Chapter 347 Changes!Unique tactics belonging to this generation of Roman players!
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Ge Lei Sen Gu Dong
Chapter 347 Changes!Unique tactics belonging to this generation of Roma players!
Fantastic start, passionate celebration, everyone in Roma was immersed in excitement, but at Manchester City, they were not as frustrated, lost, and anxious as the opponents Roma faced before. I couldn't see it, even Guardiola on the sidelines, although he was waving and yelling with a few midfielders, he didn't have any unpleasant expressions on his face.
It seems that they are not surprised by Roma's goal, or in other words, they don't care too much at all.
De Bruyne kicked off again, but this time he did not pass back directly from the center circle to goalkeeper Ederson, but to midfielder Rodri.
At this point, Manchester City, which is no longer aggressive, started its own traditional style of play-passing and controlling.
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After 5 minutes, Manchester City's ball possession rate continued to rise. They surrounded all 11 players in Roma in the offensive third area, kept turning their feet, and tried to penetrate or blast on the ribs on both sides.
After learning the counterattack route and counterattack speed in the frontcourt of Rome, Manchester City will not easily try to attack, and there must be two of the three central defenders and the double defensive midfielder at all times to ensure that the position is parallel and dragged behind. .
Chen Xiaoliang has retreated to the position of the central midfielder. Matic and Wijnaldum stand on the ribs on both sides, one on the right and one on the left, forming sideways with the wingers and full-backs to prevent more and less.
Many old fans of Mourinho can't help but sigh, 13 years have passed, Mourinho is still the same Mourinho, Guardiola is still the same Guardiola, the football philosophy of the two is consistent, as if tonight is that Inter Milan, which is about to reach the triple crown in one year, is a replica of Barcelona, which achieved six crowns last season.
It's just that Messi was replaced by Harland, and Sneijder became Chen Xiaoliang. Only Guam on the sidelines looked at him. Although there were more wrinkles and vicissitudes, he was still pursuing his next goal.
However, they can only strategize on the sidelines, and it is the players on the field who will win the game.
If Chen Xiaoliang is the defensive barrier of the defensive Roma, then Haaland is naturally the siege hammer that Manchester City relies on to score.
In the 8th minute, De Bruyne faced Wijnaldum after catching the ball on the right rib. The two were 2 meters apart and tested each other. One did not blindly grab and the other did not try to break through immediately.
Suddenly, De Bruyne didn't even make a feint, he picked the ball with his right foot very freely, and picked the ball to the right. Kyle Walker suddenly started and flashed past Spinazzola.
The 32-year-old England defender is still the fastest defender in the Premier League, and it is probably not one of them. Although Spinazzola's speed is not slow, Kyle Walker's sudden start still prevents him from being in the first place. Keep up for a while.
De Bruyne's seemingly random over-the-top pass was very precise, and it landed in front of Kyle Walker, who was advancing forward, not more than a foot, not less than an inch.
After receiving the ball, Kyle Walker rushed directly to the bottom line, making a look like he was going to make a pass!
And his offensive line running to the bottom line pushed the offside line directly forward to the place approaching the bottom line. The forward thrust was forced to retreat completely.
Kyle Walker slows down a bit and lifts his right leg!
Spinazzola immediately fell to the ground with a sliding shovel to block!
Kyle Walker dunked the ball, hit his heel and passed it back!
It was De Bruyne who received the ball. When Kyle Walker broke through from the side to attract defensive attention, he had pulled to the open space on the right and waited for the ball!
The ball was passed back, and De Bruyne didn't even look into the penalty area. He rubbed his right foot directly and made a flat and fast half-high pass. This was the first time he went into the penalty area of Rome in this game. Direct delivery of shells.
The ball passed over the top of the penalty spot to the back point.Mancini and Matic, who was back on defense, were teaming up to double-team Harland. At the end, Celik watched Grealish rushing into the penalty area from the inside!
The ball came very fast, and when Celik judged the landing point and turned around and rushed towards Glarish, the ball had already landed on the head of Mr. Billion.
Glarish's header flew back to the top, and on the left side of the penalty area, a wandering Manchester City player quietly appeared with no one to defend him!
Zhan Jun: "In the restricted area! Seat B is empty!"
"Low shot with left foot!"
"Patricio has done a good job!"
"Haaland shoots again!"
"Wow! It's a pity that the ball is slightly higher than the crossbar!"
Zhang Lu: "This ball is too dangerous. Seat B slipped past just now, but there was no one around him. The goal was all on Harland."
"Xiaoliang is in the middle, there are still Stones beside him, and there is Rodri outside the penalty area. He can't open the air to stare at the B seat. If the ball is passed from the B seat, Stones has no protection in front of him. It's a direct shot."
Fan: "It should be Dybala defending him. This time Dybala missed the ball."
Zhan Jun: "That's right, Argentine little devil Dybala just glanced at the B seat outside the penalty area, but didn't move back. Then he was attracted by De Bruyne's cross and didn't continue. Follow seat B who entered the restricted area."
"Fortunately, Patricio's first shot from the upper corner, which was almost a must, was blocked by him. Then Haaland overwhelmed the two defenders, stepped back first, and then looked back at the moon!"
"Looking at the replay, Harland really missed the ball a little bit!"
Fan: "Roma's defense is about to sound the alarm. The two wingers did not follow important targets on both sides. Just now, Kwa did not actively retreat to mark De Bruyne, allowing him to pass easily without interference. It must be a very dangerous thing.”
Guan Zeyuan: "It feels like these two wingers are still thinking about how to move forward and how to counterattack, and their defensive ability does not seem to be very strong."
Harland, who missed the goal, ran back, showing his white teeth, smiling and communicating with seat B: "Brother B, give me more balls."
Seat B gestured a few times with his hands, meaning "you have to run like this, run like this, run like this".
Harland nodded frequently.
On the other side, Chen Xiaoliang was asking the returned Matic: "Ma, can you do it?"
Matic spat: "This kid is just like you. He grew up without knowing what to eat. It's okay. He should be able to deal with it."
Roma finally got the chance to control the ball. Patricio chose to short pass the goal kick to Mancini in front of him, but as soon as the ball went out, Grealish rushed over!
Mancini was about to turn around after receiving the ball, when he heard Gwadiol and Patricio yelling "behind" at him, and realized that Mancini didn't know what was going on behind him and didn't dare to pass back. For Patricio and Gwadio, who were too close to the goal, they hurriedly chose to sweep the ball out of the penalty area with their left foot.
But because it was too hasty, the ball didn't rub the ball up. It was neither high nor far away, and it just flew towards Harland who hadn't run back many steps.
Harland unloaded the ball from his chest and pressed it down, taking advantage of the opportunity to dribble the ball into the penalty area.
Chen Xiaoliang didn't realize that Mancini would come up with such a showy operation, and immediately started to rush back.
Matic, who was closest to Harland, also rushed up, but Harland was not affected at all, and took another two steps to step on the penalty area line.
At this time, Matic was already close, and Harland blocked him with his left hand, adjusted his direction slightly and continued to dribble to the front right.
Gwadiol also blocks up, enters the penalty area, and is frontal again, which means that Harland can hit the goal at any time. He must try to seal off the shooting space at the end far from Patricio as much as possible.
Harland kicks!Use a very awkward one, run to the right, and forcefully turn to the left side at the same time, and then the whole person twists the left foot to the outside, and pushes the left side of the goal with the instep of the left foot!
This action was completely beyond the expectations of Matic and Gwadiol. The ball was played very fast and rolled towards the goal against the ground.
Mancini wanted to fall to the ground and stretch his legs to block the shot, but he saw that Patricio had already moved over, and it was no problem to save the ball. Will make an own goal, then did not take any action.
