Football: God-level striker, all teammates lie down

Goodison Park welcomed the Premier League champion for the third time this season.

In the first two times, they won one and drew one, conceded six goals and scored one goal.

Judging from the record alone, Goodison Park is not afraid of Manchester City, which is what Everton fans think.

So the diehard fans of the Toffees wore dark blue home jerseys with the team logo painted on their faces, cheering for the team.

They believe that this will be an opportunity for Everton to get revenge!

Manchester City used the full main lineup in the Champions League.

Only Otamendi replaced Stones.

Stones chose to rest in this game against his old club.

In last week's league, these main players of Manchester City got enough rest.

In this game, Manchester City is bound to win.

And Everton also played with all the main players without the pressure of relegation and unable to compete for the top four.

This kind of cup competition, because it is a single-elimination nature, there is a great possibility of upset.

Manchester City has eleven starters, and Everton also has eleven starters.

Don't you ask Manchester City if they know Everton's belief in winning? ?

Everton also has a 4231 lineup in this game.

Single striker Lukaku.

Three attacking frontcourt players, Cleverley, Barkley, and Corey.

Double defensive midfielders Barry and McCarthy.

Four defenders Oviedo, Gilka, Mori, and Coleman.

Goalkeeper Howard.

Everton's combat effectiveness has declined after losing Stones, and they are likely to lose Lukaku and Barkley next season.

The decline in performance will be even more serious by then.

There is no way, these small and medium-sized clubs are to provide high-quality talents for the giants.

Lukaku started his performance today with a classic reverse kick.

Lukaku has a big body and a beer belly, and his best skill is to burst on the wing.

Today, he is still cruising in the frontcourt, silently waiting for opportunities.

Waiting for the chance to score is also waiting for the chance to kick off.

Everton started the game by keeping the rhythm steady.

There was no rush for success.

Barry and McCarthy continued to look for Oviedo Coleman in the backcourt.

In order to prevent Manchester City players from pressing, they basically would not choose to pass the ball horizontally.

Once it was cut off, the consequences would be disastrous.

After goalkeeper Howard received the ball, he was pressed by Aguero and passed it to Coleman in a long range.

Coleman was pressed by De Bruyne and Fernandinho who caught up, and could not move forward, so he could only choose to pass back to Mori.

The ball rotated in Everton's half, and Manchester City players began to slowly move forward.

Coleman made a short pass to McCarthy, and McCarthy saw the opportunity and kicked the ball.

This is Everton's typical routine, long pass to Lukaku.

Lukaku has already run to the left, and Zhao Yi, who has been dragging behind in this game, quickened two steps and moved closer to Lukaku.

In this game, Zhao Yi's task is to get the ball, carry the ball across half court, and organize the attack.

There is also a big defensive task.

Guardiola likes Zhao Yi, not only because Zhao Yi has unparalleled offensive talent, but more importantly, he will listen to the coach's arrangements on the court.

Most talented players always go against the coach's ideas.

They are unwilling to defend.

Lukaku successfully received the ball. He is much taller than Zhao Yi, but he doesn't like confrontation.

He just likes to burst on the side.

As soon as Zhao Yi approached, he wanted to show his footwork. After dribbling continuously, he poked the ball hard and prepared to accelerate.

Zhao Yi saw the time and accelerated, blocking Lukaku behind him.

Then he ran back with the ball.

Lukaku opened his eyes wide, followed Zhao Yi angrily, and dragged Zhao Yi to the lawn.

"Lukaku was a little impulsive this time. He couldn't keep up with Zhao Yi in speed, and he didn't try his best to fight. This big grid is really useless."

The referee immediately warned Lukaku.

Then Joe Hart took a free kick.

Manchester City surrounded Everton for two minutes.

It's a pity that there was no shot in the last shot.

Everton's defense is pretty good.

After the two sides tested each other, Everton did not immediately attack on a large scale, but used Lukaku, Barkley and McWillie to harass Manchester City's defense from time to time.

They focused on defense most of the time.

