I started with Torres, to revive German football

Chapter 278 Strange Manchester United
Regarding Manchester United's pressure and attack, Manchester City's strategy is to directly ignore Rashford on the left side of the Red Devils and not respond too much.

Clichy and Mane are responsible for containing Mkhitaryan on the other side's right.

Nowadays, the young La Shifu has more than enough speed and average shooting skills. Facing Kyle Walker, the current number one right back in the Premier League, Guardiola does not take him to heart.

After the baptism of the first half of the season, Walker has now fully entered his peak period. Luke Shaw and Rashford, who are still a little immature on the left side of Manchester United, are no match for him one on one.

If Mata is replaced, Guardiola will have to work hard. After all, the Spaniard's passing penetration is still sufficient, and combined with Luke Shaw's low pass, it is even more lethal.

Mkhitaryan on the right, Manchester City responded more by double-teaming and stealing the ball. In the first 10 minutes, last season's Bundesliga MVP was chased and intercepted by Manchester City many times!

This made both the Armenians and Mourinho feel speechless. They were targeting each other on the court, right? !
Just because I'm a newbie on the left, you can't put all your defensive focus on the right!Don't let others play football well!

Although Manchester United's Luke Shaw on the left and La Shifu, who is still a bit confused now, are also very active,

It can be seen that these two young players want to prove themselves in such a heavyweight game. They pressed forward frequently after the game started, but Manchester United's wing attack still failed to open up.

The gap in strength is too great, and this gap can no longer be bridged by a positive mental attitude.

Manchester United's wing attack didn't make much noise, and the frontal attack in the center certainly didn't make any difference.

As Guardiola said, although Da Fengxian is very strong, his age is really good. Currently, under Mourinho's [-] formation, it is still a bit difficult for Da Fengxian to be the center.

It is definitely a bit difficult to rely on him to solve the problem head-on. The five-year-old Ibrahimovic may still be able to tear apart Manchester City's level of defense with his own personal strength, but now that he is almost 35 years old, he is in urgent need of help. Wing and midfield support!
He can still rely on his experience and strong fulcrum ability to play an indispensable role in the team's offense, but as a battering ram, he is not sharp enough!

Manchester United's offense was completely frustrated by Manchester City's midfield defense. After Guardiola saw the situation stabilized, he felt a lot more relaxed and turned to his assistant coach, feeling proud. Talking proudly about some topics that have little to do with the game:

"Do you see? When the midfield is not dominant, a strong center is far more important than anything else."

"Oh, really? You couldn't use a big center when you were in Barcelona. That's not what you said at that time. You would only say that I have Messi!"

The assistant coach who has been with Guardiola for many years did not give Guagua any face and began to directly undermine him.

"Oh, are you sure? Well, it seemed like that before, but now I have the best center in the world, don't I?!

Haha, don’t deny it, as a successful head coach, good luck is also the key to success! "

Looking at Guardiola, who was smiling broadly, the assistant coach pursed his lips noncommittally. In this guy's eyes, Zhao Jinge and Messi, the two players who made his coaching career possible, are probably closer than his son!
When Guardiola thinks of his precious center, he is so happy that his molars are blooming. It's not that Guardiola has never seen good players, but Zhao Jinge is indeed the best center he has ever had in his life!

Turning his attention back to the court, I have to say that Mourinho is really an excellent head coach. As long as he has a firm goal, his will will be very firm.

Even if this matter was not his intention.

From the first minute of the game, Manchester United frantically put pressure on Manchester City, showing a momentum that they would not return until they scored.

Even when Manchester City played steadily, Manchester United's players still did not give up, and still tenaciously organized offensives that failed again and again.

The game reached the 10th minute, and Manchester United's pressure did not diminish at all.

No. 15 minutes, Manchester United still refused to retreat.

Even at the 20th minute, Manchester United's overall formation still did not retreat and continued to grit their teeth and persevere!

This is simply off the mark. What's going on?With such pressure, does Manchester United completely ignore the distribution of physical fitness?
Are Manchester United not going to play in the second half of the game? !
This had to surprise Guardiola on the sidelines.

