Green Journey

Chapter 464 Two Penalties?

On the sidelines, Guardiola was having a headache at this time. He didn't care much about Monaco's overtake score. A temporary lead does not mean that he can win the final victory.

What worries Guardiola is that Monaco has scored two away goals in the Champions League.

If Monaco takes a defensive position after the midfield adjustment, and is lucky enough to maintain the current 1-2 score until the end of the game, it will be a bit fatal.

Since the Champions League adopted the away goal rule in 1965, the visiting teams in the knockout rounds of the Champions League have attached great importance to goals.

Because the advantage brought by away goals has extraordinary magic.

For the teams that play at home first in the knockout stages of the Champions League, the pressure is much greater than that of the away teams.

Just like them, playing at home first not only requires all efforts to win, but also prevents conceding goals.

Because sometimes an away goal is enough to make them lose the advantage they have established at home.

And now the promotion situation is extremely bad for Manchester City.

Once the game ends with this score, then under the protection of the away goal rule, they will return to their home court in the second round, and Monaco, which leads the total score by goals and leads, will definitely adopt a comprehensive defensive attitude in the game to meet them.

Even if they can win today's game, tie the score in the second half, and then rewrite it to [-]-[-], [-]-[-], [-]-[-], it is not safe enough for Guardiola.

Because this kind of example of a big lead in the first round but being eliminated miserably is not unheard of.

That's how Real Madrid was eliminated.

Coincidentally, it was also Monaco that eliminated them at that time.

In the 2003-04 season, in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Real Madrid defeated Monaco 4-2 at the Bernabeu in the first round.

In the second round, Real Madrid came to Monaco to play at home. In the first half, Raul expanded the total score to 5-2.

It seems that the game seems to have no suspense at all.

However, the next game did not follow the script set by Real Madrid.

Monaco, which was hung on the cliff, burst out with unimaginable strength under desperate circumstances.

Giuly and Morientes scored 3 goals in a row and beat Real Madrid 3-1 in the second round.

In the end, Monaco and Real Madrid tied with a total score of 5-5 in the two rounds. Relying on the advantage of away goals, they broke into the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League that season.

That's the magic of away goals.

Soon, Guardiola temporarily put aside his worries and turned his attention to the field.

On the court, although the score was already one goal behind, the whole team of Manchester City did not seem to be affected too much.

Although the first half is coming to an end, Chu Zheng and De Bruyne are still planning and organizing the offense, launching a final charge towards the Monaco goal in the first half, trying to equalize the score before the intermission.

On the other hand, Monaco did not shrink back, and was also waiting for an opportunity to launch a group charge towards Manchester City's goal, trying to expand the score and directly kill Manchester City's hope of advancing.

In the 44th minute of the game, Manchester City circled the left rib in the middle of the half, and Sane retreated to get the ball and then quickly moved forward.

But after passing the center line, a Sidibe was blocked in front of him.

Seeing Chu Zheng on the right come out of the arc of the middle circle, Sane knocked the ball horizontally without saying a word, wanting to have a one-on-one with Chu Zheng.

But Chu Zheng also had Fabinho beside him.

Fabinho's attack was very fast, but it was exactly what Chu Zheng wanted.

So Chu Zheng stuffed the ball behind Sidibe without stopping the ball.

But Sidibe kept one hand aside, stretched his legs back and hooked, and accurately intercepted Chu Zheng's pass.

Immediately afterwards, Sidibe and Sane who advanced forward passed by.

Bring the ball to the front of the center line. Before seeing the arc of the middle circle in the middle, Mbappe, who is located between Otamendi and Kompany, has already started. His right foot is directly a through ball from the ribs to the middle.

As the saying goes, one learns one's wisdom, and Otamendi has long been prepared. During the retreat, he suddenly accelerated a sliding tackle to the right and accurately intercepted the ball.

In the next second, Fernandinho, who rushed back along the wing, quickly rushed to the vicinity of Otamendi, grabbed the ball in front of Falcao and directly transferred the ball to the other side of the half.

Walker unloaded the ball and quickly brought it to the right rib area of ​​​​the center circle, and then crossed Yaya Toure to the left.

As soon as Yaya Toure dribbled the ball across the center line, Bakayoko in front of him quickly pushed up.

Seeing that the road ahead was blocked, Yaya Toure smashed the ball with his right foot and turned to the left to dribble the ball laterally.

But as soon as he got out of the middle circle, Falcao rushed back, and Bakayoko formed a left and right pincer attack on Yaya Toure.

But this time Yaya Toure didn't give in, instead he gritted his teeth and picked up the speed, and rushed out before being pinched.

