I started with Torres, to revive German football

Chapter 345 The frightened Subasic

When the man was anxious, his movements would inevitably increase, and as Kanter and others fell to the ground during a confrontation, the referee's whistle sounded again.

"He dived! Our players didn't touch him, the referee, you see, he is about to sit up by himself!"

Lemar was still trying his best to defend Bakayoko who had just kicked, but Zhao Jinge pressed down with his small hand at this time, and before the referee turned his head, he pushed Kanter, who was about to get up, back to the turf.

So what the referee saw was Zhao Jinge's hand on the shoulder of Kanter, who was full of blackness and endured the pain but remained silent, with a look of concern and inquiry on his face.

"I can see what happened on the field. Please step back first, and then you, No. [-] of the home team, come over!"

Bakayoko, who felt guilty, didn't even make a move to defend himself. He was actually not sure whether he had shoveled Kanter's calf just now.

Maybe it was more just a scratch on the spikes, but seeing Kanter still lying on the turf and not getting up, he himself had some doubts about whether he really committed a foul.

After receiving a stern verbal warning, Bakayoko returned to his own half with his head hanging.

The warning he received this time was much more serious than that of Fabinho. The referee did not show a yellow card because of the fact that Monaco was at home. But if he commits such a foul next time, he will definitely be punished. Got a card.

Monaco's home fans are naturally about to explode!
Both central midfielders received warnings, and later one of them received a yellow card. Will Manchester City have to move more unscrupulously in the middle?
What kind of penalty is this? Kanter should be sentenced to diving!

For a time, the St. Louis II Stadium was filled with boos again.

After the game resumed, Monaco's players actually restrained their confrontational actions a little.

The confrontation that should be played will still be held, but they dare not do any tackles from the side or rear.

Today, the referee's whistle is relatively loose, but he is not the kind of character who blindly favors the home team.

And Manchester City players also dare to make a move!
Anyway, when they acted rudely, Manchester City followed suit. They didn't care about the face of the team with their superior skills. What stands out is that if I dare to do the first grade of junior high school, I dare to do the [-]th grade!

Monaco players who were born in Ligue [-] are not religious, and fouls and cards are common. However, when they themselves become the target of being knocked down, the pain on their bodies reminds them that now they are facing a team that is fully capable. Put down your arrogance and play with them as a low-level team!

After a little hesitation, Manchester City took a lot of time to control the field. Jardim was so angry that he pointed at his disciples on the sidelines and yelled at them to be more active.

As soon as the majestic head coach spoke, the Monaco players on the field could only press forward and continue to press.

However, this time Manchester City changed their tactics again. After passing the ball back all the way, they divided the ball directly. Finally, Cancelo directly drove forward. The football flew straight towards Zhao Jinge, who had already firmly stood firm to grab a position. .

To be honest, the two central defenders of Monaco, the older Glick, who is 1.9 meters 1.8, only weighs [-] kilograms, looks a bit old and thin; the latter, who is [-] meters [-], weighs just over [-] kilograms, cannot give Zhao Jinge the weight at all. Confrontation pressure.

Only Bakayoko can cause some trouble for Zhao Jinge with his hard work.

So when the long pass flew over, Zhao Jinge suddenly clicked the football between Bakayoko and Glik, and finally took the ball out smoothly.

This scene that almost ignored Monaco's backcourt defense left the home team fans speechless.

There were even quite a few irritable home team fans who directly scolded their own players.

In their opinion, in that case, it would be better to directly commit a foul and leave Zhao Jinge than to watch him smoothly pass the ball to Mahrez on the side.

This is so embarrassing!

But the scene that made them vomit blood even more soon came.

Mahrez took the ball and took two tentative steps on the wing, and then decisively passed the ball back to Cancelo who came up to meet him.

Cancelo, on the other hand, reached out to stop Mahrez from running on the wing to open up space for him, and directly passed the ball back to De Bruyne, who was retreating again!