Who knew that when the ball passed in front of him and was about 2 meters away from Patricio, who was bending over to grab the ball, Glarish, who was pressing him just now and causing him to rush the ball, jumped out from behind him , took a lunge and stretched his legs to catch the ball, and immediately went to the other side of the goal to push and shoot!
In a blink of an eye, Patricio, who had just seen Glarish rushing out, put on a handful of his old bones, almost mobilizing the strength of every muscle in his body, and moved towards his left front, which was also Glarish's. Jump in front of you!
The ball was hit, and Patricio fell to the ground and stretched out his hand to rush over!
Zhan Jun: "There is a change of direction! I hit the ball!"
"Hitted on the far side post and bounced back!"
"Haaland comes up and shoots!"
"At the critical moment, Xiao Liang, who ran all the way back to the penalty area, shoveled the ball out of the baseline before Harland, who started the second time!"
Standing up, Chen Xiaoliang and Patricio looked at each other. They clenched their fists together and shouted. One fought hard to save, the other rushed to make a clearance.
Zhang Lu: "Although the ball was defended, Roma played too passively this time around. There is no way around it. There is no such oppression in Serie A. Mancini was obviously not ready just now."
Guan Zeyuan: "I guess Uncle Fan was probably thinking, 'Mancini is playing central defender, can he play? Can't play, you don't have that ability, you know!'"
Everyone: "Hahaha!"
Fan: "This player still has the ability, otherwise Mourinho would not choose him to start tonight, but compared with Manchester City's frontcourt attack line, the gap in strength is quite obvious."
The referee Marchignak blew a corner kick to the right of Manchester City, and De Bruyne stood behind the corner kick flag.
Zhan Jun: "This Manchester City team is very different from the Barcelona of the year, that is, in the attack of set kicks!"
"Whether it is Harland, Grealish, Stones, Rodri in the midfield, they all have height and good ability to fight for the top!"
De Bruyne took a corner kick. The kick was a perfect combination of speed, arc and landing point. Even Chen Xiaoliang, who is excellent in passing and crossing ability, had to be convinced.
The ball quickly fell to the back point, and Glarish, who was still playing the left midfielder, overwhelmed Celik to grab the first point, and the header flew back to the center.
This time the set ball, Mancini and Gwadiol exchanged marking targets, Gwadiol stuck to Harland tightly, and the two took off together at this time, Gwadiol, who was stuck inside, confronted Weiwei in the air. He still hit the ball even though he lost his balance.
The ball flew to the line of the penalty area, Stones held Cesco, and pushed the ball back into the penalty area. Rodri inserted it, but Chen Xiaoliang took the first step and pushed the ball out of the penalty area!
For four consecutive air battles, the two sides refused to give in to each other, and both struggled to push the ball in a direction that was beneficial to their side in the air battle.
Sesco received the ball from Chen Xiaoliang, turned around and got rid of Stones, saw Kwa who had started on the left side, and sent it with a straight pass!
Kewa ran forward, and on the opposite side, Akanji, who stayed behind, also rushed in the direction of the ball!
The speed of the two seemed to be about the same, and they were about the same distance from the ball. Everyone in the stands watched nervously who could touch the ball first.
After all, there are only Dias and Ake behind Manchester City at this time. Once the left side is pierced by Kova, Rome's counterattack team can directly rush to the hinterland of Manchester City!
However, at this time the advantage of the defensive team was reflected. Just when both of them were about to catch up with the ball, Akanji fell to the ground and stretched his legs to tackle horizontally. But he must be controlled when he touches the ball, otherwise it is equivalent to wasting this counterattack opportunity.
Akanji fell to the ground and shoveled the ball to Dias in the middle, but Kwa could only take off and jumped over the fallen Akanji to prevent the two from colliding while running at high speed.
Cesko, who originally wanted to respond to Kewa's fast attack, and Chen Xiaoliang beside him had already rushed up. At this time, Cesko did not choose to turn back, but continued to pounce on Dias, wanting to put pressure on him. make mistakes.
Dias unhurriedly passed a short pass to the left, Ake received the ball, and Dybala, who counterattacked from the right, also rushed up at this time.
Ake was also unhurried, and lightly lobbed forward. The ball passed over the head of Dybala who rushed forward, and passed it to seat B who had retreated out of the penalty area.
Seat B received the ball and turned around, with no one around, and began to drive the ball forward.
At this time, the players in Rome who rushed forward to prepare for a counterattack could only retreat quickly and reinvest in the defense.
Matic blocked in front of the B seat to prevent him from passing the deadly ball without pressure, but before he made any action on the B seat, the latter passed the ball diagonally to the left front.
Grealish also retreated out of the penalty area and received the ball in the left corner of the penalty area.
Matic immediately went to double-team Glarish with Celik. Mr. Yiyi pulled the ball back two steps, and then aimed at the gap between the two defenders and sent a short pass.
At this time, Seat B had run into the penalty area from behind Matic, stepped forward with his right foot, and the inner instep caught Glarish's pass.
Zhan Jun: "Beautiful penetration, Manchester City has passed into the penalty area!"
At this moment, Chen Xiaoliang ran over and stopped in front of seat B.
As the main general under Guardiola, the B seat is a typical technical player who plays football with his brain.
With his style and physical fitness, he has always avoided violent physical confrontation with opposing players, not to mention Chen Xiaoliang, the man who Manchester City focused on explaining, analyzing, researching, and arranging tactics at the tactical analysis meeting before the game. His thoughts have already brainwashed this group of players.
In addition, just now Ake and Rodri failed to catch up for most of the pitch, and the players of Manchester City have an intuitive feeling of what kind of player Chen Xiaoliang is.
Seat B didn't wait for Chen Xiaoliang to approach, and immediately pushed the ball to the top of the penalty area on the rear right. Chen Xiaoliang saw that he actively transferred the ball, and ran towards the top of the penalty area.
There, Stones, who was plugging in, also chose to evade Chen Xiaoliang's defense, and kicked the ball to the right without stopping the ball.
In this way, the ball shifted all the way from the left and came to De Bruyne's feet again.
Manchester City's midfield brain and Premier League assist leader once again demonstrated his vital and irreplaceable role in Guardiola's "20-zone" field segmentation and the supporting "positioning pass control" tactical system.
Unlike most coaches who divide the stadium into 18 areas, Guardiola specifically divided the vast space outside the penalty area in the middle of the midfield into three parts, focusing on areas outside the penalty area, from the sidelines of the small penalty area to the sides of the penalty area , which is commonly known as the rib area outside the restricted area.
The main active areas of the two central midfielders, De Bruyne and Seat B, are the two rib areas on the left and right.
The middle is more of the main area of Stones, Rodri, and even the retreating Harland.
At this time, De Bruyne was standing on the right side of the ribs one meter outside the penalty area. Like the previous teammates who transferred the ball, he used the way of passing the ball with one kick without giving Wijnaldum any He blocked his chance and passed the ball slightly to the right in front of him.
Seeing the ball pass, Kyle Walker, who was trying to press forward along the outside line, stopped suddenly, and then walked in front of Spinazzola towards the inside line. Just cut inside and passed Spinazzola, and successfully entered the penalty area!
At the same time, Manchester City's players in the penalty area of Rome all moved!
Seat B sprints from the left side of the penalty area to the penalty spot!
Grealish drives from the left side of the penalty area to the far post!
De Bruyne moved to the front left and also entered the penalty area!
In the middle, Stones stood behind the penalty spot, and farther behind him, Rodri had already settled outside the top of the arc!
All of a sudden, there was a lot of turmoil, and the grass and trees were all soldiers!
Every Roma player is actively defending, but they seem to feel that there are Manchester City players everywhere in their penalty area.
