Chapter 62 A Difficult Victory
Vassel quickly drifted the ball, and the black lightning started again. Although Kyro was desperately chasing him, Kyro's speed was obviously not the opponent of Vassel, who was known for his speed. Even if he wanted to foul, his hands could no longer reach Vassel.
Wassel broke into the penalty area, faced Federer without hesitation, and shot!
Federer fell to the ground to save the ball, and the ball slid through the front of his finger and hit the post hard.
Hertha Berlin was lucky enough to escape!
"Manchester City has no superstars!" English media have always said this. Perhaps it is because there are too many superstar teams in the Premier League, such as Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United and other teams, that makes them so picky about other clubs.
Manchester City does not have superstars like Lampard and Henry, but without superstars does not mean that they have no competitiveness. On the contrary, their players are basically very practical, and there are also big brands.
Of course, if you insist that Manchester City also has superstars, then this superstar must be Fowler!
Not only is his physical condition not strong, he can even be said to be a little fragile. However, this does not prevent him from becoming a favorite on the court because he has unparalleled skills!
Genius is not necessary! The fragility of the body will not become a stumbling block that hinders the development of geniuses. What's more, on the court, one or two flashes can often determine the outcome of a game, and people who often flash such lights in the game are geniuses! Fowler is such a genius.
He was once considered the greatest genius in England after George Best and Gascoin. Although he has begun to degenerate like the first two in recent years, after Huanglong arrived, he seemed to have returned to his heyday once, and his age in his thirties seemed to be no longer a problem. When the ball bounced back from the goal post, he seemed to have become the wind-chasing boy at that time, appearing in front of the ball among the lively stones of lightning!
At this time, the first half is coming to an end!
If he can score this goal, he will basically be sentenced to Hertha Berlin!
At this critical moment, he suddenly fell down, a figure inserted from behind him, and a big foot cleared the ball! It was Van Brick, who hooked Fowler very concealedly and was very lucky to escape the referee's eyes.
With a whistle, the first half ended.
Hertha Berlin fans' hearts finally fell down after a long time of mystery. Now their team has time to breathe. I believe that they will not be so passive in the second half!
Of course, this will undoubtedly be a classic and exciting game. If it is just in the first half, all the things that may happen on the court will appear, goals, conflicts, star performances, and even yellow cards...
Three thousand Manchester City fans are now the happiest people on the court. In such a wonderful game, the team they support has another goal ahead, and they are still away. What else can they ask for?
The only thing they were not satisfied with was the foul at the end of the first half, and the referee didn't see it! Otherwise it would have been a penalty!
In the passage back to the rest room, Hertha Berlin players were all black-faced. This was a game they were determined to win, but they were led by their opponents in the first half, which was something they could not accept!
And in Manchester City's locker room, it was a very ideal result to be able to lead 2-1 away against such a strong opponent.
Only Huang Long had a dark face, and only heard him coughing a few times. He waited until the players calmed down and said: "Although the result in the first half was ideal, we must not ignore the chaos in the back line when we saw the forward performing well!"
Several players from the back line looked at him nervously and waited for him to continue talking.
Huang Long paused for a moment and continued: "Of course, it's not that you're not doing well, but facing the opponent's strong attack power, you have to show your best condition, and you should organize the defense line according to the opponent's characteristics! Davis should not participate in the attack in the first half. You just need to delay the opponent's attack speed in front of the back line! In the second half of the home court, they should attack desperately, so everyone should be mentally prepared first!"
At the beginning of the second half, the situation was indeed the same as Huang Long estimated. Hertha Berlin replaced a midfielder with a defender and played a three- or five-two formation!
The goal appeared in the 57th minute, and before that, both sides were almost in a stalemate, and it was difficult for you to see which side had the advantage. Often, this moment requires the most genius, no matter which side looks at it from the perspective of which side.
I guess no one would have thought that Fowler would be so desperate in this game. In the 49th minute of the game, Manchester City had an excellent opportunity to score, and it was Fowler who created this opportunity to score!
However, his teammate Sinclair wasted the opportunity created by Fowler. He kicked the ball away from the bounds with Hertha Berlin goalkeeper losing his hand!
In the 57th minute, Manchester City's Sun Jihai inserted the ball to assist. He dribbled the ball on the wing and launched the offensive. The ball was quickly transferred back to the left through the middle. Sinclair's cross was cleared by the opponent's defender heading the ball out of the penalty area. At this time, Fowler and Van Brick rushed to the landing point of the ball at the same time!
It should be said that Van Brick has arrived one step earlier. Although it was only a few seconds later, if Van Brick could clear the ball, Fowler would not have a chance!
But perhaps Fowler's desperate performance shocked Van Brick, causing Van Brick to be nervous when he touched the ball first. The ball was immediately intercepted by Fowler on the spot, and then he shot a long shot from outside the penalty area!
The goalkeeper who saw Van Brick touching the ball first obviously did not expect that Van Brick would throw the ball away so soon. After losing the first reaction, he could no longer stop Fowler's tricky ball from entering the net!
Three to one! Manchester City leads by two goals!
At the same time, the cheers of the visiting fans also made Van Brick, who was mainly responsible for conceding the ball, stayed on the spot, bearing the rolling eyes of his teammates and the booing of the home fans.
From the beginning of the game, Basturk's performance was no less than any Manchester City player, including Fowler! Although his ability has been recognized by Germany and other media in previous games, when he saw Fowler easily get rid of his defender on the court, accurately send the ball to his teammates' feet and his calm shot, he was angry. The unique impulse of the Turkish players was revealed in him, at that time, by playing football!
