Green Journey

Chapter 421 This guy solved another worldwide tactical problem!

After the game, Chu Zheng chatted with Huth and other old friends, and was about to go to the locker room, but Vardy suddenly came over.

Seeing Vardy swinging his arms in front of him intentionally and taking steps that his relatives did not recognize, Chu Zheng directly kicked Vardy's ass.

"Haha!" Vardy ran away clutching his butt, but soon turned back and put his arms around Chu Zheng's shoulders, "Chu, I did a great job today!"

"Asshole!" Chu Zheng rolled his eyes, but he had to say that Vardy's shot conversion rate was so high today, it was like a miracle, allowing him to see the figure of the England striker who almost raised his foot last year.

The two walked shoulder to shoulder for a short distance, and Vardy, the best player in the game, was called to participate in the post-match media conference.

Entering the locker room, seeing Stones sitting alone in a corner in a daze, and no one went up to talk to him, Chu Zheng shook his head helplessly, went straight to his cabinet and sat down.

There is nothing to say about Stones' mistake from a technical level. Players are also human, and when humans make mistakes.

But Stones should never have made a mistake at that time.

It's too deadly, so he can't blame his teammates for having resentment against him.

The goal caused by his low-level mistakes can be said to be the turning point of the game, directly destroying the morale of the team.

Without this mistake, Chu Zheng felt that they might not lose this game.

It may be a bit difficult to overtake the score, but it should be no problem to equalize.

"Chu, are you going to participate in the media interview?" After a while, Chu Zheng came out of the bathroom and saw Arteta walking in and said.

"Mikel, I'm a little tired, so I won't go!" Chu Zheng directly refused after a short hesitation.

I'm not in the mood, what's the point of being interviewed after losing, and being asked what it's like to lose.

With the urine nature of those media, they will definitely attack Stones and Guardiola and ask embarrassing questions.

If he accidentally said what was in his heart, then he wouldn't have to hang around in Manchester City, so he could still avoid it as much as he could.

Thinking about it, Chu Zheng was still relaxed when he was in Wolfsburg and Leicester City.

Hei Jin and Ranieri have limited reputations, and they will not be watched by fans and the media like Guardiola, a world famous coach.

A slight mistake in the team's performance will be infinitely magnified and discussed by the media, which will cause the players to be under great pressure.

"Okay!" Arteta shrugged and smiled, turned and left.

The media interviewed the scene after the game. After the smiling Ranieri left, a group of media reporters flocked to Guardiola.

Faced with various questions from the media, Guardiola did not show any impatience, but answered them one by one with a normal face.

"In the first few minutes of the game, we were already 0-2 behind. It is very difficult to play in such a situation, but our players also showed firm will and strong team spirit. We did not play well. Difference.

But our performance in the penalty area is indeed unsatisfactory. A game can reflect many problems, especially today's game.

I won't complain about the performance of the players, but I will reflect on myself and analyze the problems that the team has when the opponent's second attack.

But at the same time, I need to point out that this is not a problem with the team system. "

Hearing Guardiola's words, a big wave reporter immediately asked: "Mr. Guardiola, how long do you think it will take your players to really adapt to your tactical system."

Guardiola smiled slightly and replied: "I don't know. It seemed like a quick process at the beginning of the season, but now it seems that we may need to take longer. If we need to change the game Mentality, it will definitely take more time."

After the words fell, a black reporter asked again, saying: "Manchester City's defensive performance today can be called a disaster..."

When asked whether Manchester City will introduce new defensive players in the upcoming winter transfer window, Guardiola did not hesitate and said with a straight face: "Our current defensive staffing has played very well at the beginning of the season. , We can persevere, and at the same time we need to analyze the problem, for the coach, it will take time to find out the problem."

Guardiola gave an ambiguous answer, cleverly avoiding this question.

After answering several more pointed questions one after another in the next few minutes, Guardiola left the media interview scene.

More than half an hour later, the Manchester City team boarded the bus and returned to Manchester under the cover of night.

The Manchester City team is still on the road, and reports from major European media have been released.

There was no way, there was too much information about this game, and the media flocked like a shark smelling blood.

As expected, Stones became the focus after the game, especially his undercover assist became the focus of media reports.

Even putting aside this fatal mistake, Stones' performance as a central defender was average throughout the first and second half.

"Kicker" directly pointed out in the report that Stones' full 90 minutes did not provide Manchester City with the defensive quality commensurate with his worth.

