A junior editor in the Daily Telegraph office saw the ssage and reported it to the chief editor.
The chief editor, realizing the seriousness of the situation, promptly located the post-match interview video from the Premier League ga between Tang Long and Juventus, extracted the Chinese segnt, and repeatedly tested it using translation software.
He ultimately confird the reader’s claim.
"Useless? You always say useless, you always act like you’re the boss!"
The chief editor was a bald man with a red face, appearing as if he hadn’t sobered up from drinking.
His mouth was crooked with anger! It looked like he was having a stroke~
In the eting room, in front of everyone, he punched the laptop screen in front of him with a "bang," breaking it.
Everyone watched the dark computer screen, with a fist suddenly punched through, and the sound of smoke "sizzling" started to echo.
"Damn it, we’ve all been fooled by this Chinese kid!"
"Everyone put down all your work, and watch this Manchester City and Villa match for . Pick apart everything, ruthlessly!"
"Let this arrogant Chinese learn about the power of public opinion and see who’s really the boss!"
Editors gathered in the eting room, each with a laptop, staring intently at the screens, their hands poised over keyboards, ready to type at any mont.
They understood that the boss wanted them to nitpick and disparage Tang Long from every angle and by any ans.
"Don’t worry, boss, I graduated from the official journalism departnt of Cambridge University, I’m good at this!"
"I can’t write proper reports well, but fabricating stories and spreading rumors is my strength!"
"Rest assured, boss, with my hands, I can turn black into white, tall into short, beautiful into ugly, just making things up!"
"When I was in college, I wrote flop novels, I’m absolutely skilled in this!"
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After the grueling midweek Champions League battle against Juventus, Pellegrini made personnel adjustnts in several positions for this Premier League match.
Sure enough, Bony’s prediction was right!
He replaced Agüero to start the match.
Fernando and Delph were partnering as double pivots for the first ti this season.
On the defensive line, Chris regularly rotated with Kolarov, Otandi replaced Kompany to partner with Ranocchia.
Notably, the second-choice goalkeeper Caballero surprisingly started!
Whether Joe Hart, who was relegated to being a background figure three tis, had lost the manager’s trust remains to be seen.
Center circle.
Bony and Sterling were ready to kick off.
Bony had one foot on the ball but his gaze was on Tang Long sitting on the substitutes’ bench.
Starting, he was both excited and anxious.
He was thrilled to still have a chance to start in the Premier League, especially against a weak side like Aston Villa, a great opportunity to showcase his skills;
And yet, he was nervous that Tang Long was also regularly rotated.
"Run diagonally, run and it’ll happen! That’s what Tang said to , but if he’s not on the field, can Silva work with in the attacking midfielder position?" Bony kicked the ball out, glanced behind at Silva, and then threw himself into the ga.
After receiving a back pass from Sterling, facing Villa forward Ayew who ca pressing, Silva deliberately showed off;
Instead of passing back to the defensive midfielder Delph, he skillfully spun around on the spot, leaving Ayew behind.
Listening to the applause from the stands of the Etihad Stadium, Silva was filled with confidence in this match as well.
"Though I played as an attacking midfielder in the last match, all the attention was stolen by the defensive midfielder Tang. With him not on the pitch tonight, I’ll definitely showcase my skills and assist Bony as much as possible!"
Silva thought as much and indeed acted on it.
However, the Spanish midfielder and the Côte d’Ivoire forward just couldn’t establish a connection.
In the 13th minute of the first half, after 15 continuous passes, Manchester City had a great chance.
Silva, after getting the ball, quickly spotted a gap inside the penalty area;
He glanced at Bony and imdiately sent a direct pass.
But the two of them were not on the sa page at all. Silva was aiming to the left, while Bony was running towards the center.
Ultimately, the ball rolled out the end line, a wasted gift of a goal-kick to the opposition.
"What are you doing? You’re supposed to run where there are fewer people!"
Fans’ regretful voices reached Silva’s ears, making him frustrated, and he imdiately blad Bony.
After all, with such a brilliant move, if he could provide an assist in the end, it would definitely be the highlight of this attack, earning him significant favor with the manager!
Bony motioned to Silva with a twist gesture.
"David, go around it, the ball goes ground-level around it, then I can face the goalkeeper one-on-one in the center!"
Bony was talking about running diagonally, and the passer using a ground strike to curve the ball around the two center-backs, connecting with him.
This move, used in football after the midfield has continuously passed to stretch the opponent’s formation, is particularly effective.
After crying to Tang Long that ti, Tang Long accompanied Bony to drive imdiately back to the training ground, where he practiced this move for an hour!
In the following days, they would do extra training for an hour after practice.
Under Tang Long’s guidance, Bony felt pretty good about himself.
Therefore, in this series of passes, seeing the gap, Bony instinctively reacted with a diagonal run.
"You’re joking, Bony. Such a short distance, how can I possibly send a ground-level arc? Do you think this is a video ga!"
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