Chapter 284: The Hat-trick Assist

"Actually, with Maniche's playing style, if he moves back a bit, he can have a greater impact on the defensive end. But as a forward, he often can't fall back in time to defend."

"So it seems that Deng Kai really does understand Maniche. He said last season that there were times when Maniche should play as a holding midfielder. No one agreed with him then, but recently, if you take the criteria for a holding midfielder and apply it to Maniche, the more you look, the more it fits!"

After Ibrahimovic received the ball on the left.

He turned and sprinted with a touch of the ball.

The Benfica right-back immediately picked up speed.

Then Ibrahimovic's attempt to get to the byline was just a feint.

After one step in his sprint with the ball, he cut in with his left foot, tapping it with the outside of his right foot.

He cut inside!

The towering forward Ibrahimovic cut inside again on horseback!

He had cut in from the right in the first half.