[Football] Bad Boy Batty

De Bruyne just wanted to try this shot at first. Aguero's retirement due to physical reasons had an impact on him. His performance was not as obvious as Batistuta's, but he also needed to vent.

The ball just happened to be at his feet at the beginning of the game. The Manchester United midfielder did not choose to rush towards him to put pressure on him. At the same time, De Gea was coming out of the goal line and talking to his teammates in front of their goal.

So why not give it a go.

Thanks to De Gea and his butter hands, De Bruyne didn't expect the ball to go in.

But who knew that God would suddenly choose to be on their side.

"Good kick! Great kick Kevin!"

Batistuta jumped on De Bruyne like teleporting, and then hung on like a koala. De Bruyne swore that he saw an afterimage at that moment.

"Don't talk about luck, you kicked the ball in and you are the hero of the goal! I fucking love you Kevin!"

Yes, luck is also part of strength.

This has been said so many times.

De Bruyne calmly accepted two kisses on the cheek from Batistuta.

"I didn't expect to make it, but now I feel it!" he said. "Keep it up, we'll give Kun a great farewell game!"

"Did you hear it? Did you hear what he said?" Batistuta climbed onto De Bruyne's neck and turned to all the Manchester City players who had gathered around him and said, "Keep up this form! Everyone! Keep going! We are going to play the most beautiful game of the season so far!"

Everyone cheered: "Good!!"

There are many kinds of lucky shots. When the players are in good shape and in a normal mood, it's like God is helping them with his invisible hand.

A completely positive effect.

【Following the broadcast camera, we can see Manchester City players celebrating on the sidelines. As usual, Batistuta was lifted up. 】

[This goal happened so quickly that we haven't even finished introducing the starting lineups of both teams. ]

【Manchester City's official formation is a 433 formation, with goalkeeper Ederson; Ruben Dias and Stones as central defenders, with Walker and Cancelo as two full-backs; the midfield is an inverted triangle, with Rodri as the single defensive midfielder, Messi and De Bruyne in front of him; Neymar on the left, B Silva on the right, and Batistuta in the middle. 】

【Manchester United lined up in a familiar 4231 formation, with De Gea as goalkeeper; French defender Varane, who transferred from Real Madrid this summer, partnered with Maguire as central defender, Theo as left back, Ashraf as right back; Augustus and B Fee as double defensive midfielders; Sterling and Mbappe as the two wings on the front line, Griezmann in the middle, and Ronaldo at the front as center forward. 】

At the same speed as the commentator, the three-dimensional images of the starting lineups of both teams were displayed on the electronic display board at the scene.

"And after all! You\'re my wonderwall!"

The curly-haired boy in the stands was about to cry. He sang Oasis's "Wonderwall" loudly along with the Manchester City fans around him. It has almost become Manchester City's team anthem.

The atmosphere at the game was really great.

When you are in this rich environment, even if you are not a die-hard fan, you will still be moved to the point of tears in your eyes. On the court, people's empathy will be infinitely magnified.

"I believe it!" the curly-haired boy said loudly, "This will be a victory!"

"Indeed." The friend who always criticized him didn't say those words this time. "Even now, I still insist that the two teams are equally strong. When the two teams are equally strong, the test is who can avoid making mistakes. Manchester City has a better chance of winning, not to mention that they have God's help."

"Manchester United also had God's help." The curly-haired boy wiped his face and smiled foolishly, "but they still couldn't overthrow Manchester City."

Haha.

Of course, friends knew that he was referring to Ibrahimovic, who once played briefly for the Red Devils, the man known as God.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

It feels so good to have friends to play with and watch the game with.

……

Back to the game, Manchester United is not a small team that would be scared by this kind of ball. They quickly stood firm and did not give Manchester City the opportunity to seize the opportunity to take advantage of the victory.

The Red Devils then adjusted their mentality, temporarily forgot about the loss at the start and launched attacks on both sides of Manchester City. This was Mourinho's response to Guardiola's tactic of retrieving the full-backs to play as defensive midfielders last season.

