What ball king, call me ball god

May 2022, 5, Manchester United vs Manchester City.

The 2021-22 Champions League final will be held at the Stade de France in France.

Although Manchester City still has not won any championship this season, the gap between them and Manchester United is obviously smaller.

Last season, Manchester United won the Premier League title with an 8-point lead over Manchester City, but this season the lead is only 3 points.

After Messi moved to Manchester City, Guardiola transformed or adjusted him into an end point in the attacking midfielder position.

Although Messi's running is more active than when he was in Barcelona, ​​overall, Messi joining Manchester City definitely has advantages and disadvantages.

At the beginning, Manchester City actually had great hopes for Messi. After all, this is Messi, the winner of 5 Ballon d'Or Awards, the unparalleled double pride.

Including Guardiola, he also said that we need Messi very much.

But in fact, the consecutive defeats against Manchester United have made Guardiola decide to upgrade Manchester City's tactics.

He decided to fully embrace the 3241 formation.

At this time, coming to Messi who is not very active in running, will the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

Judging from this season's performance, Manchester City's results have not improved at all compared to last season. However, Manchester City's performance in terms of statistics is indeed better. Last season, Manchester City's forward line was short of players. This is an indisputable fact. Now it's here. Although Messi is positioned on the double front midfielder of 3241, Messi actually appears as a terminator.

For Guardiola, although he has not been able to compete with Manchester United in the previous championships this season, as long as he can win the last Champions League championship, this season will still be a successful season for Manchester City.

But the premise of everything is to win the Champions League.

Three days before the Champions League match, Manchester United had already arrived in Paris, France.

Before the Champions League game, Lin Kedi received many interviews.

Lin Kedi accepted an exclusive interview with CCTV’s World Football.

It was Lin Xiaoyu, a reporter from CCTV stationed in France, who came to interview Lin Kedi.

Because of the domestic epidemic situation, it is difficult to come to France and have to be quarantined, so CCTV directly asked the reporter of the news channel in France to interview Lin Kedi.

This moment put Lin Xiaoyu under great pressure.

Within a week after receiving the notice, Lin Xiaoyu had been making various preparations.

Two days before the game.

In a conference room at Manchester United's hotel.

Lin Kedi accepted an interview with Lin Xiaoyu.

Before the interview, the two of course exchanged a few words. Lin Xiaoyu is also a beauty. People will naturally feel happy when they see beautiful things, and Lin Kedi is no different.

After Lin Xiaoyu showed Lin Kedi the interview outline, Lin Kedi felt that there was no problem and started the interview directly.

Lin Xiaoyu was still a little nervous.

Lin Kedi comforted her before the interview.

The interview officially begins.

"Hello all fans and friends, today's World Football program will feature an exclusive interview with three-time Ballon d'Or winner, our captain Lin Kedi!"

Link greeted the camera.

Then Lin Xiaoyu started the first topic directly.

"Captain, I haven't congratulated you yet. Your son was born in December last year."

"thanks, thanks."

Lin Kedi naturally put his hands together and thanked the camera and thanked the fans for their blessings.

"In the past year, the biggest thing in the sports world is that the national football team has entered the World Cup finals for the second time. Captain, you can be said to have made the greatest contribution. The World Cup is the most anticipated thing by hundreds of millions of Chinese fans. For the World Cup Do you have any thoughts on the result of joining the Chinese team?"

"Before the 02 World Cup, that is, 20 years ago, the national team proposed a goal that seems to be ridiculed now - score a goal, score a point, win a game. But this goal can be used in Here we are. Our lowest goal is naturally to score a goal, the intermediate goal is to get a point, the high-level goal is to win a game, and the final goal is naturally the knockout rounds. I think these four staged goals are more reasonable. . The phased task goals have goals in different stages. Our requirements for ourselves have always been pragmatic and rational. So we set the minimum goals, but we are also confident in ourselves, so we set high-level and The ultimate goal.”

"Captain, what level do you think the current national football team is in the world?"

