In Dick's view, the reason why Torres scores fewer goals is not because he has a problem with his personal strength or poor condition. The first is an adaptation problem, and the second is that Torres is actually in Manchester City's system.
A lot has been sacrificed.
Ribery will not be sacrificed, because most of the offense in the frontcourt is completed by him. He has enough space for movement, and his own breakthrough and passing are excellent, so he will not be seen no matter how he is on the court.
will perform poorly, and Di Natale is a silent killer. Most of the time, he is almost invisible. When he appears in front of the camera, he will kill with one hit. As long as the number of goals scored by such a player increases, he will get the maximum reward.
Praise and tolerance.
And what about Torres? In Dick's tactics, he has to run around, and at the same time draw the attention of the opponent's central defender, give Ribery room to run, create shooting opportunities for Di Natale, and at the same time.
Let the midfielder get more opportunities. He has to do so many things. It is normal for his performance to be a little dull sometimes, but because of such sacrifices, he has received the most criticism. This is obviously against him.
Quite unfair.
It is precisely because he is Torres that Dick will ask him to make certain sacrifices, because Dick knows that Torres will not have any doubts about Dick, and now, Dick also expects Torres to use his performance even more
Give those who criticize him a hard slap in the face!
He believes Torres can do it because he knows Torres' ability to withstand pressure and his own strength.
The game restarted, and Manchester City began to counterattack amidst the cheers of the fans. Torres did not make any special moves, but ran back and forth, received, and passed the ball as usual...
During such a run, Newcastle's defenders began to relax their defense on Torres. After all, Torres looked very harmless now. On the contrary, Di Natale's runs always appeared in key places.
And Ribery's breakthrough was still so sharp, making Newcastle's two players Beye and N'Zogbia miserable.
Manchester City's offensive momentum is very strong, but the control ability is a bit poor. After all, none of the three midfielders has excellent control ability. Parker can only pass the ball twice. Although Ribery is the core of the offense, he is an assault type.
Rather than being organizational, this makes Manchester City's offense very fast-paced.
This is also a situation that Dick faced after coming to the Premier League. It’s not that he doesn’t want to control the ball. To be honest, in the previous three clubs, he focused on control. There has never been a lack of masters with excellent control skills in the midfield.
There was Belleron during the competition, he transformed Rosicky when he was at Dortmund, and he introduced Sneijder when he was at Inter Milan. However, after coming to Manchester City, it is difficult for Dick to introduce such a player - it can be regarded as
Dick is trapped in a cocoon. He has achieved such outstanding results with such players, and has also set off such a trend throughout the European continent. Almost all giants hide such players who can organize from behind and refuse to transfer them. Dick
Even if Ke wants to poach people, there is no place to poach, so he can only settle for the second best. Coupled with the characteristics of the Premier League, he is more focused on strengthening his running ability and interception ability in the midfield. Since he is temporarily unable to create a
For a midfielder with strong control ability, it is also necessary to use running and confrontation to enhance the midfielder's confrontation ability.
But in this case, the support for the striker will be weakened a lot. In this case, Torres has to support his teammates more, and you can imagine how difficult it will be.
Yaya Toure received a cross pass from Franck Ribery at the front of the penalty area and immediately started to shoot vigorously. Given flew to make a save and missed. Torres caught up with him and planned to shoot back, but was cleared by the opponent's central defender Rozenar and went to the sideline.
"Torres was a step too late... This opportunity is a pity."
The commentator commented that it was actually a 50-50 chance just now, and it was normal for whoever touched the ball first. However, in the end, Torres failed to make a follow-up shot, which naturally made people feel that his performance was not very good...
While the commentators were still evaluating this goalless attack, Manchester City had already launched another attack.
Barnes threw a throw-in and Parker passed it back. After getting the ball, Barnes planned to break through from the left, but he quickly dunked the ball back and passed it to Parker in the middle. Parker directly passed the ball into the penalty area, originally in the same position as the defense.
Torres, who was in the same position, suddenly started to move away from Taylor and went straight into the penalty area!
"Oh! Parker's pass, Torres succeeded in countering the offside, and it was a one-shot!"
Amid the shouts of the on-site commentator, the Manchester City fans began to clamor. After Torres broke into the penalty area, he raised his foot and unloaded the ball. Given decisively abandoned the goal and tried to block Torres' single-handed ball!
Torres took a step forward again, looked at Given attacking with no change on his face, and then flicked his ankle - cross!
In such a need of a goal, Torres still chose the safest offensive method.
Di Natale, who was outflanking in the middle, received a cross from Torres. The next thing was simple. He took the ball one step forward, then easily kicked the ball and pushed the ball into Newcastle's gate!
One to one! In the 38th minute of the game, Manchester City equalized the score after a series of attacks!