Since the middle is your advantageous route, avoid the middle and even avoid the midfield battle, quickly seize both sides, and tear open the defense line through mobile warfare and more bottom crosses.

This gave them the advantage for 10-15 minutes.

B Fee made a straight pass from the left midfield, Griezmann received the ball and turned around, passed Cancelo and made a diagonal pass, but he and Ronaldo in the frontcourt did not cooperate with each other. Ruben Dias quickly started a steal and passed the ball back to Stones, resolving the crisis without any danger.

"Come on!" Ronaldo spread his hands and complained.

Griezmann gestured to apologize, then ran back to his position in the midfield and waited for the next chance. This is also one of the things Mourinho likes about him. He never dwells on mistakes on the field and can immediately throw himself into a new fight and give it his all.

Then 3 minutes later God cast his magic on the game again.

Augustus and Ashraf cooperated in the right midfield to pass De Bruyne, and then kicked a high ball to the left side of the frontcourt. Sterling jumped up and competed with Walker for the ball, but the ball got out of their control and bounced into the air of the penalty area.

【Opportunity! Manchester City should be careful! 】

Ederson made an accurate judgment and attacked quickly, but at the same time, Ronaldo was also staring at the ball and rushing towards the landing point, and Ederson obviously forgot the opponent's terrifying jumping ability.

The moment he stretched out his hand, the Portuguese's belly button was almost in front of him.

[Oh! Ronaldo and the Manchester City goalkeeper collided on the penalty area line, and both fell to the ground - ah?! Lost the ball! Goal?! ]

Rather than the ball slipping out of Ederson's gloves, it was more like he touched the ball, but only with his fingertips, with most of the ball in the air, and Ronaldo's head just happened to push the ball out of his hands.

From the broadcast camera position behind the goal, it really looked like Ederson lost the ball.

"No! They didn't score!" Batistuta was the first to run to the referee to protest, "He fouled the goalkeeper, this goal can't count!"

The referee gestured to indicate that VAR was evaluating.

"Does VAR need to be used for this?" Batty expressed disbelief. "You saw the process, sir. He jumped up and hit our man in the face with his arm!"

Ronaldo walked over, shaking his index finger: "You are lying, that is not true, you didn't see anything."

"Bullshit! I saw it clearly!" Batty said, nodding his eye. Even though he really didn't see anything, the rule is that you must show firmness at such times.

"Unless you have eyes on your back," Ronaldo said, "I jumped and headed the ball. It was a normal collision."

"Fake! I saw you hit him on the head!"

While the two were arguing, the referee ended his communication with the video assistant referee, blew the whistle, gestured at the screen, and then pointed to the center circle.

The goal is valid!

【Oh oh oh oh! C Ronaldo's goal was ruled valid, 1-1, 20 minutes later, Manchester United equalized the score! 】

[Oh my god, the goalkeepers of both teams gave each other gifts. Although the game was exciting and the back-and-forth between the two sides was also very attractive, but in the first 20 minutes, the goalkeepers of both sides had butter hands, the drama was no less than that of Hollywood blockbusters! ]

The coffin is concluded.

Batistuta returned to his position angrily, but of course, he did not forget to give his goalkeeper a look that said 'you better be careful'.

"Kun is still watching from the stands!" the king shouted, "Come on! Pay attention! It's only less than halfway through!"

He and De Bruyne kicked off from the center circle. 21 minutes, the game continued.

……

"Did you think about this before the game started?" The curly-haired boy slapped his seat angrily. "Why are your hands so buttery? Ederson, I haven't seen it before. Did De Gea catch it?"

"Who would have thought of this?" The friend shrugged. "It seems that God is fair. If he helps the other side, he should also help this side."

"So do you still think highly of Manchester City?" asked the curly-haired boy.

“Hmm…” The friend thought about it and nodded.

"He's really my good brother. I think so too." He patted his friend's shoulder with relief. "I believe BBB will definitely score more goals. He must be angry about Aguero's retirement."

