Chapter 185 Ter Stegen, you dare to play me
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Luo Yi 36 Chao
Chapter 185 Ter Stegen, you dare to play me
Manchester City's corner kick.
The corner kick kicked by the B seat was attacked by the brave Ter Stegen and held in his arms.
Seeing Ter Stegen in such a good state today, Li Mingyu couldn't help scratching his head.
Ma Dan, this guy must be playing me!
The improvement of Manchester City's defense over the years is very obvious.
Guardiola is very strict about the team's defense.
Frequent running positions, cooperation and protection between teammates, counter-stealing on the spot after losing the ball...
Barcelona was actually overwhelmed by Manchester City.
The six Manchester City players all pressed through the half, chasing and intercepting Barcelona in Barcelona's half.
Even Messi didn't dare to take the ball forward rashly.
Li Mingyu had been waiting for an opportunity not far from Messi.
Messi already knew that Li Mingyu's defensive skills were definitely underestimated.
When the two were training, Messi realized how difficult Li Mingyu's defense was.
Constantly passing back, the players in the frontcourt could not come back. Slowly, Manchester City pressed Barcelona to the 20-meter area.
In front of the penalty area, after Langley received the ball, Li Mingyu's quick attack made him dare not neglect, and passed the ball back to the goalkeeper.
But I don't know if it was because of my nervousness or for some reason, Langley made a mistake in the return pass, and the return pass was light.
Langley again.
The fans at the scene shouted excitedly when they saw this scene.
Ter Stegen watched in bewilderment as Li Mingyu brushed past Langley, the football was rolling towards him, but if he was standing here, the [-]% outcome would be that Li Mingyu would grab the ball first.
Ter Stegen rushed up cursing, baring his teeth and claws, trying to intimidate Li Mingyu.
But Li Mingyu didn't change his color in any way, and ran up quickly, touching the ball with his feet before ter Stegen.
Ter Stegen roared and threw the ball at Li Mingyu's feet.
I saw Li Mingyu dialing the ball from a wide angle, which made Ter Stegen miss it.
Facing the empty goal, Li Mingyu felt a little strange, but he pushed the football lightly into Barcelona's goal.
The fans at the scene gave out applause like a tsunami.
The Manchester City players also rushed over, ready to celebrate with Li Mingyu.
However, Li Mingyu reached out to stop them, with a trace of bitterness on his face, he waved his hands, indicating that he didn't need to celebrate.
The Manchester City players also understood his mood, so they ignored him, and the others embraced and celebrated together.
Li Mingyu, who scored the goal, looked a little ugly and walked towards the midfield slowly.
Messi looked at Li Mingyu's back and showed a helpless smile.
This kid is really too strong.
Langley, who lost the ball, also stood on the penalty area line with a dull face. He just made a huge mistake.
He had already secured his qualification as a central defender in Barcelona, but in this important game, the famous scene of buttery feet appeared again.
Ter Stegen stood up helplessly, fished the football out of the goal, and drove towards the frontcourt with a big foot.
It's irritating!
Just 10 minutes into the game, Li Mingyu helped Manchester City take the lead at home with a mistake by Langley.
Some Barcelona fans couldn't help sighing.
The high-position press of Manchester City just now is simply the means by which Barcelona suppressed other teams before.
Feng Shui turns.
Now it's your team's turn to be dealt with by others in the same way.
The Barcelona fans looked at the No. 10 in the sky blue jersey, and couldn't help but feel a little sad.
The players who were originally trained by ourselves have now become the generals of the opposing team.
Three hundred million euros, is it really worth it?
No one can answer this question.
Barcelona re-kick-off, however, their attack has been suppressed by Manchester City's defense.
Forced by helplessness, Barcelona even started to play a long pass.
If you don't look at the jersey, fans will think that Manchester City is now Barcelona, and Barcelona is Manchester City.
A team that focuses on ground coordination is now forced to play long passes.
And a Premier League team that is good at playing long passes has now become a team that focuses on ground coordination and frontcourt pressing.
It was hilarious.
What frustrates Barcelona the most is that their frontcourt players are generally not tall. Aguero, Messi, and the tallest Felix are only 1 meters.
