masters-orleans Chapter 292 Signing in at the beginning, shaking Lin Huang
Chapter 292 Signing in at the beginning, shaking Lin Huang
Chapter 292 Signing in at the beginning, shaking Lin Huang
League Cup final.
Wembley Stadium.
Manchester City VS West Ham United.
For this game, West Ham United's head coach specially rehearsed a highly targeted lineup.
4-3-2-1.
The Christmas tree lineup that was all the rage in Italy that year.
With four backs and three defensive midfielders, the protection of the midfield has reached an extreme.
Back then, AC Milan was invincible all over the world relying on this lineup.
West Ham's goalkeeper is the 37-year-old Polish goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.
Although the goalkeeper is a bit older, he is still in good condition, and his performance this season has not declined. Therefore, in this important League Cup final, the head coach still placed him as the main goalkeeper.
The two centre-back partners are captain Issa Diop and Angelo Obonna.
This pair of central defenders, who are almost ten years apart in age, have played for West Ham United for five years, and the cooperation between the two is very good.
The two wing backs are left back Aaron Creswell and right back Kufal.
The assist ability of these two wing backs is very good, full of energy, they can often open the situation for West Ham United from the wing.
This season, the two together have contributed [-] assists to the team.
The most critical part of the Christmas tree lineup is actually the ability of the two wingbacks.
Because of this lineup, there are only three offensive players in the frontcourt, so when attacking or counterattacking, the team's offensive power will be relatively weak.
If the ability of the two wing backs is relatively strong, it can increase the intensity of offense for the offensive players in the frontcourt.
However, for the physical strength of the wing backs, it must be sufficient, because they not only have to defend, but also to attack.
Three midfielders.
Czech player Tomas Soucek.
England player Declan Rice.
And the rookie player Conor Coventry, who was promoted from the youth team last season.
After more than a season of training, Conor Coventry has shown the quality of an excellent midfielder and has secured the core position of West Ham United's midfielder.
Two attacking midfielders.
Spanish player Pablo Fornals.
This is a player with good strength, but last year's World Cup, due to the abundance of talents in the Spanish team, this player was not selected for the final squad.
Another midfielder is Jesse Lingard, known as the "Emperor Lin".
The forward striker of West Ham United is Ecuadorian player Michel Antonio.
Standing on the court, Li Mingyu stood with his hips akimbo, standing in his own half, his eyes full of fighting spirit.
The League Cup final, here I come!
[Congratulations to the host for successfully signing in to Wembley Stadium and gaining the talent of England's famous Joe Cole: a midfielder magician. 】
[Midfield Magician: When the host takes the ball within 20 meters around the center line, he will get attribute bonuses, and the success rate of dribbling will increase by 5%. 】
Li Mingyu's eyes lit up when he saw this ability, it's a little interesting.
The length of a standard football field is about 100 meters to 110 meters.
In other words, the distance of half court is between 50 meters and 55 meters.
The 20-meter area around the center line, that is to say, Li Mingyu can approach the opponent's 30-meter area to obtain attribute bonuses.
The specific bonus depends on the state of the game.
But for Li Mingyu, the increase in the success rate of surreptitious people is even more useful.
Because as Li Mingyu became more and more famous, when facing Li Mingyu, all the teams would often send a player to mark Li Mingyu, and also arrange other players to help him.
Therefore, it is difficult for Li Mingyu to have a breakthrough in the competition.
The increase in the success rate of dribbles can strengthen Li Mingyu's ability to get rid of the defense, which is definitely good news for the Manchester City team.
The referee blew the whistle to start the game.
Deafening cheers erupted from Wembley Stadium, and the Carabao Cup final officially began.
Manchester City won the kick-off for the first half.
None of the West Ham players stepped across the halfway line when they saw Manchester City kick the ball back to Li Mingyu's feet.
All the players retreated to their own half, ready to meet Manchester City's attack.
They have a clear understanding of their own strength. In this game, their idea is to defend firmly and not allow Manchester City to easily enter the front of their penalty area.
Before the game, the head coach has already started to practice penalty kicks. Obviously, they intend to drag the game into a penalty shootout and use their luck to fight.
Seeing the performance of West Ham United, the players of the Manchester City team did not have any surprises.
Because this has been expected by Guardiola.
The players of the Manchester City team know deeply that this Carabao Cup final is a difficult battle.
Li Mingyu took the ball and pushed towards West Ham United's half.