"I'm not optimistic about Manchester City because of you." My friend said disdainfully, "But it's possible that BBB can score a goal. On the one hand, he is depressed, and on the other hand, from the start to now, Manchester United has not had any decent restrictions on him, which is far worse than 20 years ago."

"Huh? What does that mean?"

"That is to say... Hey, look! It's now!"

The curly-haired boy’s friend hit the nail on the head.

Due to the gathering of players like Ronaldo and Mbappe who are not very involved in defense in the frontcourt, Manchester United's midfield interception ability has been greatly weakened. Most of the previous victories relied on the operating ability of B Fee and Augustus, as well as Griezmann's ability to stir up the defense and run all over the field.

But now they face Manchester City.

Everyone is going crazy at Manchester City.

In the frontcourt, they have Batistuta as a pseudo center forward and Messi as a real number 10, which are equivalent to two free men in the frontcourt. In addition, De Bruyne and B Silva and Neymar who often retreat to the flanks also put pressure on them.

When Manchester United has people in the midfield, it is not easy to break through, but when they are in an offensive state and the ball is intercepted, all the pressure of interception and defense falls on Augustus.

"Bati!"

Messi noticed this early on and he reminded Batistuta to pay attention to his position in the midfield. The current situation was very similar to what they had discussed on the training ground.

'Come here, cooperate with me, go around and then go back.'

Batty quickly understood what he meant.

First, confuse your opponent.

"Kevin!" He called on the Belgian midfielder to press to the other side, and then he signaled Messi to remind Rodri and Ruben who were intercepting and stealing behind to pay attention at any time.

34 minutes.

That was the moment when the curly-haired boy in the stands asked his friend a question. Finally, Manchester City got the chance.

Rodri intercepted the ball in the backcourt and passed it to Messi. Messi dribbled the ball, turned around, passed B Fee and quickly passed through the midfield. Because De Bruyne was blocking on the right, Theo did not dare to leave the wing to collect the ball, and Griezmann was on his way.

"Quick!"

Batistuta started to retreat early, and he and Messi used continuous wall-to-wall cooperation to perfectly get rid of Augustus and face the last line of defense. To be honest, he had never left the madman from France behind so smoothly.

Augustus's expression is quite fascinating.

At that moment, the spiritual satisfaction Batty felt was beyond description in any language in the world.

[It's over! ! Let's see if this time can——]

The only person standing in his way now is De Gea.

Oh, I forgot, there's also Maguire.

But Maguire didn't know what was going on. Just when Batistuta was ready to block the ball and stretch his foot to intercept it, he turned around with an outrageous slowness and let Batistuta into the penalty area.

Batty:!
[What are you doing, Maguire! My god, it's been turning around for a year! It's like an aircraft carrier turning around! ]

After easily passing the aircraft carrier, Batistuta made a light lob shot.

The ball went past De Gea's outstretched legs.

【2-1! Manchester City's midfielder cooperated brilliantly to break through Manchester United's defense, Batistuta scored a single goal, and Manchester City took the lead again in the 34th minute! 】

"THAT IS FCUKING——"

Batistuta ran and jumped onto Messi.

"Come again!!"

……

At the end of the first half, Manchester City temporarily led 2-1.

During the half-time break, a joyful atmosphere filled the entire locker room. Aguero also came down from the box. They were all looking forward to a wonderful victory.

but.

Manchester City overlooked the most fatal point. They had actually suffered a loss in the first half, but it was obvious that they could not try to adjust in halftime.

So the second half has just begun.

53 points and 57 minutes.

With a header from Ronaldo and a header assist from Mbappe to shoot into the far corner, Manchester United once again took the lead.

[2-3! You have to admit that Ronaldo has great jumping ability. Ignoring it will lead to big problems! With more than 30 minutes left, Manchester City is pushed to the edge of the cliff! ]

In the 65th minute, Guardiola made a substitution.

In order to speed up the frontcourt, he made a bold decision.

[Oh? A substitution? Manchester City - No. 17 De Bruyne is replaced by No. 22 Grealish. The goal scorer is replaced by a striker. ]

What does Guardiola want to do?

(End of this chapter)