Football: From becoming a god-level striker

Tottenham's quick counterattack directly found Sun Xingmin. Sun Xingmin wanted to use his speed to get rid of it, but Tottenham's left side happened to be Manchester City's right side, and Manchester City's right side was guarded by Kyle Walker.

Walker's speed is considered top among full-backs, his body is strong, and he knows Sun Xingmin very well.

So this time, Sun Xingmin didn't get what he wanted like the first time.

The first head-to-head confrontation between the two ended with Kyle Walker winning.

Walker swept the ball with one kick. Sun Xingmin felt a little helpless, closed his eyes and looked up.

After the rapid offensive and defensive transition in the opening rounds, the rhythm of the two teams eased down.

For almost ten minutes, there was no particularly brilliant threat attack.

Although Manchester City's players vowed to beat Tottenham at the Etihad, they were not too anxious. Sane had two passing problems, which slowed down Manchester City's offense.

And Tottenham Ali has always wanted to prove himself. He wanted to speed up and sprint with the ball a few times, but he always fell into the double-team of Manchester City. Watching the flying in the midfield, there is no danger zone at all. hit the door.

Although the scene was not exciting enough, the shouts of the fans in the Etihad stands were absolutely higher than the waves.

There was even a large wave of people, magnificent and magnificent.

In this game, not only the Manchester City players were suffocated, but the Manchester City fans were even more outraged than the players.

In the first round of the match, famous football commentators and experts came out and accused the referee of being unprofessional and Tottenham's immorality.

Many people feel unfair for Manchester City. Of course, the most angry are Manchester City fans. They are the most uncomfortable seeing their team suffer unfairly.

Their emotions for the team even surpassed that of players, coaches, and management.

After all, players will transfer, coaches may leave, management and even owners will change, but the fans have been watching and guarding the team!

They are cheering on the Manchester City players and putting pressure on the Tottenham players.

The fans are eager to see Manchester City kicking against Tottenham, the Tottenham kick is pungent, the nose is bruised, and the shit is the best!

"You see, although this Zhao Gang is standing in the midfielder position, his responsibility is not to defend. In the past, he retreated to get the ball in the frontcourt. Now he directly takes the ball in the backcourt and rushes to the frontcourt."

Zhao Gang stands at the back, which can get the ball faster and more stably when switching from defense to offense. After he gets the ball, he can choose to go straight to find his teammates in the frontcourt, or he can quickly get the ball and advance.

This time, Zhao Gang did not choose to look for Sane, but took the ball all the way across the center line.

Facing some relatively weak teams, Sane can pass and shoot suddenly, but facing a team with a strong midfielder like Tottenham, he shows some discomfort.

His own ability and the tacit understanding of cooperating with his teammates have become some shortcomings.

He still needs time to get used to the rhythm.

Ali tried to intercept Zhao Gang, but his defensive level was not high, and it was difficult to break the ball from Zhao Gang's feet.

Zhao Gang easily got rid of Ali's entanglement, cooperated with Sane, and has reached the hinterland of the Tottenham team.

Without hesitation, Sane kicked the ball to Zhao Gang.

He has just arrived and doesn't know much about the specific situation in the team, but on the court, if he gives the ball to Zhao Gang, his teammates will definitely not criticize his choice.

After Zhao Gang received the ball, he kicked the ball into Tottenham's penalty area.

This is a common cooperation between him and Aguero. Jesus' running position is quite good and he can receive Zhao Gang's pass.

It's a pity that he couldn't complete the turn in the penalty area, let alone hit the goal.

If it was Aguero, when Zhao Gang passed the ball, he was already in a half-turned state, and he could sweep the ball when it arrived, regardless of whether he scored or not, this attack would definitely be successful.

Verhengtong broke the ball with one kick.

Jesus covered his head, annoyed.

This is the Premier League, not Brazil.

Some of his habits still haven't changed.

It is absolutely no problem to handle this kind of ball in Brazil, but the defensive level of central defenders in the Premier League is much better than that in Brazil.

