Chapter Three Hundred and Seventieth Desperate

"Goooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!"

"The ball is in--!!"

Seeing the football flying into the goal, the on-site commentator Berbat roared loudly, "Manchester City pulled a goal back! Manchester City striker Darren Bent scored the goal! He has just returned to the club from the England team and was helping in the league. The team scores!"

"This goal is also Darren Bent's 4th goal in 5 rounds of the league. With 4 goals in 5 rounds of the league, Bent is sitting at the top of the league's scorer list with his high efficiency!"

"Bent performed quite well last season, but he was only a substitute for Manchester City. This season, Anelka left Manchester City for Chelsea, and Bent became the first-choice striker. His performance completely overshadowed the nearly 40 million euros to join. Manchester City's Spanish 'Golden Boy' Torres! It is worth mentioning that Torres has yet to help Manchester City score in the league, his only goal was in the Manchester derby in the Community Shield..."

"Darren Bent has just passed his 23rd birthday, and he finally ushered in a full-scale explosion. Seeing his current performance, we can expect that he will definitely become the league's top scorer and even the most powerful contender for the European Golden Boot! "

"Manchester City have never been short of goalscorers, but Bent has proven himself to be at least the best this season..."

"Perhaps, Torres, who is in the same position as him, has already felt the pressure."

In Berbatt's voice, the camera also pointed to the Manchester City bench, and saw Torres sitting in the position with no expression on his face.

But in fact, Torres has felt the pressure.

When he first came to Manchester City, he came with a lot of hope, and in the Community Shield he did quite well, a goal that has proven everything.

But in the four rounds of the league so far, he has played all the games. But not a single goal.

After playing for more than 360 minutes without scoring a goal, it can be described as a goal drought. Seeing Darren Bent's excellent performance again, the 'Golden Boy' feels a lot of pressure.

Torres really wished the coach could replace him.

So he looked in the direction of the coach. It's a pity that Wan Sheng was talking to Diamares. It seems to be discussing the goal just now, and did not notice Torres' eyes.

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Manchester City fans are cheering for the team's goal.

Manchester City have won the league title for two consecutive seasons, and Manchester City fans have long been accustomed to the team's victories. They feel no problem at home against ordinary teams.

But in this game, from the first 10 minutes, I felt very aggrieved. Because it was Aston Villa who scored.

Aston Villa then scored a second goal. The Birmingham fans celebrated wildly, and they didn't have the confidence to overwhelm each other with their voices.

At halftime, many people are also discussing that Manchester City is likely to lose today, they don't want the team to lose, but the team's backward situation still worries them, and some fans are thinking. Maybe this one is really going to be lost.

Now the team is chasing one back!

Although still a goal behind, but Darren - Bent's goal. Let all Manchester City fans see the hope of tying!

So they were in the stands, madly cheering for the goal.

Hearing the voice in his ear, Wan Sheng also felt a lot more at ease. So far, the competition has proved that his idea is correct!

Even if the team has changed half of the bench lineup, their strength is still stronger than that of Aston Villa. After all, they should not be unable to play an advantage because they are not familiar with tactics. Everything is because the team attaches too much importance to tactical coordination.

When the team plays more targeted and pays more attention to the efficiency of goals rather than the process, the team's offensive ability immediately rises a notch!

Seeing the team's performance, Wan Sheng couldn't help but think of the Barcelona that was about to "cross Europe".

Barcelona is the top team in Europe, but in recent years, the results can only be said to be average, the domestic suppression of Real Madrid, but not very good performance in the Champions League.

But in a few years, they will be across Europe, right?

Their tactics are very similar to Manchester City. The general style of play is also dominated by control, constantly passing the ball, passing the ball, passing the ball again, passing the ball forward when there is a chance, passing the ball horizontally when there is no opportunity, in short, the ball is to be passed. Control underfoot.

Just by virtue of cooperation, Barcelona can make the defense of most teams collapse!

However, is that kind of Barcelona better than his own Manchester City?

Wan Sheng suddenly laughed.

Before this game, he would not have dared to say that the team would be better than the 'Dream Third Team', but from now on, he has confidence, because the team's style of play is not only about skills. , and targeted.

The team has outperformed the mighty Barcelona in terms of tactics.

As for the strength of the players and the team, Wansheng is more confident.

If people who have not traveled through, know the current lineup of Manchester City, they will not be able to shut their mouths in shock!

