Chapter 172 The Battle between Guardiola and the Son (Part 1)

Author: Snow Bird

Chapter 172 The Battle between Guardiola and the Son (Part 1)

Pellegrini is not a vegetarian either, so he naturally saw the problems in the team's defense.

So, taking advantage of the time of a dead ball, he called Sabaleta over and gave him some advice.

Manchester City's defensive formation has changed to a certain extent. Their defenders moved the defense a little forward, making it more difficult for the opponent to hit behind their waistline when counterattacking.

This adjustment quickly achieved results.

When AC Milan wanted to use the same trick again, Salavi either couldn't get the ball, or was knocked over by the defender who rushed up as soon as he got the ball.

If the pass is too strong, Manchester City's defender can still create an offside trap, so that he will be in offside even if he receives the ball.

Not only that, Manchester City also increased the pressure in the frontcourt, making the opponent's midfielder unable to pass the good ball as he pleased.

With this combination of punches, AC Milan's attack on the wing was just improving and soon became silent.

At the end of the first half, Manchester City returned to the locker room with a three-goal lead.

Although they were scored twice by the opponent, because their lead was still very strong, the expressions on the faces of Manchester City players were relatively relaxed.

Manchester City's locker room is clearly divided:

Joe Hart, Wright, Richards and other local players gathered together.

There is a circle of old players from non-local schools such as Kompani, Yaya Toure, and Gel Krish.

South American players such as Zabaleta, Aguero, Demichelis, Fernando, and Fernandinho are mixed together.

And Spanish players such as Lin Quan, Silva, Navas, Negrado are in another circle.

A team can actually have four different circles.

Lin Quan has gained some knowledge!

When Werder Bremen was before, most of the players in the team were German local players.

A small number of foreign players are also players from Austria and Eastern Europe, and the players' components are relatively single.

But when it comes to the wealthy clubs in the five major leagues, the situation is completely different.

The players in the five major leagues are very complex, and players from Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Balkans, Eastern Europe and various football powerhouses on the European continent are very common.

The only rare thing is probably Chinese overseas players.

Because the football level is declining, coupled with the increasing popularity of gold and yuan football.

The once prosperous craze for overseas study has been retreating over the years.

There are fewer and fewer Chinese players in the five major leagues and even the entire European arena.

While Lin Quan chatted with David Silva, he was observing the other members of the circle with his eyes.

"The local players have the largest number of players, but they are generally not strong. However, due to the FA's policies, the club must support them!"

David Silva doesn't look down on England players very much. Except for a few, the others are all sluts in his opinion.

They enjoyed the policy dividends of local players of the FA, but they did not have the strength to play for the team. They spent most of their season sitting on the bench and sometimes they couldn't even get into the roster.

"Old players, Kompani and Yaya Toure are both powerful players. Kompani is the current captain of the team. He is relatively stable. Because of his identity as the captain, he is more considering the overall situation."

The implication is that he can have some contact with Kompanido, he should be a better person to deal with.

"Where is Toure?"

Lin Quan was very curious about how Silva evaluated Yaya Toure. To be honest, after seeing Yaya Toure's performance in the team's training match, Lin Quan still recognized Yaya Toure's strength.

However, Guardiola would rather promote a newcomer than use him, and there must be his reason for this.

So, what are the flaws of Yaya Toure that made Guardiola choose Professor Bu between him and Busquets?

"Tuere is very strong, but what do you think? His position should be placed on the front midfielder, not on the back midfielder!"

"Hmm? I think he has strong defensive ability and a large coverage area. Isn't such attributes very suitable for the back midfielder position?"

Lin Quan's evaluation of Silva was a bit surprising. Yaya Toure was similar to the national teammate Martinez.

Both of them are the type who are strong, physically strong, have a wide coverage area, and can attack and defend.

But judging by Silva's evaluation of him, it seems that he doesn't look very high.

