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Chapter 222 Derby Battle (4K)

"It's good, but is it really necessary to let him go straight to that game?"

Li Feng's situation is very good, and there is no obstacle to returning directly to the game, but Guardiola has another idea about whether Feyenoord will return to the Champions League group match.

Feyenoord's strength is not strong, of course, this is for Manchester City, as the main competitor of the Dutch overlord Ajax, Feyenoord's strength is not weak.

It is indeed a good choice to choose this game to let the rested Li Feng return. After all, Li Feng can check his status in advance.

But at this time Guardiola had other ideas.

After Feyenoord's Champions League group stage, Manchester City still has three league games. These three opponents are not strong, and most of them belong to the "cradle tail" of the league.

"Well, there are only a few league games left, and the competition in the league is quite fierce."

After confirming the game, Guardiola also confirmed one thing, that is, Li Feng does not need to play in the next year's World Cup, which is good news for the club.

After missing a league game, Manchester City ushered in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage at home.

Feyenoord, who came to sit in town, once again encountered a "whammy" from Manchester City.

After 90 minutes of fierce battle, they finally failed to score a goal at the Etihad Stadium, which also means that they have a high probability of saying goodbye to this schedule.

Li Feng only played 60 minutes in this game. To Guardiola's satisfaction, he scored 2 goals in this game. It was also these two goals. Feyenoord could only defeat Ittiha Germany.

In the following training, Li Feng's condition has been good, which really satisfied Guardiola.

He didn't like to use big centers before. It was a "misjudgment" of players in this position. With the emergence of a new generation of No. 9 positions, after inheriting the characteristics of the previous center forwards, they still have the characteristics of their own generation.

"The state is really good, so we can win against our neighbors!"

Guardiola said softly, and Arteta, as assistant coach, laughed.

For Mourinho, the two have a record of fighting, especially Guardiola. Guardiola has won both the collision in La Liga and the collision in the Champions League.

What made Guardiola feel the pressure was when he played against Mourinho's Inter Milan when he was coaching Barcelona.

Personally, the Inter Milan team was really troublesome.

It is a pity that Barcelona failed to win the final victory in the face of Inter Milan, which was fighting with one less player.

But the times are different. In the next match, Guardiola hopes that his team can win the game, so that they can better hit the league championship.

In the absence of Li Feng, they have already defeated the Blue Fox City in the past, so it will be really difficult for the next few opponents to put pressure on Manchester City!
Huddersfield lost 1-3 in the away game to Manchester City, but those who have followed the game know that Manchester City's performance is more stable, and they did not give their opponents many opportunities.
Starting from this game, Manchester City won a wave of three consecutive victories, and they achieved a small wave of consecutive victories. This is not good news for other championship contenders.

Before the start of the 16th round of the league, Manchester City had not lost a game, which made other competitors feel great pressure.

The competition for the league championship does not depend on how many goals you can score in a game, but depends on how stable you are in the long game. In the case of the chain, it is difficult for such a team to hit the championship.

At the end of the [-]th round of the league, a different situation appeared in the Premier League standings, with the leader far ahead!
1. Manchester City: 43 points;
2. Manchester United: 38 points;
3. Chelsea: 32 points;
Although Mourinho has not fallen behind, they still need 2 games to catch up with Manchester City, provided that Manchester City will lose!
This way of pinning hopes on the opponent's problems is not what Mourinho wants.

So before the start of this game, Mourinho's request to the players is to do their best to win the next derby.

The attack of the Manchester Derby has attracted countless traffic, coupled with the fact that the head coach is Guardiola and Mourinho, the attention of this game has been raised to a higher level.

In addition to them, there are also a lot of attention on the players. Manchester City's Li Feng, Manchester United's Pogba, etc., they are all the best young players at this stage, I believe they will make this game more exciting.

"Hello, Jose, I'm a reporter from Corriere dello Sport. What do you think of the next Manchester derby? Who do you think will win the final victory?"

The pre-match press conference is the beginning of the match.

Hearing this, Jose Mourinho raised his eyebrows, and his eyes fell on the reporter's face.

"Manchester City are very strong. As chasers, we naturally want to win this game, but they have Lee and Kevin De Bruyne. We want to win the game, which is doomed. Very difficult!"

Regarding Manchester City's recent games, Mourinho has studied them.

The tacit understanding between De Bruyne and Li Feng is very good, especially Li Feng. For him that summer, the most disappointing thing was that he could not introduce Li Feng. In the end, he could only take Paul Berg from Juventus bar.

In terms of player value, Manchester United still suffered a "small loss" in this deal, but it was temporarily "smoothed" because of the scarcity of outstanding midfielders.

The same principle can also be placed on the 9th position!
In recent years, there have been fewer and fewer "little demons" at the center position, which has led to the need for high-value transfers in this position to buy their favorite players.

The current value of the two has widened the gap. Li Feng's current value is already a trend of 1.5 million, while Paul Pogba can only maintain the situation of 1 million, and even the expectation given is 1 million It looks like this to 8 million.