As the command tower in the middle of the three central defenders, Manchester City participated in the defense of the first and third goals conceded in the first half, but Stones, who is worth 4750 pounds, could neither defend the opponent personally nor break Mahrez That deadly pass.

In addition to Stones, Bravo, a difficult brother, has also been criticized by the media and fans.

Facing Leicester City's fierce counterattack today, this intellectual goalkeeper once again raised his hand and surrendered.

"Manchester Evening News" analyzed the four goals of Manchester City one by one.

Among these four conceded goals, if Andy King's long-range shot Bravo has done his best, but when facing Vardy in the remaining three times, Bravo can be said to have no ability to resist.

For the first time, Bravo went up to intercept Vardy who had entered the penalty area single-handedly, but gave the far corner to Vardy, allowing the opponent to score a goal comfortably.

For the second time, Bravo chose to attack with the valve in advance, but after he came out, Vardy walked over and pushed an empty door.

Of course, Stones will be blamed for the third mistake in the return pass, but Bravo's attack route also made fans and the media feel unbelievable.

In fact, the cheating performance of Stones and Bravo is nothing new to Manchester City fans.

This is not the first time Stones has made such a mistake.

As for Bravo, from the beginning of the season to the present, instead of showing a convincing game performance, he has made many low-level mistakes on the court, and there are even embarrassing scenes such as red card fouls.

Bravo's poor performance has long ago made some Manchester City fans miss Joe Hart, who was replaced by him and left Serie A.

As the head coach, how can Guardiola escape the criticism of the media.

Not only the media, but some Premier League celebrities also stood up and pointed out Guardiola.

For example, Liverpool legend Carragher.

Carragher publicly pointed out that Guardiola's football is full of ideals and romanticism.

But this color is vulnerable to reality.

The consequence of Guardiola not compromising with reality is that Manchester City are far from winning.

In the Premier League, which is good at playing high and high, fighting for the second spot, and emphasizing physical confrontation and high-speed counterattack, Guardiola's pass and control tactics have been greatly reduced.

In addition, Carragher also pointed out that Manchester City still has a fatal problem.

That is, Manchester City's defenders are incompatible with Guardiola's tactical system.

People like Kolarov, Zabaleta and others have been unable to keep up with tactics and have become Manchester City's weakness. Bravo is even as good as he is.

Carragher is actually on the point, and his views have been recognized by many football celebrities.

In the eyes of many people, there are only two ways left for Guardiola now, one is to improve his style of play.

But this is almost impossible. Guardiola is famous for his paranoia, and he is also a head coach who has successfully become famous by virtue of his paranoia.

The second is to improve players, this is simple, Manchester City has the ability to make money.

And Guardiola's answer is that I have both hands, not only to improve the style of play, but also to improve the players.

In the afternoon of the next day, the remaining games of the 15th round of the Premier League were all over.

After 15 rounds, the ranking of the Premier League standings has also changed.

What makes Manchester City fans happy is that they are not the only ones who are unlucky in this round.

Liverpool and Chelsea are equally unlucky, flying dragons are riding on their faces, and they are possessed by bad spirits.

Liverpool were held to a 2-2 draw by the Hammers at Anfield.

In this game, Klopp wanted to take advantage of the advantage of the home court to explode with West Ham United, but he encountered a hard stubble, and was almost hammered to death by the rough men of West Ham United with a hammer.

Conte's Chelsea were also suffocated by West Bromwich Albion's superbus at Stamford Bridge in a 0-0 draw.For 90 minutes, Costa, Hazard, William and others took turns shooting more than Manchester City.

Arsenal, on the other hand, played a hearty game against Stoke City and won easily 3-1.

As a result, Chelsea with 33 points was kicked from the top of the Premier League by Arsenal with 34 points.

And Manchester City also fell to No. 4 in the Premier League because of Liverpool's reversal in goal difference.

But the fans didn't pay much attention to this ranking, because the point difference is not big, and the ranking can be rewritten at any time.

For the current Premier League fans, their biggest worry is not the rankings, but the upcoming Christmas death schedule.

Every year in December, it is the most intense time period for winning the championship.

Whether the team can win the championship this season, Christmas is an important watershed.

The standings after the intensive Christmas season are worth paying attention to.

And this is also the first Christmas in Guardiola's coaching career to be accompanied by work and games. Manchester City fans are very worried about whether Guardiola, who is coaching the Premier League for the first time, can lead the team through this death match safely.

