Chapter 978: Manjo's Hidden Skills

Seeing that Modric's long-range shot "easily" broke through Manchester City's goal, Mancini was so angry that he almost jumped and cursed.

Modric's shot angle is not tricky, but it is fast. In this case, even if the goalkeeper can't hold the football, the success of throwing the football is relatively high.

But what did Joe Hart do?

The England goalkeeper stood in front of the goal. He seemed unprepared for the ball, so he just turned his head and watched the football hit the net.

"Maybe what you said is right." Mancini covered his mouth and turned to his assistant Lombardo.

During the winter break, Lombardo once suggested to Mancini that Lombardo believed that the goalkeeper position was a big hidden danger for Manchester City, and he questioned the ability of England goalkeeper Joe Hart.

Lombardo even recommended to Mancini a candidate to replace Joe Hart: Genoa's young Italian native goalkeeper Palin.

Mancini did not adopt Lombardo's suggestion. For Manchester City, the existence of an England No. 1 goal has a relatively strong symbolic meaning.

However, at this moment, seeing Joe Hart's performance in this conceded goal, Mancini regretted it.

For Joe Hart, Mancini, as the head coach of Manchester City, should be regarded as having the most direct knowledge:

Joe Hart's reaction ability is relatively fast among British goalkeepers, which Mancini appreciates very much.

But Joe Hart's stability is not enough, he always makes inexplicable mistakes, and the phenomenon of being pierced by the opponent due to his shots often happens.

Especially when facing the opponent's long-range shots, Joe Hart's performance is a headache.

This time it was exactly the same.

However, Joe Hart also has moments of good performance, and his magic attacks in the game are not uncommon.

It can be said that in Mancini's view, Joe Hart is an existence that makes any coach love or hate.

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After leading 1-0, Aston Villa did not take advantage of the situation to continue to attack, but started to play steadily.

In the league, Aston Villa is five points ahead of the second-placed Manchester United and 14 points ahead of the third-placed Manchester City. Villa still has a good lead to maintain a confident attitude.

In the ensuing game, the two sides fell into a stalemate.

Manchester City wanted to equalize, they tried to play momentum.

However, in the face of Aston Villa's tough pressing defense, Manchester City has little to do.

Aston Villa played with ease, and when it was time to curl up, they defended like an old dog.

In the midfield there is Clement, the iron gate that is difficult to overcome.

There are also Senderos and Thiago Silva on the defensive line, the strongest central defender combination in the Premier League.

There are really not many ways for Manchester City to score goals.

And Aston Villa did not show the posture of wanting to continue to expand the score in the first half of the game.

"The meaning of Fang Jue's guidance is very clear. He is very satisfied with one to zero. Aston Villa does not need to take the risk of pressing out to attack." Zhan Jun said, "This is a very pragmatic tactic. Aston Villa has fewer players than Manchester City. After three days of rest, physical fitness is a hidden danger, and it is safest to defend and counterattack."

Seeing that the first half of the game was about to end, the score on the field was still zero to one, and the team was one goal behind. Mancini was a little anxious. He didn't want the team to start the second half with a score of zero to one.

Mancini kept making gestures on the sidelines, signaling Manchester City's players to step up their offensive: attack! attack! Press it! Press it!

He expected the team to equalize before the end of the first half.

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However, in the 44th minute of the first half, the situation on the court changed suddenly!

De Bruyne's breakthrough gave Aston Villa a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt.

Modric's free kick went into the Manchester City penalty area.

In Rulin's penalty area, Senderos leaped high, and he won the top battle with Kolo Touré. Facing the football in the air, he slammed his head and hit the goal.

The football almost smashed into the net against the lower edge of the crossbar.

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart tried his best to save it. However, as long as this kind of close-range header is within the range of the goal, the goalkeeper is almost helpless, let alone Senderos. Quality header.

"Goooooooooooooooooooaal!"

"Senderos! Senderos! Powerful header, two to zero, Aston Villa leads Manchester City by two goals at home."

"This is Aston Villa. In the first half of the game, Fang Jue's team seized the opening and closing stages, 2-0!"

Aston Villa's players celebrate a goal like crazy.

As a guest at the Etihad Stadium in the first leg, Aston Villa lost 1-2 away. That game also ended Aston Villa's 42-match unbeaten game.

That defeat was remembered by the players, and they took a deep breath and wanted to revenge at home in today's game.

Now, leading Manchester City 2-0 before halftime, everyone is excited and feels that victory is in sight.

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Excited celebration here at Aston Villa,

The Manchester City team is in mourning.

The players were clearly hit by this conceded goal.

Another goal was conceded at the end of the half, which was almost equivalent to a bolt from the blue on Manchester City's head!

Want to comeback from a 2-0 deficit to Aston Villa?

This is a very, very difficult thing in today's football. Many super giants dare to say that they are not sure of it. It is extremely difficult for Manchester City to do it.

In the end, at the end of the first half, Aston Villa temporarily led Manchester City 2-0 at home.

During the intermission, Fang Jue gave a speech to the team to mobilize.

"I am very satisfied. Two to zero is a good score. Everyone did a good job."

"However, you must not be paralyzed."

"Your opponent is Manchester City. Although they don't look good, don't forget that our only loss this season is an away loss to them."

"Aston Villa have never been doubled by one team in one season, in fact, we almost rarely lose, so to win this game, if we only have one team in a season To score one point is the biggest insult to us!"

"So keep fighting in the second half, keep your spirits up and don't let up!"

"In the second half of the game, we no longer played defensive counterattacks. We launched an offensive at the beginning of the second half of the game, trying to score early goals to expand the score, strive for more goals, and use goals to completely defeat the fighting spirit of the Manchester City people!"

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On the other side, Mancini was also giving a mobilization speech for the second half of the game.

"I was disappointed when we were attacked twice by Aston Villa at the beginning and end of the first half, but I'm not disappointed with everyone's performance, I think we were two goals behind after playing so well. , it's not fair!" Mancini said.

Lombardo looked at Mancini in surprise: Not bad!

Mancini is not a coach who is good at motivating and encouraging players, but this time he did a good job.

"In the first half of the game, Aston Villa has been trying to fight our counterattack, like a thief, not daring to fight us openly, only dare to attack secretly."

"We're going to fight back with our feet and tell the Aston Villa guys that we beat them last November and we can do the same this time."

"In the second half of the game, I judged that Aston Villa will still shamelessly attack our defensive counterattack."

"So, in the second half of the game, I asked everyone to press out from the beginning of the game, attack, attack, and try to open the goal with a crazy offensive. As long as we score first and narrow the score gap to one goal, this will see the comeback. Hope."

"Use your passion and fighting spirit, and use your goals to tell the Aston Villars who only dare to play defensive counterattacks, we want to kill them twice! We will become the first team to kill them twice in one season!" Mann Chiny's voice rose, getting more and more excited as he spoke.

He himself felt full of enthusiasm in his chest, and he looked forward to his players fighting in the second half of the game to stage a comeback.

Manchester City's players were also obviously stimulated by the passionate words of the head coach. The players were in good condition, their fighting spirit was up, and they returned to the pitch screaming.

Mancini was very satisfied. He was surprised to find that he was really good at boosting morale. This was a hidden skill that he had never discovered.

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