At the end of March, all the main players of Manchester City returned to the team.
In two days, they will continue to participate in the Premier League, and then they will start the Champions League match with Paris Saint-Germain.
For players like Aguero, De Bruyne, Sterling, Kompany, and Sagna who have national team competition tasks, they will be very tired.
So in this game, Guardiola sent a large number of substitutes.
David Silva and Fernandinho can start this game because they are national team substitutes.
Local time, April 2.
Manchester City challenged Bournemouth away.
Fortunately, the opponent is not strong, otherwise Manchester City will have big problems in this game.
Guardiola sent two forwards, Iheanacho and Bony.
Nasri, Fernandinho, David Silva and Zhao Yi are configured as four midfielders.
The attacking ability is far from the previous Manchester City frontcourt combination.
Stones and Mangala are partners on the back line.
Krichdelf is on both sides.
Goalkeeper Caballero.
Although most of them are substitutes, compared with Bournemouth, a team that can hardly gain a foothold in the Premier League, their fighting power is quite good.
At the beginning of the game, Bournemouth, who was at home, did not try to take the lead and show momentum, but chose to retreat directly.
It is almost equivalent to a 541 formation.
The center will retreat when necessary and change the formation to 550.
Through dense defenders to pile up the defense line.
As long as Manchester City has a player holding the ball, they will instantly form a zone defense, and it will immediately be many to one.
Zhao Yi appeared on the right side and tried to break through several times, but there was almost no way to pull out offensive space.
It was even difficult to kick the ball in the penalty area.
He could only try long shots from the outside.
But there were too many people in front, and they would basically be blocked directly.
The two forwards were talented, but not strong.
They were soon lost in the opponent's human sea tactics.
Silva's quick and cleverness did find some passing and through-passing opportunities.
Unfortunately, the ball was destroyed by a group of people when it entered the penalty area.
Iheanacho and Bony were too weak in holding the ball.
Guardiola was competing with himself again and was determined not to change players.
He just didn't accept it and wanted to play with this lineup.
As a result, the two sides drew in the first half.
"Move, pass, and receive!"
Guardiola kept reminding the frontcourt players what they should do.
If they keep pulling, the opponent's defense will definitely have problems.
At the same time, their physical energy will be consumed very quickly.
As their physical energy is consumed, their mental willpower will also relax.
As long as they seize the opportunity, they can defeat them.
Once there is the first goal, their morale will be hit, and there will be a second goal and a third goal.
In the second half, Manchester City still controlled the advantage on the field and kept passing.
At the same time, Zhao Yi, Silva and Nasri were holding the ball to attack the opponent's defense.
As Guardiola expected, Bournemouth's players' physical fitness began to deteriorate little by little.
In this way, they needed to use fouls to stop Manchester City's attack.
Manchester City got many free kick opportunities.
In the 70th minute of the game, Zhao Yi sent the ball into the penalty area with a free kick, Bony ran to the position and headed the ball into the sky.
Missed a great opportunity.
Guardiola was scratching his head, he felt that it was time to strengthen the striker.
Except for Zhao Yi and Aguero, it was difficult for others to play well in the center position.
Three minutes later, Silva was knocked to the ground again while holding the ball in the middle.
This time, Zhao Yi did not miss the opportunity.
The free kick was kicked directly and passed the wall.
Although Bournemouth's defense did not lose its position, it had no way to face this kind of free kick directly.
Manchester City finally took the lead away from home!
After defending for 73 minutes, they were still one goal behind.
Bournemouth's players certainly had some ideas.
They were unwilling to lose a goal at home.
So in the following time, their formation began to move forward, trying to score a goal to equalize the score.
This gave Manchester City more offensive space.
In the 83rd minute of the game, Zhao Yi forced the defender away from the wing and sent the ball into the penalty area. Iheanacho shot a shot, which was resolved by the goalkeeper.
Silva, who followed up, found an opportunity and made it in one fell swoop.
Manchester City scored the second goal away from home.
The score of 2:0 also remained until the end of the game.
Bournemouth's road to relegation is still very difficult.
Because Leicester City lost points in consecutive games, Manchester City has led by 17 points after 31 rounds of the Premier League.
This means that in the next Premier League, as long as Manchester City gets one point, they will lock in the Premier League championship in advance!
And they will be at home in the next roundFacing the weak team West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League.
This almost announced that the Premier League this season will usher in the finale in the next round.
Therefore, after this round of games, some anxious Manchester City fans have begun to set off fireworks in Manchester.
They even gathered together and sang the team song in the square.
Some Manchester City fans who were too proud of themselves waved flags and shouted outside the bar where Manchester United fans gathered.
Seeing the Manchester United fans rushing out angrily, they scattered in a hurry, shouting "Manchester City is the champion" while running away, adding salt to the hearts of Manchester United fans.
There are even Manchester City fans who sang "Manchester United is the Europa League champion" to laugh at the tragic fact that Manchester United will play in the Europa League next season.
Angry Manchester United fans can be seen everywhere in Manchester, as well as Liverpool fans who are not afraid of trouble.
Liverpool can't even play in the Europa League, but they are particularly happy to see Manchester City fans riding on the heads of Manchester United fans and shitting.
While Manchester City fans were fanning the flames and celebrating excitedly, there was not much joy inside Manchester City.
Instead, there was some solemnity.
Because in the middle of the week, they will travel to France to compete with Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League knockout round.
The competitiveness of Ligue 1 is more than one level lower than that of the Premier League.
Paris Saint-Germain is the only one that can win the championship by playing casually throughout the season.
So the overall physical reserve of their players is much stronger than that of Manchester City.
Moreover, the fighting power of the players of the rich Paris Saint-Germain is not worse than that of the rich teams.
They have bought a large number of top football stars with money, and almost all positions are national main players of the world's strong teams.
The only thing lacking is the foundation.
This is very similar to Manchester City.
And their experience in the Champions League is even better than Manchester City.
This game will be very difficult to play.
For Manchester City, the only good news is that Verratti, the core midfielder of Paris Saint-Germain, cannot play because of injury.
This Italian national team player with fierce interception and excellent organizational skills has strained his muscles due to the international match day and is confirmed to miss the next two Champions League knockout games.
This is a big blow to Paris Saint-Germain's midfield defense.
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