At noon, Arteta drove to the Manchester City training base to deal with penalty team affairs.

After getting off the car, he saw Guardiola's car in the parking lot, and he immediately looked helpless, feeling that Guardiola is a workaholic, and he doesn't rest on rare holidays.

But this is also what Arteta admires Guardiola the most. Devotion and focus allow him to see something called love in Guardiola.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this extreme love for football that Guardiola has become a world-renowned football coach.

At this time, in Guardiola's office in the main building of the training base.

Guardiola stood on the balcony with a tactical board in front of him, an erasable pen clipped to his ear, and some messy tactical lines were drawn on the tactical board in front of him.

Looking at the tactical board silently for a while, Guardiola took the erasable pen from his ear and drew a few more lines.

But the more Guardiola frowned, the tighter he looked.

"Ugh!"

After a long time, Guardiola let out a long sigh, and the excitement in his radiant eyes was fading, replaced by some helplessness.

Although he lost the game against Leicester City last night, Guardiola was not without gains.

When he played against Chelsea in the round of 14, a brand-new tactic popped up in his mind while watching the game from the sidelines.

In the match against Leicester City last night, he further perfected this new tactic.

In Guardiola's view, this new tactic really has the best of both worlds.

It can not only ensure that when the team is attacking with the ball, the formation of 3 central defenders can ensure that there are enough personnel in the midfield to suppress the opponent, and it can also ensure the team's defensive strength on the defensive end.

But when Guardiola deduced on the tactical board, he found that this new tactical idea was completely feasible, but the defensive players held him back.

Manchester City's current defensive player configuration is not enough to support him to implement this brand new tactic.

"Boom boom boom!"

Just when Guardiola was in a daze, there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in!" Guardiola shouted without looking back.

Seeing Torrent and Arteta coming together, Guardiola's eyes lit up, and he directly pulled the two to the balcony.

In a blink of an eye, the three gathered in front of the tactical board, and Guardiola demonstrated his new tactical thinking to the two.

For the next ten minutes or so, Guardiola wrote and drew on the tactical board while explaining to Arteta and Torrent.

As for Torrent, the more they listened, the more shocked they became, and their eyes widened.

"Oh my god! Pep! You are simply a genius!!" After taking a deep breath, Torrent couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

Arteta next to him is also full of admiration.

Because a problem that has plagued countless head coaches in world football was solved by Guardiola.

This paranoid lunatic invented a new tactic creatively. At this moment Arteta felt that the world was too crazy.

Is it that simple to invent a tactic?
For an hour, the three of them had a heated discussion.

The problem was found out quickly.

Torrent followed Guardiola as an assistant very early on. He understood Guardiola's thinking very well. He was the first person to discover the problem besides Guardiola.

Torrent frowned: "Pep, this new tactic is perfect, but there seems to be no player in our defense that can meet your requirements."

The young Arteta's mind turned quickly, and after he realized it, a figure suddenly appeared in his mind, and he quickly said: "Chu, he is definitely a perfect candidate!"

Guardiola shook his head, his tone was extremely firm, and said: "It's impossible, I won't let Chu appear in this position. This is a waste of extravagance for Chu's talent."

Hearing Guardiola's words, Arteta was taken aback, then nodded and smiled: "That's true."

Torrent spread his hands and shrugged, and said, "I can't think of other candidates except Chu!"

"John can!" Guardiola smiled confidently, and tapped the number 24 on the tactical board with an erasable pen.

Hearing Stones' name, Arteta and Torrent frowned.

But if you think about it carefully, Stones does meet the requirements of this tactical position.

But the problem is that this guy Stones is unstable.

Torrent thought for a while, and said: "John does basically meet your requirements, but in this way, if Nicolas Otamendi is counted, we still lack a defender..."

"And this defender must be strong, fast, aggressive, able to defend well, and most importantly, must be young." Before Torrent finished speaking, Arteta, who was already a little excited, interrupted him.

Torrent was not unhappy, but nodded with a smile.

Guardiola smiled confidently, winked at the two, and said mischievously: "Guys, maybe we need to talk to Begiristan!"

At the same time, Manchester City sports director Begiristain, who was watching TV by the fireplace in the living room with his wife and children, sneezed suddenly.

"Damn it!"

"Honey, I suddenly felt a little cold just now, I might catch a cold, hurry up, take the children back to the room, don't be infected by me..."

(End of this chapter)