Chapter 444 The entire strategy is designed around Lin Quan!

"Martial started a little early!"

"It was Mata's pass that was half a beat too late!"

"I think this is an offside trap deliberately created by Manchester City's defense, just waiting for Martial!"

Regarding Martial's offside, fans have different opinions, but they all think it is a pity.

Since the start of the game, Manchester United has had very little possession of the ball and even fewer offensive opportunities. The counterattack just now seemed to be an excellent opportunity, but unfortunately they failed to seize it.

This counterattack failed and made Manchester City vigilant. It will be even harder to succeed in the future!

The fans were right to be worried, and Mourinho also had such worries. He subconsciously moved his buttocks to make himself more comfortable.

On the court, Manchester City did not make much adjustments after Manchester United's counterattack failed. They still followed the previous tactics, passing, running, attacking and shooting in an orderly manner.

The tempo of the game once again fell into Manchester City's control, just like it did at the beginning of the game.

But the difference from before is that this time, Manchester City has more offensive methods.

De Bruyne, David Silva and Lin Quan frequently changed positions on the court to stretch Manchester United's defense.

The advantage of cross-positioning is that it can easily cause defensive players to lose their position and cause hesitation of not knowing who to guard.

Originally, their positioning could form an airtight line of defense, but through cross-positioning, defensive players can be mobilized, thereby widening the distance between the two defensive players and artificially creating gaps for Lin Quan and David Silva. This kind of master is good at breaking through and dribbling in a small area to create opportunities.

If the opponent's defender does not have a strong sense of position or is not focused enough, such mistakes will easily occur.

The strength of pass-and-control football is that by constantly passing the ball, pulling and mobilizing the opponent's defense, causing the opponent to make mistakes, and then seizing the opportunity of the opponent's mistakes to launch a fatal blow.

Manchester United's players know this very well. They are not the first to know pass-and-control football, and they are very familiar with this offensive method.

But even if you know what the other person is going to do in your heart, your body may not be able to keep up with the other person's rhythm.

In the 22nd minute of the first half, Lin Quan once again switched positions with David Silva. With the help of the latter's cover, Lin Quan moved the ball laterally in a very covert manner, and then suddenly started to bully Manchester United defender Si. Maureen came forward.

Smalling was about to attack and put pressure on Lin Quan and David Silva, but he didn't expect the other side to come up to him and catch him off guard.

Smalling was startled, and quickly stopped moving forward, using his hands and feet to try to prevent Lin Quan from breaking through, but Lin Quan's first step had already stepped on the penalty area line, and the referee was nearby. , Smalling didn't dare to make his actions too obvious.

Therefore, these actions of his could only play a symbolic role and could not stop Lin Quan at all.

Lin Quan successfully broke into the penalty area!

Seeing the opponent's No. 10 dribbling the ball into their own penalty area, all the Manchester United fans at the scene took a breath. They couldn't help but stand up, craned their necks and looked at their own goal:

But don't score a goal!

Lin Quan's scoring ability is obvious to all in the Premier League. Since he joined the Premier League, he has almost monopolized the Premier League's scorer list.

Even if Kane's momentum has been so fierce in the past two seasons, he can only follow his butt and eat dust.

Such a dangerous guy, let him break into the penalty area, the hearts of the Manchester United players all thumped, and almost all the players nearby subconsciously rushed towards Lin Quan!

We must stop him, we must not let him shoot, let alone score!

De Gea stared closely at his teammates on the national team. He knew Lin Quan's strength very well. He knew that the ball was at the opponent's feet and he could shoot at any time, so he was ready to save at any time!

Seeing all the Manchester United generals rushing towards him, Lin Quan glanced at the goal and then raised his right leg.

De Gea's eyes widened, this guy is going to shoot!

Where is he going to shoot?

Left or right?

Seeing Lin Quan swinging his legs, another Manchester United defender Rojo directly tackled the ball.

However, just when everyone thought Lin Quan was about to shoot, he suddenly tapped the ball with his half-raised heel and passed the ball back to his teammates without looking at anyone.

After crossing positions with Lin Quan, David Silva took the initiative to move to the wing in order to help Lin Quan attract firepower, and also took away one of the opponent's full-backs.

In other words, the position where Lin Quan passed the ball was empty at this time, and there was no one!

Was it a mistake?

