Super Marshal

The city stadium was packed, and Manchester City fans packed the entire stand.

This is the first time Manchester City have participated in the UEFA Champions League in recent decades. There were not many fans who watched the Champions League match at home last time, and most of them are already very old.

The club organized a special event before the game to find witnesses to the last home game of the Champions League. The youngest was a middle-aged man in his 50s. It is said that he was a child at the time and was taken to Myanmar by his parents. Watch the game on the road court.

Participating in a UEFA Champions League game at their home court is also the long-cherished wish of countless Manchester City fans for many years.

So tonight, when they came to the City Stadium, each of them was very excited, very excited.

They firmly believe that the Alpine team will not let them down.

Here tonight, Manchester City will usher in a historic victory!

Manchester City's game is a full-time effort. Many people think that Alpine will play a four-back in the Champions League, but in fact Alpine has not adjusted, and still insists on a three-four-three formation.

The goalkeeper is Cech, the defense is Kompany, Xavi Martinez and Mascherano, the midfielder is delayed by Xavi Alonso, David Silva and Modric are in the center. Before the card, the front trident is Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema and Sanchez.

This is Manchester City's main lineup for the past two seasons, and it is also the strongest attacking formation that the team can rank.

Especially Cristiano Ronaldo, scoring momentum this season is overwhelming, and the state is very good.

Real Madrid is an away game, and their strength is a little behind Manchester City. In addition, Mourinho himself is best at defensive counterattacks, so they have a four-three-two formation with three midfielders.

The goalkeeper is Real Madrid’s captain Casillas, the defense line from left to right are Kolarov, Bruno Alves, Albiol and Aveloya, and the three midfielders are S. Ned, Gago and Las Diarra, Özil advances, Diego Costa and Higuain form a double forward.

This is also the strongest lineup that Mourinho has been able to discharge so far this season, and the midfielder will be Real Madrid's weakness, especially the midfielder position.

Real Madrid originally considered introducing Arsenal’s Fabregas or Gerrard in the transfer this summer, using him to replace Sneijder. The Dutch midfielder has once been on the transfer market, but later with the World Cup. On the performance, coupled with the unsuccessful introduction of Fabregas and Gerrard, so Real Madrid left Sneijder.

Defender Gago was originally not the main force of Real Madrid. The local international De La Reid is the core midfielder that everyone has high hopes for. But last season, De La Reid was detected to have a heart problem and had to retire early. , Leading to Gago being supported in the upper position, performance has always been mixed.

However, Mourinho is obviously also psychologically prepared for this.

After the start of the game, Real Madrid maintained a very tight formation. The three lines were very tight. At the same time, they retreated to the front of the penalty area and assumed a very low posture, which was obviously to fight a defensive counterattack.

On the other hand, Manchester City, in the end, are at their home court, and they took the initiative to attack after the opening.

Just one minute from the start of the game, David Silva crossed from the left side of the penalty area. Benzema failed to grab the ball with Bruno Alves and Albiol. This led to David Xi. Alva's pass was easily obtained by Casillas.

Four minutes later, Kaka dribbled the ball to the front of the penalty area and was closely guarded by Las Diarra. After falling to the ground, the referee did not whistle and signaled the game to continue, but the ball was still at the feet of Manchester City, Cristiano Ronaldo made a long shot from 25 meters away, failed to hold down the ball, and went high.

Two consecutive offenses failed. Harvey Alonso and Modric began to stabilize the team's rhythm, no longer rushing to attack, but patiently passing through the center and back, looking for opportunities.

Real Madrid seems to be prepared for this a long time ago, not in a hurry to grab the ball, but to keep the overall formation compact and tight.

But once the ball reaches the front court, when Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Sanchez and Benzema are at the feet, Real Madrid will at least immediately organize two defensive players close together, and very organized, a close press , A defense protection, to avoid falling into a single-handed situation when defensive.

Obviously, Mourinho knows very well that in one-on-one terms, Real Madrid has no advantage at all.

It is this very tight defensive formation with the inner three layers and the outer three layers. Although Manchester City has possession of the ball, they are playing very hard and it is difficult to really effectively send the ball into the range of shooting.

Even if it is a chance to get a chance, it is difficult for a player to get a good start.

Mourinho’s team is as strict in tactical discipline as before, with excellent physical strength. What is even more troublesome is that there are many small moves, whether it is forward Diego Costa or central defender Bruno Alves.

This allowed Manchester City to shoot two shots in the opening game, but in the next ten minutes, although they controlled the ball, they were never able to create a threat. They did not shoot again, which shows the tight defense of Real Madrid.

Until the seventeenth minute, Real Madrid finally made a mistake.

Portugal's central defender Bruno Alves failed to pass the ball far. After Xavi Alonso topped the ball back to the midfield, David Silva picked up the pass behind the defensive line. Benzema succeeded in offside and hit the penalty area. After receiving the ball on the left, the ball is returned to the penalty area before the baseline.