After entering the ribs, Toure suddenly made a straight forward pass with the outside of his foot.

The ball escaped the interception of Bernardo Silva and Fabinho in front of Chu Zheng, and came to Chu Zheng's feet.

But Chu Zheng, who was on his back, did not stop the ball. He directly distributed the ball to Sane on the wing, and then turned around and went forward to the right rib area at the top of the arc in Monaco.

After Sane took the ball, he immediately started to cut inside. After forcing Sidibe to the top corner of the penalty area, he suddenly passed the ball across Chu Zheng in the rib area, and then accelerated into the Monaco penalty area.

Chu Zheng's side is more straightforward, and he still doesn't stop the ball.

Seeing that Fabinho retreated into the penalty area and cut off his through line to the ground for Sane, Chu Zheng kicked the bottom of the rolling ball with his left foot, and the ball flew over Fabinho's head.

Outside the sideline of the small penalty area, Sane, who was chasing to the bottom line, found that there was no shooting angle, so he stretched out his foot to pad the ball that bounced off the ground to the middle.

In front of the small penalty area line in the middle, Aguero rushed to the top of the ball, but his height was flawed, and the ball was finally snatched by Raj to make a clearance.

Guardiola turned his back on the sidelines angrily.

It's a pity that Manchester City doesn't have a high center forward, otherwise it would be a goal.

Chu Zheng and Sane have done it to the extreme.

But in a blink of an eye Monaco retaliated.

After 1 minute, Sane dribbled the ball on the left outside the Monaco penalty area, trying to forcefully break through the middle of Bernardo Silva and Sidibe.

But Sidibé had quick eyes and quick feet, and directly poked the ball to Bernardo Silva.

Seeing Sidibe quickly inserting along the wing, Bernardo Silva swayed his legs on the spot and directly made a precise over-the-top pass.

A few seconds later, when Sidibe dribbled the ball not far across the center line, Sane chased it back at a very fast speed.

Sensing that there was danger behind him, Sidibe directly passed the ball low and cross the middle, and instantly shifted the offensive direction to Manchester City's weak defensive side.

Jiang Lai followed up in the backcourt and got the ball before the arc in the middle circle.

This time he was not in a hurry, but waited for Mbappe to enter the right rib area of ​​​​the top of Manchester City's arc without marking, and then stuffed the ball.

Seeing the ball coming, Mbappe immediately accelerated.

Following the ball to the upper corner of the small penalty area, Mbappe swung his left foot and shot directly while moving at high speed.

The moment the ball was shot, Walker slapped the horse, fell to the ground and threw himself out with a shovel.

Bang!The ball bounced off the baseline in his face.

Immediately, there was warm applause again at the scene, dedicated to Walker who was desperate on the court.

Not long after, the referee Laos blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

At the end of halftime, Manchester City temporarily lost 1-2 to Monaco.

After a while, as the players left the field, the live camera also returned to the LeTV live broadcast room.

Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun immediately began to replay the first half of the game.

"From the process of the first half of the game, it can be clearly seen that Guardiola was very well prepared before the game."

"In order to curb Monaco's powerful wing attack, Guardiola arranged for Fernandinho to play at left back today to deal with the impact of Bernardo Silva and Sidibe."

"But Fernandinho's performance today was relatively average. His mistake was the incentive for Manchester City to concede the ball."

"In the midfield, Yaya Toure, who is stronger in offense than defense, played as a single midfielder. Guardiola's move also conveyed his intention to win at home."

"In the first half, in order to solve Yaya Toure's siege by Monaco and to solve the problem of the offensive connection between the center and the front field near the arc of the center circle, Guardiola also made an on-the-spot adjustment and asked Aguero to withdraw to respond, but the effect Not very good either."

"The formation of Manchester City in the backcourt switches between three defenders and four defenders. Fernandinho, who plays the midfielder and fullback, also fills the gap in the ribs of the 4141 single midfielder to a certain extent. Raised the level of formation.”

"As for Monaco, the main thing is to be quick, and they did it, quickly passing through Manchester City's thin midfield time and time again, making Toure look very weak."

"Monaco's midfield transportation line is controlled by two front midfielders, namely Jiang Lai and Bernardo Silva."

"Jiang Lai and Bernardo Silva, who are good at cutting inside, often leave the wings to Mendy and Sidibe. After the Monaco players come from these two sides, they rely on crosses and Mbappé, Farr It was not uncommon for Kao to make contact in the first half, and even scored a goal."

