Football: God-level striker, all teammates lie down

Manchester United players' mentality exploded a bit. After the restart, they no longer moved forward so much.

They planned to stabilize the rhythm first.

Instead of attacking fiercely, which would cause problems in the defense.

Manchester City obviously didn't want to enter a fast-paced offense and defense.

Their match with Real Madrid a few days ago consumed a lot of physical energy, and the main players on the field didn't want to fight hard.

They will go to the Bernabeu in a few days, and they need to preserve their state and physical energy.

Since they are already leading, they will stabilize the rhythm first and see how the situation goes.

Compared with the Champions League, the FA Cup is still much less valuable, and Manchester City doesn't want to consume too much in the FA Cup.

Of course, it is now the seventh round of the FA Cup. If they win, they will be in the final, and Manchester City will not give up.

One of the two sides wants to stabilize the rhythm, and the other doesn't want to enter a fast-paced offense and defense transition.

So after scoring a goal, the scene became a little boring.

As long as Manchester United launches an attack, Manchester City will shrink its defense.

But because Manchester City had a high-quality counterattack at the beginning, Manchester United's defense line did not dare to move too far forward.

They were worried about what problems might arise in the defense.

As a result, Manchester United's attack was a little timid.

There was no decent threat.

The young player Rashford worked hard in the frontcourt. As the future prince of Manchester United, he was not yet qualified enough, so he was very active.

However, the effect was not good.

Not to mention Otamendi, the tough guy, even the relatively soft Stones could limit him.

Rashford did not have enough space to run and basically could not get the ball.

And because of his lack of qualifications, Rooney, Martial, and Mata were reluctant to give him the opportunity.

As a result, Rashford had no chance to perform.

Mata's attack on the right was limited by the diligent Delph.

Only Martial on the left had some space, but Fernando's defense made Martial play a little uncomfortable.

Manchester United's offense did not improve for quite a long time.

For Manchester City, Iheanacho scored a goal, but his ability was still limited and it was difficult for him to find opportunities.

Zhao Yi had several cooperations with Delph on the wing, Carrick, Valencia and Mata who retreated very deep, which was relatively stable.

Zhao Yi did not find a good opportunity.

In the first 30 minutes of the game, both sides did not have many shots.

Zhao Yi on the wing had a very large range of activities on the defensive end.

He often appeared in the middle position, facing Rooney.

Rooney now is no longer the fat Rooney of Ferguson's time, and his state has declined seriously.

Facing the young and capable Zhao Yi, Rooney seemed a little clumsy and unable to do his best.

Several attacks in the middle were robbed by Fernandinho and Zhao Yi.

"Rooney... now think about it... Ferguson chose him over Ronaldo, which was a bit of a miscalculation. Rooney's condition has declined too seriously. He has almost no speed and his ability to carry the ball forward is much worse.

His only advantage now may be organization and passing.

After being double-teamed, he has no ability to get rid of it at all.

Rooney has become a burden for Manchester United.

Manchester United should look for a new replacement."

"This time... it's Rooney's mistake again. Manchester City counterattacks. Is there any chance..."

As Zhao Yi kicked the ball away, Silva received the ball and rushed forward with the ball.

Manchester United retreated quite quickly, but the players' running positions were not tacit, and it felt like a mess.

"Silva passes the ball!"

Silva played very coolly against Manchester United today.

Unfortunately, Iheanacho did not seize the opportunity and the ball was destroyed by Blind.

Iheanacho's strength is still a little worse than Aguero.

Then Manchester United played a good attack through the cooperation between Martial and Luke Shaw.

Luke Shaw made a cross and Rashford made a wonderful return pass in the middle.

Rooney followed up with a shot, but the ball was blocked by Otamendi.

Manchester United lost a good chance.

The first half ended quickly.

In this game, Manchester United's possession rate was rare to exceed Manchester City.

But there were not many opportunities.

Manchester City was leading instead.

During the halftime break, Guardiola emphasized his tactics.

Squat defense, squat.

Let Manchester United attack.

Seize the opportunity to counterattack.

Everyone knows that Manchester City has strong midfield control ability, but in fact Manchester City can also play defense.

This is also the change Guardiola hopes to make.

He found that blindly controlling the ball is not very effective.

The whole world is pursuing his passing and controlling style of play, he should continue to evolve and make changes.

After seeing Manchester City's play, Van Gaal made decisive changes in the second half.

It's time to attack.

Otherwise there will be no chance.

This is the last chance to turn things around this season.

After losing this game and being eliminated from the FA Cup, he has become a complete joke in the Premier League.

In the first ten minutes of the second half, Manchester United stepped up their attack.

Luke Shaw kept plugging in and attacked Manchester City's right side with Martial.

Fernando and Zabaleta were a little flustered.

The pressure was not small.

Luke Shaw successfully went down the bottom line, got rid of Zabaleta, and faced Stones with a reverse triangle pass.

Rooney, who followed, got a good chance again.

He shot at the football!

Otamendi stretched out his long legs and failed to intercept.

But Joe Hart jumped up and successfully saved the ball.

Mata and Zhao Yi, who retreated, fought together.

Zhao Yi stretched out his thighs and rushed forward, holding Mata firmly behind him.

Mata was like facing a mountain, stretching his legs and interfering constantly, but it was all useless.