Chapter 55: Two Guards to Two Forwards
Bolton are quite pitiful indeed, and their presence seems to be meant to complement Copelle Ferreira's defensive excellence.
But in fact, apart from the shooting statistics, Bolton was not passive throughout the game, but now in the eyes of others, they have become pitiful.
However, their players are also feeling frustrated, because they did not have the effect that the coach expected - they failed to break down the Manchester City centre-backs, but instead allowed the opposing young centre-backs to play in form and then surprisingly stable defensively, and at the same time they had a lot of chances to lose, both in terms of momentum and fighting spirit.
This is not what they want to see.
So they hurried to continue to break Kopere-Ferreira's point, but unfortunately Kopere-Ferreira seemed to be getting better and more consistent, and the more Bolton players played in this direction, the more difficult it was to find opportunities, and at the end of the 27th minute of the game, their midfielder Speed even ran over to foul Copelle Ferreira, this impulsive approach deprived Bolton of a good chance to attack, and it also proved that some of Bolton's players were not cool-headed.
Head coach Sam Allardyce stood on the sidelines and immediately shouted at his players to calm down.
As the head coach of Bolton, of course, he is not afraid of playing tough, Bolton's football is originally a tough style, but toughness does not mean roughness, does not mean losing reason, if you lose your mind in the game is very dangerous, and now Bolton has definitely not reached that point, the score on the field is still 0:0, they just failed to play the expected effect.
But not many people cared about Bolton anymore.
From the very beginning of the game, there was talk of Manchester City's centre-back pairing. And now the fans, the reporters are paying attention to Copelle Ferreira, and his performance is really good.
His stability has lasted for dozens of minutes.
If you defend successfully once or twice, it's hard to be taken seriously. But in the case of being targeted by Bolton, it is enough to hold on for so long to become a genius of his name.
He stands still in his position, giving the impression that his guard's line is impregnable.
By the time the game had been played, Copelle Ferreira had become the center of attention, and many fans had forgotten the current score, and they only focused on Copelle Ferreira's performance. Especially every time Copelle Ferreira finished defending, they cheered together and shouted his name together to celebrate.
It's like what kind of star Kopelle Ferreira is!
The same goes for the narrators. Many TV commentators will say when talking about the game, "Look! It's Copelle Ferreira again!! ”
The voice spread throughout England!
Copelle Ferreira felt like he was in full shape on the court, and there was never a moment when he felt so much confidence.
Listen to the call in your ears. Feel the warm atmosphere of the home field. He had a hunch that he was going to succeed here, and with full confidence, he continued to play and was getting more and more consistent.
"He's done a great job!" Pierce said in surprise.
Before the game, Pierce thought Dunn should start, Dunn has been fairly consistent defensively for a few years with the team, and the only problem is. He has only been back from injury for too short to keep up with the team's tactical rhythm. However, Dunn is a veteran defender and only a central defender, and even if he is not involved in the attack, it will not have much impact, and his stability can still help the team a lot.
But Wan Sheng insisted on giving Copelle Ferreira and Ricardo Costa a chance, and if it weren't for Pierce's persuasion, Dunn wouldn't even have a chance to make the squad.
'I need players who can adapt to the tactics. Wan Sheng explained.
Wan Sheng is a little dissatisfied with Dunn, mainly because after Dunn recovered from injury, he was not too active in tactical training, and the progress of integrating into the team's tactics was really slow.
Originally, Dunn participated in tactical training late, and he didn't have much enthusiasm, how could he quickly integrate into the team's new tactical system!?
In the case of Dunn, the best central defender to start must be the combination of Dunn and Copelle Ferreira, Ricardo Costa's ability is still a little insufficient, he is a good choice as an all-round substitute in the backfield similar to Sun Jihai, but Wan Sheng was dissatisfied with Dunn's training attitude, so he gave Ricardo Costa a chance.
Now Ricardo Costa's performance is average, and he can only be regarded as barely qualified, but fortunately, Copelle Ferreira is performing quite well, and even a little unexpected!
Pierce was still quite surprised, "How did you know he was going to be so good?" "He was most puzzled by this.
In weekday training, Kopera Ferreira also performed well, but definitely not to this point, he can't think of why Wansheng is so optimistic about Kopera Ferreira, and now Kopera Ferreira is really showing strength.
