Football: Don’t talk about feelings, I’m just an AI

After Yaya Toure left the field, his position must be filled by someone else.
In the field of modern football, the importance of defensive midfielders is increasing day by day. In the German transfer market, the price of an excellent defensive midfielder is almost the same as that of a striker.

When the head coach is building a team, the first thing he considers is the key position of "waist". Only after solving this problem will he consider the arrangements of other positions.

From this we can see that the importance of the defensive midfielder is self-evident! ! !

Guardiola signaled Xia Qi to move back and take over the job of defensive midfielder.

Everyone had full confidence in him. Although Xia Qi felt a little nervous, he had no choice but to accept the order calmly.

After the game resumed, Manchester City, with one man less, had to shrink its defense and adopt a defensive strategy.

With one more player, Barcelona’s morale was high and they suppressed Manchester City at the front of the penalty area and bombarded them!

The Barcelona fans in the stands were also very cooperative, and every attack by Barcelona would trigger enthusiastic cheers like the roaring of mountains and seas.

In such a fanatical home atmosphere, Xia Qi had an extremely difficult time playing.

Fortunately, during the time when he had the system, he never gave up training. Although he could not switch between offense and defense as easily as when he had the "one-button hang-up",
But they also held their defense tenaciously and stopped losing points.

"…Barcelona's offensive was extremely fierce during this period, and Manchester City was completely suppressed. Xia Qi's defense was extremely tenacious and did not allow Barcelona to score. However, blindly defending is not a long-term solution after all."

Commentator Zhan Jun was once again worried about Manchester City.

Since Yaya Toure left the field, Barcelona has continued to besiege Manchester City for twenty minutes, and the score on the field is still 1:0.

Barcelona forward MSN's attack seemed powerful, but in fact it was not very effective and they failed to score again.

"...Although Manchester City's situation was quite ugly, we have to say that Xia Qi's defensive performance was outstanding. His defensive area was wide and his attitude was positive. He was the strongest barrier in front of the back line..."

"...I feel that Xia Qi's defense tonight was excellent but his offense was weak. He was no longer as balanced in offense and defense as before..."

"... With one less player on the field, Xia Qi didn't dare to push too hard. After all, it was Barcelona's home court. If they could keep the score at 1:0 until the end, it would be a good result."

"1:0, 2:1... even a one-goal loss is acceptable. Manchester City has never lost at home this season, and the possibility of a comeback and advancement at the Etihad Stadium is still quite high."

Seeing that Manchester City, with one man less, was unable to fight back for 20 minutes, the two commentators Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun began to comfort the audience in front of the TV.

The fans have long been accustomed to Xia Qi's overwhelming victories and his clocking out at halftime to end the game.

Being suppressed by Barcelona tonight... This made the fans very angry. In the comments of the live broadcast room, some people cursed Barcelona, ​​and some cursed Xia Qi and Yaya Toure...

Just as everyone was talking about it, Xia Qi rushed towards Xavi who was breaking through with the ball.

Xavi is the core of Barcelona's midfield and the key hub of the team's offense and defense.

While defending, Xia Qi kept a close eye on him, always looking for an opportunity to counterattack.

In the 32nd minute of the game, Xia Qi finally seized the opportunity and rushed towards Xavi.

When Xavi saw Xia Qi coming towards him, he twisted his hips and passed the ball away.

However, his passing action seemed to have been predicted by Xia Qi.

Xia Qi, who was originally rushing towards him, suddenly stopped and turned, moved forward like an arrow, and stretched out his legs to intercept.

The football was poked by Xia Qi's toes and rolled straight to the side.

Zhang Lu couldn't help but shout in the live broadcast room: "Beautiful!"

Manchester City fans in the stadium also cheered!

In fact, Xia Qi sighed inwardly at this moment. He originally wanted to stop the football under his feet, intercept the ball himself and launch a counterattack.

However, since he was not in the "one-button hang-up" state, there was a deviation in his calculation of the distance, and he could only disrupt Xavi's pass first.

Fortunately, the Barcelona players played too comfortably during those twenty minutes, and no one rushed to grab the ball that was poked out at the first time.

Xia Qi seized this second opportunity instantly!

He jumped out like a rabbit that had broken free from its bridle.

At the same time, Barcelona's left-back Alba woke up from his dream and rushed towards the football.

Xia Qi is as fast as lightning.

Alba is closer to the ball.

But Xia Qi is still faster.

Seeing that the ball was about to be obtained by Xia Qi, I thought of Xia Qi's extremely high goal rate in the past.

