Chapter 658: The Sudden Rise of the Youngster
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The commentator's words are still supported by most fans and the media, and the two are not at the same starting line, and in the case of Basel, the Premier League will be a relegation team at most.
This is not an exaggeration, just look at the players in Basel's squad and know that except for Frei, who has played in the top five leagues before, the others are basically all substitutes or fringe players.
Of course, there are several young players in Basel who are different, such as Xhaka, who grew up playing for the big clubs, and Shaqiri is no different.
The City fans in the stands and in the unaccompanied Manchester crowd were more excited than the players on the pitch, and their restless hearts settled down after the goal.
Basel is a very polar team, a combination of veterans and youngsters, but both have a striking phenomenon, the veterans are not easily shaken, while the youngsters are full of energy, which makes the two achieve a perfect balance, which is the most important reason why Basel knocked Manchester United down in the last moments.
After the game restarted, Basel's youngsters created a dangerous situation, with Frei and Xhaka linking, but this is Frey, the young player is called Fabian Frey, and the veteran Frei is called Alexander Frey.
The 22-year-old played as a left wing-back, Shaqiri on the right and Xhaka and Hugel in the middle.
On the side of Zakara, little Frey moved horizontally to the middle, Hugel passed straight to little Frey who moved across the middle, in order to stop Little Frey, Richards could only follow and leave, Xhaka went down easily on the side, and Little Frey naturally would not let go of this opportunity.
In the cross, captain Streyler jumped high and beat Kompany, Basel was a combination of tall and short, the old Frei had a comprehensive shooting technique, and Strehler was a typical center forward, with a height of 195, the first altitude in the game, and the bounce and header were also quite good.
Streyler is a year younger than the elder Frey, currently 31 years old, and like the elder Frey, he also came from the Basel academy, and later went abroad, once played for Stuttgart, returned to Basel in the 07-08 season, and has never left Basel since.
Although the goal rate of a center like Sterrer is not high, his tactical effect is quite obvious, and Kompany did not beat Sterreller this time.
But if you want to blast Manchester City's goal, you also need to ask the real owner of this goal, Joe Hart, who killed the hopes of 30,000 Basel fans with a fist when the ball was about to fly into the goal.
However, Manchester City did not expect that Basel's real killer was after this header, and Joe Hart would block the bottom line and naturally give the opponent a corner.
Xhaka, Basel's young midfielder sent the ball into the Manchester City penalty area, Streyler and Frei Sr. suddenly attracted too much attention from Manchester City's defense, and Manchester City ignored Basel's central defenders.
And it's not Tammy Abraham, who is quite tall and physical, but another centre-back, Dragovic, a young centre-back who is only 20 years old.
"Wow~~~ That little guy jumped really high~~~ Header ~~~ The ball slipped past Joe Hart's fingertips~~~ Basel equalized~~~No~~~No~~ Basel didn't score, the ball hit the inside of the post, God, the wind ~~~ It's the wind~~~ When will the wind come back to here, he cleared the ball on the goal line."
"No~~~ The matter is not over, there was a quarrel on the pitch, and the Basel players were protesting with the referee, they thought that the ball had crossed the goal line, and that the wind was inside the goal line to clear the ball."
In the face of the excitement of Basel, the Italian whistle was unmoved, Nicola Rizzoli, with the accumulation of experience, the Italian whistle has improved greatly in the past two years, and last year he won the best referee in Italy.
"You just told the truth~~~" Seeing that the referee was unmoved, Dragovic turned his gaze to Li Feng.
"When I cleared, the ball did not cross the goal line" Li Feng shrugged his shoulders and said, but Li Feng said the truth, the ball bounced down after hitting the goal post, and did not fall in the goal line, he had an accurate prediction, if he entered the goal line, he could not stretch out his foot to clear, he was in the ball is about to cross the goal line.
"Hmph~~~" Dragovich didn't expect that Li Feng actually answered him, and Li Feng didn't have any dodge when he answered, which made Dragovich start to doubt himself, but then shook his head, the referee had already made a penalty, and now it was useless to think about anything.
It's still a corner kick, but this time Manchester City's defense is quite in place, although it still belongs to Basel, but under the defense of Manchester City players, Basel's header flew directly out of the bottom line.
However, the next performance of Dragovic left everyone to lose their eyes, and he became the most active man on the pitch, and in the defensive period, no matter how Manchester City attacked, the young centre-back could always be seen.
"Dragovich clears ~~~ beautiful ~~~ A perfect steal, Dragovic cut off the ball at Balotelli's feet, Dragovic's header ~~~ God, it must be the penalty just now that stimulated this little guy, during this time, he is simply superhuman possessed" Seeing Dragovic's activity, the commentators shifted their attention to the central defender.
Compared to the silence of the first 20 minutes, the second 20 minutes became Dragovic's individual performance, and officially with Dragovic's superhuman performance, Basel only trailed Manchester City by one goal in the first half.
Even on the sidelines, Van Basten's eyes were on the young centre-back, with Savic no longer in Van Basten's plans and should leave next season.
Although Savic's performance at Manchester City can be described as miserable, he is still young, he still has room for improvement, and the position in the middle and back is relatively special, so Savic has no shortage of buyers, and even players asked Savic during the winter break.
In addition to Savic, Kolo Toure is also likely to leave Manchester City in the following summer, after all, he used to be an absolute mainstay at Arsenal, and if it weren't for the drug ban, he would never be willing to sit on the bench this season.
And he is only 30 years old, in the position of the middle and back, 30 years old is called the best age, the next two years, will be the peak of Colo Toure, no one wants to sit on the bench all the time in their prime.
Based on the current situation of Manchester City, the combination of Kompany and Boateng is quite good, Boateng is in front, Kompany is behind, the two complement each other perfectly, the two are followed by Lescott, and Kolo Toure can only wait for his opportunity in the fourth center.
So if he can't guarantee his place next season, Kolo Toure is unhappy, plus he will inevitably leave Savic, Manchester City only have three players to choose from at centre-back, so in the summer, Manchester City will need to buy at least one new centre-back. (To be continued.) )