football's number one madman

Chapter 281 Selfless Assist
"Whoo~~~"

Seeing the football flying into the net, Li Polo clicked his tongue.

Sometimes, he also envied Parejo.

Benefiting from Valencia's overall tactical style, they can get almost ten penalties in all competitions in a season, and these opportunities are obviously taken by Captain Par.

If these ten goals are all added to his own account, Lee Polo can compete with Suarez in the scorer list!
——He won't tell you that in the team's penalty shootout, his scoring rate is less than 40%!

Of course, this is also due to the fact that the goalkeeper Alves is too good at jumping! -
The match lasted half an hour, and Li Polo's work was divided into three parts:
Press Gundogan, press Fernandinho, press Silva, press De Bruyne, press Aguero...

Direct pass to Parejo, direct pass to DePaul, direct pass to Perez, direct pass to Cancelo, direct pass to Bernat...

Competing for the ball from the wing, competing for the through ball in the ribs, and returning the ball with the back...

He frequently goes back and forth between the midfield and striker, except for his own penalty area, he covers almost every area of ​​the entire stadium!
"This kid...he seems to never know what it means to have spare energy!"

Appreciating his sweaty figure, Neville on the sidelines was very satisfied.

Little Neville nodded with a smile:

"He is indeed a role model for every professional player! He knows that his basic skills are too poor, so he not only takes the initiative to practice more, but also treats every game extremely seriously. You can hardly see signs of laziness in him!"

Wallow added:
"Even every time he takes a vacation, he will secretly give himself intensive training!"

Chief team doctor Albers frowned when he heard "intensive training":
"This kid has been resting several times, and he injured himself because of too much training, which made me have to work overtime!"

When the coaching staff praised Lee Polo's "professionalism" in different ways, Lee Polo had just shouldered De Bruyne away.

[De Bruyne, +19!]

Then he passed the ball to Bernat's feet immediately, and then he turned around with confidence, turned his head and ran forward at a faster speed.

10 seconds later, Rodrigo picked a pass from the left, Li Polo shook off Otamendi and shook his head!
【Otamendi, +24!】

It's a pity that this time the header was a little slower and was saved by Caballero in a thrilling manner, but Cancelo, who was the right winger, slapped the horse between Stones and Kolarov, and sent the ball across the goal with a supplementary shot Wire!

2: 0!
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Guardiola scratched his head:
"We are very passive!"

His assistant Arteta is also at a loss:
"The opponent's midfield press... really exceeded our expectations! It is difficult for our players to organize the attack calmly!"

Guardiola stared at the white figure on the field with piercing eyes:
"I underestimated Neville's tactical design. He really dared to give up Lee Polo's offensive ability and let him retreat to participate in the press..."

Arteta pondered for a moment:
"But in this way, Li Polo's physical energy consumption will increase exponentially. He may not be able to last for 90 minutes, oh no, I am afraid that he will be exhausted after 60 minutes!"

Guardiola did not relax at all:

"Perhaps, but before that, we are completely behind!"
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Arteta's point of view is not wrong. In fact, when the first half entered the last 10 minutes, Lee Polo's running range narrowed sharply. At least he could not retreat to the team's penalty area line. , to persecute Aguero.

He just stayed between the two midfielders and harassed Gundogan and Fernandinho's possession of the ball.

In order to get rid of Valencia's high-position press, the Manchester City team also paid a lot of physical energy, which is particularly obvious on De Bruyne's face.

By 40 minutes, Ding Ding's entire face was flushed, and it seemed that his athletic ability had been developed to the extreme.

His efforts paid off at the last minute, with Barragan fouled at the edge of the box and City awarded a well-placed free-kick up front.

De Bruyne, who took the penalty himself, took a few breaths to ease his heartbeat a little.

Li Polo, Van Dijk and Jones formed a human wall together, but still did not prevent the Belgian from shooting directly!
The football spun past Li Poluo's head, and then suddenly fell after flying into the penalty area!
The soccer ball, which seemed to be flying up to the stands, slid into the goal while rubbing against the crossbar!
De Bruyne glanced at Li Polo with no expression on his face.

But Lee Polo understood his thoughts.

[My own height of only 184cm... is the shortcoming of this human wall! 】

Li Boluo narrowed his eyes.

[Negative emotions from Li Bo Luo, +50! 】
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"The free kick at the end was beautiful, but you have to be more determined."

