Vol 4 Chapter 974: This time the scenery is different

It's the end of the year again, the League Cup quarter-finals, the King Power Stadium, Leicester City, and Zhuo Yang on the bench of the visiting team.
If you fell asleep in the stands at King Power a year ago and woke up today, you would have thought that the game wasn't over and you only slept for five minutes.
Last year was also at this time, in the League Cup quarter-final between Manchester City and Leicester City, the B seat scored to give Manchester City a 1-0 lead in the 96th minute.
Zhuo Yang was suffocated by a soak of urine and went to the locker room, and the game changed after he came out. In the 90th+7th, Vardy made a penalty kick, 1:1.
Later, in 117 minutes, Zhuo Yang came on stage, and Manchester City blocked Leicester City 3-0 with penalty kicks. (See Chapter 594. Leicester City takes a piss)
However, it is still a bit different. For example, Spanish central defender Eric Garcia, who is 20 days away from turning 18, made his debut for Manchester City's first team, and he was still a starter.
Garcia came to Manchester City from Barcelona last summer. The transfer fee was 1.8 million, and Guardiola personally placed the bait. I played in the U18 echelon league for one season last year, and signed up for the first team this season.
As a central defender, Garcia's physical fitness is average, 183 cm and 78 kg, it is difficult to be considered strong. However, Barcelona's tradition of central defenders has never pursued the ultimate physical quality. Ball play, positional sense, and pre-judgment are always their core demands.
Garcia is someone who uses his brain to play football. Zhuo Yang has observed his games, and he does not feel like he is 18 years old, but a 28-year-old person, calm and steady.
Barcelona didn't give up Garcia. At that time, Puyol was his agent. For Garcia's transfer, Guardiola, Puyol and Bartomeu were still in conflict. My aunt didn't speak for more than half a year.
Garcia in 2001, Foden in 2000, Dias in 1999, Muric in 1998, Zinchenko in 1996. There are also Felix Nmecha in 2000 and Philip in 1997 on the bench. Manchester City's youthful rippling today makes Zhuo Yang in 1985, who is wrapped like a bear on the bench, like a dead bone in the mound. .
In the 14th minute, Otamendi passed the ball. After Gundogan's juggling adjustment, he suddenly volleyed from the left side of the big penalty area line. The football stuck to the ground line very tricky and went straight into the near corner, Manchester City 1:0.
Today, the Leicester City goalkeeper did not play Jr. Schmeichel, but 26-year-old Welshman Danny Ward, which shows that the home team also played a lot of substitutes today.
Although not as rippling as Manchester City, the striker Ishinacho, the midfielder Wilfred Ndidi, the winger DeMarre Gray, and the central defender Kaglar Seinju are also born in 1996. Very eye-catching.
In addition, Hazam Chowdhury, a midfielder born in 1997, also started, and the youth of Leicester City is also on fire.
Although neither Vardy nor Mahrez played, or even entered the squad, the Japanese veteran Shinji Okazaki is still sitting on the bench, and his chances at Leicester are getting fewer and fewer.
Okazaki-kun is also a marginal substitute in the World Cup squad in the summer. It is seriously doubtful whether he can go to Qatar to play the Asian Cup in a few days.
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Zhuo Yang was not in the starting list, allowing the media to scold Guardiola for being unworthy.
The 25 caps stopped, the Premier League 15 caps ended at Chelsea at the same time, and the Champions League 5 caps stopped at Huo Cun. The media and fans were nostalgic for the Mad Hatter even more than Zhuo Yang himself. The League Cup 2 caps became their last spiritual sustenance.
But the Guardiola is really puzzled, the reporters had to curse him to always get the broken umbrella, rainy days, rainy days, sunny days.
It rains a lot in the UK, but the British don't have the habit of holding umbrellas. People in suits and leather shoes go out in the car, while others put their hoods on their heads, no matter how rainy they are.
On the streets of the United Kingdom, people who see umbrellas in the rain are basically foreigners like Zhuo Yang and Guardiola who have not been here for a long time.
There was no rain today at King Power Stadium, and the clouds looked very high. Zhuo Yang on the bench was so busy that he couldn't even look at the stars.
