bayedsolid Chapter 262 Bloodbath Tottenham, the FA Cup welcomes the underdog
Chapter 262 Bloodbath Tottenham, the FA Cup welcomes the underdog
Chapter 262 Bloodbath Tottenham, the FA Cup welcomes the underdog
35 meters away from the goal, the unguarded Li Mingyu shot a powerful long shot, and the football flew towards Tottenham Hotspur's goal like a fired shell.
Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Hugo Lloris swooped sideways. He felt his fingers touched something, and he couldn't help being excited.
Jumped in!
The line of the football was changed a little by Lowry, and it flew out of the baseline by rubbing against the goal post.
All the fans at the same time let out an exclamation of escape.
The pressure of this ball is too great.
While regretting, Li Mingyu signaled to the referee that the ball was a corner kick.
But the referee didn't think so. He felt that the goalkeeper didn't touch the football, but awarded a goal kick.
This made Li Mingyu very dissatisfied. He knew the ball he was playing, and the football had changed obviously. Are you the referee blind?
Of course, Li Mingyu would not say this!
However, the referee still insisted on his penalty.
Li Mingyu had no choice but to confront the referee just because of a corner kick!
However, shortly after Lori kicked the goalkeeper out, the referee received a notification from the VAR video assistant referee.
"In the shot just now, goalkeeper Lloris' finger touched the football."
The referee's face turned dark in an instant, Ma Dan, you said it two seconds earlier!
The game has continued, and it is not good for the referee to directly intervene in the game.
Moreover, the referee has no way to change the judgment.
VAR intervention is not applicable in all situations.
Only when goals, penalties, red cards, red and yellow cards are sent to the wrong target, VAR is eligible to intervene.
In fact, even if VAR told him that the ball just now was a corner kick, the referee could not change the judgment. He just felt that VAR was messing with his mentality.
Tottenham Hotspur experienced the moment of life and death just now, and the mentality of the players has undergone some changes.
Manchester City's defense expanded into Tottenham's half, making it difficult for them to get the ball out.
Tottenham's midfielder simply cannot compete with Manchester City's midfielder.
The midfielder lost control, and Tottenham's counterattack could not be played.
The midfielder Harry Winks saw that there was no passing angle in front of him, so he could only pass the ball back again, and made a gesture to signal his teammates to pass directly to the front, so that the frontcourt players could try to fight for the top.
Central defender Elk Dier didn't dare to neglect. After receiving the ball, he directly kicked the ball towards Manchester City's half with a big kick.
Tottenham Hotspur, which has no air superiority, can fight for the first point, but the protection of the second point is completely under the feet of Manchester City.
In fact, for Tottenham Hotspur, if there is no chance of a quick counterattack, football is actually safer at the feet of Manchester City than at their own feet.
After all, if the ball is stolen in the backcourt, it will be a disaster.
Hoibel has been following Li Mingyu inseparably, this is the task given to him by the head coach.
However, every time he gets close to Li Mingyu, Hoibel has a thought in his heart that "you can't foul, you can't kick people". This makes Hoibel, who has always been known for his fierceness, feel whether his brain is broken.
Li Mingyu saw that Tottenham's defense was very tight, so he made an intention to pull the side and handed over the control of the midfield to Gundogan.
Gundogan naturally did his part. This was his main task on the field, to help Li Mingyu control the rhythm of the midfield.
Li Mingyu's pull to the side still put pressure on the Tottenham team, and this kind of defensive pressure made the Tottenham team dare not let go of Li Mingyu's defense easily.
In this way, the pull on the other side made Tottenham's defense a bit difficult to care about.
Seeing that the defense on the other side was about to be pierced by Manchester City, Hoibel could only watch helplessly, and followed Li Mingyu to move forward slowly.
Gundogan passed the ball to Sterling, and the two played a two-for-one. Gundogan tapped his heel and passed the ball between the two defenders.
Sterling quickly jumped in, took a step, swept the ball with his left foot, and sent the football to the goal of Tottenham.
Gabriel Jesus stepped in from behind the defender, pushed lightly with the arch of his foot, and the football got between the legs of goalkeeper Lloris and entered the goal behind him.
2:0, Manchester City once again expanded the score, but this time, Li Mingyu was standing on the other side of the penalty area and did not participate in the attack at all.
However, you can't say that Li Mingyu didn't make any contribution, at least he attracted the attention of at least two defensive players of the Tottenham team.
After seeing the goal, Li Mingyu also rushed to the side very happily, hugging Jesus and the others.