Every time a long pass is made, it will be firmly controlled by Manchester City's midfielder or defender.
Barcelona's offense was in trouble.
Barcelona's new coach Xavi looked dignified off the court.
That's right, that Harvey.
Barcelona's meritorious midfielder, the man behind Messi.
After the end of last season, Koeman was fired by Barcelona. Xavi returned to Barcelona from the Middle East and took charge of Barcelona's coach.
Putting Messi back in the position of shadow forward or attacking midfielder was Harvey who made a major change.
Barcelona has adapted to the organized core style of play for two seasons, and now Li Mingyu's departure will do a huge damage to the integrity of the team.
So Harvey had to let Messi play the core role in the midfield, which also made Messi have to give up some offensive options.
In La Liga, because the level of other La Liga teams is really average, Barcelona can still play smoothly.
But facing the world's top-level Manchester City team, Barcelona's loopholes were completely exposed.
After playing hide-and-seek for 10 minutes in Barcelona, Manchester City finally showed their terrifying strength to dominate the Premier League.
Barcelona made a forced long pass, and the midfielder Rodri stuck in his position, so that the short Aguero could only stand there, watching Rodri leap high and gently ferry the football to Li Mingyu.
Li Mingyu stopped the ball with his chest, picked the ball over his head, and then turned around quickly, leaving De Jong, who was about to attack him behind him, stunned.
Passing by De Jong's side easily, Li Mingyu gently patted the football that fell from the air with his feet.
Manchester City's attack started.
Li Mingyu's speed was very fast. In less than two seconds, Li Mingyu had already crossed a distance of more than ten meters, making Barcelona's defense line feel like a formidable enemy.
Li Mingyu suddenly made a smack and passed the football to the unguarded side.
Sterling rushed over, and after receiving the ball, he cut inside directly.
Facing Araujo's defense, Sterling made a series of wonderful cycling with both feet, which made Araujo go straight to the air.
After the inside cut, Sterling raised his right foot and kicked a curve ball in the ribs of the penalty area.
Because Ter Stegen's line of sight was blocked, when he saw the football coming around, he moved his feet quickly and flew to his left.
But it was too late, Sterling's shot was very tricky, it hit the inside of the goalpost and bounced into the goal.
Sterling burst into ecstasy after scoring the goal. He glanced at Li Mingyu, and instead of rushing towards him, he greeted his other teammates, came to the stands behind, and celebrated passionately.
The fans of Manchester City were about to die of happiness. Only 35 minutes into the first half, the team had already led Barcelona by two goals.
That's Barcelona!
Why!What's great about Barcelona is that their best players are already in our team.
Now we are the most amazing team!
A burst of pride left the Manchester City fans in high spirits.
Li Mingyu's one pass and one shot helped the team lead Barcelona by two goals.
In the next game in the first half, the Manchester City team was also a little tired. After all, the team is now in the lead, and the frequent games have put the players' physical strength to a huge test.
Barcelona's offensive has improved slightly, but once it reaches the 30-meter area, Barcelona's offensive can no longer go inside.
With Messi's long shot from around 30 meters wide, the first half of the game was over.
The Barcelona players walked slowly back to the locker room with dignified faces.
On the contrary, the Manchester City players smiled and chatted in twos and threes before leaving the stadium.
Now, the atmosphere in the Manchester City team is very good. They have not lost a single game so far this season, and have scored zero opponents many times.
The 12 consecutive victories in various competitions at the beginning of the season is also a team history record for Manchester City.
Moreover, it seems that today's winning streak will continue to 13 games.
When Guardiola was in midfield, he didn't give too many instructions to the Manchester City players. There is a certain strength gap between Barcelona and Manchester City.
The gap in midfield is visible to the naked eye.
After losing Li Mingyu, Pedri is no longer miraculous, De Jong can no longer be tough on the midfielder, Fati's side attack is no longer sharp, and even Messi seems to have lost his luster.
Losing Li Mingyu seemed to make Barcelona lose its motivation.
After the start of the second half, Barcelona's offense still did not improve.
And the Manchester City team also slowed down their offensive rhythm a little bit. After all, the World Cup is about to start, and physical strength and health come first.
After taking the lead, Manchester City's frontcourt players slowly recovered.
