legendary player [football]

Mourinho sternly trained several players who were in important positions on the field but whose performance was not satisfactory.Once the locker room door is closed, outsiders have no way of knowing what is going on inside.He reminded him to do a good job of defense, and then look for opportunities, especially counterattacks when the opponent makes a mistake.Fortunately, the counterattack didn't come out, and the defense continued to make such low-level mistakes for him, which almost killed the madman, so the words he said naturally didn't sound very good.

Several team members were scolded by him until their faces were blue and red, and they sat in their seats and dared not make a sound.

But a famous coach like Uncle Psy who has experienced many battles is naturally well versed in the strategy of giving a candy after a slap.After the training, he changed the subject again: "Everyone worked very hard in the first half, and the opponent's tactics were very successful. We will inevitably make mistakes under high pressure, but I hope we can try our best to overcome such mistakes in the second half. You have already deeply realized How terrible the opponent is. Now we are 0-2 behind at home, and the opponent is Manchester City. But this is only the first half of the game, we still have 45 minutes, anything can happen, what will the result be, that It depends on your next performance."

Mourinho glanced at the players present one by one with a serious expression, all of them looked heavy because of the disadvantaged situation in the first half.No one dared to look at him eye to eye at this moment.Except for Leo, he calmly raised his head to accept the other party's gaze for a moment, and there was no wave in his amber eyes.

Then Faria pushed the tactical board over, and Mourinho made new arrangements based on his own ideas, mainly targeting De Bruyne and Sterling, who were active in the first half.He let Pogba mainly mark De Bruyne, and let Fellaini mark Sterling.Bailey and Blind do their jobs as central defenders, helping each other defend to ensure the safety of the goal.

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester United used up two substitution places at once.And Leo guessed right before, both Musitalian and Lingard were taken down.Instead it was Herrera and himself.

This surprised Leo a little. He thought Mourinho would send Martial on the field, but he had to wait at least 70 minutes to replace the captain or Fellaini.However, Mourinho actually gave him a full 45 minutes of performance time, which finally gave him the energy he had been holding back from the beginning of the game.

Manchester City's right-back Sagna is Leo's teammates in the French team, and the two participated in this summer's European Cup together.Because of the large differences in age and personality in all aspects, Leo did not communicate with him much after competitions and training.Up to now, Leo's impression of him is still at the level that he has a very beautiful wife.

The two met in the player tunnel, Sania patted his head enthusiastically, and Leo smiled back.After playing, his position happened to be Lingard's left midfielder in the first half, and he was directly facing his national team teammate.

The person behind Leo is left-back Luke Shaw. He is less than a year older than Leo, but he moved to Manchester United from Southampton for £3000 million two years ago, setting a record at the age of 20. The highest transfer records for the following players.Of course, this record was broken by Martial last year.

In the UEFA Champions League group stage in September last year, Luke Shaw was knocked down by the scissor legs of the Eindhoven player, resulting in a fracture of the calf tibia. He did not come back until March this year and started training with the first team.It is undoubtedly a major blow for the young defender to experience such a serious injury.In the first few games after his comeback, people can always feel that he is cautious on the court, so that he can't let it go in many cases.

At the beginning of the second half, Leo was a little worried about his teammates behind him, so he limited his range of activities to the left, and was more active in participating in the return defense, but because the opponent was robbed of his job by him, instead Push it forward.

In a cooperative defense, the two easily took the ball from De Bruyne's feet, and Leo quickly transferred the ball to Valencia on the other side.Turning around, he found his teammates smiling at him, and Luke Shaw said softly: "Give me your back, and you can be more free in the frontcourt."

In the usual training, Leo didn't communicate much with him, but suddenly hearing such words on the field made Leo feel the feeling of fighting side by side with his teammates.

From the beginning of the second half, Manchester City still used their previous tactics, focusing on short passes and ball possession.They have already led by 2 goals, so there is no need to rush to attack. As long as they control the situation well and suppress Manchester United firmly, they can easily take three points from their cousin's house in this world-renowned Manchester derby.

Manchester United still focused on defensive counterattacks, and the midfield was completely controlled by Manchester City. Most of the time, the ball was directly driven to the frontcourt through simple and rude methods such as long passes.After communicating with Luke Shaw, Leo returned to the defense and only went to the midfield, no longer going deep, and was ready to respond to the counterattack of his teammates at any time.And his running range is no longer limited to the left, but extends to the entire midfield area.

It was another attack from Manchester City, the ball was cleared by Manchester United's defense, and Blind sent a long pass to the frontcourt.Leo always pays attention to the positions of himself and the opponent's defender. He didn't turn around and rush towards the opponent's penalty area until his teammates hit the ball.

