Chapter 498 Foul tactics!(1/2)
On October 31, all 55,000 seats at Manchester City Stadium were full. As "visiting team" fans, Manchester United's iron teams, although they only got 3,000 tickets, more than 50,000 fans came to the square outside the city Stadium to watch the game. A red ocean could tell from a distance that this place had become the territory of Manchester United fans.
The fans of Manchester City are still relatively civilized. Although the fans of the two teams can't stand each other, they will not cause trouble both inside and outside the stadium, not to mention that all local police forces have been put in. Manchester's mayor will definitely not allow any conflict between the two super teams in his city.
After all, according to the regulations of the FA, if a team has violent incidents, the most likely punishment is to deprive the right to play at home.
For the city of Manchester, whether it is Manchester United or Manchester City, every home game will bring huge economic impetus to the city. Generally speaking, having a Premier League team has already had a great effect, while Manchester has two...the first and second teams in the Premier League!
Even the "Red Devils" and "Blue Moon" are also champion teams in the Champions League, so the economic level of this city will of course flourish. Both Premier League teams are enough to support Manchester's tourism industry.
In this case, if the mayor of Manchester allows two Premier League teams in his city to clash, it would be a real hell!
In the current "Manchester City Derby", it is impossible for violent incidents to happen. Once a fan makes trouble, the police will definitely be caught back to the police station as soon as possible. In the future, as long as the two teams play, this type of fans must report to the formulated police station, otherwise... they will bear the consequences at their own risk!
In this kind of healthy competition, the two teams entered the city stadium...
Soon, with the whistle of the referee Kevin Flinder on duty, the top Premier League battle that was most concerned by English fans, and even the entire European and world fans were paying attention to, officially kicked off.
Inside and outside the city stadium, all the fans on both sides began to cheer wildly...
Not to mention the outcome of the game, this battle that fans have been looking forward to for a long time has finally come!
"The game has begun! We all know that today's game is crucial to us. We are now 4 points behind Manchester United, and our goal this season is to grab our league championship from Manchester United! Then today's game, we must never lose! We must strive to be the best in the game and strive to narrow the distance between us and Manchester United through this game! Only by winning this game can we maintain enough motivation when competing for the championship with Manchester United!"
The importance of today's game has long been known to everyone in the world with the unremitting efforts of the English media, which has also increased the attention of this game.
When the game started, the cheers and boos from the fans of both sides never stopped for even a second...
When Manchester City gets the ball, Manchester City fans will cheer, and Manchester United fans will start booing!
vice versa!
Although there are only 3,000 fans in Manchester United, these 3,000 die-hard fans are definitely the most fanatical, craziest and most combat-ready group of fans. Even when these fans who are qualified to go out with Manchester United were selected, the first thing they considered was the combat effectiveness issue. If they could not cheer for Manchester United and sing for 90 minutes, they would not be selected at all.
As for some fans who want to buy away tickets through their personal identities... don’t even think about it!
At the beginning of the game, Manchester City, who played at home, took advantage of the home advantage to launch an attack towards Manchester United by taking the ball first. However, when the ball reached the right side of the frontcourt and was blocked by Varane when it was crossed.
But today's "Blue Moon" seems to be because the game was played at their home court, or just because they are in very good shape and know the importance of this game, so they always play very proactively after the game starts.
At 2 minutes and 18 seconds, Haaland took the ball from the left in the middle of the frontcourt. After attracting three Manchester United defensive players, a horizontal transfer suddenly came...
Phil Foden, an increasingly mature talented player, has completely occupied the main position of Manchester City's midfield this season. He and De Bruyne have formed the most stable midfield combination of the "Blue Moon".
This time, Phil Foden suddenly came out from the right. After receiving a pass from Haaland, he dribbled the ball forward and launched an attack, breaking directly into Manchester United's penalty area on the right. Before Joe Reilly and Varane completed the attack, he forced a burst shot and kicked the ball towards the lower right corner of Manchester United's goal.
Unfortunately, De Gea, who was highly focused, blocked the ball out of the baseline with his left leg and calf... a corner kick!