This time, it made Barcelona even more uncomfortable.
If you want to tie the score, you have to attack.
If you attack, you will face the opponent's sharp defensive counterattack.
Manchester City's defensive counterattack is definitely world-class.
With a midfielder like Li Mingyu, whether it's the accuracy of passing the ball or his direct one-stop, the success rate of counterattacks is very high.
But Barcelona can't wait to die, so they can only attack out of the boat.
Manchester City gave up the press in the midfield and let Barcelona's personnel come over.
Although Barcelona knew that this was the conspiracy of the Manchester City team, they had no choice but to push their troops up slowly.
In the second half, Barcelona's ball possession rate was very high, the real-time ball possession rate was as high as 75%, and there were many passes, but most of the passes were back passes and cross passes.
Everything is a blindfold.
Barcelona slowly lost themselves in possession of the ball.
Frequent passing and possession of the ball made Barcelona's players seem to have returned to the omnipotent moment of last season.
But the Manchester City team, which is already about to show its fangs in secret, is already preparing for the next counterattack.
After receiving a pass from De Jong, Messi made a fake move and swayed past the B-seat grab.
Seeing that the Manchester City team suddenly showed a gap, Messi did not hesitate, and directly passed the ball to Felix in the frontcourt.
The young Felix quickly dribbled the ball towards the Manchester City defense.
In the first half, the opponent's Sterling used a series of bicycles to break through his defender, which made Felix very dissatisfied.
As far as bikes go, I, Felix, aren't bad either.
When he faced Manchester City's Ukrainian defender Zinchenko, he used two consecutive bicycles to make Zinchenko lose his center of gravity.
Felix let out a disdainful smile.
But when he was about to cut in, he felt a blue figure from the side meet his eyes.
The midfielder Rodri had already aimed at him, and when he cut inside, Rodri made a sliding tackle, shoveling the football to his feet, and brought him down by the way.
The referee didn't say anything, turned his head and ran towards Barcelona's half.
Even he knew that Manchester City's counterattack was coming.
Before Felix could complain, Rodri sat on the ground and swept the ball to the central defender next to him.
After Stones received the ball, he made a through pass and handed it to Li Mingyu in the middle.
Li Mingyu did not choose to stop the ball, but turned around halfway, twisting his body into a twist, and his left foot, which was used as a supporting foot, felt like it was about to break under the camera.
Li Mingyu didn't seem to feel it, and directly kicked the ball with his right foot to Barcelona's backcourt.
Foden, on the sidewalk, plugged in at high speed to the middle.
Li Mingyu's pass was very precise. After Foden ran five or six meters, he jumped up lightly and put his right foot on the ground. The football obediently stopped at his feet.
Li Mingyu passed it on beautifully, and Foden passed it on even more beautifully.
Without any mistakes, after stopping the ball, Foden poked the football with his toe and rushed forward quickly.
On his side, Lenglet and Eric Garcia frantically chased back.
But Foden's speed has risen, and the distance between the three has not been significantly shortened.
Foden quickly rushed into the penalty area, facing Ter Stegen who was attacking, calmly used a feint to shake the little lion, and pushed the football into the empty goal.
3:0, Manchester City once again expanded the score at their home court.
Eric Garcia, Lenglet and Ter Stegen all collapsed on the ground, watching Foden who was celebrating wildly at the bottom line, showing a wry smile.
In the slow motion playback, Li Mingyu's left ankle seemed to be dislocated in the camera, making people feel scalp numb just looking at it.
After this goal, the annoyed Guardiola directly replaced Li Mingyu.
After a high-five with Gundogan who replaced him, Li Mingyu accepted Guardiola's fury on the sidelines.
Now Li Mingyu must not be injured. The action just now was too scary.
Li Mingyu also nodded quickly to admit his mistake.
He can't tell Guardiola that this is the home court, and his buddies are protected by the system and will not be injured.
It is estimated that Guardiola will send him to the famous Qingshan Mental Hospital in Barcelona to see his brain.
In the end, Gundogan, who came off the bench, completed the final blow to Barcelona.
In the second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Manchester City beat Barcelona 4-0 at home. They currently have 6 points and are firmly ranked first in the group.
