Coach, I want to play football!

Chapter 646 Yaya Toure who steals the chicken but loses the rice

When Ye Qi cannot open up the situation in the middle, he occasionally likes to go to the side to provide support.Mainly to support teammates on the wing.

But his tactical position is that of a big center, so generally speaking, his main task is to be at the forefront of the middle.Firstly, he is responsible for suppressing the opponent's central defender, and secondly, he is also responsible for serving as a fulcrum.

There is no harm in doing this kind of thing occasionally, but if the team loses, you will definitely be criticized as a center.

Of course, this kind of thing is a matter of benevolence and wisdom.If you perform well, the big center will be "smart", "flexible" and "not constrained by conventional tactics" when playing wide.

But if you don't behave well, then prepare a pot.

However, this is still a slight initiative from the head coach to arrange for him to be more active on the wing, which is equivalent to... being ordered to play on the wing?

Ranieri nodded: "Mainly on the left side, with Riyad (Mahrez) on the right side. Mark (Albrighton) on the left side has a lot of defensive tasks, so he won't go too far. You have a chance. You can lean over to this side and try to coordinate with Christian (Fox) on this side.”

Ye Qi wiped his sweat with a towel and nodded to show that he understood.

But... you are asking me to pull aside!

Ranieri had some ideas when he asked Ye Qi to pull out, because the big center suddenly pulling out might catch his opponent off guard.

At that time, whether it is Ye Qi himself opening opportunities on the wing, or pulling away the opponent's center defense to help Vardy or even Mahrez cutting in on the other side to create opportunities.

The key is that you are playing defensive counterattack, and you only have a chance when you counterattack. At the same time, you are currently in the lead, and you have the cost of trial and error.

The team doctor left the field soon. Morgan's problem wasn't big, but the blow just now really hurt, but after the pain passed, it wasn't a big problem.

"Fortunately, Morgan is fine, otherwise Leicester City would have to worry about the central defender position." Zhan Jun said.

Zhang Hehe: "Yes, Vasilevskiy is basically out for the season, and Benanu is on loan. Now the only ones who can play are Morgan, Huth and newcomer Amartey. The three of them play two positions. With more than a dozen games, the task is indeed a bit heavy.”

"If Morgan is injured again at this time, it will be a big problem."

If this happens, it is estimated that Drinkwater or Matt James will play as a central defender.

Soon, the game continued.

Manchester City still continued to test Leicester City's backcourt with a high-pressure offensive posture. Fortunately, although the key Kante was absent today, Inler and Drinkwater did not miss the mark.

No. 208 minutes, Leicester City got a chance to counterattack.

Mahrez's breakthrough on the right side connected the two Manchester City players, and then passed the ball to Ye Qi who was on the left side of the ribs.

Ye Qi got the ball when no one was watching in the ribs, which frightened Manchester City's defense.

Sagna, who is closest to the wing, is chasing back, and the attacker who just attacked was too forward.But when chasing, he didn't dare to go directly to Ye Qi, because Fox was pressing up.

If he goes to trouble Ye Qi in the ribs, Ye Qi is very likely to send the ball to the back of this side, and then Fox will drive straight in to dribble the ball and even enter the penalty area!

As a full-back, Sagna was too familiar with this style of play, so he could only point to the wing to his teammates, indicating that he could not be distracted.

Kompany immediately pulled out Ye Qi, who was running to get the ball. Yaya Toure, who was returning to defense, saw Kompany and Fernando double-teaming Ye Qi back and forth, so he did not go up. Instead, he retreated straight back to the center back position to fill Kompany's position.

But when returning to defense, I noticed from the corner of my eye that Mahrez on the other side had inserted himself in from the other side's ribs at some point, so he simply moved towards Mahrez's position.

Ye Qi took the ball from the left and strode forward, then dribbled the ball inside to break through!

"Ye Qi... dribbles the ball by himself, this is an opportunity!"

Vardy is running forward in the middle, and he draws Otamendi's attention.

Facing Kompany coming up, Ye Qi made a fake move to break through from the outside. When Kompany was fooled and focused his defense on the outside, he suddenly dunked over and then made a long diagonal pass to find the exception side. Mahrez.

"Ye Qi...pass the ball! Once again, the two ribs are connected, Mahrez..."

Ye Qi's pass was not passed well. After all, he was not a passer himself.Although he has made up for his shortcomings in passing and receiving, compared to top players such as David Silva and De Bruyne, his passing is still... lacks fire.

If Ye Qi's pass is passed well, Mahrez will be able to cut inside and enter the penalty area with the ball.

But the pass was a little big and went to the outside.In this way, Mahrez has to go around the outside to find the ball, not to stop the ball, but to chase the ball...

Although the ball was caught, it was further away from the penalty area, and it also allowed Yaya Toure to catch up.

"Ye Qi's ball... was passed too far, but Mahrez still caught it. Look at this counterattack opportunity, how to deal with it?"

Mahrez got the ball, and after adjusting, he immediately cut inside and dribbled the ball laterally!

His purpose is simple, to dribble the ball and cut inside into the penalty area.After all, Vardy is in the middle at this time, and Ye Qi is also leaning towards the middle.

If he cuts inside with the ball, he will have a great chance of shooting or passing it to Ye Qi or Vardy.

Obviously, the experienced Yaya Toure has understood it, and without saying a word, he made a tackle that fell to the ground.

As for whether he can tackle the ball, he doesn't care. What he has to do now is to destroy Leicester City's counterattack. Otherwise, when Mahrez really brings the ball into the penalty area, he will probably be in big trouble.

The ball was not tackled and Mahrez was directly hit by Yaya Toure!

"Foul! Yaya Toure fouled. This is a tactical foul! But the action was a bit big. It should be a card, right?"

Mahrez rolled on the ground twice to relieve himself, and before he could react, he heard the referee blow the whistle.

The referee on duty immediately appeared at the scene of the incident and showed a yellow card to Yaya Toure who was still lying on the ground.

But at this time, Yaya Toure had no intention of worrying about this card. Instead, he lay on the ground with a complexion and covered his inner thigh in pain.

When the referee saw that something was wrong, he immediately called the Manchester City team doctor to quickly enter the field.

"Yaya Toure is really smart now. He knows that if Mahrez dribbles the ball into the penalty area, then the opponent's three strikers are all in the penalty area, and only Otamendi and Kompany are in the penalty area. As well as being a few positions behind when returning to defense, this is definitely dangerous.”

"So it was a tactical foul in advance, but...it seems like you pulled your thigh muscle while making a tackle?"

"You have to be careful. You must know that he is injured. This game will more or less be played with injuries."

Zhang Hehe shook his head: "Don't steal the chicken but lose the rice!"