Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

Chapter 221

31st minute.

Manchester City right back Egan Riley holds the ball.

Because there is no better forward route, Riley simply passes the ball back to Laporte.

Laporte glanced at the frontcourt and directly kicked a long pass to find Grealish on the opponent's back line.

"Bang!"

The ball bounced on the spot and then flew quickly to the frontcourt.

Soon the ball flew over Grealish's head.

Shaker is a bit skilled. He grabbed the ball under the defense of 191 Dale and then passed it to Kaiki next to him.

Kaiki is a young player after all, with little experience. He was forced by Davis and Skipp and lost the ball!

Skipp took the ball and turned around, and Tottenham sounded the counterattack horn!

Skipp chose to pass the ball forward.

However, he did not directly look for Kane who was waving for the ball, but gave it to Bergwijn who was running wildly on the left!

James McCarty quickly turned around to cooperate with Riley to defend Skipp.

Then the three of them jumped up at the same time to meet the ball!

Bergwijn headed the ball first, and then the ball was rubbed to the side by his head.

Reguilon got in position and took the ball away.

Because Laporte was helping Kane and Hojbjerg, Spanish defender Reguilon did not encounter any trouble, and he easily waded into the penalty area!

Now Reguilon actually got a single-handed opportunity facing the goalkeeper!

However, because the angle was relatively small, it may also be because Reguilon himself was not sure.

In the end, the Spanish defender did not choose to enjoy this glory alone, but swept the ball in front of the goal!

The ball came to the penalty spot!

Kane shook off Laporte and rushed forward directly!

Stretch your legs!

"Swish!"

Steffen in front of the goal did not have time to turn around and dive to save the ball. He could only watch the ball fly into the net and was powerless!

This goal instantly ignited the White Hart Lane Stadium!

Kane, who scored the equalizer, opened his arms and ran to the corner flag area!

Then, Kane maxed out his dodge, avoided his teammates' flying hug, and slid to his knees directly towards the corner flagpole!

"Reguilon! Facing the goalkeeper!"

"He actually chose to knock horizontally!"

"Give it to Kane!"

"The ball went in!"

"Kane helped the team score the equalizer!"

"This is the cooperation from the left side of Tottenham!"

At the moment of the goal, Conte on the sidelines punched the air a few times.

Then the Italian turned around and shook hands with the assistants one by one!

Guardiola on the other side sat steadily on the bench without standing up.

When the broadcast camera gave Guardiola a sip of mineral water, then turned around and talked to the assistant beside him.

"The game is getting lively!"

"Tottenham played very tough today, and Conte's tactical arrangement is still very effective."

"Berwin and Reguilon's forward combination disrupted Manchester City's defensive arrangement on the right, and the threat to the Blue Moon's defense line soared!"

On the court, Chen Chen frowned.

He knew that the team could not always maintain the leading situation, and losing the ball was inevitable.

But he really didn't think it would be lost in this way!

There is no problem for McCarty and Riley to use a double-team tactic against Bergwijn.

The problem is that they are out of touch with Stones and Laporte!

After Reguilon got the ball, Stones and Laporte could not make up for it in the first time, so that the Spanish defender Reguilon could dribble the ball across the penalty area line!

Alas.

Chen Chen sighed.

Although it hurts to say it, the young players who got the opportunity to play because of the rotation really need to practice.

If Manchester City played with all the main players and full health today, Tottenham would only have 442 or 541 defense.

But there is no way, players are also human beings, rest is necessary, Guardiola chose the League Cup to rotate and there is nothing wrong.

And not only did they rotate today, in the next round against Leicester City, the other half of Manchester City's main players will also get rotation and rest, that is, Chen Chen, Ruben Dias and others.

Guardiola's main goal is to treat everyone equally, so that everyone can get a certain amount of rest time.

Some people may ask, is it okay not to rest?

It is definitely okay, but then Guardiola will get a team full of injured players.

Manchester City's team doctors and sports health rehabilitation experts have already given warnings that the Blue Moon Manchester City has played too many games in November and December.

If they don't rest, it is estimated that there will be a wave of injuries!

In fact, it is not easy for Manchester City to survive until now.

The only injured player in Manchester City is Kyle Walker, who suddenly felt leg discomfort during training and took a rest and did not come with the team to White Hart Lane..

De Bruyne has recovered from his injury.

On the other hand, Tottenham has 4 players absent, namely Sessegnon, Romero, Hill and Scarlett.

Manchester City's next opponent, the Foxes, is even worse, with 6 injured.

In the original timeline, after Christmas, the injured players in Manchester City will come to 4 people, including Stones, Rodri, Grealish and Kyle Walker.

All are main players!

At White Hart Lane, after Kane scored the equalizer, there was no further goal on the field.

The referee Chris Kavanagh blew the whistle to end the half-time game, and the two sides tied 1-1.

However, it should be noted that after Kane scored, Tottenham's enthusiasm was mobilized, and the last ten minutes were completely Tottenham's half-time attack drill.

After entering the locker room, the Blue Moon players looked very solemn.

Especially the young players, they knew that they were dragging the team down.

Fortunately, Guardiola did not blame them, but affirmed their performance on the field.

However, the adjustments still need to be made.

First, the right winger Kaiki will be replaced, not only because he received a yellow card, but also because he did not have enough contact with others, and felt that he was outside the tactical system.

Mahrez will come on as a substitute.

Then the right back, Guardiola wants Zinchenko to play a guest role.

But considering that Riley's performance was quite satisfactory, Guardiola chose to wait and see.

The 15-minute break ended quickly.

The second half started again.

Guardiola made substitutions first.

The Golden Glove Polo King came on the field.

Conte was not delayed either.

Son Heung-min came on as a substitute.

In this case, Kane stood in the middle and Son Heung-min went to the left.

Conte saw that Manchester City's right side was a breakthrough point today. Son Heung-min's speed was very good, and he could break through the opponent's right defense!

At the beginning of the second half, Tottenham launched a fierce attack without any attempt.

Kane was the fulcrum in the middle and played a wall match with Son Heung-min.

Unfortunately, the latter's volley shot flew away.

The ball rushed into the stands.

The 48th minute of the game.

Steffen did not choose to kick the ball, but passed it to Ruben Dias who was close.

After Dias got the ball, he immediately bypassed Mbete Tabb and passed it to Chen Chen who retreated to respond.

No one came up to block Chen Chen, so Chen Chen slowly dribbled forward.

As soon as he crossed the center line with the ball, the opponent immediately came to defend.

Chen Chen was not in a hurry. He turned around and pushed the ball to Stones behind him.

Then he walked forward.

Seeing that there was no ball under Chen Chen's feet, Tottenham's defense relaxed a little, and Hoibel, who was almost in close contact, opened the distance between him and Chen Chen.