Chapter 65 Translation Translation, What is Revenge?
March 18, 20:00, Ibrox Stadium.
In the second round of the Europa League quarter-finals, Glasgow Rangers faced Slavia Prague at home.
Before the game, when the head coaches of both teams saw the starting lineups of the opposing teams, they immediately understood each other's intentions.
Trailing by one goal, Rangers wanted to attack, focusing more on passing and controlling the ball in the midfield and frontcourt.
Slavia Prague, who were leading by one goal, were ready to play a defensive counterattack, try to score one more goal while ensuring victory, and use the away goal to completely kill the game.
To this end, Slavia Prague did not hesitate to replace the scorer of the first round, the main striker of the Czech national team, Kuchata, with Senegalese Abdullah Sima.
A dark and tough striker who can serve as the fulcrum of the frontcourt in a more difficult away game environment to support the defensive counterattack of the entire team.
At the same time, the 451 formation in the previous game was completely changed to 4231, with the two defensive midfielders being the young Slovak international Hromada and the Czech national team's main player Masopust.
The most amazing thing is that after focusing on analyzing the pattern in which many of Rangers' offensive opportunities came from Chen Xiaoliang passing the ball to Barisic for forward runs, the visiting team put a player who previously played mainly as a right back in the right winger position, the 21-year-old Liberian international Oscar Dolly.
The core of the offense is still the attacking midfielder and Romanian national team main player Nicola Stanciu.
The 27-year-old has played nearly 70 games for the Romanian national team at all levels.
This season, he has made 40 appearances for Slavia Prague, scored 15 goals and provided 8 assists, making him the undisputed core of the team.
For Chen Xiaoliang, locking down Stanciu is his top priority in this game.
The game started with Rangers kicking off first!
As expected before the game, Slavia Prague moved their formation further back.
Ivoit and old Davis tightly controlled the organization of the midfield and passed the ball back and forth continuously!
Roofe and Kent were very active on both flanks, frequently switching positions with the full-backs, overlapping the flanks, and supporting the midfield.
Especially Roofe, although he didn't start in the last game, he has been doing physical training for so many days. He must prove himself in this start!
He made several consecutive breakthroughs on the right and created opportunities for threatening balls, but unfortunately, the opponent's defense was too dense and his first pass was eventually disrupted.
In order to force the opponent to attack, Rangers must score a goal as soon as possible and tie the total score to 1-1.
After 10 minutes, the two veteran midfielders pressed closer.
Old Davis tried several long shots, while Ivoit kept passing the ball to the sides to protect the ball path.
And every time Slavia Prague got the ball and prepared to launch a counterattack, as long as the ball moved towards the middle, it was intercepted cleanly by Chen Xiaoliang.
In the stands, Manchester City's director of football Begiristain was there to watch the game, accompanied by Manchester City's scouts stationed in Scotland.
He came here specifically for Chen Xiaoliang!
A 16-year-old genius, and a genius with the support of the huge market of the Red Country!
In addition to Sun Jihai's good reputation, Guardiola has asked the club to do everything possible to sign Chen Xiaoliang!
Think about the beginning of the Barcelona team, whether it was the combination of Messi, Eto'o and Henry, or the combination of Messi, Pedro and Villa, and even the combination of Messi, Suarez and Neymar after Guardiola left.
The forwards in the front court have revolved around Messi for generation after generation, but the one standing in the defensive midfielder position is always Busquets, who loves to playfully glance at the referee when he falls to the ground!
There are talented players who score goals every year, but a defensive midfielder with strong defense is hard to come by!
Manchester City, which is gradually dominating the Premier League title, urgently needs a midfield hub to break through the last layer of window paper to lift the Champions League!
The latest offer is a weekly salary of 50,000 pounds, plus various basic bonuses, an additional championship bonus, and retaining 50% of the image rights.
The response he got was no response. Riise just kept it there and said in a consistent tone to the outside world that they would talk about it after the season.
20 minutes later, Slavia Prague, having withstood several rounds of fierce attacks, began to try to control the ball.
