Chapter 816 Every Victory Is Worth Fighting For
? There is still a month left before the transfer window opens.
How do Manchester City pry Real Madrid's corner, naturally there are professional public relations personnel to do it!
At this point, Gao Bo is no longer needed.
After all, one of the most striking features of modern society is a high degree of division of labor.
Even Gao Bo's eloquence is not bad, but after all, he is not a male PR...
Therefore, after formulating the plan to "cut one finger", Manchester City began to work intensively on the plan to pry Varane.
And... it's better to do it in secrecy!
Because Real Madrid now has three central defenders.
Pepe, Ramos, Varane!
Once Varane can be pryed away in the winter window, Real Madrid will be in big trouble this season!
Once Pepe or Ramos are injured or suspended, they don't even have a rotation main guard, and they can only play this position by some jack-of-all-trades players.
Of course, the possibility of Real Madrid qualifying is not something that Gao Bo considers.
Who let each other use various means to seduce their players.
And speaking of this, Gao Bo actually hopes to reach a contract renewal with Hazard as soon as possible.
In the current transfer market, it is not easy to find a player like Hazard, especially in the centre-forward position.
A center who can hold the ball in a small range and has strong impact and breakthrough ability is actually quite hard to find.
Manchester City's tactics are more inclined to walk on the ground. Generally, crosses from the side are used to knock down triangles on the ground or pass directly to the small penalty area. They rarely kick the ball up and make crosses in the air.
Therefore, Hazard is a very suitable player for this set of tactics.
Soriano nodded after Gao Bo expressed his hope that Hazard would stay.
He said that the club will reach a contract renewal negotiation between the two parties as soon as possible.
For Manchester City, it is still very simple to want to keep people.
the hesitation before,
Just because of UEFA's Financial Fair Play Act.
Once Hazard was given a pay rise, a wave of pay rises for the main players followed.
This is not easy for Manchester City's books.
But it's actually pretty easy to get around the act.
For example, in addition to the club salary, other companies under the Abu Dhabi consortium can give Hazard an advertising contract or something.
Salary increases for other players can also be resolved in this way.
In this case, it may be difficult for UEFA to grasp the handle of Manchester City - after all, at the club level, Manchester City's financial situation still looks perfect, with a perfect balance of revenue and expenditure.
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Three days after the fifteenth round of the league, two and a half days to be exact, the sixteenth round of the Premier League.
Manchester City face Southampton away!
In this game, the team made some rotations. Some players who played the game three days ago were rested. In the frontcourt, Adam White and Vardy, as well as Kaka started, Eriksen also got a chance, he played position on the right.
In midfield, Casemiro, who has returned from injury, played alongside Milner.
At the back, Maguire replaced Kompany with Umtiti as the starting centre-back.
Left-back Luke Shaw got his chance, and right-back was Trippier.
The schedule in December is very tight, and the team is about to enter the Christmas Express season with the most intensive schedule. In order to avoid any possible injuries for the team in such an important schedule, Gao Bo is very cautious in the use of players.
In the end, it was relatively difficult for Manchester City to play in this game. In the first half, the two sides entered halftime with a score of zero to zero.
In the second half, Manchester City's siege continued until the 80th minute of the game without taking it back.
Although Manchester City's attack has been very violent, Southampton's goal has been repeatedly tested.
However, Southampton, who are playing at home, are very lucky! !
Their goalkeeper even fished out the ball on the line several times!
And the Southampton players are getting more and more confident as they play!
Can force Manchester City to the 80th minute of the game without scoring!
This is the first time this season in the Premier League to the current position! ! !
"Ten minutes to go!!! Southampton are ten minutes away from a miracle!!!"
In the stands, the commentators were very excited! !
"Is Manchester City's winning streak coming to an end?!"
"In the 83rd minute of the game, the score is still zero to zero!!! Manchester City have not scored yet!! Southampton is stable!!!"
"Manchester City this season is really putting too much pressure on other teams. If they are tied in this game, all other Premier League teams may breathe a sigh of relief, even if they still have no one to challenge for the top spot. But this at least proves that Manchester City is not absolutely invincible, there are still teams that can draw them!!”
