[Football] Bad Boy Batty
Chapter 81 081
After Manchester City officially released a video of Batistuta and Walker chatting about the game on the training ground, the rumors of the two's discord were quickly dispelled, but the rumors are gone and the fans' opinions remain. There is still a considerable number of people who believe that Guardiola should not change Batistuta's position.
As the fans were discussing, the fourth round of the Premier League kicked off. Manchester City's Premier League schedule this season was a great bargain. They would not face a strong opponent until November. The only team that could cause them trouble before then was Liverpool.
On September 9, Manchester United faced Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium. Batistuta was quite excited before the game.
Of course, this has nothing to do with today's game. What makes him excited is that last weekend, Brazil national team coach Tite told reporters that several young players will be called up to play in the 11th round of the World Cup qualifiers against Argentina in November to adapt to international competitions in advance and allow some main players to rest.
Although he did not specify who it was, it is generally believed that the "young player" he mentioned refers to Batistuta, the most dazzling player of the new generation.
"It's great that you're going to play for the national team." Aguero patted Batistuta's back in the player's tunnel. The boy had grown a lot taller this summer, so it became more difficult to pat him on the head. "I just don't know if I can play. I'm looking forward to playing with you."
In the South American qualifiers for the World Cup in Russia, Brazil has been at the top of the list since last year with a very high winning rate, 10 points ahead of the second place, so they have the opportunity to adjust their status and train new players. But Argentina's situation is more dangerous. They are not in the promotion zone for the time being. They just finished two rounds of games not long ago. Aguero sat on the bench from beginning to end, and Sampaoli didn't like him either.
"You will get your chance. Icardi is in poor form and has missed training. If Sampaoli doesn't want to be criticized, he must replace you." Batistuta shrugged, then crossed his arms and joked: "To be honest, Kun, as a Brazilian, I would love to see you play in the play-offs so that we can mock you until the next World Cup."
Aguero glared at him, "Stop talking nonsense!"
"I'm not Pele." Batistuta smiled slyly, then stood behind Aguero and squeezed his shoulder. "Perform well today and let them see what a wrong decision it was not to let you play."
At this time, De Bruyne came over, pushed Batistuta and Aguero to let them stand, and then pointed to the front.
"Focus on the game, Liverpool is not a weak team." He said, "Even at home today we will not have an easy time."
That's right, Liverpool's form at the beginning of the season was also extremely good. Although Brazilian striker Coutinho had some unpleasantness with the team for joining Barcelona this summer, this did not affect others. The forward line composed of Firmino, Mane, and Salah was unstoppable. Mane scored in the first three rounds of the game and was elected the Premier League's best player in August.
Overall, this will be a close game.
And that is indeed the case.
At the beginning of the game, both sides played very aggressively. Liverpool pressed fiercely in the frontcourt, and Manchester City was not afraid at all. They controlled the ball by passing it back in the backcourt, and even actively fought back to grab the ball even if they lost it.
In the 24th minute, Batistuta headed the ball back in the midfield, then held off Milner and passed the ball to De Bruyne, who passed the ball through Liverpool's defense. Aguero, worthy of being the Red Army's nemesis, calmly pushed the ball into the goal, scoring in six consecutive home games against Liverpool.
1-0, Manchester City leads at home.
Liverpool, which was behind, did not show any signs of decline. On the contrary, Salah caused a lot of trouble for Otamendi. The Argentine defender was not fast enough and was left behind by him several times. It was Ederson who made a timely move to save Manchester City's goal.
Just when everyone thought the suspense of victory or defeat would remain until the end, a red card completely changed the situation of the game.
In the 36th minute, Liverpool got the ball in the backcourt and goalkeeper Mignolet passed the ball to Matip in front of him. Matip observed the position and made a decisive long pass. Stones pressed too forward, which gave Mane a chance to successfully counter-offside. The linesman did not raise the flag to indicate offside, and the Liverpool striker ran towards the ball at high speed.
The goalkeeper came out.
The moment he saw his teammates being left behind, Ederson chose to attack without hesitation. It was a high arc ball, and if he wanted to block it he had to go outside the penalty area, and the goalkeeper couldn't use his hands outside the penalty area, so Ederson chose to clear the ball with a header.
Mane jumped up and stretched out his foot to hook the ball.
[beep——]
Mane kicked Ederson in the face and the game was suspended due to the whistle.
Seeing another player fall to the ground, the Manchester City and Liverpool players nearby surrounded him. Batistuta was wandering in the frontcourt. According to Guardiola's arrangement, they also had to put pressure on Liverpool's defense. Before the opponent launched a counterattack, he had not had time to return to his position, and with the blocking of the midfield and backcourt players, he did not see what happened at all.
