roccoschili Chapter 148 Harding Connection
Chapter 148 Harding Connection
As we all know, Manchester City coach Guardiola is a head coach who likes to try weird lineups. In the past two or three months, Manchester City's formation has changed from 4231 to the current 3241 or 3223.
Guardiola likes this formation very much. Manchester City's style of play has allowed them to win consecutively in the second half of the Premier League without losing a game.
The offense is hearty and the defense is impenetrable. Even if they meet a team with similar strength as them in the Champions League, the scene and the creation of offensive threats are better and more than their opponents.
Yesterday, the Manchester United generals watched the video of Manchester City's recent game, and their faces were not good.
This Manchester City team has grown and improved a lot compared to when they played against them before.
The overall strength of the opponent's players is stronger than them, the formation style of play seems to be more advanced than theirs, and the physical fatigue of the players of the two teams is different. This is the reason why Lin Lingqi thinks that it is difficult for Manchester United to win. Even if he can start today, he also thinks so of.
Facing this Manchester City, leading by one goal at the start is not an advantage, not to mention that this one goal lead may not necessarily be used.
Lin Lingqi was sitting on the bench, with an ice pack tied to the inside of his right calf to relieve the pain. He felt a little better today than yesterday, and he had to go on stage to know the specific situation.
He didn't feel it at first. After all, he was almost full-time this season, and he was used to minor injuries and pains, and he persisted.
But when he resumed training yesterday, the assistant coach saw that something was wrong with his body, and took him for a checkup. The check result showed that there was no major problem. The team doctor concluded that it was muscle fatigue.
Lin Lingqi wanted to start. After all, it was the final and everyone wanted to play, but Ten Hag made him do a few moves with all his strength, and then made a decision to let him sit on the bench first.
He was replaced by Anthony. Rashford, who had no serious injury problems, went to Lin Lingqi's left side, and Anthony played his better right side.
In this game, Manchester United changed two people in the starting lineup, one was Lin Lingqi and the other was Eriksson. McTominay replaced him in the starting lineup.
Facing this Manchester City team, Ten Hag chose a defensive midfielder to strengthen the team's defensive strength in the midfield.
After the start of the game, the rhythm of both sides is not too fast. The finals of any competition will not be played in a hurry at the beginning. Both sides prefer to slowly find the feeling of the game before exerting their strength.
Manchester City, like any opponent, used tacit coordination and skillful small skills to play pass coordination.
Manchester United retreated deeper than ever in this game, more like Roma's low defensive tactics, but they kept three players in the frontcourt to increase the ball holding points during defensive counterattacks.
Lin Lingqi looked at B Fei who was a little confused when he couldn't get the ball in the midfield. He knew that if Manchester United wanted to win this game, Big B had to perform exceptionally to have a chance.
The Manchester United midfielder only has him holding the ball forward. If he only relies on Sir Alex to fight alone, the success rate is too low.
Manchester City's little spider Alvarez received a pass in the frontcourt and shook McTominay away. Harland, with dyed blond hair and pigtails, quickly advanced to help him lead the defender away. Alvarez Si shot on Varane.
Varane sent a kick directly to Anthony's feet in front.
Anthony started to dribble forward on the right. His speed was not fast, and he was quickly overtaken by the defenders. However, Anthony suddenly came to his senses recently and made great progress. , took the ball to the danger zone!
When everyone thought that Anthony was going to cut inside again, Anthony's fake action deceived everyone. After cutting into the penalty area, he directly swept his right foot towards the goal. Unfortunately, Rogo was a step slower, his legs were not long enough, and he almost hit the goal. ball.
"If Dongzi continues to play like this, it will really be worth the transfer fee." Lin Lingqi thought to himself watching Anthony's excellent performance.
Lin Lingqi couldn't remember when Anthony suddenly became powerful. He only knew that God would never forget those who worked hard, especially those who were talented and worked hard.
This kind of person must have achieved more than a more talented but poor person... Lin Lingqi glanced at Sancho who was on the bench.
But with Anthony alone, this game still can't be won. Lin Lingqi, who was sitting on the bench, could see it more clearly. Manchester City's system, in the transition between offense and defense, is almost perfect to the point where no shortcomings can be found...
And the most important person, or position, is Stones, who is now playing as a central defender.
Manchester City's double defensive midfielder, Rodri's position will not move, and he is only responsible for the defense in the middle, while Stones' position is very flexible. In defense, he can be another defensive midfielder to assist Rodri, or he can retreat Go to the back line, let the three-back formation become 442, or withdraw to the right to take charge of the defense on the right. How it changes depends on Stones' position at the time.
Stones has played as a defender for more than ten years. His style is that he does not like to go to the frontcourt. This style makes him more suitable for this risky position than Gundogan who likes to move forward. This is why Gundogan is now in Manchester City. The reason why this formation can only compete with the little spider for the front midfielder position.
And Guardiola likes the little spider Alvarez very much. He is training him as the new Messi. Gundogan is also a 32-year-old old man. Rumor has it that he wants to leave Manchester City.
In the 29th minute of the game, Grealish broke through Dalot on the left, and a spike passed Casemiro who was grabbing up.
Varane pounced on him, and Grealish directly chose to hit the goal.
The ball passed between Varane's legs and went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal.
De Gea knelt down on one knee and made a good save. He didn't show a buttery hand and held the ball firmly in his arms.
In the 36th minute of the game, Manchester City, who had been playing around Manchester United, found a chance in the midfield. Casemiro made a mistake and kicked De Bruyne. Tintin directly dribbled the ball past Manchester United's midfield defense.
When Lima suddenly stepped forward to press, De Bruyne made a precise through pass and passed through Lima's left side. Harland, who hadn't touched the ball a few times in the first half, tapped the ball with his back and half turned around. Volley hard!
The ball rubbed against the crossbar and hit the net. De Gea watched the ball hit the net without any reaction!
The ball is in!
Manchester City lead Manchester United 1-0!
After falling behind, Manchester United organized several attacks, but none of them formed an effective threat.
Rashford's game is not very good. He failed in two attempts. The only bright spot is Anthony. His shooting and passing are quite threatening, but they are only quite threatening.
Manchester United's offense is very dependent on the individual performance of the players. When playing against a weaker team, the problem will not be revealed, but when it encounters a strong team or a team with a resolute defensive attitude, it is difficult to play alone. Great effect.
I like a sentence very much, we can't cooperate with each other, but our personal ability is not as strong as the opponent, how can we win the game?
Manchester United's offensive problem has been going on for many years. This problem is caused by many reasons, such as the ability of the head coach to train the attack, the ability of the players and so on.
This season, only Lin Lingqi can win the Premier League championship with Lin Lingqi, otherwise it is just a team competing for the Champions League place.
With the current group of Manchester United, if there are not a few really capable and well-suited thighs during the transfer period this year, next year's Champions League quarter-finals will be considered a success.
After Manchester City took the lead, they were not in a hurry to move forward, and continued to play short passes. Time passed by little by little until the referee blew his whistle, and Manchester United returned to the dressing room with a score behind by one goal.