activa-t Chapter 159 Sporting Lisbon
Chapter 159 Sporting Lisbon
Chapter 159 Sporting Lisbon
The game against Manchester United made Duncan realize one thing.
Although assisted by the formation system, the players are still ordinary people.The victory or defeat of the game still depends on the strength of the players to play the biggest role.
The function of the formation is only to knead the existing players together, to exert the highest ability that can be achieved within the scope of their abilities, and achieve the effect of 1+1>2.
But it is impossible to turn a rookie striker into Maradona.
Manchester City's defense is still problematic, and the depth of the bench is not enough.
When it comes to Xia Chuang, we still need to continue to strengthen!
Of course, these are things for later, and Duncan has to focus on the next game.
After the game with Manchester United, it will be an away game against Sporting Lisbon in the UEFA Cup.
After the game against Manchester United, the team was exhausted physically, so Duncan decided to take the next day off and let the team rest for a day.
Another piece of bad news is that Hargreaves' thigh muscles were a little tense. Fortunately, after the team doctor's examination, he was just overtired and could take a rest.
But this also made Duncan very vigilant. After all, in the last life, although Hargreaves was a midfielder, his glass-like physique really affected his career.
Duncan allowed Hargreaves to relax until the day before the game.
In the two-round series, Manchester City played away first and then played host, with a slight advantage.
It's Valentine's Day, but the lads must have missed Valentine's Day this year, they must be playing that day.
On February 2, the Manchester City team flew to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.
In order to show his importance, the team owner Thaksin Shinawatra followed him specially.Thaksin attaches great importance to the UEFA Cup, for which he promised a winning bonus of 1000 million pounds.
Although Sporting Lisbon is a UEFA Champions League team, it is participating in the UEFA Champions League this season.However, the record in the group stage was not good, and they ranked third, so they could only play in the UEFA Cup.
Of course, it is obviously not a happy result for Sporting Lisbon to draw the opponent of Manchester City.In the Champions League group stage, Sporting Lisbon's opponent is another team from Manchester-Manchester United.
As a result, in the group stage, they faced Manchester United twice, and Sporting Lisbon was double-killed by Manchester United.Roma, another strong team in the same group, also achieved [-] win and [-] draw on Sporting Lisbon.
Only relying on the results of two wins against Dynamo Kiev, Sporting Lisbon won the third place in the group.
From this point of view, this team is not considered strong, and the difficulty of the first round of the knockout round should not be too great, right?
And given the marginal status of the Portuguese Super League in the European football landscape, from the players to the fans of Manchester City, everyone is optimistic about the away victory over Sporting Lisbon.
With the right time, place and people, Manchester City seems to have all the advantages.
And how to say, Sporting Lisbon is just a team eliminated from the Champions League.
Although in history, this team has players such as Ronaldo, Figo, Nani, etc., but in general, this Sporting Lisbon team, which is the Portuguese Cup champion and played in the Champions League, seems to be much weaker.
In the Portuguese Super League this season, Sporting Lisbon played averagely and only ranked seventh.
Such a result, in any case, is not the record that a Champions League team should have.
"According to this record, it seems that they will not even be able to participate in the European war next season?" Richards said to his partner Joel Luca, pointing to the name of Sporting Lisbon.
"I think it's better not to underestimate it too much. They are in the group stage, but they beat AC Milan at home." The Croatian big man said in a low voice while tying his shoelaces.
Joel Luka, who was still playing for Dinamo Zagreb last season, has inherited the cautiousness of a small team, but he dare not underestimate any opponent.
"Haha, don't be nervous." Mido patted Joel Luka's thin back, and said with a smile: "That game was lost by AC Milan after qualifying. It is estimated that the main players didn't play much. indivual."
"Really? But it's not too bad to be able to win AC Milan's substitute, right?" Joel Luka stood up and muttered in a low voice. He still had a trace of worry in his heart.
No matter what you do, the most taboo thing is to do two things at once.
The same goes for football.
Joel Luka, who is used to playing in the city stadium, was in the half-hour warm-up before the game, wandering around the stadium, not paying attention to the pit under his feet.
"Gaba", Joelluka only heard a crisp sound of his ankle, and then lost all feeling in his entire right leg, and then fell to the grass.The pain hit his whole body in the next moment, his whole face was twisted together because of the pain, and the lawn was wet with big beads of sweat.
"I sprained my ankle, it shouldn't be a big problem, but I'm sure I won't be able to play this game." Team doctor Ginobili shrugged at Duncan.
Joel Luka is the team's full attendance king this season. He has played in all the team's games this season and started every game. He is the pinnacle of the defense.
Without him, Manchester City lacks a lot in terms of height.
There is no way, Duncan can only use Mills to temporarily replace Joel Luka.
Duncan, who was not at ease, asked the club staff to put Joel Luka into the ambulance and send him to the hospital for a detailed examination.
For Manchester City, whose lineup is not thick enough, the biggest fear is injury reduction.
Duncan can only hope that in this game, the five-element array can continue to be magical.
Although there is a system, he still has to spy on the opponent's intelligence.In this season's Portuguese League, although Sporting Lisbon ranks seventh, there are two amazing statistics.
One is Moutinho, the core midfielder. His average number of passes per game exceeds 87 feet, and his pass success rate is higher than [-]%.
The other one is strike rate.In the three home games of the Champions League, Sporting Lisbon hit the goal frame and crossbar a total of 7 times.
These two data made Duncan have to guard against.
There was even a faint worry in his heart.
The absence of Joel Luka has made Manchester City's already inadequate defense a bit stretched.
Mills is okay as a substitute, but starting in an intercontinental game is still not enough.
Obviously, without Joel Luka's team, the defensive ability is greatly weakened.
At least in the control of high points, Mills and Richards are not very reassuring.
Moreover, Manchester City's defense is based on overall tactics, and Joel Luka's absence is a weakening of the overall.
After the game started, in the initial stage, both sides tried each other.
Sporting Lisbon, who played at home, was obviously quite taboo for the Premier League leaders. They formed a defensive formation, leaving only a small striker cruising around in the frontcourt.
After the initial test, Manchester City couldn't hold back and took the lead in launching the offensive.
In the 11th minute, after Silva got rid of the defense, he made a long pass over the top and found Samaras. Samaras flew the header on the spot, followed by Petrov and shot straight away. The football drew a white line and led With a gust of wind, it flew over the beam.
In the 14th minute, Trabel made a cross from the west, and Shevchenko made a feint from the front, and Samaras shot from the back, which was saved by the goalkeeper.
In the 18th minute, it was David Silva again. After receiving the ball in the front court, he dunked two people one after another, shot on the defender and won the first corner kick.The corner kick he personally took flew to the front point, and Mills shook his head to attack the goal, but collided with Samaras...
(End of this chapter)