Chapter 467 I’m still a little tender!

"At the end of the first half, we temporarily led by 2:0. Although this advantage is not small, we are facing Manchester City today, and we have not completely won this game. However, we have a very big chance of winning now! The most important thing is that both goals come from Yang. Obviously, our Kings are in very good shape today, which also ensures our advantage in the game! I believe that in the second half, Yang will still use his outstanding performance to create threats to his opponents at all times, and even continue to score goals and complete hat tricks!"

Manchester United fans at Old Trafford also actively cheered the players at the moment the first half ended, as if they wanted to thank them for their outstanding performance in the first half.

Manchester United's head coach Solskjaer and the players all had relaxed smiles on their faces when they left the court, but on the other hand, Manchester City coach Guardiola and Manchester City stars all had solemn expressions... two goals!

At Old Trafford, he was two goals behind the "Red Devils". In this case, even if there is still a 45-minute second half of the game, is there a difference for Manchester City?

The probability of losing in this game is more than 99%, and it is infinitely close to 100%!

That is to say, there is a very efficient Haaland in the team now. Guardiola thinks that with this big center, his team can at least save it. Maybe... it will create a miracle?

However, Guardiola also discovered a problem, that is, his team's tactical style cannot completely allow Haaland to exert all his energy, especially... lack of high-altitude balls!

Haaland is over 1.9 meters tall and weighs over 90 kilograms. Many people ignore this Norwegian talented center because of the speed, technology and flexibility he shows on the field. In fact, they prefer a powerful center shooter.

Even Manchester City players did not think that Haaland was a center who needed a high-altitude ball to show his aerial advantage. They just felt that whether they were sending the ball from the ground or the air, as long as they could find Haaland, the Norwegian guy would have a chance to score.

But Guardiola is very clear that most of his team's offenses are initiated from the ground through passing and controlling the ball, and the accuracy of crossing from the wing... is far less than today's opponent Manchester United!

Let’s see what the “Red Devils” have worked hard to send high-quality crosses to their leading shooters?

Chinese Yang needs high-quality crosses, so they arranged players with stronger passing skills to play, and even gave up Demarle Grey for this. Now it seems... Rashford on the right seems to be gradually losing his position!

Not to mention anything else, just this... Manchester City can't do it!

Then... what should we do in the second half to fully stimulate Haaland's firepower?

In fact, in this game, Guardiola has made some slippers for Haaland. Jessus is still a versatile player who can play in the middle and the wing. Sterling on the left is a completely winger, but the quality of this kid's cross is... a bit bad!

But it is obvious that it is far from enough to just feed Haaland a single Sterling. Even if the Norwegian genius is very threatening in the middle, Haaland cannot grab every cross under the control of Manchester United's central defender. Even if he grabs it, he may not be able to create a threat to Manchester United's goal every time!

In the second half of the game... I really have to arrange someone with better passing skills to replace Jessus and give Haaland more high-quality passes on the right.

Guardiola's idea is still very good and correct. Under the current circumstances, there are not many ways for Manchester City to really work. In addition to expecting Haaland to explode, Guardiola can't think of any other good way.

During the halftime break, Guardiola made a substitution adjustment. He used Gundogan as the midfielder to replace Jessus, but instead of letting Gundogan play on the right side, Gundogan continues to play on the midfield and move Selchi Roberto to the right side.

Of course, Guardiola knows very well about Selchi Roberto. This Spanish midfielder can not only play in the midfield, but also play in the right back, right back, and right forward. Although his attack ability is a little worse when playing in the right winger, he can send high-quality passes!

What's more, although Jesus has a strong breakthrough ability, he only had one pass in the first half. Manchester United's left-back Joe Reilly is really outstanding, a full-back with a very fast speed and strong ability to fight against.

Since it is difficult for Jessus to break through Joe Reilly, it is actually not a big difference if it is Selch Roberto. Anyway, they can't break through. It's better to let Selch Roberto play on the right side. At least his pass may also give Haaland a key pass in the middle, threatening Manchester United's goal!?

Guardiola's idea is pretty good, and there is nothing wrong with it. After Selchi Roberto was put on the right side, he did give Haaland a lot of good goals in front of him, but the only thing Guardiola did not expect...Varane!

The twenty-six-year-old Varane is over 1.9 meters tall and weighs more than 80 kilograms. Although he is a small circle smaller than Haaland, he is experienced and has excellent defensive awareness!

The French central defender has moved to Lonce, Real Madrid, and Manchester United in recent years, and has played more than 70 games for the French team. Although he is not old, he has just entered the golden period of a central defender, but his game experience is really rich and he can be regarded as a "veteran"!

As for Haaland... he definitely has talent, but before he entered the period of rapid rise in Red Bull in Salzburg. When he was at Molde, he was just an excellent youth training player. He came to Manchester City and officially entered the European high-level league to polish it. He has only played for Manchester City for more than two months. Not to mention talent is only more than consciousness. With experience, it is really a bit too different from Varane!

So after the game entered the second half, although Manchester City frequently launched attacks from two sides, and they didn't think about passing the ball shortly to Manchester United's penalty area. They just saw that Haaland had the chance and passed the ball directly over.

But there was a problem here at Haaland. Under the defense of the French central defender, Haaland was like a tiger trapped in a cage. He yelled for a long time, but the real threat was... approaching zero!

During the 45 minutes of the second half, Haaland rushed forward fiercely, but had no effect at all. He was almost... frozen by Varane!

Of course, Varane is not a single soldier. When he and Haaland were fighting each other, there was always a black boy helping not far away... Tuanzebe!

It was officially because of Tuanzebe's check and fill in the gaps that Varane was at ease when confronting Haaland, so... the French central defender only performed well in this game. In the 90 minutes of the game, the "Demon" only completed a header and a long shot.

When the final whistle sounded, the numbers on the electronic scoreboard remained the same...2:0!

But after the game ended, it was a bit interesting...

Varane, who had fought against Haaland for the whole game, took off his jersey and wanted to exchange with this Norwegian genius center, but as a result... Haaland said "Sauri", and then ran to half of the court to exchange jerseys with Yang Xiaozhuang.

Varane was shirtless and stared blankly at the boy who was leaving, alone in the wind... messy!

Fortunately, the Italian scorer Belotti, who replaced Sterling in the second half, came up to clear the siege. The two exchanged jerseys with each other, and the Italian scorer laughed and said, "Man, don't care, that kid is so young. I guess he was stared too hard by you in this game. I'm very unhappy with you! We were also young, you know!"

Varane nodded with a smile: "It's okay! This kid... is indeed too young!"

Haaland... is indeed too young!
Chapter completed!