Football: The butcher in the midfield at the start, the magic bird stunned

Chapter 421 Guardiola's anger and Stamford Bridge's mad attack
The blitz started, and Guardiola, who was sitting in the stands, yelled at the field, but it didn't help at all.

The Old Trafford bench is under the "Sir Bobby Charlton Stand" in the South Stand, facing the "Sir Alex Ferguson Stand" in the North Stand. After Ten Hag came to the team, He changed the position of the home and away team's bench, and the home team's bench came to the west of the center line, closer to the west stand "Stretford Stand", where Manchester United's diehards gathered.

Stretford is an area under the Trafford Borough of Greater Manchester, hence the name of the West Stand.

The East Stand, which is a stand dedicated to disabled fans and away team fans, is just above the electronic scoreboard, so it is also called the "scoreboard stand".

Although the visiting team bench where Guardiola was sitting was not too far from the east stand, the Manchester City fans sitting there could not support their head coach at all. Surrounded by three layers and three layers outside, the words he shouted could not be heard on the court at all.

Losing the ball in a counterattack again annoyed Gua Shuai, who pursued perfection.

In his career, he has encountered many challenges. When he first took charge of the coach in Barcelona, ​​he encountered Manchester United who met twice in the Champions League final, Real Madrid with Ronaldo and Kaka, Chelsea with iron blood, and Murray. Inho's treble kingdom, but every time Guardiola led Barcelona to survive
Later, after Bayern coached and failed to make a breakthrough in the Champions League and was criticized by the outside world, after coming to Manchester City to rule the highly competitive Premier League, he still received incomparable praise from the outside world.

Many fans have even hailed him as the number one head coach of all time.

However, in the past six months, looking at Manchester United, which is unbeatable and undefeated in the standings, and thinking about the fairy scene in the Champions League final last year, he himself realized that he might not be able to control the situation under the painstaking management of Manchester City. , will be broken by this red countryman.

He kept talking to the communication staff next to him, and the other party sent his meaning to the staff on the bench, and the staff showed it to assistant coach Carlos Vicens, who trained the players on the sidelines.

The effect of this lecture is as bad as it is, let alone in the away game.

One goal ahead, and the Manchester United fans are already singing:

"Manchester skies are always red"

The response of Manchester City fans can only be "In the past 10 years, we have won 6 Premier League titles, and how many are you? 0!"

However, fans are forgetful and even more stubborn. As long as you are aggressive now, who will talk to you about the past.

On the field, Manchester United continued to maintain a situation where possession was not dominant but offense was dominant.

In the 8th minute, Chen Xiaoliang received Timber's long pass from outside the penalty area, and directly knocked down the Croatian midfielder in the top battle with Kovacic, and then took the ball forward a few steps. Came over to form a double-team and shot directly from a long distance. The ball was blocked by Edson on the left side of the goal post, and Manchester United won a corner kick again.

After getting up, Edson immediately spread his hands and complained to his teammates in the midfield. Regardless of whether the angle of Chen Xiaoliang's powerful shot is tricky or not, but because the arc is very erratic, it is difficult for him to catch the ball directly with both hands, and if he directly blocks the ball in the front , If you are unlucky and block in front of the Manchester United players, it is easy to be shot, so you can only block to the left and right sides.

Guardiola saw another corner kick given to Manchester United, and his anger increased to another level. He stood up and yelled at the midfield and the wing. The Manchester United fans next to him immediately booed. The camera swept over, either laughing or booing Guardiola, drowning his shouts in an instant.

Although Glarish and Kovacic on the field couldn't hear what the coach said at all, they knew they were dissatisfied with themselves.

As two mature championship-level players, they immediately turned their heads and did not meet Guardiola's eyes.

Manchester United's corner kick, Chen Xiaoliang still lags behind.

Kwa drove towards the back of the penalty area. Lindelof's arm was entangled with Akanji's arm. The two fell to the ground at the same time.

"Foul!"

The fans of Manchester United and Manchester City shouted at the same time in the stands, but everyone wanted to express different demands.

The players also surrounded the referee, Manchester United asked for a penalty kick, and Manchester City asked the referee to give Lindelof a yellow card for diving.

The referee of this game, the Greek Sidiropoulos, ignored the request of the other party for fouling at the same time, and directly signaled Edson to take the goal kick.

Edson directly kicked a long-distance pass to De Bruyne. The latter advanced a distance and wanted to make a long pass directly to Harland, who was behind him and asked for the ball. However, Chen Xiaoliang's return defense formed a double-team with Timber. Without letting Harland exert his strength, he took off to fight for the top, and directly blocked the ball.