Seeing Lin Quan's action, Xiaozhu, who had returned to defend near the penalty area line, couldn't help but think like this.

However, just when he thought this, a blue figure rushed past him like lightning and kicked the football hard.

boom!

There was a loud noise, and the football flew towards Manchester United's goal like a cannonball.

De Gea had just been shaken by Lin Quan's hypothetical pass. Now when he went to save other people's shots, his movements were half a beat too slow.

With a swish sound, the football flew into the goal and came into close contact with the net.

After trying for more than 20 minutes, Manchester City finally broke through the opponent's door.

The score also became 1:0!

The scorer is - Toni Kroos!

After scoring the goal, Teacher Tony spread his arms and ran happily along the court with a bright smile on his face.

It feels really good to score at Old Trafford!

No wonder that guy Lin was so energetic when he played against Manchester United!

Cross's goal made Mourinho unable to sit still anymore. When Lin Quan passed the ball to Cross with his heel, he stood up from the coaching bench.

A shot from behind?

be cheated!

This guy, the reason why he didn't arrange a forward, turned out to be such a plan!

On the surface, the opponent seems to have no forward, but in fact Manchester City does have a forward, and that is Lin Quan!

Although he is not a center, he plays a center-like effect.

He can burst, dribble, shoot and pass. He can serve as the team's offensive fulcrum when advancing, and he can be the team's organizational core when retreating.

The best thing is that Lin Quan's position is not on the front line, which means that he does not have to fight with the defenders. Not only does he have more space to attack, but he also saves a lot of physical energy.

Although I knew that Lin Quan was very important to Manchester City and was the core of Manchester City's offense, I didn't expect Guardiola to be so crazy and formulate an offensive tactic that almost entirely revolved around Lin Quan.

Isn't he afraid that Lin Quan will be in poor condition and perform abnormally?

With a smile on his face, Guardiola applauded Chris who scored the goal and the players who participated in the attack. This tactic was indeed tailor-made by him for Lin Quan, and it was a step forward on the basis of the original forward-less formation. !

He wanted to see where Lin Quan's limit was, could he shoulder his expectations for him and the heavy responsibility of the entire team?

At present, it seems that Lin Quan's performance is completely trustworthy, even exceeding his expectations.

I wonder what surprises this kid can bring to me in the next game?

The reason why Guardiola arranged his troops in this game is to implement his consistent strategy of seeking stability in the league.

Outsiders think that he does everything in every key game, but in fact this time it's really not a wholesome thing.

It can be seen from his three defensive midfielders that he does not intend to give Manchester United a chance in this game.

The purpose of the three defensive midfielders is to completely lock down Manchester United's midfield and not give them any chance to counterattack. The offside trap and other tactics specially designed for this purpose are also based on these services.

Of course, you can't win the game just by relying on defense. At best, it's just a draw.

If you want to win the game, you still have to see whether the forwards can score goals!

After removing Zhengyin forward, Guardiola actually doesn't know whether Manchester City's offensive system in the frontcourt can maintain operation and whether it can tear apart the opponent's defense line under the opponent's intensive defense.

But now, he no longer worries about this problem.

After falling behind, Manchester United shouldn't be able to continue to defend, right?

By that time, the three defensive midfielders you have arranged can really come in handy!

He wanted to see how Manchester United could organize an effective offense under Manchester City's terrifying midfield control?

Mourinho is also having a headache with this problem. The opponent's three-midfielder tactical system is indeed too strong and a bit unreasonable.

Cross is okay, but the key is the other two Kanter and Fernandinho, these two are defensive midfielders.

How to break through their interception?

Being behind in the score changed the atmosphere at Old Trafford, and even the cheers became much quieter.

The morale of Manchester United fans and players has been hit hard. If they lose again this time, it will be their sixth consecutive defeat against Manchester City!

Therefore, after the restart, there was almost no need for Mourinho to stand up and shout. They immediately launched an attack in a hurry.

Seeing that the team finally stopped being defensive and began to take the initiative to attack, the morale of the fans at the scene was slightly boosted. They started shouting loudly again to cheer for the players.

The Red Devils can only die standing, not Manchester United who can live on their knees.

If the Red Devils' previous record hadn't been so poor and they were complaining about Mourinho's shrinking defense at Old Trafford, the Red Devils fans would have given up long ago!