A fleeting opportunity, if you don't seize it, you will miss it.

Especially Tottenham's double central defenders have almost created the best central defense in the Premier League.

With this adjustment, Jesus must have no chance to complete the shot.

Zhao Gang shook his head. The three new recruits are expensive, but when it comes to tough battles, only one Kyle Walker is reliable.

The other two still need to grow up.

After Tottenham won the ball, goalkeeper Lloris directly found Sun Xingmin on the left with a big kick.

From the moment Sun Xingmin came to Tottenham, Lori didn't like to see this fast winger. The reason is very simple. Sun Xingmin is Asian, and Asian football is too backward. Lori thinks that the level of Asian players is not worthy. Tottenham.

However, it took Sun Xingmin more than a season to prove his ability, so now Lori is willing to directly find Sun Xingmin to play a fast break.

"Ouba!! Sun Xingmin Oppa!!"

"Rush, kill, the time has come to prove us!!"

"Tottenham is the strongest, No. [-] in Asia!!"

The audience in Stick Country went crazy.

"Captain Lori found Sun Xingmin directly. What kind of trust is this? He has been recognized by top European players. This is Sun Xingmin's strength! He represents the strongest level in Asia!"

After Sun Xingmin received the ball, he dribbled the ball forward. This time he did not choose to break through the baseline because Kyle Walker defended so well.

This time Sun Xingmin directly chose to cut inside!

And between the lightning and the flint, Sun Xingmin stepped out of the space and shot directly with a kick!

"Sun Xingmin!! Oops, it's a pity that the kick was high, but it can also reflect Sun Xingmin's confidence and status in the team!

With a super shooter like Kane in the team, Sun Xingmin can still be used as the team's second offensive point. This kind of tactical status is almost nonexistent among the players in Asia. Almost all other Asian players are role players. Be defensive, be a support, facing this kind of opportunity, it is impossible for them to shoot. "

"Well, yes, they can't escape this kind of opportunity, this is Son Xingmin!"

"Hahaha……"

Kane ran all the way from the middle to the penalty area to respond. Seeing Sun Xingmin's choice, he didn't show anything.

I feel a little depressed. Both Sun Xingmin and Ali are a little abnormal today, and the choices they made are extremely abnormal.

The two sides were different from the first time they played against each other. The first time they kicked in the dark, they kept fighting each other.

This time, Tottenham changed their tactics and focused on defense.

Especially in the midfield, Zhao Gang's position is relatively late, so his advancing time will be longer.

Tottenham players were given time to fully prepare.

Ali, Eriksson and even Dell took turns to play, especially Ali, he would go over to interfere as soon as Zhao got the ball. If he couldn't defend, he would even make a direct tactical foul, pull, push, or even fall to the ground.

The referee stopped the game several times.

But no cards were given.

In the eyes of the referee, these fouls are not enough to warrant a yellow card.

This is the brilliance of professional players. They are easy to get cards for fouls in dangerous areas, but in the midfield, they can control their own scale very well, so that the referee cannot draw cards.

Zhao Gang is also secretly learning these things, preparing to be the sixth child, not only able to interrupt the opponent's attack, but also to improve his mentality.

He has learned a lot from Fernandinho. In this game, he was treated like this, and he was ready to try.

For a gentleman midfielder like Modric, Zhao Gang will not easily foul, even if he is badly beaten, he will not intentionally pull and make trouble.

This is a tacit court respect.

For Ali, Zhao Gang did not intend to play gentleman football.

Repay virtue with virtue, and repay grievance with directness.

When Ali gets the ball, it is not so easy to break through Zhao Gang.

As long as he turned his back, Zhao Gang would pull a handful of clothes from behind, poke Ali's waist secretly, and even pull his arm directly, making it extremely difficult for Ali to hold the ball.

This kind of small action, let alone a yellow card, the referee will not even consider it a foul.

"You know this, huh?? That's all you can do, huh?" Ali was quite annoyed by the harassment, and kept talking trash to Zhao Gang.

Zhao Gang ignored him at all, and even kicked Ali to the ground when he broke through with the ball.

