Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 427: King of Pestle - Lukaku!

Youdao is full of hardships. In the third round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged Everton away from home.

In the first half of the game, neither side made any achievements.

Manchester City created many opportunities, but their forwards seemed to have forgotten their shooting boots and missed opportunities one after another.

Everton's goalkeeper is the 36-year-old American national goalkeeper Tim Howard. This veteran is in very good shape in this game.

He made high passes and blocked all Manchester City's shots. Even Lin Quan's must-goal was saved by him.

The opponent's goalkeeper was in such excellent condition that everyone in the Manchester City coaching bench couldn't help but worry:
The Toffees' home court doesn't seem to be easy to conquer!
As the younger brother of Manchester United, when Everton meets Manchester City, he will definitely fight to the end, otherwise he will not be able to explain to his elder brother.

Seeing Manchester City's fierce offensive, Everton simply retreated across the board, giving up the fight for victory and just wanted to maintain a draw.

As long as we can draw with Manchester City, we can slow down Manchester City and create opportunities for the boss Manchester United.

Seeing that the team was unable to open up the situation, Son Heung-min, who was sitting on the bench, became worried:
The team has not taken the lead for a long time, and now it is still a positional battle or even a tough battle that he is not good at. In this case, Guardiola may not put himself on the field.

Could it be said that he still has to wait for his debut in Manchester City?
Just when Sun Xingmin was feeling frustrated, something happened on the field.

In the 67th minute of the game, Cross' long shot hit the post.

The ball was extremely powerful, and it should have bounced away from the penalty area. However, a tall and big black player was stuck in the penalty area, and the ball bounced back and hit his bare head without any bias. Before he had time to react, he flew into the Everton goal...

The Everton fans at the scene were stunned for a moment, and then went into an uproar.

what's the situation?
How did my own forward head the ball into his own team?

Could this guy be an undercover agent sent by the other party?

No, wasn't this kid from Chelsea before?
Not to mention the Everton fans were stunned, even the Manchester City fans and players were all dumbfounded.

Lin Quan stared at Lukaku blankly. Did this kid activate the passive of King Chuang in advance?
In Lin Quan's impression, this kid only activated this attribute when he arrived at Manchester United, and he took this attribute to the extreme in Inter Milan.

Why is it so early now, and so far in advance?

Before Lin Quan crossed over, he had seen a picture on the Internet. It was a picture of Lukaku being unable to distinguish his own goal, helping Manchester City to attack Manchester United's goal twice, and making Mourinho vomit blood in anger.

At this time, Lin Quan couldn't help laughing when he saw Lukaku's classic reenactment.

This guy seems to have own-goal attributes. He is obviously a striker, but he often creates own-goals.

It's okay to drop the ball on weekdays. The key is that in a game like the Champions League final, he can still perform stably and block his teammates' inevitable goals, causing Inter Milan to lose the championship.

Now, I really don’t know what to say...

Lukaku, who had caused an own goal, was also stunned. He was only concerned about the team's defense and wanted to come to the penalty area to help. However, he did something bad with good intentions and ended up being unhelpful.

"Tim, I didn't mean it!"

Seeing Howard and other teammates looking at him with angry eyes, Lukaku said innocently.

He really didn't mean it, it was just his poor positioning and bad luck that resulted in such an incredible goal.

Howard resisted the urge to hit someone. He was in very good shape in this game. He thought he could keep Manchester City clean, but he didn't expect to be stabbed in the back by his teammate.

"Go and attack, now we are behind and need to score!"

Howard suppressed the anger in his heart and told Lukaku not to get close to his goal anymore, and quickly rolled to the frontcourt to attack.

There is still a lot of time. If they seize the time, they can hope to equalize the score.

Although there is no way to keep Manchester City clean, but getting a point is considered a mission accomplished for Everton.

However, the advantage brought by the score lead is very large, which greatly reduces the difficulty of Manchester City's attack.

Everton, who was forced to attack, could no longer devote as much manpower to defense as before. This caused their defensive intensity to drop a lot, and their defensive weaknesses were immediately exposed.

In the 72nd minute of the game, Manchester City played a series of coordination on the wing. Lin Quan and De Bruyne continuously hit the wall to complete a two-on-one, two-on-two, and finally both broke into the penalty area.

