Chapter 457 The Role of Personal Ability!

In this game, there is one player in Manchester City's starting lineup who is not in the position he is good at, that is, Darren Bent, who is the starting midfielder.

Darren Bent is a forward.

It can be said that before coming to Manchester City, even before last season, he was a standard striker, a player with 180 heads, which is not high even on the football field, so Darren Bent is not a standard center. Can only be considered a technical striker, but he is a true striker because he has never played in other positions before.

Wansheng put Darren Bent in the midfield position, which is an attempt and an expectation.

In three seasons, Darren Bent has not only more experience than when he first came to Manchester City, but his personal ability has also greatly improved.

This improvement is comprehensive.

Darren Bent has improved a lot in attributes such as dribbling and ball control, and the speed he is good at has reached an astonishing level. With the attribute ability bonus of 'National Event Honor Halo', Darren Bent is no worse than Silva, Ozil and others.

In other words, with Darren Bent's ability, he can become a very good midfielder.

The only thing is experience.

Darren Bent has barely played in midfield, and he has so little experience in this position.

Wansheng let Darren Bent play as a midfielder in order to rely on his speed. After all, Manchester City is playing a defensive counterattack. For counterattacks, speed is very important, and Darren Bent is fast. The performance on the attack is always much better than Silva.

So Darren Bent appeared in midfield with Morris and Blumer.

For the adjustment of his position, Darren Bent just felt a little uncomfortable, and also felt the expectations of Wansheng for him. After all, the team's midfield is not empty, and Silva is still sitting on the bench. He can replace Silva played, there must be a reason.

Wansheng's request for him is to cooperate with Morris, speed up the counterattack, and if necessary, create opportunities for his teammates, or choose to shoot by himself.

Darren Bent's passing ability is also good, but his habit is difficult to make him pass the ball. On the football field, the habits of professional players are often more important than ability, so Wansheng does not expect him to pass. A good shot, and the latter, that is, the option of letting him shoot is actually better. Shooting is also what Darren Bent is good at. He can create his own chances and directly threaten the Barcelona goal, which is also a good thing. .

The game proved that Darren Bent lived up to expectations.

In the counter-attack of Manchester City, his performance was still good, with Morris, Blumer and two full-backs Ivan Crewe and Ozil playing the ball for him, Darren Bent in the attack and counter-attack , it is easy to find opportunities, and then it is a fast forward dribble, fast enough to make the Barcelona defense suddenly tense.

Although there is no threat to Barcelona's goal so far, Darren Bent's performance has also been affirmed by many media and fans.

In this way, he has also become Manchester City's main attacker.

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Darren Bent's performance is good, but the most dazzling Manchester City is Ozil.

The German boy used his skillful footwork to set off waves of fast breaks on the left, which made many Manchester City fans who came to support the team cheered.

But obviously, the German kid was a little too showy.

Barcelona quickly realized that Ozil's left flank was a threat to the team's defense, so they adjusted their defense focus and defended Ozil more closely. For a long time, Manchester City did not. Failed 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 middle. No team can loose the defense of the middle, so the left is very important, so Wansheng is very good in speed, technology and passing. Ozil is on the left.

But now Ozil's left flank has not been able to open the situation, and several counterattacks and fast breaks have been stopped by Barcelona's defense.

It can't go on like this.

In any case, the offense must change in order to make the opponent unstoppable, and now it is difficult to break through Barcelona's defense with Darren Bent and Ozil alone.

So Wansheng called Darren Bent, "Darren! Darren!"

The wave of offense had just ended. Darren Bent was walking backwards with his head lowered. He hurried over when he heard the shout. Wan Sheng made a gesture and said to him, "Don't always dribble the ball yourself. Look for opportunities to cooperate with both sides, Ozil, Ivan, understand? You are now a midfielder, not a striker!"

Darren Bent nodded to show he understood.

In fact, he has always wanted to try to pass the ball to both sides and cooperate more with his teammates, but many times in the game, he is used to dribbling the ball by himself and has no scruples. Now that he heard Wan Sheng's words, he thought about it for a while. Try it when you have the chance.

Five minutes later, Darren Bent got the ball again.