This is where the horror of the Manchester City team is now. You can restrict Li Mingyu, but you can't restrict the performance of others. Gundogan's midfield organization ability is absolutely world-class. His cooperation with Sterling's left side is enough to penetrate most teams in the current Premier League.
This goal shattered some of Tottenham's thoughts. The strength gap between the two sides is really too big.
The next game will become a one-sided crushing game.
Before the end of the first half, Li Mingyu knocked on the door of the Tottenham team with a long shot. This time, Lori was not able to save the Tottenham team again.
At the end of the first half, the score came to 3:0, and Manchester City took a big lead.
In the second half, at the beginning of the game, Tottenham gave Manchester City a blow.
Sun Xingmin made a high-speed breakthrough on the right, broke through the two defensive lines of Manchester City in a row, and shot an angry shot in front of the penalty area.
This is also the highlight moment of Tottenham's few games.
This attack also made the Manchester City players nervous.
On the court, absolutely cannot underestimate any opponent.
In the next game, the Manchester City team with a correct attitude did not give Tottenham any chance.
Bell and Sun Xingmin, the two wingers, were almost suppressed in their own half, and had no chance to break through with the ball in the frontcourt.
No. 60 minutes, Li Mingyu made a diagonal long pass in the middle circle and found Foden on the right.
Foden caught the pass steadily, and with two consecutive false moves, the full-back Reguilon's center of gravity was shaken, he cut directly inside, and then sent a through ball with the outside instep.
Jesus stood out from the defenders very flexibly. Although the Tottenham players raised their hands to signal that Jesus was offside, the assistant referee did not say anything.
Gabriel Jesus sent the football into Tottenham's goal in one fell swoop.
4:0, this score has made some fans on the scene couldn't help but start to leave.
The new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was as silent as a cemetery, and the Tottenham fans in the audience were exhausted.
After scoring the goal, Jesus led his teammates to celebrate wildly on the sidelines, as if he was dancing on a grave.
After 5 minutes, Li Mingyu was taken down by Guardiola. In such a game, Li Mingyu can take a rest.
With one pass and one shot, Li Mingyu has successfully completed his task.
In the end, right winger Foden cleared the customs on the right in No. 805 minutes. After breaking into the penalty area, he scored with a strong shot and fixed the score at 5:0.
It was another 5:0, and the Tottenham players and fans were at a loss for a while. When they played against Manchester City in the opening game, they were bloodbathed by Manchester City 5:0. This time, it was another 5:0, and it was still at their home court. It was really too miserable!
With this victory, Manchester City successfully entered the semi-finals of the League Cup.
Manchester City's opponent in the semi-finals is their city rival, Manchester United.
I have to say that it is a coincidence that last season's Carabao Cup semi-final was the Manchester derby between Manchester United and Manchester City.
This time, it was at Manchester United's home court.
That game is due next month, just a week before the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
City have four league games and one FA Cup game to play before this game.
In the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, the lucky Manchester City team drew the only team that was not the Premier League.
Manchester City will compete with Championship team Nottingham Forest for a place in the semi-finals.
At this moment, no head coach is willing to give up the game.
Nottingham Forest, this is an English team with a very long history.
Moreover, Nottingham Forest is a little bit, even the Manchester City team is willing to bow down.
That is, although Nottingham Forest has little chance to return to the Premier League after the establishment of the Premier League, and there is little chance to play in Europe, but their ancestors are more generous.
In the 1978-1979 and 1979-1980 seasons, Nottingham Forest won the UEFA Champions League for two consecutive years, leaving their names forever in the history of the UEFA Champions League.
However, since the establishment of the Premier League, Nottingham Forest has never regained the courage of the past. After returning to the top league for a short time, it quickly fell.
Over the years, Nottingham Forest has been hovering between the English Championship and League One.
This time in the FA Cup quarter-finals, only Nottingham Forest, a non-English Premier League team, played here, which shows that he still has strength.
However, in the face of the thriving Manchester City team, Nottingham Forest is estimated to have to stop their footsteps.
The FA Cup is known as the biggest hotbed of unpopularity. That's because in the first few rounds of matches, many strong teams didn't care, and they lost when they lost.
But it's the quarter-finals, plus this game, at most three games, you can win the final FA Cup champion, who would think you have too many champions!
So, this time, Guardiola brought his main lineup to the City Square Stadium.
As the home stadium of Nottingham Forest, it was also the famous home stadium of Hell.
The Nottingham Cyclone that year also really upset many teams in the English First Division.
(End of this chapter)