Wan Sheng smiled, curled the corners of his mouth and said, "I have always been very optimistic about him, and he was very good when he was in Porto, so I brought him to the team." Of course, he wouldn't tell Pierce that the reason for being optimistic about Copelle Ferreira was because of the memories of his previous life, and even if he explained, Pierce wouldn't believe it at all.
In addition, the reason that supports Wansheng's belief in Kopele Ferreira is naturally the data of the Football Training Master System.
Even if there is a memory of his past life, if Copelle Ferreira's own strength is not up to standard, Wansheng will not be able to fully trust him, but Copelle Ferreira's personal ability is indeed very good, his comprehensive evaluation is even better than that of captain Distin, and his mental attributes are even higher, such a capable player, what he really lacks is only game experience.
So, as long as Copelle Ferreira himself has confidence, it is quite normal to perform well.
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"Copelle Ferreira's performance was amazing!"
'He's just landed in the Premier League. He wasn't well-known in Portugal before, but he didn't expect to perform so well after coming to Manchester City! ”
"In this game, many people are worried about Manchester City's defense, the injury of captain Distin is a blow to them, Dunn has just recovered from injury, and their backfield is almost unavailable, but what I didn't expect is that Copelle Ferreira took on the burden, and the center-back combination formed by him and his friend Ricardo Costa was surprisingly good, so that Bolton had no choice at all!"
Fans who don't know the situation will be puzzled by the commentator's words, because they have never heard of the name of Copelle Ferreira, and they can't imagine that this player will be unknown before this game, but now many commentators only praise Copelle Ferreira, "Seeing the performance of Copelle Ferreira now, we believe that soon we will see a new star of Portuguese central defenders rise quickly!" ”
"We also believe that after this match, the name of Copelle Ferreira will be known by many people, and he can be said to be famous in one fight!"
"What is certain is that there will be a place for him at the back of Manchester City in the future......"
The commentators have stopped talking about Bolton Wanderers and now they are fully supporting characters and Copelle Ferreira is the hero.
The game also seems to be played for the rise of heroes.
At this time, Bolton didn't feel very good, and after more than 30 minutes of attack, they failed to break through the Manchester City gate, but the attack was stopped in front of the penalty area, so that they had few shots on goal.
They were all quite depressed, but they were not playing attacking football after all, and after 30 minutes, they had to slow down their attack, so as soon as the 30 minutes passed, Manchester City took more of the initiative.
At this point, anyone could see that the situation was not in Bolton's favor.
In the 37th minute, Bolton launched another wave of attacks, but it didn't work well, this time it wasn't Kopele Ferreira who stopped them, but his partner Ricardo Costa.
Ricardo Costa has been solid up front, but with the better Copelle Ferreira, he's very inconspicuous.
This time, however, he reacted quickly to intercept Bolton's pass up front and then pushed the ball across to Morris to help his team launch a counter-attack.
Manchester City's tactics are to play control and rhythm, but it does not mean that the team's counter-attack speed is not fast, in fact, there is not much tactical at all in the rapid counter-attack, and any player knows that speed is the most important thing if he has the opportunity.
When Morris got the ball, he did the most efficient way he could – he kicked the ball up front!
City didn't have a couple of long balls throughout the first half, but this time Bolton didn't react a little, and they didn't realise the danger until they saw the ball at the feet of Darren Bent up front!
Darren Bent is also a newcomer to Manchester City, but with Andy Cole as a veteran and Robbie Fowler just recovering from injury, he has made more appearances, as in this game, when he partnered Anelka to form a two-striker pairing.
In the early days, Darren Bent showed little and no one would have noticed him.
But now he's the star of the show!
All the cameras followed and pointed at him because he got the ball on the left side of the edge of the box and there were no defenders around him.
Anyone knows this is a great opportunity!
Darren Bent was also thrilled, as he stopped the ball steadily, took a closer look around him and dribbled straight forward, crossing the line of the box before noticing the Bolton goalkeeper coming in as well.
He resolutely continued to dribble the ball and drove straight in!
Bolton goalkeeper Jascolainen had already saved, trying to block Darren Bent's angle and also trying to flank Benhaim behind Darren Bent to put pressure on him to make the wrong choice.
But at this moment, Darren Bent suddenly pushed the ball sideways!
Anelka followed up on the other side, and all he needed to do was push a shot into the empty net, and the next second the ball flew into the net without any suspense.
1:0!
In the 37th minute of the game, Anelka and Darren Bent combined to help Manchester City complete the goal! (To be continued......)