This is a beautiful closing cooperation between Morris and Blumer in the backcourt. They shut Barcelona's top star Messi directly in the middle. Messi can only helplessly watch the ball under his feet being broken with a look of frustration. covering his forehead.

Morris grabbed the ball, but no matter how upset Messi was, he gave the ball directly to Darren Bent.

Darren Bent was in the back of the middle circle. Seeing that his teammates successfully grabbed the ball, he subconsciously raised his hand to ask for the ball, but he didn't raise his hand yet. The football had already rolled over him. Morris gave a thumbs up, then turned to catch the ball, and was about to charge forward.

Darren Bent is in front of Barcelona midfielder Deco.

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Deco is a Brazilian who was born in Sao Bernardo, Brazil on August 27, 1977. Before the age of 20, he played for Sao Paulo and other clubs in Brazil, but in Brazil, Deco can only hang out in small clubs. Failed to be appreciated by the rich and powerful in the country.

So Deco made up his mind to go to Portugal to try his luck. He didn't expect this time to get out of hand. In 1999, the 22-year-old Deco joined the Porto team, and then gradually became the core of the team's midfield. The Brazilian's overall situation Vision and practical skills made Deco quickly establish his own position in the team, and under the tune of Mourinho, Deco began to become a first-class attacking midfielder in Europe.

In 2004, Porto won the Champions League, and Deco played a major role. He also reached the peak of his career that year, leading the team to the league title and the European Champions Cup. Especially in the Champions League, Mourinho successfully built Deco as the core of offense and defense. The team was undefeated in 11 games and defeated Monaco 3-0 in the final. Deco scored a key goal. Fans called it "Super Deco". ".

Then Deco led Portugal all the way to the final in the European Cup and lost to the super dark horse Greece. Deco was taken into account by the Barcelona club for his excellent performance.

In 2004, Deco joined Barcelona from Porto at a price of 20 million euros. Deco, who originally thought he could only serve as a substitute for Ronaldinho, silently accepted Rijkaard's decision to place himself in the midfielder position, but no one could. Unexpectedly, this unremarkable stranger quickly found a feeling in the defensive midfield. Deco's fouls ranked first in La Liga throughout the season, but it was because of him that Barcelona built a reliable front line. barrier.

This shows how strong Deco's defensive ability is.

Even though he is no longer in his peak state, and his performance has been criticized by many fans, Deco's midfield defensive ability is still commendable.

In the face of Darren Bent, Deco seemed very calm, he slowly moved backwards in small steps, just to prevent Darren Bent from passing him easily.

Although this method is not easy to grab the ball, it is enough to delay time to give teammates time to retreat and not give Manchester City a chance to quickly counterattack.

Deco's approach also proved his defensive experience.

But... Deco overlooked 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, they also said, "Deco's speed is more 'average' to 90 minutes or even 120 minutes. In the minutes of the game, from the opening whistle to the final whistle, he was always the most diligent player on the field."

The above may be a compliment.

But praise can't hide a problem - Deco's lack of speed and explosiveness, especially when facing a very fast forward like Darren Bent, this has become a fatal problem.

Deco was defending with confidence and seriousness. Darren Bent's actions were completely different from him. When he saw the Brazilian in front of him slowly moving backwards, Darren Bent was almost subconscious. Just... pick up the speed and rush to one side!

Deco wanted to stop Darren Bent, but the defensive side was passive, his reaction was a step slower, and it was too late to catch up.

Taking advantage of the time Deco turned around, Darren Bent had thrown him off and rushed forward quickly.

When Deco turned to look back, there were some exclamations in his ears.

"Darren Bent! He ditched Deco and rushed forward! Forward!"

"Manchester City's Counterattack!"

The pitches of the Sky Sports commentators in the UK were all raised.

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Manchester City fans in the stands were already cheering when Darren Bent dribbled past Deco.

In the past 30 minutes of the first half, although Manchester City also attacked, they did not pose much threat. Their focus seemed to be on defense, so seeing Bent throwing off the opponent's midfielder Deco so quickly, the fans were also worried about the next move. Looking forward to the scene, they cheered loudly for Darren Bent.

It's a pity that this is Camp Nou, and the Barcelona fans will not let the opposing fans be arrogant. When the voice of Manchester City sounded, the Barcelona fans immediately responded with a 'boo' sound, and by the way they also wanted to influence Darren Ben. special performance.