Similarly, Batty was still unclear about Ederson's situation. He frowned and trotted over to find David Silva, "What happened just now?"
Just before Silva answered, De Bruyne, who had just stood up from Ederson, happened to look up and saw this scene.
Oops!
If Batistuta knew about Ederson's situation, he would definitely lose his temper.
"David!"
However, it was too late to stop it now, as two seconds ago Batistuta learned the truth from the Spanish midfielder.
"Mane rushed too fast and was only focused on the ball," said David Silva, tapping his left cheek. "He raised his foot too high and kicked Ederson in the face."
Batistuta turned his head and looked at De Bruyne, not understanding why he was stopping him. He happened to see the medical team rushing to Ederson. The referee called Mane to his side and showed him a red card. Mane looked quite annoyed, and Ederson... Ederson lay on the ground motionless.
"It's not good." Jesus ran over with a worried look on his face. "That was a heavy blow. Ederson fainted."
Batty: “What??”
"It's really bad. We have to use a substitution quota before the first half is over, and it's the goalkeeper." David Silva did not realize the seriousness of the matter at this time. He shook his head worriedly, "I hope Ederson is okay. A facial fracture is very fatal, and he just fainted. Don't let that happen - Batistuta, what are you doing?"
Batistuta didn't hear what D. Silva said later because he saw the guy who injured their goalkeeper was still wandering around there, and seemed to be very unhappy about the red card, and kicked their medical bag as he passed by.
The worst thing was that behind him, Ederson was lying on the grass and receiving treatment. The wound on his face was clearly visible and was still bleeding.
"Hey! He's the one lying on the ground, why are you so unconvinced?" Batistuta rushed to Mane and yelled at him, "You kicked his head, head! That's the most vulnerable part of the human body. Don't you use your brain when you play football?"
Mane didn't quite understand Batistuta's accented English, but he believed that he had already admitted his mistake and accepted the punishment, and that his kick just now was indeed not intentional, so he thought Batistuta's behavior was unreasonable.
"Don't yell at me, I'm going down now." Mane looked directly into Batistuta's eyes and said, "I don't mean anything else, I hope he's okay."
Batistuta didn't care about that, he kept pushing and shoving Mane.
"Who are you showing your ugly face to?"
"Why are you still blocking the road? Get out of the way, I want to get down."
"Are you still not happy? You were just sent off, but Ederson fainted!"
Firmino came over quickly to clear the situation. He stood between the two men and separated them. "Forget it, forget it. No one wants to cause trouble for the team, right?" He gave Batistuta a quick smile, then pulled Mane towards the player tunnel.
Kyle Walker and De Bruyne also appeared and stopped him from following.
"The referee is coming." De Bruyne ruffled Batistuta's hair. "Ederson wouldn't want you to get a yellow card just to help him."
Walker nodded and hooked his arm around Batty's neck. "I was right next to him and saw everything." He spoke quickly. "That guy really didn't mean it. Don't be angry, my friend."
He can't be angry if it wasn't intentional?
Batty glared at Kyle Walker, then aimed at the back of his hand on his shoulder.
[Bang!]
He slapped it. "Sorry, I didn't mean to do that," Batty said.
[Bang!]
He slapped it again.
"Sorry, I didn't mean it." Batty said again. Walker looked at him in shock and even forgot the pain on the back of his hand. "I didn't mean it every time I hit you. Are you angry?" he said.
That's really outrageous.
De Bruyne shook his head and then pulled Batty out from under Walker's arm. "He didn't do anything, don't take it out on him." He patted the back of the boy's head, "Control your emotions, Batty."
What do you want?
Batistuta raised his eyebrows and looked at De Bruyne. The Belgian midfielder was inexplicably in a bad mood today. He couldn't tell what went wrong, but his intuition told him that this matter was related to him.
But now is obviously not a good time to think about this.
The referee came over and looked at Batty.
"I saw what happened between you and Mane just now. I can understand your feelings, so I won't penalize you this time. But if I see you do it again, I will show you a yellow card. Am I clear?"
"Clear, sir."
The referee nodded with satisfaction and walked to the sidelines. Before the game resumed, he had to explain Mane's mistake and Ederson's injury to the two head coaches.
Before leaving, he called out to Batty.
"Your goalkeeper is awake, go check on him," he said.
At this time, Manchester City's medical team had already lifted Ederson onto a stretcher and asked him to keep his hands crossed in front of him to prevent secondary injury.
