In this game, there is one player in Manchester City's starting lineup who is not in his own position, that is Darren Bent as a midfielder.
Darren Bent is a forward.
It can be said that before coming to Manchester City, even before last season, he was a standard forward, a player with 180 heads, not even high on the football field, so Darren Bent is not a standard center, It can only be regarded as a technical striker, but he is indeed a pure forward, because before that, he has never appeared in other positions.
Wan Sheng put Darren Bent in the midfield position is an attempt, but also an expectation.
In the three seasons, Darren Bent has more experience than when he first came to Manchester City, and his personal abilities have also greatly improved.
This improvement is comprehensive.
Like dribbling and ball control, Darren Bent has improved a lot, and the speed he is good at has reached an alarming level, even if he is the least good offensive player. With the attribute ability bonus of the "National Aura of Honor", Darren Bent is no worse than Silva, Ozil and others.
In other words, with the ability of Darren Bent, he can become a very good midfielder.
The only thing is experience.
Darren Bent has barely played midfield, and he has too little experience in this position.
Wan Sheng let Darren Bent play as a midfielder, the purpose is to rely on his speed. After all, Manchester City played a defensive counterattack. For counterattacks, speed is very important, and Darren Bent is fast The attacking performance is always better than Silva.
So Darren Bent appeared in the midfield with Morris and Bloomer.
For the adjustment of his position, Darren Bent just felt a little uncomfortable and felt that Wan Sheng was expecting himself. After all, the team's midfield is not empty, Silva is still sitting on the bench, he can replace There are definitely reasons for Silva's appearance.
Wan Sheng's request to him is to cooperate with Morris to speed up the counterattack, if necessary, to create opportunities for teammates, or choose to shoot.
Darren Bent ’s passing ability is also good, but his habit is difficult to make him pass a delicate ball. On the football field, the habit of professional players is often more important than ability, so Wan Sheng does not expect him to pass. A good shot, and the latter, that is, the option for him to shoot is actually better. Shooting is also what Darren Bent is good at. It can create his own opportunities and directly threaten the goal of Barcelona. That is also a good thing. Too.
The game proved that Darren Bent did not live up to expectations.
In Manchester City ’s counterattack, his performance was good, with Morris, Bloomer and two full-backs Ivan Krue and Ozil playing for him, Darren Bent in the attack and counterattack It's easy to find opportunities, and then quickly forward the ball, so fast that Barcelona's defense suddenly becomes tense.
Although the Barcelona goal has not been threatened so far, Darren Bent's performance has also been affirmed by many media and fans.
In this way, he also became the main attacker of Manchester City.
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Darren Bent's performance is good, but the most dazzling Manchester City is Ozil.
The German kid used his skillful footwork to set off a wave of fast breaks on the left, making many Manchester City fans who came to support the team cheer.
But obviously, the German kid was a bit too showy.
Barcelona soon realized that Özil ’s left was a threat to the team ’s defense, so they adjusted their defensive focus, and the defense against Özil was tighter. So for a long time, Manchester City and There was no way to open the situation from the left.
Wan Sheng noticed, and he frowned.
In this game, the team's offense mainly relies on the left and the center. No team can loosen its defense on the center, so the left is very important, so Wan Sheng has excellent speed, technology, and passing. Ozil put it on the left.
But now Ozil's left has not been able to open the situation, several counterattacks and fast breaks, were blocked by Barcelona's defense.
This will not work.
In any case, the offense must be changed to make the opponent undefeated, and now with only two players, Darren Bent and Ozil, it is difficult to break through Barcelona's defense.
So Wan Sheng called Darren Bent, "Darren! Darren!"
A wave of offense had just ended, Darren Bent was walking backwards with his head down, hearing the shouts, he hurried over, and Wan Sheng gestured and said to him, "Don't always take the ball yourself, Look for opportunities to cooperate with both sides, Ozil, Ivan, understand? You are now a midfielder, not a forward! "
Darren-This characteristic head means understand.
In fact, he always wanted to try to pass the ball on both sides and cooperate more with his teammates, but many times in the game, he used to take the ball himself, and he did n’t care about it. Now that he heard Wan Sheng, he thought about it again and again. Try it when you have the chance.
Five minutes later, Darren Bent got the ball again.