Darren Bent was unaffected by the sound of the audience, and after passing Deco, he began to accelerate the ball.

Anyone know that the most dangerous players in Manchester City are Torres and Darren Bent, the Spanish 'Golden Boy' has the most goals in the Champions League, and Darren Bent has the most goals in the Premier League , so Barcelona's defense against Darren Bent can't relax.

Seeing Darren Bent throw away Deco, a central defender should come to block immediately.

It's Milito.

There are two Milito in world football, one is Diego - Alberto - Milito, he is currently playing for Zaragoza, is a famous La Liga scorer.

The Barcelona Milito in front of Darren Bent is called Gabriel Milito. He is also an Argentina international. How much of his fame is related to Real Madrid. In the summer of 2003, he lost his money The transaction caused quite a stir.

At that time, Real Madrid first announced the signing of Milito, and then said that the Argentine did not pass the medical examination and gave it up.

In fact, according to Milito and his agent, the injury was unwarranted, and Real Madrid backtracked and did not have the sincerity of signing the contract.

In the end, Milito joined Zaragoza and was alive and well in La Liga, while Real Madrid repaid the debt for the emptiness of the midfield and backcourt. So far, Woodgate, who "passed the medical examination", has been continuously injured and has become 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 the "enemy" Real Madrid, Milito successfully froze Ronaldo and Raul successively, and people did not see any signs of what Real Madrid called "knee problems" in him.

Last summer, Milito moved to Barcelona. This was a heavyweight transfer with a cost of up to 20.5 million euros. This shows Milito's strength. He also quickly became Barcelona with his stable performance. main defensive player.

As a central defender, Milito's defense is much more solid, and he knows that when defending one-on-one, it is often more important to entangle the opponent.

If you just want to entangle the opponent and not let the opponent get rid of it easily, it is really easy.

In the face of Darren Bent's fast dribbling, Milito did the same. He turned around and followed Bent, constantly interfering with Bent's dribbling with his body, slowing down Bent's speed, and ran like this for a few minutes. Stepping forward, Bent felt Milito's difficulty.

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Seeing Milito entangled Darren Bent, Barcelona fans also took a deep breath.

If Milito is passed over again, Barcelona will be in a 2-on-1 situation in the backcourt by Manchester City. The only defense left is Marquis, which is almost equivalent to giving Manchester City the best chance in front of the goal.

With Milito entangled in Darren Bent and Marquez defending Torres, it's not easy for Manchester City to get a chance.

It all depends on Milito's defense.

Darren Bent already felt Milito's difficulty, he found it difficult to get rid of Milito, it can be said that it was almost impossible, so he glanced at Torres' position and wanted to pass the ball.

But Marquez was so experienced, he pestered Torres and didn't give him any space at all.

At this time, Darren Bent suddenly thought of what the coach had told him just now, "You have to cooperate more with your teammates, especially the two wings."

sidewalk?

Darren Bent subconsciously glanced to the right, Ivan Krew did not keep up, he swept to the left again, and saw Ozil running forward.

He's a long way from Ozil, but what can he do now?

Darren Bent held the heart of "a dead horse is a living horse doctor", and took advantage of a free time to stab the ball directly to the left.

This pass towards the rear almost dragged down the team's counterattack speed.

Milito even took a long breath.

He thinks that even if the German boy can receive the pass and take it forward quickly, it will not pose any threat to the goal, because when the opponent comes forward, his teammates have already rushed back.

But at this moment, Milito saw Ozil waving forward from the corner of his eyes?

why is that?

Not only Milito was a little dazed, but Darren Bent, who was "received by the signal", was a little dazed. It was only by chance that he realized that he should run forward.

Just after he took two steps forward, he saw Ozil just pushed back in the face of the ball.

The football flew over 20 meters and rushed to the penalty area line from the left. Darren Bent took two steps to catch the ball. At this time, he was a little scared.

If you were slower just now, you wouldn't be able to catch the ball at all, right?

But he didn't have time to think about it. He had already taken the ball and rushed into the penalty area. Milito was chasing back, but there was a big gap between his explosiveness and Darren Bent, and he was pulled down by two or three meters in a few steps.

Goalkeeper Valdes has rushed out!

