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Chapter 160 Competition

Chapter 160 Competition

The game was as expected, and Manchester City continued their good form this season. Through skilled tactical cooperation and strong personal ability, they took the initiative.

What Sporting Lisbon can do is to shrink back and defend. Their forwards have not even taken a shot until now.

But the advantage of the scene does not mean the advantage of the score.

Sporting Lisbon's goal crumbling, but still standing.The head coach of Sporting Lisbon must have made careful preparations and detailed deployments before the game. Facing the wave after wave of Manchester City's offensive, Sporting Lisbon stood still like a rock.

Unable to attack for a long time, Manchester City's mentality gradually became a little impatient.Trabelsi even fired the ball when an attack was called offside.

The result was of course a yellow card by the referee.

Duncan bought a "Topaz Exemption Card" from the system store and exempted the yellow card.

This is also a microcosm of the impatience of the Manchester City team.

It wasn't until the end of the first half that the score was broken.However, it was not the dominant Manchester City that scored the goal, but Sporting Lisbon at home.

Sporting Lisbon counterattacked with a quick, simple and quick counterattack.

Moutinho's long pass was both concealed and precise, which directly caused the short striker's one-handed attack!

Facing the attacking Hart, the short striker decisively picked the ball and scored a leading goal.

Then the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

The fans in the stands were a little quiet. They didn't expect that they would be attacked by the opponent for a ball. Looking at the situation, it was obviously a deliberate tactical design by Sporting Lisbon.

But fortunately, there is still the second half of the game, and there is still a lot of time to make amends, so most people are not in a hurry. They believe that the team can reverse the opponent and win.

However, to everyone's surprise, at the beginning of the second half, Sporting Lisbon played a counterattack almost the same as in the first half, seizing Manchester City's eagerness to equalize the score. It was still Moutinho's long pass, still Goal scored by the little striker.

2:0, the home team Sporting Lisbon has already led by two goals.

That night, the brightly lit Alvalade Stadium welcomed an unexpected victory.People guessed the process correctly, but they didn't guess the result correctly.Although Manchester City beat up Sporting Lisbon for 90 minutes like a senior student, but in the end, they found a dagger hidden in the opponent's arms.

While Manchester City punched themselves, they also exposed their vacancy.Sporting Lisbon went up and down, and Manchester City had three more transparent holes.

The battle with Manchester United consumed too much of their energy and stamina.

In the end, even Trabelsi and Ljungberg, who can run the most, cramp.

I have no energy.

If Ferguson was there, he would have waved his fist and said, look!My physical exertion tactic worked!

It's just that Ferguson worked hard to prepare, but made a wedding dress for Sporting Lisbon.

In the end, Manchester City lost the game 1:3 away.

Fellaini, who came off the bench, scored a face-saving goal for his team.

It also gave the team a chance at home.

The visiting team's fan area, which was packed to the brim, was deadly silent.Some fans who were too emotionally invested even shed tears.They never expected that their team would suffer such a complete defeat in an away game.

Two goals behind, almost sentenced Manchester City to death.If they want to advance, they must have a goal difference of at least two goals in the city stadium... The premise is that the opponent does not score...

In Manchester City's locker room, there was also a cold atmosphere.Most of the people kept their heads down, not knowing what to think there.Even if someone is arranging the items, they try to handle them gently and try not to make any noise.It seemed that this moment of silence could make them feel better on their consciences.

But the result of failure cannot be changed.

"I admit that my players underestimated the difficulty of the game and underestimated the difficulty of the game, and our physical fitness has also reached a limit. The opponent is an excellent opponent and deserves our respect. In this game, we are not wronged. But there is still a second round in the game, and we have a chance." At the press conference, Duncan sat there with no expression on his face and talked freely.

Calmly, as if talking about something that has nothing to do with him.

The media didn't take it seriously. The gap between the two goals was not only reflected in the score, but also reflected in the team's psychology.If you don't make good adjustments, the Manchester City players at home will bear a heavy ideological burden.

Duncan naturally knows what the media think, but this is not the time to argue with them.Back home, there are naturally results to prove it.

At the end of the press conference, Duncan returned to the locker room, didn't say much, just waved his hand and asked everyone to take the bus to the airport.Everyone was relieved, and they all hurried out of the locker room.A few who performed poorly walked in a hurry, for fear of being caught and punished by Duncan.

Accustomed to winning, they haven't felt defeated for a long time.

Perhaps this basin of cold water is not a bad thing, Duncan thought.

Back in Manchester, Duncan and the coaching staff held a meeting overnight to summarize the reasons for the away game loss.

In addition to the opponents waiting for work and the players' contempt, what is more important is the team's physical fitness.

The existence of physical problems caused Manchester City to be unable to fight on multiple fronts, and successively gave up the competition for the FA Cup and the League Cup.

And in the UEFA Cup, which is so popular, the team must use more energy to deal with it.

Ferguson's sophistication is reflected here.They fought Manchester City for 90 minutes in the weekend league, returned to the Champions League, and won at home.

Stability matters!

If Manchester City is to continue to advance in both directions, changes are necessary!

Back home at night, after taking a shower, Duncan collapsed on the bed exhausted.

Being a head coach requires constant use of the brain, and sometimes, it even consumes a lot of energy.

A burst of drowsiness hit, and Duncan felt that his brain was not working hard enough, so he covered himself with a quilt and went to sleep.

Some people are very sleepy, while others are not at all.

Tonight, Pedro was certainly one of those people.

The team lost, and everyone was in a low mood, and Pedro was in a particularly bad mood.

Among the three people who joined Manchester City at the same time in the winter window, Silva was plug and play. He entered the main lineup as soon as he came, occupied the C position, led the team's offensive organization, and seamlessly connected with the team.

As a defensive midfielder, Fellaini is tall and brave.Although most of the time as a substitute, but the performance is remarkable.In the game against Liverpool, Fellaini played as a midfielder and withstood the indiscriminate bombing. Against Sporting Lisbon, Fellaini even scored a goal, keeping a glimmer of life for the team!

On the other hand, Pedro came off the bench for 10 minutes in this game, but his performance was mediocre.Only one shot flew high over the bar.

He really wanted to perform well, and he worked hard to run, but he still didn't integrate into the team.

(End of this chapter)