Cristiano Ronaldo got rid of Aveloa's entanglement, reached the penalty area and made a calm push, sending the ball into Casillas's goal, making the entire city stadium completely into a carnival.

The referee's whistle sounded, but it was not a valid goal, but a signal to Cristiano Ronaldo for a foul.

"This time the referee's penalty seems to have caused a lot of controversy. Boos from the stands of the City Stadium."

"The captains of both sides stepped forward to negotiate, and the referee seemed to be indicating that Cristiano Ronaldo had a foul against Aveloya when he started."

"Let's watch the slow-motion replay of the game, Cristiano Ronaldo starts..."

"Hey, it's here. It seems that when he was breaking away from Aveloa's defense, his hand was in contact with Aveloa's body, and Aveloa fell to the ground. The referee should be penalizing the Portuguese to start. Shitui fouled."

"Let's look at it from another angle."

"Indeed, the hand did touch Aveloya's shoulder, but it looked like it was just breaking free, and didn't use any force. Aveloya was a little bit suspicion of deceiving the referee this time, but the referee seemed to have identified Cristia. No Ronaldo fouled, so the goal was invalid."

"Many City are very upset about this."

"But we have to say that the game has just begun and Manchester City needs to calm down now."

"In the professional league, it can be said that both sides do everything to win the game. This situation is very common."

"Well, we see that the two teams are back in the game, and the referee gave Real Madrid a set-kick opportunity."

But Cristiano Ronaldo was very dissatisfied with the penalty he received. Three minutes later, when he entered the penalty area from the left and competed with Albiol for a header, he was again called by the referee for a foul. In a rage, he kicked the ball directly to the stands.

This uncomfortable move also brought him a yellow card.

Gao Han immediately jumped up after watching it on the sidelines.

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"Hey, Cristiano, are you crazy?"

Gao Han asked inexplicably toward the court from the sidelines.

"Is it fun to run to get a yellow card for no reason?"

The Portuguese knew that he was in the wrong, bowed his head, and did not dare to look at Gao Han, let alone talk back.

"Calm down, think with your head, understand?"

Cristiano Ronaldo nodded, indicating that he understood.

Gao Han turned around and walked back to the coach's bench. After standing still, he heard Sergio Garcia sneer.

"Mourinho is also fighting for this game. It has been ten minutes since the beginning of the game. He has not even shot a goal. The ball possession rate has been reduced to the limit, less than 30%. You say he ..."

"He is to curb our possession of the ball." Brian Kidd sighed.

"If the defensive area is expanded, the physical fitness in the first half is estimated to be able to support, but in the second half, he will have to disarm, so he simply did it to the extreme, reducing the defensive area to within 30 meters and keeping the three lines tight. , Reduce the player’s running range, once our offense enters, we will immediately take high pressure to press, so that we can not create threats."

This set of tactics was considered in La Liga, but later it is said that the chairman Florentino felt that the use of a three-back midfielder was too conservative and did not conform to Real Madrid's status. As a result, he lost at the Nou Camp. A zero to five, leading to a disastrous away game, and only now came out to deal with Manchester City.

Gao Han is also very big on the sidelines. The most difficult thing in the world to crack is the iron barrel formation, especially for the iron barrel formation trained by Mourinho who is good at defense and tactical discipline~www.readwn.com~ that is simply It is a nightmare for all teams.

"It's not that there is no chance." Gao Han said after hesitating for a while.

"Then you can only storm." Brian Kidd suggested.

"As the saying goes, no matter how tight Real Madrid's defense is, as long as we continue to exert pressure, they will definitely expose their flaws, but beware of their counterattacks.

Gao Han set his sights on the two forwards Diego Costa and Higuain. Both of these players played a considerable role in the counterattack, especially Diego Costa. If Real Madrid can seize the opportunity Counterattack, with Mourinho's efficiency, then Manchester City is really dangerous.

Therefore, Gao Han quickly conveyed his ideas to the court, so that all Manchester City players clearly knew that the coach wanted them to continue to maintain pressure on Real Madrid, but at the same time beware of the opponent's counterattack.

There are Harvey Alonso, Modric, David Silva, and even Kaka. The advantage of such players on the court is obvious. If there is any idea for Gao Han, convey to them, these few Players can quickly put it into practice.

Especially Harvey Alonso and Modric, the two players firmly helped Manchester City control the midfield and the rhythm of the game, combed Manchester City's midfield in an orderly manner, organized and planned an aggressive offensive.

But Real Madrid is also one piece of iron. The defense is very tight. Every player is very focused in the game and runs very aggressively, which makes Manchester City's offense again and again without success.

Mourinho seems to be in front of Real Madrid's goal, building a copper wall and iron wall, unbreakable.

It’s so cold that I almost wonder if the combo card effect of the iron wall and steel wall is counterproductive on Real Madrid's body?

(End of this chapter)