For the proud Pogba, he cannot accept such a situation.

Even in order to overtake Manchester City's Li Feng in terms of value, he has been training almost all this summer. This situation surprised his agent Mino Raiola.

And this derby is also the first match between the two this season. Although the positions are different, their goals are surprisingly the same-to give their best performance and win the game!

"José, there is news that your first goal back then was to buy Li?"

"I don't know where you got the information, if my first target is Lee, then why did we end up buying Paul?"

In response to this question, Mourinho said that this is false!
In the same pre-match press conference, Gua Shuai's problems were also very similar.

Compared with Mourinho's answer, Guardiola's answer is more humorous.

Regarding whether Li Feng was the first choice back then, Guardiola's answer made the reporters on the scene laugh.

The derby with the most traffic is scheduled for the last game of the 16th round of the league, which shows that the FA attaches great importance to this game.

Although Manchester United also made reinforcements this summer, the position of their reinforcements makes people feel that they are not as targeted as Manchester City.

They introduced Lukaku at the center position. Judging from his performance in recent years, there is no problem with Lukaku's personal talent, but how much strength he can play in Manchester City still needs to be observed.

As for Matic in the midfielder position, this is indeed a big reinforcement, but Matic's age is the biggest problem.

Therefore, starting from the personal situation of the players, Manchester City is the one that is more worth looking forward to.

"Welcome to the 16th round of the Premier League. Manchester United is playing at home against Manchester City. I am the commentator Zhang Jun (Zhan Lu); this is the first match between the two teams this season. Manchester City currently leads Manchester United by 5 points in the standings! "

"If Manchester United can win games at home, then they can close the gap on Manchester City."

As a diehard Liverpool loyalist, Zhang Jun naturally hopes that Manchester City can win this game.

But there is another problem that he doesn't want to see, that is, after Manchester City defends the title again, this team will "grow" according to Guardiola's plan, so the biggest "ruler" of the Premier League may appear here!

That's something fans of any Premier League team don't really want to see.

"The referee for this game is Michael Oliver again!"

"The game is about to start, let's take this time to introduce the starters of both sides;
Manchester United, which is playing at home, uses 4231;

Goalkeeper position is David de Gea;

The 2 full-backs are Manchester United's 2 veterans, right back Antonio Valencia, left back Ashley Young;

The central defender is partnered by Smalling and Rojo;

Double midfielders: Herrera, Matic;

Central midfield: Martial, Lingard, Rashford;

Center forward: Lukaku;

It is a pity that Paul Pogba was unable to play in this game due to suspension! "

The situation that Paul Pogba led Manchester United to attack Manchester City that many people expected before the game is temporarily out of sight.

For Manchester City, Guardiola did not put Stones in the squad because their captain Kompany returned.

"Manchester City is still familiar with 433. Except for the adjustment of the defender, the other positions have not changed much!"

Manchester City's 433 is as follows:

Forwards: Sane, Li Feng, Sterling
Midfielders: David Silva, Fernandinho, De Bruyne

Defender: Theo Hernandez, Kompany, Otamendi, Kyle Walker

Goalkeeper: Edson Morais.

"According to the latest injury situation, Stones is injured, but how much time Kompany will play in this game, I am afraid there is still a question mark!"

Zhang Jun is not very optimistic about Kompany. After all, this buddy has spent most of the season in the hospital bed in recent years. For this derby, Kompany can play the whole game, so thank God .

Manchester City in the away game took the lead in getting the chance to attack.

As Oliver blew the whistle to start the game, Manchester City's attack began.

Li Feng's running position after the kick-off tried to create space for his teammates.

But what surprised Li Feng was that Manchester United's midfield defense was very good, especially Matic, a veteran who made Li Feng uncomfortable with his own experience.

Matic's simple positioning made Li Feng a little bit embarrassed. If he wants to get the support of his teammates, then Li Feng needs to move again.

Looking back again, Li Feng noticed that the teammate's pressure was very fast. After a few passes, Manchester United was suppressed in his own half.

This situation is also the prelude to Manchester City being dragged into the position.

With Lingard dropping back, De Bruyne gave the ball to the weak side.

Theo Hernandez will face the retreating Martial.

With an ordinary step on a bicycle, Special Olympics broke through Martial's defense. Such a situation made Mourinho's face darken on the sidelines.

For Martial, Mourinho's plan for him is to turn a center into a winger!
As far as Martial's height and weight are concerned, it is really easy for him to suffer in the 9th position. In addition, his running is really poor, which is easy to increase the defensive pressure of other teammates.

It's just that what Mourinho didn't expect was that he was still the same when he was placed in the winger position.

The sloppy attitude made the young Special Olympics go directly to the hinterland.

This also forced Herrera to lean over and wipe his ass.

Herrera's movement naturally gave Li Feng a chance.

Special Olympics and Sane hit the wall continuously, and they brought the ball to the left side of the penalty area.

Sane pedaled his bicycle continuously, and he wanted to use such fake moves to directly tear through Manchester United's defense.

