Soccer Card System

Chapter 626 Shadow (Part 4)

Chapter 626 Shadow (Fourth)

Chapter 637 Shadow

At the Britannia Stadium, Stoke City looked very excited under the clamor of the fans!

Tony Pulis's team is known as the city of the sky, because they are the team with the highest average height in the Premier League.

In the midfield, Stoke City has Whelan and Nzonzi, two tall men, and the forward also has the tall guy Crouch, and his partner Walters is not short.

On the back line, Huth, Wilson, Shawcross, Wilkinson, goalkeeper Begvic, these players are all big men.

And their style of play is of course very straightforward, that is, playing high-altitude balls. Stoke City still maintains the traditional style of English football. They like to pass the ball into the air, and then use their height and confrontation advantages to take the initiative in the game.

What's more, this is their home court, so at the beginning of the game, Manchester City was still a little chaotic by Stoke City.

However, Kompany's performance was very stable, and the young player Maguire who started the game also performed amazingly when facing the opponent's high-altitude ball.

10 minutes into the game, Maguire was the most mentioned name by the commentators.

"There is no doubt that coach Gao Bo has promoted another excellent young player. Maguire's performance so far has been very stable!!"

"Oh nice header!!! Maguire headed it over Crouch!!!"

"This young player didn't have stage fright at all in his debut in the Premier League. On the contrary, the more he played, the more confident he became!!"

Maguire was a big show in the first 10 minutes of the game, but after 10 minutes, he gradually had no chance to show.

Because after the first 10 minutes of scrambling, Manchester City gradually took control of the situation.

Seeing this situation, Stoke City turned back to defense across the board, and they also made up their minds to kick Manchester City's counterattack.

And Manchester City's offense quickly advanced to the frontcourt. However, in this game, Manchester City's offensive failed to fight.

The first is the speed. After the football reaches the front field, it always slows down very quickly. Without the sharpness of the airport in front, the forward speed of the back field is quite fast, but once it reaches the front field, the speed slows down.

It was like a machine without lubricating oil, suddenly stopped.

Gao Bo frowned and looked at the team's offensive organization. Where did the problem lie?

He looked at Yaya Toure and couldn't help but sighed.

The problem obviously lies with Yaya Toure.

Although Gao Bo arranged Yaya Toure in the left midfielder in this game, Yaya Toure involuntarily asked for the ball in the middle as he kicked. After the ball reached his feet, the rhythm of the game immediately slowed down.

When Yaya Toure stopped, moved around, observed, and then passed the ball, Stoke City's defense line had already been fenced, and it was even more difficult for Manchester City to get in.

Such a loose attack made Gao Bo finally unbearable.

In the 30th minute of the game, Gao Bo took advantage of a dead ball and called Yaya Toure over again.

"Speed!! Our speed!! Yaya!!!"

Gao Bo continued to emphasize.

But this has no effect, Yaya Toure still goes his own way after returning to the court.

In Yaya Toure's heart, he was holding back his energy.

He is dissatisfied with the coach's use of him, which he believes completely limits his performance.

Is he, Yaya Toure, a midfielder who can only cross and shoot from distance?

This is too underestimating him!

So Yaya Toure must show some performance on the court.

When I score a goal, when I lead the team to victory, I want to see what you say!

Yaya Toure is now competing with Gao Bo.

And Gao Bo was also very decisive after seeing Yaya Toure's behavior. He immediately asked Eriksson to warm up.

Even though the first half is not over yet, he still decided to make a substitution.

Eriksson's warm-up didn't attract attention, and assistant coach Moya simply asked all the players on the bench to warm up. Anyway, after more than 30 minutes of the game, the substitute players would warm up collectively once to avoid getting too cold and keep their bodies warm. In case of any accident during the game, they can also play at any time.

And just as the players were warming up, the team actually lost the ball!

The goal started from Yaya Toure. When he took the ball again, Charlie Adam kicked the ball away from the side and put Yaya Toure to the ground.

Yaya Toure spread his arms to protest the foul, but the referee ignored it.

This is the standard of the Premier League, which is always wider than other leagues.

After that, Stoke City's counterattack was very smooth. Crouch showed off his footwork after receiving a long pass from the backcourt. The big man was also very beautiful at his feet.

And Walters didn't sloppy, he just shot a long shot when he came up, and hit a world wave. The football hit the lower edge of the crossbar and bounced into the goal.

Stoke City lead [-]-[-]! !

Beneath the boiling Britannia was Gao Bo's stern face.

He was going to explode!

So at the first moment, he called Eriksson, who was still warming up, and asked him to prepare to play.

"Substitution?!"

"Manchester City is about to make a substitution!"

"Gao Bo looks like he can't stand Yaya Toure's performance!!!"

Yaya Toure couldn't believe it when he saw the substitution on the sidelines.

Generally speaking, substitutions are made in the first half. In the absence of injuries or other special reasons, this is due to extreme dissatisfaction with the performance of the players.

Yaya Toure reluctantly left the field, his face was ugly, he felt that he had been humiliated, and he was even ready to leave the court directly, but his final rationality made him calm down, and now it is impossible for him to transfer out even if he wants to, so if he offends Gao Bo, he will sit on the bench for at least half a season.

"Look carefully, how we play football!!"

The anger on Gao Bo's face is obvious. Yaya Toure is only one year younger than him. They are even the same age, but one is a coach and the other is a player.

Yaya Toure was a little frightened by the furious Gao Bo, he nodded subconsciously, but soon he felt that this was too embarrassing.

So he pursed his lips deliberately, then hesitated for a while, and finally returned to the bench and sat down.

"What did Gao Bo and Yaya Toure say, and Yaya Toure's reaction afterwards also made Manchester City fans worry. Yaya Toure and Gao Bo obviously had a conflict!"

"One goal behind, substitutions before half-time, the generals and the head coach are at odds. The foundation laid by Manchester City's previous three rounds of victories is now cast a shadow!!"

The commentators were worried, excited, or gloating. Regarding the story between Gao Bo and Yaya Toure, I believe that after the game, the media will be most interested in it!

After the start of the season, Manchester City, which seemed to be triumphant and in full swing, now cast a shadow over this incident.

(End of this chapter)