The narrator gushed in the stands!
Southampton fans are also very excited! !
They sang and danced in the stands! !
Like what an amazing championship their team won! !
On the pitch, Southupton players flushed! !
Hold on! !
Hold on to this draw! !
Here's what all Southampton players think now! !
Even Southampton manager Pochettino has largely given up attacking.
The Argentine coach is a young coach who advocates attacking, but now facing the powerful Manchester City at home, Pochettino has also adopted a very conservative tactics!
In the 85th minute of the game, Pochettino used the last substitution!
With a defensive midfielder, replaced the team's only striker! !
"Pochettino is going to defend completely and give up the attack completely!"
Everyone understands the intention of Pochettino's substitution.
On the other side, Gao Bo looked unhappy.
His team may suffer the first draw of the season! !
This made Gao Bo feel very uncomfortable!
At this time, Manchester City's last substitution quota was also used! !
Gao Bo called Li Yuanshan to the sidelines! !
"After playing, stay in the front court!! Let both sides keep taking the ball to you!!"
Gao Bo quickly explained the tactics, and pushed Li Yuanshan into the field!
He replaced Milner!
Replace a midfielder and replace a striker! ! !
After that, Gao Bo also immediately strengthened the equipment of the header card for Li Yuanshan! ! !
Final moments of the game!
Manchester City is also easy to play!
In order to create more threats, both sides started a steady stream of pilling! !
And in the middle!
Li Yuanshan, Vardy!
There is also the former central defender Maguire! !
At any time, a situation of three-point outflanking and grabbing is formed!
Other players control the perimeter!
The game goes by every minute!
The second minute after Li Yuanshan came on the field!
He got a chance to head the ball!
A powerful header hits the goal! !
The goalkeeper raised his hand almost instinctively and blocked the ball! !
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Li Yuanshan's header was saved!!!"
"A very unbelievable save!! The goalkeeper almost reacted instinctively and blocked the ball!!"
On the field, Li Yuanshan and his teammates were also very sorry.
A header from close range is almost a must, but it was saved by the goalkeeper!
Is this game, Manchester City really have no choice but to accept a draw?
"The draw has little impact on Manchester City. At most, the winning streak has stopped. They still have a huge advantage in the standings!!"
the narrator said.
That's what many Manchester City fans are thinking at the moment.
After all, teams can't keep winning, can they?
There will always be points lost.
Winning 15 league games in a row with so many games in a season is already very exaggerated. Moreover, the 15-game winning streak has raised the Premier League's winning streak record by two games.
This has fully demonstrated the strength of Manchester City! !
However, Gao Bo did not think so!
He doesn't think Manchester City after the rotation should accept a draw away!
A truly peak team should fight at the last minute and pursue victory! !
Gao Bo kept waving his arms on the sidelines, urging the players to press on!
On the sidelines, the fourth official raised a stoppage time sign!
Three minutes of stoppage time for the whole game! !
"Three minutes!! Three minutes left!!"
"Southampton are three minutes away from a miracle!!!"
The narrators shouted loudly! !
And now! !
Kaka leads the ball in the frontcourt!
Right foot volley! !
The football flies to the corner of the goal against the ground! ! !
And in this line!
In Southampton's penalty area, the central defender stretched out his foot! !
The football rubbed his toes a little and changed direction a little bit! !
And it is this little change in direction that once again let Southampton escape!
boom! ! ! ! ! !
This voice saved Southampton again! ! ! !
"Column!!!!"
"The Post saved Southampton!!!"
"Manchester City has absolutely no goal luck in this game!!!"
"Look at Pochettino's expression, you will know how lucky Southampton is now!!!"
"After this game, maybe the Southampton fans should thank God for their blessings!"
Even the Southampton players were applauding each other and boosting morale on the pitch! !
Can't get in!
This shows that Southampton should get a point against Manchester City in this game! !
Pochettino also seemed to have escaped death.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
His team is no match for Manchester City in every way!