Howard seemed to believe that Lin Quan would shoot, so he came to Lin Quan.

As a result, as soon as he gave up the goal, Lin Quan passed the ball to De Bruyne.

De Bruyne smiled and accepted the gift, easily pushed the shot into the empty goal, and rewritten the score to 2:0.
The Everton fans at the scene felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on them, and every one of them felt their hearts run cold.

In just 5 minutes, the situation on the court has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Their team fell from the clouds into the abyss. Not to mention victory was out of reach, even the hope of holding on to a draw and getting a point was completely shattered.

Seeing that the team quickly expanded its lead, Guardiola smiled and applauded the players.

Although there were some twists and turns in the process, he was still very satisfied with the result.

After taking a look at the game time, Guardiola turned to Son Heung-min on the bench and said:
"Sun, go warm up!"

"Yes, boss!"

Son Heung-min jumped up from the bench with a hiss, quickly ran to the sidelines, and began to warm up.

"This kid has a lot of fighting spirit!"

Assistant coach Torrent said to Guardiola with a smile.

"Well, that's a good thing!"

Guardiola nodded in response, still looking forward to Son Heung-min's performance.

This kid surprised himself last time in the European Super Cup. I don't know how he will perform in this game.

A few minutes later, Son Heung-min came on as a substitute after warming up, and was replaced by goal hero De Bruyne.

Originally, from a positional perspective, it would be better to replace Lin Quan.

However, Son Heung-min's most tacit cooperation in the team is Lin Quan. His cooperation with other teammates is not tacit enough. If Lin Quan is replaced, he may not even be able to get the ball after he comes on the court, because his teammates will trust his old teammates more. , and will subconsciously pass the ball to other players!

From this point of view, Guardiola still takes good care of Sun Xingmin.

For this game, some Korean fans came to Goodison Park.

Some of these people are Korean students studying in Europe, and some are Korean fans who came all the way from South Korea.

Needless to say, they came specifically for Son Heung-min.After Son Heung-min moved to Manchester City from Bayer Leverkusen, his popularity in South Korea has been greatly improved and he has become a national star.

Although Manchester City is not a top club like Barcelona and Real Madrid, they have been the strongest team in Europe in the past two years. Joining Manchester City means a bright future and countless honors, just like Park Ji-sung who joined Manchester United. .

And compared to Park Ji-sung, Son Heung-min is an offensive player, closer to the opponent's goal, and has more opportunities to shoot and score goals.

This means he will have more opportunities to appear in the camera, and more opportunities to steal the spotlight.

Therefore, compared to their original support for Park Ji-sung, Koreans' support for Son Heung-min is even greater than before!
At this time, seeing Son Heung-min finally playing, these Korean fans cheered loudly, shouted Son Heung-min's name in unison, and held up banners they made to support Son Heung-min.

After hearing the cheers from his hometown fans, Son Heung-min also felt his blood boiling all over. He wanted to run with the ball for tens of meters and kick the ball into Everton's goal.

However, after he came on the field, his teammates seemed not to know that he was a figure, and they did not pass the ball to him a few times at all.

Manchester City players are still more accustomed to handing the ball to Lin Quan.

After all, it is safest to pass the ball to Lin Quan. If the ball is passed to the newcomer rashly, if the ball is lost and the opponent counterattacks, it will be in trouble.

Lin Quan has no prejudice against Son Heung-min, but this guy's running position is not very good, and there are people staring at him every time.

Lin Quan is very familiar with his ability to get rid of the ball. When someone is nearby to mark him, passing the ball to him is almost useless, and the ball may even be intercepted by the opponent.

Therefore, Lin Quan did not pass the ball to Sun Xingmin.

Guardiola frowned, and he certainly didn't blame the players on the field.

Instead, he gave Son Xing-min a signal to let him run and run out of space so that he could receive the pass from his teammate.

After Son Heung-min saw the coach's gesture, he immediately followed it.

The Everton players marking him have played for more than 70 minutes, and their physical fitness cannot be compared with that of Son Heung-min who just came on the field.

So after Sun Xingmin started running, he quickly couldn't keep up.

In the 83rd minute, Lin Quan saw the opportunity and finally sent a pass to Sun Xingmin.