Manchester City lost the ball again.

Basically, in the first 20 minutes, Manchester City couldn't do a slow attack with the ball or a fast counterattack. The more they played, the more anxious they became, and they completely lost the confidence and confidence of the Premier League kings.

The term psychological baggage often appears in sports events, but it is an abstract thing that no one can really see, but it really exists.

At this moment, Manchester City players are carrying a huge psychological burden.

In terms of odds, they are leading, in terms of record, they are undefeated, and in the past few years, they have overwhelmingly surpassed Manchester United, and the Champions League trophy is the ultimate honor that the whole club wants to pursue.

However, Guardiola's tactical concept of short pass penetration and off-ball running is what needs inspiration and creativity the most. The expected result.

Manchester United continue to attack.

In the 23rd minute, De Bruyne's corner kick was directly taken off by Livakovic, and he launched a hand-throwing counterattack again.

In order to prevent Dalot from the right from receiving the ball and passing the ball to Chen Xiaoliang who was rushing forward in the middle, Glarish, who was chasing back, stretched his leg and tripped the Portuguese right back, and took the initiative to apply for a yellow card to the referee.

Seeing the embarrassment in the midfield and the backcourt, Harland, who was at the forefront, was also a little helpless.

However, this forward, who has always been an optimist, is not as anxious as his teammates. Instead, he keeps clapping and shouting to encourage them, even if the pass to him is not in place or is intercepted by the opponent.

The first half was coming to an end, and in the 44th minute, Manchester United got another corner kick. This was their sixth corner kick opportunity in the half.

This time Chen Xiaoliang went up to meet him and stood outside the restricted area. Harland also retreated outside the restricted area to stare at Chen Xiaoliang.

Kwa seemed to take a tactical corner kick and kicked it to Dalot who was on the side, and Dalot dribbled the ball to the bottom line again.

This retreat, and another area, made the offside line that had just retreated a little in the penalty area re-premised, and also gave the Manchester United players who were about to rush to the top a chance to reposition and get rid of the defense.

Chen Xiaoliang swung his left hand down hard, knocking off Harland's right hand that was holding onto his left arm, and then rushed towards the right rib, and Harland immediately caught up.

However, this striker who has scored 46 goals in the league this season, 8 goals in the Champions League, and 4 goals in other cup competitions, and has scored a total of 58 goals, has quite limited defensive capabilities.

Chen Xiaoliang rushed out of the corner of the penalty area on the right, Dalot turned his back to Grealish who ran out to defend him, and returned the ball to Chen Xiaoliang.

Chen Xiaoliang kept catching the ball and passed it directly with his foot. The ball went out, and Harland's left leg that was stretched out to intercept it arrived.

In the middle, Cesko takes off!Rodri and Stones jumped up together!
But the ball passed over the heads of the three!
It's a feint!
Lou Yichen: "Come back!"

"Header!"

"Good shot!"

"Swedish central defender! Lindelof scored his first goal in the Champions League this season!"

"A goal worth a thousand dollars!"

"In this game, he has not started for a long time and was entrusted by Ten Hag with the important task of defending the central defender of the three central defenders, focusing on Haaland. Unexpectedly, he not only played steadily in defense, but also had unexpected gains in offense. !"

Liu Yue: "The score has been drawn to 2-0. It will be difficult for Manchester City to play now. The key coach can't give immediate instructions from the sidelines."

"The old problems of last season have not been solved this year. This Manchester City team can be said to be the strongest team in football today, but the method used by Ten Hag is the same as Mourinho's in Rome last season. The method is the same, that is, two weapons, set-pieces and counter-attacks, and these two weapons, for Guardiola-style teams, are the most effective weapons.”

"After all, no matter how much you control the ball and how accurate your pass is, it has nothing to do with whether you can compete for the top at high altitude. Whether it is the B seat, De Bruyne, or Kovacic, these excellent midfielders are in the air. But it can't contribute a little bit."

Xie Hui: "Guardiola is still a more idealistic coach. In fact, a player like Kevin Phillips can play the role of an engineer midfielder in today's game. Guardiola thinks he Unable to fit in, not only sold him, even Bellingham did not start tonight, but chose Kovacic."

"The idea may be good, in order to control the ball, but once Manchester United rushes up and jumps up, the shortcomings will be infinitely magnified."

Lou Yichen: "Guided by Xie Hui, if you were the coach of Manchester City, how would you change?"

Xie Hui: "I think Manchester City should return to their original and best state, which is to control the ball and play against the opponent."