This is a beautiful close cooperation between Morris and Blumer in the backcourt. They put Messi, the number one star in Barcelona, directly in the middle. Messi could only helplessly watch the ball under his foot being broken and look depressed. Covering her forehead.
Morris snatched the ball, but no matter how sad Messi was, he directly brought the ball to Darren Bent.
Darren Bent is in the middle of the middle of the circle and sees that his teammate has successfully grabbed the ball. He unconsciously raised his hand to ask for the ball, but he has not yet raised his hand. The football has already passed him. Darren Bent toward Morris raised his thumb, then turned to catch the ball, and he rushed forward.
Darren Bent is in front of Barcelona midfielder Deco.
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Deco is a Brazilian. He was born in San Bernardo, Brazil on August 27, 1977. Before he was 20 years old, he played for clubs such as Sao Paulo in Brazil. However, in Brazil, Deco can only play in small clubs. Failed to be appreciated by giants in China.
So Deco made up his mind to try his luck in Portugal. Unexpectedly, this trip was unstoppable. In 1999, 22-year-old Deco joined the Porto team, and then gradually became the core of the team's midfield, the overall situation of the Brazilian. View and practical technology made Deco quickly establish his position in the team, and under the training of Mourinho, Deco began to become a first-class attacking midfielder in Europe.
In 2004, Porto won the Champions League, Deco made a great contribution, that year he also reached the peak of his career, leading the team to win the league championship and the European Champions Cup. Especially in the Champions League, Mourinho successfully built Deco as the core of offensive and defensive, the team was undefeated in 11 games, defeating Monaco 3-0 in the final, Deco scored a key goal, fans called it "Super Deco" ".
Then Deco led the Portuguese team to the finals in the European Cup and lost to the super dark horse Greece. Deco was received by the Barcelona club for its excellent performance.
In 2004, Deco joined Barcelona from Porto at a high price of 20 million euros. Deco, who originally thought that he could only serve as a substitute for Ronaldinho, quietly accepted Rijkaard's decision to arrange himself in the lower back position, but no one Unexpectedly, the strange-looking stranger soon found a feeling in the lower back. Deco's foul ranked first in La Liga all season, but it was because of him that Barcelona built a reliable front defense. Barrier.
This shows how strong Deco's defensive ability is.
Even though he is no longer at his peak and his performance has been criticized by many fans, Deco's midfield defense ability is still commendable.
In the face of Darren Bent, Deco seemed very calm, he slowly moved back in small steps, just to prevent Darren Bent from passing easily.
Although this method is not easy to grab the ball, but delaying time allows teammates time to retreat, it is enough to not give Manchester City a quick counterattack.
Deco's approach also proved its rich defensive experience.
But ... Deco ignored a problem.
His technical strength is not perfect, and there are still flaws. For example, his speed is not fast. When some media analyzed his ability, he also said, "Deco's speed is more 'averaged' to 90 minutes or even 120 In the minute of the game, from the sound of the opening whistle to the sound of the final whistle, he is always the most diligent player on the court. "
Perhaps the above is praise.
But praise can't cover up a problem-Deco's speed is not fast, and the explosive power is not enough, especially when facing a very fast forward such as Darren Bent, this becomes a fatal problem.
Deco was seriously defending with confidence. Darren Bent's action was completely inconsistent with him. When he saw the Brazilian in front of him slowly moving backwards, Darren Bent was almost unconscious. Just ... raise the speed and rush to the side hard!
Deco wanted to stop Darren Bent, but the defensive side was already passive. His reaction was a step slower, but he was too late to try to catch up.
While Deco was turning around, Darren Bent had already thrown him away and rushed forward quickly.
When Deco turned around and looked back, there was already some exclamation in his ear.
"Darren Bent! He shook off Deco and was rushing forward! Rushing forward!"
"Manchester City's counterattack!"
The pitch of the British Sky Sports commentator was raised.
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When Darren Bent drove the ball over Deco, Manchester City fans in the stands were already cheering.
In the past 30 minutes of the first half, although Manchester City also attacked, they did not make much threats. Their center of gravity seems to be on the defense, so seeing Bent throw away the opposing midfielder Deco so quickly, the fans also responded Looking forward to the scene, they cheered Darren Bent loudly.
It's a pity that this is the Camp Nou, Barcelona fans will not make the other fans arrogant. When Manchester City's voice rang, Barcelona fans immediately responded with a "hush" sound, and also wanted to affect Darren-Ben Special performance.