Now he finally knows what Mourinho is doing? !

He is working hard!He's taking a gamble!

Guardiola thought that Mourinho would attack at the beginning, and also thought that he would focus on the game at the beginning, but he never expected that he would be so determined and even want to win the game at the beginning. negative feeling.

Either Manchester United scores a goal, and Manchester City will be very passive in the next situation and will face Manchester United's strict defense and sharp counterattack.

Rashford and Luke Shaw, as well as Pogba, are prepared for this, and there is even Martial as a back-up player.

Otherwise, Manchester United's attack failed, and it is difficult to say how the game will go next.

The worst, but very likely situation is that Manchester United cannot attack for a long time and is scored by Manchester City on counterattack.

This basically declared Mourinho's tactical failure in this game.

I have to admit, this is a very courageous choice!

This is also a choice that is very inconsistent with Mourinho's character and temperament. This is definitely not the Mourinho that Guardiola is familiar with.

It is obvious that someone else definitely interfered with Manchester United's game, so Manchester United did not choose Mourinho's usual defensive tactics at Old Trafford, but instead attacked. Mourinho's tactical choice, A sacrifice must have been made for something.

With Manchester United exerting crazy pressure, Manchester City was also not idle.

Guardiola kept adjusting the team, stabilizing the position and waiting for opportunities to attack.

But I have to admit that Manchester United had a strong sense of defense tonight and was very fast.

As soon as the ball was lost in front, Manchester City's counterattack had just passed the halfway line, and Manchester United was already back.

And at the 205th minute, Mourinho, who was standing on the sidelines, gave the order for the team to shrink. After more than 20 crazy minutes, many players had begun to gasp and Manchester United made adjustments. It seemed because Due to physical reasons, he was forced to give up the pressing tactics.

This made the Manchester City players on the field feel a little confused. Such a tactical arrangement made no sense at all!

The same goes for Guardiola on the side. He clearly felt that Mourinho's early tactical planning seemed to be a mindless show!
Just like it is simply showing the passionate fighting spirit of the Red Devils and Manchester United, just like the momentum in the Old Trafford Stadium is now high because of the passionate fighting of the Red Devils players and the successful victory of the previous three games, it seems to be full of vigor. In fact, it doesn’t have enough stamina!
Do these Manchester United fans, celebrities, and executives really think that Manchester United can completely reverse the team's decline by buying a few good players and playing a few good games? !

Mourinho's style is to win the team pragmatically, and now he still requires good-looking football, something is wrong!
Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, Guardiola called Kyle Walker to his side on the right. "During the counterattack, when the forward progress is unfavorable, you and Clichy have to go up one, allowing Mane and Sterling to move to the ribs. You quickly insert and hit the outside."

"Understood, boss."

After a yes, Kyle Walker returned to the court.

The game resumed and Kyle Walker was quick to relay Guardiola's instructions to his surrounding teammates.

City quickly adapted.

But by this time, three and ten minutes had passed.

Both sides consume a lot of money in this fast-paced attack and defense.

Especially Manchester United, which takes the initiative to attack. This kind of rapid sprint back and forth consumes so much of the players that their pressing and pressing intensity has to be slowed down. Even if Mourinho doesn't let them shrink, they themselves have to. Can't run anymore.

No one can maintain high-energy output for nine or ten minutes!
It is very, very difficult for Manchester United to hold on to this kind of crazy press for more than 20 minutes.

But once the ball is lost, Manchester United's replay speed is still very fast.

In the 303rd minute, Manchester City seized an opportunity and quickly counterattacked. Sterling dribbled the ball from the left and cut in near Manchester United's 30-meter area, but was blocked by Mkhitaryan and Valencia. pinched and forced to pass the ball back.

Yaya Toure passed to De Bruyne, and the Belgian tried to pass it forward to his good brother Zhao Jinge.

But it is a pity that after Zhao Jinge received the ball with his back, he was surrounded by Manchester United's defensive players, and it was difficult for him to fight with two fists. What's more, Zhao Jinge was surrounded by water, and there were more than two people around him.