"Of course it's easy for us spectators to talk about. Guardiola must be the person who knows the team's situation best. Let's see if there will be good adjustments during the intermission."

During the half-time break, the faces of the players on both sides were different. The players of Manchester United were relaxed and joking with each other, while the players of Manchester City were serious. Ederson and Dias kept complaining to Rodri and Kovacic What, the general idea is that there is no hardness in the midfield, no interception, and the defense is all thrown to the defenders and goalkeepers.

Chen Xiaoliang didn't care about them, his attention was always on Harland.

He didn't see any impatience or dissatisfaction in Harland. Instead, he was still encouraging Grealish and trying to relax the B seat who joined the complaining team.

Walking to the door of the locker room, before Chen Xiaoliang entered, he heard Guardiola's explosive roar from the locker room on the other side: "Everyone shut up (Nobody Talk)!!!"

It's just that no one dared to shout "Let me talk" this time.

In the locker room, Ten Hag, who was fiddling with the tactical board, was going to emphasize the tactics with the players again, but after hearing Guardiola's roar, he changed his mind.

Assistant coach Van der Garhe's attempt to close the door was also stopped by him.

Chen Xiaoliang understood immediately, and also said "Nobody Talk" to Manchester United teammates in an octave lighter voice in the locker room.

The locker room fell silent for an instant, but immediately, Guardiola's roar from the other locker room came down the corridor.

Ten Hag also specifically asked Van der Garhe to go to the corridor to quiet the staff so that they could hear what Guardiola was yelling more clearly.

"I'm not God! I'm not omnipotent!"

"You know this! I know it too!"

"But don't put on a dirty face for me! That's the only thing I don't want to see on the team!"

"After a few years, when you become coaches, you can do whatever you like!"

"But now, I am the boss! I have the final say!"

"So don't step on Ma De to give me face, whether it is now or in the future!"

After a brief lull, it appeared that City's players were looking for their seats, and then Guardiola's yell resumed:
"Why do I say Messi is the best player I've ever met?!"

"Because he's a competitor! A beast! He's always hungry to win!"

"And what about you guys! Besides complaining about your teammates tonight, what else will you do?!"

"Pass! Pass! Pass!!!"

"On my team you should never look up to your teammates, but you and your teammates should be in the designated area and ready to catch the ball!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Obviously it was the sound of Guardiola slapping the tactical board vigorously, and at the same time shouted "Here! Here! Here!" in his mouth.

"It's okay to retreat in defense, this is my arrangement, but I have never made you so timid in offense!"

"Look at the man from the Red Country on the opposite side, who of you can stop him?!"

"Why can't you stop it? Because you can't make him feel the slightest fear and fear!"

"On the contrary, it is you who are afraid and fearful!"

"You must always keep the desire to score goals like a machine! How can there be victory without goals?!"

"We have not come all the way to achieve others!"

"If you are afraid! Get out of this team!"

"For 45 minutes in the second half, I'll give some of you one last chance!"

"If I can't see your improvement in the stands, then in all important games in the future, don't ask me 'why I can't play tonight'!"

Afterwards, Guardiola's voice could no longer be heard. Of course, he didn't stop lecturing, but started talking about tactics in the locker room with a normal tone.

After finishing talking over there, Ten Hag here closed the door of the locker room and began to speak, but his words were much calmer, without so many frustrations and yelling:
"You have heard what I said just now. If you think that a 2-0 score is enough to defeat an opponent like Manchester City, then we are destined to bid farewell to this year's Champions League."

"They are Manchester City. They will never give up. They still have the best players in the world. Their total value is still higher than ours, including their championship odds."

"Calm down, remember that we still have one and a half games to play, this round of knockout rounds is far from the point where we can say that the winner has been decided!"

After finishing speaking, Ten Hahe talked about tactics for a while, checked that the time was almost up, and gave Chen Xiaoliang a look.

It's time for the captain to speak.

Chen Xiaoliang: "I know you are immersed in the excitement of leading by two goals, but I must let you calm down."

"It's not that I deliberately want to express something here, but I just want to ask, if we want to play with the opponent to control the ball and play positions, can we overwhelm the opponent on the scene?"

"Counterattacks and set-pieces are of course our weapons, but it also shows that we are actually not as good as the opponent."

"In the first half we seized the opportunity, but we also almost conceded the goal twice. Everyone cheers up. The opponent will definitely strengthen the attack in the second half. Now I need a group of real men to fight with me. Determined to take the lead to the Elyhard Stadium! To the final!"

Everyone: "Good!"

