Chapter 530: The Bald Gua who changes his mind!

According to the schedule, Manchester United plays first in the Champions League quarter-finals, and if anyone knows how fierce the "Red Devils" are at home, this makes the situation of "Blue Moon" even more dangerous in the first round of confrontation.

However, it is still early now, and there is still about a month left before the Champions League quarter-finals between Manchester United and Manchester City. No one knows whether there will be any emergencies during this period. Before that, not only will there be two Premier League games to play, but there will also be a two-week international match day!

After the 6th round of the FA Cup between Manchester United and Chelsea, Yang Xiaozhuang returned to China to participate in the World Cup qualifiers. Now, under the leadership of Yang Xiaozhuang, Zhang Yuning, Wu Lei and others, and the old coach Xu Dapao's strategic plan, he also firmly ranked first in the World Cup qualifiers. The hope of reaching the World Cup finals this time is quite great.

After the international match day, Manchester United began the league journey again. Although they have a huge advantage in the standings, they still have not completed the defending title. At this time... they cannot be too relaxed!

Moreover, Solskjaer and Manchester United coaching staff also have a lot of work to go. They not only need to carefully consider who will play and who will rest in each game, but also have to adjust the state and physical fitness of important players, and also actively prepare for the game.

Even if the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals were played at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester United had the advantage of home court as soon as they started, but this is an advantage and a pressure!

If Manchester United really didn't win at home, even if they failed to win with a big score, Manchester United would have the dedication to be eliminated. After all... "Blue Moon"'s current strength is really strong!

In the past three seasons, Manchester United will lose to Manchester City every season, no matter whether it is the FA Cup or the league, in short... Manchester United will lose against Manchester City!

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that UEFA "arranges" Manchester City as Manchester United's opponent to let them encounter many difficulties in defending the Champions League title, right?

After all, the Italian team that Manchester United eliminated before was not really weak. Even Italian teams that were focused on defensive counterattacks, even if they faced any opponent, even those with stronger strength than themselves, had a certain chance to become the final winner. However, when the "Red Devils" encountered the "old woman", they did not make any mistakes or give them any chances to their opponents!

But this time facing Manchester City... there are really high risks!

On April 3, Manchester United went to the away game to play Norwich City. With Yang Xiaozhuang's "big four-game" and Pereira's goal, the "Red Devils" won five away goals and won the 31st round of the Premier League.

On April 10, Manchester United welcomed the 32nd round of the league's opponent Leeds United at home. This time, Yang Xiaozhuang, the Manchester United "king", sat on the bench for 90 minutes. Ronaldo replaced him and played for 90 minutes. However, Ronaldo did not score or assist in the game, but Manchester United won a big victory 6:0 at home. Martial staged a "big four-game" in this game, and there were goals from Adam Myers and Joe Reilly.

However, something that made Manchester United happy happened... Because of their preservation of their strength, Manchester City lost two away goals to the "Blue Army" Chelsea in their 33rd round of the Premier League!

In this way, Manchester United has 17 more points in the standings than Manchester City in the standings with one round less. Manchester City has five league games this season, and even if they win, they can only get 15 points!

So... Manchester United successfully defended their title!

Solskjaer was still very happy in an interview: "We always knew that the league championship this season must be ours, and we are sure that we can complete the title defense again! But being able to win this honor in advance still allows us to do our best in the next Champions League. My colleagues and the young men in the team will work hard to create the history of the club!"

"The pressure from Manchester City? No, no, we didn't feel any pressure. We are always the leading side in the league. When we established our advantage, they never caught up with us again! So how could we have pressure? This season, we are still the strongest and best-performing team in England. In the next quarter-finals of the Champions League, we will play at home in the first leg. I believe our opponents will have pressure!"

Only when the opponent... will there be pressure?

certainly!

Guardiola is under a lot of pressure now. He led Manchester City to have no advantage in the confrontation with Manchester United. It should be said that he had fewer wins and more losses. Over the years, he has taken root in the "Blue Moon" and made these big-name stars understand their tactics. However... if he faces Manchester United at Old Trafford, he still has little chance of winning!

So Guardiola found all the videos of the "Red Devils" losing at home in recent seasons... Well, there is no such thing this season!

Last season, Manchester United lost 1:2 at home in the league. Last season, Manchester United only lost to Manchester City at home, and then... nothing more!

Of course, Guardiola is very clear about how strong Manchester United's combat effectiveness is and how high the winning rate is. If this is not the case, this opponent will not always suppress his team from winning the Premier League championship!

But... I didn't expect it!

Guardiola really never dreamed that Manchester United's home record would be so good... On average, it is not necessarily a game that can be lost in one season!

What a hell!

Originally, Guardiola wanted to try to find the loopholes in Manchester United's loss at home, but after searching, he found out that Manchester United had lost two games at home. In this way, the referenceability would not be high.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! But it was the video of these two games that Guardiola saw a lot of things he had ignored before...

First of all, when facing Manchester United at Old Trafford, the rhythm of any team will be involuntarily brought faster by the fanatical home atmosphere. Even if you want to defend yourself, it will be difficult to do it. Manchester City's pass and control ability was already very strong before, but they couldn't play when playing football with Manchester United at Old Trafford.

In addition to the rhythm, it is the visiting team's goal-scoring method... without exception, they are all "stealed"!

Whether it is Manchester United or Liverpool, they seem to have a lot of luck when they win at Old Trafford. The way of scoring goals is not achieved by the offensive method they are good at under normal conditions, but by counterattacks.

After thinking about it, Guardiola had a framework for how his team should play at Old Trafford Stadium...Defense counterattack!

The main reason why the "Blue Moon" became famous in recent years is their beautiful pass-by football, but in fact, the team's defensive ability is not bad, especially Guardiola's investment in the defense is simply spared no expense. The team now has many defensive stars such as Alaba, Marginhos, Laporte, Stones, Selchi Roberto, Bellerin, Tierney, etc. If they really want to play defensive counterattack, their foundation is very solid.

On the offensive end, the top scorer Haaland is not slow, and Rashford is also extremely fast. In addition, with Jesus, Manchester City's attack line can be said to be very good at speed, impact, and technology!

Since everything is ready, then fight a defensive counterattack!
Chapter completed!