"The current national football team cannot be compared at the international level. Let's focus on the Asian level for the time being. I think we can be regarded as the first level in Asia now, but the overall level is definitely weaker than Japan and South Korea. After all, We have far fewer overseas players than they do, but our national team's strengths are long enough. So this time our performance in the top [-] was very good, which was achieved by coach Lippi's good tactics. To be honest, I think the level of our national team is not as good as that of Japan and South Korea, but when it comes to playing, with my presence, both teams can win."

"Captain, how do you think we can improve the level of the national team at this stage?"

"At this stage, the best and most effective way to improve the level of the national team is definitely to have a large number of players studying abroad. This is the simplest and most efficient way. As for the long term, it must be to build a long-term and stable youth training system."

"Captain, what do you think are the most important qualities to have if you want to study abroad?"

"The most important thing - it must be ability. If you are capable, go directly to the five major leagues. If your ability is not good enough, go to the secondary leagues. If not, go to the secondary leagues of other leagues. In short, the most important thing is always ability. This is nothing. That’s easy to say.”

"Besides that, is there anything else you need?"

"Of course you have to have a strong enough heart. Going to study abroad means going to a strange place, and you may hear a language you don't understand, so you must endure loneliness and train well. In fact, there is nothing else needed. .”

"The draw for the World Cup has come out. The Chinese team is in a group with France, Tunisia and Denmark. Captain, do you think this group is easy to play?"

"We are back in the World Cup group stage after 20 years. This time it is a new experience for us. The other three teams are ranked higher than us in the world, so we are definitely a challenger. The game must be taken one game at a time. But the only good thing is that we have to face France, the strongest opponent in the group, in the first game. Some people may think this is not a good thing, but I think this is a good thing. Let’s take the most difficult part first. Once the bones are broken, we can handle the next two games properly."

"Captain, we have talked a lot about the national team, and now it is the Champions League final in three days. This is the third consecutive year that Manchester United has entered the Champions League final, and it is also the fourth consecutive year that you have entered the Champions League final. How do you feel about this game? Are you confident about the final?"

"Of course I am confident. In fact, I think we will definitely win this Champions League. After all, Manchester City has not defeated us in three years. We have rich experience in defeating Manchester City. So of course we are very confident."

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After an interview.

Manchester United resumed training locally for two more days.

Then May 5th, the day of the finals arrived.

The starting lineups for both sides have also been released.

Manchester United has a 433 formation.

The goalkeeper is De Gea.

The defense from left to right is Luke Shaw, Ruben Dias, De Ligt and Achraf.

The single defensive midfielder is Thomas.

The center midfielder is Rice on the left, and De Jong is on the right.

The left winger is Rashford and the right winger is Grealish.

The center is Lin Kedi.

Manchester City played a 3241 formation today.

The goalkeeper is Ederson.

The three central defenders are Cancelo on the left, Laporte in the center, and Walker on the right.

The double midfielders are Rodri and Stones.

The left winger is Foden and the right winger is Mahrez.

The one on the left of the double attacking midfielder is De Bruyne, and the one on the right is Messi.

At the front is Jesus.

The game started in a solemn atmosphere.

Both sides walked out of the tunnel with serious expressions.

Although the two teams have met three times in various competitions this season.

All three times, Manchester United won and Manchester City lost.

This game is the fourth Manchester derby this season.

Although many people feel that Manchester United will definitely win this game, judging from the scores and trends of the three Manchester derbies this season, many people also feel that Manchester City's momentum has increased.

In the first Manchester derby, Manchester United 3-0 Manchester City.

In the second Manchester derby, Manchester United 3-1 Manchester City.

In the third Manchester derby, Manchester United 2-1 Manchester City.

It seems that the score gap between the two sides is getting smaller and smaller.Therefore, many fans will feel that Manchester City will have a chance to defeat Manchester United.

However, from the beginning of this final, Manchester United firmly occupied the advantage of the scene.

In the 3rd minute, Lin Kedi had already brought the ball to the frontcourt. Lin Kedi first chose to split the ball and gave it to Grealish on the right.

