Chapter 366 Leading Again
Chapter 366 Leading Again
Just after breaking through Fernandinho, Bruno faced an interception from David Silva, and the two men were very close.
This is also one of the methods used by Manchester City to deal with Bruno. The distance between the two defensive players is very close, which does not give Bruno the opportunity to adjust when he passes people continuously. Stealing when he is focusing on one thing and losing the other can increase the chance of stealing the ball.
Facing David Silva, Bruno did not speed up and rush forward. Although he had just got rid of Fernandinho, he still slowed down to increase the stability of his ball control.
Just when Fernandinho turned to catch up and David Silva took a step forward, Bruno passed the football sideways to the right with his left foot.
Gundogan came up to receive the ball, and Bruno, who did not have the ball, easily ran between the two people.
The entire Manchester United team is rushing forward, even the defensive midfielder Gundogan has passed the center line, and the two full-backs have almost become wingers.
The only ones left behind are midfielder Kanter and two central defenders.
This is Manchester United's offensive posture. Their almost desperate attack has caused headaches for many opponents, and at the same time it has also given them an opportunity to take advantage of.
But in fact, it is not that simple to use them to press the offensive space. First, they have to survive the wave of Manchester United's offensive unscathed before they can create a threat in the subsequent counterattack.
Manchester City has this ability, so they are not panicking. They are waiting for Manchester United to press hard into the space.
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Guardiola analyzed his players during the halftime break. Mourinho is a defensive-oriented head coach, so even if the game is tied at 1:1, they will not exert their strength quickly. , they will be safer and avoid conceding more goals.
But in fact this is not the case. Manchester United's management is actually ambitious. They will not be satisfied with a draw with Manchester City. They also hope to win, so they will definitely put pressure on Mourinho and ask the team to strengthen their offense.
Therefore, in the game, Manchester United will inevitably be eager for quick success and choose some risky methods, such as pressing heavily when attacking, almost completely ignoring the space behind them.
That's because they don't have the conditions and qualifications to think about what's behind them. If they don't press hard, their offense won't pose a threat to Manchester City's defense.
Manchester City's strategy is to let Manchester United press forward and then wait for opportunities to counterattack.
Of course, even if Manchester United doesn't press you, they still have many ways to deal with you, but counterattack is the most cost-effective one.
Now they are carefully guarding against Manchester United's attack while waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.
After Bruno passed the football to Gundogan, he ran forward, and Gundogan quickly passed the football over.
Bruno was not completely free from the markings of Manchester City players. Now that Manchester City has returned to their own half, they have shrunk their formation and can form a continuous press locally. So although Bruno passed Fernandinho and David Silva, this does not mean that he can sit back and relax. You must know that what he passed was not a scarecrow stuck there unable to move, but a living person. .
The moment he received Gundogan's pass, Fernandinho continued to chase behind him, and in front of him was De Bruyne.
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Bruno did not continue to dribble the ball. As soon as he received the ball, he passed the football out again. This time he passed it to Rashford who was retreating to meet him.
After passing the ball, Bruno did not continue to run forward, but pulled horizontally to the middle, just behind Rashford, and Rashford passed the football to him again.
If there were a computer analyzing Manchester United's passing routes at this time, everyone could clearly see that Bruno was the focus of this attack. No matter what, the football will be passed to him. Many Manchester United players who receive the ball do not even need to move at all. The job they have to do is very simple, which is to receive the ball and then pass the ball.
The one running was Bruno. He ran from the back to the front, from the left to the right and then to the middle. He used his running to receive the pass from his teammates, and then passed the football to the next teammate, just like this. The teams are all connected.
Bruno received Rashford's pass. He did not pass forward directly, although many people thought he was going to pass forward.
When the Manchester City players saw Bruno taking the ball, they couldn't help but glance to their sides to see if there were any obvious openings that he could take advantage of.
Bruno distributed the football to the wing, and Rooney made a pass.
Ibrahimovic, who followed up in the middle, didn't hit the football, but he shook Stones, and Stones couldn't hit the football. The football went directly through, passed over everyone's heads, and flew to the other side.
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Rashford stopped the ball on the wing and originally planned to pass it to the middle, but when he looked up, he found that the opportunity inside was not good. Manchester City's defensive players had stopped their positions.
Sagna was right behind Rashford, who turned and passed the football back.
