Chapter 830

Lin Chen originally thought that Bernardo Silva had heard some tactics from Guardiola, so he came back to defend himself again.

But Manchester City's tactics have not changed, and neither have Bernardo Silva's tactics.

He was still able to force his way past Bernardo Silva in the midfield, and McAllister was still able to defend against Gundogan.

There are only a few minutes left in the first half of the FA Cup, and these few minutes will make Manchester City players and fans feel very bored.

Because Liverpool has been using the organizational method of passing the ball, then snatching the ball back, and then passing the ball directly to the front court, slowly consuming all the time.

Salah and Diaz had a great time playing, and the two of them kept receiving passes from Lin Chen, who then encouraged them to break through directly. However, Gakpo still couldn't find the position and opportunity to perform in the middle.

The first half of the FA Cup game ended when Salah's last breakthrough was blocked out of the sideline by the assisting Ake.

Ake was very tired. He didn't seem to be playing as a center back at all. Instead, he became a left back because Zinchenko couldn't defend against Salah at all.

Guardiola initially wanted Zinchenko to help Stones pass the ball, and preferably help Gundogan attack.

But because Lin Chen was there, Manchester City's midfield could not find a breakthrough. Zinchenko did not dare to go to the midfield to help Gundogan because Lin Chen was dribbling the ball.

Lin Chen may pass the ball to Salah at any time, so he must always defend Salah in the left back position!

It is precisely because Zinchenko has been doing this that Lin Chen has the opportunity to help Salah break through Zinchenko.

Stephen was even more worried, and sometimes he would unconsciously move closer to the left to prevent Salah from shooting.

After the first half, Lin Chen suddenly caught up with Bernardo Silva, he really had a question to ask!

"Bernardo Silva, Guardiola suddenly called you over in the first half. What did he say to you?"

"Your tactics haven't changed."

Bernardo Silva whispered!

"Guardiola didn't tell me about tactics. He told me to learn how you play in the midfield and not to miss this opportunity to watch you play in the midfield!"

Bernardo Silva did watch Lin Chen's game very closely, and felt that he had indeed learned a lot.

But some of the things I learned are difficult to apply on the field.

For example, Lin Chen's sudden outburst. His explosive power and dribbling ability are among the best in Manchester City, but Lin Chen's outburst is not just about strong muscle explosive power.

In the past few years, Lin Chen has turned explosiveness into a science. From the sudden start to the instant release of strength in the body, and then the sudden tense explosion, Lin Chen seems to be able to control his body muscles at the millisecond level.

The more Bernardo Silva watched, the more he found this strong control over his physical abilities amazing. When Guardiola returned to the locker room, the first thing he did was to hope that all the players would not lose confidence.

"It's okay. I know Lin must have put you under a lot of pressure in the first half, but we at Manchester City are not pushovers and we can't be squeezed by anyone!"

"Since attacking from the midfield doesn't produce any good results, let's continue to attack from the wing in the second half!"

"Jesus, Foden, and Grealish should attack the flanks at the same time. Don't worry about Lin dribbling the ball in the middle. Gundogan and Bernardo Silva only need to protect the shooting area outside the penalty area. As for the rest of the positions, let Lin dribble the ball. As for the rest of the Liverpool players, let Lin pass the ball. Our most important task is to prevent Lin from shooting!"

What Guardiola is most worried about is the backspin gravity shot that Lin demonstrated not long ago. Although Lin has not used it in the first half, there is no guarantee that such a shot will appear in the second half.

In order to boost Stephen's confidence and fulfill his pre-season promise, Guardiola had already promised to let Stephen start in the cup match.

But with Stephen's current ability, it would be difficult for him to defend against this kind of downward rotating, super-gravity shot. Even Handanovic found it difficult to save it, not to mention Stephen who is relatively young and lacks experience in the top five leagues!

Guardiola understands Klopp very well, because Klopp is telling all the players in the locker room at this time to increase offensive runs in the second half!

"In the second half, we should increase our offensive runs. I want you to run more and faster to create space for Lin to hit a backspin shot outside the penalty area."

"Gakopo, I need you to continue to interfere with Gundogan in the second half. As long as Gundogan can't help Bernardo Silva, Lin will have more opportunities!"

The second half of the FA Cup final started with the roar of Manchester City players. Before the game started, Manchester City players suddenly roared collectively, as if trying to boost their morale.

Lin Chen began to look for opportunities again, but this time Lin Chen's running position was different from the previous one when he broke through Bernardo Silva. Now his running position was to get a chance to shoot.

Stephen also began to become more and more nervous, because he could feel more and more dangerous atmosphere in his heart, each time stronger and more real than the last!

The 58th minute of the game!

Bernardo Silva dribbled the ball in the midfield, trying to increase his dribbling range as much as possible, in order to force Lin Chen to expand his defensive area and thus consume Lin Chen's physical strength.

However, after dribbling the ball continuously, Bernardo Silva not only failed to get rid of Lin Chen, but his physical strength declined rapidly. After a stagger, he suddenly lost the ball!

Lin Chen immediately intercepted the ball, then aimed at Stephen and shot!

Just from the shooting action, Stephen could tell that this shot was definitely a backwards, super-gravity shot!

The rapidly spinning downward ball seemed to be falling in front of Stephen, but as the speed of the downward rotation gradually increased, the point where the ball fell in the air gradually became farther away from Stephen's position.

Stephen can only run forward to make sure he can catch the ball!

But the ball's backspin was so fast that Stephen felt he might not be able to reach the first landing point of the ball in time!

Once the backspin ball hits the ground first, Stephen won't be able to catch it unless he has an incredible reaction!