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester City's players really seemed to be slapped by Guardiola one by one, thinking about how to play their football again.

In the 45 minutes of 55-10 minutes, Manchester United's half seemed to become Manchester City's back garden. With a significant increase in running, Manchester City's frontcourt passes became much smoother.

Timber's retreat and the defense of the three central defenders made Chen Xiaoliang and Casemiro the midfielders on both sides.

These two can be said to be the best players in the world in the defensive midfielder position, and they firmly restrain the position of the side ribs, which is the most important in Guardiola's football philosophy.

This made Manchester City's passing smooth, but every time the ball was distributed from the center to the wing, it was impossible to pass directly to the bottom position with one kick.

At the same time, the transition from the wing to the center, or to another wing, cannot pass directly through the most threatening area outside the penalty area, and has to go around the rear midfield area to reorganize.

Bayern star Schweinsteiger, who explained the game on Sky Sports Germany, said that it seems that Ten Hag really learned football tactics from Guardiola during his years at Bayern.

His midfielder retreated to form a three-center back, and Chen Xiaoliang retreated to form a double midfielder. He firmly grasped the lifeblood of Guardiola's tactical philosophy, making it impossible for all the combination of short passes and side-centers to gradually approach the penalty area.

But Manchester United does indeed have two of the best defensive midfielders in the world.

However, despite Manchester United's solid defense, their offense was gradually dying under Manchester City's dominance of the ball.

In the second half, Manchester City led Manchester United by a large margin in terms of passes, possession and shots.

And Guardiola started from the 70th minute, replaced four players with three substitutions, and continued to strengthen off-ball running, defensive interception and passing and cutting cooperation. Was changed.

In the end, the 2-0 score was maintained until the end. Manchester United defended the first-round victory in an almost purely defensive situation in the second half.

Of course, it also gave Manchester City the defeat in the first non-penalty shootout of the season.

After the game, Guardiola didn't say a word, urging his players to pack up their things as soon as possible and get on the bus, and because he was sent to the stands for this game, he did not go to the post-match press conference after the game. Instead, he let assistant coach Carlos Vicens go instead.

After being suspended for this game, the ban will be lifted in the next game, and he will be able to reappear on the sidelines to command the team in the second round of the game.

And the winning Manchester United was not too happy. The almost one-sided situation in the second half made them feel the pressure brought by the regained Manchester City.

And this kind of defense is a test of endurance and concentration. Chen Xiaoliang and Helena have compared it. This kind of game is like running a marathon and playing Go at the same time.

Not only does it require physical strength, but it also requires brain thinking and two-eye observation to be in a state of high concentration at any time. The fatigue caused after the game is also doubled.

It can be seen from the scores after the game that although Manchester United won 2-0, Manchester City's players relied on their performance in the second half and did not lag behind Manchester United's players in terms of overall scores.

但陈小亮还是凭借一个脚后跟进球加一次助攻，力压107脚传球98次到位、并且有2次争顶和2次拦截的罗德里，获得了全场最佳，得到了14点技能值（12→26）与8点突破点数（14→22）。

[Wealthy Mission] won the [Manchester Tevez Specific Attribute Card]

[Effect: When facing the old club, designate two attributes +1, which can last a whole game]

This card is obviously of no use to Chen Xiaoliang, and it will be used as a material card for improving attributes in the future.

At the same time, Harland, who won the first round and scored a significant lead in the mediocre game, also unlocked the temporary tasks in the [Ball King] system:
[Challenge for the King of the Ball: Win the personal duel with the enemy of life, Harland]

[Task requirements: win the two knockout rounds, and lead the opponent by more than 1 point in the post-match score]

[Task Reward: Obtain the same breakthrough points as the sum of the total scores of the two rounds]

[Mission Reward: Increase the progress of the Ball King by 3%]

At first, Chen Xiaoliang thought that 3% was too little, but then he thought about it from another angle, if he could win against his main competitor 10 times, and he still performed significantly ahead of his opponent every time, then basically this opponent would have nothing to lose. Qualifications are no longer called opponents.

接下来4月14日开始，5天时间要进行三场比赛，14日对切尔西，16日对布莱顿、18日再战曼城。

This made it so that on the second day after the game, that is, April 2, Ten Hag could only arrange for the main players to undergo physical therapy and recovery training.

There were two consecutive battles with Manchester City, and the pressure was better than one. In addition, in April, the season has come to an end, which has made many players feel obvious fatigue.

Like Casemiro, after all, he is 32 years old. Every time he plays, he is like Desperate Saburo, covering left and right, running back and forth.

