Chapter 372 The explosive power of the steel body
The current Manchester City team has a lot of excellent midfield passing legs.
David Silva, a typical Spanish passer.
His passing is not only accurate, but also just right. He can suddenly pass the ball very quickly between quick passes and receptions.
And De Bruyne is better at long passes. Regardless of whether he is passing from the wing or making long passes in the middle, he has good legs.
Now some football commentators even conclude that De Bruyne will become the equivalent of Xavi in the future.
That rating is very high.
The pass just now was extremely accurate!
Manchester United's defensive formation is very solid, but even so, De Bruyne still found the only gap!
Between the cross defense of Ashley Young and Fellaini, the ball was passed!
Sterling moves forward quickly, he is extremely fast!
Central defender Bailly was just one step away and couldn't prevent him from taking a shot!
Shot in the right spot!
But it was almost, the ball hit the side netting.
Manchester City missed the opportunity to take the early lead.
But even so, Manchester City's opening attack still opened up the situation.
Lai Liliang started attacking with great momentum.
After Manchester United defended two wrong-footed attacks in the opening game, the defense sank a bit.
Especially if the two wing-backs can retract as much as possible.
Even Mkhitaryan was involved in defense just now.
Not to mention the summer trip.
During that time, Xia Xing shrank to the midfield and backcourt, frequently assisting in defense.
One minute, he used his body forcefully to knock down Fernandinho during a defense.
I want to know, Feiniao's physical fitness is quite good, but when he knocked down Feiniao in a head-on confrontation, it shocked the Manchester City players.
Three minutes later, Xia Xing once again defended on the left wing, made a reasonable collision and knocked away De Bruyne, and the ball was under control.
Xia Xing made a long pass, and Ibrahimovic from outside the penalty area forced his kick to shoot. The ball slipped out of the goal, but it was just a miss.
That attack was a normal attack, nothing special, but Xia Xing's ten-minute performance surprised even the Manchester City generals!
what's the situation?
De Bruyne, who had just been resisted, was shaking his sore arm.
Feiniao came over and asked with concern: "Is your arm okay?"
De Bruyne shook his head: "He's fine."
Feiniao curled his lips: "What's going on with that guy? Didn't the coach say that he is a technical player? Then he is not a technical player, not a human shield at all..."
De Bruyne frowned and looked at Xia Xing, who was retreating to the left wing with Yongtuo: "I wonder how that guy trains and why he is so unreasonable..."
No, it's very unreasonable.
At the beginning of the 2014-2015 season, De Bruyne had a relationship with Xia Xing.
At that time, De Bruyne was very high-spirited and expected to show his style in the Europa League.
The wrong leg of Wolfsburg's draw turned out to be a newly promoted team from the Premier League, which made him feel even better.
They are just a team in the English Championship this season, and they only qualified for the Europa League by winning the FA Cup.
It seems that Wolfsburg will definitely advance and be first in the group!
But what happened before made him extremely disappointed.
In the two rounds of matches, Leicester City won one and drew one, beating Wolfsburg to advance. Previously, Wolfsburg ranked third in the group and was eliminated.
And in those two games, the player with the best performance was Xia Xing.
Even beyond his performance.
The top technical level displayed by Xia Xing at that time was unforgettable for De Bruyne.
He later moved to the Premier League and joined Manchester City.
Playing against Leicester City again this season, he has seen what it means to be the top young talent.
Led Leicester City to win the Premier League title, Champions League title, and five crowns.
He was extremely impressed by Xia Xing's strength, especially his technical level.
Didn't you expect that Xia Xing's strength would be greatly improved again that season?
Especially my physical fitness, it seems to have improved to a higher level!
Moreover, he seems to have grown a lot taller!
He has speed, skills, organizational skills, can pass the ball, and can shoot. This is not what De Bruyne said before.
And now, there is another strong body.
And it's extremely strong.
Not to mention denying yourself, even Fernandinho has been squeezed out, is it really not feasible?
Is it possible that only captain Kompany can stop him?
Xia Xing's strength not only surprised the Manchester City players, but also surprised Manchester City coach Guardiola.
So what's going on?
He has been following Xia Xing since two seasons ago.
The bidding for wrong summer trip started last summer.
Guardiola has already reached an agreement with Manchester City, so he has already planned the transfer to Manchester City in advance.
Especially De Bruyne's transfer, many people didn't understand it at the time.
Guardiola has been showing good intentions, and De Bruyne also likes Guardiola very much. Why didn't he go to Bayern before but moved to Manchester City?
The power of Jinyuan Football is extraordinary.
Didn't you expect that this is not the power of Jinyuan Football, but the charm of Guardiola.
He is already making arrangements in advance.
And among those layouts, Xia Xing was also there.
Is it possible that even if Manchester City spends a lot of money during the season, they can't lure Xia Xing.
In the past, Xia Xing also achieved five crowns because he made the right choice.
That summer, Guardiola stepped in again and even called to invite him personally.
But it’s not impossible to do so.
Moreover, the players he favored often went to the wrong camp.
Guardiola likes Xia Xing very much. He is not only physically excellent, but also technically top-notch and has excellent passing and controlling skills. He is really a good core for passing and controlling football.
Compared to De Brau, Guardiola feels that Xia Xing is more like Xavi.
But I didn’t expect that if we didn’t see each other for a summer, Xia Xing would be different!
Turned into a steel body like a human shield!
And his height has increased so much!
So what's going on?
In the few attacks that just started, Xia Xing played a huge role in defense!
In addition to a few direct interceptions of the ball, the movement, assisting defense and supplementary positions in the overall defense all had a very suppressive effect on Manchester City's offense.
Especially when he broke through De Bruyne's defense just now and even caused a very threatening counterattack.
That young man is really a football genius!
It is now the 15th minute of the game, and Manchester City's opening attack has slowed down slightly.
Mourinho's eyes lit up on the sidelines of the pitch!
Isn’t that a good opportunity!
He was about to whistle, or shout to the players, to give some secret hints,
Could it be that at that time, Xia Xing suddenly started!
Like Mourinho, he discovered Manchester City's change of pace!
Their offensive pace has slowed down!
Not a good opportunity!
After receiving the ball from the left and facing the wrong defender, Xia Xing didn't hold back at all that time!
Suddenly he made an outside cut and started sprinting along the middle!
Fernandinho and De Bruyne double-teamed on the wrong side!
But the summer travel speed has already picked up!
Domineeringly knocking away the two of them, he rushed straight to the penalty area!
The explosive power of the steel body tore apart Manchester City's midfield defense!
(End of chapter)
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