Ali, who was overwhelmed by the disturbance, stood up and wanted to talk to Zhao Gang, but this was at Blue Moon's home court, the fans booed frantically, and Fernandinho Otamendi also rushed over quickly.

Ali stiffened his neck, his eyes were full of anger, and the two directly confronted each other.

Ali's physical fitness is good, Zhao Gang's physical resistance is stronger, and in terms of momentum, Ali is more like an incompetent and furious child. Zhao Gang tilted his head and didn't take him seriously at all.

The referee hurried over, pulled the two apart, and then warned Zhao Gang that if there was another foul like this, he would be punished!

Ali was dragged away by his teammates angrily, and Fernandinho muttered in a low voice, "You can't do this, you have to give him a hard elbow in the confrontation! That would hurt more, and it would be hard for the referee to judge whether you did it on purpose or not. Unintentionally, it's not easy to give cards..."

"Understood." Zhao Gang nodded.

These things have to be learned.

It's not that you don't learn well, but that you learn how to protect yourself so that you won't be bullied by others.

When Tottenham failed to attack again, Zhao Gang received the ball and moved forward quickly.

This time, he didn't give Ali any chance, and directly changed direction, leaving Ali behind.

If Ali dares to tackle the ball behind him now, there is a high probability that he will receive a red card, so he can only quickly keep up with Zhao Gang.

For Tottenham's two defensive midfielders, Dell usually responds in advance, and Wanyama hardly leaves his defensive area.

Wanyama's strongest is defensive interception.

It is Tottenham's first strong line of defense in the backcourt.

After Zhao Gang passed Ali, Dell kept approaching Zhao Gang's position. Zhao Gang advanced to the midfield and the No.1 he encountered was Wanyama.

Known as intercepting monsters, it can be seen his defensive level and confrontation ability.

His tackles, interceptions, and blocking positions are all top-notch.

Tottenham's defense can be so stable, and Wanyama has to take a lot of credit.

He likes tackles, he likes tackles, and probably the only thing holding him back from being a top player is his offensive ability.

Long balls, even short ones, are not his forte, his involvement in offense is too low.

It is also for this reason that he is more focused on defense.

So when Zhao Gang faced this kind of pure defensive midfielder, the first thing he thought of was to observe the position of his teammates instead of directly attacking without thinking.

Like Ali, once he can't break through, he will fall into the double-teaming of front, back, left, and right, and the situation will be very ugly.

However, the position of the teammates is not very good. De Bruyne and Sterling have almost no receiving points, and Sane's running position is really not tacit enough. It is difficult to pass the ball to the position.

Zhao Gang didn't even think about passing it backwards, so he would miss this opportunity.

When he continues to break through, he will attract more defenses, so that his teammates can have better running space.

However, it would obviously waste a lot of time to break through head-on.

Zhao Gang directly pushed the ball to the extremely aggressive Kyle Walker.

Walker's defense is very strong, and his offensive support ability is also excellent.

The key is his willingness to attack and his awareness of running positions is very good.

This is one of the reasons why Guardiola fancy him.

After passing the ball, Zhao Gang continued to move forward.

Wanyama saw through Zhao Gang's intentions. He wanted to cooperate with Kyle Walker, so Wanyama did not give up marking Zhao Gang.

Wanyama even saw Kyle Walker's passing idea and route, and wanted to intercept it immediately.

But Kyle Walker passed the ball, and Zhao Gang blocked Wanyama in advance.

Resisted him directly!

This intercepting monster is strong and strong, and the last thing he fears is physical confrontation.

This time, this top defensive midfielder met his opponent, and it felt like this young man was even stronger than him!

Wanyama pushed Zhao Gang hard, as if hitting a wall!

Not only did Zhao Gang not lose his center of gravity, but he was a little passive to stay away from Zhao Gang's position.

Wanyama was directly pushed away...

"Wanyama! May be Tottenham's strongest player in physical confrontation. He didn't squeeze Zhao! He was even worse in physical confrontation!

