What ball king, call me ball god

"This goal came from a reckless goal lost by Manchester City's new aid Rodri. The replay clearly showed that when Link rushed up, Rodri did not protect the ball or play the ball, but continued to bring the ball forward. I don’t know whether it was his unfounded confidence or a temporary mistake. But in the final analysis, the origin of Lin Kedi’s goal was Rodri’s conceded goal.”

"Rodri is still too young. Facing a high-positioned veteran like Lin Kedi, one must be careful about frontal contact, especially when he is still in the position of a single midfielder."

"In Manchester City, the players have a lot of time to hold the ball, and the position of the midfielder is extremely important, because Manchester City's defense, from the current point of view, has spent [-] million euros, but their defense is still there. There must be problems. Of course, these problems seem to be improving, but the problems still exist!"

In the meantime, it's time to kick off again.

At this time, Guardiola on the sidelines sat back on the bench again, and he couldn't help talking to the assistant coach.

"Did you see that just now, he didn't hesitate to press and grab the ball just now. After grabbing the ball, he faced our central defender directly. That's why I always said that the attacking side is behind the opponent's back. Pressing in a high position on the field is the most efficient, concise, and most direct-to-goal tactic, so useful!"

"But there are not so many players who can press in high positions. After all, it takes physical strength. Another point, Pep, can you be sure that after Lin won the Ballon d'Or and became a superstar, he is still willing to press in high positions? Messi is not like that."

"I understand what you mean, actually Messi and Cristiano are the same, they are from the era of high pressure, they don't do these things, but their teammates take it all, and they only need to do the final finish. Alright! But modern football is developed in the direction of speed and physical confrontation. Do you understand what I mean? He is, the future direction of football development, his template! No, he himself is a template!"

"Pep, I know you admire him, but he's a Manchester United player, he's Ten Hag's player. Not yours."

"Hey, my friend, don't you understand me? I want to say a few words when I see the opposite player's performance is not good, and now we are talking about a guy who may be the No. 1 player in the future. I Of course it will!"

"Really? Do you really think he can become No.1 in the world? It's too exaggerated!"

"If you think about it, he will be able to win the Ballon d'Or, World Player of the Year and UEFA awards this year. After the 90s, he won it alone. Then? Isn't he the world's top? You know I hate using awards and statistics to judge a player, but you have to admit that numbers are numbers, awards are awards, and they are used to divide players into ranks, etc. In terms of public recognition, It is very useful. Therefore, in my judgment, he will definitely go in this direction in the future.”

"You mean we missed a Messi? Then why didn't you let Begiristain add more."

"I thought the same as you at the time, but now that I think about it, it's not the same thing. It seems like he will never come to the team I coach."

"Forever? What are you talking about? Pep."

"I could tell from Begiristan's conversations with Lin, and from the interviews Lin gave—"

"Oh my god! You still watch Lin's interview? How free are you!"

"I love football, I saw this video the other day! What do you want me to say - in short, Lin is a man who is very in control, and he wants him to be the boss of his team! But in my football The team is different and everyone will know that I am the most important."

"Hmm - you're not pretending anymore."

"That's the way it is, so he won't come to Manchester City, and he won't go to the team I coach. His team only needs to have a king."

"Sounds like he's going to be a ball bully?"

"I don't know. But as long as your strength is there, it doesn't matter if you are a ball master."

"This is very different from what you thought before."

"Indeed, my thinking has changed a lot now."

"Wait, Pep. Where's Ten Hag? Ten Hag also looks like a strong manager. Will he not have conflicts with Lin?"

"You know, there is still a big gap between the master-student relationship and other relationships. Although Ten Hag is not Lin's first coach, just like I am not Messi's first coach. But I can work with Messi. Cooperation, Ten Hag can cooperate with Lin, but after changing to someone else, the effect will be different."

"Ha! I understand what you mean, those coaches after Barcelona, ​​hehe."

"It's good that you understand--well, let's not talk about this, let's watch the game, that's the warm-up match, so much to talk about."

The first half of the game is almost over.

At this point the score was still 1-0.

After losing the ball, Manchester City is looking for opportunities to seek a counterattack.

The most anxious thing in Manchester City at this time is the midfielder Rodri.

He was intercepted and scored.

Now he needs to get back on the field, which has nothing to do with personal face, it has to do with his status in the new team.

Well, it's still about face.

All in all, Rodriguez was active.

Active like a midfielder.