That is the so-called squatting strategy.

They stood in their positions one by one in the midfield and backcourt, watching their own areas, and never left easily.

In other words, they gave up the opportunity to attack or even counterattack.

Only a few people in the frontcourt played guerrilla warfare.

This is the best way to deal with Manchester City.

Be a cuckold without moving.

As long as we don't take the initiative to invest in the number of attackers, it will be difficult for you to penetrate our defense.

If we're luckyWell, if they steal one, they might advance.

At Goodison Park, Everton's home ground, Everton played like an away game without fans.

After playing for more than ten minutes, even Cleverley retreated.

Barkley stood near the center circle, with only Lukaku in front of him.

They were ready to use this defense to completely lock down Manchester City's offensive group.

Manchester City's formation changed as Everton's head coach expected.

Zhao Yi, who was in the defensive midfielder position, moved forward and turned into a double-ten position with Silva.

The two full-backs also went to the side to increase the number of attackers.

Kompany and Fernandinho stood parallel to form the third offensive line in the middle.

Only Otamendi was left behind to stare at Lukaku.

He thought Manchester City would play like this, but he didn't think of a way to deal with it.

He could only squat in the pit to defend, and couldn't grab the ball at all.

With the configuration of Everton players, it was difficult to grab the ball one-on-one.

Manchester City's most prone to mistakes is actually De Bruyne who is dribbling forward.

As a result, De Bruyne was at the front in this game and basically did not dribble the ball.

Even if he snatched the ball, it was in Everton's dangerous area, and it was difficult to pass the ball out with one foot to launch a quick counterattack.

Most of the time, the ball was controlled by Silva and Zhao Yi.

These two people cooperated with Kompany to pass the ball in the middle and front court. As long as they wanted, they could play all night.

So they couldn't snatch it at all.

After Zhao Yi held the ball, facing the pressure from Barkley, he pushed the ball lightly, and then pushed it with the outside of his foot.

The ball went through Barkley's legs.

With one start, it was behind Barkley.

Barkley scratched his head.

When Zhao Yi started, Barry and McCarthy directly contracted their defense.

Trying to lock Zhao Yi out.

The contraction of the two defensive midfielders can limit the middle, but the disadvantage is of course that there will be a large gap on both sides.

The full-backs are needed to rush to help.

At this time, De Bruyne, Clichy, Sterling, and Sagna were pushing forward on the wing, so that Everton's two full-backs did not dare to fill in easily.

At this time, the double-ten tactics played a key role.

David Silva made a run, and Zhao Yi passed the ball diagonally.

Silva had a large open area.

Silva has a very strong through ball, and Barry will never let him break through like this.

So he can only speed up the defense.

In the middle, Zhao Yi immediately moved forward.

While shaking off McCarthy, he blocked him firmly behind him.

Zhao Yi not only has the ability to run and pull quickly, but also has a very strong level of confrontation.

This made McCarthy lose his position, and it was difficult for McCarthy to regain his defensive position.

When David Silva broke through, he created a very good space, and his ball immediately fell to Zhao Yi's feet.

Zhao Yi's pace of receiving and passing the ball was too fast.

After getting the ball, when the defensive players just noticed it, the ball had been forced to the left by Zhao Yi.

Aguero in the middle was tightly guarded, but when Coleman on the wing assisted Silva, a gap had appeared on the left.

Cleverley had retreated deep enough and also stared at De Bruyne.

However, Zhao Yi's pass was not to De Bruyne.

But to Clichy who entered the penalty area diagonally from the wing.

Clichy was not guarded at all!

Forced the central defender Mori to leave his defensive area.

As soon as Mori left, Aguero in the middle made a random run and threw Jilka away.

Clichy made a short pass in the penalty area without hesitation!

After Aguero caught up, he received the ball and moved to the wing again, dodging his steps.

Howard had done the maximum blocking.

Aguero faced Howard and shot from a small angle!

The ball went into the net.

Aguero, who was criticized in the Champions League, returned to the FA Cup and became the striker again!