This is the midfield master!

Chapter 388 Wind-like speed!The person Gua Shuai likes!God-level coordination reappears!

"Monaco's frontcourt, in addition to Mbappé, is another offensive core, Falcao. Behind them are four midfielders, Bernardo Silva, Fabinho, Bakayoko, and Lemar. The defense line is Dilar, Glick, Remersson, and Sidibe. Goalkeeper Subasic."

"On their bench, there are Germain, Moutinho and others. On the other side, the visiting team Manchester City, Guardiola still puts on the best [-] formation. Aguero is at the front. Behind him are Ronaldo, Su Chen and De Bruyne. The two midfielders are Kanter and Yaya Toure."

"At the back, there are Fernandinho, Kompany, Stones, and Zabaleta. Goalkeeper Caballero. Speaking of goalkeepers, I can talk to you about gossip. It is said that the goalkeeper Bravo, who was introduced at a high price by Manchester City, has been completely abandoned by Manchester City."

"Manchester City has informed Bravo that they can let him leave at any time if they find a suitable team. However, Bravo himself has shown that he is willing to play as a substitute in Manchester City. In fact, it is not difficult to understand. After all, Manchester City gave him a big contract. If he is transferred to other teams, no team can match such a salary."

"It can be said that Guardiola completely misjudged Bravo. And because of Bravo, Joe Hart was sent away. Now he can only be the original second goalkeeper Caballero, who has been serving as Manchester City's main goalkeeper. Fortunately, Manchester City's offensive in the frontcourt is too fierce, and the goal of substituting offense for defense has been fulfilled. Otherwise, such a Manchester City would be in great danger."

"Okay, the players are ready to enter the field, and the game is about to start. Let us follow the camera and go to the Louis II Stadium to watch the first leg of the Champions League semi-final!"

Louis II Stadium.

The Monaco players were the first to enter the stadium under the leadership of the referee and won rounds of applause from the home fans.It has been many years and they have not entered the semi-finals of the Champions League. This is their best performance in recent years, and the fans shouted loudly.

Afterwards, Manchester City's players entered the field, and Su Chen, as the captain of the team, led the players into the field.

It also received cheers from the fans in the visiting team area.

Players from both sides began the pre-match ceremony.

soon.

The players all took their positions in the middle circle and waited for the kick-off.

Manchester City possession.

The referee, Laos, looked at his watch and was about to whistle.

This referee is a famous Spanish referee.

Laos took up the position of referee in 1999, and for the first time in 2008 he enforced La Liga.

The first time he law enforcement in La Liga dates back to 2008, when Sevilla played against Sporting Gijon.

Became an international referee since 2011.

The first national team match of law enforcement was the warm-up match between Italy and England in February 2011.

In October 2011, the "Marca" 10-2010 Spanish Football Awards Ceremony was held in Madrid, and Laos won the Best Referee Award.

Laos' law enforcement style is to maintain the continuity of the game and not easily call fouls.Mourinho, who was still the coach of Real Madrid, said that he preferred Laos' law enforcement style.

"The referee is brilliant, I like his style because he keeps the game going. I want him to referee every Sunday."

Soon, the time has come.

beep!
The referee, Laos, blew the whistle to start the game.

Aguero sends the football back.

After Su Chen received the ball, he passed back directly to stabilize the situation first.

Monaco and Manchester City, this is the first time in history, they are not familiar with each other.

The two teams have never met before.

Manchester City have faced Ligue 3 teams a total of [-] times in the European War, against Paris Saint-Germain.

Last season, and this season, Manchester City successfully eliminated Paris Saint-Germain.

In the UEFA Cup group stage of the 2008-09 season, Manchester City drew 0-0 with Paris Saint-Germain at home.

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Monaco faced Premier League teams three times in the knockout rounds of the Champions League, and Monaco passed all of them smoothly.

1997-98 season 1/4 finals eliminated Manchester United.

Eliminated Chelsea in the semi-finals of the 2003-04 season.

In the 2014/15 finals of the 1-8 season, Arsenal were eliminated.

So in this game against Manchester City, at the beginning, Monaco was sticking to it.

Their formation is tight.

After all, the opposite is Manchester City, which owns Su Chen.

Played or not, at least City's reputation is out there!
The head coach of Monaco, Jardim, has a very low attitude towards his team.

He doesn't think he can win Manchester City, so he must be cautious!
As for Manchester City, although they are not afraid of any opponents, they also want to find out the opponents before seeing how to attack.

Manchester City's inversion in the midfield did not make the Monaco players lose their minds and stepped forward to press.In this game, they are ready to be suppressed by the whole audience.What they want is to look for opportunities and fight Manchester City's counterattack.

