Chapter 445: Cannon Fodder
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Villarreal's disadvantage was even more evident when foul play was not available, and City launched a new round of bombardment and broke the deadlock in the 35th minute.
Li Feng drew the defense of Marchena and Borja in the middle and sent a diagonal pass, Yaya Toure rushed to the heart of Villarreal with long legs, and completed a long-range shot from outside the penalty area, which was directly confiscated by López.
Villarreal wanted a quick counter-attack, and López tossed the ball to Gonzalo, who sent it forward to Borja's feet.
However, just as Borja turned around with the ball, a blue figure stopped in front of him and toed a bucket the moment he turned.
The ball immediately escaped Borja's control and rolled towards the feet of another blue figure behind him, No. 21, David Silva.
After winning the ball, Silva turned to pass the ball, without any hesitation, outside the penalty area, at the moment when Silva got the ball, Yaya Toure, who had not had time to retreat, turned back and rushed into the Villarreal penalty area.
Silva's pass followed, and there was no Villarreal defender around.
"GOAL~~~ The goal was scored, and in the thirty-sixth minute of the game, Manchester City finally broke the deadlock, Li Feng appeared behind Borja like a ghost, and cut off the ball at the moment of his turn, Silva sent a fatal pass, and Yaya Toure scored the first goal of the Champions League this season."
This season, with the arrival of Li Feng, Yaya Toure's offensive opportunities with the ball have undoubtedly been greatly reduced, and he has lost his core position last season, and is more regarded as Li Feng's assistant.
The same as Yaya Toure and Silva, but with the forward movement of Silva's position, the Spanish winger and Li Feng did not have many conflicts in the position, with the transfer of time, the cooperation between the two seems to be like a fish in water, coupled with Li Feng's very good character, the two are already very good friends, and Li Feng's arrival is a great increase in the strength of Manchester City.
Therefore, many media have predicted that Yaya Toure is likely to choose to leave Manchester City, but the media's prediction is not accurate at all.
In fact, Li Feng and Yaya Toure did not have any problems at all, perhaps at the beginning, Yaya Toure did have an opinion on Van Basten's arrangement, but as time went by, when Yaya Toure had a clear understanding of Li Feng's strength, Yaya Toure's opinion had already been thrown out of the clouds.
And Li Feng is not the kind of person with a domineering personality, as long as the other party has no hostility or malice towards him, Li Feng will greet him with a smile, and become friends with him, I have to say that in terms of being a man, Li Feng is actually quite good, and he has long had experience in this area at Bayern Munich.
The celebration was soon over and the game resumed, with Villarreal, who were a goal down, looking to fight back, but their strength was too strong to keep them up to pose a real threat to City.
On the contrary, Manchester City's attack was full of threat, and in the 40th minute, Joe Hart started the goal kick with a big foot, and Li Feng pressed Marchena near the center circle to head the ball to Yaya Toure.
The latter split the side immediately after winning the ball, and Kolarov broke along the touchline and was disrupted by a Villarreal defender to win a throw-in.
Kolarov threw the ball from the touchline and Li Feng transitioned to Silva, who unloaded the ball and easily slotted past Mario and burst into the Villarreal box.
Gonzalo rushed out to stop in front of the Spaniard, Silva looked up into the middle, and Balotelli kept raising his hand to signal that he was in desperate need of a goal to redeem his play.
Passing, but not Balotelli, but Aguero on the right of Balotelli, the Argentine striker deftly flicked the defender and completed a clever shot.
In terms of goalkeeper reserves, Spain is definitely the best in the world, and although Lopes is not as dazzling as the giants, his strength is undoubted.
In the face of Sergio Aguero's clever shot, Lopes reacted quickly, leaped forward, and pushed the ball out of the goal with one palm, saving the goal he was guarding with a world-class save and retaining a glimmer of hope for Villarreal.
It can be said that with a few minutes left, it was time to complete the performance of López, and three minutes later, Manchester City made a comeback, and this time Balotelli finally got his wish.
It's just that this kick did not achieve the result Balotelli wanted, Li Feng passed through the middle, Balotelli forced a turn and shot in the line of the big penalty area, and was easily confiscated by Lopez, who had stood in position in advance.
In stoppage time, it was Li Feng's direct pass, but this time Balotelli did not have a chance to shoot, because Musacchio directly fouled him, for which Villarreal received another yellow card.
Manchester City won a free kick, but the position was not very good, on the line of the big penalty area, too close to the goal, such a free kick, can only choose to use heavy artillery.
The ball eventually hit the wall and was cleared by Villarreal before the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half and City went into the break with a one-goal lead.
In the home team's locker room, in the face of injuries, Garrido seems so powerless, especially Villarreal, a non-giant powerhouse, often relies on a set of main players, when the main team has a large number of injuries, then this season awaits them is Waterloo.
As for the visiting dressing room, Manchester City are completely different, not only are they injury-free, but they also have two squads that Van Basten can take any game in stride, and it's no wonder that City are currently on all three fronts.
"It's true that we're having a lot of advantages right now, even on all fronts, but, guys, it's only a third of the way through the season, it's not time to harvest yet, and if we want to go further and even get those coveted honours at the end of the season, then we have to keep our nerves up and not take it lightly."
Sometimes, players think they are like a horse and need to be constantly pushed to do so, and with Van Basten's repeated warnings, City launched a strong attack from the start of the second half and achieved the result they wanted.
At halftime, the game restarted, and after a few passes, the ball came to Li Feng's feet, and then Li Feng passed back to Yaya Toure not far behind him.
The latter once again rushed into Villarreal's half with long legs, but this time Li Feng didn't help him attract firepower, so the treatment of being caught fell on him.
But at this time, Li Feng rushed up from behind and raised his hand to him, well, Yaya Toure seems to be used by Li Feng as cannon fodder to attract defensive vitality. (To be continued.) )