This area is the talent area of the "Midfield Magician". Li Mingyu felt a big difference.
In this area, Li Mingyu felt that his field of vision had become much wider, and when he was dribbling, he felt that the football was much more obedient under his feet. The most obvious feeling was that the sensitivity of his feet had become much higher.
Seeing Li Mingyu pass the halftime, West Ham striker Michelle Antonio rushed over, trying to limit Li Mingyu's dribbling.
And Li Mingyu only used a simple pull to shake Michelle Antonio behind him.
This extraordinary action was very chic, and Li Mingyu's very understated action also aroused the screams of all the fans in the audience.
The "midfield magician" made Li Mingyu's reaction much faster. Michelle Antonio's actions just now became much slower in Li Mingyu's eyes.
Keep pushing forward.
"Emperor Lin" appeared in front of Li Mingyu.
Lingard stood in front of Li Mingyu with a serious face, his sharp eyes fixed on the football under Li Mingyu's feet.
As we all know, Li Mingyu's ability to surpass people is definitely at the top level in the world. Even Neymar, who is recognized as having the strongest ability to surpass people, has to admit that Li Mingyu's ability and skills to surpass people are definitely not inferior to him.
Seeing Li Mingyu rushing towards him with the ball, Lingard did not rush up rashly, but stepped back sideways and back in small steps, keeping a certain distance, which made Li Mingyu unable to speed up, and also blocked Li Mingyu's route to continue to break through the middle.
It has to be said that Lingard's defensive awareness is absolutely excellent. When facing Li Mingyu, he forced out his full potential.
However, after Li Mingyu acquired the talent of "Midfield Magician", his attributes and ability to excel have been slightly improved.
Don't underestimate this small improvement. For a top player like Li Mingyu, it is very difficult to improve even a little bit of attribute or ability.
Facing Lingard's defense, Li Mingyu was very simple. He suddenly accelerated, and his feet swayed a little, causing Lingard to make a mistake in judgment. He thought that Li Mingyu was going to continue to break through along the sidewalk, so he ran backwards.
But when Li Mingyu's right foot touched the ball, it suddenly turned inward, and the football seemed to be stuck to Li Mingyu's right foot, and he led the ball towards Lingard's other side.
Lingard turned pale with fright, quickly stopped his steps, turned around forcibly, and prepared to chase Li Mingyu.
However, to Lingard's surprise, Li Mingyu's right foot suddenly flicked to the right at this moment, and the football stuck to his foot flew to the right again as if whipped with a whip, while Li Mingyu stomped on the ground with his left foot and rushed to the right.
Two consecutive changes of direction made Lingard no longer able to control his center of gravity. He felt that his ankle was no longer his own, and sat down on the court with a face of despair.
Li Mingyu walked away from his side.
This wonderful extraordinary has attracted the fans in the audience to be ecstatic.
At the beginning, there was such a wonderful scene, it was worth the trip.
But this extraordinary dealt a huge blow to West Ham's morale.
After Li Mingyu passed Lingard, he was directly knocked to the ground by the opponent when he faced Tomas Soucek, the midfielder of West Ham United.
Seeing the other party's angry face, Li Mingyu sat on the ground with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and rearranged his leg guards as if nothing had happened.
The referee ran over and showed Thomas Soucek a topaz God of War card without hesitation.
Guardiola on the sidelines also showed a meaningful smile.
In fact, this is also a small psychological tactic of Guardiola before the game.
"Li, in this game, the Hammers will definitely defend with all their strength. Therefore, I hope you can use your skills to pass Lingard at the beginning of the game. It is best to use a more excessive method to irritate the opponent and change their mentality."
Looking at Guardiola, who looked old and cunning, Li Mingyu nodded.
This bald man is really not a good person.
Just in time, before this game, Li Mingyu acquired the talent of "Midfield Magician" which increases the success rate of others, which made Li Mingyu more confident in completing this task.
Therefore, when facing Lin Huang, the biggest star in the West Ham United team, Li Mingyu used this trick of "striking east and west".
For Li Mingyu, as long as such a change of direction is not used during high-speed running, the damage to his knees is negligible.
Sure enough, Li Mingyu's two consecutive changes of direction knocked Lin Huang, who was trying to defend, to the ground.
This extraordinary action really made the opponent's players a little annoyed.
Only 1 minute into the game, the opponent's main defensive midfielder carried a topaz God of War card on his back. In the next game, he will become restrained.
(End of this chapter)