"The competition has only really begun now!" He told himself secretly!
And his life-long running on the field seemed to inspire his teammates.
Van Brick, who had just made a fatal mistake, suddenly became fierce. He used a very fierce back tackle to destroy the ball passed by antoine sibierski to Fowler!
Tackle behind the scenes is a very easy move to take cards. Maybe you can just go down the red card. Sibersky made a painful statement on the ground, wanting the referee to give the red card directly.
This time the tackle was nothing. The tackle behind the scenes and the strict referees were also a move of "five-pound boards without prior attempts".
Although Sibersky kept rolling on the ground, his eyes were indeed looking at the referee.
Unfortunately, this is Hertha Berlin's home court. Van Brick was lucky this time and only gave a yellow card. However, Van Brick didn't seem to care. He just glanced at Siberski who fell down and stood up immediately, looked at the referee again, muttered a few words and left.
From beginning to end, Van Brick's expression was always relaxed! Look at him, he had already come out of the psychological shadow of the fatal mistake just now!
After Siberski stood up, shrugged, patted the grass clippings on his body, and looked at Van Brick's departure back and couldn't help but curse: "Damn it, you won't get a red card like this!"
Huang Long below almost scolded him at the same time!
Bastulk gave Van Brik a thumbs up with satisfaction!
There is not much time left in the game, now it is the 75th minute!
"It seems that Manchester City is better in this game! It seems that Hertha Berlin has no chance to tie. Although there are still fifteen minutes left, we are two goals behind." The commentator at the scene said in frustration.
The eighty-third minute!
This is Bastulk's efforts that have paid off!
Received a pass from Marcelo santos marcelinho, Bastulk broke through from the left. When approaching the penalty area, he pretended to make a move to move sideways in the middle and forcibly enter the penalty area. Sure enough, Sun Jihai was fooled. He originally stood firm on the left and began to move to the middle and prepare to assist in defense, because if Bastulk moved to the middle, there would be no Manchester City players on the left.
At this time, Bastulk smiled, and he suddenly started, his body changed direction like a high-speed train with full power and moved towards the left side that was nearly vacuum!
Sun Jihai was deceived and it was too late to return to defense. Instead of doing useless work, it would be better to strengthen defense in the middle to prepare for the damn Turkic man's cross!
But he immediately found out that he was deceived again! The "damn Turk" was actually preparing to cut across the bottom line and suddenly broke into the small penalty area! But until this time, no one in Manchester City had ever thought that he would shoot! Except for their coach Huang Long, he knew it would be useful? Can it be changed?
He wanted to shoot! Not only Huanglong, but Ayala also thought of it in the middle of Manchester City's defense, because they suddenly found that Bastulk was in an excellent position at this time. Although he could pass the ball easily, in that position, no matter how you look at it, it is a position where you choose to shoot more than pass the ball!
This time they were not deceived again!
Bastulk took a step forward with his left foot. Just when Ayala thought he was ready to shoot and reached the ball in front of his left foot to be intercepted, Bastulk's ghostly right foot did not come to the front as Ayala expected, but reached the back and used a position similar to shooting at the back heel, gently pushing the ball into the goal with the inside of his right foot!
Former England's national goalkeeper James may be the most painful person at this time! Before that, he was blocked by the defender of his side, and was also confused by Bastulk's yellow footwork. He also had to be wary of the threats of other Hertha Berlin players in the penalty area...
At this moment, he could only watch the ball enter his door at a speed that made him painful!
He closed his eyes!
There was a burst of cheers in the audience at that moment!
There are seven minutes left, plus stoppage time, and there are about ten minutes left, and they still have a chance! Bastulk did not celebrate, so he ran into the goal quickly, picked up the ball, and ran towards the center line!
Huang Long was smoking a cigarette in his mouth and his eyes were fixed on the court. If he kept it for ten minutes, the qualifying format of the League Cup would be great! He looked at his players and said inwardly: "Look at you!"
Pierce walked to the side of the court and loudly directed the team's defense!
In the 87th minute, Hertha Berlin made a comeback. Marcelinho received a cross from Bastulk and grabbed a shot, but was saved by James.
In the 89th minute, Manchester City substitution, Huang Long obviously delayed the time. Thatcher replaced the striker Vassel, and the formation became May 41. Obviously Huang Long wanted to defend the last few minutes.
In the 90th minute, it was Hertha Berlin's attack again. Marcelinho controlled the ball and was advancing to the left. After he and Pantlic made a two-pass and one-on-one cooperation, they broke through to the near-bottom line. They made a cross and the ball was pushed out by Mihailovic.
But the ball fell right near Bastulk. He arrived at the fastest speed and shot the ball very quickly. Unfortunately, he hit Ayala and bounced out of the baseline. Hertha Berlin corner kick.
At this time, the fourth official raised the two-minute stoppage time display card. This was probably the best opportunity for Hertha Berlin. All the players ran to Manchester City's penalty area.
The corner kick was taken and the penalty area was in chaos. Marcelinho relied on Mihailovic, whose physical strength had been severely reduced, and tried hard to seize the best position!
He kept adjusting his position and his body's center of gravity. Under the attack of several Manchester City players, he turned around, jumped upside down, and kicked the ball in mid-air!
The moment before his foot touched the ball, a pair of big hands hit the ball before him. It was James's old goalkeeper's experience that played a role and saved the most critical ball at the critical moment!
As the referee's whistle rang, Manchester City scored three-pointers away against the difficult ones!
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Chapter completed!