In another game, AC Milan beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 at home.
(End of this chapter)
Manchester City's corner kick.
The corner kick kicked by the B seat was attacked by the brave Ter Stegen and held in his arms.
Seeing Ter Stegen in such a good state today, Li Mingyu couldn't help scratching his head.
Ma Dan, this guy must be playing me!
The improvement of Manchester City's defense over the years is very obvious.
Guardiola is very strict about the team's defense.
Frequent running positions, cooperation and protection between teammates, counter-stealing on the spot after losing the ball...
Barcelona was actually overwhelmed by Manchester City.
The six Manchester City players all pressed through the half, chasing and intercepting Barcelona in Barcelona's half.
Even Messi didn't dare to take the ball forward rashly.
Li Mingyu had been waiting for an opportunity not far from Messi.
Messi already knew that Li Mingyu's defensive skills were definitely underestimated.
When the two were training, Messi realized how difficult Li Mingyu's defense was.
Constantly passing back, the players in the frontcourt could not come back. Slowly, Manchester City pressed Barcelona to the 20-meter area.
In front of the penalty area, after Langley received the ball, Li Mingyu's quick attack made him dare not neglect, and passed the ball back to the goalkeeper.
But I don't know if it was because of my nervousness or for some reason, Langley made a mistake in the return pass, and the return pass was light.
Langley again.
The fans at the scene shouted excitedly when they saw this scene.
Ter Stegen watched in bewilderment as Li Mingyu brushed past Langley, the football was rolling towards him, but if he was standing here, the [-]% outcome would be that Li Mingyu would grab the ball first.
Ter Stegen rushed up cursing, baring his teeth and claws, trying to intimidate Li Mingyu.
But Li Mingyu didn't change his color in any way, and ran up quickly, touching the ball with his feet before ter Stegen.
Ter Stegen roared and threw the ball at Li Mingyu's feet.
I saw Li Mingyu dialing the ball from a wide angle, which made Ter Stegen miss it.
Facing the empty goal, Li Mingyu felt a little strange, but he pushed the football lightly into Barcelona's goal.
The fans at the scene gave out applause like a tsunami.
The Manchester City players also rushed over, ready to celebrate with Li Mingyu.
However, Li Mingyu reached out to stop them, with a trace of bitterness on his face, he waved his hands, indicating that he didn't need to celebrate.
The Manchester City players also understood his mood, so they ignored him, and the others embraced and celebrated together.
Li Mingyu, who scored the goal, looked a little ugly and walked towards the midfield slowly.
Messi looked at Li Mingyu's back and showed a helpless smile.
This kid is really too strong.
Langley, who lost the ball, also stood on the penalty area line with a dull face. He just made a huge mistake.
He had already secured his qualification as a central defender in Barcelona, but in this important game, the famous scene of buttery feet appeared again.
Ter Stegen stood up helplessly, fished the football out of the goal, and drove towards the frontcourt with a big foot.
It's irritating!
Just 10 minutes into the game, Li Mingyu helped Manchester City take the lead at home with a mistake by Langley.
Some Barcelona fans couldn't help sighing.
The high-position press of Manchester City just now is simply the means by which Barcelona suppressed other teams before.
Feng Shui turns.
Now it's your team's turn to be dealt with by others in the same way.
The Barcelona fans looked at the No. 10 in the sky blue jersey, and couldn't help but feel a little sad.
The players who were originally trained by ourselves have now become the generals of the opposing team.
Three hundred million euros, is it really worth it?
No one can answer this question.
Barcelona re-kick-off, however, their attack has been suppressed by Manchester City's defense.
Forced by helplessness, Barcelona even started to play a long pass.
If you don't look at the jersey, fans will think that Manchester City is now Barcelona, and Barcelona is Manchester City.
A team that focuses on ground coordination is now forced to play long passes.
And a Premier League team that is good at playing long passes has now become a team that focuses on ground coordination and frontcourt pressing.
It was hilarious.
What frustrates Barcelona the most is that their frontcourt players are generally not tall. Aguero, Messi, and the tallest Felix are only 1 meters.
Every time a long pass is made, it will be firmly controlled by Manchester City's midfielder or defender.