Alba was anxious.

He felt that using a yellow card to stop Xia Qi's defensive counterattack was very cost-effective.

So he accelerated and crashed straight into Xia Qi.

Seeing that he was using a bull-charging defense, Xia Qi had no time to think and relied on muscle memory.

He rushed towards the football, turned his left ankle, pushed the football forward along the sideline, and then rushed out of the sideline.

At this moment, Alba rushed over. The boy was in the mood to get a yellow card and was too lazy to even act. He didn't want to hit Xia Qi with his shoulder, but instead reached out and pushed Xia Qi hard.

Xia Qi immediately bumped into the billboard on the side of the field.

When the referee saw this scene, he put the whistle in his mouth and was about to blow it, but he saw Xia Qi, who had hit the billboard, support the billboard with both hands and push it hard.

Swing your body back.

Jump over Alba who has lost his balance and has not yet stood up.

Rushing towards the football with big strides.

The referee put down the whistle, made a gesture to continue the game, followed Xia Qi and ran towards Barcelona's half.

The attack is in our favor, the game continues!!!
Barcelona players hurried back to defense.

Busquets, who was at the front arc of the penalty area, pounced towards Xia Qi, and the central defender behind him immediately retreated into the penalty area.

Busquets wanted to move forward and entangle Xia Qi, to buy more time for his teammates or create an opportunity for double-teaming.

However, Xia Qi didn't give him any chance to get entangled at all!
After catching up with the football, he dribbled the ball hard and directly to a place five or six meters behind Busquets, making full use of the wide space between Busquets and the central defender.

Immediately afterwards, Xia Qi, without the ball at his feet, flew past Busquets like a high-speed bullet.

"Xia Qi eats Busquets alive!"

"Xia Qi passed the ball to himself three seconds later, and with a 'Baile'-style pass, he forced his way past Busquets."

Xia Qi's instant acceleration was so fast that Busquets reached out to try to grab Xia Qi, but failed.

By the time Busquets turned around, Xia Qi had already left him two or three body lengths behind.

Super Xia fan Zhan Jun complained: "Busquets' turn is just like an aircraft carrier turning around!"

Barcelona fans sensed the danger, and Xia Qi, who had passed Busquets, was about to rush straight into the penalty area.

The Barcelona fans in the stands of the Camp Nou stadium did their best and booed Xia Qi almost crazily, and the booing was louder than any previous time.

Someone even took out a laser pen and tried to blind Xia Qi's eyes.

Pique didn't want to let Xia Qi rush into the penalty area unhindered, so he rushed out of the penalty area to defend Xia Qi head-on. As long as he could block Xia Qi for one or two seconds, Busquets would be able to return to defense and everything would get better.

Pique's one-on-one defensive ability is much more reliable than his character.

During the team's training, he is a defender who can defend Messi alone.

Pique rushed to Xia Qi, but did not stretch his legs to steal the ball at the beginning. Instead, he kept a proper distance in front of Xia Qi and "fought and retreated".

When Xia Qi caught up with the football, Pique blocked him five or six meters in front of him and retreated as Xia Qi advanced.

When Xia Qi saw him fighting and retreating, he instantly understood his intention.

He immediately used the outside of his right foot to push the ball to the right. Seeing this, Pique moved to the left, keeping himself in front of Xia Qi.

But just as he moved over, he saw Xia Qi's right foot arch dribbled the football to the left side again.

It seems like he is going to break through from the wing to the middle.

Pique immediately turned and rushed to the right.

While turning around, Pique did not forget to twist his neck and stare closely at Xia Qi's feet...so he saw Xia Qi move his right foot towards the football again.

Is it another breakthrough to the right?
Pique did not change direction immediately, but stared at the football.

When he saw that the football was indeed rolling to the right, Pique immediately changed direction again. This was the third time he changed direction. Pique firmly believed that this was almost Xia Qi's limit.

But when he turned around, Xia Qi was nowhere to be seen...

In an instant, Pique's heart seemed to fall into an ice cellar.

Although he didn't see Xia Qi's movements, Pique understood what was going on the moment he saw Xia Qi!

Ox tail!
Xia Qi's move of the ball to the right was not the third change of direction, but a cow's tail!
Super long distance bull tail!

Pique's former teammate Ronaldinho is very good at this football skill, and Pique often encounters it in actual combat and training...

After understanding the whole story, a hint of bitterness appeared on Pique's face. It is said that Chinese people are smart.

