Nine Hundred and Thirty Terrible Manchester City

As Ferguson said, Manchester United has always been a very attacking team.

Red Devils, Red Devils, you can't survive without madness.

Manchester United has always been known for its offensive football. Even in some strong conversations, Manchester United has never played conservatively. It is when facing Barcelona and Manchester City that they have to compromise.

Ferguson is a pragmatist.

But tonight, in the Manchester derby, when Manchester City scored in less than a minute, Manchester United were still very bloody, especially the young boys in the midfield and frontcourt, trying to launch a round counterattack.

There is a saying, warm-blooded young people, welcome to Manchester United.

Ferguson just likes young players with energy like Phil Jones, Ashley Young and Nani.

Manchester United, who fought back aggressively, took the initiative to avoid Manchester City's midway, but instead concentrated more on the two wings.

Ashley Young and Nani were very active on the two wings, but after the penalty area reached the 30-meter area, they encountered a problem, that is, how to transfer the ball from the wing to the middle?

Use a side pass?

Please, this has already been eliminated by countless teams. It is an outdated tactic with very low efficiency.

Both Welbeck and Rooney struggled to gain the upper hand in the penalty area, in front of Pepe, Kompany and Xavi Martinez.

This year, the rib attack is the mainstream, and the efficiency of crosses from the side is too low.

Played two counterattacks and only created a foul on the right side of the penalty area.

When Kompany pulled out to defend Ashley Young, he accidentally made a big move and tripped the Manchester United left midfielder. Courtois took the initiative to take the ball off the air.

After picking up the ball, Courtois kept waving his hand to signal the team to press up.

The Belgian goalkeeper quickly ran to the front of the penalty area, saw the right moment, and threw the ball directly.

Tony Cross stopped the ball in front of him with his foot, glanced ahead, and quickly sent a long over-the-top pass.

The sharpest German midfielder

At the same time, what is most valued by Guardiola is his long pass.

Not to mention very accurate, the speed of the ball is fast, and the transfer is very deadly.

This kind of long pass is a bit like the cavalry in the era of cold weapons, and the airdrop of aircraft in the era of hot weapons, directly transferring the sharpest weapons to the weakest part of the opponent, and breaking through the opponent's defense line in one go.

This long pass from Tony Cross is doing just that.

He moved the ball directly behind the Manchester United defense, while Su Dong sprinted forward at the fastest speed, and the ball landed at the moment when he threw Ferdinand away, just so that he could stop the ball forward without stopping. Need to adjust.

Is this a coincidence?

No, for the top passers, that's what they've calculated.

It's just that this precise calculation has become an almost instinctive reaction of them. No matter what ball, what environment, or who it is passed to, as long as it is a teammate they are familiar with and have a tacit understanding of, they will know how to pass it and where to pass it. Only foot, which point.

So generally speaking, it is necessary to interfere with these passers.

As long as there is interference, they can't pass it so accurately.

If the pass is not accurate, the player who receives the ball needs to adjust when it stops.

Adjustment is equivalent to creating more time for the defensive player.

But unfortunately, Manchester United did not interfere with Toni Kroos in time, but let the German midfielder pass smoothly.

The ball also landed on Su Dong's point just right, causing him to stop straight ahead.

"Single knife!!!!"

There was another exclamation from Old Trafford.

I saw that Su Dong penetrated Manchester United's defense like a sharp arrow, and quickly stopped the ball and entered the penalty area.

Without hesitation, De Gea resolutely abandoned the door and attacked, pounced towards Su Dong, and opened his arms as much as possible.

But just after Su Dong entered the penalty area, the whole person suddenly made an emergency stop and buckled the ball.

This was completely beyond De Gea's expectations. He had already calculated the distance between himself and Su Dong and the speed of each other. Su Dong's sudden stop disrupted his pace and plan.

When he adjusted again, Su Dong suddenly started and made a direct fake action. He was about to cut inwards, but suddenly slammed the ball to the left baseline.

De Gea had no way of distinguishing Su Dong's actions and intentions. After being deceived a bit, when he came back to his senses, Su Dong had already opened a gap. He went again, accelerated, and rushed from the left side with the ball. past.

After swaying past the goalkeeper, Su Dong was unstoppable and easily pushed with his left foot.

The ball rolled quickly into Manchester United's goal, and when the football entered the net, Evans put a tackle from one and wanted to shovel the ball out, but where was he in time?

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Four minutes, Manchester City has another win, 2-0!"

"Su Dong staged a brace!"

"God, his speed is too fast. During the whole sprint process, not even a Manchester United player can keep up with him. He can only watch him break through and score."