His starting speed was too fast. Stones and Otamendi, two of the most expensive central defenders in the Premier League, wanted to chase back but couldn't run him at all. After a few steps, they could only look at Leo's back and sigh.

Leo's placement of the ball was quite accurate, and only him and the opponent's goalkeeper Bravo were left facing each other in the penalty area.The Chilean's attack was quite decisive, but Leo got the ball immediately, but at the moment the ball stopped, Leo's attention was completely on the ball, and he tripped unexpectedly, and he was brought down by Bravo on the ground.

The Manchester United players who followed immediately raised their hands to signal the referee. This was an obvious foul, and there was no doubt about the penalty.However, what was unexpected was that the line referee had already raised the flag to indicate that Leo was offside.

Leo was a little dissatisfied with this penalty, because he always paid attention to the opponent's and his own position before his teammates passed the ball, and he thought he was not offside.But the linesman had already raised the flag, and the video of the game could not be played back on the spot. No matter how unwilling the Manchester United players were, they could only obey the referee's penalty.

Neville and Carragher in the broadcast room watched this moment together with 9 million viewers in front of the TV through various angles, slow motion playback and game simulation.

Neville said: "I don't think the ball was offside, Leo's start came after the ball was passed."

Carragher felt his partner was rolling his eyes and talking nonsense: "No, he's offside, look at his elbow."

Neville argued unconvinced: "That's because you slowed down with a high-speed lens. Of course, you can also say that his finger is offside, and the jersey blown by the wind is offside. May I ask what the linesman's eyes were at that moment?" Hawkeye can actually see the 1cm offside at the elbow from his position."

Carragher shrugged: "Anyway, this is a pretty accurate call, Leo is offside. But his speed is amazing, and I don't think it is his full speed."

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The game continued after this small episode. De Bruyne and Silva still created many threats in front of Manchester United through their running positions and tricky passes from their teammates.

Ten minutes into the second half, the game is still 10-2.Valencia took the ball on the right and forced a breakthrough past Fernandinho.When David Silva returned to the defense, he put a shovel behind him and knocked Valencia to the ground.He received a yellow card for this, and United won a set-kick just over the halfway line.

Pogba flicked the ball out and combined with Valencia, who was on the edge, before forcing a pass over Kolarov and crossing the penalty area.

Bravo's performance today is very eye-catching. This is his first game from Barcelona to Manchester City. He tried his best to prove himself in front of Guardiola and Manchester City fans.He is bold and often appears outside the penalty area as a point that can pass and control, and every time Manchester United creates a threat in front of the goal, he can also make a very decisive attack without dragging his feet.

Leo looked at the path of the ball and made a good prediction. Just when he was about to step forward to fight for the first spot, he suddenly heard Bravo speaking in Spanish in front of the goal.Leo stopped when he was about to step forward, and turned his head to look at Stones, who was about to defend him.The other party didn't seem to hear Bravo at all, or as an Englishman he didn't understand Spanish at all.

But Leo understood, and Bravo shouted "Leave this ball to me to handle".And after he finished shouting, he rushed up and jumped up to catch the ball in the air.However, Stones also rushed forward, trying to clear the ball with his header.

Leo watched the two of them rushing towards the ball's landing point without slowing down, and took half a step back on a whim.The next second, the two collided as expected. Bravo had already touched the ball, but he let go because of Stones' interference.

The ball happened to land in front of Leo, who had taken half a step back before. It was not easy to stop the ball at this height, just below his chest and above his waist.Without even thinking about it, Leo raised his legs and swept across the air.He was more careful when he touched the ball, and the arch of his foot was slightly raised.Because of this subtle movement, the ball had an arc, and it just passed over the heads of the Manchester City players in front and hung straight into the dead corner of the goal.

After a few seconds of silence, the theater of dreams, which was full of seats, burst into screams like a tsunami, and Leo's name resounded throughout the sky of Old Trafford.

"Rearkable goal Leo Fernandez pulled one back for Manchester United What can I say? This unexpected goal not only proves how smart he is, but also fully demonstrates his flexibility. Maybe he can practice gymnastics" Galliner Will was incoherent with excitement.

Carragher immediately yelled at him: "I'm afraid not, there is no such tall gymnast."

"I'm just making a metaphor."

"Well, I admit that it is quite difficult to shoot from this height and posture. If someone else raises their legs so high, it may be messed up."

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After scoring the goal, Leo used running to calm down his agitated emotions.He has never been an emotional person, and he really can't do the unconventional way of celebrating like Griezmann.Running and smiling at fans is the best way for him to release his emotions.Teammates came over to celebrate with him one after another, but it was just a hug or a pat on the head.