In an instant, from the perspective of a bystander, there are at least four passing lines in front of Kyle Walker: nodding after passing, grabbing a point before passing, passing a penalty and pointing an inverted triangle shot, and passing back to Germany. Browne let him shoot from a 45-degree angle or pass the ball again.
But unlike those bystanders, in Kyle Walker's heart, there has always been only one option!
He swung his right leg, and before Gwadior could reach him, the instep of his right foot swept across the goal vigorously!
A giant-like figure rushes forward, shovels and shoots behind Gwadior!
Zhan Jun: "In the 15th minute of the game, the second goal appeared!"
"Manchester City took advantage of the opportunity of the Roma formation to press up in the offensive and defensive transition, through continuous short passes, from the backcourt to the left side of the frontcourt, from the left side to the right side, and then crossed in front of the goal, nine uninterrupted passes , and finally Kyle Walker assisted Haaland to score the equalizer goal!"
Zhang Lu: "The ball is almost passed into the goal, a typical melon style."
Zhan Jun: "This goal is the same as Xiaoliang's goal just now. It perfectly reflects the Norwegian's terrifying physical fitness and keen sense of smell in front of the goal!"
Guan Zeyuan: "Gwadiol, Harland is not Lukaku. His running ability and explosive power are far superior to the current Lu Yuanwai."
Zhang Lu: "Anyone who has watched a lot of Roma games knows that the center forwards on the opposite side are basically staring at Gwadiol's partner and attacking him, and they basically don't take the initiative to trouble him. Today is Mancini, and sometimes it is Smalling. It's normal, who doesn't want to come up and pinch a few soft persimmons."
Fan: "I used to play football, from the junior sports school to the UK, and finally retired. I played for more than 20 years. A little bright, never seen such a player, really never seen."
"Our general understanding is that people who are too tall have relatively poor speed and agility, and those who are shorter have good agility, but relatively poor confrontation ability and top-fighting ability."
"But looking at these two people, there is no difference in explosive power, extreme speed, jumping height, jumping speed, confrontation strength, direction change, and turning. This is really God's food. I think Guardiola It is not an exaggeration to say what was said in the previous press conference, football is tailor-made for these two people."
Zhang Lu: "This is true. You are like some people, such as Harvey and Pirlo. The acquired skills are perfect and the consciousness is superb, but the innate physical qualities are just like this, such as heading, confrontation, and speed. No matter how much you practice, you can't practice it." Out, the upper limit is there."
"But for both of them, it's hard to say where their upper limit is."
After scoring the goal, Harland ran all the way to the edge of the court, sat down cross-legged and made his classic meditation and celebration.
The Manchester City players waited for him to meditate before stepping up to hug him and celebrate.
Guardiola on the sidelines also jumped up at the moment of scoring.
Even though he has reached the pinnacle of supremacy, the lack of a Champions League trophy has always been his heart disease after being in charge of Manchester City these years.
But everyone quickly shifted their attention from Manchester City to Rome.
Chen Xiaoliang trotted all the way to the sidelines and was discussing quickly with Mourinho covering his mouth with his hands.
Chen Xiaoliang: "Coach, it's unstoppable to play like this."
Mourinho: "You can't have doubts, Chen, you know what you mean to this team! If you don't believe it, everyone else will be shaken!"
Chen Xiaoliang: "I have no doubts, I am very sure that if we continue to defend like this, we will definitely lose the ball!"
Mourinho: "You have to believe me, the Barcelona team back then had a stronger lineup than this Manchester City team, but we didn't hold it!"
Chen Xiaoliang: "But we don't have Samuel, Lucio, Maicon, Chivu, Zanetti, Cambiasso! And Kwa and Dybala are completely different from Pandev and Eto'o player of!"
Mourinho was a little angry: "What do you mean? Play against them?! Fight to control the ball?!"
Chen Xiaoliang: "Coach, there is no time. We can't even get the ball if we play like this. We have practiced before, but you didn't decide to use it in the end. We will play single-point blasting and beat them back one by one. This is what we plan to do." Good tactic."
Mourinho looked at Chen Xiaoliang, as if he wanted to confirm how determined he was in Chen Xiaoliang's eyes.
Chen Xiaoliang: "Trust me, coach, I want to win more than anyone else. If we cripple them on one wing and have to retreat, we will be able to defend. You believe me, if this goes on like Mancini's point It will fall apart soon!"
The fourth official reminded them once, and the two were still discussing. Chen Xiaoliang didn't run into the venue until the head coach Marciniak blew the whistle to remind him.
But his eyes are still on Mourinho, waiting for the head coach to give clear feedback.
Unlike some players who were at a loss on the field, Foti, who was on the side, clearly heard the conversation between the two. He walked over and said, "Jose, I think what Chen said is right, how about..."
Mourinho turned his head and glared at Foti in an instant, as if he wanted to kill him.
Foti shut his mouth for an instant, but after about 10 seconds, when Cesco was about to kick off, he spoke again: "Jose, even if you fire me tonight, I have to speak my own words." From the bottom of my heart, everyone knows your past, everyone knows the grievances between you and the man opposite, and everyone knows that you hope to defeat the opponent again with a completely different tactical philosophy of your own."
"But Jose, times have changed and so have the players. These lads are not the ones you followed in 2010. They have their own characteristics and their own style of play. We can't find the next Sneijder. , the next Milito, the next Zanetti, but we have Cesco, Kva, Dybala, and the unique Chen Xiaoliang!"
Mourinho still did not speak.
In Real Madrid, he did not fully reach the heights people expected of him. After that, he moved around in many places, including short-lived brilliance in Chelsea and Manchester United, and more embarrassing dismissals again and again.
Especially in the summer of 2016, he and Guardiola took charge of the Manchester City duo at the same time, which created a momentary news explosion. He has been waiting for an opportunity to completely knock this old opponent to the ground.
But until he left Manchester United, he did not succeed.
Going around in circles, since the two left the La Liga duo at the same time in 2012, now they finally have a chance for the ultimate decisive victory.
He has been waiting for a full 11 years for a chance to completely crush his mortal enemy and reverse all the defeats before World War I.
Countless nights, when he dreamed back at midnight, he wanted to replicate the night at the Nou Camp, leading Inter Milan to the Champions League final, running wildly to celebrate at Barcelona's home court, wantonly provoking the fans, and finishing the scene of venting his inner pride.
Conceited, he still believes that his unique defensive counterattack is the only magic weapon for him to win the European finals, and today will naturally be no exception.
The opinion put forward by the captain and core of his subordinates and the assistant coach who cooperates the most in his work at the same time hit his ego and aroused his natural anger.
But as time went by second by second, the words of the two just now seemed to echo back and forth in the deep valley, lingering in his ears and unable to dissipate.
Until finally, a door opened in his heart, as if a ray of light came in.
They are right.
What he saw in his eyes was Dybala. Although he was also a left-footed player, he was also placed on the right. However, Dybala is Dybala, and he cannot be the second Robben.
He thought of the earlier Lukaku in his heart, and it was precisely because he wanted him to become the second Drogba that he embarked on the path of substantial weight gain.
This matter has always been apologetic in his heart.
On the field, Cesco kicked the ball back to Matic. Roma's formation pressed forward slightly, but because they were afraid that they would not be able to recover, the range of pressure was very limited, basically limited to the front four.
Matic passed the ball to Chen Xiaoliang, Stones immediately leaned forward, and De Bruyne and Seat B also rushed to double-team from the left and right directions.
After being scored the first goal, Guardiola has already emphasized on the sidelines that defending Chen Xiaoliang must let him back up.
As long as he is forced to take the ball with his back and prevent him from facing his own goal, then his super explosive power of starting and the speed of advancing with the ball cannot be used in the first place, and the room for error tolerance in defense will be greatly improved.