But the more this is the case, the more intense the increase in fatigue, and the longer it will take to recover.

What Manchester United lacks now is time to recover.

In order to reduce the fatigue of the team, Ten Hag arrived in London one day in advance, allowing the players to take a good rest in the hotel, and try to reduce the fatigue caused by the fatigue of the boat.

However, Chelsea, which is going all out for the fourth place, will not let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Chelsea, who do not have any European missions this season and have strategically given up two domestic cup competitions early this season, is aiming to enter next season's Champions League.

两天加起来训练了4小时（训练值78→82）的陈小亮，在比赛开打的前一晚用80点训练值提升了1点体质，以略微加快疲劳的恢复速度。

Training value 82→2, constitution 15→16
With slightly sore legs, Chen Xiaoliang walked into Stamford Bridge with most of his teammates who were rotated.

The goalkeeper position, the injured De Gea returned to the starting lineup;
Back four Dalot, Maguire, Lindelof, Luke Thomas;

Double defensive midfielders Milinkovic and McTominay, central midfielder Chen Xiaoliang;
Left winger Ganacho, center Benzema, and right winger Anthony.

This is the best result after the team achieves the rotation as much as possible in order to ensure combat effectiveness.

But in the face of Pochettino's coaching, the performance has improved significantly, and Chelsea, who are like a wolf at the end of the season, and sit at home like hell, Manchester United did not attack the opponent's offensive third area many times in the entire game.

In Chelsea's formation, the hardest working is midfielder Mason Mount.

This dude is just 25 years old, and he has been flirting with Manchester United for a long time before the end of last season. The player himself is also ready to join Manchester United next season, but he did not expect to go full circle. He has greeted his relatives and friends, and finally He found out that he was just Chen Xiaoliang's spare tire.

Mount was so angry, he turned into an avenging angel on the court with full of resentment.

Using his super endurance, he kept running back and forth in the midfield, either to support his teammates, or to use his active running and passing to create offensive opportunities, which attracted a lot of commentators to say that Mount's performance can be lacked in Manchester City Win a regular spot in a dynamic midfield.

There are also many people who directly questioned why Guardiola bought the 29-year-old Kovacic last summer instead of Mount, who was only 24 years old at the time.

After Chelsea bought Nkunku in the winter window, they rented Lukaku, who was in a declining state, to Inter Milan, who was reluctant to part with him. Although the wind and evil spirits made Osimhen's personal scoring efficiency slightly lower, it actually strengthened Chelsea's overall scoring.

In addition, through two transfer windows, Chelsea owner Burleigh personally sold and sent away [-] players, realizing the so-called "Burleigh overselling", which completely eliminated the conflict in the locker room that had dragged down the team's performance. The solution further stimulated the vitality of the team.

To fight against the outside world, you must settle down first, and Chelsea, who have already "secured the inside", is "fighting against the outside world" against Manchester United on the field at this moment.

Chen Xiaoliang was also in this situation, kicking and kicking, he simply became a central midfielder.

And Pochettino didn't expect that he wanted to use Manchester United's exhaustion to collect data for his forward line, but he didn't expect that the eager black wind and the vengeful Mount would send Chen Xiaoliang home all night head.

This is great, swiping data has turned into sending performance.

De Gea, who was recovering from his injuries, did not seem to have been injured, but had gone to recuperate in the past few months. Proper rest allowed him to rejuvenate his career.

Originally Ten Hag wanted to sign the old general Onana, but since the money was used to buy Chen Xiaoliang, Cesco and Kwa from Roma, he had to settle for the next best thing and activated De Gea's one-year contract extension terms, and instead bought Livakovic at a low price.

Unexpectedly, such a curve to save the country has now ushered in a different kind of miraculous effect.

Similarly, in such a retreating iron barrel formation, Maguire, who squats in the penalty area without worrying about being circled or offside, has once again become the excellent central defender who was willing to be paid 8000 million pounds for him. .

最终，在射门27比5、射正18比1、控球率68%比32%的悬殊差距下，曼联硬是在斯坦福桥守出了一个0比0。

With the "help" of Mount, Mudrick, Osimhen and others, Chen Xiaoliang achieved superhuman data of 11 successful summits, 9 steals, and 9 interceptions.

Even the Premier League officials pointed out in the game comments after the game that this is the first time a player has scored a perfect score of 10 points with pure defensive data and took away the best player in the game...

Although the scene is ugly, sometimes iron-blooded and unyielding defense is also a kind of violent beauty, and more importantly, Chen Xiaoliang and his team's unbeaten season is still continuing.

(End of this chapter)