"Edson, Eddie, talk to me." Batty squatted at the front of the stretcher and gently stroked the other's messy hair. "Can you hear me?"
"Yes." Ederson said. He sounded a little weak, but his voice was still smiling. "Hey Batistuta, I heard that you beat Mane for me. Is that true?"
"What do you think?" Batty poked his forehead unhappily.
"Thank you, I'm very touched, but you should be smarter." Ederson was lifted up, and he smiled at Batistuta in the last moment, "If you want to avenge me, score a goal. Score a lot of goals. I haven't even appeared in other people's celebrations yet."
The medical team took Ederson off the field for treatment and Manchester City fans applauded him. Soon, the situation on the field gradually returned to calm and Batistuta returned to his position. He looked around and the heartbeat in his ears gradually became louder.
Isn't it just a goal?
Satisfy you.
……
Mane's red card became the fuse that led to Liverpool's avalanche. Playing with one less player made it very difficult for them. Manchester City quickly took control of the game, and Batistuta once again became the most eye-catching one.
The Brazilian rose with a strong personality refused to completely obey Guardiola's command. Her playing style changed from a false 9 to a free man throughout the game. She could be seen everywhere, which directly led to Manchester City expanding the score to 3-0 at the end of the first half.
He first assisted Jesus to score a header, and then scored a stunning volley himself. Batistuta's name resounded over the Etihad Stadium.
During the half-time break, Guardiola spent a full 10 minutes trying to calm him down and relax him, but just like the madman who had tried to persuade Balotelli, it didn't work.
The only difference was that Batistuta's disobedience allowed Manchester City to lead 5-0.
"Oh my God, what should I do?" Guardiola had given up celebrating. He slapped his forehead with a headache. "If anyone can give me a manual to guide Batistuta, I will be very grateful to him."
"Well, my advice on this is to divert attention." Arteta shrugged. "He scored, didn't he? He was directly involved in 4 goals in 7 games. He is a genius."
Guardiola looked at his players celebrating on the field, pressed his brow and sighed.
After scoring his third goal of the game and completing a hat-trick, Batistuta ran to the camera on the sidelines and made Ederson's No. 3 gesture to the camera.
The young man raised the corners of his mouth defiantly.
"I'll take my revenge on you."
……
Ederson's injury was not serious. After being taken off the field, he was examined and treated in Manchester City's medical room. The medical team quickly confirmed that he had no broken bones. Later, he returned to the stadium and watched the last 5 minutes of the game at the entrance of the player tunnel, waving to the fans to report that he was safe.
"Are you sure there are no broken bones?" Batty returned to the locker room with the ball after the game. He pinched Ederson's chin and looked around. The Brazilian goalkeeper's left face was covered with gauze in several places, and a longer wound was still tight with tape. "How long will you be absent?" he asked.
"I won't miss a single game, believe me." Ederson broke free with a smile, then laid on his shoulder. "Your goal stunned Batistuta! I watched the whole thing on TV, it was unparalleled!"
"That's nothing." Batistuta made scoring a goal sound as easy as drinking water, and then he threw the hat-trick ball into Ederson's arms, "For you, I have too many at home and can't fit them all."
Edson: ...
Although I was touched that the hat-trick ball was given to him, why did those words make me want to roll my eyes?
At this time, the Belgian midfielder walked out of the shower room and looked unhappy.
Batistuta rolled his eyes and patted Ederson's arm. "Come to my house tonight to watch a movie. Resident Evil 7: Resident Evil. It just finished its review a few days ago, and the release date has not been decided yet." He said to Ederson, but his eyes were looking at De Bruyne. "Just think of it as comforting you, the injured man, let's have a movie night."
By the way, he came to solve some emotional problems.
After recovering from the shock, Ederson immediately nodded in agreement. He confirmed with Batistuta again and again that the movie was indeed the Hollywood blockbuster given to him by his godfather that had not yet been released. Then, until everyone had packed up, the Brazilian goalkeeper excitedly jumped up and down in the locker room, inviting everyone he could see.
Batistuta raised the corners of his mouth in satisfaction, and then he walked towards De Bruyne.
The Belgian midfielder was thinking about life, wiping his hair with a dazed look on his face. Suddenly, a shadow fell in front of him and he subconsciously looked up.
Then a jersey came flying towards me.
After pulling it off, a honey-skinned boy with a naked upper body appeared in front of him with a swaggering smile.
“Come over to my house tonight and watch a movie. I have files for movies that haven’t come out yet,” he said. “And just—you know what, Kevin, I really miss our hang out.”
(End of this chapter)
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