"This is exactly the cleverness of Jardim. His two full-backs play on the side of the midfielder, so he let Jiang Lai and Bernardo Silva frequently receive the ribs to fill the gap. , At the same time, give way to the outside wing channel, further release the energy of the full-backs, and strengthen the offensive of the two sides."

"So Monaco's offense is actually a two-wing assault that tends to be linear. The two forwards Mbappé and Falcao are each other's horns, alternately covering. The vigorous impact of the young players and the golf quotient of the veteran Falcao complement each other. To Manchester City's goal."

Amidst the conversation between Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun, 15 minutes passed by.

With a sharp whistle, the second half of the game officially started.

After the start of the game, people soon discovered that Guardiola and Jardim not only did not make substitutions and adjustments during the intermission, but even their tactics did not change.

This means that the two sides will adopt the same tactical strategy as the first half in the second half.

Shortly after the start of the second half, the game quickly entered a white-hot stage.

In just 3 minutes of the start of the game, Manchester City and Monaco completed two threatening attacks in front of each other, giving people a feeling that they don't care much about defense.

Soon the highly controversial scene was staged under the watchful eyes of fans all over the world.

In the 49th minute of the game, Chu Zheng was in the right rib area of ​​​​the center circle of Monaco, in Fabinho.Mbappe and Bakayoko sent the ball to De Bruyne's feet with a highly ornamental Marseille maneuver in the three-man siege, directly piercing through the Monaco midfield defense and winning the applause of the fans.

De Bruyne did not waste the opportunity created by Chu Zheng.

After he took the ball and turned around quickly, he saw that Aguero, who was located between Raj and Mendy, was on the right side of the top of the arc in front of him. line of defense.

Aguero took the ball into the penalty area in the top area of ​​the arc, facing Subasic who attacked in front of him.

"Single sword!!!!!!!!!!" Zhan Jun exclaimed!Zhang Lu also stared at Aguero on TV.

On the sidelines, Guardiola clenched his fists nervously, his eyes full of anticipation for the goal.

On the field, facing Subasic who came quickly in front of him, Aguero made a trip to the left to pass Subasic and then push the empty goal.

However, the ball passed, others did not.

Subasic, who fell to the ground and stretched his feet to sweep the ball, was directly swept down.

"Oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Suddenly the Etihad Stadium was boiling.

"Penalty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu shouted in unison.

However, in the next second, Laos' sharp whistle sounded on the field.

Immediately afterwards, the referee Laos rushed to Aguero who was lying in the penalty area, took out the yellow card directly from his pocket, and even signaled Aguero to dive.

Immediately, all the Manchester City fans were dumbfounded, and almost ran away on the spot with anger.

"Oops!!!" In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun, who had just said in advance that he would award a penalty kick, was also dumbfounded. What's wrong?

On the sidelines, Guardiola rushed to the fourth official with an angry face, dancing and protesting loudly.

On the field, Manchester City captain Kompany also quickly came up from the backcourt to negotiate with referee Laos.

The captain of Monaco, Falcao, also rushed over quickly to apply pressure, for fear that Laos would change the sentence.

After more than a minute of three-party negotiations, Laos upheld the original judgment and found that Aguero flopped.

Aguero, who was waiting for the ruling next to him, turned around and shook his hand suddenly, so angry that he seemed to lose his mind.

Seeing that Aguero was going to scold his mother, Chu Zheng, who was half-frightened beside him, covered Aguero's mouth and took him away.

The word was about to be shouted out, but the referee heard it, so Aguero probably had to go straight back to the locker room.

Even if you want to scold me, you have to walk a little farther away.

"You're a fucking god, you fucking bastard!" Then Aguero didn't curse, but Chu Zheng blurted out.

In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun are watching the multi-angle slow motion replay.

In fact, for the audience, with the help of multi-angle slow-motion playback, it is easier to see whether the players are diving.

"No!" After watching the slow motion replay, Zhan Jun stretched his voice.

"Hey!" Zhang Lu laughed, "What about the ball? Aguero swiped the ball away before the goalkeeper. Subacic missed the ball."

After the words fell, Zhang Lu made a turning point and said: "But the problem is that before Subasic touched him, Aguero's center of gravity was obviously tilted forward, giving the impression that he was already falling forward, but Subasic Qi's leg did trip Aguero later."

Hearing Zhang Lu's unreasonable words, Zhan Jun didn't answer. He was ambiguous. It was hard to say whether Aguero was diving or not. The referee could only decide.

On the sidelines, after negotiating with the fourth official, Guardiola returned to the coaching area with a face full of helplessness.

However, the dramatic scene that happened next made Guardiola almost explode in anger.