At this time, countless Red Devils fans became excited when they saw the Red Devils players launching fierce attacks on their opponents at their home court just like the old Red Devils team under Sir Alex Ferguson back then!

This is right, this is the Red Devils they are familiar with!

No reversal, no red devil!

What does it mean to be one goal behind?

They have all seen the situation of falling behind by more goals and then coming back!

Manchester United is the team with the most reversals in the history of the Premier League, and staging super reversals seems to be the Red Devils' specialty.

For the slow-starting Red Devils, falling behind at the start only shows that they have not yet fully entered the state.

Once they inspire their passion and courage in adversity, their opponent's lead will be worthless in their eyes!

However, Red Devils fans seem to have forgotten that the Red Devils at Old Trafford are no longer the Red Devils they were familiar with before.

They did launch a counterattack, and the momentum was indeed huge.

However……

They can't even get past Manchester City's midfield!

When Manchester United launched an attack, Kanter became the most eye-catching player on the court!

With his strong running ability and excellent interception awareness, he has become a hurdle in front of Manchester United players, making it difficult for them to overcome even half a step.

Mata, Schweinsteiger, Herrera, Schneiderlin...

Countless Manchester United players fell in front of Kanter, so much so that when these players saw Kanter, they wanted to take a detour.

Kanter has become a nightmare for all midfielders!

Kanter's strong interception and steal ability means that Manchester City has many more opportunities to counterattack.

Originally, when Manchester United's formation was very contracted, it was difficult for them to unleash their offensive threat.

But at this time, the opponent took the initiative to attack, and the stage for Manchester City's frontcourt attacking group to perform immediately became much larger!

In the 38th minute, Kanter stole the ball and passed it straight to De Bruyne, who moved to the other side in a wide range.

After receiving the ball, David Silva cut directly inside, attracted the attention of the goalkeeper and defensive players, and passed the ball to Lin Quan who was outflanking him in the middle.

Lin Quan accelerated and dribbled the ball into the penalty area, facing De Gea and calmly pushed the ball to the right side of the goal.

De Gea fell to the ground and was half a beat too slow to save, and could only watch helplessly as the football rolled into his own goal again.

2:0!

The Red Devils fans were singing loudly, but their singing rhythm was interrupted by this sudden goal.

The scene was silent for two seconds, and then the sky was filled with boos and curses.

Manchester United fans were furious. Why did their opponents score the goal and not them?

They were obviously attacking, but why was it their opponents who scored?

Manchester City used only one counterattack to penetrate their defense and break through their goal, leaving countless Red Devils fans to break the defense in place.

"Don't panic, it's a small scene, just two goals. I believe our players will definitely come back!"

Someone tried to comfort his teammates. No matter how big the disadvantage was, the Red Devils had never experienced it before. It was only 2 goals. What did it mean?

However, this time there were far fewer people speaking out to support him than before.

Being 2 goals behind does still have a chance for a wealthy team like Manchester United, especially when the game time is still early.

However, their opponent is Manchester City!

Although I hate to admit it, Manchester City is now the strongest team in the entire Premier League.

For such a strong team, let alone two goals, even if they are behind by one goal, it will not be easy to catch up.

Especially when the opponent arranges three midfielders, they can't even pass the midfield level!

How easy is it to overturn your opponent?

On the coaching bench, Mourinho's expression was already quite solemn.

He glanced angrily in the direction of the Manchester City coaching bench. Not only did Guardiola secretly learn his three-back system, but even his counterattack tactics were exactly the same as when he was at Real Madrid.

A simple and efficient pass, every pass is passed forward. The frontcourt players all run towards the opponent's goal as fast as possible without any effort, without giving the opponent's defensive players time to get into position.

Once this simple and efficient counterattack tactic is successful, a goal can often be scored within ten seconds.

Just like Manchester City this time, from the moment Kanter intercepted the ball and passed the ball to the second Lin Quan succeeded in pushing the ball, the entire offensive process probably only took seven or eight seconds.

This time is too fast. Except for the defensive players of Manchester United, other players have no time to replay, let alone stop the opponent.

It can be said that Guardiola used Mourinho's tactics to defeat him!

So, are you mocking me?

Mourinho's eyes flashed with anger!

Are you telling me that you, Guardiola, can not only pass and control, but also defend against counterattacks, while I can only defend against counterattacks?