Chen Xiaoliang, who was surrounded by three people, could only pass the ball back to Matic, and then took the initiative to withdraw and ask for the ball again.
But as the hub of the whole team, when other teammates dare not aggressively push forward, once Chen Xiaoliang retreats, he cannot share the opponent's defensive attention, and the other three in the frontcourt will easily fall into targeted marking middle.
Mourinho raised his hand and made a tactical gesture.
Foti's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately raised his hand to make the same gesture, and then kept shouting: "Pay attention to adjustment! Pay attention to adjustment!" to let the players on the field know as soon as possible that Mourinho made the initiative. Change.
The players who saw and heard all this reacted immediately, and Guardiola on the opposite side also became more puzzled amidst doubts.
They almost collected and studied the videos of more than 100 games in Rome in two seasons, and let dozens of luxury analysis teams conduct detailed analysis, but they never saw what was happening on the field at the moment.
Cesco ran to the left, Chen Xiaoliang passed the ball back to Matic and then leaned to the left. Kwa and Spinazzola, who were originally on the left, suddenly appeared on the left. players, while Dybala on the right moved to the center.
What formation is this?What kind of tactic is this?
The dense personnel on the left forced Kyle Walker and Stones to retreat in a wide range. In Manchester City's frontcourt, it suddenly became only De Bruyne who was active on the right side of the midfield.
Matic then began to reveal the answer with a big long pass.
His long pass crossed more than 50 meters and landed on the top of center Sesco, who was pulling the side. Kyle Walker, who is 183 tall, couldn't help hallucinating. Could it be that he is playing as a central defender today?But I remember that I am obviously a full-back, and I just inserted an assist for Harland to score.
Facing Cesco, who was 195, he didn't struggle with the high-altitude ball. He watched Cesco head the ball back and the ball landed at the feet of Chen Xiaoliang who was going forward.
Akanji still bent over, turned sideways, lowered his center of gravity, and faced the inside line with his body, but his position was stuck on the outside line.
It's just that the object of his defense has changed from Kewa to Chen Xiaoliang.
Cesko, who finished the top ball, began to slant forward to the right, ran towards the left rib, and took away Stones by the way, while Kewa was on the right side of Chen Xiaoliang, and he was defending Kyle Walker. deal with.
Chen Xiaoliang and Akanji had a one-on-one, dialed the ball and pretended to take two steps, looked back at Kwa, and moved his left foot.
Akanji saw that Chen Xiaoliang was going to pass to Kewa and then do a two-for-one, so he immediately posted it and prepared to use his body to block the position and block the route for Kewa to pass back.
However, this was just a fake move by Chen Xiaoliang, he kicked forward with his right foot, and the ball flew over Akanji's head!
Akanji was startled, did Sesko run behind him? !Chen Xiaoliang picked him up?
Just as he was about to turn around, Chen Xiaoliang overtook him in an instant with unpredictable steps from outside the sideline!
【Good at passing the ball】! ! !
This is the first time Chen Xiaoliang used this skill in an official competition after unlocking it!
The teammates were surprised to find that their captain's first three steps started faster than before!
"Oh!" The first sound was Chen Xiaoliang's exclamation when he picked the pass, with some doubts.
"Oh!!" The second sound was when Chen Xiaoliang overtook Akanji at the moment of starting, and the fans exclaimed in disbelief.
"Oh!!!" The third sound was when Chen Xiaoliang rushed to the left side of the penalty area like the wind after receiving the ball he picked, the Roma fans raised their hands in amazement, with infinite expectations!
At this time, Sesco and Dybala in the middle have entered the penalty area from the left and right sides, and Kwa also followed the rib area outside the penalty area on the left.
That's right, the offense is still completed by these four people, but the width of the offense has only been reduced from the entire court to the left third of the court!
It is very difficult for four people to cover the left, middle and right lines without the help of teammates. However, in one-third of the area, with their abilities and specialties, the four can easily play more penetration and less coordination.
Speaking of which, this is not a new tactic. At Manchester United, Mourinho used another Belgian, Fellaini, in this way. It was just that he was inside and outside the arc of the penalty area, and he was used as a midfielder in the air. use.
Now, as long as the players in the backcourt initiate a long pass, they can directly cross the entire midfield line of Manchester City and hit the left wing directly. , and it is impossible to launch a quick counterattack immediately.
Chen Xiaoliang rushed into the penalty area, and it was Rodri who retreated.
But at this time, Chen Xiaoliang was already a Bugatti with the accelerator pedal to the bottom, and there was no such thing as a brake.
He slightly adjusted his direction forward, and rushed straight towards the left sideline of the small penalty area. Rodri, who had his back to the goal, turned around and tried to speed up, but he fell two positions in an instant.
Ederson blocked the near post, waiting for Chen Xiaoliang to kick his signature explosive shot at any time.
The goalkeeper coaching team listed the scoring clips and scoring habits of several major scorers in Rome, including the number and proportion of goals scored by the left foot, right foot, head, and other parts, to Ederson in detail. For Chen Xiaoliang He said that vigorously pumping the upper corner of the near corner and the top of the goalkeeper is his way of scoring the most single-handed shots from small angles.
However, Chen Xiaoliang was not ready to shoot. Running at full speed, he had no chance to adjust his pace, which was actually not conducive to the power of the shot. When the ball rolled to the edge of the small penalty area, he stretched out his left foot and leaned back to the left. The ball swept to the other side of the goal!
Cesco and Dybala rushed up to grab points together!
The ball passed Cesco, who fell to the ground and stretched his legs in the middle. He was about 20 centimeters away from the ball, and Dybala, who was already in a pushing position, was just right!
Seeing that the ball was about to pass, Dias, who had been retreating all the time, rushed over and stretched his legs and shoveled in front of Dybala.
The ball that Dybala bounced lightly hit Dias's leg, bounced upwards, but was still flying towards the goal!
Seeing that the ball was about to fly over the goal line again in mid-air, Edson, who was guarding the near post, made a side attack, hugged the slowed down ball with both hands, and pressed it to the ground!
And when the team landed on the ground, half of them still crossed the goal line!
Everyone looked back at the referee Marcniak for the first time again, but this time the Polish referee waved his hand, indicating that there was no goal!
Zhan Jun: "It's a pity! A sudden change in Roma, Xiao Liang went straight and almost assisted Dybala to score Roma's goal!"
Zhang Lu: "This is why the Manchester City team is worth 10.5 billion. Mancini here has a good look at Dias. Why is Dias worth 7500 million euros and you only have 2000 million? That's the difference."
"And Ederson, 4500 million euros, is also among the world's top net worth among goalkeepers."
Fan: "Guide Zhang Lu is right. Players are not just about ability. At critical moments, they can always judge the most worthy object to defend and make the best choice. This is beyond ability and at the level of consciousness. manifestation."
"To put it more mysteriously, it is the realm."
Zhan Jun: "Although they didn't score, the goal just now must have made Manchester City break out in a cold sweat!"
"The center pulls the side, the winger retracts, and plays more and less in some areas, and plays faster and slower. It seems that after the communication between Xiaoliang and Mourinho just now, Roma seems to have used their bottom-of-the-box tactics in advance. !"
"Now the score is 1 to 1, the game time is 19 minutes, and then we will see if Guardiola will make new changes!"
Zhang Lu: "I think there will definitely be, and apart from what I said just now, playing more and playing less, and playing fast and slow, Sescola's side is obviously playing high and short, and Roma avoids passing in the midfield with Manchester City's powerful midfield. Control and organize, so that the kick can go directly over the midfield."
"This is also what we have said for two seasons, where Cesko is valuable, not only his goals, he scored less than 20 goals in a whole season, which is not high-yield, but this fulcrum function, There is no one else in Roma."
