Chapter 612: Brother Is Very Powerful
? In the 38th minute of the game, Manchester City organized an attack. Yaya Toure picked up the ball in the middle and suddenly took a long shot 30 meters away from the goal.
The football is full of power, but the play is relatively positive. Everyone thought that Handanovic could easily hold the ball.
But Handanovic probably had a seizure at this moment. He didn't know whether he wanted to hold the ball or hit it out. In short, his posture was very awkward. The football flew in front of him in the blink of an eye, hit his hand, bounced off the inside of the post, and bounced into the goal.
Manchester City Stadium was quiet for at least two seconds.
Then the Manchester City fans started cheering.
Yaya Toure did not celebrate immediately after scoring. Instead, he looked at the football spinning in the goal with confusion, then realized that he had scored, and then started running to celebrate.
"Yaya Toure Goallll! Handanovic made a fatal mistake. Handanovic's performance has been very stable this season. He is one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League and is likely to be named the best goalkeeper of the season. The best goalkeeper in the Premier League, but this goal conceded is really... not like his style. We can only say that no matter how good a goalkeeper is, there are times when his hands are weak."
"The score became a draw again, and both sides returned to the same starting line. Judging from the performance of both sides on the field, this is indeed a fair result."
But Yaya Toure didn't enjoy his complacency for long. In the 42nd minute, he and Alderweireld collided hard and failed to stand up on their own. Manchester City had to use up the first substitution near the end of the first half, replacing Yaya Toure with De Jong.
Afterwards, many football commentators said that it was Yaya Toure's injury that changed the direction of the game.
Although De Jong's defensive actions are very fierce, he cannot provide as strong support as Yaya Toure on the offensive end, and cannot keep up with Liccardo's rhythm on the defensive end.
He had just come on the field and before he had warmed up, Liccardo broke through him once and almost scored.
If there wasn't much time left in the first half, Manchester City might have entered the halftime break with a trailing score.
In the visiting team's locker room.
The players gasped and listened to Simeone's arrangements for the second half.
"Manchester City may want more stability, but in my opinion, their defense is not as stable as we thought before!" Simeone said,
"So I decided that we will attack first in the second half! After we get the lead, we will counterattack! I don't believe that with our attacking power, we can't break their turtle shell. It's up to you, Ricardo, if you can get us the lead as soon as possible. !”
Since you want to attack, high-position pressing and on-the-spot counterattack are necessary procedures.
Simeone decided to play the away game and respond to the second half of the game with a proactive attack!
At the beginning of the second half, as soon as Manchester City kicked off, QPR made a fierce grab, grabbed the ball, and distributed it to the right.
Alda Turan cut inside and passed the ball to Kyle Walker. Walker kicked the ball and passed. Ronaldo grabbed the spot in the middle and shot. Hart used his fingertips to pull the ball out.
"It's a pity that Ronaldo missed the opportunity to expand the score! If Ronaldo was younger and faster and stronger, he would not have missed such an opportunity!" the commentator said regretfully.
Soon Manchester City counterattacked. De Jong assisted and created a free kick. Nasri's shot went high.
Handanovic kicked the ball very far and flew to the front of Manchester City's penalty area. Lescott jumped up and headed the ball. I don't know whether he wanted to head the ball and rub it towards the goalkeeper or whether he had a technical skill. After a mistake, the football fell slowly and rolled towards the goal.
Hart immediately attacked, but Ronaldo was faster. He bypassed Lescott and shot angrily before Kompany could reach his position - no, a lob. Hart made a mistake in judgment, and the football flew over him. Out of a beautiful parabola, fell into the goal.
"Ronaldo Goalllll! In such an important game, he scored twice! He took advantage of Manchester City's mistakes and gave QPR the lead again!"
After scoring the goal, Ronaldo found Ricardo and hugged him tightly: "Isn't my brother awesome?"
"Awesome, you are the best in the world!" Liccardo praised sincerely.
"It used to be." Ronaldo laughed.
Manchester City was dizzy by the loss of the ball. Just a minute later, there was another loophole in the defense. Fernandinho sent a through ball. Ronaldo broke into the penalty area and volleyed into the far corner. But this time Hart made a contribution and blocked the ball. Out of the baseline, ruining Ronaldo's hat-trick attempt.
Modric took a corner kick, the football fell to the back point, Liccardo volleyed and the ball hit the side net.
Mancini couldn't sit still. He ran to the sidelines and yelled a few words, constantly making gestures to urge the players to come forward, come forward.
QPR began to recover. Since they were already ahead, there was no need to engage in high-position pressing, which could easily cause loopholes in the defense.
Manchester City began to attack with all their strength.
Aguero and Tevez took turns attacking QPR's penalty area. They were too flexible and too fast. They could often tear a hole in QPR's defense with a change of direction or a turn.
Simeone bit his lower lip, nervous. The team's current four center backs are all tall and powerful, and none of them are flexible enough. Perhaps it is time to ask Ricardo to add a different type of defender to deal with different opponents next season.
In the 54th minute, an unexpected scene appeared. Tevez received Nasri's pass and suddenly stopped, and Thiago Motta, who was guarding him, also turned around.
Tevez suddenly turned around again and ran toward the penalty area. Thiago Motta naturally turned around and followed him, but during the turn, whether intentionally or unintentionally, his elbow swept Tevez's face. superior.
Tevez immediately covered his face and fell to the ground, making a sign of pain.
After the referee blew the whistle, he ran over, watched for a while, and then ran to the sidelines to say a few words to the assistant referee.
When he returned again, he hooked his finger at Thiago Motta and then showed a yellow card!
Thiago Motta pointed at himself in surprise, expressing disbelief. He shook his head and walked off the pitch, while the rest of the QPR players began to surround the referee.
Liccardo immediately pushed away his excited teammates and went forward to argue with the referee.
Thiago Motta did commit a foul, but would this ball give him a yellow card at most? Is giving a red card too much?
It's not too much. It's not too much to give a red card for such malicious hurt.
Sir, you know how crucial this game is, and your penalty is likely to affect the trend of the entire game!
I'm sorry, but I just did what I had to do. I think it should be a red card, stop talking and keep playing.
Although some QPR players were angry, Ricardo persuaded them all to go back. The team cannot afford further attrition.
For the rest of the game, QPR had to play 10 against 11. Fortunately, Ronaldo gave them the lead.
Now it just depends on whether they can hold on to the 2:1 score in the next nearly 40 minutes.