Chapter 827

"For Liverpool, goalkeeper Alisson, left back Robertson, centre-backs Van Dijk and Gvardiol, the midfield three remain the same."

"Joe Gomez is the right back, and Diaz, Gakpo and Salah are in the frontcourt. Gakpo should play as a center forward in this game."

"Liverpool originally bought Gakpo because they wanted him to try out the left winger and center forward positions, and let him play in whichever position works best."

"But from the current situation, it is difficult for Gakpo to compete with Diaz on the left, not to mention that Soboslai sometimes plays on the left, and Nunez's performance in the middle is sometimes very good, and Soboslai is sometimes arranged to play in the middle, so Gakpo has not got too many opportunities in these two positions."

"Gakpo was able to play in this FA Cup final. If he can seize the opportunity, Gakpo may try to play as a center forward continuously in the future!"

In the past six seasons, Manchester City and Liverpool have never given the FA Cup final title to other teams. Although many teams want to win the FA Cup, the two sides meet again this season.

Lin Chen was looking at the Manchester City players next to him in the locker room. He had encountered many of these players many times, and the most persistent one should be Stones.

From his first season playing for Manchester City to now, six seasons have passed, and Stones is still Manchester City's main central defender.

"I don't need to bother you today, Lin. My good brother Ake is very good at one-on-one defense. You can't get past him."

"And Bernardo Silva, in the last league game, after the two of us defended you, we went back and thought about it for a long time, and we both felt that we had not found the best defensive rhythm."

"Before this match, Bernardo Silva told me that he would thoroughly demonstrate his defensive ability and he would follow you all the way!"

When Bernardo Silva heard what Stones said, he quickly reached out and covered Stones' mouth!

"When did I ever say such a thing? And I told you a long time ago not to say such things to Lin before the game."

Lin Chen looked at Stones and smiled. He and Stones have always had a good relationship. Ake is the new defender Manchester City bought from Southampton. Lin Chen has seen Ake defend other players. Whether playing as a left back or a center back, Ake is very capable.

The FA Cup final was still held at Wembley Stadium. Lin Chen came here again. Not long ago, he had just defeated Arsenal here and won the League Cup. And this trophy would be the second of the seven championship trophies!

As the game progressed, Manchester City played calmly in the FA Cup final.

"Manchester City really relies on such a midfield to increase the time of ball possession. Bernardo Silva, Gundogan and Foden all have good ball control ability, especially Foden, who almost never loses the ball when facing McAllister and Rodri.

Bernardo Silva's position is further back, standing in the position of defensive midfielder, and he often dribbles the ball backwards to control the tempo.

Liverpool also played very calmly, and Lin Chen kept reminding McAllister not to grab Foden too aggressively.

“McAllister, don’t keep trying to steal Foden, let him dribble the ball, it’s okay, when he gets to a more forward position, I’ll go up to defend him!”

"It's okay, Rodri. You don't have to keep watching Gundogan's position. When he gets to a more forward position, I will go up to defend him!"

Lin Chen used these words to make Rodri and McAllister play the game with a calm mentality, because when Lin Chen said I will defend him, he will definitely defend him, and he will definitely defend him.

Manchester City wanted to use dribbling and control in the midfield to make Liverpool's midfielders impatient, but Lin Chen calmed the mentality of all his teammates with just two simple sentences!

The FA Cup final became very dull in this mentality game between the two sides. People watched Foden dribbling the ball, breaking through the midfield and then passing the ball to Gundogan. At this time, Gundogan would quickly pass the ball to Jesus, allowing Jesus to look for opportunities on the wing.

This quick passing method is designed to help players with strong breakthrough abilities to continuously get breakthrough opportunities in different positions.

Foden and Jesus were getting closer and closer to Liverpool's defense line. Lin Chen began to defend Foden, so Jesus was the only one left at the breakthrough point that Liverpool needed to defend!

The rest of Liverpool's players were also keeping a close eye on the movements of Manchester City players in different areas. If anyone showed any movement or movement that wanted to change the rhythm, the Liverpool players would quickly approach him.

Especially Grealish. After the ball is passed to Grealish, Grealish can ensure that the ball will not be lost, which is an ability in itself!

"Manchester City can keep passing the ball, pass it well every time, and then suddenly use the pass to find a scoring opportunity!"

"Be careful. Although Manchester City is playing this rhythm now, their players are very calm and have excellent abilities. If you can't control the rhythm well and make mistakes in the game with Manchester City, Manchester City will show another rhythm, and that rhythm will allow them to score immediately!"

Many Premier League fans understand Manchester City’s tactics too well. If these tactics really don’t work, Manchester City would not win the championship!

The 21th minute of the game!

Bernardo Silva tried his best to make Lin Chen feel some pressure. Foden and Gundogan also competed for Lin Chen in the midfield. Even Grealish helped the midfield to put pressure on Lin Chen. All of this was to make Lin Chen feel the pressure, even if it was only a little bit.

Guardiola found that the less pressure there was, the better Lin Chen played. Once he was allowed to perform, Lin Chen would no longer feel the pressure, and Manchester City would have no chance of defeating Lin Chen.

Therefore, as soon as the game started, Manchester City's midfielder continued to pressure Lin Chen, but Lin Chen still played very calmly and easily!

Give me pressure?

How many FA Cup finals have I played in?

World Cup final, Champions League final, what kind of game have I not played in?

An FA Cup final and you want me to feel the pressure?

Dream on!