Therefore, he was forced to choose to pass the ball back and handed it back to De Bruyne. Pogba and Rooney had also returned to their positions. The pressing pressure brought by the two big men was still there.

De Bruyne passed back to Yaya Toure and wanted to organize it again, but Manchester United's defensive pressure came up.

As a last resort, Yaya Toure passed the ball back to Kante and then to Kompany in the backcourt.

Almost all attention was attracted by the football in the left half. Only Zhao Jinge, who was looking behind from the frontcourt position, saw that Kyle Walker, who was in the backcourt just now, had quietly crossed the center line. , and still sprinting quickly.

And the most important thing is that Kompany in the backcourt also saw it!

"Manchester City passed the ball expertly and United were unable to intercept the ball in midfield."

"Manchester City controlled the ball and passed it safely back to the defense and handed it to Kompany. Manchester United's pressing intensity dropped during this period, and Kompany on the defense could handle the ball without pressure! "

"The Manchester City captain took small steps forward with the ball, stopped the ball, and transferred it with a long diagonal pass."

"Beautiful! Manchester United's left side is empty!"

Kyle Walker had already rushed into Manchester United's 30-meter area, stayed close to the right sideline, glanced at Kompany's long pass, stood in position, stopped the ball with a light pad of his chest, and quickly took control with his feet. live.

Rashford immediately rushed towards Kyle Walker, but the England full-back did not wait for him to rush over and rushed directly to the bottom line, deceiving Rashford to rush to the bottom line immediately.

Kyle Walker made an emergency stop and spiked the ball, passing the ball across the ball to Sterling's feet at the front of the penalty area.

Zhao Jinge also rushed over to respond and wanted to play a one-two with Sterling in the penalty area. As a result, when Zhao Jinge passed the ball back, the ball was blocked out of the penalty area by Rooney who recovered in time.

Yaya Toure caught up and was about to shoot, but Fellaini fell to the ground and tackled the ball, blocking the ball, but the ball was still in the penalty area.

Manchester United's penalty area was already in chaos.

Zhao Jinge got the ball first, but at this time, the penalty area was full of dense legs and there was no room for shooting. He didn't want to take a gamble and was forced to take the ball to the outside of Manchester United's penalty area.

At the front of Manchester United's penalty area, the Manchester City center turned around, but at this time, Smalling had already leaned over.

"This way!"

Kyle Walker raised his hand for the ball on the right side of the penalty area.

Zhao Jinge immediately passed the ball over and then broke into the chaotic Manchester United penalty area. After the Manchester City full-back got the ball again, he handed the ball to De Bruyne at the front of the penalty area without even thinking about it.

Teacher Ding stopped the ball and moved forward. He took a look at the chaos in Manchester United's penalty area and noticed Zhao Jinge's movement. After a pause, he caught up and passed the ball directly with a half-high ball.

The football passed Smalling and fell to the right of the small penalty area line, just right in the weak position of Manchester United's already panicked defense!
The next moment, I saw Zhao Jinge jumping out from the crowd of people, getting ahead of Blinder, and pushing the ball in front of Teacher Ding's pass.

The football changed direction and went straight into the left side of Manchester United's goal at a reverse angle at a speed that was difficult to discern with the naked eye.

Goalkeeper De Gea was standing in front of the goal, but he had no time to react to this shot that was so close, and he shot it close to the face, which was fatal!

"GOAL!!!!!!"

"In the 304th minute, Manchester United, which had been pressing like crazy since the beginning, was actually scored first by Manchester City!"

"Zhao Jinge grabbed the ball in front of the goal and opened the scoring for Manchester City!"

The entire Old Trafford stadium was eerily quiet, except for a handful of Manchester City fans in the visiting team's stands!
All Blue Moon fans rushed out of their seats and cheered wildly for Zhao Jinge.

After the Manchester City forward scored, he turned around and rushed to the sidelines, ran all the way to the sidelines, and finally knelt down in front of the visiting team's fans' stands, causing countless Blue Moon fans to scream crazily for him.

Other Manchester City players also swarmed up and surrounded him to celebrate this key goal for him.

(End of this chapter)