Chapter 258 Extreme World Wave (1)

In the eyes of Chinese media and fans, this matchup is indeed very meaningful and they are looking forward to it very much, but almost no one objects to the result - the dancing master will definitely win, which is a matter of course.

Everyone knows that although Sun Jihai's strength is enough to secure a place in Manchester City, he is still far from Wang Li. But it is undeniable that the fans still have some illusions about this matchup. Although Wang Li is half Chinese, he is not Chinese after all, so in the hearts of the fans, it is natural to favor Sun Jihai. Their fantasy is also to hope that Sun Jihai can perform beyond his normal level, which really causes some trouble for Wang Li.

But the result of this confrontation completely shattered their fantasy.

Facing the defense of the Chinese players in front of him, Wang Li directly used his "shadowless kick" again. Since joining Chelsea, he rarely used such a flashy way of passing the ball, but this time he used his old skills again, using this gorgeous footwork to dazzle Sun Jihai. Then, with a kick of his left toe, he passed the ball directly between the latter's legs and chased after the ball with microwave steps.

This set of movements sounds slow, and in fact the whole process only takes 3 or 4 seconds, but Wang Li's gorgeous dance steps still shocked the entire Manchester City Stadium. Even Manchester City fans were shocked by this gorgeous footwork and forgot to continue to make "boo" sounds. Those neutral fans were even more satisfied watching it. They had no preference for the two teams. For them, being able to see such a wonderful moment on the court was worth the trip.

Therefore, Wang Li not only won the match, but more importantly, he won the hearts of many neutral fans present. They now know which team to cheer for.

Chelsea, without a doubt

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Although Wang Li won the duel, the entire Chelsea team's offensive fell into a quagmire.

Perhaps Keegan's indulgent tactics really boosted morale. Manchester City became more and more relaxed as the game went on. Their offense was impressive and their defense was solid, which did not allow Chelsea to get any good chances. Even in a counterattack, a long pass from Phillips in the middle gave striker Anelka a very good chance. If Terry had not directly intercepted the ball in the back despite receiving a yellow card, the score might have become 1-0.

Of course, it was Manchester City that was leading.

Turning our attention back to the right, there has always been a burden following Wang Li - Mills. This full-time defensive defender for Manchester City is indeed very capable. Although he can hardly stop Wang Li from dribbling the ball, he still causes him a lot of trouble.

Mills is very fast, has advanced skills, and his defensive ability is unquestionable. If Wang Li wants to dribble past him alone, he will definitely waste some time. Even if he dribble past him, Mills will often chase after Wang Li, as if he will never give up. This means that every time Wang Li shoots, he will be attacked from both sides, causing the shooting space to be severely compressed, and his attacks always fail.

Of course, during this period, Wang Li also got good opportunities with the support of his teammates, but perhaps his crossbar performance a few days ago brought sequelae to this game. He took three long shots in the first 25 minutes, one missed the post and two hit the crossbar, making the fans think that he was shooting the crossbar deliberately.

In this situation where the attack was not successful for a long time, the head coach Mr. Mourinho on the sidelines became a little anxious. In fact, the smooth sailing in the first few rounds of the league also made Mourinho a little arrogant. He originally thought that Chelsea should have scored against a team like Manchester City, but the game situation was not subject to personal will.

Only then did the Portuguese champion coach realize that the earth does not revolve around him. There is a lot of randomness on the football field. For example, Manchester City on the field now, even if you tell him that this is the Barcelona team, he is likely to believe it, because Manchester City plays football so well.

Mourinho couldn't help but turn to Clark and said, "The other team performed really well today."

"It's Manchester United, no, it's even stronger than Manchester United," Clark said in surprise, covering his mouth.

Mourinho turned to look at the middle-aged man sitting calmly on the opponent's bench and said, "I just don't know what Mr. Keegan said to his players to make them so motivated."

"Should the team strengthen its defense? If they continue like this, we'll probably lose the ball." Clark suggested with some concern.

Mourinho held his chin and thought for a while, "Wait a minute, we are not at a disadvantage. Besides, Allen's attack on the right is also good."

In fact, Mourinho has always wanted to train Wang Li to be the team's attacking midfielder, but in the last game, he found that Wang Li found it difficult to adapt to this position. If he wants Wang Li to change his position from right winger to attacking midfielder, there must be an adaptation period of time, so in this game he arranged Wang Li at the '2' position of the 4321 formation.

This position is not defined. It can be said to be a right winger, a shadow striker, or even one of the two front midfielders. The reason for doing this is naturally to make Wang Li gradually become the center of the team. In a team, the offensive center must be the front midfielder or the back midfielder. With Wang Li's comprehensive ability, if he becomes the center of the team, it will definitely greatly improve Chelsea's offensive ability---

Mourinho still thinks it is a pity to only position Wang Li as a right midfielder and right winger.

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Back on the field, Chelsea's sweeper Claude Makelele intercepted Fowler's dribbling ball in the backcourt and immediately passed the ball to Lampard. Without a second thought, the latter made a long pass to Wang Li in the right center line.

At this time, Milner was still sticking to his post. He had been following Wang Li throughout the game. Seeing the ball flying in this direction, he hurried to meet the ball and kicked it towards the front court, but Wang Li cut in diagonally and stopped the ball with his chest in front of Milner, and then dribbled the ball in the opposite direction, leaving Milner behind with a clean and neat movement.

Milner felt extremely depressed. After several years, this was the first time he found that it was really difficult to defend well.

Originally, Milner, a full-time defender, was confident in his defensive ability. He felt that even if Ronaldinho from Barcelona came in person, he could use his comprehensive defensive ability and excellent physical confrontation ability to suppress the former's performance.

