Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 443 Guardiola’s whole job & black technology?

Three midfielders?
After seeing Manchester City's starting lineup, Mourinho couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Guardiola's arrangement really surprised him.

Manchester City's midfield and backfield are usually a combination of Kroos + Kante, and the frontcourt is an attacking group of Lin Quan, De Bruyne, David Silva and Aguero.

After adding a defensive midfielder in the backcourt at this time, Guardiola will inevitably remove one person from the frontcourt, so who will be removed?
The answer is Aguero!

Manchester City's formation is very strange. It seems to be a 433 formation, but this 3 is not a combination of two wingers and a center, but two attacking midfielders and a free man.

What the hell lineup is this?

Mourinho said he couldn't understand and had never seen anyone else play like this!
There is no forward in front, who will the midfielder pass the ball to?

The audience and TV commentators also noticed Manchester City's strange formation.

"Guardiola seems to want to test his new tactics on Manchester United, but I don't know what kind of surprises this new tactics can bring us?"

I have to say that Guardiola is very talented in this area of ​​life.

And the more critical the occasion, the more he likes to make arrangements.

This made the outside world look forward to this already exciting game even more.

Guardiola himself did not think there was any big problem with his approach. The reason why he did not arrange for Zhengyin forwards to play was entirely because he felt that he would not use them.

Manchester City does not have a high center forward. With the opponent's intensive defense, Aguero's role in the penalty area is limited.

On the contrary, Mourinho's quick counterattack posed a greater threat to Manchester City.

Therefore, Guardiola chose to replace the forward with a defensive midfielder to strengthen his defensive capabilities to contain the opponent's counterattack.

Of course, this adjustment will not necessarily weaken the team's offensive ability, because in this formation, he has carefully arranged the team's offensive routine.

Guardiola is looking forward to it and wants to see what effect his tactics can achieve in the game.

If this trick works well, you might be able to use it often in the future.

At nineteen o'clock in the evening, the game started on time.

Manchester United had the ball, and after their players kicked off, Manchester City quickly pressed on Manchester United's ball-carrying players.

Moreover, this kind of pressing is not the action of a single player or a few players in the frontcourt, but the overall tactics of the entire team.

Manchester City's players quickly passed the half and started a high press in the opponent's half.

The opponent grabbed so fiercely at the beginning, which made the Manchester United players a little uncomfortable for a while, and the ball was quickly lost.

On the sidelines of Manchester United's coaching bench, Mourinho was indifferent to this scene.

Guardiola's pass-and-control football pursues control of the football, and what he pursues is efficiency. It is expected that the ball will be lost. The key is how the opponent will attack after gaining possession of the ball.

Thinking of this, Mourinho sat up straight and watched seriously.

Manchester United fans sitting in the stands can clearly see that the Manchester City players maintain a very tight formation when pressing forward.

The defense has passed half-time, and the midfielder line is in the middle of their own half, while their strikers, no, their front midfielders, have already entered Manchester United's 30-meter area.

If you look closely, you can actually see that Manchester City's six midfielders and frontcourt players form a cheese sandwich between Manchester United's midfielders.

These Manchester City players completely cut off the passing line between Manchester United's defense and midfield line. Almost every Manchester United midfielder is surrounded by one or two Manchester City players.

This makes their backcourt players dare not pass the ball forward easily, and without the transition of the midfielder, the three forward players in the frontcourt cannot touch the ball.

Manchester United's overall formation was completely separated by Manchester City and fell into the dilemma of fighting alone.

Mourinho had already expected this. He waved his hand to signal the forward players to retreat and help his teammates in the midfield stabilize the situation. They should stabilize the position first. There is no need to worry about the offense.

Anyway, Manchester City's formation is so advanced, there are many opportunities to hit them from behind.

Manchester United does not pursue possession, they only pursue efficiency. As long as they are given an excellent counterattack opportunity to seize, they can kill the game.

As for whether the game is good or not, it doesn't matter to Mourinho.

People will only remember the names of the winners, never the losers, unless the losers are as interesting as AC Milan...

