Super Marshal

November 7, 2009, afternoon, Manchester City Stadium.

When the game reached the 65th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo received Sanchez's pass from the right and scored his third goal of the game. It was also his first goal in the past three games. When the ball was played, the entire city stadium was completely fried.

All the Manchester City fans were chanting Cristiano Ronaldo's name in unison.

Previously, two goal droughts, coupled with Manchester City's weak offense, made the Portuguese feel more pressure. Even in this game, the zero-to-zero score in the first half still made people slightly worried, fearing that the team would still perform better. Not good.

Unexpectedly, in the second half, after changing sides and fighting again, Manchester City ushered in a big explosion after attacking at the beginning.

Sanchez's performance on the right was as active as ever. With the help of Gao Han's attack card, he almost turned Burnley's left into a sieve. First, he received an assist from Benzema in the 48th minute, giving the team the first start. record, and then in the 54th minute, he broke through from the right and assisted Benzema in scoring.

Just ten minutes later, Sanchez forced a breakthrough from the right and passed a low pass to the left side of the goal. Cristiano Ronaldo rushed over and sent the ball into the goal, making the score 3-0.

Manchester City reversed the decline in the first half and showed a very lively performance in the second half.

The atmosphere in the entire city stadium became extremely warm.

And just when all the fans were immersed in the team's overwhelming atmosphere on the court, the live TV camera suddenly turned to the sidelines again, and saw that he was once again included in the squad for this game and was sitting on the bench. Brazilian superstar Kaká is warming up on the sidelines.

In fact, he was warming up all game long.

It is already November, the weather is cold, and the substitute players need to constantly warm up to keep their bodies warm.

During the halftime break, Kaká, like all substitute players, stayed on the court to warm up. In the second half, he kept leaving the bench and ran to the sidelines to warm up alone.

Manchester City fans have been waiting for Kaka. It has been four months since he joined in July. They have been waiting for Kaka's comeback all the time. Especially in these two games, he has entered the squad and may be available at any time. Will appear.

It's already 3-0 on the court, should Kaka play at this time?

"Kaka!"

Inside the stadium, a shout came from the fans from an unknown stand.

Through the live broadcast footage, you can clearly see that after hearing the sound, Kaka raised his head and looked at the stands, grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth, and smiled innocently. He was still so kind and sunny.

He is still the handsome young man.

"Kaka!! Kaka!!!"

More and more fans were shouting Kaka's name spontaneously. It was a little chaotic at first, but it soon became organized. Everyone was calling Kaka in unison, and everyone's enthusiasm was wiped out at that moment. Totally lit.

"There were voices from Manchester City fans calling for Kaká to play. We saw the whole stadium shouting for Kaká."

"Manchester City fans have not forgotten Kaka. He has been recovering from his injury for four months after joining the team, but Manchester City fans have been silently waiting for his comeback."

"But the power to decide whether Kaka can play does not lie with the fans, nor with Kaka, but in the hands of head coach Gao Han."

"As early as the last round, Kaka was included in the squad, but Gao Han explained after the game that the reason why Kaka was not scheduled to play was that Birmingham's playing style made him a little worried, and he was afraid that Kaka would be injured again, so in the end he Someone else was chosen.”

"But in this game, Manchester City is already sure of winning, and it's a home game. Gao Han should probably consider..."

"Hey, we saw Gao Han waving from the sidelines."

All the fans in the entire city stadium had their eyes fixed on the home team's coaching bench. As soon as they saw Gao Han waving towards Kaká, cheers like a tide swept the entire stadium in an instant.

All Manchester City fans cheered from the bottom of their hearts because their voices were heard by Gao Han.

Gao Han called Kaka to his side, leaned close to his ear, and reminded him loudly, "I don't need you to work harder, and I don't need you to go all out. I just need you to protect yourself, get familiar with the rhythm of the game, and understand me." What do you mean?"

"I understand, don't worry, boss."

"Go ahead."

When Kaka quickly took off his jacket, adjusted his shorts, and walked to the sidelines, the entire city stadium erupted again.

All the fans in the audience were shouting Kaka's name in unison.

The time was fixed at the 71st minute. Taking advantage of a dead ball, Manchester City made a substitution.

Midfielder Kaká replaced defender Zabaleta and Manchester City adjusted its lineup.

The entire City Stadium was bathed in the cheers of tens of thousands of fans, including players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema, who quickly walked to the sidelines and hugged Kaká to celebrate his return to the game.

After four months of absence, Kaka finally made his debut.

From the sounds captured by the live broadcast camera, more teammates were reminding Kaka to be careful.

"This Manchester City team is finally together."

"Judging from the lineup on the field, there is no doubt that the direct line of Gao Han is the central axis. Cristiano Ronaldo is in the frontcourt, Kaká is in the midfield, and David Silva and Modry are in the center. Odd, Xavi Alonso is at the back, and Cech is at goalkeeper. They are both Gao Han’s direct favorites, and many of them are from Atletico Madrid.”

"This is really exciting. We definitely have reason to expect that after Kaká returns, Gao Han's team can bring more surprises to people."