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If it is said that Sudong's goal makes who is the most happy, it is the coach Guardiola.

After seeing Su Dong scoring two goals in a row, he jumped up in excitement, kept waving his fists, and almost rushed out of the coaching area of ​​the visiting team. After being stopped by the staff, he still held high hands, screaming.

He was so excited, so excited!

This time, the three-four-three style of play is adopted. In fact, there are also many doubts within the team. After all, the four-three-three style continues to be adopted. Although there are hidden dangers and weaknesses, it is, after all, a style of play that Manchester City is more familiar with, and the risks will be relatively higher. smaller.

But Guardiola didn't like this kind of security, and he felt that he should take this opportunity to adopt a relatively more innovative tactic that caught the opponent off guard.

Against a team like Manchester United, there is a very big risk in playing three, four and three, and that is wing defense.

That was the case with Kompany's foul on Ashley Young just now.

Therefore, if Manchester City wants to play three, four and three well, not only the defensive players must be well defended, but also the overall defense of the team must be in place. More importantly, the possession of the ball in the midfield and frontcourt must be maintained well.

As long as you keep your possession time long enough and Manchester United's possession time short enough, Manchester United will not have as much time to create attacking opportunities on the flanks, and the defensive pressure on Manchester City will be reduced to minimum.

Conversely, if Manchester City’s possession is frustrated and Manchester United has enough time to control the ball, they continue to play quick counterattacks, take turns hitting Manchester City’s flanks, and the formation is incomplete, then sooner or later there will be problems.

Guardiola is well aware of the natural flaws of three-four-three, but he still decides to do it.

Now, Su Dong's two goals have ensured Manchester City's advantage and he is relieved.

That's why, after Bayern Munich lost the Champions League semi-finals last season, Heynckes said, Bayern's fault tolerance has dropped a lot.

With Su Dong's goals and deterrent power, the fault tolerance rate is naturally high, and it doesn't matter even if the head coach occasionally makes waves.

Joe Hart conceded so many goals last season, didn't Manchester City still win?

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In Manchester City's three-four-three formation, it goes without saying that there are three central defenders in the back line. Harvey Martinez is in charge of dragging, Pepe and Kompany are in charge of grabbing, and the three players are divided and cooperated. Complement each other.

But Guardiola clearly wants to play more waves.

He directly lined up a small diamond-shaped position in the midfield, letting Busquets dragged behind, David Silva and Tony Cross on the sides, and Hazard as a forward midfielder.

When the team is attacking with the ball, the entire formation is actually very flat, so players such as David Silva, Hazard, Tony Kroos, Di Maria and Sanchez often appear. On a line, whoever seizes the opportunity will plug in.

These Manchester City players have an obvious characteristic, that is, they play very slippery in small areas.

Needless to say, Di Maria and Sanchez are both typical South American players, and their little skills are unnecessary. The key is that these two players have a strong ability to dribble and impact the ball. Passing and cutting.

Guardiola said that Hazard is a lot like Messi, which is not true at all.

The size, agility and playing characteristics are all very similar.

So much so that Guardiola felt that placing him in the winger position actually sacrificed his ability and talent.

So, on weekdays, he began to try to play the cooperation between Hazard and Marcelo. To put it simply, let Hazard lean more towards the middle and give up the wing to Marcelo.

In fact, during Lille, Hazard also played as an attacking midfielder and performed very well.

Now, in Manchester City, in Guardiola's three-four-three tactics, Hazard plays the role of the small diamond in the midfield.

It is conceivable that there are Di Maria and Sanchez on the two sides. These two players are very hard-working and hard-working, and they can pass and lead. Cross and Busquets, plus a Sudong who can suppress the opponent's defense.

In the game, Manchester City almost easily controlled the ball and crushed Manchester United.

The unfortunate Red Devils lost two of them at the beginning, and they didn't even have the will to fight back.

It's not that they didn't think about fighting back, but that they didn't have the energy.

When Manchester City directly pushed the ball control area to the 30-meter area of ​​Manchester United, when these few players from Manchester City cooperated very well in a small range, they danced lightly in the core area of ​​Manchester United's defense, shuttled back and forth, and slipped away. , so that Manchester United's defenders can only keep standing to block, when it is difficult to catch the pass, what do they use to counterattack?

"God, we originally thought that Barcelona's passing and possession were good enough, but Manchester City tonight showed us another set of passing and possession that is not lost to Barcelona."

"Oh no, I even think that City's style of play is better than Barcelona's."

"Manchester United struggled to even grab the ball in the face of Manchester City's pass-and-control style. They had to be forced to guard and defend, but even so, Manchester City frequently entered the penalty area and created a threat. ."

"It's just horrible!"