Tonight, I finally got to see it!
Xia Qi's first two changes of direction were probably intended to make him fall into a misunderstanding of "inertial thinking", so that when he used the "ox tail" again, he would habitually think that it was another change of direction...

Damn it!

Great!
Pique hit his head in frustration.

"Ox tail!"

"Xia Qi passed Pique!"

"Using an extremely difficult and long bull tail, Xia Qi successfully passed Pique!"

Amid the exclamations of teacher Zhan Jun, Xia Qi broke into Barcelona's penalty area as if he were in an empty space.

Mascherano, another central defender in the penalty area, was trapped by Lukaku and was unable to provide support for his teammates.

Barcelona's starting goalkeeper Bravo chose to leave the goal without hesitation when Xia Qi dribbled past him.

"Bravo abandons the goal and attacks!"

"See how Xia Qi responds!"

Before Zhan Jun finished speaking, Xia Qi raised his leg and shot!

Bravo quickly fell to the ground and dove sideways, lunging in the direction he had determined.

But the football did not roll there.

Xia Qi's right foot was just a feint and successfully fooled Bravo.

Seeing Bravo fell into the trap, Xia Qi's right foot passed over the football and knocked the football from right to left.

It widened the distance between him and goalkeeper Bravo and also created a good angle for shooting.

Then he swung his left foot and delivered the final fatal blow.

"Xia Qi shoots! Ah, a fake move!"

"Cum again!"

"The ball is in!"

“What a fantastic goal!”

"Xia Qi used his best one-on-one move to successfully score, equalizing the score for Manchester City in the 32nd minute of the game."

"In the difficult situation of being behind in the score and having one less player on the field, Xia Qi endured the most difficult 20 minutes and finally tied the score."

"You can always trust Xia Qi!"

Zhan Jun only knew that they were behind in the score and had one less player on the field, but he did not know that this was a solo goal scored by Xia Qi without the assistance of the system.

This is extremely rare and by no means easy!
So when the football flew into the goal and hit the net, Xia Qi turned around and slid to his knees towards the corner flagpole.

His heart seemed to be filled with surging waves, and the excitement and excitement spread throughout his body like electricity.

At this moment, his heart seemed to be about to jump out of his chest, and every beat was accompanied by endless joy and pride.

All the difficulties and pressures of the past twenty minutes turned into cheers of victory at this moment.

His eyes were shining with a fiery light, which was the extreme desire for victory and the satisfaction of finally achieving it.

Every muscle on his face was trembling slightly with excitement, and the upward curve at the corners of his mouth revealed his inner ecstasy.

Xia Qi felt everyone's eyes were focused on him, and the feeling of being noticed made his blood boil.

At this moment, he seemed to be the center of the world. All his fatigue and doubts disappeared in front of this goal.

He vented his emotions freely on the grass, no longer feeling the anxiety caused by the system upgrade.

Barcelona head coach Enrique stood on the sidelines, his eyes that were originally full of confidence and expectation suddenly became gloomy and anxious.

He clenched his teeth, the muscles in his cheeks twitched slightly, and his heart seemed to be weighed down by a huge rock.

This goal was completely beyond his expectations. He originally thought that he could easily control the game with the advantage in numbers and the favorable situation, but Xia Qi's goal instantly shattered his plan.

He felt extremely angry and frustrated, angry at the team's defensive mistakes and frustrated at the sudden collapse of the advantageous situation.

Enrique put his hands in his pockets and paced back and forth, trying to think of a quick response, but his mind was a mess at the moment.

The Barcelona fans in the stands fell into deathly silence at the moment the goal was scored. They stared with wide eyes, watching the scene on the field in disbelief.

The deafening cheers came to an abrupt end, replaced by boos and angry curses.

They waved their fists, disappointment and anger written all over their faces.

Some people slapped the seats hard, while others threw their scarves to the ground, complaining about the team's poor defense.

They originally thought they had victory in their grasp, but at this moment they were ruthlessly hit by Xia Qi's brilliant performance, and the anger in their hearts was difficult to calm down.

On the field, Pique, Bravo and Busquets looked at each other with helplessness on their faces.

All three of them suffered losses at Xia Qi's hands and were played around by him.

Captain Xavi raised his arm to indicate that he was primarily responsible for the goal lost.

That’s true too!

It was because his intention to pass the ball was too obvious that Xia Qi intercepted it and then made the one-on-one pass...

Guardiola was also extremely excited after Xia Qi scored the goal.

He rushed to the sidelines to celebrate the hard-earned equalizer with his players... (End of this chapter)