But today Rangers' running returned to its usual state, especially the three forwards, who spared no effort to implement high-pressure defense on the opponent's four defenders, making the visiting team very uncomfortable every time they got the ball, and they could only deliver shells to the front court by frequently kicking the ball.
In the 23rd minute, Slavia Prague defender Kudla made a long pass directly to Oscar Dolly, the "right winger" who had been struggling for a long time. Oscar Dolly took a few steps and passed the ball to Stanciu who was making a forward run before Barisic pressed!
Chen Xiaoliang has been eyeing him for a long time!
Stanciu made continuous dribbling moves, but Chen Xiaoliang always retreated steadily without making any blind kicks.
Stanciu took a few more steps and came to the front of the penalty area. He kicked with his left foot, changed direction, and prepared to take a powerful long shot with his right foot!
This kind of scene is already commonplace for Chen Xiaoliang .
Before Stanciu's foot landed, the ball was caught by Chen Xiaoliang's leg, and he lost his balance and fell to the ground.
After getting up, Stanciu chased Chen Xiaoliang while complaining to the referee.
The referee waved his right hand, indicating that it was not a foul at all!
Chen Xiaoliang kicked the ball directly to Roofe on the right!
Roofe tried to pass the ball in the penalty area, but was tripped by the opponent's left back Polier!
"Beep!" Free kick outside the penalty area on the right side!
At the free throw spot, Chen Xiaoliang, Barisic and Davis stood together, covering their mouths with their hands and saying something.
[What? Chen Xiaoliang is going to take a free kick? ]
[It’s impossible to shoot from this angle, so I can only cross the ball and compete for the header]
【Maybe there will be some tactical coordination】
[The opponents are not fools either. Although the Czech team is not famous, they have good teamwork.]
[Hurry up and score a goal! Next game is against a big team! ]
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"He can also take free kicks?" McAllister asked Gerrard in surprise again.
Gerrard once again responded in silence.
This kid always surprises him, as if his understanding of football is an innate talent.
The referee used the foam he carried with him to spray white free throw lines and human wall lines on the ground.
Because the angle was too small, only two players formed a human wall blocking the penalty spot.
“Beep!”
Barisic was looking at the ball and hadn't started yet, but Chen Xiaoliang and old Davis beside him started running first!
The left-footed Davis ran from right to left, preparing to shoot with his left foot.
Chen Xiaoliang, who has right foot, ran from left to right, pretending to pass the ball.
Just as the two men passed the penalty spot one after another, Barisic also started running!
Goldson, Balogun, Morelos and others on the penalty area line also started running together!
Old Davis faked and passed the free throw line!
Chen Xiaoliang faked and passed the free throw spot!
Then, in the blink of an eye, Barisic gently pushed the ball to Chen Xiaoliang who had already reached the bottom line of the penalty area!
This is going to be a cross from the bottom!
Rangers' offensive players and Slavia Prague's defensive players moved towards the goal together!
Chen Xiaoliang made a reverse triangle pass, but it was passed to Davis who was about to reach the penalty spot!
After playing for nearly a season, although the two players' personalities are not very compatible, they have established a yellow tacit connection through the number of games!
His pass can increase Davis' technical attributes by 2 points!
In addition, he wore the captain's armband again in this game, and the slight improvement his leadership brought to his teammates made old David's shooting ability increase a little bit!
For this kick, old Davis didn't stop the ball at all, he just shot it!
The football he kicked out was just like his angry temper written all over his face!
The explosion is so abnormal that no one dares to refuse it!
This ball not only fooled the opponent, but also fooled the teammates!
Everyone who thought the ball was swept across the goal turned around and saw it fly into the top of the goal frame!
The distance was too close and the ball was too fast, so the goalkeeper had no reaction!
1 to 1! The total score is tied!
After scoring the goal, old Davis did not run around to celebrate, but clenched his fists and roared at the goal!
The teammates who came up to celebrate also shouted to vent their inner frustration!
The loss in the last game resulted in four days of corporal punishment training!
This vengeance must be taken today!