Three minutes later, in the 3nd minute of the game, Chu Zheng rushed back to the side of his penalty area along the ribs, and intercepted the ball given to Mbappe by Fabinho again.

After getting the ball, Chu Zheng directly padded it to Yaya Toure behind Mbappé.

Yaya Toure makes a quick forward pass.

Aguero retreated to take the ball and took it horizontally to the middle.

But Monaco is so crazy, chasing Aguero to grab.

Seeing that he was about to be pinched from left to right again, Aguero, who came to the middle, quickly sent the ball forward to the left.

But the ball was rushed and the ball was not passed well, and the ball was directly grabbed by Mendy behind Sterling on the arc of the middle circle.

As soon as Mendy cooperated with Bakayoko to transfer the ball from Manchester City's siege circle, he quickly split the side and handed it over to Jiang Lai to launch a side attack.

But Walker came up very fast, and Jiang Lai was blocked before he started.

Seeing Mendy going around from behind Walker to the side along the inside line, Jiang Lai was also very straightforward and picked the ball over.

In the ribs, Kompany quickly pulled the side to make up for Walker.

Facing Kompany, a long-established top central defender, Mendy has no confidence in breaking through.

It was inevitable that he would be trapped when he brought the ball to the bottom line. After catching up with the ball, he didn't even look at it, and just made a low and flat cross pass.

As a result, Mendy, a blind cat, ran into a dead mouse.

At the moment of passing the ball, Otamendi was the only one guarding Mbappe in the top area of ​​the arc in the center of Manchester City because of Companilla's side cover.

So Mbappe left Otamendi behind with a catapult start, and quickly rushed to the front of the small penalty area.

At this moment, Otamendi behind Mbappe put a shovel directly behind his back.

But he didn't go after people.

In the next second, Mbappe fell forward, the ball changed direction, and it bounced off the baseline after rubbing against the outside of the post.

There was an uproar for a while.

Because from the perspective of the stands and the broadcast camera, Otamendi is not very similar, it is a foul at all.

But the problem is that the referee Laos' whistle did not sound.

Just when all the Manchester City fans in the stands thought they were going to escape, under the reminder of the bottom line referee, Laos' sharp whistle suddenly resounded through the audience after hesitation.

Immediately, all Manchester City fans were stabbed in the heart and sentenced to death!
On the field, after Laos ran over, he showed a yellow card and pointed to the penalty spot.

On the sidelines, Guardiola was so angry that he almost exploded on the spot.

Chu Zheng and the others, led by Kompany, besieged the baseline referee who reminded Laos.

"Manchester City is not wronged by this goal!" In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun directly came to a conclusion after watching the slow motion replay.

Zhang Lu nodded, "Although Otamendi's shovel from behind was not aimed at people, but he also tripped Mbappe when he shoveled the ball."

"Yes! This penalty is not a big problem."

"If this goal is scored, Manchester City may be helpless!" Zhan Jun laughed.

"Yes, Manchester City has been cornered by Monaco!"

In a blink of an eye, Monaco was ready for a penalty kick on the field.

The penalty created by Mbappe was handed over to the big brother Falcao.

On the goal line, Ederson in the camera seems to be very relaxed. He does not have the hyperactivity of other goalkeepers. He just stands firmly and follows Falcao with his eyes.

"Beep!!!!!!!" Laos whistled.

With his hands on his hips, Falcao started his run-up after exhaling the turbid air in his chest and abdomen. There was a short pause in the middle, and then he stood next to the ball with his left foot and hit the lower corner of the right goal directly with his right foot.

bang!
At the same time, Ederson, who was not disturbed by Falcao's rhythm changes on the goal line, also made his judgment, kicked his right foot heavily on the white line, and rushed to the left.

In the next second, Falcao's powerful slash to the ground was blocked by his hands!

After throwing the ball, Ederson quickly got up, stretched out his hand, and grabbed the ball bouncing in front of him and put it under his body, without giving Monaco a chance to make a follow-up shot.

"boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

For a while, the Etihad Stadium shook again, and there were deafening cheers!

"Edson!!!!!!!!!"

"He jumped, he saved Manchester City, and pulled up Manchester City that was hanging on the edge of the cliff!!"

On the sidelines, Guardiola also roared to the sky to vent the pressure accumulated in his heart just now.

Jardim next to him was so angry that he only covered his face. He never thought that Falcao, the most stable veteran in the team, would miss this scoring opportunity.

Chu Zheng also gave a rare roar on the field.

At this moment, Manchester City's morale, which had previously declined due to a penalty kick, instantly skyrocketed and returned to its peak.

(End of this chapter)