"Well... Torres's assist was very clear and cool-headed... But as a shooter, he seems to have begun to lack some aggressiveness. After all, for top forwards, the desire to score at critical moments is also very important. Maybe it is
Because he is the captain at Atletico Madrid and needs to take on more responsibilities, he is more accustomed to sacrificing himself to help the whole team. I think this is something he needs to improve..."
The commentators began to feel a little embarrassed about this assist. Although Torres did not choose to shoot by himself, it was obvious that facing Given, the possibility of him scoring was basically 50-50, and at this time it was passed to the center.
The follow-up of Di Natale is infinitely close to 100% - it is indeed commendable to have such a consideration under such circumstances.
However, some things have different meanings from two aspects. As a forward, choosing to pass the ball at this time can also be said to pay attention to the overall situation, or it can be said that he is not strong enough to bear the responsibility of scoring goals to his teammates.
...In short, there are two sides to the story, you can say it any way you want.
"Well done, guys, in a passive situation, we were not greatly affected...If we continue like this in the second half, their offensive threat is not very big. Although Martins is fast, his shortcomings are also
Obviously, poor running and poor shooting skills are his biggest problems. Viduka is old and will not pose much of a threat. Martins, try to let him go to the wing. He is much less of a threat on the wing.
, in the midfield, be careful of Smith’s long shot, it is mainly about offense, just a breakthrough from the wing will not work...Fernando, you can be a little selfish in the second half."
Hearing what Dick said, the players in the locker room all turned their attention to Torres. To be honest, even though it had only been more than a month, the Manchester City players were somewhat convinced of Torres. Even though he was the top player, he was in training
There is no airs at all, and he is conscientious on the court. Although the captain's armband is given to Samuel, and the vice-captains are Yaya Toure and Parker, Torres and other players all admire him. He was blacklisted by the media some time ago.
The players are all fighting for him. Now that Dick wants to change his tactics, everyone else agrees...
"Just do it, Fernando, we will pass the ball for you." Ribery first expressed this attitude. Dick said that Torres can be selfish, and Ribery's freedom may be weakened, but at this time, France
People behave well.
"No problem, it's up to me." Torres nodded heavily.
When the second half started, Newcastle players did not notice anything was wrong, because Manchester City's offense still looked normal and the same as before.
The two sides launched a back-and-forth attack on the court, constantly strangled together in the midfield, and Torres continued to do what he should do, retreat, get the ball, pass the ball, run...
Parker passed the ball to Ribery, who made a fake pass in front of the goal, and then quickly moved the ball to the baseline to accelerate the breakthrough!
It seems very satisfying to use speed to force a breakthrough. When Ribery used speed to force a breakthrough against Beye, the Manchester City fans in the stands immediately let out huge cheers!
"Take up the position!" Ji Wen shouted loudly. At this time, Ribery had already reached the bottom line and then made a pass!
Before he passed the ball, Torres moved laterally to the back point, and Di Natale moved laterally from the back point and ran towards the center. Newcastle's defenders began to mark people, and the ball spun in the air and flew directly to the back point. Torres met
He jumped up after catching the ball, as if he was going to ferry the ball to the middle...
Taylor focused on Di Natale, and Given also focused on the center. However, Torres did not ferry the ball down, but faced the falling ball and directly shook his head to attack the goal!
The ball flew seven meters in front of the goal and flew directly into the blind spot of the goal!
"GOOOOOOOAL! Fernando Torres! Powerful header! Two to one, Manchester City overtook the score after falling behind! Less than two minutes into the second half, Torres taught Newcastle a lesson with a goal! One pass and one shot!
Torres's performance was flawless! After being controversial, Torres immediately showed his strength!"
After landing, Torres glanced at the ball bouncing in the goal, then waved his fist, stood there with his arms open, and accepted the cheers of the fans!
Instant paradise! This is what professional football is like, when you score a goal, you can answer all doubts!
After taking the lead, Manchester City's offense began to become more and more fierce. A one-goal lead was not enough. Newcastle wanted to fight back. However, Viduka was beaten to death by Kompany with his body. Martins every time
Every time he got the ball, he was pressed by Samuel, who forced him directly to the wing and was unable to directly threaten the goal.
When the game reached the 81st minute, Manchester City launched another attack. After a few passes in the midfield, Ireland, who came on as a substitute, passed the ball to Torres at the front of the penalty area. After receiving the ball, Torres looked up and observed, but did not
Instead of passing the ball to Ribery on the wing and Di Natale roaming in the penalty area, he took a step forward with the ball and then decisively took a long shot from the front of the penalty area!
The ball drew an arc in the air, passed Given's struggling hand, and then plunged into the dead center of the goal!
The entire city stadium instantly became excited with Torres' shocking long shot!
"Who can question him? Who can question him? Two shots and one pass, he dominated the entire game! The standard king is well-deserved! He will become the king of Manchester City!" the on-site commentator shouted hoarsely, and his voice
Also ringing the sound were the crazy Manchester City fans at the scene!
