Chapter 697: The Ploy of the Proud Soldiers

Watching the ball being cleared out of the sideline by Kompany, a huge sigh sounded at the Stadium of Light, and at the same time, Cardoso slapped his head with both heads, looking sluggish, if he didn't hesitate just now, didn't want to buckle the opponent's goalkeeper, and shot directly, maybe he has become a hero of the team at this moment. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

On the pitch, however, bears and heroes are often at the heart of a button, and City's strength this season has left Cardoso unsure, so he thought of a safer way to put the ball in the back of the net, but it was this thought that caused him to miss the opportunity to help his team score.

On the sidelines, Van Basten was not swayed by Benfica's excellent opening chances, and even had a smile on his face after seeing that his opponent finally couldn't suppress the desire to attack.

Van Basten is confident in his protégés that as long as the opponent has just attacked, then he will be the one who will win in the end, and this has taken Manchester City almost a season to prove.

Manchester City's madness this season is not blown, and for now, almost all the teams that dare to play against Manchester City have become tired of corpses.

In the 35th minute, Benfica once again stepped in to attack, and even the two full-backs crossed the half together, and the final pass of this time came from right wing-back Pereira, but his pass was cut off by Kompany.

City took advantage of the situation and played a quick counter-attack, with Kompany finding the ball to Boateng, who passed through to Yaya Toure, who found Li Feng again.

Li Feng didn't stick to the ball either, and sent the ball into the Benfica penalty area, where Dzeko once again headed the ball into Silva on the left from the pack of two Benfica centre-backs.

The latter **** stopped, and then did not wait for the ball to land directly pulled out a volley, but unfortunately the Benfica goalkeeper seemed to have been prepared, flying with both hands to catch Silva's shot.

In two minutes, Benfica made another strong attack, Witsel inserted in the middle, Aimar moved horizontally to the right, and it was another cooperation on the right side, Pereira, Aimar and Gaitan played a wonderful passing combination.

Aimar crossed diagonally from the right, Gaitan knocked his heel outside the penalty area, Pereira pushed it horizontally, and Cesar, who moved to the middle, blasted a long-range shot that tested Joe Hart's reflexes again.

"Benfica's offensive is very strong, they actually suppressed Manchester City in an all-round way" In the time when the commentator chanted, Benfica completed another wave of attacks.

is still on the right side, Gaitan is worthy of being a player favored by Manchester United, his breakthrough on the side is indeed extremely sharp, plus Kolarov is a strong fullback who is strong in attack and weak in defense, Manchester City's left side is indeed a bit serious.

But fortunately, Kompany and Boateng were relatively strong, and under Kompany's defense, Cardoso did not get many chances, and in the following time, Boateng also began to consciously move to the left to help defend.

In the end, Gaitan's cross ended in a clearance for City, and although a corner was awarded afterwards, Joe Hart took it straight away.

Forty minutes passed into the final minute of the first half, and City had one of the best chances of the first half, a free-kick in the corner from the right.

However, as the commentator said, City did lack a bit of luck, Li Feng's free-kick went over the wall and even past Arthur's ten fingers, but the post saved Benfica once again.

In the 43rd minute, Benfica had the last shot of the first half, which came from a powerful shot from the left side of the box line by Aimar, which was also Aimar's first shot of the game.

This can also be seen how tightly De Jong defended Aimar in the first half, and this time the shot was obtained by Aimar and Cesar switching positions.

Xavi Garcia plugged in for the first time, and in this game, Xavi Garcia's task can be said to be the heaviest, because the Manchester City player opposite him is Li Feng.

Witsel crossed diagonally, Xavi Garcia was stopped by Li Feng in the penalty area, the latter passed back to Emerson, the Brazilian fullback crossed the middle with a low cross, Aimar and Cesar crossed and switched, shook off De Jong's entanglement and shot straight out.

In stoppage time, Manchester City also ushered in the last shot of the first half, which came from Li Feng's long shot, which was also Li Feng's first long-range shot in the first half.

Judging from Li Feng's performance throughout the first half, today's game, the Manchester City core who has performed well in the past does not seem to be very excited, which is also the most important reason why Manchester City's attack was not as strong as Benfica in the first half.

The last shot came from Li Feng, Silva and Dzeko, Li Feng was still on the middle side, and Silva broke through on the left side and passed directly to Dzeko in the penalty area.

Manchester City's left side of the defense was blown up, but when attacking, Silva and Kolarov were a different situation, and in layman's terms, they exploded each other.

Although Benfica's two central defenders are on par with Dzeko, they are obviously inferior to Dzeko in terms of flexibility, which is why Dzeko has always had some advantages in this game.

After receiving Silva's pass, Dzeko turned and buckled, but still didn't get any chance to shoot, Luis was blocking, and the goalkeeper behind him was also eyeing him, so Dzeko sent the ball outside the penalty area, and Li Feng met it from behind with a heavy shot, and the ball was slightly above the crossbar.

Then the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, although Benfica did not lead, but Benfica fans were quite excited, because from the performance of both sides in the first half, Benfica still had a certain advantage.

You know, this season's Manchester City is the most popular team in Europe, since the summer, Manchester City's 130 million pounds not only sent Li Feng to the throne of the world's first value, but also made Manchester City out of the limelight, and as the season progressed, Li Feng and Manchester City's performance made the whole world football shine.

The original doubts have long been silenced, and now there is a voice of praise early, because Li Feng's arrival not only enhances Manchester City's strength and increases Manchester City's reputation, but also is about to earn back his transfer value to Manchester City.

Unlike Benfica fans, Manchester City fans have a hint of worry on their faces, and even at this moment many fans are scolding the FA in their hearts, it is clear that most Manchester City fans believe that Manchester City's performance in the first half is largely due to the unreasonable schedule.

The fans have the understanding of the fans, the players only have their own thoughts, and the Manchester City players who returned to the dressing room did not care about their performance in the first half at all, because they knew very well that it was not that they were inferior to their opponents, but that they did it on purpose. (To be continued.) )