Seeing Mourinho so calm, the fans at the scene gradually felt relieved.

Although from the scene, the game fell into Manchester City's control.

But the opponent just kept passing the ball around and did not form any threatening shots or attacks, so there is no need to worry yet.

As usual, Manchester United's legendary coach Sir Alex Ferguson also came to the scene.

At the beginning of the game, he was so shocked to see Manchester United's strange lineup and such radical tactics that he even forgot to chew the gum in his mouth.

But soon, when he saw that Manchester United had stabilized its position and did not give the opponent an opportunity, he breathed a sigh of relief and chewed gum happily.

This season, under the leadership of Mourinho, Manchester United's record has improved greatly.

Moreover, Mourinho achieved such a record while the team was fighting on both fronts, which is even more commendable.

Although Ferguson's coaching philosophy is very different from Mourinho's, facts have proven that Mourinho's approach is also applicable to Manchester United now, and this is enough.

If they had known this, they should not have chosen Moyes and Van Gaal in the first place. They should not have messed around in the past two years, which greatly damaged Manchester United's vitality and made Manchester City next door completely prosperous.

But having said that, Ferguson felt that even if he had not retired, judging from the momentum shown by the two teams in the last few years of his leadership, it would be difficult for them to suppress their neighbors next door.

Although money is not everything, but without money is absolutely impossible.

Manchester City’s rise is mainly due to two points:
rich!

Buy the right person!

The former is the foundation of the latter. Without money, even if a promising person appears, there is no way to win.The latter is the basis for achievement. Only by buying the right talents can you rise quickly!
Manchester City also spent a lot of money in the early years, buying a lot of stars, but in the end it proved to be of little use. The money was spent, but the effect was not obvious. Instead, because they failed in the Champions League group stage one after another, they were ridiculed and ridiculed by the fans. .

Without Lin Quan joining, although Manchester City would still gradually gain momentum, it might not be so fast.

If the joining of Lin Quan gave Manchester City the power to take off, then the arrival of Guardiola put the rudder on the giant ship of Manchester City and allowed them to find the right direction.

Last season and last season, although Manchester City was also very strong, it was not as dominant as the current Manchester City under Guardiola.

Although Manchester City under Pellegrini has performed superbly, there are also downturns and the state is not stable enough.

At that time, Manchester City once had problems with its defense that forced Lin Quan and other frontcourt offensive players to desperately score goals.

But under Guardiola, Manchester City's three lines have been adjusted very well by him.

At this time, Manchester City's offensive and defensive abilities are at the top level of the five major leagues.

Manchester City has conceded very few goals this season, and several young people on the defense have grown very quickly, especially the Dutchman Van Dijk.

With the accumulation of game experience and his continuous growth, Van Dijk is now becoming more and more like a general. His one-on-one defense success rate is extremely high, and few forwards can break through his defense.

Thanks to his outstanding performance in Manchester City, he was not only selected for the latest national team roster of the Dutch team, but also directly secured his main position, becoming the anchor of the Oranje's defense.

According to the latest value data released by the German transfer market, Van Dijk's value has soared from 600 million euros when he joined Manchester City to 5000 million euros.

As we all know, for young players, if other teams want to buy them, they must pay at least 1.5 times their market value.

In other words, if a team wants to poach Van Dijk from Manchester City at this time, the offer must reach at least 7500 million euros!
If this price can be reached, it will directly set a new record for the highest transfer of a defender.

Of course, judging from the importance Guardiola attaches to Van Dijk, even if a team is willing to pay such a large sum of money to buy him, Manchester City will probably not let him go.

In addition to Van Dijk, Sir Alex Ferguson is jealous of two other young players in Manchester City's defense - Rudiger and Kimmich.

Especially Kimmich, although he is not old, his talent amazed Sir Alex Ferguson.

With extremely high football IQ, excellent running ability, solid basic skills and strong mental attributes, coupled with the careful training of Guardiola, this person will definitely become a world-class midfielder in time.

On the other hand, looking at my own team...

These people in the formation, whether it is Martial, Fellaini, or Herrera, all feel inferior to the opponent's midfielder.

