Step by Step to Win

On February 19th, when the Champions League match day came, the players of Wolfsburg boarded the plane to Manchester, listening to the music being played by their teammates in the cabin, and watching their teammates humming to the music. The excitement of Gao Shunyao's heart suddenly felt inexplicable.

A few months ago, before the match against Manchester United, when the Wolfsburg players went to Manchester, although they knew that the team they were facing was a team that had just gone through a coaching change and might not be as strong as before. The team, but Wolfsburg at that time still had some inexplicable fear and attention to the enemy. And in a few months, what they are going to challenge is Manchester City, which is at its peak and can be called the top level, but at this moment, the players of Wolfsburg are all gearing up and preparing to do something.

Obviously it is a more difficult game, but at this time Wolfsburg's confidence has soared. They didn't look forward and backward at all, on the contrary, they were full of momentum. For a while, Gao Shunyao didn't know whether it was because the opponents weren't rich and gave them enough confidence, or because he had no retreat and had to win anyway.

He doesn't know where his team's morale comes from, but no matter what the reason is, the current full morale of Wolfsburg is something that makes Gao Shunyao very happy. In this game, Wolf Castle really needs some momentum to win. To win, this is already one of the few East ≦ ≦, ● x. West that they may be better than their opponents.

The two-round match between Wolfsburg and Manchester City is about to begin, and the first game is also an away game at Manchester City's home court. For this game. Wolfsburg's requirements were very clear from the beginning: For the Wolfsburg players, win this game. This is their biggest requirement.

The away game is a bit demanding, but for Wolfsburg. This requirement is a last resort. Although theoretically speaking, Wolfsburg has an advantage in the schedule. The first-home and then-off schedule allows the team to fight on their home court at the final moment of decision and has more advantages, but the problem is that the Bundesliga team has always been For Premier League teams, the home record has not been considered dominant. This also makes Wolfsburg dare not to be too big, thinking about a draw in the away game.

Before the game against Manchester City, Wolfsburg did a lot of preparations. It is also important to examine the previous encounters between the Bundesliga and the Premier League. And when they opened the previous record, the Wolfsburg players also discovered an embarrassing fact: Although the situation in the Bundesliga looks great in the past two years, it really talks about the experience of the Champions League and the home advantage of the Bundesliga. It seems to be of little use all the time.

Counting from a few years ago, Manchester United went to the final against Schalke away and Chelsea played Bayern. Won the Champions League, Arsenal played Bayern, lost at home but won the away game, somehow they made a stand and went home. And even Wolfsburg faced Arsenal last season. It's the same at home and didn't win. In the past few years, the Bundesliga has encountered the Premier League in the Champions League, and it is always not dominant at home. Even if it goes back to the 0910 season, Bayern's victory over Manchester United relied on the last time lore to barely win. Although this season. Wolfsburg won Manchester United at his home court, but this season's Manchester United. Being regarded as a weak chicken by the whole of Europe, it seems that it can't explain the problem. So, how big is the home advantage of the Bundesliga facing the Premier League? This question is worthy of further investigation.

Although the losses in those games, strictly speaking, most of them are Bayern's painful memories, and Schalke's loss to Manchester United is not surprising. But in any case, it is easy to go wrong when the Bundesliga is at home against the Premier League, which is also a very high probability. And if Wolfsburg really wants to win this game, then they better not think that their pig farm will definitely be able to win, and for away games, they'd better try their best to win.

They may not be able to win at home, so it is safer for them to win away games. The advantage is in hand, so no matter what, the opponent will not be able to turn out too much waves. Only with this victory can the Wolfsburg game be able to relax.

After having a certain understanding of the situation of the game, the players of Wolfsburg also knew it early. In this game, his task was not easy. Especially when they saw the opposing player's roster, they felt so. Winning away games is not easy, and looking at the opponent's roster makes them even more tricky.

