Chapter 28: It's you who's causing trouble!
The referee points to the sideline!
Out of bounds!
"No foul, it was a clean tackle!"
Dong Dazui shouted in the live broadcast room.
"Look at this kid, he was just on the ground, but now when he sees it's not a foul , he immediately jumps up to argue with the referee.
With his acting skills, why should he go to the Scottish Premier League? He should go to the Spanish Premier League. He naturally has Barcelona genes.
Oh, and he was teammates with Iniesta, so that’s a lesson for him.”
[Get lost, I'm annoyed by this bullshit commentary! ]
[When did Iniesta ever fake a fall? Commentators should not make irresponsible comments if they don’t watch the game! ]
[Early silence and tranquility]
Dong Dazui doesn't care how the barrage criticizes him. He is the kind of person who gets more excited the more you criticize him.
Otherwise, where would the traffic come from?
On the court, Chen Xiaoliang panted and thought to himself, "I really underestimated him. If you ask me, his sprint speed is not inferior to that of Bell in the team competition that day..."
The attack just now made the Rangers players break out in cold sweats and calm down completely.
The nine-time Scottish Premier League champion never thought of moving the championship trophy to another place for storage!
No matter whether you have a 114-year record of not conceding a goal at the start, as long as you lose this game and only lead by 1 point after two more games, the pressure in the rest of the league will increase sharply!
Gerrard kept shouting on the sidelines, reminding the players to pay attention to their defensive positions.
Tavernier also called on Davis and Aribo to move back and participate more in the defense.
McGregor patted Chen Xiaoliang on the back to express his gratitude.
Having missed the chance to score a goal and having acted for a long time without any result, Furuhashi Kengo was quite annoyed.
He dribbled past three players and made wonderful cooperation with his teammates, but such a perfect scoring opportunity was ruined by this kid from the Red Country whom he looked down upon, and in such a rough way!
He cursed "Baga" several times in his heart.
"Chen has indeed become faster and stronger, but Gu Qiao is still faster than we expected." Assistant coach McAllister whispered to Gerrard.
Gerrard still had a lingering fear: "This kid is really brave. If he hadn't kicked the ball just now, he would have been given a red card!"
"Whether he can defend against Gu Qiao depends on his understanding."
Just one minute into the game, the Celtics set the tone for their fierce attack in this game!
They not only have to win, but also win overwhelmingly and prove to Rangers who is the real overlord of the Scottish Premier League !
Rangers players also pragmatically followed Gerrard's tactical deployment before the game, retreating to the half court and launching a defensive counterattack.
The game officially entered the Celtics' half-court offense and defense drill!
In the live broadcast room barrage:
[What's going on? Where's the matchup between the rich and powerful? Why did it turn into an adult beating a child? ]
[Only by shrinking the defense can Chen Xiaoliang have more opportunities to perform]
[Is this author any good? The protagonists of other people's works all have full-value shots and full-value passes, but yours is a full-value steal. Can't you just make the readers happy? ]
[Hahaha, it was late at night and I laughed like a pig. My girlfriend asked me if I was having a seizure]
[Shouldn't your girlfriend ask you which ball you want to watch? ]
[Look at what happened in the past two seasons when Gerrard let the team play against the Celtics. This is called pragmatism, don’t you understand? Offense wins the game, defense wins the championship! ]
[Even if we draw away from home, getting one point is good, we can just win at home]
…
Inside the stadium, Celtics flags were flying everywhere, and fans lit up bright red fireworks. Amid the neat singing, the Celtics bombarded the Rangers' penalty area for a full fifteen minutes!
In fifteen minutes, there were six shots, four of which were long shots and two were headers from crosses, which tested the Rangers' defensive resilience time and time again.
However, in such a dense space, Guqiao Hengwu, who was closely followed by Chen Xiaoliang, had no chance to take advantage of his speed.
Standing at 1.7 meters tall and weighing 63 kilograms, he was weak in heading and jumping. It was like hitting a rock with an egg trying to grab a header among a bunch of strong defenders. Moreover, Chen Xiaoliang's close defense made it impossible for him to find any open space.
Chen Xiaoliang, who was listed as the left midfielder in the starting lineup, actually did not have a fixed position at all.
When Gerrard showed him the editing video of Kento Furuhashi, he also watched his video repeatedly.
The video of Tottenham's trial match gave him inspiration and reminded him of an ancient, almost extinct tactic!
That was the sticky tactics used by Italian defender Gentile in closely marking the king of football Maradona in the 1982 World Cup.
Since the Celtics introduced Kento Hinoki this season, they have become dependent on him in offense. Although Elyounoussi and Ayeti have also scored goals, they mostly appear as wingmen.
Just like the first attack after the opening, Furuhashi Kengo passed the ball to Ayeti who broke into the penalty area, but Ayeti gave up the chance to shoot and passed the ball back to Furuhashi Kengo.
Therefore, defending against Kentavious Guqiao is equivalent to crushing the starting point of the Celtics' offense.
The reason why this sticky tactic and the sweeper tactics that were popular in the past gradually disappeared is mainly due to two reasons. First, it will affect the overall formation of the team, especially when defending backwards, it will give the opponent a lot of space to counter offside.
Secondly, such players need super strong physical strength, but under the fast offensive and defensive rhythm and high-intensity physical confrontation of modern football, no player can run all over the field to defend like this.
However, Gerrard avoided both of these in this game.
He no longer insisted on the idea of playing offensive against the Celtics in the past two seasons, and took the initiative to let the team retreat and defend.
The formation has retreated into the penalty area and there is no room for offside.
Chen Xiaoliang's physical fitness has always been a mystery that he and the coaching staff have never figured out. This kid can be exhausted and gasping for breath during training one second, and then be full of energy to practice physical fitness the next second.
It can be said that it was because of the arrival of Chen Xiaoliang this season that Gerrard made up his mind to face this most crucial battle with the most pragmatic approach!
So what if the scene is ugly?
History will only remember the winners in the end, and the championship trophy will only be awarded to the team with the highest points at the end of the season!
At Tottenham's training base, a Portuguese man is applauding Gerrard.
Dong Dazui also saw Gerrard's intention and started to show off again in the live broadcast room:
“No matter how much we support Chen Xiaoliang in our hearts, the Celtics did have the upper hand in this game.
Winning the league championship for nine consecutive years and competing in the Champions League have given this team the confidence to be a king in the Scottish Premier League.
Except for Kento Furuhashi, the other three lines in the front, middle and back are familiar players who have worked together for at least one season and have a good understanding of each other.
These players are internationals from various European countries. Coupled with their explosive performances since the start of this season, even if they were put in the Premier League, they would not be weaker than those established mid-table teams like West Ham United, Everton and Wolves. "
At this time, Ayeti made another long shot and missed, and McGregor was ready to take a goal kick.
Gu Qiao Hengwu, who was upset by the stickers, felt that Chen Xiaoliang was like an annoying fly buzzing around him.
He said angrily: "How can you play football like that? You're like a shit stirrer!"
Chen Xiaoliang was just trying to find some words to respond, but he was stunned for a second and burst out laughing:
"That's right, I'm the troublemaker, and I'm troublemaking you!"
"Baga!"
