Chapter 122 Mr. Thirty-Four Balls(1/2)
In the end, the final score of this game was two to one!
Manchester City defeated Arsenal 2-1 away, Zhang Yang contributed two assists, Kompany and Ronaldo scored. The goal for Arsenal was Arshavin. Walcott made a cross after breaking through, Adebayo's header hit the post, and Arshavin scored a follow-up shot.
The Manchester City Evening News cheered Ronaldo again after the game. The media also began to report crazy about Ronaldo's "second spring" at Manchester City.
At this time, the happiest person is Cook, general manager of Manchester City. Ronaldo, who signed for the free transfer, was more due to the consideration of market development with the help of Ronaldo's influence. He did not expect that Ronaldo could make such a contribution to the team.
In this game, after receiving Zhang Yang's pass, Ronaldo's goal video of scoring after swaying past Sania on bicycles was also repeatedly broadcasted by major sports TV stations during prime time.
Ronaldo's No. 99 jersey at Manchester City has been on the rise in sales in recent days.
After this league round, Manchester City is still ranked fourth. For the Blue Moon, winning this round is an extremely important victory for them this season. Now, they have four points ahead of Arsenal in the fifth place! On the road to qualifying for the Champions League qualifiers, they are a very obvious pole position ahead of Arsenal.
The competition for the Premier League championship this season has also entered a white-hot stage.
Manchester City and Liverpool are still in the same position, and Manchester City is ranked first with their goal difference.
In the words of the Times, the Premier League has never been as fierce as this season in recent seasons. The competition for championships is so fierce and the competition for the Champions League is so fierce.
Why is it said that the competition for Champions League qualification is so fierce? Because Manchester City narrowed to two points after just one week.
In the 32nd round of the league, Manchester City was tied by Fulham at home!
This is also the first time that Manchester City has not conquered their opponent's goal in the game after scoring ten consecutive league goals.
In this game, Manchester Municipal Stadium was full, and Manchester City fans wanted to see Zhang Yang scored a goal to see if he could further approach the Premier League goal record. Unfortunately, Zhang Yang's performance in this game was rather average. This can even be said to be the worst game Zhang Yang performed after coming to Manchester City.
The English media also expressed a relatively consistent view after the game, that is, after nearly a season of hard work, Zhang Yang began to show fatigue. This is a very bad news for Manchester City, who is now entering the sprint stage.
"Zhang Yang is trapped in a goal drought, Manchester City has not scored, and Arsenal has already brought the gap to only two points left. Manchester City's dream of Champions League qualification is in danger of shattering..." - "Mirror"
There were only no goals in two games, and in one of them he also contributed two assists, but his performance in one game against Fulham was relatively bad. However, the English media have already begun to hype Zhang Yang's goal drought.
When the Times asked Zhang Yang about the question of "goal drought", Zhang Yang seemed disdainful of this question: If there were no goals in two games, it would be a goal drought? I am very happy, which shows that everyone knows that I am very good. As long as I don't score, it will be a big deal. Don't worry, goals will never be a problem for me.
Judging from what this said, it’s very arrogant.
After that, the Mirror began to criticize Zhang Yang's "arrogance". He firmly believed that Zhang Yang was in a goal drought and was in a dilemma, and this person was just stubborn.
However, as soon as they shouted out the words of sarcasm and criticism of Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang scored a goal here.
On April 19, in the 33rd round of the league, Manchester City won the game with West Bromwich at home. Manchester City won five to three at home! Zhang Yang scored twice in the game, Robinho and Modric also scored goals, and West Bromwich scored an own goal.
Zhang Yang's second goal score also shut up the media that were still hyping up his goal drought.
In this way, his goal count in the Premier League this season has reached 33 goals, only one goal away from Andy Cole and Alan Hiller's goal record of 34 goals in a single season!
This also excited the media and fans.
The media that had previously criticized Zhang Yang for his poor performance in the game against Fulham immediately changed their faces and gave Zhang Yang a lot of praise.
Manchester City fans were even more excited. They were all waiting for Zhang Yang to tie and even break the Premier League single-season goal record as soon as possible.
The Manchester City Evening News even regretfully stated that since Manchester City's next game is facing you Everton away, Manchester City fans cannot witness Zhang Yang tie the goal record at home, which is a big regret.
However, a week later, Manchester City defeated Everton 2-1 away, but Zhang Yang did not score. At the last moment of this game, the score was still one-to-one. Zhang Yang dribbled the ball into the penalty area. When he could shoot himself, Zhang Yang chose a more secure way. He passed the football across the road, and Elano, who followed up, easily scored the football into the empty goal.