The timing and force of the ball delivery were just right. Son Heung-min received the ball comfortably after starting, accelerated a few times and dribbled the ball into the penalty area.

Everton's players may have despised Son Heung-min because the Manchester City players did not pass the ball to him before, but they did not immediately send someone to help defend. As a result, Son Heung-min cut in and ended up with a one-on-one shot.

Guardiola stood up from the coaching bench, his eyes fixed on Everton's penalty area.

He is very concerned about what choice Son Heung-min will make?

Everton's goalkeeper has already blocked Sun Heung-min. With Howard's condition, if Sun Heung-min shoots this shot, the probability of scoring may be less than [-]%.

But if he knocks the ball horizontally in front of the goal, Lin Quan, who has followed up from the center, will have the opportunity to hit an empty goal. In that case, it is [-]% sure to score.

Faced with the temptation to score, Son Heung-min did not choose to shoot by himself.

When he was dribbling the ball, he saw out of the corner of his eye that there were teammates outflanking him in the middle.

So before the opponent's goalkeeper pounced, he knocked the ball horizontally.

The quality of this pass is not high, the route is a little too close to the goal, and the speed is also very fast.

But it was also a blessing in disguise as the opponent's defender was unable to clear the ball immediately.

Just as the football was about to slide past, a blue figure rushed over from behind, fell to the ground and shoveled the ball into the goal.

3: 0!

Manchester City absolutely killed training for the game.

After scoring, Lin Quan quickly jumped up from the ground, smiled and pointed at Son Heung-min, gesturing for him to celebrate with him.

Son Heung-min was also very happy. After completing the pass, he felt that he had not passed the ball well. Unexpectedly, Lin Quan even scored the goal, allowing himself to get an assist.

In the end, Manchester City defeated Everton 3:0 in the away game and continued to lead the standings.

Son Heung-min came on as a substitute in this game and played a total of 21 minutes. Although he did not score a goal, he received an assist. This debut was considered very good for him.

However, the lack of tacit understanding between him and other teammates in the team is a top priority for him to solve next.

As for how to gain the trust of teammates, this needs to be accumulated slowly in daily training and competitions.

After the third round of the Premier League, the pattern of the standings has changed dramatically.

The previous four teams that had maintained winning streaks all failed in this round. In addition to Manchester City's three-game winning streak, the winning streaks of Manchester United, Leicester City, and Liverpool were all ended.

这其中，曼城主场被纽卡斯尔联0:0逼平，利物浦客场0:0逼平阿森纳，莱斯特城主场1:1绝平热刺。

After these three teams drew, the biggest beneficiary was obviously Manchester City.

The league has only played three rounds, and they have already taken a 2-point lead in the standings.

It seems that as the outside world expected, this season's Premier League championship is really in Manchester City's bag.

It is worth mentioning that Mourinho, who had made such nonsense before, suffered a backlash from public opinion after a boring draw with Newcastle at home this round, mainly from Chelsea fans.

In this round of competition, Chelsea made a difficult comeback and defeated West Bromwich Albion in the away game, scoring precious three points, allowing them to see the dawn of getting out of the quagmire.

Moreover, Abramovich has also finalized an agreement with Hiddink. Hiddink will soon move to Stamford Bridge and take charge of Chelsea's coach again.

After Hiddink arrives, Chelsea's current chaos may be over, and by then they may be able to catch up and catch up with teams such as Manchester United.

After all, the current points gap between the two teams is only 3 points, just one win. With Chelsea's background, it is not impossible to catch up.

On August 8, the draw ceremony for the 27-2015 Champions League group stage was held in Monaco.

As the top favorite, which group Manchester City will be assigned to is a topic of great concern to fans of all major teams.

After all, no one wants their team to encounter Manchester City in the group stage.

The final draw results came out, and Manchester City was assigned to Group D, along with Juventus, their old rival in the last Champions League.

This result made Juventus fans howl. In last year's Champions League, Manchester City eliminated them in the quarter-finals and stopped them in the quarterfinals.

I didn't expect that this year I would meet this sufferer directly in the group stage. Their fate was too miserable!
Being in a group with Manchester City means that they will most likely only finish second in the group, and then they will face the first place in the other groups in the knockout stage!
(End of this chapter)