De Bruyne took a precise corner kick and the ball was sent directly to the penalty area on the right. Rashford, who appeared in Manchester City's lineup, volleyed... With a "bang", the ball flew directly from the right side of the Manchester United goal!
"oh------"
At the city stadium, Manchester City fans sighed painfully. They originally thought that even if Rashford's shot didn't make it, it would at least pose some threat to Manchester United, but... it was too rough!
Despite this, Manchester City fans still gave Rashford warm applause, for nothing else... they just wanted to let you Manchester United fans see that the genius players you have trained are now ours!
"Marcus's shot missed the baseline!"
"However, after Marcus joined this season, he is in good shape. He has played for the team in 11 games, and has scored 7 goals and 5 assists! Obviously, Guardiola has reactivated Rashford, and his performance is much better than when he played for Manchester United last season!"
indeed!
After transferring to Manchester City, Rashford's performance was indeed much better than last season, but his old problems were still not corrected. The problem of "soft feet" at critical moments still exists. Otherwise, with Guardiola's coaching and Manchester City's strong midfield support, his performance should be better.
Manchester City failed to knock on Manchester United's goal for two consecutive attacks, which also made Manchester United slow down again and began to fight against opponents more hard in the game, which also temporarily caused the game scene to stalemate. Under the leadership of Yang Xiaozhuang, Manchester United's company gradually improved.
At 8 minutes and 50 seconds, Manchester United sent a corner kick on the right side. The ball was passed continuously by Aliyu, Mark Tominai and Pereira, and finally sent to B Fei's feet on the right side of the arc.
Bang!
With a swing of his leg, B Fei kicked the ball directly at Manchester City's left goal!
The ball's flight route is very tricky, and it can be seen that B Fee is playing in the upper left corner. It's too late for Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson to save!
However, B Fei added some rotations when playing the ball, but the ball kept deflecting to the right during the flight, and finally... he barely flew out of the bottom line against the left post of Manchester City goal!
"oh------"
In the city stadium, fans from both sides shouted low at the same time, but on one side were shocked and endless annoyance...
This opportunity is the most threatening time after the game begins!
Moreover, this is a corner kick opportunity won by the "King" by tripping over by his opponent during the forced breakthrough alone... What a pity!
Although B Fei's shot failed, no one expected that after just 40 seconds, Manchester United's Yang Xiaozhuang once again created a corner kick opportunity on the left...
This time, Manchester United sent another tactical corner kick, Pereira kicked the ball to Mark Tominayi outside the penalty area on the left side of Manchester City. The latter passed the ball to the top of the arc with a cross... B Fee appeared again!
Bang!
B Fei stopped the ball steadily into the top of the arc with his right foot, and immediately followed and swung his right leg and shot it...bang!
With this shot, B Fei still pursued the tricky shooting angle and still aimed at Manchester City's upper left corner goal, but this time he suppressed the ball well and grabbed the ball flying out of the area... It was very powerful!
In the air, the ball has almost no rotation!
Finally, he hit the Manchester City goal crossbar and close to the left post, and when he bounced down, he hit the Manchester City goal line...
"GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The goal-scoring B Fee ran wildly in the city stadium!
The 3,000 Manchester United die-hards in the stands were jumping wildly!
Outside the city stadium, more than 50,000 Manchester United fans wearing red jerseys gathered, and all cheered like thunder. The sound was so loud that even if it reached the city stadium, it would make people feel that the stadium was beating like a "boom"!
"The ball... The ball entered, and the game went to 9 minutes and 31 seconds, and Bruno Fernandez scored the first record for Manchester United."
0:1, Manchester City is behind!
Manchester City, who played at home, was stunned, even Guardiola, who was sitting on the coach's seat, was stunned...
I didn't expect it!
Who would have thought that in this game, Manchester City's defense line was staring at Manchester United's "King". Even the opponent was already desperate, and he only won two corner kicks for Manchester United. He failed to complete a single shot. It can be said that... "Blue Moon"'s defense against Yang Xiaozhuang in this game was very, very, very successful!
But Manchester United still scored a goal!
