Messi was so scared that he cried when he maxed out his header talent at the start of the game

The battle between the Blue Moon Army and the Magpies Army officially started.

The game just started.

Cole's diagonal pass to Knight was spotted by Norberto Solano and intercepted.

This 31-year-old Peruvian midfielder, who is 1.75 meters tall, was born in the Argentine giants Boca Juniors.

He played for Newcastle for 5 years. After transferring to Aston Villa in 2003, he returned to the Magpies Army this summer.

Solano dribbled the ball forward on the side.

Newcastle immediately launched a counterattack and made a move on the right side.

Lee Bowyer and Solano made a two-on-one pass on the side and broke through the right side where Reina was defending.

Solano brought the football to the hinterland of the side.

Michael Owen, wearing a black and white striped No. 10 jersey, keenly captured the gap between Dunn and Distin in the penalty area.

The wind-chasing boy rushed into the penalty area in front of Manchester City like a sharp sword.

"Solano!"

"He raised his foot and sent a high cross!"

"Here!"

"I found Owen who was running forward accurately!"

"Owen!"

"He kicked the ball directly after unloading it!!"

"This goal!"

"It was heading for the blind spot on the left."

"What a pity!"

"It was slightly off, and the football flew over the goal post."

"Thrilling!"

"The game had just started for 2 minutes, and Manchester City was almost broken through the door!"

James, who fell to the ground, climbed up from the grass with lingering fear and clapped his hands with Dunn.

"Captain, watch it."

Dunn nodded with a heavy expression. If this ball was scored, he would be responsible for it.

On the sidelines.

Stuart rubbed his face hard.

This ball.

It seemed to be Michael Owen's forward run.

In fact, the precise cross on the right side is the key!

Before the game, I had studied Newcastle's right midfielder Norberto Solano.

This South American has an excellent right-foot cross.

Unexpectedly.

The game just started.

This guy almost assisted the goal.

Some people.

You think he only has that one kick, but many times in the game, it often only takes that one kick.

It can decide the situation of the game.

......

"The first round of the two teams' confrontation has come to an end."

"Manchester City goal kick."

"James kicks the ball in front of the goal!"

"Send it directly to the middle to find teammates!"

"Su Fei!"

"Push Lee Bowyer away and get the ball with his back!"

"Three people attack!"

"Su Fei passes it horizontally to Knight who is advancing on the right!"

After Knight got the ball on the right side, he did not rush to advance. He stepped on the football and looked for the figure of his teammates in the front court.

Suddenly raised his right foot.

"Bang!"

This is a wide-range transfer, and found Musampa who was advancing on the left!

At this time, Newcastle's defensive focus was all on the middle and right.

This pass choice is very good.

After getting the ball, Musampa went all the way to the bottom line without any obstacles.

Newcastle's left back is Celestine Babayaro, a black guy with an explosive head from Nigeria.

He was once Chelsea's main full-back.

However, after Roman Abramovich took over Chelsea, invested heavily, and bought a group of talented players from beginning to end.

Babayaro quickly lost his main position in Chelsea, and even the opportunity to play. He came to Newcastle last season to seek a way out.

He still has the shadow of being coached by the "tinker" Claudio Ranieri.

A full-back with solid defense and active running.

Facing Sampas's sinking, Babayaro chose to block and block sideways, compressing Sampas' passing space.

At the same time, he kept pushing Sampas to the corner area.

"Sampas was forced into the corner!"

"His choice is..."

"Unfortunately, during the scramble, the ball flew out of the baseline."

"Manchester City's first attack ended in failure."

- [Remembering Knight's first minute, Sampas is not Knight after all. ]

- [If Knight had played this ball, it would have definitely passed. ]

- [Manchester City's players on the left side are still a little bit short of it. ]

......

With the opening confrontation.

The players of the two teams gradually entered the state of the game.

Although Newcastle had no stars in the midfield and backcourt, the players did a very good job of marking and assisting each other.

In particular, the restriction on Knight's position on the right side of Manchester City was very in place, and the transfer of double-teaming was very timely.

However, Manchester City also restricted Newcastle's wing breakthroughs on the defensive end.

The offensive styles of the two teams are somewhat similar to some extent.

On Manchester City's side,Su Fei, the end point in the middle, is a typical stationary center forward.

On the Newcastle side, Alan Shearer's running range is very small, and Michael Owen's running position is erratic, like a cheetah, waiting for an opportunity to move, and only when the opportunity arises will he show his killing intent.

The two teams entered a 10-minute period of holding their urine.

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The 14th minute of the game.

An attack in front of the Newcastle penalty area was blocked, Dunn fell to the ground to clear the ball, and sent the ball to Sun Jihai's feet on the right.

Sun Jihai raised his foot to pass the ball without stopping.

After Cole got the ball, he knocked the ball and passed it quickly to Knight near the center circle.

Knight did not stop.

Along the right rib area, it was like lightning.

Su Fei ran straight in the middle, pushed away Lee Bowyer who was defending, and advanced with Knight.

The two rushed together and tore through Newcastle's central defense.

Newcastle's defense line chose to retreat to the penalty area.

Knight kicked the ball through.

Su Fei used his shoulder to push away Steven Taylor, who was defending closely, and got half a body position and touched the ball first.

Then.

At the moment when his right foot grabbed the ball, he suddenly stopped pulling the ball!

This change in rhythm made Steven Taylor, who was rushing up, fail to retract his center of gravity, and he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

Su Fei controlled the ball under his feet.

He raised his foot.

Newcastle's goalkeeper Jean-Alain Boumsong and Stephen Carr rushed forward in a hurry to block Su Fei's shooting route with their bodies.

Double attack!

But I didn't expect it!

"Su Fei!"

"Fake shot and real pass!"

"Successfully attracted Newcastle's defense in front of the goal!"

"Knight!"

"Snatch the goal in front of the goal!"

"A light kick!"

"The ball goes in!"

"The ball goes in!"

"In the 15th minute of the game, Manchester City led 1-0 and took the lead in firing the first shot of the game today!"

"Su Fei handled this ball so calmly and cleverly. First, he used the ball to knock Taylor down, then faked a shot and really passed the ball to help Knight attract the defense in front of the goal, and finally sent a pass to assist Knight to score!"

"It's hard to imagine that a 1.92-meter-tall little giant can make such delicate and smooth operations!"

"But Su Fei!"

"Gives us all a surprise!!"

"He tells everyone with his actions that he can not only hit those unstoppable violent headers on the court, but he can also use his own attraction in front of the goal to pass the ball to his teammates to create opportunities!"

"Number 9 and a half!"

"Su Fei's pass really has a bit of the flavor of number 9 and a half!"

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p.s

: Number 9 and a half, first proposed by former French international Michel Platini, has the scoring ability that ordinary midfielders do not have, and has the overall view, personal skills and organizational ability that strikers rarely have. Representative figures: Baggio, Piero.