"Yaya Toure has skills under his feet, but his ability to pass and threaten the ball is not strong. He is good at forward attack, and his offensive ability is even stronger than some forwards. But the problem is that he plays as a midfielder.

He attacked, and if he was hit by his opponent, our defense would be in danger."

Lin Quan remembered the first goal he lost in the first half. AC Milan seemed to take advantage of Yaya Toure's attacking forward and hit the side of his defense to complete the goal.

In this way, Yaya Toure has excellent conditions as an engineer-type midfielder, but has the heart of a forward?

"But the problem lies here. We don't lack offensive firepower in the frontcourt. Not only does he not help when he drives the ball, he will also become a breakthrough for the enemy's counterattack because he is too sticky."

Silva spread his hands.

Lin Quan nodded. An excellent player can fully recognize his strength and find his position.

There is no way to say about Yaya Toure's skills. The key is whether he can find his position and understand what he needs to do to help the team?

Just as Lin Quan was thinking about this issue, Aguero took the initiative to come up and expressed his gratitude to him:

"Lin, welcome you to the team. You are such an incredible player. The most important thing is that you play football with Leo (Messi) so much!"

Aguero and Messi are good friends. On the court, they meet a teammate who plays football style very similar to Messi and can also give him assists, giving him a feeling of fighting side by side with Messi.

Aguero likes this feeling very much!

This made his attitude towards Lin Quan change by 180 degrees.

From the time when I was worried that Lin Quan would take away his position when he came to the team, I am very excited to join forces with him in the official game.

"Thank you, Akun, you shot great too. Keep up with your strength in the second half and strive to get a hat trick!"

Aguero has a good impression of him, so Lin Quan naturally will not refuse to show kindness to the party.

If Aguero can leverage the South American Gang, it will be of great help to him master the situation in the locker room.

...

The halftime break ended soon, and the second half began, and the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Manchester City made personnel adjustments, Navas appeared and replaced Kolarov.

Fernandinho appears and replaces Milner.

Fernandinho is a defensive midfielder. The purpose of replacing him on the court is to fill the defensive loopholes that the team has appeared in the midfield and backcourt after Yaya Toure's forward insertion.

After the game began, Manchester City's offensive was swaying, striking wave after wave towards AC Milan's defense.

However, Allegri seemed to have made some adjustments to the team's defense during the break. They contracted the defense from both sides and allowed Manchester City to cross from the bottom of the wing.

But in the middle, they guarded the ball and did not give Manchester City a chance to play short passes and penetrate.

This move has a very good effect, with Manchester City's offense being loud and thundering.

Although it seems that the offensive is thriving and can always hit the opponent's inside and outside the penalty area, it has been unable to convert into a goal.

However, AC Milan, with the counterattack of the wing speed players, made several very threatening attacks.

However, Manchester City defenders were alert, and Fernandinho's defense was very active.

AC Milan's counterattack ended in vain and failed to turn into a goal.

The second half ended in 75 minutes, and the score on the field was still 5:2.

The coaches from both sides continue to substitution.

Pellegrini replaced Aguero and replaced Negredo, allowing the forwards who the team bought at high prices in the summer to come on the court to find their form.

After seeing this substitution, Aguero was a little depressed.

In the second half, Lin Quan passed the ball to him several times, but the opponent's defense in the penalty area was too tight.

He either didn't have the chance to shoot, or he didn't shoot with quality.

This made Aguero himself a little embarrassed, but fortunately Lin Quan didn't mean to blame him.

When I find that he has a good chance, I will still pass the ball to him.

After studying the position of the opponent's defender, Aguero felt that he had found the trick to break through the opponent's defense.

As a result, he was replaced before he could perform it.

Aguero was replaced, and the hat trick was definitely out of the way.

Negredo is a Spanish player, so Lin Quan and Silva naturally have to take care of him.

So the two began to pass the ball to him and help him create opportunities.

Negredo and Aguero are two types of strikers, compared to Aguero, who is only 173 in height.

Negredo is 186 cm tall and has strong standing ability.
To be continued...