Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 162 Ball Control and Counterattack

While Manchester City narrowly beat Celtic in an away game, Barcelona also did not win easily in another match in the same group in the Champions League.

They also had a hard time against Borussia Mönchengladbach in Germany's away game. After conceding a goal first, they reversed and narrowly won 2:1.

I have to say that Manchester City and Barcelona are somewhat similar.

The first round was a massacre at home and won by a big score, but the second round was unexpectedly difficult to play away.

It seems to be a bit like a home dragon and an away worm.

The next two teams will play against each other for two consecutive rounds, and it will depend on who wins and who loses.

In other group matches, the other three teams in the Premier League all won successfully.

阿森纳主场2:0击败巴塞尔，莱斯特城主场1:0小胜波尔图，热刺则是客场1:0拿下莫斯科中央陆军。

It was Sun Xingmin who scored the winning goal for Tottenham. This kid is in really good form recently.

The South Korean media was overjoyed and threatened to "teach" Zhang Chaoqiang a lesson.

In the upcoming Premier League, Manchester City is going to challenge Tottenham away.

Tottenham have the home court advantage, Sun Xingmin is in good form, and Manchester City also injured De Bruyne, the core midfielder.

Therefore, the Korean media believes that Tottenham will definitely win Manchester City at White Hart Lane.

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"Dear, are you back?"

After returning to the residence after daily training, Zhang Chaoqiang found that Annie was back.

Two weeks ago, Zhang Chaoqiang's parents returned to China, and Anne also sent Guy back to France, and lived in Lyon for a while.

Just come back now.

"Hmm." Sitting on a chair in the garden, Annie replied while lowering her head to read a book: "The weather is very good today, Ahri has been running around."

The weather in England is much worse than that in France. Today is a rare sunny day, and Ahri probably has a cat sex, running around in the garden.

"The weather is really nice today, just right for doing something. Kiss and hug." Zhang Chaoqiang sat next to Annie and said with an intimate hug.

"What?" Anne obviously asked knowingly.

The two haven't seen each other for half a month, what else can they do?
"Let me think about it, let's do something to make fire and burn life." Zhang Chaoqiang thought for a while and said.

"Don't be so disappointing. The weather is fine today. Why don't we sit and bask in the sun?" Annie blushed.

"What's so good about basking in the sun? I've been basking on the training ground all morning..."

Zhang Chaoqiang moved quickly, and quickly carried Annie, who was out of breath, back to the bedroom.

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On October 10, in the seventh round of the Premier League, the Manchester City team came to the White Hart Lane Stadium in London to challenge Tottenham Hotspur away.

"Since the start of the new season, Manchester City has performed strongly and has won consecutive games. It has won 11 consecutive victories in various competitions, including 6 Premier League games, 4 Champions League games, and 1 Carabao Cup."

"However, in the last Champions League away game against the Celtics, they injured De Bruyne, which is a big hidden danger."

"Tottenham's recent form is also very good. They have successfully won all the games in September, and the Korean Sun has performed quite well, becoming the Premier League's number one favorite in September."

"But the injury of Tottenham star Harry Kane is also a hidden danger."

There is no doubt that the matchup between Manchester City and Tottenham is the focus of this round of the Premier League.

This is not only a battle between the top and second places in the standings, but also the long-hyped Asian derby.

Zhang Chaoqiang and Sun Xingmin, the two top players in Asia are directly confronting each other, which is indeed topical.

And in their respective teams, both of them performed at the thigh level.

Zhang Chaoqiang has been the thigh since joining Manchester City, while Sun Xingmin was suddenly promoted to Tottenham's thigh in the last month.

In addition, the English media also stated that this away game against Tottenham is the first big test for Manchester City.

Manchester City had won 11 consecutive victories before, and the opponents they won were not strong in terms of strength, including Manchester United who defeated in the Manchester derby.

Although Manchester United has a great reputation, it has been rebuilding in recent years and is not considered strong at all.

On the contrary, Tottenham have been quite effective under the training of Pochettino for three consecutive years.

In the Premier League competition last season, Tottenham were even expected to win the championship, but they were weak and could not withstand it.

Only by defeating the opponent can Manchester City really win a tough battle.

Due to the injuries of important players on both teams, their respective starting lineups have changed.

Manchester City is still 433, but Guardiola let Brazilian midfielder Fernando replace De Bruyne in the starting lineup.

