bayedsolid Chapter 343 The Great Italian Left Back
Chapter 343 The Great Italian Left Back
Chapter 343 The Great Italian Left Back
For Mourinho, winning the UEFA Super Cup is also one of his coveted titles.
Although he had four European Super Cups before, he failed to win the championship four times.
For a coach who wants to collect all trophies, Mourinho's obsession with this trophy is very deep.
Although he knows that the Manchester City team is very strong, he has also coached the most powerful team in the world. He knows that any team will have its own weaknesses.
The biggest weakness of the Manchester City team is that it relies too much on Li Mingyu's personal ability.
If Li Mingyu is restricted, Manchester City is just an ordinary Premier League team.
Therefore, Mourinho put out a lineup of six midfielders.
If this lineup was placed last season, it would indeed have many restrictions on Li Mingyu.
However, this season, with the arrival of Harry Kane, Li Mingyu's long pass can be released to his heart's content.
Harry Kane not only has a good height and excellent header ability, but also is very flexible on his feet. He is a versatile striker, and he is very compatible with Li Mingyu's partner.
A 15-minute break passed.
Players from both sides returned to the field again.
The Roma team did not change, and the lineup was still the Christmas tree lineup.
The Manchester City team has not made personnel adjustments, and is going to see how the Roma team responds first.
Guardiola is very stable now.
With this score, anyone will be very stable.
In the second half, Roma kicked off first.
Shalawi kicked the ball to Pellegrini behind him and ran forward by himself.
In the first half of the game, Shalawi hardly got a good chance to attack, and his only shot was missed by him.
After the intermission, Shalawi held back his energy and wanted to show his little pharaoh's power in the second half.
Pellegrini passed the ball to Mkhitaryan on the other side.
The 34-year-old Armenian player Mkhitaryan is a very good midfielder.
His skills are very comprehensive. He is an all-round attacking midfielder with a wide vision, excellent long-range shots and the ability to hold the ball in front of the goal.
He arrived from Manchester United two years ago and quickly occupied the attacking midfield position and became an indispensable player for Roma.
Although he is 34 years old, his speed has slowed down a bit, but his more sophisticated fake moves and awareness make Mkhitaryan even more difficult to stop.
Facing Bernardo Silva's attack, Mkhitaryan just flicked the ball lightly with his feet, and shook the reckless Bernardo Silva behind him.
Although Mkhitaryan's speed is not fast, the sudden change between rhythms is a matter of experience.
After shaking Bernardo Silva away, Mkhitaryan took the ball two steps forward, and then passed the ball to the wingback Spinazzola who inserted in the back.
Italian left-backs are usually inherited.
Spinazzola clearly inherited this.
As soon as the second half started, he assisted directly into the Manchester City half.
After receiving a pass from Mkhitaryan, Spinazzola took the ball straight forward and used his body to force Kyle Walker, who was not ready yet.
Kyle Walker didn't stand firmly on his feet, staggered, and was directly broken by Spinazzola.
Manchester City's midfielders didn't expect such a situation to happen, so they hurriedly turned back to defend.
Guardiola's face on the sidelines turned livid, and Manchester City's old problem was committed again.
At the start of the second half, the focus was off.
This is already a precaution that Guardiola will remind every halftime, but obviously, some people take this sentence as a deaf ear.
Spinazzola hit Huanglong straight from the left, and when he reached the edge of the penalty area, he made another fake move and swayed Varane who was defending.
Since Spinazzola had already entered the penalty area, Varane did not dare to reach out, so he could only block the opponent's shooting angle with his body.
Spinazzola glanced in the direction of the goal, raised his left foot, and swept the ball fiercely towards the goal.
Varane put his hands behind his back and stretched out his feet, hoping to block the ball.
Sure enough, the toe of Varane's outstretched right foot touched the football.
Before Varane could show a joyful smile, he saw the football, which had been rubbed by him and changed its direction, rolled to the opposite direction of the goalkeeper's movement.
Ederson saw the angle of Spinazzola's kick and had already started to move to the other side.
Unexpectedly, Varane's foot stretched out to block, and he kicked the football in the opposite direction of himself.
Edson, who stood there blankly, could only watch helplessly as the football rolled into the goal.
The dramatic scene made all the fans sigh.
The players of the Roma team started to celebrate crazily.
A good start is half the battle.
4:1, this gap is not so far away.
Mourinho on the sidelines finally showed a satisfied smile.
However, after the ecstasy, he called the players loudly, hurry up and go back with the ball, don't waste time.
The players of the Roma team picked up the football from the net, hugged it in their arms, and ran to the center circle in a team, as if they were bound to win.
Not to mention, this red jersey really looks like a pack of red wolves running.
Goalkeeper Ederson walked up to Varane and pushed him on the back, telling him not to pay attention to the own goal just now.
Varane did not expect that a goal he scored when he came to Manchester City turned out to be an own goal, which is really a bit unlucky!
However, this also made Varane suffocate.
Varane is just 30 years old this year, but his honor gives him an arrogance that ordinary people don't have.
Four Champions League champions, four Club World Cup champions, three La Liga champions, and a series of other honors. The biggest honor is 4, when he followed the French national team and won the World Cup.
Being famous at a young age, he has already won honors that others can't get in a lifetime at a young age, which makes Varane very proud in his heart.
Re-kick-off, Manchester City began to launch a quicksilver attack against Roma's half.
Li Mingyu once again demonstrated his unparalleled midfield ball handling skills.
Even if there were two Roma midfielders pinching together, Li Mingyu could find a space to pass the ball, preventing the opponent from touching the ball at all.
Every time Li Mingyu makes a wonderful pass or pass, it will attract applause and shouts from the fans in the audience.
The Kazan Arena, like Li Mingyu's home stadium, put a lot of pressure on the Roma players.
Li Mingyu suddenly cruised to the front of the penalty area, and with a cold shot, the football flew directly to the dead corner of the goal.
Portuguese veteran Patricio's one-handed ball slipped out of the baseline as if by magic.
Manchester City's corner kick.
(End of this chapter)