Zhao's physical confrontation seems to be stronger now!

This direct physical confrontation reminded me of Zhao’s confrontation with Casemiro in the Champions League. Although Zhao succeeded at that time, it was still a bit difficult. This time he faced Wanyama, he seemed to have exhausted all his strength. ah! "

After squeezing Wanyama away, Zhao Gang kicked the ball, and Tottenham players surrounded him one after another. At this time, Zhao Gang had a very good attacking option!

"Wanyama! It seems to be a little worse. Compared with Casemiro, he is not good enough. It is really unrealistic to defend Zhao Gang alone!"

After Wanyama was passed by Zhao Gang, he was a little anxious. He didn't expect that this young boy, a native of Longguo from Asia, would be so strong in physical confrontation.

So he turned around and followed quickly, and directly shoveled from the side!

This action is a bit unsteady. Once he shovels someone first, he will at least get a yellow card, and he may be sent off with a red card!

On Zhao Gang's side, he took a big step forward!

His speed was already fast, and Wanyama still needed to turn around. This time, Wanyama made a mistake. What was even more frightening was that Ali, who had returned from the defense, wanted to interfere with Zhao Gang. Ali fell to the ground!

"Wanyama, knocked Ali who was chasing back to the ground, and Zhao Gang got a very good opportunity to attack! This defense, which I love, has a very big problem! Look at this attack!"

Tottenham's double central defenders quickly stood up and defended. The two of them did not expect that Wanyama was so easily blocked and squeezed out of his position, and he also shoveled Ali who was supplementing the defense!

In this way, Zhao Gang faced the central defender directly!

Alderweireld is the first to defend.

While Zhao Gang moved forward, he kept looking at Jesus' position. Verhengtong has a lot of defensive experience, and it is difficult to pass the ball to Jesus.

Zhao Gang made the second choice.

He flicked the ball with his right foot, and then pulled the ball back!

Alderweireld's center of gravity moved quickly, and Wanyama's tackle just now still affected the mood of the central defender.

There were some problems with his judgment. When Zhao Gang quickly pulled the ball back, Alderweireld was out of position!

He realized that Zhao Gang was going to break through from the left.

If Zhao Gang passes the ball, it will be very threatening.

The lesser of two evils!

Alderweireld stretched out his leg directly, and when he lost his position, he kicked Zhao Gang to the ground.

The referee blew the whistle without hesitation and gave a yellow card directly.

Alderweireld was a little annoyed, and waved his hands at the two teammates!

What are you guarding against?

Can the running positions still collide?

Can teammates shovel teammates?

It even blocked the route and speed of side teammates returning to defense.

Ali has now received a lot of attention from Pochettino, and may become England's star of tomorrow. He is now in a high position and arrogant. He was distracted by Zhao Gang's small tricks before, but this time he was first shoveled by his teammates. He was full of annoyance, and now he was being taught by Alderweireld again, and the flames rose immediately.

He stood up from the ground with a swipe and yelled at Alderweireld.

Fernandinho and Zhao Gang, who were dragging Zhao Gang up next to him, looked over with question marks almost at the same time.

What's wrong?

Teammates up first?

Verhengtong hurried over to grab his compatriots, and Ali was also blocked by Kane.

What are you doing?

In such a crucial battle, the teammates started booing first?

There was loud applause and cheers from the stands at the Etihad.

It is not only a wonderful breakthrough for Zhao Gang, but also affects Ali and Alderweireld.

Do it!

Hurry up, two!

Ali has such a temper, can you bear it?

You are the future core of Tottenham, so hard to return to defense, and you are scolded by your teammates, can you bear it?

Pochettino shook his head on the sidelines, why are there so many players making mistakes today?

Manchester City's free kick in the front court, this ball is not far or close.

Can hit the door directly, but a little farther away.

Players from both sides stood in their positions, and Manchester City fans looked at Zhao Gang and De Bruyne standing in front of the ball, full of expectations.

Zhao Gang's free kick can always bring surprises.

The success rate of direct goals and indirect goals is the first in the five major leagues!