Tottenham have also been using the 4231 formation for a long time. Kane was injured, and Pochettino arranged for Sun Xingmin to be the single arrowhead.

Probably because the Koreans are in really good shape recently.

Before the start of the game, the two sides shook hands before the routine game.

This is the first time Zhang Chaoqiang met Sun Xingmin.

"Hello, Sun."

"It's a pleasure to play against you."

The two had been admired for a long time, and they smiled at each other and gave each other a warm hug.

However, Zhang Chaoqiang took the opportunity to start stealing the sky and changing the sun.

[You start stealing the sun from Sun Xingmin, reaction +1]

After adding this attribute, Zhang Chaoqiang's average attribute value has reached 85 points.

Tech Awareness can be unlocked at the Superstar level, but we'll have to wait until the evening.

The game officially started, and Tottenham showed strong pertinence from the beginning.

Full-court pressing, high pressing, very tough defense and extremely resolute quick counter-attacks.

Under Pochettino's training, the current Tottenham team is playing a bit like Dortmund and Liverpool, full of impact.

Even without leading striker Harry Kane, they still made Manchester City very uncomfortable.

Every pass back and forth, City players have to be careful not to be tackled.

Especially in the midfield position, Sissoko and Wanyama are supported by two black and hard midfielders, and there is Lamela as a shit stick.

In the opening two and 10 minutes, Manchester City had a small advantage in ball possession, but most of them were invalid ball possession in the backcourt. Every time they passed the ball through the midfield, they had to go through many difficulties and dangers.

Under such circumstances, it is difficult for Zhang Chaoqiang to find opportunities to perform.

In the absence of De Bruyne, Manchester City's midfield possession ability has indeed declined significantly.

It may not be so obvious to play against weak teams, but it is easy to be targeted when playing against strong teams.

At least in this game, Pochettino did a pretty good job, basically limiting Manchester City's offense during the opening period.

Fortunately, in terms of defense, Manchester City has always maintained the level it should have.

Once the ball is lost, counterattack or interfere immediately. The striker is the first line of defense to prevent the opponent from counterattacking, plus there is another line of defense in the midfield.

With the blessing of the two lines of defense, the pressure on Manchester City's back line will be much less.

Otherwise, the ball-handling tactics will be very high for a long time, and others will counterattack with accuracy.

So the two sides played fiercely, but there were not many real scoring opportunities.

Unexpectedly, Manchester City found the scoring opportunities that Tottenham could not find.

In the 23rd minute, Tottenham launched an attack from the left. Danny Rose sent a cross from the side when there was no good chance.

The quality of this cross was not high, the landing point was controlled by Manchester City left-back Kolarov, and there were no Tottenham players five meters beside him.

After all, the opponent just made a random pass in the style of big luck, and didn't expect it to work.

So Kolarov just handles the ball well.

If you are looking for stability, you can directly clear the siege, and if you are confident, you can stop the ball and transfer it to your teammates, so that the team can organize a quick attack.

Kolarov's foot skills are very good, and he naturally lifts his foot steadily to stop the ball.

Zhang Chaoqiang, Aguero and others are all ready to run backwards and look for offensive opportunities.

But unexpectedly, Kolarov stopped the ball and made a mistake.

He lifted his right foot to unload the ball, and actually unloaded the football onto the back of his left instep.

Most importantly, the ball bounced off the instep of his left foot and rolled straight towards the bottom right corner of the goal.

Bravo was also ill-prepared for this unexpected situation, and it was too late to stop it.

So the football rolled all the way into the Manchester City goal.

The Tottenham fans who had been cheering loudly after the opening were all stunned. What's going on?
After a moment of silence, they quickly burst into wild cheers.

"The goal is scored!! Manchester City scored an own goal, which is beyond expectation!!"

"The two teams were actively pressing for the ball during the opening period, and it seemed that they had no time to attack the goal."

"Unexpectedly, Tottenham forced Manchester City to score an own goal through a very random cross from the wing. This is a completely unexpected goal."

"Facing Celtic in the last Champions League match, Sterling made an own goal. Unexpectedly, facing Tottenham, Kolarov did the same thing again."

"Manchester City seems to be unlucky recently, and someone scored an own goal in two consecutive games within a week."

Seeing that Manchester City made low-level mistakes and suffered an own goal in the Asian derby, the domestic commentary was extremely regrettable.

(End of this chapter)