It's not that Manchester United doesn't have a midfielder, Mata is it!
Mata is very strong, but his shortcomings are also obvious:
Poor physical confrontation, weak running ability, and poor ball protection ability.

In the early years when he was in Valencia, his explosive power was okay and he could get rid of defensive players. Now with the increase of age and the decline in explosive power after injury and other factors, Mata's passing is becoming more and more difficult, and it is even rare. His extraordinary performance.

In this game, Manchester City used a high-pressing tactic. Facing the successive attacks of Manchester City players, Mata could not hold the ball at all, and his teammates did not dare to pass the ball to him.

Without the ball, Mata is really useless and completely invisible.

Ferguson feels that Mourinho will soon realize that Mata has no effect on the field and may use a substitution to replace him.

Mourinho actually noticed this, and Mata's position on the field was very awkward.

But he doesn't plan to touch Mata for the time being.

The ball is now at Manchester City's feet most of the time, and Chelsea's time on the ball is very limited, so Mata's inability to hold the ball is not particularly serious.

As long as he can seize an opportunity and use his passing ability to send a wonderful pass, no matter how bad his previous performance is, Mourinho will list him as the number one contributor to winning this game.

I just don’t know if Mata can seize these opportunities.

In the 15 minutes of the first half, Manchester City had already completed three shots, but Chelsea did not even have one shot.

This made the fans at the scene couldn't help but feel a little worried. Although they knew that Mourinho was playing defensive counterattack tactics, now he only saw defense and no counterattack!

If they can't mount a threatening counterattack, they will really die under the siege of Manchester City.

Faced with fans' concerns, Mourinho remained unmoved.

The opponent took many shots, he saw it, and then what?
As long as the opponent doesn't score, it's business as usual!
What's more, in his opinion, the opponent's series of attacks just now did not threaten Manchester United's goal at all, so he was completely calm.

On the contrary, when the opponent continued to attack for more than ten minutes, their breath would be released sooner or later, and at that time it was time for Manchester United to blow the counterattack horn.

Mourinho is looking forward to it. When his team makes a move later, can Manchester City withstand it?
The coaches of Manchester United who are under siege can sit calmly on the coaching bench, so why should Guardiola not be able to sit still?
Although the team has not yet scored a goal and the players' several shots failed to threaten, he didn't look worried at all.

If you don't score, keep shooting until you score!

As for Manchester United's counterattack?
Haha, let them try it later and see if they can launch a counterattack!

The two head coaches seemed to be looking forward to the end of Manchester City's attack, and on the court, the experienced Bastian Schweinsteiger was already one step ahead and came to De Bruyne's side.

In the 17th minute of the game, David Silva failed to break through with the ball. His intention to pass the ball to De Bruyne was too obvious, and he was intercepted by Bastian Schweinsteiger.

After the latter got the ball, he immediately looked up to find his teammates in the frontcourt and prepared to pass the ball to them.

However, what made him feel solemn was that his passing routes seemed to be blocked by the opponent's midfielder.

If it is passed directly to the forward, it will fall into the opponent's offside trap.

This ball is difficult to handle!
At the moment when he hesitated, De Bruyne launched a counterattack on the spot, and Lin Quan also rushed towards him.

Piggy had no choice but to give the ball to Mata who was close to him.

Mata's vision was wider than Schweinsteiger's. He saw an opportunity to play the ball, but before he could pass the ball, Lin Quan blocked him.

Mata had seen Lin Quan's power when he was in the national team, and knew that this guy was not only powerful offensively, but his defensive ability was also very good among forwards.

So he didn't dare to delay and quickly passed the ball forward, wanting to hand it to Martial.

Martial is very fast and is very good at cutting in from the wing. If this is really handed over to Martial's feet, it will be really dangerous for Manchester City.

But how can things be so easy?
Mata's footwork is really impressive. The ball was passed accurately and reached Martial's feet. But as soon as Martial received the ball, the linesman blew the whistle and raised the offside flag. He fell into Manchester City's offside trap.

(End of this chapter)