Barcelona's offense was in trouble.
Barcelona's new coach Xavi looked dignified off the court.
That's right, that Harvey.
Barcelona's meritorious midfielder, the man behind Messi.
After the end of last season, Koeman was fired by Barcelona. Xavi returned to Barcelona from the Middle East and took charge of Barcelona's coach.
Putting Messi back in the position of shadow forward or attacking midfielder was Harvey who made a major change.
Barcelona has adapted to the organized core style of play for two seasons, and now Li Mingyu's departure will do a huge damage to the integrity of the team.
So Harvey had to let Messi play the core role in the midfield, which also made Messi have to give up some offensive options.
In La Liga, because the level of other La Liga teams is really average, Barcelona can still play smoothly.
But facing the world's top-level Manchester City team, Barcelona's loopholes were completely exposed.
After playing hide-and-seek for 10 minutes in Barcelona, Manchester City finally showed their terrifying strength to dominate the Premier League.
Barcelona made a forced long pass, and the midfielder Rodri stuck in his position, so that the short Aguero could only stand there, watching Rodri leap high and gently ferry the football to Li Mingyu.
Li Mingyu stopped the ball with his chest, picked the ball over his head, and then turned around quickly, leaving De Jong, who was about to attack him behind him, stunned.
Passing by De Jong's side easily, Li Mingyu gently patted the football that fell from the air with his feet.
Manchester City's attack started.
Li Mingyu's speed was very fast. In less than two seconds, Li Mingyu had already crossed a distance of more than ten meters, making Barcelona's defense line feel like a formidable enemy.
Li Mingyu suddenly made a smack and passed the football to the unguarded side.
Sterling rushed over, and after receiving the ball, he cut inside directly.
Facing Araujo's defense, Sterling made a series of wonderful cycling with both feet, which made Araujo go straight to the air.
After the inside cut, Sterling raised his right foot and kicked a curve ball in the ribs of the penalty area.
Because Ter Stegen's line of sight was blocked, when he saw the football coming around, he moved his feet quickly and flew to his left.
But it was too late, Sterling's shot was very tricky, it hit the inside of the goalpost and bounced into the goal.
Sterling burst into ecstasy after scoring the goal. He glanced at Li Mingyu, and instead of rushing towards him, he greeted his other teammates, came to the stands behind, and celebrated passionately.
The fans of Manchester City were about to die of happiness. Only 35 minutes into the first half, the team had already led Barcelona by two goals.
That's Barcelona!
Why!What's great about Barcelona is that their best players are already in our team.
Now we are the most amazing team!
A burst of pride left the Manchester City fans in high spirits.
Li Mingyu's one pass and one shot helped the team lead Barcelona by two goals.
In the next game in the first half, the Manchester City team was also a little tired. After all, the team is now in the lead, and the frequent games have put the players' physical strength to a huge test.
Barcelona's offensive has improved slightly, but once it reaches the 30-meter area, Barcelona's offensive can no longer go inside.
With Messi's long shot from around 30 meters wide, the first half of the game was over.
The Barcelona players walked slowly back to the locker room with dignified faces.
On the contrary, the Manchester City players smiled and chatted in twos and threes before leaving the stadium.
Now, the atmosphere in the Manchester City team is very good. They have not lost a single game so far this season, and have scored zero opponents many times.
The 12 consecutive victories in various competitions at the beginning of the season is also a team history record for Manchester City.
Moreover, it seems that today's winning streak will continue to 13 games.
When Guardiola was in midfield, he didn't give too many instructions to the Manchester City players. There is a certain strength gap between Barcelona and Manchester City.
The gap in midfield is visible to the naked eye.
After losing Li Mingyu, Pedri is no longer miraculous, De Jong can no longer be tough on the midfielder, Fati's side attack is no longer sharp, and even Messi seems to have lost his luster.
Losing Li Mingyu seemed to make Barcelona lose its motivation.
After the start of the second half, Barcelona's offense still did not improve.
And the Manchester City team also slowed down their offensive rhythm a little bit. After all, the World Cup is about to start, and physical strength and health come first.
After taking the lead, Manchester City's frontcourt players slowly recovered.
This time, it made Barcelona even more uncomfortable.