Silva, Ozil, Torres, Darren Bent, Carlos, Pepe... The names of football masters are simply too gorgeous!

What if Barcelona had Messi?

Manchester City have a lot of top first-tier players, and they are all at their peak. Even if one cannot catch up with Messi, how about two? What about three? What's more, the players in the team also have their own coaching skill bonuses. Under the effect of attribute bonuses, what does Messi count!

Thinking of these, Wansheng is even more confident.

He is very clear.

From today onwards, the strength of Manchester City will rise to a new level!

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Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neal doesn't know Wansheng's thinking, but he has begun to worry about the team's defense.

At half-time, he arranged the defense, but what he did not expect was that Manchester City would play so targeted in the second half.

O'Neal didn't think Manchester City's offensive ability was strong before. Maybe their cooperation was gorgeous and they were good at controlling the ball, but one statistic can explain a lot - Manchester City scored a total of 9 goals in the first four rounds of the league.

An average of 2.25 goals in a game is not a lot, but on the defending champion Manchester City, plus their four opponents: West Ham United, Arsenal, Derby County, Blackburn, 2.25 goals. Some less.

Another proof is that in the first two rounds, Manchester City defeated West Ham United 3:0 and Arsenal 2:0. After two very good games, they were not the first in the league because they scored fewer goals than Chelsea.

This shows that Manchester City's scoring ability is actually not as strong as imagined.

The first half also confirmed this.

Manchester City suppressed Aston Villa in the first 20 minutes, but did not score a single goal. In the later time, Manchester City's offense was not bad, but they still did not score.

However, O'Neal did not expect that Manchester City in the second half almost changed a team!

Just when he was still thinking, Manchester City made a bad substitution and shot in front of the goal as if it was a waste of opportunity, but Aston Villa's goal suffered frequent crises.

By the time O'Neal realizes it is now... Manchester City have scored!

What should we do now?

The question was put before him in another place.

But O'Neal couldn't think of a way. He couldn't let the team let go of the attack, which would be tantamount to handing over the victory to the opponent.

The only thing O'Neal can do is to continue to tell the team's defense, "Keep it! You must keep it!"

he repeated.

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After Darren Bent's goal, the balance of the game seemed to tilt in the direction of Manchester City, but in fact, Manchester City were still one goal behind, and the game was less than 30 minutes left.

Thirty minutes, it is not easy to score a goal.

Even if Manchester City's play style is more targeted, Aston Villa's defense is also very tight. No matter how fierce Manchester City's attack is, they are not sure to score within 30 minutes. What's more, Aston Villa is not without The power of counterattack.

After the restart of the game, Manchester City continued to launch a fierce offensive, but more than half of the time remaining, they still did not score.

At this time, Wansheng also considered substitutions.

If you want to score, it is necessary to continue to strengthen the attack, then it should be replaced by a striker.

Wan Sheng glanced at the bench and locked Torres.

The Spanish golden boy has yet to help the team score goals in the league so far, but Torres' ability is undeniable and he is familiar with tactics. The lack of goals is more due to luck and mentality.

Wan Sheng felt that he should try it.

He turned his head to signal that Torres was ready to play, and Torres immediately stood up and walked to the side to warm up.

Torres is happy.

After Darren Bent scored, he thought he had no chance to play, but the coach finally let him play.

Everyone knows what it is to play at this time, and that is to help the team score goals.

It's a trust.

So Torres is looking forward to it, he can't wait to play.

As Torres warmed up, Wan Sheng continued to watch the game. Now that it was a desperate moment, it was also a big question of who to replace. In the end, his eyes were locked on Lescott.

Since the start of the game, Lescott has done a good job defensively, and his performance has been solid.

But the point is, Lescott didn't show much on offense, and Dunn and Boateng in the backcourt defense are enough. Now is the time to fight, it doesn't matter if the defense is weaker, the most important thing is to be able to score goals. If you can't score, the game is lost, so 1:2 or 1:3 makes no difference.

After Wansheng made the decision, he called Torres back and told him, "Fernando, when you come on the court, stay at the front and keep looking for opportunities in the opponent's penalty area. Be careful to run more, don't wait for the ball in place, Be sure to pay attention!"

"It's best to distract the opponent's defense more, and even if you don't have a chance, you have to attract defense for others."

"do you understand?"

Torres nodded fiercely and replied, "I see." (To be continued ~^~)