Substitute versus substitute, Manchester City still has the advantage on the pitch, with the ball possession rate reaching a terrifying 71% at one point, but Jesus, Sane and Dias in front did not seize the opportunity very well, and the score was always 1:0, Leicester City three midfielders and central defender Maguire played well.
Speaking of which, Shunliu is only 97 years old, Sane is 96 years old, and even the older Stones is only 94 years old.
Lao Gua likes to work things out, especially in the midfield. Today, he put the stone on the lower back position in a whimsical way to match with Teacher Jing and Foden.
Not to mention, the stone kicked like a dog, and he might be Fei Bird's successor in the future.
In the 70th minute, French coach Claude Pierre did not move the young players on the field, but replaced the 31-year-old Spanish midfielder Ivora with winger Albrighton.
The 29-year-old Albrighton was at Aston Villa back then, and Delph was also known as the midfielder's twin stars. He still had two brushes on the wing.
In the 81st minute, Nigeria's midfielder Ndidi suddenly sent a top pass. Eric Garcia was a little hesitant to make offside, but Albrighton seized the opportunity to successfully counter offside and volleyed the ball in the penalty area. Broke Muriqi's door, 1:1.
Can Zhuo Yang get up?
superior!
This year's League Cup has changed again. Before the semi-finals, there is still a game to decide the outcome, but the 90-minute draw will not be played in extra time, and it will go directly to a penalty shootout.
In the 85th minute, after a short warm-up, Zhuo Yang replaced Sane. Fox City fans and Coach Pierre despised Guardiola for shamelessness.
Last year at this time and place, Zhuo Yang barely touched the ball after coming off the bench in 117 minutes. Then, in the penalty shootout, Manchester City hit three of three free throws and Leicester City missed three of three free throws. Fox, Vardy, and Mahrez were heartbroken. .
It's another way to hang up before mutual penalty kicks. Guardiola is not a man, Zhuo Yang... a beast!
The 22-year-old Turkish central defender Calar Seinju is not a rookie. He has played well in Freiburg in the Bundesliga in the past few seasons. After moving to Fox City for £19 million this summer, he gradually replaced veteran Morgan as Maguire's. main partner.
Mahrez and Maguire will definitely not be able to stay in the future, and Leicester City's successors for them are DeMarre Gray and Seinju.
In the 89th minute, Zhuo Yang made a horizontal cut outside the penalty area, and Maguire followed him closely on the inside.
Se Yinju was a little nervous. He should have kept a certain distance from Maguire, but because Zhuo Yang was pretending to slip into the penalty area, he came over regardless.
As a result, Zhuo Yang speeded up, Seinju and Maguire squeezed together, and Foden's cross actually happened to come.
The ball was average, and the knee was half-high. Zhuo Yang leaned forward to meet him. Se Yinju, who had just stepped on the brakes, hurriedly turned around and threw himself out to block the eye.
Zhuo Yang conceded the ball and threw him on the ground, then turned and fell to the ground to chase the ball and shoot. The football pierced the goal straight from the gap in front of Maguire's eyes.
2:1, Leicester City: "…"
It's over, not even a penalty shootout. Strange to say, the Leicester City players and coach Pierre felt not annoyed but relieved that the ball was conceded at the buzzer.
The young man relaxes, on both sides. However, Manchester City is in a relaxed mood, and Leicester City is in action.
In the 90th+1st, Ndidi was pressed jointly by and Teacher Jing. He couldn't get the ball and turned around to find Gray.
The intention of the two to send and receive is too obvious, and the speed and angle of the ball are handled very casually. After being stared at by the ruthless old man Zhuo Yang, they are directly broken.
There was a bunch of people hanging on the waistline of the penalty area, making Foden eat a fragrant empty door cake.
3:1, five minutes to finish the game, what bike do you need? Last year, mutual penalties were given to you, so don't know what to do.
Manchester City into the League Cup semi-finals. After returning to Manchester City, after a day's rest, the whole team set off for the United Arab Emirates. The Club World Cup is the final honor of 2018.