I started with Torres, to revive German football

Chapter 298 Si Bao’s Lucky Day
Guardiola frowned and sat on the sidelines. Originally, he was already thinking about how to use the advantage of this goal in the second half to seduce Tottenham to press forward.

Then he continued Tottenham's counterattack, but Son Heung-min's goal directly interrupted his beautiful thoughts.

But in such a goal, he couldn't blame Manchester City's defensive players.

In fact, with Son Heung-min's current strength, it is very abnormal to score such a goal. Guardiola did not prepare any targeted defensive arrangements for the Korean forward in advance!

This goal can only be attributed to Son Heung-min's personal performance and his unexpected explosion. The combination of sprint speed and small skills at that moment was not like a player from Asia at all!

Just like Zhao Jinge used his body to eat up Vertonghen, Son Heung-min used his personal ability to penetrate the loopholes in Manchester City's defense!
"Call Kanter back and ask him not to interfere with Eriksen. Let him stay firmly on the wing and don't give Sun the space to speed up!"

Guardiola asked his assistant to go to the sidelines and ask Kante to withdraw to the wing. He would rather Manchester City's midfield interception ability be reduced than give Son Heung-min a chance to perform.

After all, the same trick can only be used once in such a high-level battle. No one will stupidly look at the loopholes and not make up for them.

Now, with Kanter available to defend at any time, Son Heung-min has very little room to continue to play.

Kanter's speed can definitely keep up with Son Heung-min. With his strong defensive ability, he can pester Son Heung-min or make decisive fouls. In short, don't give Son Heung-min another chance to perform.

Don't look at the fact that Son Heung-min's current statistics in the Premier League are not very luxurious, but don't forget that Son Heung-min is now ambushing Tottenham's frontcourt attack line to launch an attack!

Harry Kane, Alli, Eriksen, at least three people are covering him!

If Son Heung-min repeats his old tricks today, and Manchester City, which is distracted from defending others, is really likely to repeat the same mistakes, then Guardiola really has no place to cry.

Zhao Jinge was also watching the Tottenham players celebrating around Son Heung-min on the court, and felt a pity in his heart.

But Zhao Jinge was not surprised at all that Son Heung-min could score the equalizing goal so quickly.

Because others may not know it, but Zhao Jinge knows it very well in his heart. This season is the first season where Sun Xingmin has exploded. Sun Xingmin also scored goals and assists in successive outbreaks after this season, creating a total of 20 goals. Wonderful performance!
Son Heung-min, who remains healthy, can be said to be able to single-handedly defeat a wing defense in the next few years, assisting and scoring goals with both hands, Sterling and Kyle Walker, who has just been entangled. It’s normal not to be able to guard against Son Heung-min.

Seeing Son Heung-min's sudden brilliant performance, Zhao Jinge also ignited excitement in his heart at this moment.

Harry Kane hasn't had any absolute chances today, but if he has a goal-scoring duel with Son Heung-min, who is about to enter his peak period, that would be a good show!

Isn't it just a goal?

What I'm best at is scoring goals!

Sun Heung-min's speed makes it difficult for Manchester City's defense to defend, but with Kante's defense, it will be difficult for Sun Heung-min to perform so well again, but Zhao Jinge is different. Even if Wanyama and Vertonghen are guarded, Zhao Jinge Still able to withstand pressure and find opportunities in Tottenham's penalty area.

This is also the biggest difference between a center forward and a winger.

If the winger wants to score goals, there must be space. Either his teammates help create the space, or the winger takes the ball to highlight the space.

But a big center only needs his teammates to pass the ball in. For a super center, as long as his teammates can pass the ball, then other problems are not a problem.

After all, a center forward who can handle defenders and is not afraid of pinching defense is worthy of being called a big center forward!

"Rahim, do you want to score?"

Zhao Jinge pulled Sterling and whispered in his ear on the way back.

Sterling rolled his eyes at Zhao Jinge.

Isn't this nonsense, which striker doesn't want to score? !
But Sterling suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, and then he looked at Zhao Jinge expectantly.

"If you can help me score a goal today, you can take your pick of all the factories in Manchester!"

Zhao Jinge chuckled, then put his arm around Sterling's shoulders, covered his mouth with his hand and told Sterling.

"They will definitely try their best to defend me later and want to delay the score until halftime. I will attack first, and in the last few minutes, I will play for you. You only have these few minutes, maybe 5 minutes. It may only be two or three minutes, and whether you can score by then depends on you."