Send it out before 0 o'clock (to avoid absenteeism), it's too late to thank the directors for the rewards and monthly tickets, and I will make it up tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
Fantastic start, passionate celebration, everyone in Roma was immersed in excitement, but at Manchester City, they were not as frustrated, lost, and anxious as the opponents Roma faced before. I couldn't see it, even Guardiola on the sidelines, although he was waving and yelling with a few midfielders, he didn't have any unpleasant expressions on his face.
It seems that they are not surprised by Roma's goal, or in other words, they don't care too much at all.
De Bruyne kicked off again, but this time he did not pass back directly from the center circle to goalkeeper Ederson, but to midfielder Rodri.
At this point, Manchester City, which is no longer aggressive, started its own traditional style of play-passing and controlling.
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After 5 minutes, Manchester City's ball possession rate continued to rise. They surrounded all 11 players in Roma in the offensive third area, kept turning their feet, and tried to penetrate or blast on the ribs on both sides.
After learning the counterattack route and counterattack speed in the frontcourt of Rome, Manchester City will not easily try to attack, and there must be two of the three central defenders and the double defensive midfielder at all times to ensure that the position is parallel and dragged behind. .
Chen Xiaoliang has retreated to the position of the central midfielder. Matic and Wijnaldum stand on the ribs on both sides, one on the right and one on the left, forming sideways with the wingers and full-backs to prevent more and less.
Many old fans of Mourinho can't help but sigh, 13 years have passed, Mourinho is still the same Mourinho, Guardiola is still the same Guardiola, the football philosophy of the two is consistent, as if tonight is that Inter Milan, which is about to reach the triple crown in one year, is a replica of Barcelona, which achieved six crowns last season.
It's just that Messi was replaced by Harland, and Sneijder became Chen Xiaoliang. Only Guam on the sidelines looked at him. Although there were more wrinkles and vicissitudes, he was still pursuing his next goal.
However, they can only strategize on the sidelines, and it is the players on the field who will win the game.
If Chen Xiaoliang is the defensive barrier of the defensive Roma, then Haaland is naturally the siege hammer that Manchester City relies on to score.
In the 8th minute, De Bruyne faced Wijnaldum after catching the ball on the right rib. The two were 2 meters apart and tested each other. One did not blindly grab and the other did not try to break through immediately.
Suddenly, De Bruyne didn't even make a feint, he picked the ball with his right foot very freely, and picked the ball to the right. Kyle Walker suddenly started and flashed past Spinazzola.
The 32-year-old England defender is still the fastest defender in the Premier League, and it is probably not one of them. Although Spinazzola's speed is not slow, Kyle Walker's sudden start still prevents him from being in the first place. Keep up for a while.
De Bruyne's seemingly random over-the-top pass was very precise, and it landed in front of Kyle Walker, who was advancing forward, not more than a foot, not less than an inch.
After receiving the ball, Kyle Walker rushed directly to the bottom line, making a look like he was going to make a pass!
And his offensive line running to the bottom line pushed the offside line directly forward to the place approaching the bottom line. The forward thrust was forced to retreat completely.
Kyle Walker slows down a bit and lifts his right leg!
Spinazzola immediately fell to the ground with a sliding shovel to block!
Kyle Walker dunked the ball, hit his heel and passed it back!
It was De Bruyne who received the ball. When Kyle Walker broke through from the side to attract defensive attention, he had pulled to the open space on the right and waited for the ball!
The ball was passed back, and De Bruyne didn't even look into the penalty area. He rubbed his right foot directly and made a flat and fast half-high pass. This was the first time he went into the penalty area of Rome in this game. Direct delivery of shells.
The ball passed over the top of the penalty spot to the back point.Mancini and Matic, who was back on defense, were teaming up to double-team Harland. At the end, Celik watched Grealish rushing into the penalty area from the inside!
The ball came very fast, and when Celik judged the landing point and turned around and rushed towards Glarish, the ball had already landed on the head of Mr. Billion.
Glarish's header flew back to the top, and on the left side of the penalty area, a wandering Manchester City player quietly appeared with no one to defend him!
Zhan Jun: "In the restricted area! Seat B is empty!"
"Low shot with left foot!"
"Patricio has done a good job!"
"Haaland shoots again!"
"Wow! It's a pity that the ball is slightly higher than the crossbar!"
Zhang Lu: "This ball is too dangerous. Seat B slipped past just now, but there was no one around him. The goal was all on Harland."
"Xiaoliang is in the middle, there are still Stones beside him, and there is Rodri outside the penalty area. He can't open the air to stare at the B seat. If the ball is passed from the B seat, Stones has no protection in front of him. It's a direct shot."
Fan: "It should be Dybala defending him. This time Dybala missed the ball."
Zhan Jun: "That's right, Argentine little devil Dybala just glanced at the B seat outside the penalty area, but didn't move back. Then he was attracted by De Bruyne's cross and didn't continue. Follow seat B who entered the restricted area."
"Fortunately, Patricio's first shot from the upper corner, which was almost a must, was blocked by him. Then Haaland overwhelmed the two defenders, stepped back first, and then looked back at the moon!"
"Looking at the replay, Harland really missed the ball a little bit!"
Fan: "Roma's defense is about to sound the alarm. The two wingers did not follow important targets on both sides. Just now, Kwa did not actively retreat to mark De Bruyne, allowing him to pass easily without interference. It must be a very dangerous thing.”
Guan Zeyuan: "It feels like these two wingers are still thinking about how to move forward and how to counterattack, and their defensive ability does not seem to be very strong."
Harland, who missed the goal, ran back, showing his white teeth, smiling and communicating with seat B: "Brother B, give me more balls."
Seat B gestured a few times with his hands, meaning "you have to run like this, run like this, run like this".
Harland nodded frequently.
On the other side, Chen Xiaoliang was asking the returned Matic: "Ma, can you do it?"
Matic spat: "This kid is just like you. He grew up without knowing what to eat. It's okay. He should be able to deal with it."
Roma finally got the chance to control the ball. Patricio chose to short pass the goal kick to Mancini in front of him, but as soon as the ball went out, Grealish rushed over!
Mancini was about to turn around after receiving the ball, when he heard Gwadiol and Patricio yelling "behind" at him, and realized that Mancini didn't know what was going on behind him and didn't dare to pass back. For Patricio and Gwadio, who were too close to the goal, they hurriedly chose to sweep the ball out of the penalty area with their left foot.
But because it was too hasty, the ball didn't rub the ball up. It was neither high nor far away, and it just flew towards Harland who hadn't run back many steps.
Harland unloaded the ball from his chest and pressed it down, taking advantage of the opportunity to dribble the ball into the penalty area.
Chen Xiaoliang didn't realize that Mancini would come up with such a showy operation, and immediately started to rush back.
Matic, who was closest to Harland, also rushed up, but Harland was not affected at all, and took another two steps to step on the penalty area line.
At this time, Matic was already close, and Harland blocked him with his left hand, adjusted his direction slightly and continued to dribble to the front right.
Gwadiol also blocks up, enters the penalty area, and is frontal again, which means that Harland can hit the goal at any time. He must try to seal off the shooting space at the end far from Patricio as much as possible.
Harland kicks!Use a very awkward one, run to the right, and forcefully turn to the left side at the same time, and then the whole person twists the left foot to the outside, and pushes the left side of the goal with the instep of the left foot!
This action was completely beyond the expectations of Matic and Gwadiol. The ball was played very fast and rolled towards the goal against the ground.
Mancini wanted to fall to the ground and stretch his legs to block the shot, but he saw that Patricio had already moved over, and it was no problem to save the ball. Will make an own goal, then did not take any action.