Although in Guardiola's team, the position is not fixed, but the midfielder players have such a wide range of activities and such a strong forward awareness, which still made Guardiola feel dissatisfied, so he roared loudly on the sidelines.

But this time, Rodri heard it, and he could only return to his own position and do his own work-defense and interception.

However, until the end of the first half, he failed to show himself. Instead, Lin Kedi received a cross from his teammate at the end of the first half, and a header was slightly higher than the crossbar.

The first half is over.

At half-time, the atmosphere at Manchester United was relaxed.

As for Manchester City, Guardiola began to give lectures during the intermission.

But outsiders naturally don't know the content of the lecture.

The second half of the game begins.

Manchester United kick off.

After Lin Kedi took the ball, he still ran forward. His usual position was in front of the central defender and behind the midfielder.

Actually it's not a good location.

Because when the ball comes, it is easy to be caught by the double bread.

But for Lin Kedi, it's different, double-teaming is double-teaming, he likes physical confrontation.

So he goes directly to this position every time.

This is onside, the closest position to the goal.

The ball is at De Jong's feet.

Seeing that Link was in place, De Jong made a long pass directly.

Lin Kedi easily unloaded the ball, and then he was about to face double-teaming.

Rodri can be considered to have found an opportunity, he was going to hook the ball from behind when he came up.

But Link's right leg moved away, knocking away the leg that Rodri wanted to stretch out.

Rodri only felt that he had kicked the iron plate.

Without taking care of himself, Lin Kedi had already rushed towards Stones.

Stones thought that Link would use his nimble strides to shake him away again, but Link didn't. He just took the ball and wanted to simply speed up and pass Stones.

This made Stones very unhappy.

What was even more frustrating was that Link passed him.

After directly accelerating past Stones, Lin Kedi shot directly with his kick.

This time, the angle was too straight, and Edson held him directly in his arms and pressed him to the ground.

Seeing the ball missed, Lin Kedi was not upset, turned around and walked back.

For Lin Kedi, taking a shot is an attempt. Many times, he has a clear premonition that the goal will be scored before he shoots.

But many times before he shoots, he doesn't have a hunch whether the goal will be scored, but many times, when he has no hunch, the ball also scores.

Therefore, for Lin Kedi, he will not wait until the opportunity is very good to shoot, which will delay the opportunity of the fighter. As long as there is an angle and can shoot, he will shoot.

This is Lin Kedi's shooting experience.

But it's common to fail to shoot, so Lin Kedi didn't have any special reaction.

After the 65th minute, both sides began to make a large number of substitutions.

Mata on the right was replaced by Ten Hag and replaced by Lingard.

Rashford on the left was replaced by Martial, and Matic in the center was replaced by McTominay.

After McTominay was replaced, De Jong played the position of the midfielder, while McTominay played the position of the right central midfielder, but slightly behind Fred.

Immediately afterwards, Lindelof in the defense was replaced by Smalling, and Luke Shaw on the left was replaced by Ashley Young.

Replaced with 5 people.

But a lot of people have noticed one thing.

The four from Ajax were not replaced.

Although the substitutions are great.

But it had no effect on the outcome of the game.

Because it was a friendly match, the two sides played openly and close, and the game was very good.

But the two teams seem to have no chance of scoring goals.

Missed opportunities all the time.

Waited until the 89th minute when the game was about to end.

Manchester City got a set-kick opportunity in the frontcourt.

Rodri came to take the penalty.

Drive into the restricted area.

The result was pushed out by De Ligt.

De Jong stopped the ball outside the penalty area.

At this time, Lin Kedi rushed out from the arc of the penalty area immediately.

De Jong didn't rush out of the ball, but got rid of Rodri's grab first. After seeing that Lin Kedi had already rushed out, De Jong drove towards Manchester City's half with a big kick.

Lin Kedi took three steps and made two steps to get the ball before Walker.

Then accelerate beyond.

Originally, Edson was already standing outside the penalty area, but when he saw that Lin Kedi was single-handed, he quickly retreated into the penalty area.

But Lin Kedi didn't give him a chance at all, and he was still about 30 meters away from the goal.

Lin Kedi lobbed directly.

The ball falls into the net.

Lin Kedi raised his arms in celebration of his second goal of the game.

A brace.

Lin Kedi was very excited.

The game also ended.

Manchester United beat Manchester City 2-0 at the Hongkou Football Stadium, which is close to home.

Won the 3 International Champions Cup with 9 points in 2019 games.

Lin Kedi also won the best player of the tournament. (end of this chapter)