Sterling nodded repeatedly. Tottenham would definitely put all their defensive energy on Zhao Jinge. There was no pressure on him. Even 5 minutes, let alone 2 minutes, would be enough for him to seize at least one opportunity.

And the ball made by Zhao Jinge is very comfortable!
In a one-on-one situation, Sterling, who is now in good form, is still confident that he can pass Zhao Jinge's pass into the Tottenham goal!

After the restart, Zhao Jinge was still as he was at the beginning, when the team's midfield operation did not require his help from retreating, he stayed in Tottenham's penalty area and patiently waited for opportunities.

Vertonghen's mental state seems to be better now. Son Heung-min's goal made him breathe a sigh of relief. With the help of Wanyama and Alderweireld, Vertonghen was able to clean up his previous almost With a collapsed mentality, he continued to fight against Zhao Jinge.

Apart from asking Kanter to retreat and target Son Heung-min, Guardiola made no adjustments in terms of offense.

Zhao Jinge has an absolute advantage against the current Tottenham back line. Now it is up to see if Zhao Jinge can seize the time and score another goal before the end of the first half.

After Manchester City's two wings, especially Kyle Walker's side, began to advance slowly with the help of Kante, Zhao Jinge got more and more opportunities.

If you want to talk about which Premier League teams like to use the wings to find centers in their offensive routine this season, then Manchester City must be at least among the top three.Kyle Walker, Mahrez, and De Bruyne are all good crossers. Sometimes Yaya Toure and Sterling will also take a kick or two. Who makes Zhao Jinge's header ability too strong after improving again? ?

Especially when they need to seize the time to attack, Manchester City often adopts the simplest cross tactic. Other teams may have a "two shots if there are dates or no dates" mentality towards crosses, but in Manchester City's For the players, passing the ball is one of the best ways they can provide support to Zhao Jinge.

And when Manchester City abandoned all the fancy offensive routines and started to use quick passing tactics, the pressure on Tottenham's defense suddenly increased again!
Vertonghen and Alderweireld tried their best to fight against Zhao Jinge. From time to time, the three of them jumped up in the air and collided with each other, making a dull sound of physical combat. Zhao Jinge's physical fitness was the best. Well, he has a strong ability to compete for the top, but the joint defense of Vertonghen and Alderweireld makes it difficult for Zhao Jinge to master the balance.

After all, the person behind the take-off is in the air and cannot change his position even if he is attacked from the front and back. If he attacks on the ground, Zhao Jinge can get rid of the defense by dribbling, but in the air he can only fight head-on.

Although Tottenham's two central defenders said they were in a panic, they helped Tottenham through this difficult time anyway.

It's not that they couldn't lose face and refused to ask others for help, but that they didn't dare to ask Trippier or Davis to help.

Both of them were almost knocked apart by Zhao Jinge. If it were these two full-backs, they would probably have to fly out in the first confrontation, so forget it.

Trippier and Davis also knew enough not to enter the penalty area to participate in such a fierce confrontation, and they both helped watch Sterling's movement.

6 minutes of stoppage time.

After the first half of the game entered injury time, Zhao Jinge still raised his hands and kept asking for the ball in Tottenham's penalty area. Seeing this, the Manchester City players had no choice but to continue to give Zhao Jinge the ball on both sides.

During this period, Sun Heung-min also got some opportunities to counterattack, but Kante and De Bruyne relied on decisive fouls to force Sun Heung-min to stay near the center circle.

Towards the end of the first half, the players on Tottenham's side couldn't care less about counterattacks, and they all retreated to the half to help their defensive players stabilize the situation.

Zhao Jinge, however, attacked even more fiercely, fighting fiercely for the ball and ignoring it. Vertonghen's mental state was also tense, for fear that Zhao Jinge would give him another unreasonable blow, but in In such a mental state, his steps seemed a little erratic.

Alderweireld had a bad secret and quickly asked Davis to retreat into the penalty area to help.

But Davis is only 1.8 meters tall and has a normal weight. He may be able to interfere with Zhao Jinge when it comes to ground defense, but what about air defense?That is delivering food to Zhao Jinge!