If you want to tie the score, you have to attack.
If you attack, you will face the opponent's sharp defensive counterattack.
Manchester City's defensive counterattack is definitely world-class.
With a midfielder like Li Mingyu, whether it's the accuracy of passing the ball or his direct one-stop, the success rate of counterattacks is very high.
But Barcelona can't wait to die, so they can only attack out of the boat.
Manchester City gave up the press in the midfield and let Barcelona's personnel come over.
Although Barcelona knew that this was the conspiracy of the Manchester City team, they had no choice but to push their troops up slowly.
In the second half, Barcelona's ball possession rate was very high, the real-time ball possession rate was as high as 75%, and there were many passes, but most of the passes were back passes and cross passes.
Everything is a blindfold.
Barcelona slowly lost themselves in possession of the ball.
Frequent passing and possession of the ball made Barcelona's players seem to have returned to the omnipotent moment of last season.
But the Manchester City team, which is already about to show its fangs in secret, is already preparing for the next counterattack.
After receiving a pass from De Jong, Messi made a fake move and swayed past the B-seat grab.
Seeing that the Manchester City team suddenly showed a gap, Messi did not hesitate, and directly passed the ball to Felix in the frontcourt.
The young Felix quickly dribbled the ball towards the Manchester City defense.
In the first half, the opponent's Sterling used a series of bicycles to break through his defender, which made Felix very dissatisfied.
As far as bikes go, I, Felix, aren't bad either.
When he faced Manchester City's Ukrainian defender Zinchenko, he used two consecutive bicycles to make Zinchenko lose his center of gravity.
Felix let out a disdainful smile.
But when he was about to cut in, he felt a blue figure from the side meet his eyes.
The midfielder Rodri had already aimed at him, and when he cut inside, Rodri made a sliding tackle, shoveling the football to his feet, and brought him down by the way.
The referee didn't say anything, turned his head and ran towards Barcelona's half.
Even he knew that Manchester City's counterattack was coming.
Before Felix could complain, Rodri sat on the ground and swept the ball to the central defender next to him.
After Stones received the ball, he made a through pass and handed it to Li Mingyu in the middle.
Li Mingyu did not choose to stop the ball, but turned around halfway, twisting his body into a twist, and his left foot, which was used as a supporting foot, felt like it was about to break under the camera.
Li Mingyu didn't seem to feel it, and directly kicked the ball with his right foot to Barcelona's backcourt.
Foden, on the sidewalk, plugged in at high speed to the middle.
Li Mingyu's pass was very precise. After Foden ran five or six meters, he jumped up lightly and put his right foot on the ground. The football obediently stopped at his feet.
Li Mingyu passed it on beautifully, and Foden passed it on even more beautifully.
Without any mistakes, after stopping the ball, Foden poked the football with his toe and rushed forward quickly.
On his side, Lenglet and Eric Garcia frantically chased back.
But Foden's speed has risen, and the distance between the three has not been significantly shortened.
Foden quickly rushed into the penalty area, facing Ter Stegen who was attacking, calmly used a feint to shake the little lion, and pushed the football into the empty goal.
3:0, Manchester City once again expanded the score at their home court.
Eric Garcia, Lenglet and Ter Stegen all collapsed on the ground, watching Foden who was celebrating wildly at the bottom line, showing a wry smile.
In the slow motion playback, Li Mingyu's left ankle seemed to be dislocated in the camera, making people feel scalp numb just looking at it.
After this goal, the annoyed Guardiola directly replaced Li Mingyu.
After a high-five with Gundogan who replaced him, Li Mingyu accepted Guardiola's fury on the sidelines.
Now Li Mingyu must not be injured. The action just now was too scary.
Li Mingyu also nodded quickly to admit his mistake.
He can't tell Guardiola that this is the home court, and his buddies are protected by the system and will not be injured.
It is estimated that Guardiola will send him to the famous Qingshan Mental Hospital in Barcelona to see his brain.
In the end, Gundogan, who came off the bench, completed the final blow to Barcelona.
In the second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Manchester City beat Barcelona 4-0 at home. They currently have 6 points and are firmly ranked first in the group.
In another game, AC Milan beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 at home.
(End of this chapter)