Emotions: Manchester City's long pass this time was to help the players in the backcourt relieve the pressure of controlling the field. The ball went around in a circle and finally returned to De Bruyne's feet!
The Monaco fans looked at the Manchester City coaching bench with red eyes. In their view, the Manchester City players on the field were certainly hateful, but Guardiola, who designed this bullshit delaying tactic, was the one who deserved the most condemnation.

Facing the boos coming from behind him, Guardiola shrank his neck and smiled while sitting on the coach's bench, showing his white teeth. He looked very happy and was thinking about the Manchester City players on the field. He gave a thumbs up and left another classic scene for the reporters at the scene.

No matter how crazy the Monaco fans at the scene are, Manchester City is determined to drag down the rhythm today.

Of course, this is when they are in possession of the ball. Once Monaco successfully steals the ball, Manchester City's other players except Zhao Jinge will instantly switch to a pressing and defensive mode.

The crazy pressing energy made the Monaco players feel a little guilty.

In fact, if we really want to talk about midfield control, Bernardo Silva, Gallemar and Fabinho, Monaco's three midfield generals have no problem playing with the organization.

But they were stunned by Manchester City's strange tactics.

In the final analysis, the forwards cannot press into the penalty area, the midfield advancement is blocked, and only Mbappe is a serious winger. He can't change even if he wants to, but he can only be led by his opponents.

The lineup designed by Jardim is mainly to use the organization and conduction ability of the midfielder to cooperate with Falcao's fulcrum role, so that Mbappe and midfielders such as Lemar and Bernardo Silva who have strong scoring ability can Players get enough offensive opportunities.

Moreover, Fabinho, who scored six goals in the league last season, also has the ability to penetrate from behind and attack the opponent's defense.

The arrangement of the offensive echelon and the arrangement of offensive tactics are more reasonable and reliable no matter how you look at it.

But Jardim really didn't expect that Falcao, who had regained his second spring in the league and had already scored [-] goals, would be so weak now that he returned to the Champions League.

Falcao was unable to get past Manchester City's defensive design, and all the backhands deployed by Jardim seemed to have lost their effect.Mbappe, who was killing everyone in Ligue [-], was lost under Manchester City's steely defense in the backcourt, and Lemar was restrained by Kante's struggle.

However, Fabinho was tricked by Zhao Jinge again. This guy was probably confused and was competing with Zhao Jinge in the backcourt. Jardim knew that it would be impossible to expect Fabinho to go forward in this game. .

The first half of the game was almost completely wiped out by Manchester City.

When the irrational Monaco fans threw burning fireworks into the stadium, the referee decisively blew the whistle to end the first half.

Upon seeing this, the staff and security personnel rushed into the venue, cleaning up those who needed to be cleaned up, and arresting those who needed to be arrested. The scene was very lively for a while.

Zhao Jinge even had the time to take a few more glances at the chase between the security personnel and the rioting fans.

But the players on Monaco's side were obviously not in such a relaxed mood.

Jardim's face fell, and the Monaco players knew something was wrong and hurried back to the locker room.

Manchester City's players slowly walked into the tunnel amidst almost everyone's boos.

This first half was boring for many neutral fans. Manchester City's tactics broke Monaco's offensive rhythm and even their own offensive rhythm into pieces.

But for the supporters of Manchester City, in the first half, they not only withstood Monaco's home power, but also successfully disgusted their players and fans. Don't be too happy!

You think of speed, I want to control the field, you want fast break, I want to fight positional warfare!

Who specially asked your fans to go to the hotel where our players rest to set off fireworks at night?
Isn’t this what you deserve!
Most of the commentators from various countries did not have any personal inclinations and positions. They were just very curious and wanted to know how the head coaches of the two sides would adjust their tactics in the second half.

Jardim definitely wants to win Manchester City at home as much as possible, but if he really can't win the game, he should be able to accept a draw as long as he doesn't give Manchester City away goals.

After all, they will play at Manchester City's home court in the next round. As long as they score a goal, Manchester City will be forced into a desperate situation.