No one expected that Zhang Yang would choose to pass the ball, because everyone was thinking that Zhang Yang must be particularly thinking about scoring a goal and tying the record, but Zhang Yang passed the ball, so that Everton's goalkeeper and the defender did not pay any attention to Elano who was inserted.
After the game, the media also asked Zhang Yang about this matter, and he answered, "At this time, it is the most important thing for the team to win. As for record-breaking, I am not in a hurry. There are still four rounds of the league."
Although Zhang Yang's words also revealed pride and arrogance, many media still gave Zhang Yang a high evaluation this time.
"Zhang Yang is becoming more and more like a qualified leader. He is now very mature and he is leading Manchester City on the right path." - BBC!
After this round of league, Manchester City still ranked first in the Premier League standings in the 2008/2009 season, their points were 74 points, while Liverpool's points were 72 points, ranking second, Chelsea ranked third with 67 points, Manchester City ranked fourth with 66 points, and the gap between Arsenal and Manchester City once again widened to four points, and their points were 62 points.
Here, we have to mention the team that was once the darkest horse in the Premier League this season - Aston Villa. Now, Aston Villa has 55 points, ranking sixth, and there is almost no hope of competing for the fourth place in the league. When the media talked about Aston Villa, they were also sighing. This team that once ranked third in the league was defeated by Manchester City 8-3. After that long game, Aston Villa failed to win the round, and their rankings fell all the way, from the third place in the league to the current sixth place in the league.
The Sun also joked that the most hated Aston Villa fans must be Zhang Yang, who scored seven goals in a single game in the long game against Aston Villa. This is a classic work of Zhang Yang's career, and it is also a nightmare in the hearts of Aston Villa fans.
On May 2, 2009, in the 35th round of the 2008/2009 Premier League season, Manchester City welcomed Blackburn at home.
This game has also become the focus of the media and fans' attention.
The reason why he has attracted attention is not because Blackburn's strength is enough to make this game a strong conversation, but because in this game, Zhang Yang only needs to score another goal to tie the Premier League goal record of 34 goals in a single season maintained by Andy Cole and Alan Hiller!
Manchester Municipal Stadium is full!
Manchester City fans want to witness the moment when Zhang Yang tied the record!
In the eyes of Manchester City fans, this glory belongs to Zhang Yang and also to them! Zhang Yang is the banner of Manchester City! Now, in the world, when people talk about Zhang Yang, people think of Manchester City. When they mention Manchester City, they must think of this Zhang Yang’s team!
However, even Manchester City fans did not expect that Zhang Yang's goal came so quickly and so wonderful!
The game ended in the sixth minute.
This was Nelson passing the ball to Tuguy. Tuguy dribbled the ball, and De Jong made a fierce tackle. Tuguy was also startled by the Dutchman's fierce look and jumped up quickly, but the football was kept by De Jong.
De Jong supported the ground with his left hand and quickly got up. He passed the ball to Wright Phillips, Wright Phillips, and drove the ball to more than ten meters. This immediately aroused the alert of Blackburn players. He came up to intercept him. After Wright Phillips saw that his sprint attracted Black's local defensive attention, he immediately transferred the football big foot to the feet of Elano who had already been in the high speed.
Manchester City's offensive pass after this interception was fast and decisive, and the overall running and contact were very orderly and timely, especially the propulsion speed was quite fast.
Before the game, Zhang Yang promised the whole team that if he could score a goal in this game and the whole team won the game, he would invite the whole team to have a big meal!
Asking the whole team to have a big meal as a reward, it is just a promotion effect. Now the whole team of Manchester City is united, and the whole team is sprinting like a tightened clockwork!
"Just like after calculation, Manchester City passed the football from the backcourt to the frontcourt with a few passes, and the counterattack was quite fast... It seems that they were well prepared for today's game."
Ellano dribbled the ball at high speed, and he dribbled the ball with great strides. When Peterson came up to intercept, he suddenly divided the football into the side.
"Sun Jihai is here! He received the pass."
This game is Sun Jihai's first start this season. More often this season, Sun Jihai plays as a substitute. Of course, this also fits the positioning of a veteran. Sun Jihai is very satisfied to be able to continue to stay in Manchester City and experience a fantastic season with this team he has played for many years.
Richards was injured in training, so Sun Jihai was able to start in today's game.
"Pay attention to his cross!" Blackburn goalkeeper Robinson shouted loudly. Seeing Sun Jihai suddenly assisted, he immediately became alert. Manchester City's counterattack was very sharp, and even Sun Jihai was overwhelmed at the beginning. Manchester City's offense today was very strong.