Darren Bent glanced to the right and saw that Torres was running laterally, trying to get rid of Marquis's defense, but his position was still a bit poor, and Darren Bent wanted to shoot by himself.

In this position, facing the goalkeeper alone, Darren Bent is still somewhat confident.

Before Milito rushed behind him, Darren Bent had already swung his right foot, and everyone in the audience knew what he was going to do.

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Morris was just behind Darren Bent and he kept running.

When Darren Bent passed the ball, he was behind Darren Bent, and Morris didn't shout for his concealment.

But when he saw Darren Bent passing the ball to Ozil, Morris couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, "When Darren was still dribbling the ball, he really didn't look back at all..."

This is the shortcoming of Darren Bent, he is really not a qualified midfielder.

For a midfielder, one must 'see six directions and listen to all directions', and at least know where the surrounding teammates are. Just now, Bent's best choice was to pass it back to himself, as long as he stepped forward, Can create opportunities, but Bent chose to pass the ball to Ozil.

Fortunately, Ozil did a good job, he succeeded in giving Bent a good shot.

But when he saw Bent take a shot, Maurice smiled bitterly in his heart... He had already run to the diagonal side. As long as Bent passed through, he was almost facing the empty goal in front of the penalty area line, but Bent still didn't look at it. arrive.

Just when Morris thought so, Bent had kicked the ball out, the football crossed an arc, dragging the white afterimage to the far corner of the goal!

"Bent, shoot—"

The British Sky Sports commentator let out a long roar.

Amid his shouts, the ball bypassed goalkeeper Valdes and fell straight to the post in the far corner 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 immediately shouted--

"Goooooooooooooooooooooooal!!"

"The ball is in--!!"

"Darren Bent helped Manchester City score the first goal! 0 to 1, Manchester City at Camp Nou leads the home team Barcelona!"

In his cries, all Manchester City fans cheered excitedly.

Even Manchester United fans didn't expect that the team they support could actually score first. This is Camp Nou after all, and the opponent is Barcelona, ​​one of the strongest giants in Europe. They thought that the team would have the opportunity 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 glory, and every team that comes here may think about how to leave "safely" rather than take away the victory from here.

But now that the team they support can actually score the first goal, how can Manchester City fans not be excited!

The number of Manchester City fans was small, but the frantic shouts were even heard all over the stadium for a while.

on the field.

Morris was the first to hug Darren Bent.

Morris was standing behind Bent. When he saw the goal, Morris didn't think about it anymore, he just stepped forward excitedly and hugged Bent to celebrate.

Bent was a little stunned in excitement.

He didn't notice Morris at all, and when he recalled the scene of scoring the goal just now, Bent suddenly understood, and immediately he felt a little ashamed.

This time, he made two mistakes.

One is that he didn't notice Maurice's position, the other is that after passing the ball to Ozil, he was a little stunned, but he scored a goal anyway, Darren Bent didn't think about it so much, and his teammates Let's celebrate together.

Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines and clapped his hands happily.

While celebrating the goal with other coaches and substitute players, Wan Sheng also sighed a little when he recalled the goal just now.

Darren Bent is indeed not a qualified midfielder, but for a player with strong ability, there is no doubt that his ability can make up for 'mistakes'.

Just like just now, after Darren Bent passed the ball, although his reaction was half a beat slower, his explosiveness and speed were quite fast, which completely made up for the mistake of this reaction; although he did not notice Morris, his shot The ability is undoubtedly very good, and he can still shoot the ball into the net.

This is Darren - Bent's outstanding personal ability!

In football games, the individual ability of the stars can still make up for some mistakes and deficiencies.

Wan Sheng was also thinking about the halftime break, and he wanted to talk about this with Darren Bent. After all, the cooperation of the group is the most important thing.

Without these two mistakes, the chances of scoring a goal would be higher.

But anyway, Manchester City scored!

Wansheng is very happy to see that the team can lead Barcelona. He and others celebrated with excitement, hugging and applauding constantly. Manchester City players were all surrounded by Darren Bent on the field. Bent was still happy, but he was Teammates who were 'envy, jealous and happy' fell to the ground.

Everyone grew their mouths and vented their excitement and joy in their hearts. (To be continued ~^~)