For Guardiola, striving for away goals while not losing is naturally the most important thing.

As long as they score an away goal in this game, they can put Monaco into a very embarrassing situation.

Now it depends on whether the head coaches on both sides choose to play it safe or give it a go.

After a short period of 15 minutes, the players of Manchester City and Monaco changed sides to fight again. Neither side had chosen to make substitutions. This situation actually made Jardim secretly relieved.

He has made his choice and will try his best to stabilize the situation in the second half. If the game ends with a score of zero to zero, it will actually not be bad for Monaco.

He was afraid that Guardiola would make all the substitutions and formations at the beginning of the second half. If Manchester City really wanted to attack the half, Monaco's defense might not be able to withstand it.

But when the game restarted, Jardim looked at the active movement of the Manchester City players, and his mood suddenly became very bad!

Manchester City did not make any substitutions, but they adjusted their formation back to [-]!

With the active ball-handling, Manchester City's five offensive players in the frontcourt soon forced Monaco to shrink its defense.

Zhao Jinge is not the aging Falcao, and De Bruyne, who has completely entered his peak period, is not the Bernardo of today. Silva can compare.

The Manchester City twin stars are at their peak age. Not only do they have a strong desire to attack, their skills and bodies are also at or entering their peak state!
What Jardim was worried about finally happened.

Manchester City successfully started the second half and directly suppressed Monaco's offense. Zhao Jinge and Mahrez and Mane on the wing even used their outstanding personal abilities to stab Monaco's defense back and forth!
Guardiola is so bold, he dared to take a big shot at the beginning of the second half, not caring about Monaco's possible counterattack.

Manchester City's players seemed to be like their coach, fully committed when they needed to press. In addition to the two central defenders, there was basically only one Kante who was dragging behind in the backcourt, so they were not afraid at all.

And with such an investment of troops, once the front and back offensive levels are spread out, as long as you are careful not to lose the ball carelessly, the offensive will come one after another, which can completely stun Monaco's defenders.

Zhao Jinge dragged Fabinho to play hide-and-seek for half a game, and he could no longer restrain his desire to score goals.

When the teammates on the left and right wings are in position, what Zhao Jinge has to do is very simple. With Mahrez's movement involved, try to grab a little bit and complete the task of shooting!
Monaco's double central defenders Glick and Germersson will be staring at the running Zhao Jinge as if facing a formidable enemy.

It's not that they want to reveal their defensive strength, but that the gap in physical fitness is real. They are not jumping masters, so they really have no confidence that they can restrain Zhao Jinge in the battle for the top!
If possible, they both want Bakayoko to come back and help them.

It's a pity that the second half started and it was not the final moment for everyone to retreat. Even if Bakayoko was willing to help, their head coach Jardim would not allow such a bizarre scene to occur at this moment.

What does it sound like to ask one's defensive midfielder to withdraw to his own penalty area at the beginning of the second half to help two central defenders, and the three of them defend the opponent's center together? !
In desperation, Monaco's two central defenders could only cast a look at goalkeeper Subasic behind them.

They can try their best to fight Zhao Jinge hand-to-hand, but if they accidentally allow Zhao Jinge to grab a shooting opportunity, they will have to rely on Subasic to solve the problem himself.

The Croatian national team could only helplessly make a hand gesture to me.

His strength is actually quite good. He is not at the top level in European football, but he is still close to the top. But facing Zhao Jinge at this moment, Subasic is actually a little worried.

Before the start of this game, he had watched a lot of videos of Zhao Jinge's goals in the Premier League, and the goals scored in various ways inside and outside the penalty area seemed outrageous.

The key is that Zhao Jinge's kicking range is very wide. The first five meters of the penalty area is basically Zhao Jinge's absolute threat area. He can also kick and shoot from both sides of the penalty area. Against such an opponent, any goalkeeper will not be able to defeat him. Feeling nervous consciously.

The feeling of the opposite striker coming down from heaven and being completely unstoppable is enough to make every European goalkeeper tremble with fear!
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