But this time, he had to admit that he really couldn't defend against the black-haired boy in front of him. The opponent's way of dribbling seemed to be endless. The weird and extreme moves were really a waste of talent for dribbling. He couldn't predict it at all. As a defensive player, he was already in a weak position. Not being able to predict meant being at a disadvantage. Milner even secretly felt that those moves were a pity for playing football, and they were most suitable for hitting people---

I have to say, his random guesses are pretty close.

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Since it was Manchester City's attack just now, the space in front of Wang Li was open after he passed Milner, which gave him the opportunity to dribble the ball at maximum speed again. Sun Jihai's defense did not cause him any trouble at all. Wang Li simply dribbled past the opponent and then chased the ball with light steps, which was foolproof. He almost did not waste any time at all.

When he dribbled the ball to the right side of the penalty area, the sparse number of opponents could not completely cover Manchester City's penalty area, so Wang Li easily seized a chance and immediately made a low straight pass, letting the ball fly quickly in front of Drogba.

After more than two months of cooperation, Drogba and Wang Li have already had a very good understanding of each other. The moment Wang Li passed the ball, Drogba shook off the defender and kicked the football. This powerful shot from close range left goalkeeper James with no reaction.

However, what was depressing was that Drogba's shot went directly into the opponent's arms.

Manchester City goalkeeper David James is 34 years old this year. Although he is known as a "nervous man" and often makes inexplicable mistakes, it is undeniable that he is the English goalkeeper who has conceded the fewest goals. As a result, at the age of 30, he finally replaced Paul Robinson and secured the position of England's main goalkeeper.

Its strength should never be underestimated

At this time, David James thought the ball would definitely go in, but when he realized that the ball didn't go in, he immediately looked up at the front court, then ran forward two steps and threw the ball near the center line with one hand.

That's Trevor Sinclair.

The 31-year-old former England international is undoubtedly an all-rounder in the frontcourt. As a left-footed player, he can almost perform well in the left and right wing, forward, and attacking midfielder positions, and this time he has made great contributions to Manchester City again.

With no one guarding, Sinclair received the ball and made a precise pass directly to striker Anelka.

At this time, the French star was standing on the Chelsea penalty area line, watching the backcourt situation. As a powerful shooter, Anelka reacted quickly. When he saw the ball coming, he turned around and shook off John Terry behind him. Then, he made a sharp shot in the rhythm, which directly changed the score for Manchester City.

Suddenly, the Manchester City Stadium fell into a carnival. Before the game, even Manchester City fans did not think that the team could lead Chelsea, mainly because Chelsea's performance in the previous rounds was too strong. Now, they even saw the hope of victory. How could this not be exciting?

On the sidelines, head coach Keegan also had a smile on his face. Before the game, he had almost given up on this game. He would rather fight his arch-rivals Manchester United away from home than play against Chelsea, because he really couldn't think of a good way to suppress the performance of the opponent's young No. 21 player. However, he didn't expect that his inaction made the players not nervous at all, making the game more relaxed.

Seeing that the team was ahead, Keegan did not make any adjustments. He just walked to the sidelines and told the players to pay attention to defense next time and not to be careless because of the lead. In fact, after studying Chelsea's video, he knew that with Manchester City's defensive ability, even if they chose to defend completely, it would be difficult to defend for a long time. If this was at Stamford Bridge, Keegan might choose to defend when they were ahead.

But this is our home ground at the City of Manchester Stadium

Even if they lost the game, Keegan was unwilling to let the team play defensive tactics. This is the dignity of Manchester City.

Wang Li shook his head helplessly. Chelsea's luck today was really bad. They missed several sure goals. Even he himself felt a little out of shape. However, seeing Drogba who had just missed a goal, his dark face almost turned into charcoal. He still ran over to comfort his teammates: "Didier, it's okay. We still have many chances."

Drogba looked up at Wang Li, opened his scary big mouth and smiled, but that expression was not much better than crying. "I'm fine, pass me a few more balls. I'm just not in good shape today, but I still want to score a goal. Come on." As he said that, Drogba stretched out his big hand and clapped his hands with Wang Li.

"Today was really weird. The opponent played really well. Is this really Manchester City? It's not a collective transformation of Manchester United. Look at the counterattack just now, with two passes, it was really amazing," Lampard beside him couldn't help but sigh.

"It doesn't matter, it's Manchester United, we are just unlucky."

"Yeah, that's right, try harder and turn the score around"

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Taking advantage of the opportunity when Manchester City scored a goal, the commentator on the scene was also unwilling to be lonely. He threw away his irritable voice and began to praise Manchester City's players, and by the way, he also ridiculed Chelsea:

"Anelka is worthy of being Keegan's favorite player. His goals are always so neat and tidy. Before the game, almost all media were not optimistic about Manchester City, but now the score on the field shows that Chelsea is not as terrible as imagined. So where is the dancing master who announced the goal? We only saw Anelka."

It is worth mentioning that since the anchor Creed Pesvak at Stamford Bridge insulted the referee but was not punished by the FA, even the commentators of Manchester City have become more "open" in their words, which has made it more difficult for Chelsea to play away.

When there is a loudmouth that keeps harassing the players during a tough game, it is really hard for them to perform at their usual level...

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Amid the cheers, speeches and encouragement from the fans in the stadium, the players of both teams regained their positions and the game resumed at the referee's whistle.

At this time, the Chelsea players were in a more or less low mood. It’s not that they had never fallen behind before, but the first 30 minutes of the game with Manchester City was indeed a bit depressing.

Wang Li certainly noticed this, so just as the game started, in the center circle, facing Drogba's back pass, Wang Li swung his right foot and shot a super long-distance lob with all his strength.

Wang Li didn't want to score a goal at all, he just wanted to use this method to restore the team's morale...