strictlysupreme Chapter 550 I Can't Eat Hot Tofu
Chapter 550 I Can't Eat Hot Tofu
Chapter 550 I Can't Eat Hot Tofu
While Lahm, Li Qiao, and Mueller were chatting and laughing, another person beside him couldn't laugh. That person was "Douglas Costa".
In just a few months, the Brazilian's demeanor has been robbed by Li Qiao. Looking back a year ago, he was the best player of the month in the Bundesliga, and was praised by Guardiola as one of the top five European wingers in the future. But now?He is just an ordinary member of Bayern Munich.
But this cannot be blamed on Costa. As a member of the Brazilian team, he participated in the "Centennial America's Cup" held in the United States. He didn't get a good rest all summer and even pulled a muscle in the semi-final against Uruguay. This is why he has not had the magical performance of last year so far this season.
I remember that before moving to Bayern, his agent described to him that Ribery and Robben are old, and the core of Bayern will be him in the future. But just a week ago, he complained to his agent: "Does anyone still care about me at Bayern now"?
But complaints are complaints. As a professional player, Costa understands that this industry still relies on strength, and everything else is nonsense, so he deliberately walked towards Vidal when he was off the field.
"Can the pass to me be bigger"?Costa said.
Vidal looked at Costa who was full of eagerness, "No matter how big he is, he will be out of bounds"!
"Don't you understand my speed?"
Vidal paused in his heart and thought: "If it was Costa in his heyday, that would be no problem, but now"?
"Don't work too hard, be careful of getting hurt," Vidal said earnestly.
Costa stopped in front of Vidal, "I am a child from the slums and played street football since I was a child. Do you think I am so fragile?"
Vidal tilted his mouth in joy, and turned his head and nuzzled his mouth at Li Qiao, "Are you trying to compete with Li Qiao?"
"No... yes", Costa was embarrassed, but the expression on his face betrayed him, and Vidal no longer provoked him.
"Look at the timing, I don't pass the ball for anyone, I only pass the ball when I need to pass",
Costa nodded, he patted Vidal on the shoulder, then turned his head and disappeared in front of Vidal, leaving only Vidal there.
The Chilean is thoughtful. He has experienced many battles and knows that the most dangerous mentality of the players is Costa's current mentality-anxiety.
*****
Fifteen minutes later, the players ran out of the player tunnel one after another. The British pop music was still playing. Anyone who has watched the opening ceremony of the London Olympics will still remember it. The British almost turned the opening ceremony into a concert. The reason is that in the UK, pop music is an important business card for them.
"La la la la," Rafinha hummed.
Rafinha and Neuer are in the band together, so Brazilians also like pop music very much.
Neuer came out after Rafinha, and Rafinha was exactly at the height of Neuer's shoulders. The two were good friends, and they often hung shoulder to shoulder. They looked like a couple from a distance. No, after Muller saw it, he teased: "Love, Manuel, is this your new girlfriend?"
Rafinha made a hand knife and pretended to slash at Muller, and Muller also cooperated very well, with a sound of "ah", as if he was seriously injured.
At this time Li Qiao came out, and he chuckled, "You guys should really go to Hollywood, you are wasting talent in Munich."
The four laughed.
*****
At the beginning of the second half, it was Bayern who kicked off the ball. Now the Bayern players have fully recognized Li Qiao, so the ball quickly came to Li Qiao's feet.
With Lahm's support, Fernandinho and Yaya Toure didn't dare to put all their eggs in one basket to mark Li Qiao. Instead, they gave Li Qiao a certain amount of room to move. People like Li Qiao can play tricks with just a little space.
Li Qiao ran towards "Fernandinho" with the ball, wanting to single out. Fernandinho took a half-squat position, lowered his center of gravity, and at the same time spread his hands to expand his defensive area as much as possible. Li Qiao looked at the crotch of "Fernandinho", there was an obvious defensive gap.
So when Li Qiao was about to get close to "Fernandinho", he flicked the ball, how about Fernandinho?Will he be surprised?
The answer is no! !
Before the game, Guardiola let the defensive players watch the highlights of Li Qiao's passing. He noticed that Li Qiao liked to pass through the crotch, so he had already guarded against Li Qiao's move. When Li Qiao flicked the ball, Fernandinho stretched out his foot to steal the ball.
But the reason why Li Qiao is Li Qiao is that he can never play cards according to the routine. When the ball was about 30 centimeters out, Li Qiao suddenly stepped on the ball and pulled it back. As a result, Fernandinho was stunned.
Then there was a burst of exclamation at the scene, even the fans on the blue stand stood up and applauded unconsciously, "What a beautiful Marseille turn!" !
After the applause, Li Qiao passed the ball to Lahm, leaving only the stunned "Fernandinho" standing there.