Who knew that when the ball passed in front of him and was about 2 meters away from Patricio, who was bending over to grab the ball, Glarish, who was pressing him just now and causing him to rush the ball, jumped out from behind him , took a lunge and stretched his legs to catch the ball, and immediately went to the other side of the goal to push and shoot!
In a blink of an eye, Patricio, who had just seen Glarish rushing out, put on a handful of his old bones, almost mobilizing the strength of every muscle in his body, and moved towards his left front, which was also Glarish's. Jump in front of you!
The ball was hit, and Patricio fell to the ground and stretched out his hand to rush over!
Zhan Jun: "There is a change of direction! I hit the ball!"
"Hitted on the far side post and bounced back!"
"Haaland comes up and shoots!"
"At the critical moment, Xiao Liang, who ran all the way back to the penalty area, shoveled the ball out of the baseline before Harland, who started the second time!"
Standing up, Chen Xiaoliang and Patricio looked at each other. They clenched their fists together and shouted. One fought hard to save, the other rushed to make a clearance.
Zhang Lu: "Although the ball was defended, Roma played too passively this time around. There is no way around it. There is no such oppression in Serie A. Mancini was obviously not ready just now."
Guan Zeyuan: "I guess Uncle Fan was probably thinking, 'Mancini is playing central defender, can he play? Can't play, you don't have that ability, you know!'"
Everyone: "Hahaha!"
Fan: "This player still has the ability, otherwise Mourinho would not choose him to start tonight, but compared with Manchester City's frontcourt attack line, the gap in strength is quite obvious."
The referee Marchignak blew a corner kick to the right of Manchester City, and De Bruyne stood behind the corner kick flag.
Zhan Jun: "This Manchester City team is very different from the Barcelona of the year, that is, in the attack of set kicks!"
"Whether it is Harland, Grealish, Stones, Rodri in the midfield, they all have height and good ability to fight for the top!"
De Bruyne took a corner kick. The kick was a perfect combination of speed, arc and landing point. Even Chen Xiaoliang, who is excellent in passing and crossing ability, had to be convinced.
The ball quickly fell to the back point, and Glarish, who was still playing the left midfielder, overwhelmed Celik to grab the first point, and the header flew back to the center.
This time the set ball, Mancini and Gwadiol exchanged marking targets, Gwadiol stuck to Harland tightly, and the two took off together at this time, Gwadiol, who was stuck inside, confronted Weiwei in the air. He still hit the ball even though he lost his balance.
The ball flew to the line of the penalty area, Stones held Cesco, and pushed the ball back into the penalty area. Rodri inserted it, but Chen Xiaoliang took the first step and pushed the ball out of the penalty area!
For four consecutive air battles, the two sides refused to give in to each other, and both struggled to push the ball in a direction that was beneficial to their side in the air battle.
Sesco received the ball from Chen Xiaoliang, turned around and got rid of Stones, saw Kwa who had started on the left side, and sent it with a straight pass!
Kewa ran forward, and on the opposite side, Akanji, who stayed behind, also rushed in the direction of the ball!
The speed of the two seemed to be about the same, and they were about the same distance from the ball. Everyone in the stands watched nervously who could touch the ball first.
After all, there are only Dias and Ake behind Manchester City at this time. Once the left side is pierced by Kova, Rome's counterattack team can directly rush to the hinterland of Manchester City!
However, at this time the advantage of the defensive team was reflected. Just when both of them were about to catch up with the ball, Akanji fell to the ground and stretched his legs to tackle horizontally. But he must be controlled when he touches the ball, otherwise it is equivalent to wasting this counterattack opportunity.
Akanji fell to the ground and shoveled the ball to Dias in the middle, but Kwa could only take off and jumped over the fallen Akanji to prevent the two from colliding while running at high speed.
Cesko, who originally wanted to respond to Kewa's fast attack, and Chen Xiaoliang beside him had already rushed up. At this time, Cesko did not choose to turn back, but continued to pounce on Dias, wanting to put pressure on him. make mistakes.
Dias unhurriedly passed a short pass to the left, Ake received the ball, and Dybala, who counterattacked from the right, also rushed up at this time.
Ake was also unhurried, and lightly lobbed forward. The ball passed over the head of Dybala who rushed forward, and passed it to seat B who had retreated out of the penalty area.
Seat B received the ball and turned around, with no one around, and began to drive the ball forward.
At this time, the players in Rome who rushed forward to prepare for a counterattack could only retreat quickly and reinvest in the defense.
Matic blocked in front of the B seat to prevent him from passing the deadly ball without pressure, but before he made any action on the B seat, the latter passed the ball diagonally to the left front.
Grealish also retreated out of the penalty area and received the ball in the left corner of the penalty area.
Matic immediately went to double-team Glarish with Celik. Mr. Yiyi pulled the ball back two steps, and then aimed at the gap between the two defenders and sent a short pass.
At this time, Seat B had run into the penalty area from behind Matic, stepped forward with his right foot, and the inner instep caught Glarish's pass.
Zhan Jun: "Beautiful penetration, Manchester City has passed into the penalty area!"
At this moment, Chen Xiaoliang ran over and stopped in front of seat B.
As the main general under Guardiola, the B seat is a typical technical player who plays football with his brain.
With his style and physical fitness, he has always avoided violent physical confrontation with opposing players, not to mention Chen Xiaoliang, the man who Manchester City focused on explaining, analyzing, researching, and arranging tactics at the tactical analysis meeting before the game. His thoughts have already brainwashed this group of players.
In addition, just now Ake and Rodri failed to catch up for most of the pitch, and the players of Manchester City have an intuitive feeling of what kind of player Chen Xiaoliang is.
Seat B didn't wait for Chen Xiaoliang to approach, and immediately pushed the ball to the top of the penalty area on the rear right. Chen Xiaoliang saw that he actively transferred the ball, and ran towards the top of the penalty area.
There, Stones, who was plugging in, also chose to evade Chen Xiaoliang's defense, and kicked the ball to the right without stopping the ball.
In this way, the ball shifted all the way from the left and came to De Bruyne's feet again.
Manchester City's midfield brain and Premier League assist leader once again demonstrated his vital and irreplaceable role in Guardiola's "20-zone" field segmentation and the supporting "positioning pass control" tactical system.
Unlike most coaches who divide the stadium into 18 areas, Guardiola specifically divided the vast space outside the penalty area in the middle of the midfield into three parts, focusing on areas outside the penalty area, from the sidelines of the small penalty area to the sides of the penalty area , which is commonly known as the rib area outside the restricted area.
The main active areas of the two central midfielders, De Bruyne and Seat B, are the two rib areas on the left and right.
The middle is more of the main area of Stones, Rodri, and even the retreating Harland.
At this time, De Bruyne was standing on the right side of the ribs one meter outside the penalty area. Like the previous teammates who transferred the ball, he used the way of passing the ball with one kick without giving Wijnaldum any He blocked his chance and passed the ball slightly to the right in front of him.
Seeing the ball pass, Kyle Walker, who was trying to press forward along the outside line, stopped suddenly, and then walked in front of Spinazzola towards the inside line. Just cut inside and passed Spinazzola, and successfully entered the penalty area!
At the same time, Manchester City's players in the penalty area of Rome all moved!
Seat B sprints from the left side of the penalty area to the penalty spot!
Grealish drives from the left side of the penalty area to the far post!
De Bruyne moved to the front left and also entered the penalty area!
In the middle, Stones stood behind the penalty spot, and farther behind him, Rodri had already settled outside the top of the arc!
All of a sudden, there was a lot of turmoil, and the grass and trees were all soldiers!
Every Roma player is actively defending, but they seem to feel that there are Manchester City players everywhere in their penalty area.
In an instant, from the perspective of a bystander, there are at least four passing lines in front of Kyle Walker: nodding after passing, grabbing a point before passing, passing a penalty and pointing an inverted triangle shot, and passing back to Germany. Browne let him shoot from a 45-degree angle or pass the ball again.