Darren Bent was not affected by the sound of the auditorium. After crossing Deco, he began to accelerate the dribble.
As anyone knows, the most threatening players in Manchester City are Torres and Darren Bent. The Spanish 'Golden Boy' scored the most in the Champions League, while Darren Bent scored the most in the Premier League. , So Barcelona's defense against Darren Bent can't be relaxed.
Seeing that Darren Bent shook off Deco, a central defender should come over and block.
It's Milito.
There are two Militos in world football. One is Diego Alberto Milito. He currently plays for Zaragoza and is a famous La Liga shooter.
The Barcelona-based Milito in Darren Bent ’s eyes is called Gabriel Milito and is also an Argentine international. His fame is related to Real Madrid, and his success was lost in the summer of 2003. The transaction caused a lot of waves.
At that time, Real Madrid first announced the signing of Milito, and then said that the Argentine failed the medical examination and gave it up.
In fact, according to Milito and his agents, the injury was unprecedented, and Real Madrid turned against it and did not have the sincerity to sign the contract.
In the end, Milito joined Zaragoza and lived in the La Liga field. Real Madrid has repaid the emptiness of the midfield and backcourt to this day. However, Woodgate, who has passed the medical examination, has continued to be injured and became a joke.
Later, after Milito also signed La Liga Zaragoza, he quickly became the main force in the team. His outstanding physical fitness and strong style of play allowed him to gain a foothold in La Liga.
It is worth mentioning that in the confrontation with Real Madrid, Milito had successfully frozen Ronaldo and Raul successively, and no sign of Real Madrid ’s so-called “knee problems” was visible in him.
Last summer, Milito transferred to Barcelona, this is a heavyweight transfer, costing up to 20.5 million euros, which shows the strength of Milito, he also quickly became Barcelona with stable performance The main player of the defense.
As a central defender, Milito's defense is much more stable. He is well aware that in one-on-one defense, it is often more important to entangle the opponent.
If you just want to entangle your opponent and don't let the opponent get rid of easily, it can't be easier.
In the face of Darren Bent's fast dribbling, Milito did the same. He turned back to keep up with Bent, constantly interfering with Bent's dribbling with his body, slowing down Bent's speed, and just ran a few times. Step, Bent felt Milito's trouble.
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Seeing Milito entangle Darren Bent, Barcelona fans took a long breath.
If Milito is missed again, Barcelona will be beaten by Manchester City in the backcourt, and the only defense is only one Marquez, which is almost equal to giving Manchester City the best chance.
Milito haunts Darren Bent, Marquez defends Torres, so Manchester City is not easy to get a chance.
It all depends on Milito's defense.
Darren Bent has felt Milito's troubles. He finds it difficult to get rid of Milito. It can be said that it is almost impossible to do. So he glanced at Torres' position and wanted to pass the ball.
But Marquis had a lot of experience. He was entangled with Torres and didn't give him a little time.
At this moment, Darren Bent suddenly thought of what the coach just told him, "We need to cooperate with teammates, especially the two sides."
The sidewalk?
Darren Bent glanced subconsciously to the right. Ivan Kruk did not keep up. He swept to the left again and saw Ozil running forward.
He is a little far from Ozil, but what about now?
Darren Bent, holding the heart of the "dead horse as a living horse doctor", took advantage of an empty space and stab the ball directly to the left.
This oblique rear pass almost dragged down the team's counterattack speed.
Milito even took a long breath.
He believes that even if the German kid can receive the pass and fast forward, it will not pose any threat to the goal, because when the other party comes forward, his teammates have already returned.
But at this moment, Milito's afterglow was seeing Ozil waving forward?
Why is that?
It's not just Milito who is at a loss, Darren Bent, who is 'signaled', is a little at a loss, and he just responded that he should run forward.
Just after he rushed forward two steps, he saw that Ozil was only pushing back against the ball.
The football flew more than 20 meters and rushed to the restricted area line from the left side. Darren Bent hurried two steps before catching the ball. At this time, he was afraid.
If you slowed down a little bit earlier, you wo n’t get the ball at all?
But it was too late to think, he had rushed the ball into the penalty area, Milito was chasing back, but his explosive power and Darren-Bent had a small gap, was pulled down two or three meters in a few steps.
Goalkeeper Valdes has rushed out!