Then he rushed forward to challenge Manchester City's defense.

Grealish trusted Lin Kedi very much. When he saw Lin Kedi rushing forward, he passed the ball directly from the side.

Lin Ke defeated Laporte and jumped up, hitting the ball.

However, this time the position of the force was not right, and the ball in the top was not within the goal range.

This was the first shot from both sides of the game.

Subsequently, Manchester City also launched an attack, but as soon as the ball reached Messi's feet, the speed inevitably slowed down. If it is in the Argentine team, it is a set of tactics built around Messi. The problem with his slow rhythm is naturally What can be compensated is actually like this. A player cannot have only advantages and no disadvantages. It is the responsibility of the head coach to use his strengths and avoid weaknesses. For example, a historical giant like Messi, although he has declined now, how to avoid his shortcomings? , carry forward his advantages, this is the key point.

As for Guardiola, although he tried his best to use Messi's advantages, he did not build tactics around Messi.

After all, Messi's age is also here.

It can be said that the tactics Guardiola created for Manchester City are actually incompatible with Messi.

If Guardiola wants to play fast break, the speed must be fast, the pass must be fast, and the movement must be fast.

But this actually creates a complete mismatch and disconnect with the slow-paced Messi.

This is naturally no problem in ordinary games. After all, Manchester City is strong enough to suppress opponents with offensive passing.

But it won't work when facing a team like Manchester United that plays tactically.

Manchester United is fast, everything is fast, the passing is fast, the speed is fast, the running is fast, the attack is fast, everything is fast, and the most important thing is that they also have the ability to press high.

All this is just one step better than Manchester City, so in direct competition, Manchester City always loses to Manchester United.

And this time, Manchester City dared to send players like Messi who were different from their tactics in the Champions League final.

Naturally, this is the focus of Manchester United's offense.

Although Messi's pace is slow, the frequency of his feet is not slow. These are two different concepts. So when Rashford went to grab the ball, Messi moved his feet and passed the ball to Jesus in front. .

But Lin Kedi was lying in ambush there.

He didn't move forward.

Instead, he was right next to Jesus. As soon as Jesus got the ball and was about to move forward, Lin Kedi stepped in and intercepted the ball. Then he immediately moved to the right and passed it to Grealish.

Then he kicked off the ground fiercely and sprinted forward.

Grealish did not dare to neglect at all, and immediately sent a through ball. The ball passed through an arc and flew behind Laporte.

Lin Kedi was behind Laporte in two or three steps, touched the ball with his left foot, and then rushed forward.

Speed ​​up again.

Ederson originally wanted to attack, but when he saw that Link's ball was too big, he decisively attacked to steal the ball.

But unexpectedly, Lin Kedi's kick seemed to be too big, but in fact it was just within his control.

So he stepped over and got it immediately, and then saw Edson rushing out.

At this time, when faced with the goalkeeper abandoning the goal and attacking, the best choice is of course to lob.

So, Lin Kedi came up with a lob.

When Edson rushed forward and was still a few positions away from Lin Kedi, he already knew that he was going to be in trouble. He also immediately realized that Lin Kedi was definitely going to lob him, so he immediately braked and tried to jump up. With one pounce, he blocked the ball.

But stopping on the spot, getting up and jumping, this difficulty was too difficult for Ederson. He could only turn his head to look at the goal and watch the ball fly into the net.

"In the 5th minute! It was Lin Kedi who opened the scoring again! This season, Lin Kedi opened the scoring many times to help the team. This time, in the Champions League final, it was Lin Kedi who opened the scoring again to help the team take the lead." Zhan Jun was excited. shouted.

