th minute, Aguero forced Coleman to shoot from a small angle from the right, but there was no angle. The football flew out of the baseline.In the 48th minute, Barry returned to the frontcourt. Aguero searched hard but couldn't find a teammate who could respond. He had to choose a long shot, and the football went above the crossbar.In the 51st minute, Nasri and Yaya Toure cooperated in the center and split to the left after Lin Yi. Barry's cross found Balotelli, and Fellaini and Balotelli won the header competition.

Watching Manchester City's indiscriminate bombing, the home fans applauded frequently, but Mancini smelled danger. Everton shrunk too hard. Even their midfielder Lin Yi didn't do too much possession of the ball but chose to clear the siege.In the 60th minute, Mancini made a substitution and replaced Barry with high center Dzeko. The change was 433. Dzeko was nailed into the Everton penalty area like a nail, and Manchester City was going to attack wildly.

In the 63rd minute, Nasri dribbled the ball past Phil Neville and did not choose to split the ball. He wanted to find confidence in Lin Yi. If he could make a breakthrough, he would make a breakthrough.But still, Nasri did not expect that Lin Yi, who was still a few meters away from the left front, would choose to step forward suddenly. This was exactly what Nasri wanted. As long as Lin Yi's attacking speed increases, it will not be easy to turn around.The body swayed, and the left foot turned the ball to the right, and then to the left. Nasri became famous in the Premier League with this trick, and everyone would naturally think that this time is no exception.But this time Nasri suddenly stabbed the ball towards Ji Dong's left, and then ran across Ji Dong's right. He was confident that Ji Dong could catch up with him even if he turned around so fast, the worst would be to pass the ball himself.

"The Frenchman's breakthrough, the man's ball was passed, the rhythm changed suddenly, beautiful, Lin Yi's beautiful interception, Lin Yi's steal..."

Although Ji Dong's center of gravity was shifted to the right by Nasri's sudden pass, his right foot became his support point. At this time, he really couldn't take a right stride, but if he couldn't stop the ball, let alone the opportunity to counterattack, there would be a big gap in the defense behind him.In desperation, Ji Dong's left foot moved and stretched behind his right foot, the scissors kick intercepted, and the football was stopped by Ji Dong.

The situation reversed, Manchester City's 433-[-]-[-] formation was too forward, Nasri just responded to the defender's pass, Lin Yi only had the defender and half the field in front of him.Without any hesitation, poke the ball and accelerate.

Kompany was the first to react. He was most afraid that Ji Dong would increase his speed, so he was the first to step forward to intercept.Ji Dong’s approach is the same as that of the French, and the ball is also divided, but when Ji Dong pokes the ball, he is more powerful and the football speed is too fast. Even if Kompany does not lose his focus, it is still too late to change anything.But he only pulled a little bit of the hem of his clothes, and then Ji Dong officially started to take off.

After passing Kompany, there was a smooth road ahead for Lin Yi. Because Lescott was entangled by Cahill, Lin Yi easily passed him. The two full-backs, Richards and Chrissy, did not dare to step forward to intercept.When Ji Dong's speed reached the limit, Ji Dong was still 20 meters away from the goal. At this time, Ji Dong was already single-handedly, and then he saw England goalkeeper Joe Hart abandon the goal and go out.

Joe Hart relaxed the entire first half, and he thought he would relax the whole game.But Nasri's clever performance messed everything up. Ji Dong was running crazy, no one could catch up, and he could only wait to die in the penalty area. He knew that attacking was also very dangerous, but he would rather fight on the line of the penalty area, so he chose to attack. He was also very much looking forward to a face-to-face contest with the current Premier League No.However……

Ji Dong didn't give Joe Hart a chance to face off. Ji Dong, who was running, suddenly hit the goal with a big foot, and the football took off in an instant, lobbing!
　I’ve been conceiving a big chapter these days, and I want to write it to be more exciting, but I’m afraid that the real Liverpool fans won’t like it, but the novel is entertainment, so everyone just laughs, so if there are Liverpool fans, don’t complain.Ask for a ticket!

　　
　
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