At the 407th minute of the first half, it was almost Manchester City's last few offensive opportunities. Zhao Jinge had not given Sterling the ball yet. Sterling was a little confused, but he didn't say anything. It was still Observing the changes in the number of defenders around Zhao Jinge every time he fought for the top.

As Wanyama also retreated to the penalty area, Tottenham's defender outside the penalty area became Eriksen. Sterling thought for a moment, gradually expanded the range of his movement, and ran around Zhao Jinge from the penalty area. The movement gradually turned into running around the top of the penalty area.

In the 408th minute, after Kyle Walker and De Bruyne exchanged positions, they received a through ball from Yaya Toure who was pressing forward, and took the ball again in the left area of ​​Tottenham's penalty area.

In order to cause as much chaos as possible in the Tottenham penalty area, Kyle Walker's kick-off height this time was much higher than before. Zhao Jinge had enough time to adjust his steps this time. Vertonghen seemed to jump when he was nervous. It was a little early. Zhao Jinge was overjoyed when he saw this, and then overpowered Davis, who was only 1.8 meters tall. He ignored Alderweireld's small movements beside him and jumped with all his strength!
Before Vertonghen could wait for the football to come over, he already felt that his body was falling uncontrollably. He thought to himself that it was not good, but he could only feel the body of Zhao Jinge behind him that was constantly rising in the air, and prayed in his heart to his old friend Al Deweireld was able to force the ball and destroy it.

But Alderweireld couldn't help but cursed loudly.

If he could guard against Zhao Jinge, he would have done it himself. How could he stop a big center like Zhao Jinge?

At this time, he could only grab Zhao Jinge's jersey with his hands, trying to interfere with Zhao Jinge's fight for the top spot as much as possible. As for Wanyama?Alderweireld had little hope.

At this moment, Zhao Jinge took off under the defense of almost three people from Tottenham. Amid the exclamations of all the fans at the scene, Zhao Jinge won the ball with one against three!
But he didn't shake his head to attack the goal like the previous few times, but pointed the football outward!
The impact point was almost to the right of the top of Tottenham's penalty area, one step outside the penalty area. Eriksen was watching Zhao Jinge's movements right in front of the top of the penalty area and subconsciously felt a palpitation in his heart, but he didn't wait. When he made a move, he felt a figure passing by quickly, heading towards the landing point of the football!

"Raheem!"

"careful!"

Zhao Jinge and Eriksen shouted out almost at the same time, but before the other players from Manchester City and Tottenham could react, Sterling had already taken a small step with the ball. After entering the penalty area, he did not hesitate. Shoot!
Lori's line of sight was still blocked by his own players. At this moment, he could only vaguely see what appeared to be Manchester City players entering the penalty area. There was a lot of noise around him. He calmed down and was about to ask his teammates in front of him to get out of the way. , but saw that a football had passed through the crotch of the teammate in front of him, and then went straight into the net in the near corner of the goal!
"Sterling!!! The ball went in???!!! Oh my god!!!"

Sterling scored his fourth goal in the Premier League this season!
Manchester City took the lead again at the end of the first half!

The perfect cooperation between Zhao Jinge and Sterling!Tottenham's veteran goalkeeper was stunned! "

After repeatedly confirming that the football had entered the net, Sterling suppressed his inner ecstasy, found Zhao Jinge in the penalty area, and then skillfully turned over and jumped on Zhao Jinge's back.

"Holy crap! I thought you wouldn't pass the ball to me. It's just such a chance! Today is my lucky day, you have to treat me to dinner!!!"

Sterling started chattering excitedly and resentfully in Zhao Jinge's ear, but Zhao Jinge carried him behind his back and faced his teammates who came up to celebrate, laughing loudly and saying:

"Isn't this a good opportunity? When I saw you running out, I knew the opportunity might be coming. Just tell me how good it is! Why do you mean I want to treat you to dinner?! Didn't I agree that you would invite me to go hang out? !”

Zhao Jinge felt something was wrong, and when he was about to refute Sterling, he was interrupted by his teammates who gathered around him excitedly.

When Guardiola saw the referee indicating that the goal was valid off the court, he let out a sigh of relief. Then he hugged the assistant coach who rushed out, raised his fists in the air and roared in celebration.

The faces of the Tottenham players were a little dazed.

Especially the players in the midfield and frontcourt, they didn't understand. Didn't they defend well just now? He managed to survive 10 minutes, but was scored again by Manchester City in the last minute?

(End of this chapter)