But unlike those bystanders, in Kyle Walker's heart, there has always been only one option!
He swung his right leg, and before Gwadior could reach him, the instep of his right foot swept across the goal vigorously!
A giant-like figure rushes forward, shovels and shoots behind Gwadior!
Zhan Jun: "In the 15th minute of the game, the second goal appeared!"
"Manchester City took advantage of the opportunity of the Roma formation to press up in the offensive and defensive transition, through continuous short passes, from the backcourt to the left side of the frontcourt, from the left side to the right side, and then crossed in front of the goal, nine uninterrupted passes , and finally Kyle Walker assisted Haaland to score the equalizer goal!"
Zhang Lu: "The ball is almost passed into the goal, a typical melon style."
Zhan Jun: "This goal is the same as Xiaoliang's goal just now. It perfectly reflects the Norwegian's terrifying physical fitness and keen sense of smell in front of the goal!"
Guan Zeyuan: "Gwadiol, Harland is not Lukaku. His running ability and explosive power are far superior to the current Lu Yuanwai."
Zhang Lu: "Anyone who has watched a lot of Roma games knows that the center forwards on the opposite side are basically staring at Gwadiol's partner and attacking him, and they basically don't take the initiative to trouble him. Today is Mancini, and sometimes it is Smalling. It's normal, who doesn't want to come up and pinch a few soft persimmons."
Fan: "I used to play football, from the junior sports school to the UK, and finally retired. I played for more than 20 years. A little bright, never seen such a player, really never seen."
"Our general understanding is that people who are too tall have relatively poor speed and agility, and those who are shorter have good agility, but relatively poor confrontation ability and top-fighting ability."
"But looking at these two people, there is no difference in explosive power, extreme speed, jumping height, jumping speed, confrontation strength, direction change, and turning. This is really God's food. I think Guardiola It is not an exaggeration to say what was said in the previous press conference, football is tailor-made for these two people."
Zhang Lu: "This is true. You are like some people, such as Harvey and Pirlo. The acquired skills are perfect and the consciousness is superb, but the innate physical qualities are just like this, such as heading, confrontation, and speed. No matter how much you practice, you can't practice it." Out, the upper limit is there."
"But for both of them, it's hard to say where their upper limit is."
After scoring the goal, Harland ran all the way to the edge of the court, sat down cross-legged and made his classic meditation and celebration.
The Manchester City players waited for him to meditate before stepping up to hug him and celebrate.
Guardiola on the sidelines also jumped up at the moment of scoring.
Even though he has reached the pinnacle of supremacy, the lack of a Champions League trophy has always been his heart disease after being in charge of Manchester City these years.
But everyone quickly shifted their attention from Manchester City to Rome.
Chen Xiaoliang trotted all the way to the sidelines and was discussing quickly with Mourinho covering his mouth with his hands.
Chen Xiaoliang: "Coach, it's unstoppable to play like this."
Mourinho: "You can't have doubts, Chen, you know what you mean to this team! If you don't believe it, everyone else will be shaken!"
Chen Xiaoliang: "I have no doubts, I am very sure that if we continue to defend like this, we will definitely lose the ball!"
Mourinho: "You have to believe me, the Barcelona team back then had a stronger lineup than this Manchester City team, but we didn't hold it!"
Chen Xiaoliang: "But we don't have Samuel, Lucio, Maicon, Chivu, Zanetti, Cambiasso! And Kwa and Dybala are completely different from Pandev and Eto'o player of!"
Mourinho was a little angry: "What do you mean? Play against them?! Fight to control the ball?!"
Chen Xiaoliang: "Coach, there is no time. We can't even get the ball if we play like this. We have practiced before, but you didn't decide to use it in the end. We will play single-point blasting and beat them back one by one. This is what we plan to do." Good tactic."
Mourinho looked at Chen Xiaoliang, as if he wanted to confirm how determined he was in Chen Xiaoliang's eyes.
Chen Xiaoliang: "Trust me, coach, I want to win more than anyone else. If we cripple them on one wing and have to retreat, we will be able to defend. You believe me, if this goes on like Mancini's point It will fall apart soon!"
The fourth official reminded them once, and the two were still discussing. Chen Xiaoliang didn't run into the venue until the head coach Marciniak blew the whistle to remind him.
But his eyes are still on Mourinho, waiting for the head coach to give clear feedback.
Unlike some players who were at a loss on the field, Foti, who was on the side, clearly heard the conversation between the two. He walked over and said, "Jose, I think what Chen said is right, how about..."
Mourinho turned his head and glared at Foti in an instant, as if he wanted to kill him.
Foti shut his mouth for an instant, but after about 10 seconds, when Cesco was about to kick off, he spoke again: "Jose, even if you fire me tonight, I have to speak my own words." From the bottom of my heart, everyone knows your past, everyone knows the grievances between you and the man opposite, and everyone knows that you hope to defeat the opponent again with a completely different tactical philosophy of your own."
"But Jose, times have changed and so have the players. These lads are not the ones you followed in 2010. They have their own characteristics and their own style of play. We can't find the next Sneijder. , the next Milito, the next Zanetti, but we have Cesco, Kva, Dybala, and the unique Chen Xiaoliang!"
Mourinho still did not speak.
In Real Madrid, he did not fully reach the heights people expected of him. After that, he moved around in many places, including short-lived brilliance in Chelsea and Manchester United, and more embarrassing dismissals again and again.
Especially in the summer of 2016, he and Guardiola took charge of the Manchester City duo at the same time, which created a momentary news explosion. He has been waiting for an opportunity to completely knock this old opponent to the ground.
But until he left Manchester United, he did not succeed.
Going around in circles, since the two left the La Liga duo at the same time in 2012, now they finally have a chance for the ultimate decisive victory.
He has been waiting for a full 11 years for a chance to completely crush his mortal enemy and reverse all the defeats before World War I.
Countless nights, when he dreamed back at midnight, he wanted to replicate the night at the Nou Camp, leading Inter Milan to the Champions League final, running wildly to celebrate at Barcelona's home court, wantonly provoking the fans, and finishing the scene of venting his inner pride.
Conceited, he still believes that his unique defensive counterattack is the only magic weapon for him to win the European finals, and today will naturally be no exception.
The opinion put forward by the captain and core of his subordinates and the assistant coach who cooperates the most in his work at the same time hit his ego and aroused his natural anger.
But as time went by second by second, the words of the two just now seemed to echo back and forth in the deep valley, lingering in his ears and unable to dissipate.
Until finally, a door opened in his heart, as if a ray of light came in.
They are right.
What he saw in his eyes was Dybala. Although he was also a left-footed player, he was also placed on the right. However, Dybala is Dybala, and he cannot be the second Robben.
He thought of the earlier Lukaku in his heart, and it was precisely because he wanted him to become the second Drogba that he embarked on the path of substantial weight gain.
This matter has always been apologetic in his heart.
On the field, Cesco kicked the ball back to Matic. Roma's formation pressed forward slightly, but because they were afraid that they would not be able to recover, the range of pressure was very limited, basically limited to the front four.
Matic passed the ball to Chen Xiaoliang, Stones immediately leaned forward, and De Bruyne and Seat B also rushed to double-team from the left and right directions.
After being scored the first goal, Guardiola has already emphasized on the sidelines that defending Chen Xiaoliang must let him back up.
As long as he is forced to take the ball with his back and prevent him from facing his own goal, then his super explosive power of starting and the speed of advancing with the ball cannot be used in the first place, and the room for error tolerance in defense will be greatly improved.
Chen Xiaoliang, who was surrounded by three people, could only pass the ball back to Matic, and then took the initiative to withdraw and ask for the ball again.