At this moment, Robinho and Zhang Yang had already rushed to the penalty area and were ready to attack.
Robinson dared not be careless and reminded everyone to be vigilant.
Sun Jihai stopped urgently, pulled the ball back, held Andrews with his body, and then passed the ball to Wright Phillips who came to pick up the ball. The latter did not stop the ball and passed the ball immediately.
Wright Phillips did not pass the ball to Zhang Yang and Robinho who were circling in the middle, but passed the ball to Modric who ran over to pick up the ball.
"Be careful of their two-way and one-way cooperation!" Aston Villa midfielder Villanueva shouted loudly when making up for defense. He thought Wright Phillips wanted to play with Modric and make a fuss on the wing. After all, Wright Phillips cut in and shot after dribbling the ball on the wing. This is the specialty of this English player, so Blackburn couldn't help but ignore it.
Blackburn players immediately rushed up to block the attack, preventing Wright Phillips and Modric from playing out the wing attack.
Blackburn's left-back Vanoke was not slow to react, and he immediately followed Modric.
At the same time, Samba, who returned to defense, also went up to guard Sun Jihai.
"Manchester City's counterattack was curbed, and Blackburn returned to defense in time. Manchester City's offense quickly fell into a deadlock. Blackburn, who had returned to defense, had a very stable defense." Blackburn's commentator said, "It's a good job! This time, they completed the defensive mission well."
However, football is still at Modric's feet and Manchester City is still in control of the ball. This does not mean that Manchester City's offense has ended here.
Ellano came to pick him up and he reached out to ask for the ball.
"Look at him!" Nelson shouted loudly in the penalty area. When he saw Ellano's move to ask for the ball, Andrews immediately went up and stuck to Ellano.
At this time, Manchester City captain Richard Dunn also assisted at some point, and he ran over. Modric immediately saw him in the cracks and immediately passed the ball to Dunn who came to pick up the ball.
Dunn was about to shoot from a long shot with his feet. Vanoke was startled and quickly abandoned Modric and came to block Dunn's shot. Dunn was the defender. Although his shot was not very good, there were many people in the penalty area now. If someone hits someone, it would be dangerous. Moreover, you can't rule out that if Dunn's character explodes, it will be a super world wave.
Dunn is naturally very clear about his shot. He had no intention of shooting himself. When he saw Vanoke being fooled, he immediately dunked the football back and kicked the football back to Modric. Now, Vanoke has been moved by him, and there is no one around Modric's side to defend.
Modric did not stop the ball, he passed the ball to Wright Phillips. The latter also did not stop the ball, and he passed the ball. However, Wright Phillips's pass destination was not in the penalty area, but outside the penalty area!
"Zhang——Yang!!"
“WWOWOWOWOOOOOOOW—ZHANG!”
The commentator yelled.
Zhang Yang, who was supposed to be in Blackburn's penalty area, now appears outside Blackburn's penalty area. He looks like he is about thirty meters away from the goal.
"Zhang-when did he appear there-beside him-"
The commentator said the most important thing about the problem. Zhang Yang, who appeared outside the penalty area, now there is no one around Zhang Yang defending!
After Zhang Yang received the ball from Wright Phillips, he moved forward.
Blackburn's defensive players were shocked. They knew that this was the rhythm of long-range shooting, put the football in front of them, adjust the step point, and then shoot a long-range shot!
Villanueva was closest to Zhang Yang. He shouted at his teammates and asked them to make up for the space he left after he left, and hurriedly met him alone.
Vilannovia naturally knew Zhang Yang's power, and he didn't dare to be careless. Vilannovia was quite fierce, so he immediately shoveled down and rushed directly to Zhang Yang's legs to shovel fiercely.
Zhang Yang had just adjusted his step point and was about to swing his foot to shoot, and he saw Vilanueva's flying tackle coming!
If he is an ordinary striker, he may be in a hurry at this time, and at least he will not continue to complete the shooting action. However, Zhang Yang is different. At this time, he chose to believe in his feelings. He felt that his steps were adjusted well and his shooting was very touching!
This ball may have a chance!
Therefore, Zhang Yang did not avoid Vilanueva's flying shovel, but directly swung his right foot and shot with a shot against the football!
We have to admire the structure of the human body and its potential!
Although Zhang Yang did not avoid Vilanuwa's flying shovel, it was precisely because he did not avoid Vilanuwa's flying shovel that made him nervous. When facing tension and danger, he could burst out with huge potential. This is a natural reaction to the human body's body's functions!
Therefore, Zhang Yang's shot was unprecedentedly powerful!
To be continued...