So as long as Manchester City doesn't get close to the penalty area, they won't go out to press!
Manchester City is also aware of this.

And before the game, Guardiola has already predicted that the opponent must be a [-] defensive counterattack.

After Su Chen received the ball, he began to push forward.

Manchester City's offense has always been initiated from his point.

It still is!
Su Chen dribbled the ball not far past the midfield and was immediately defended by the opponent.

Bernardo Silva, just like a follower when he came up, followed Su Chen stubbornly, defending at all costs!
At the same time, behind Bernardo Silva, there is Fabinho, who has been staring at Su Chen.Want to find a chance, stop Su Chen or intercept the football.

Su Chen didn't find a good opportunity, so he could only divide the ball and slowly look for opportunities.

The football came to Ronaldo's feet. He took a few steps forward, but he could only pass the football back.

Monaco's defense seems to be disregarding physical exertion. It just wants to rely on running more to kill every Manchester City player!
Such a defensive strategy, in Su Chen's opinion, is a test of the players' physical strength and willpower.

From the current point of view, the players in Monaco have it all!
This is not good news for Manchester City.

Bang!
Su Chen moved the football to De Bruyne on the right.

After De Bruyne received the ball, when he was about to pass forward and down the bottom, Lemar approached him and had a physical confrontation.

This made De Bruyne stretch the football a little bit, and then Sidibe arrived, with sharp eyesight and quick feet, and stabbed the football out with one kick!
Bakayoko is the closest to football, he controlled the football, and he didn't move forward at all!
Bang!
A direct long pass!
Hitting down the left, looking for an opportunity behind City's defence, the ball flew over the midfield and into the back of Zabaleta!
Just now Zabaleta put it on and was ready to help attack, but now he can desperately return to defense!
And at this moment, a scene that excited all the Monaco fans appeared!
Mbappe burst out with great speed after seeing his teammate's pass!
The distance visible to the naked eye and Zabaleta is getting bigger and bigger!
It can only be the central defender Stones to supplement the defense, constantly approaching Mbappe, trying to force Mbappe to the side, and wanting to limit Mbappe's passing or cutting routes!
However, when Mbappe got the ball, he went forward again!
Speeding up again, he directly threw off Zabaleta who was chasing up behind him.Even Stones, who came back to defend, was half a body behind Mbappe!
wow!
Such a sprint speed is simply amazing!
The fans at the scene are shouting!
Monaco's attacking opportunity has come!
Mbappe was about to approach the penalty area, and Caballero attacked, trying to block Mbappe's shot angle.

Bang!
However, Mbappe did not shoot, but directly crossed with one foot!
Falcon is coming!
The football passed from the front of Stones to the feet of Falcao in the middle!
Falcao stopped the ball and volleyed forward!
clang!
The football rushed to the goal with lightning speed, and Caballero was completely helpless.

However, this shot directly hit the upper edge of the crossbar and rushed out of the baseline.

wow!
All the Monaco fans let out a sigh.

What a pity!
This ball is simply an excellent opportunity!
Mbappe's passing is good enough, Falcao has almost no defense around him!
Unfortunately, only a little bit short.

At this moment, the fans even wanted to raise the goal of the Louis II Stadium by a few centimeters.

If so, the ball has been scored!
After Falcao shot, he found that there was no goal, so he knelt on the ground. He was also very dissatisfied with his shot.

He knows that facing Manchester City, there are not many such opportunities!And I was very sad that I didn't seize such an opportunity this time.

And Mbappé also has some regrets.

The Manchester City players broke out in a cold sweat.

This Mbappe is too fast!
Monaco almost scored a goal with two people.

This made Manchester City's players have to completely raise the importance of Mbappe's defense.

It's really fast!
In terms of Mbappe's speed, they saw Su Chen's shadow.

Almost at the speed of Su Chen!
horrible!
A word even appeared in the minds of these Manchester City players-this game, Su Chen and Mbappe, in terms of speed, can be said to be a "supercar duel"!
And see Monaco's attack.

Guardiola was very angry, he shouted to the players to pay attention to defense!
Pay attention to the restrictions on the opponent's key players!
Let the full-backs not put on too much, mainly for defense.

Jardim next to him looked up to the sky and sighed, what a pity.

Almost able to score the first goal at home.

However, this also allowed him to see the correctness of his tactics, as long as there is Mbappe's ultra-fast counterattack point.They don't worry about not having such an opportunity!
It's about defending and counterattacking!
Caballero sent the football back.

Monaco's players are once again strictly guarding against death.

Su Chen took a look and found that there really wasn't much of a chance, but he could try to force a breakthrough to see if there was a chance.

However, Bernardo Silva's defense has been trying his best to pester Su Chen.