After Luke Shaw received the ball, he transferred the football to Bruno in the middle.
Bruno lowered his center of gravity and stopped the football directly on the turf. Fernandinho saw him getting the ball and rushed up to press him, so Bruno just stopped the football and passed it out again. He passed the ball horizontally to Gundogan, who connected with him in the middle, and Gundogan transferred the football horizontally to Rooney.
The football went around in a circle and back again.
<divclass="contentadv">Rooney tried to break through from the inside. As soon as he took a step, he realized that it was not working. He quickly stretched out his foot to retrieve the football, turned around and blocked Kolarov who was approaching.
Facing Kolarov's pressing behind him, Rooney could only pass back, and the football was passed to Bruno's feet.
Because Fernandinho was never far away from him, Bruno directly used his heel to pass the football to Gundogan, then turned around and ran around Fernandinho in a circle, going around to the left.
"Now Manchester United is in continuous possession of the ball..." Lineker said this with a hint of wonder in his tone.
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Gundogan did not receive the ball directly. David Silva next to him had already pressed forward. He made a move to catch the ball, but stepped aside and let the football pass. Then he turned around and caught up with the football. This By then Bruno had changed positions and he passed the football.
Bruno still did not stop the ball, but directly passed Gundogan's pass to Valencia.
Manchester United's right back has already come up, but he is not waiting on the wing. The wing is occupied by Rooney, and Valencia comes to the ribs.
After he received the ball, he broke through directly from the ribs!
Valencia's characteristics are also very familiar to Manchester City players. He is a player who is stronger in offense than defense. He is very sharp in breakthroughs and crosses from the wing, so he must not be allowed to break into the penalty area. So when they saw him breaking forward, two Manchester City players rushed forward, intending to block his breakthrough.
Valencia moved the football to his right while running, and the football fell to Bruno's feet again.
The Manchester City players who were defending Valencia turned around and saw Bruno in possession of the ball, but they did not press forward immediately because there was Fernandinho behind Bruno and they were not needed here. They just need to guard Valencia.
Huh? What about Valencia?
Valencia got between the two Manchester City players!
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Kolarov watched Co Valencia run in front of him. He didn't dare to commit a foul because he and Valencia were both in the penalty area. As long as he stretched his legs, Valencia would fall down. Penalty kick, no doubt!
Besides, even if he doesn't make any moves, as long as Valencia has a little physical contact with him, he can fall down and get a penalty kick.
He could only raise his hands to indicate that he did not commit any foul play. If Valencia really fell, then he must have been diving.
Moreover, the football is still under Bruno's control at this time. Who knows whether he must pass it to Valencia? He can also feint a shot and pass it to others, so there is no need for him to be too nervous.
Fernandinho knows what Bruno and Valencia are trying to do, and he must not let him send the football in, even if he commits a foul in this dangerous place!
He slammed into it and managed to knock Bruno down.
The referee next to him was almost about to blow his whistle, but then he saw the football rolling towards the penalty area, and his breath was suppressed!
Fernandinho waited for the referee's whistle, but he didn't wait for anything. When Bruno fell and disappeared from his eyes, he saw the football in front of him. It just crossed the penalty area line and ran Got in!
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"Through the ball! Beautiful! Beautiful!!"
"This is the perfect opportunity!"
"Bruno passed the football to Valencia!"
"Valencia rushes in!"
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The moment Valencia passed Kolarov, and the moment before Bruno fell, he stabbed the football over.
Valencia receives the ball behind the entire defense!
"Manchester United has been surrounding Manchester City for a long time, and finally they found a flaw, a fatal flaw!!"
Valencia broke into the penalty area and received the ball. Kolarov came up from behind, trying to interfere with Valencia.
The reaction of the Manchester City defenders was obviously a beat slow. They did not expect that their defense would be penetrated like this. However, Manchester United's forwards reacted faster. When they saw the football coming, they pressed forward collectively. Valencia received the ball. When the ball came, they were only half a body behind Valencia, and Manchester City's center backs were left behind by them!
Valencia knew that taking it further would only lead him to a dead end, so out of the corner of his eye he saw Bravo blocking the near corner and passed the football directly.
The football passed in front of Bravo and fell to the feet of Ibrahimovic who was outflanking him in the middle!
Ibrahimovic used his left foot for support, flicked the ball with the outside of his right foot, and the ball changed its line and flew into Manchester City's goal!