During the intermission, Guardiola specifically taught De Bruyne the opportunity:

"You can use the pass-and-receive cooperation to consume Li Boluo's physical energy, but you must not be too sticky to the ball. Don't forget how tenacious that guy is in defense!"

Arteta added:
"Also... pay attention to his petty actions and trash talk!"

De Bruyne nodded slowly:

"I know, Coach."
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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

De Bruyne has undoubtedly become the core figure of Manchester City.

In fact, there is no need for the assistant coach to remind him. As a top player, when he kicked that free kick, he already smelled a hint of crisis.

It's just that he didn't expect that this crisis would come so quickly!
In the second half, he only caught the ball for the second time before he was knocked to the ground from behind by Lee Polo!
Guardiola jumped directly from the coach's bench!
He could see very clearly that Li Polo's foul was intentionally tripped between De Bruyne's legs!

"drop!!!"

The referee immediately showed a yellow card, but Li Polo didn't care!

He appreciates talented players like De Bruyne, but it doesn't affect his tactics in the game!

It's nothing more than... This method won't be too drastic—for example, kicking his calf with a flying shovel or something like that.

The way he fouled just now, in a 90-minute game, there were not 20 or 18 fouls!
It's just... De Bruyne has never been an iron man on the green field. After this collision, he unfortunately couldn't continue to persist, and could only leave the field due to injury in the 47th minute!
But Lee Polo miscalculated.

He thought that by destroying the opponent's core, Manchester City would lose the initiative to attack.

But Fernando and Fernandinho, who came off the bench as a midfielder, liberated Gundogan!
The German midfielder suddenly got rid of Perez's marking after 15 minutes and appeared at the top of the arc in the penalty area.

Sterling, who had just squeezed into the left side of the penalty area and was about to go one-on-one with Van Dijk, backed off and chose an inverted triangle return pass between shooting and passing!
Gundogan didn't hesitate, facing Sterling's pass, he lifted his foot and volleyed!
If it hadn't been for the "parachutist" Jones who sacrificed himself to block the hole with his face, the two sides would have returned to the same starting line in the 65th minute! -
In a football match, one offense and defense may affect the outcome.

Gundogan's long shot also became Manchester City's closest chance to a three-pointer.

Just 20 seconds later, Silva's corner kick was perfectly cleared by Van Dijk. Rodrygo, Li Polo, and Cancelo shot three arrows at once, tearing apart Manchester City's fragile defense in minutes!
Both Otamendi and Stones competed for the header in the penalty area. The two full-backs Kolarov and Zabaleta who stayed behind were both 31 years old. Of course it can't compare to the peak period, under the impact of three strong young men in their early twenties, they were immediately defeated!

Cancelo, who dribbled the ball on the right for 70 meters, was a little weak at the last moment. He decisively gave up the idea of ​​​​shooting the goal himself, and easily pushed across the edge of the penalty area!

Lee Polo lightly unloaded the ball with the instep of his right foot, flicked his ankle and shot directly!
Of course, he has studied Caballero's characteristics in advance.

Although the second goalkeeper of Manchester City is 35 years old, he still has considerable skills in saving at the near post, so Li Polo chose to push the far corner on the left from the beginning!
"Whoo~~~"

The ball scraped the turf and flew into the penalty area, but hit the post at the last second!
Caballero's heart relaxed, and he hurriedly prepared to stand up from the goal line, but saw Rodrygo, who was outflanking the ball on the left, just made a follow-up shot!
"Whoosh!!!"

3: 1!

Valencia once again expanded its advantage in the 66th minute!
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"Made!"

Panting, Lee Polo staggered towards the goal scorer with his hands on his knees.

Although the game will end in more than 20 minutes, he has already felt the exhaustion after exerting too much force...

The red-faced Rodrigo patted him on the shoulder:

"Thank you for your selfless assist! It's a pity that hitting the post in the Champions League is not an assist! Hahahaha!"

Seeing his unscrupulous laughter, Li Poluo once again realized his own shortcomings.

Shooting adjustments during high-speed sprinting... My proficiency is still far behind!
Gary Neville glanced at several players on the field whose physical fitness declined, and named three names from the bench in one breath:
"Llorente, Figuri, Schweinsteiger, get ready to warm up!"

Valencia's three substitutes need to have body, speed and speed. Who else can you replace Guardiola?

Ihenacho, Navas, Nolito, or the old captain Kompany who just returned from injury?

(End of this chapter)