However, Southampton must also make a difference at home.
The draw with Manchester City can bring strong confidence to Southampton. In the next fixture, Southampton still needs to score a lot of games.
In general, Southampton is a team at the bottom of the list, and they are not very good on paper, even among the lower teams.
However, under the leadership of Pochettino, Southampton has been stable in the middle of the local level in the past two or three seasons.
At least, in these two or three seasons, relegation is not too difficult for Southampton.
Pochettino's strength can be seen by being able to bring such a team with poor paper strength to this level.
Moreover, the head coach is also very good at spotting young players.
That's important for a team like Southampton.
Because as long as any youngsters in Southampton make a name for themselves, they will immediately be snatched away by the giants of the Premier League.
Liverpool, Arsenal, including Tottenham, have scoured the sheep of Southampton in these seasons.
However, thanks to Southampton's excellent youth training system, every time they are stripped of their wool, they can always find usable players from the youth training system in time to maintain their qualifications to remain in the Premier League.
To a certain extent, Southampton is also a very successful low-cost team.
Of course, teams have different goals.
Invest in a small Southampton, the goal is to stay in the Premier League, not relegation.
The huge investment of Manchester City, is aimed at the championship away.
They want to win every game! !
Even after winning 15 games in a row, Gao Bo will not allow the team to drop points when the team faces a team like Southampton with a complete lineup!
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"Press it up!! Press it all up!!!!"
Courtside!
Gao Bo waved his arms and directed the players to press up to attack.
It's a corner kick! !
Two central defenders, several midfielders and forwards all appeared in the penalty area! !
In the backcourt, in addition to the goalkeeper, there are only two full-backs, Trippier and Luke Shaw, who are chasing fast.
The game has now reached the 92nd minute.
There are only thirty or forty seconds left until the end of the game! !
"This could very well be City's last attack!!"
"Man City are 30 seconds away from their first draw of the season!!"
The voice of the narrator came from the TV.
in Manchester.
Inside a bar where Manchester City fans gather.
Many Manchester City fans watched the stadium nervously.
Some fans are comforting themselves: "It doesn't matter, even if it is a draw, we are still at the top of the list!"
"That's right, it's no big deal to have a tie every now and then!"
"The title is still ours, let's see how many points Manchester United are behind us!"
Manchester City fans commented.
on the field!
Inside the restricted area!
Manchester City has assembled a force of seven players in the penalty area! !
This time!
Truly the final blow to this game! ! !
Adam White, who took the corner kick, stretched out his right hand.
Then, raised his pinky...
Tactic number five? !
The players in the penalty area immediately understood.
And Li Yuanshan felt the pressure.
The final blow....do you want me to do it?
Li Yuanshan took a deep breath!
At this time, he was entangled with the opponent's defender in the middle! !
Adam White runs! !
Then! !
The moment he's about to hit the ball! !
Li Yuanshan quickly retreated from the middle road, then turned back and ran forward! !
A simple turnaround run! !
And other players are also cooperating with his move this time! !
In an instant! !
There was a small gap in the penalty area! !
The football fell from the sky! !
On the commentary!
The commentator Letkinson stood up in a hurry, and the data printed on the copy paper fell to the ground!
And Li Yuanshan jumped up before the defender who hadn't reacted yet! !
"Heading!!!!!!!"
In the roar of the narrator! !
Li Yuanshan shook his head and attacked the door! ! !
Football is in the air on the touchline! !
Time seems to slow down!
Li Yuanshan desperately turned his head and looked at the direction the football was flying! ! !
point later! ! !
boom! ! !
Hit the pillar! ! !
Li Yuanshan laughed! !
Courtside! !
Gao Bo laughed too! ! !
The frightened expressions of the Southampton players are undoubtedly revealed under the high-powered camera! ! !
brush! ! ! ! ! ! !
The football bounces into the goal! Hit the net! ! !
Lore! ! ! !
High wavelengths breathe a sigh of relief! !
Then looked at Li Yuanshan, who was running wildly on the sidelines.
It seems that he is going to give this kid more opportunities.