It can only be said that this is why Guardiola has taken a fancy to him.

Moreover, the progress is very fast, Manchester City has contacted Bernardo Silva's agent, looking forward to bringing him to Manchester City this summer window.

Guardiola regards him as a supplement after Su Chen leaves the team, not a replacement.

Yes, no one can replace Su Chen's role!
Bernardo Silva is a versatile player who can play multiple positions in the midfield.

Comprehensive skills and no obvious shortcomings (except for competing for air balls) are his advantages.

Generally speaking, his task on the field is to use passing and advancing to support the front line after completing the defense.

Rely on breakthroughs or through passes near the penalty area to tear apart the opponent's defense.

The open spot behind the center is his exclusive zone.

Bernardo Schier is thin, but not lacking in confrontation ability.His advantage is that he is good at using good body flexibility and balance ability to complete technical movements.The ability to control the center of gravity under pressure is very strong, and the continuous acceleration after starting and the sudden change of direction and speed change ability during driving are strong.

Although his personal defensive ability is not outstanding, he is relatively good in actively implementing oppressive awareness, attacking defense and grasping the timing of backtracking.And these are also places where Guardiola takes a fancy to him.

In fact, Bernardo Silva came from the youth training of the Portuguese Super League Benfica, not from Monaco.

In 2002, at the age of eight, he joined the Benfica youth academy.

The reason why he came to Monaco was because he was loaned to Monaco on August 2014, 8 for a one-year lease.

In the following year, Monaco spent 1575 million euros to complete the introduction of Bernardo Silva.

The parties signed a four-year contract.

Su Chen naturally understands the uniqueness of this midfielder, but if Bernardo Silva wants to defend himself alone, it is tantamount to nonsense.The reason why he hadn't forcefully passed Bernardo Silva just now was simply because he saw that there was not a good chance in the frontcourt.

Because the opponent defended with the attitude of losing at the beginning of the game.

The defense is very tight and the defense is good enough.

And the counterattack just now gave them the hope of scoring a goal.

And this also made their defense a little bit more aggressive, because they wanted to grab Manchester City's ball and then counterattack!
So, there is some space that can be exploited.

And Su Chen saw such an opportunity!
There is not much difference between Su Chen and after the opening, just looking at his teammates with the ball, intending to pass the ball.And Bernardo Silva, regardless of whether Su Chen's biography was true or false, stood in front of him and harassed Su Chen from time to time.

Suddenly, Su Chen flicked the football to the right, and the whole person rushed over from the right!
Bernardo Silva reacted quickly and followed immediately!
At the same time, Fabinho behind him also defended to the right, blocking Su Chen's advancing route!
Monaco's defense is indeed in place.

Behind them, there is a central defender!
The whole defensive formation was to lock Su Chen in the midfield.

However, they underestimated Su Chen too much.

When Su Chen rushed to the right, he abruptly stopped his forward movement and pulled the football back to the left.With his left foot towards Ronaldo in the front left, he passed the football, and at the same time, he immediately stepped forward!
When Ronaldo hadn't caught the ball, Dilar and Glick had already surrounded him, trying to break the football.

However, Ronaldo's speed is a little faster, and he also knows that this ball cannot be taken!
Once you get it, you will be double-teamed and it is easy to lose the ball!
So Ronaldo, facing the incoming ball while walking forward, did not stop the ball, and directly passed it forward with one foot!
At this moment, Su Chen is already in place!
After Su Chen got the ball, Remersson and Fabinho surrounded him, and the area around the penalty area was almost crowded.

Su Chen responded quickly!
Cross the football to the feet of Aguero who is also advancing forward.

Aguero's sides Sidibe and Bakayoko are all in defensive positions, and Aguero didn't make too many moves.

And when he was about to catch the ball and bring it forward, he saw Su Chen's gesture.

pass the ball!
Suddenly, the tacit cooperation in the usual training broke out!
Aguero faced the football crossed and did not catch the ball.

Bang!
Instead, he kicked directly and sent a rubbing pass!
The football was rubbed up, passed over the heads of Remersson and Glick, and flew to the position of the small penalty area!
Goalkeeper Subasic was the first to spot the danger!
He hurriedly attacked, wanting to hug or throw the ball directly.

However, there is a figure faster than him!
Su Chen!
When he passed the football to Aguero, he didn't stop, but kept going!
After Aguero passed the ball, he just rushed out of the defensive line of Glick and Germerson!
Su Chen took the first step and put his head on the football!
The soccer ball hits the ground, causing a bouncing ball!
On the way out, Subasic subconsciously wanted to reach out to grab it, but unfortunately, it was a little short!
And he collided with Su Chen because of inertia!
Swish!
At the same time, the football has entered the net!
(End of this chapter)