But as the hub of the whole team, when other teammates dare not aggressively push forward, once Chen Xiaoliang retreats, he cannot share the opponent's defensive attention, and the other three in the frontcourt will easily fall into targeted marking middle.
Mourinho raised his hand and made a tactical gesture.
Foti's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately raised his hand to make the same gesture, and then kept shouting: "Pay attention to adjustment! Pay attention to adjustment!" to let the players on the field know as soon as possible that Mourinho made the initiative. Change.
The players who saw and heard all this reacted immediately, and Guardiola on the opposite side also became more puzzled amidst doubts.
They almost collected and studied the videos of more than 100 games in Rome in two seasons, and let dozens of luxury analysis teams conduct detailed analysis, but they never saw what was happening on the field at the moment.
Cesco ran to the left, Chen Xiaoliang passed the ball back to Matic and then leaned to the left. Kwa and Spinazzola, who were originally on the left, suddenly appeared on the left. players, while Dybala on the right moved to the center.
What formation is this?What kind of tactic is this?
The dense personnel on the left forced Kyle Walker and Stones to retreat in a wide range. In Manchester City's frontcourt, it suddenly became only De Bruyne who was active on the right side of the midfield.
Matic then began to reveal the answer with a big long pass.
His long pass crossed more than 50 meters and landed on the top of center Sesco, who was pulling the side. Kyle Walker, who is 183 tall, couldn't help hallucinating. Could it be that he is playing as a central defender today?But I remember that I am obviously a full-back, and I just inserted an assist for Harland to score.
Facing Cesco, who was 195, he didn't struggle with the high-altitude ball. He watched Cesco head the ball back and the ball landed at the feet of Chen Xiaoliang who was going forward.
Akanji still bent over, turned sideways, lowered his center of gravity, and faced the inside line with his body, but his position was stuck on the outside line.
It's just that the object of his defense has changed from Kewa to Chen Xiaoliang.
Cesko, who finished the top ball, began to slant forward to the right, ran towards the left rib, and took away Stones by the way, while Kewa was on the right side of Chen Xiaoliang, and he was defending Kyle Walker. deal with.
Chen Xiaoliang and Akanji had a one-on-one, dialed the ball and pretended to take two steps, looked back at Kwa, and moved his left foot.
Akanji saw that Chen Xiaoliang was going to pass to Kewa and then do a two-for-one, so he immediately posted it and prepared to use his body to block the position and block the route for Kewa to pass back.
However, this was just a fake move by Chen Xiaoliang, he kicked forward with his right foot, and the ball flew over Akanji's head!
Akanji was startled, did Sesko run behind him? !Chen Xiaoliang picked him up?
Just as he was about to turn around, Chen Xiaoliang overtook him in an instant with unpredictable steps from outside the sideline!
【Good at passing the ball】! ! !
This is the first time Chen Xiaoliang used this skill in an official competition after unlocking it!
The teammates were surprised to find that their captain's first three steps started faster than before!
"Oh!" The first sound was Chen Xiaoliang's exclamation when he picked the pass, with some doubts.
"Oh!!" The second sound was when Chen Xiaoliang overtook Akanji at the moment of starting, and the fans exclaimed in disbelief.
"Oh!!!" The third sound was when Chen Xiaoliang rushed to the left side of the penalty area like the wind after receiving the ball he picked, the Roma fans raised their hands in amazement, with infinite expectations!
At this time, Sesco and Dybala in the middle have entered the penalty area from the left and right sides, and Kwa also followed the rib area outside the penalty area on the left.
That's right, the offense is still completed by these four people, but the width of the offense has only been reduced from the entire court to the left third of the court!
It is very difficult for four people to cover the left, middle and right lines without the help of teammates. However, in one-third of the area, with their abilities and specialties, the four can easily play more penetration and less coordination.
Speaking of which, this is not a new tactic. At Manchester United, Mourinho used another Belgian, Fellaini, in this way. It was just that he was inside and outside the arc of the penalty area, and he was used as a midfielder in the air. use.
Now, as long as the players in the backcourt initiate a long pass, they can directly cross the entire midfield line of Manchester City and hit the left wing directly. , and it is impossible to launch a quick counterattack immediately.
Chen Xiaoliang rushed into the penalty area, and it was Rodri who retreated.
But at this time, Chen Xiaoliang was already a Bugatti with the accelerator pedal to the bottom, and there was no such thing as a brake.
He slightly adjusted his direction forward, and rushed straight towards the left sideline of the small penalty area. Rodri, who had his back to the goal, turned around and tried to speed up, but he fell two positions in an instant.
Ederson blocked the near post, waiting for Chen Xiaoliang to kick his signature explosive shot at any time.
The goalkeeper coaching team listed the scoring clips and scoring habits of several major scorers in Rome, including the number and proportion of goals scored by the left foot, right foot, head, and other parts, to Ederson in detail. For Chen Xiaoliang He said that vigorously pumping the upper corner of the near corner and the top of the goalkeeper is his way of scoring the most single-handed shots from small angles.
However, Chen Xiaoliang was not ready to shoot. Running at full speed, he had no chance to adjust his pace, which was actually not conducive to the power of the shot. When the ball rolled to the edge of the small penalty area, he stretched out his left foot and leaned back to the left. The ball swept to the other side of the goal!
Cesco and Dybala rushed up to grab points together!
The ball passed Cesco, who fell to the ground and stretched his legs in the middle. He was about 20 centimeters away from the ball, and Dybala, who was already in a pushing position, was just right!
Seeing that the ball was about to pass, Dias, who had been retreating all the time, rushed over and stretched his legs and shoveled in front of Dybala.
The ball that Dybala bounced lightly hit Dias's leg, bounced upwards, but was still flying towards the goal!
Seeing that the ball was about to fly over the goal line again in mid-air, Edson, who was guarding the near post, made a side attack, hugged the slowed down ball with both hands, and pressed it to the ground!
And when the team landed on the ground, half of them still crossed the goal line!
Everyone looked back at the referee Marcniak for the first time again, but this time the Polish referee waved his hand, indicating that there was no goal!
Zhan Jun: "It's a pity! A sudden change in Roma, Xiao Liang went straight and almost assisted Dybala to score Roma's goal!"
Zhang Lu: "This is why the Manchester City team is worth 10.5 billion. Mancini here has a good look at Dias. Why is Dias worth 7500 million euros and you only have 2000 million? That's the difference."
"And Ederson, 4500 million euros, is also among the world's top net worth among goalkeepers."
Fan: "Guide Zhang Lu is right. Players are not just about ability. At critical moments, they can always judge the most worthy object to defend and make the best choice. This is beyond ability and at the level of consciousness. manifestation."
"To put it more mysteriously, it is the realm."
Zhan Jun: "Although they didn't score, the goal just now must have made Manchester City break out in a cold sweat!"
"The center pulls the side, the winger retracts, and plays more and less in some areas, and plays faster and slower. It seems that after the communication between Xiaoliang and Mourinho just now, Roma seems to have used their bottom-of-the-box tactics in advance. !"
"Now the score is 1 to 1, the game time is 19 minutes, and then we will see if Guardiola will make new changes!"
Zhang Lu: "I think there will definitely be, and apart from what I said just now, playing more and playing less, and playing fast and slow, Sescola's side is obviously playing high and short, and Roma avoids passing in the midfield with Manchester City's powerful midfield. Control and organize, so that the kick can go directly over the midfield."
"This is also what we have said for two seasons, where Cesko is valuable, not only his goals, he scored less than 20 goals in a whole season, which is not high-yield, but this fulcrum function, There is no one else in Roma."
Send it out before 0 o'clock (to avoid absenteeism), it's too late to thank the directors for the rewards and monthly tickets, and I will make it up tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