Darren Bent glanced to the right and saw Torres running laterally, trying to get rid of Marquez's defense, but his position was still a bit poor, Darren Bent wanted to shoot himself.
In this position, facing the goalkeeper alone, Darren Bent is still somewhat confident.
Before Milito hurried behind him, Darren Bent had his right foot lifted, and everyone in the audience immediately knew what he was going to do.
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Morris was behind Darren Bent, and he had been running forward.
When Darren Bent passed the ball, he was behind Darren Bent. For his concealment, Morris did not shout anything.
But when he saw Darren Bent passing Ozil, Morris couldn't help but smile bitterly, "When Darren still has the ball, he really doesn't look back ..."
This is the shortcoming of Darren Bent, he really is not a qualified midfielder.
For a midfielder, he must 'look at six ways, listen to all directions', and at least know where his teammates are. The best option for Bent just now is to pass it back to himself. Just poke on the foot, Can create opportunities, but Bent chose to pass the ball to Ozil.
Fortunately, Ozil did a good job, he successfully made a good shot for Bent.
But when he saw Bent taking a shot, Morris smiled bitterly again ... He had run to the side. As soon as Bent came through, he almost faced the empty goal in front of the penalty line, but Bent still did not watch To.
When Morris thought so, Bent kicked the ball out, the football crossed an arc, and dragged the white afterimage to the far corner of the goal!
"Bent, shoot--"
The British Sky Sports commentator gave a long roar.
In his shouts, the football bypassed goalkeeper Valdes and fell straight to the far post of the goal.
The football did not hit the goal post, but rubbed Heng twice and flew directly into the goal!
When this scene happened, everyone knew what to do, and the British Sky Sports commentator followed and shouted--
"Gooooooooooooooooooooooooal !!!"
"Goal scored-!!!"
"Darren Bent helped Manchester City score the first goal! 0 to 1, Manchester City, the guest at Nou Camp, led the home team Barcelona!"
In his shouts, all Manchester City fans cheered excitedly.
Even Manchester United fans did not expect that the team they supported could score the first goal. This is the Camp Nou after all. The opponent is Barcelona, one of the strongest giants in Europe. They thought about the team ’s chance to eliminate Barcelona. Rhone, but never expected the team to take the lead at Camp Nou.
These are two concepts!
Camp Nou is a great stadium. It is a symbol of Barcelona's splendor. Every team that comes here may consider how to leave safely instead of taking victory from here.
But how can Manchester City fans not be excited when they see the team they support score their first goal?
The number of Manchester City fans is small, but the crazy shouts have even been heard all over the stadium for a while.
On the field.
The first to embrace Darren Bent was Morris.
Morris was standing behind Bent. When he saw the goal, Morris no longer considered so much, just stepped forward and hugged and celebrated with Bent.
Bent was stunned in excitement.
He didn't notice Morris at all. Looking back at the goal just now, Bent suddenly understood, and he felt a little ashamed.
This time, he made two mistakes.
One did not pay attention to Morris ’position, the other was after passing the ball to Ozil, he was a little stunned, but he always scored a goal, Darren Bent did not consider so much, and teammates Celebrate together.
Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines and slapped slaps.
While celebrating the goal with other coaches and substitute players, Wan Sheng also sighed in recalling the goal just scored.
Darren Bent is indeed not a qualified midfielder, but for a capable player, there is no doubt that the ability can make up for ‘mistakes’.
For example, just now ~ www.novelhall.com ~ After Darren Bent passed the ball, although the reaction was half a beat slow, but his explosiveness and speed were quite fast, he completely made up for the failure of this reaction; although he did not pay attention However, his shooting ability is undoubtedly very good, he can still put the ball into the net.
This is the highlight of Darren Bent's personal ability!
In football matches, the star's personal ability can still make up for some mistakes and deficiencies.
Wan Sheng also thought about the halftime break, to talk about this with Darren Bent, after all, the team's cooperation is the most critical.
Without these two mistakes, the probability of scoring will be higher.
But no matter what, Manchester City scored!
Wan Sheng is very happy to see that the team can lead Barcelona. He and others celebrate with excitement and constant hugs and applause. Manchester City players on the court are all surrounded by Darren Bent. Bent is still happy, he was Teammates who were 'envious, jealous and happy' threw themselves on the ground.
Everyone grew their mouths and vented the excitement and joy in their hearts. (To be continued.)