But the veteran Antonio Valencia didn't give him a chance.

The clean interception directly destroyed Manchester City's offense.

The presence of the veteran allowed Mourinho to let go of his hanging heart, and then it was time for Manchester United to counterattack.

Antonio Valencia scored and Manchester United's attacking push quickly unfolded.

Herrera's long pass, Lukaku turned back to do it, and Lingard strode forward with the ball.

Regarding Lukaku's point, Manchester City really doesn't have much to do.

Excellent jumping, huge weight, etc., these are Lukaku's survival capital in the Premier League. The only thing to note is that Lukaku is just Lukaku, he is not Drogba!

Lingard didn't make any fancy moves, and directly wanted to eat Fernandez raw with speed.

It's a good idea, but don't think about it next time!
Fernandinho's excellent positioning, he directly stuck the opponent behind him, and the ball was also snatched back at this moment.

Manchester City regained the ball again.

Fernandinho returned the ball, and Kompany made a long pass directly to attack directly from the backcourt. This is a routine that Manchester City has used recently.

Li Feng was stuck in the position with his back, and his judgment on the landing point was very accurate.

But there is one thing that Li Feng didn't expect, and Matic made up for it. This is bad news for Li Feng.

The first point of the ball was finally topped by Matic.Double-teaming front and back, no matter how good Li Feng's jumping ability is, it can't stand the crowd!
United's counterattack soon unfolded, and Matic began to organize.

Noticing Matic's movements, Li Feng passed the test quickly. He didn't want his opponent to organize this attack comfortably.

But no matter how fast he was, Li Feng couldn't stop Matic from passing the ball.

In the next 20 minutes, the Manchester City duo were fighting for the ball, and none of their offenses directly threatened the goal, which is somewhat surprising.

In the 34th minute, Manchester City's De Bruyne intercepted Ashley Young's pass, and Manchester City's counterattack started on the spot.

De Bruyne picks a pass.

Li Feng, who moved forward, noticed Kevin De Bruyne's movements immediately.

Li Feng stopped the ball with his right foot, and he successfully unloaded the ball. Facing Rojo's defense, Li Feng made continuous fake moves, and he noticed that the opponent hadn't changed much. This situation was in line with Li Feng's expectations.

Swinging his leg again, Li Feng turned the ball to the right, intending to take advantage of his speed and confrontation to directly force his opponent.

"drop!!!"

The crisp whistle broke the tranquility on the field.

Rojo's foul is very obvious. It cannot be said that he is wrong. After all, when an offensive player cannot be stopped, it is not normal to choose to use a foul to stop it.

It's just that the position of this foul is not very good!

"Rojo fouled, there is no problem with the choice, but the position really gave Manchester City a chance."

Zhang Jun approved of Rojo's choice, but he felt a little helpless about the position of the foul. Although he didn't like Manchester United that much, a foul at this position meant that Manchester United might concede a goal!

"Li Feng's 'sweet spot', a free kick in this position, the probability of Manchester City scoring is as high as 90%."

Zhan Lu added that for Manchester City at this stage, he still did his homework.

Michael Oliver gave a direct free kick, which for Manchester United, really came to the problem!

Rojo's foul action looked a little violent, but it didn't hurt the players. The next free kick defense is the time to test Manchester United's defense.
Li Feng, who got up from the grass, was "arranged" to take the free kick.

The position of the direct free kick is very suitable for Li Feng. According to Li Feng's habits, it is very comfortable to shoot directly from this position.

After adjusting the placement of the ball, Li Feng retreated a short distance.

Staring at De Gea in front of the goal, Li Feng took a deep breath.

[Hope God bless, I will score the first goal of this game! 】

He murmured in his heart, when he opened his eyes again, the human wall had already been set up, and the rest depended on Li Feng being able to score the ball.

Running up, Li Feng's left foot made an arc.

The ball passed over the head of the jumping wall.

The arc is quite beautiful.

"GOALLLL!!!!!!"

"There is no accident, the free kick in this position was scored by Li Feng, and Manchester City took the lead in the away game!"

"If you want to give points to free kicks, I can give full marks to this free kick."

Li Feng's free kick was so beautiful that even if De Gea guessed the position correctly, he was unable to save it. After all, that position was absolutely dead corner.

Now that it is behind, the next time is the time for Manchester City to defend.

How to score the equalizing goal is a test of the player's ability and the coach's on-the-spot command.

After a short celebration, the game resumed.

Manchester United kick off at home.

Kyle Walker couldn't help frowning when Lukaku suddenly pulled the side. Although there is a center forward who pulls the side, such a big and tall man does not go to the center as a fulcrum, but comes to the side. Isn't this a bit " Fault"!
Due to the lack of Pogba, Manchester United's offensive organization was quite simple. After a few passes, Manchester United gave the ball to Rashford on the wing.

Hesitant about Lukaku's behavior, Rashford had to go to the middle position.

The rushing master with the ball is extremely fast, even against Manchester City's defensive players, successive breakthroughs prove that this guy is really strong!
(End of this chapter)