"Of course, this game is only Kaka's first comeback. He has been injured for four months. We can't ask him to have an eye-catching performance in the first game, especially since he has just joined Manchester City."

Facts have also proved that Kaka's debut did not bring many surprises to people.

Just after the surgery, Kaká behaved more cautiously when he came on the field. He handled the ball quickly and played it safe, while also trying to avoid physical contact with the opponent's defensive players.

But one obvious change is that Manchester City has a fixed contact point at the front of the penalty area. From the midfield to the frontcourt, one link after another, the entire midfield and frontcourt are activated.

Especially during an attack, Benzema in the middle suddenly rushed to the left side of the penalty area and raised his hand to ask for the ball, pulling away Burnley's central defender. Kaká quickly moved forward and took away the front edge of the penalty area. defensive players.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who had been ambushing on the left, cut in from the left to the center. After receiving a pass from David Silva, he volleyed from the outside of the penalty area without any defense. Hit the crossbar.

Although they failed to score, Manchester City's cooperation this time was still very exciting.

The understanding between Benzema, Sanchez, Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo is eye-catching.

Gao Han looked at the scene and nodded.

It is now difficult for Kaka to maintain the lightning-fast dribbling breakthroughs of previous years. He needs to slow down, but slowing down does not mean that he is no threat. He should make himself smarter and more comprehensive.

In fact, Gao Han has always felt that AC Milan's use of Kaka was a bit biased.

There is no doubt that Kaka's characteristics of dribbling the ball at high speed in the middle have been maximized under AC Milan's tactical system, but his advantages in other aspects have not been fully exploited, which makes Kaka look a bit like It's a fresh move.

But as the person who brought Kaka to European football, Gao Han knows better than anyone else that Kaka can develop more comprehensively.

And now, he is back after a long absence.

Long time no see, Kaka!

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Kaká appeared on the stage for 20 minutes and immediately became the focus of major media and newspapers around the world the next day.

In contrast, Manchester City's 3-0 win over Burnley was taken for granted.

In the 20 minutes of his debut, Kaká played very smoothly, without making any mistakes, and his passing success rate was 100%, but they were all very smooth transition balls, without threatening passes, and he ran very actively. , a large range of activities.

It should be said that this is his first game back in the league after an absence of four months. This is a satisfactory report card.

But there are two things that left a deep impression on people in the game. One is the time when Kaka and Benzema separated the defenders to create a scoring opportunity for Cristiano Ronaldo, and the other is when Kaka was beaten by the opponent. The defensive player fell to the ground due to violation.

At that time, the entire Manchester City team rushed forward from top to bottom. Captain Xabi Alonso was the first to put pressure on the referee, believing that the opponent's foul was intentional and should be severely punished. The referee also gave A yellow card warning was issued.

It later turned out that Kaka was not seriously injured and was just a false alarm.

However, judging from the spontaneous reactions of Manchester City players this time, everyone believes that the unprecedented unity in the Manchester City locker room, especially Gao Han's direct descendants, has become an indispensable force in the Manchester City locker room.

The highlight of this round of the Premier League was Arsenal's 4-1 away win over Wolves, Liverpool's 2-2 home draw with Birmingham City, and Chelsea's 1-0 win over Manchester United thanks to John Terry's corner kick.

After this round, Manchester City led the way with 36 points, Chelsea got 33 points, Arsenal got 28 points, Manchester United got 22 points, and Tottenham Hotspur also got 22 points. .

As for Liverpool, they only scored 19 points, falling to seventh in the league.

It can be said that Liverpool's weaknesses and shortcomings have been exposed so far in the league.

After the twelfth round of the league, the European League was suspended again, ushering in two weeks of national team match days. After the high cold, Dunga did not recruit Kaka in this national team training session, which made Kaka unable to play. Better training in two weeks.

Two weeks later, in the thirteenth round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged Liverpool away.

Due to the upcoming decisive battle of the Champions League group stage in the middle of the week, and also affected by the national team competition, Benitez rotated the lineup, while Gao Han targeted Liverpool's weaknesses, and finally won 2-1 away from home. Liverpool.

Kaka still came on the bench in the 70th minute with the team leading 2-0, and his performance was still satisfactory.

In this round, Chelsea defeated Wolves, Manchester United defeated Everton 3-0, and only Arsenal lost 0-1 away to Sunderland.

A week later, in the fourteenth round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced Hull City at home.

Before the end of the first half, Blue Moon took a 1-0 lead thanks to Sanchez's goal.

After changing sides in the second half, Hull City still performed very tenaciously and held on to Manchester City's attack.

Kaka came on as a substitute in the 68th minute.

And exactly in the 82nd minute, after Kaká retreated to receive the ball, he got rid of the defensive player, drove the ball forward, and passed diagonally to the right. Sanchez jumped in at high speed, caught up with the ball and passed the ball in front of the goal. The opponent's midfielder Brad made a mistake when returning to defense, resulting in an own goal.

Manchester City defeated Hull City 2-0 at home.

But the most shocking game of this round was Chelsea's 3-0 victory over Arsenal with Drogba's brace and Vermaelen's own goal in an away game.

In the fifteenth round, before visiting the City Stadium to challenge Manchester City, Scolari's team played in amazing form.