This is something that Iniesta and Messi can't even compare.

Of course, Zhao Gang came to the top league for the first time after all, so the goal rate will definitely drop.

But now, Manchester City fans are really looking forward to this kind of free kick in the frontcourt.

Each time is a tense and exciting wait.

Zhao Gang looked at the height and position of his teammates in the penalty area and shook his head.

It is difficult to score directly, let's play a match, Manchester City's height is too low in front of Tottenham.

The central defender is not even as tall as Ali, so what is there to fight for?

Zhao Gang lowered his head and said to De Bruyne, "You take the penalty. I'll fight for the top to increase height and impact."

De Bruyne nodded with his arms crossed.

Now he is no longer strange.

Zhao Gang asked for the top of the penalty area before, and made a lot of jokes, such as headers that are more accurate than defenders, such as jumping so high that his head is in the air.

At that time, Guardiola was about to have a heart attack.

He even joked that Zhao Gang was trying to laugh the defenders to death.

But now Zhao Gang's header ability has improved to a very good level.

During training, Zhao Gang will appear in the penalty area to compete for headers.

"Zhao Gang is not going to take this free kick! Is he going to the penalty area to grab points?" Although Zhao Gang scored a header, his header level has always been poor in the impression of the commentator.

That header, Aguero, as the atmosphere group, also led the audience to beat their brains together, creating a very funny show effect.

"Well, he really went to the penalty area. De Bruyne's footwork is also very strong, so don't worry about it."

The Tottenham players looked at Zhao Gang with some surprise.

Before the start of the game, they had made arrangements for Zhao Gang's free kick.

Now, he ran into the restricted area?

Guardiola likes to play tricks, and he really lives up to his reputation.

The Tottenham players thought it was Guardiola's arrangement and disrupted their defensive rhythm.

In fact, this was Zhao Gang's impromptu idea.

Guardiola stood on the sidelines with his chest folded and didn't say anything.

For such a small matter, if the players on the field want to make changes, he will not have any objections.

"De Bruyne ran up and didn't hit the goal directly..."

The ball has a good speed, not in the direction of the goal, but directly in the middle.

There is the densest concentration of players on both sides, and it is also the place that can create the most chaos.

At the same time, it was also where Zhao Gang was!

Obviously, De Bruyne deliberately went to find Zhao Gang this time, and he found it quite accurately.

In the attention of tens of thousands of fans and hundreds of millions of attention from all over the world, Zhao Gang didn't make a run-up, but jumped high on the spot during the confrontation!

At the same time, Ali, who was in charge of marking Zhao Gang, also took off at the same time.

He is almost the same height as Zhao Gang, slightly taller than Zhao Gang at 1.8 meters.

But when the two jumped up almost at the same time, they saw a clear gap.

Zhao Gang is a head taller than Ali Shengsheng.

boom!

Zhao Gang headed the ball towards the goal.

The ball is fast.

The Tottenham goalkeeper, the French goalkeeper Lloris, the world's first-class goalkeeper, tried his best at this moment and threw himself into the air.

The ball was not only fast, but also spinning. Lori touched the ball with his fingertips and changed the direction of the ball, but it didn't miss the goal!

It hit the post directly and smashed into the goal!

Whoa!

The ball is in!

Zhao Gang rushed to the sidelines, and the fans of the Etihad Stadium raised their arms and cheered endlessly.

Zhao Gang's header is very rare.

Enter one, it's like Christmas.

Cheers erupted, and Fernandinho ran to Zhao Gang, grinning happily, and patted his bald head vigorously towards the stands.

Zhao Gang waved his fists with excitement on his face. To him, scoring a header was indeed more exciting than World Wave.

Excited Zhao Gang has not yet realized the seriousness of the problem.

Fernandinho slapped his forehead, and almost a second later, the roar of the Etihad Stadium stopped.

Zhao Gang looked up at the stands, opened his mouth, and was almost dumbfounded.

Almost all the fans in the stands have stood up, they stopped cheering, stopped celebrating.