Then Zhang Lu said: "This ball looks like it was intercepted after Jesus stopped the ball, but in fact, if you look carefully, you can find that from the moment Messi gets the ball, Manchester United's press is coming. No matter whether Messi is Whether passing forward or passing to both sides, Manchester United players will be watching, or Messi will dribble the ball himself. In short, there are some differences between Messi's rhythm and other Manchester City players. Therefore, the passing and receiving aspects are different from others. There is something wrong with the Manchester City players. Look at this ball. Jesus glanced back and was about to run to the right side in front. Messi did pass a straight line, although it was within the range that Jesus could control the ball. But after all, there is a risk, and it is easy for the opponent to intercept the ball successfully. And Manchester City's tactics are very simple. The players in the frontcourt are constantly changing positions and actively running."

A goal was scored so soon after the start.

In the following time, Manchester United's repressive posture became more obvious.

In the 13th minute, Manchester United formed another exquisite cooperation in the frontcourt. Rashford cut in and hit the goal directly, but Ederson saved him from the penalty area.

corner kick.

This time the corner kick came out, Lin Kedi stood in the penalty area and jumped high. Although he was marked by many people in Manchester City, no one could suppress Lin Kedi.

Lin Kedi jumped up from the crowd, shook his head fiercely, and swung the ball towards the goal.

"bang!"

Unfortunately, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced out of the baseline.

Lin Kedi was not annoyed when he saw this scene, and turned around and walked back. He knew that Manchester United had now firmly suppressed Manchester City.

Manchester City has almost passed 20 minutes in the first half, but they haven't even had a chance to score. This is also a very rare thing for Manchester City.

Soon, the time came to the end of the first half of the game.

Overall in the first half, Manchester United's chances were much higher than those of Manchester City. In the first half, Manchester United had 5 shots, 3 of which were on target, and scored 1 goal. It was Lin Kedi who scored the goal.Manchester City did not have a single shot in the first half, and did not even attack Manchester United's penalty area. This is definitely a huge setback for Manchester City.They have been regarded as the favorites to win this season and the team that can beat Manchester United.But in the first half of the game, they were completely suppressed by Manchester United.This undoubtedly dealt a huge blow to the morale of the Manchester City team.

When the whistle blew at the end of the first half, Manchester City's players walked into the tunnel a little dejectedly.

Guardiola kept thinking about what to do, but he couldn't come up with any good results.

In the end, he could only sigh.

"Just do your best, you may not be incapable of fighting!"

While Guardiola was thinking about it, on Manchester United's side, Pochettino was arranging the substitutions in the second half step by step.

He doesn't plan to create anything innovative, and he can win the championship step by step, so why bother to do something else?
Therefore, in the second half of the game, Manchester United continued their usual tactics step by step.

So, it's a matter of course.

In the 57th minute, Grealish broke through with the ball and was knocked down.

Manchester United won a free kick in the frontcourt.

Lin Kedi stood in front of the ball without hesitation and scored the ball in one move.

2:0.

Manchester United won this game completely.

Everyone knows that Manchester City has no chance!
Starting from the next 65 minutes, Pochettino began to deploy his troops.

Constantly making substitutions.

In the 77th minute, Lin Kedi broke into the penalty area and volleyed, expanding the score to 3-0.

"The game is over! Manchester United has led Manchester City 3-0! The suspense of this game is completely over! Lin Kedi scored a hat trick to help Manchester United complete three consecutive championships!"

After this goal was scored, Manchester United's momentum became stronger, while Manchester City's momentum became weaker and weaker.

Until the end of the game, Manchester City had only completed three attacks and one shot on target.

"Beep-"

"The game is over! The Champions League champions of the 2021-22 season are born, and they are Manchester United! They have also become the second team to win three consecutive Champions League titles after the restructuring of the Champions League!"

"If Lin Kedi stays at Manchester United next season, I believe Manchester United is the most likely team to become the first team to win four consecutive championships after the restructuring of the Champions League! Now it seems that it is difficult for any team to compete with Manchester United!"

"Of course, the World Cup in Qatar is about to start in November 22. At this critical moment, Lin Kedi should not change clubs at will."

Accompanied by the song "We are the champions", Lin Kedi walked at the end of the team.

This is the third time he has lifted the Champions League trophy as captain.

But every time, there are infinite emotions in his heart.

He knows that his desire for the championship is still not over. (End of chapter)