In this game, Manchester City’s formation is a 4231 formation. Their goalkeeper is England international Hart, and the defender is composed of Richards, Demichelis, Kompany and Kolarov. Their line of defense. In front of them, Manchester City's double defensive midfielders are Aya Toure and Fernandinho, and their three offensive frontcourts are Navas, Silva and Nasri. At the forefront of this lineup, the forward they chose to use was former Wolfsburg striker Dzeko.

This lineup can be said to be the best lineup Manchester City can arrange now. The players on their guard line are very good, Hart is one of the few England goalkeepers who can be called reliable, and their defensive line Kompany has always been regarded as the world's top five guards. Since this season, Kolarov has gradually integrated into their offensive system. Now he plays well on the court, and the midfielder has a pair of midfielders worth 30 million. This combination is more It's enough to make people amazing.

In addition to Bayern, among the teams that Wolfsburg has played against, there is really no midfielder at this level. What's more, Manchester City's frontcourt players seem to be no worse than Wolfsburg. Silva is the core of Manchester City, and he is also world-class in terms of fame. On both sides of him, Navas is the same as the Spanish international, with the top level of dribbling and breakthrough ability, and Nasri also ushered in the resurrection this season, reappearing the glory of the Arsenal period. , These two players also have an extremely amazing level, even if they are not as scary as Bayern, they are equally powerful.

Not to mention, the forward on this team is Dzeko. This former core player of Wolfsburg is now playing for Manchester City. What his strength is, everyone at Wolfsburg understands very well. This name has long become one of the legends of this team, but now he is the enemy of this team.

This team is indeed very strong.

What's even more frightening is that although the opponent is very strong, in fact, this team is not in full shape. It is also a fact that the continuous combat in the previous period has brought them very serious problems. Before this confrontation, many Manchester City players also suffered injuries. Such a lineup is already in their state after the injury.

There are a lot of wounded in Manchester City, let alone those on the bench, just say that among the main players, Sabaletta, the main left-back of Manchester City, suffered an injury at this time. He was supposed to be an important part of Manchester City's tactics. He was injured in the previous training period. Although he has now returned, he is unable to play because of his poor condition. The other injured player is Manchester City's main striker Aguero. As one of the core players of the team, the Argentine, just after the injury in December, suffered another injury in January. The continuous injury made his condition very poor, and he did not even enter this game. Big list.

The impact of these two injuries is very large. And not to mention, Manchester City still have a series of other injuries such as Jovic and Milner. In this game, they have encountered a lot of trouble, but their strength is still very good.

And it is conceivable that, in the face of such a team, if they can't seize the upper hand in this game, when their players are back, how much pressure Wolfsburg needs to face. Even in order not to let them have a chance to ease their breath, the Wolfsburg players must also strive for victory.

But victory is never determined by a passion. At least in this game, after the start of the game, Wolfsburg does not have the upper hand. After the Etihad Stadium is still Manchester City's home court~www.ltnovel.com~ After kick-off, Manchester City's attack is much smoother than Wolfsburg.

Manchester City's lineup itself is much better than Wolfsburg, and since the day of formation, Manchester City has been striving for the goal of attacking football and beautiful football. After spending a lot of money to introduce a lot of good players, Manchester City's tactical system is basically set up, and their players' offensive power is also very strong.

If it is facing a top team such as Barcelona and Real Madrid, Manchester City may converge a little bit and dare not launch an offensive too much. However, facing a team at the level of Wolfsburg, Manchester City has not thought about it carefully before fighting. meaning. At the beginning of the game, Manchester City relied on their superior skills to control the rhythm of the game. Their players kept taking the ball forward and trying to test, forcing the Wolfsburg players to reclaim in their own half. Can't attack at all.

The strength of Manchester City at home is quite good. After gaining the upper hand, they are obviously not prepared to allow Wolf Castle to have too many adjustment opportunities. When Wolfsburg was forced to reclaim because it failed to gain an advantage after the opening of Wolfsburg, Manchester City immediately launched its own attack. When Kolarov got the football, Manchester City’s onslaught also followed Come. (To be continued...)

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