After Manchester City stared at Yang Xiaozhuang to death, B Fei stood up at a critical moment, used corner kick opportunities twice in a row and successfully scored a goal!
This ball is definitely not accidental!
Guardiola could see that Manchester United's corner kick routine was definitely arranged in advance, otherwise how could it be that the two consecutive corner kicks were tactical corner kicks, and they were eventually sent to the top of the arc and B Fei shot them to create a threat?
This ball was lost... nothing to say!
Guardiola knew very well that the game between his team and Manchester United would be very difficult, especially how to limit the performance of Manchester United's "Kings" will become the key to the outcome of the game. But he never expected that although his tactical arrangements in this game allowed the team to defend the Manchester United captain well,... they still failed to defend all Manchester United's offenses!
After the game started again, Manchester United and Manchester City were still playing back and forth. Even when they were away, Manchester United showed a very brave state today. Facing Manchester City with a strong overall strength... the "Red Devils" were not afraid!
Yang Xiaozhuang, who was at the forefront of the team, got rid of Manchester City's defense again and again through his running ability and speed. But today, the "Blue Moon"'s defense against Yang Xiaozhuang is not just one way, but at least two layers!
Every time, whether Yang Xiaozhuang got rid of Laporte, or Stones, or whether he was driving the ball to charge towards the opponent's side or directly hit the middle, Manchester City's second defensive player would definitely use tactical fouls to stop Yang Xiaozhuang immediately, without giving him a chance to rush up completely.
Of course, Manchester United has a lot of set pieces in today's game, but there are very few shots that can really create threats...
In the 32nd minute, when Yang Xiaozhuang retreated and received a straight pass from Mark Tominayi, he picked the ball towards his left rear, then turned around and kicked hard with his left leg, and used his speed to throw Stones who had already followed him behind him out.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! And this time, Yang Xiaozhuang turned around and started very quickly, which was completely like a flash of lightning. In people's vision, the ball only reached Yang Xiaozhuang's feet... The next moment, Manchester United's "King" turned around and broke through, and instantly threw Stones away more than two meters away!
So fast!
Too fast!
Everyone felt a little... terrifying when they saw this scene!
Even Stones, who was passed by Yang Xiaozhuang, was stunned. His eyes turned to look at Yang Xiaozhuang's back were full of fear... How could it be so fast?
That feeling...it's like I'm a wooden stake!
Fortunately, when Stones ran out with Yang Xiaozhuang, Laporte had already changed his position and ran horizontally from the other side to behind Stones. When he saw that his partner was indeed easily thrown away by Manchester United's "King", he had time to make up for defense.
Um!
It is said to be a supplementary defense, but it is actually just a foul!
After rushing to Yang Xiaozhuang, Laporte reached out and grabbed Yang Xiaozhuang without hesitation... very hard!
Although Yang Xiaozhuang's physical fitness is very strong, he is not very outstanding in terms of strength. After being grabbed by Laporte, he could not pull the jersey to break and shake off the opponent. In the end, he had to stop and spread his hands with a helpless smile on his face.
"Beep————”
Hearing the referee's whistle, Laporte smiled and let go of Yang Xiaozhuang's jersey, and patted him on the shoulder: "Hey, man, your speed is really too fast, I can't do anything about it!"
Yang Xiaozhuang nodded and didn't say much...Long live understanding!
However, after this time, Yang Xiaozhuang has decided that the next time must be faster than this time, otherwise it will still be difficult to get a shot...well?
After seeing the referee running up and giving Laport a yellow card, Yang Xiaozhuang was happy. Laport can be used for this point next time. After breaking through Stones next time, Laport can't use tactical fouls like this, right?
Laport, who had received a yellow card, always had a smile on his face. This was what the head coach had foreseen before arranging this defensive tactics. Next... it was his turn to defend himself, and Stones came to fill the foul!
Normally, Guardiola's tactical arrangements are really well-established, and he has no problem at all, but he forgot one thing... Stones' speed is not as fast as Laporte!
Laport can use fouls to prevent Manchester United's "King" from breaking through when making up for Stones, but when he gets to Stones... it's a little short of it!
To be continued...