Marseille needs an excellent sense of the ball to turn around, and there are very few people in the world who can do it, and Li Qiao just passed the Brazilian international, how beautiful it is.
In fact, Li Qiao is also a stroke of genius. If it was in the early part of the first half, when he was upset, he would definitely not be able to make such a chic move. But now that the score is 1 to 1, he also laughed at the resistance he encountered. When he was happy, he did such a beautiful move! !
*****
Costa watched coldly. He did a "rainbow dribble" against Leverkusen last season. What a sight he was at that time. "Bild", "Kicker", "Munich Daily", the whole of Germany praised him, but now?
People are more annoying than others, Li Qiao has a national team coach who understands him, and Deng Jia of the Brazilian national team does not understand Costa, he will only let Costa run around, regardless of whether he will perform badly in the club or not.
Thinking of this, Costa became ruthless. He must fight for every ball, run for every ball, and grab every ball. It was his efforts that finally made Vidal a little embarrassed. The Chilean decided to create some opportunities for the right.
Guardiola stopped sitting on the bench after the start of the second half. He waved again and again and asked the players to press forward. With a score of 1 to 1, Bayern was not in a hurry, but Manchester City was in a hurry. They had to score three points at home, otherwise...the consequences were unknown.
Manchester City's most fierce frontcourt grabbers are "Ishinacho", "Yaya Toure", and "Aguero". Pedro and De Bruyne basically do not participate in grabbing the ball, they are responsible for organizing the offense.
"Iheanacho" and "Aguero" forced Rhodes. This move was very ruthless. The place where Rhodes took the ball was Bayern's "waist eye". Losing the ball in this position would kill the defender. Rhodes also knew that he turned around and passed Boateng back.
Boateng gave Rafinha a nudge, and the latter was surrounded by "Ishinacho" and "Aguero".
This time it's troublesome. Rafinha is a right back close to the sideline, and he is easy to be dumped.
Now Rafinha's only option is to kick the ball over the touchline, which is what Rafinha ended up doing.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the ball went out of bounds, the quick-sighted "Ishinacho" picked up the ball and quickly sent it away. He looked at "Pedro" who was at the top, and a grenade popped out of his hand, which was aimed at Pedro.
At this moment, it seems that Pedro is in an offside position, but we know that there is no such thing as offside, so as long as Pedro takes the ball, it is single-handedly. This is the negligence of Bayern's defense.
But fortunately, Bayern's goalkeeper is different. Neuer is a goalkeeper who doesn't like to stay in the goal. He rushed a few steps, and before Pedro took the ball, the header destroyed the "Iheanacho" throw. The ball fell to the feet of midfielder Vidal.
The current situation is very clear, it is an excellent opportunity to counterattack, Vidal glanced at it, Li Qiao and Costa started at the same time, and Vidal chose Costa, he did not know that his choice harmed the latter.
The opportunity to counterattack was great. Costa started very hard. He was already thinking about how to celebrate after scoring a goal, but soon he found that his thigh was not in control. No matter how hard he tried, the speed just couldn’t be increased, but slowed down. Finally, Costa fell to the ground. Only then did he realize that he had strained his thigh.
Costa cried. He covered his face and wept, not because of pain, but because of grievances, feeling that his life was too short.
Bayern and Manchester City players waved at the referee at the same time, the referee stopped the game, and the Bayern team doctor entered the field.
Soon, Wolfart gestured at Summer - Substitution.
Sammer called Thiago to get up and prepare to play. When Costa was lying on a stretcher, the audience gave a blessing applause. The camera captured Costa's face full of tears, which made the fans very worried.
The players on the Bayern field ran over to pat Costa, especially Vidal. He looked guilty. He knew that he should not have passed the ball to Costa. If he had chosen Li Qiao just now, then maybe everyone was celebrating the goal instead of seeing Costa off.
Costa forced a smile at this moment, he looked at Li Qiao, stretched out his hand, Li Qiao touched his fist with him.
"Joe, I'll see you next",
Li Qiaozheng nodded emphatically.
After a quick warm-up, Thiago came on as a substitute for Costa, and the positions of Bayern's players were also adjusted. Thiago served as the attacking midfielder, while Muller went to the right avant-garde.
After Thiago came on the field, he glanced at Guardiola, the man who was like his father, the man who followed wherever he went. Thiago knew that sooner or later he was going to Manchester City to join Guardiola, and the best gift to join Manchester City is to beat Manchester City first. The strong like heroes.
So Thiago worked very hard after playing, which was beyond Sammer's expectations. He thought Thiago would feel weird when facing Guardiola, but it didn't seem to be the case. Instead, he worked harder than in the league.
"Knowing that, I'll start this guy," Summer thought.
(End of this chapter)