Football: Banned for life, forced to travel to Europe

Chapter 729 Guardiola's initiative

This time, most of the media agree with Wishing. They generally believe that Chelsea is stronger and has a greater hope of winning.

In fact, if this game was played last season, it would not have been discussed at all. Manchester City has not won Chelsea in three seasons.

Now comparing the two teams together, the media is already more optimistic about Guardiola. They believe that Guardiola's tactics can bring bonuses to Manchester City, and it is not hopeless to win Chelsea...

Soon, there was news that was not very good for Manchester City-captain Kompany, who had just returned from injury, was injured again during training, and he will be absent for one to two weeks.

Mangala was loaned to Valencia at the buzzer at the last minute of the transfer window. Now the only central defenders Manchester City can use are Otamendi and Laporte. Both of them play very well, but their shortcomings are also obvious. , one short and one soft.

Considering that they are facing a wish, it makes sense that the media is not optimistic about Manchester City...

But after the game started, the situation was different from what everyone expected.

In just one minute of the opening, Manchester City launched a rather threatening attack. Before the commentators finished introducing the rosters of both sides, the football flew into Chelsea's goal...

Manchester City's attack was played very quickly, wishing to guess the coin lost to David Silva, Manchester City chose to kick off first, Aguero passed the ball to Silva, and the Spanish midfielder sent a long diagonal pass directly. , Sterling on the right received the ball, and he threw off Marcos Alonso with his speed!

After getting rid of his position, Sterling did not choose to bottom or cut inside, but directly sent a cross, passing the football to the back of Chelsea's penalty area.

This cross was very tricky, drawing an arc, bypassing Stones and Van Dijk, and Courtois, who attacked, failed to catch the ball.

Then Aguero, who followed up, rushed to the horse, and with a light pad, the football flew into the empty goal!

"Sergio-Aguero! The goal is scored! In less than 2 minutes, he opened the scoring for Manchester City!" Manchester's official commentator shouted excitedly, "This is his No. 12 Premier League game this season. Goal, he's on fire!"

The Etihad Stadium roared with cheers, and more than 4 Manchester City fans chanted Aguero's name in unison. The scene was spectacular.

After scoring the goal, Aguero also celebrated without emotion. He knelt down passionately, and did not forget to take a provocative glance to make a wish.

In the past few seasons, he has been suppressed by the wish too badly...

Fortunately, he is in good form this season, scoring [-] goals in six games. Although the total number of goals is seven fewer than Wish, the average number of goals per game is almost the same.

This was done when Guardiola didn't like Aguero very much. Aguero felt that it was very cool now, and he slapped two people in the face...

The conflict between Guardiola and Aguero is somewhat similar to the conflict between Mourinho and Ronaldo.

Both of them are big names, and they both hope that the team has only one voice, and the contradictions will be irreconcilable, but now Manchester City is the same as Real Madrid a few years ago, and the results are not bad, so Aguero and Guardiola can still coexist harmoniously .

Of course, in terms of tactics, the two also have differences.

Guardiola asked Aguero to constantly put pressure and harassment on the opposing defender.

But Aguero didn't think it was necessary. He once revealed in an interview that he was not unwilling to defend, but he just didn't understand why he had to do it.

To put it bluntly, it is still a question of execution.

Guardiola is notoriously strict. He even asked Manchester City's players to have breakfast and lunch together, just to control their diet.

Nasri, who performed well in Manchester City last season, was directly loaned to Sevilla by Guardiola because his weight exceeded the figure stipulated by Guardiola and he did not lose it back before the end of the transfer window...

In the face of Aguero's lack of defense, Guardiola's countermeasure was to let Ishinacho start, but this time the Prince of Manchester City did not save Guardiola's face. He only played two good games, and then Just no status.

In order to win, Guardiola had to continue to send Aguero on the field, and now Aguero is even more confident...

Of course the commentators didn't know about this situation, and they finally had time to introduce the starting lineups of both sides.

"Chelsea's starting lineup is the same as it was against Leicester City last game, still 433..."

"Manchester City's lineup has made a lot of adjustments. Compared with the last game, Guardiola changed to play three central defenders. He formed a 343 formation and replaced three players in the starting lineup."

"The goalkeeper Bravo, who was introduced at a high price in the summer, ushered in his first start this season. There is not much room for Guashuai to adjust the back line. Otamendi and Laporte have started five consecutive games together. Larov is also standing in the position of central defender, it seems that Guashuai is very afraid of the ability to make a wish."

"In the midfield, captain David Silva and German winger Sane played two full-backs, and Fernandinho and Gundogan appeared in the middle."

"De Bruyne, Sterling and Aguero partnered up front. Guashuai changed again. He retreated Sane's position and put De Bruyne on the front line. I don't know what will happen between the two. spark."

"But Sterling and Aguero are in good form. They helped Manchester City to get ahead. Then if Chelsea want to win, they have to attack..."

But soon Poet He was slapped in the face. Mourinho's team did not attack, nor did they press high. Instead, they retreated halfway and started low defense...

Mourinho saw something unusual from this goal. Sterling's pass just now was not a random kick. Guardiola definitely came prepared. He probably wanted to beat Van Dijk.

For ordinary fans and coaches, Stones is Chelsea's weakness.

He has good skills at his feet, but his defensive awareness and ability are not yet world-class. Many teams will grab Stones to play, just like Real Madrid last season.

Mourinho sometimes deliberately uses Stones as a trap defense. He will ask other players to give Stones more defense and fill positions, so as to plug this loophole and disrupt the opponent's offense.

But Mourinho is very clear that Van Dijk also has weaknesses. He is tall and his turn is inevitably a bit slow. On Aguero, Sane and Sterling.

Sterling usually doesn't get rid of it and pass it directly. Obviously, it was specially arranged by Guardiola before the game. Aguero's goal just now is precisely because Van Dijk turned a little slowly, revealing the space...

The most important thing is that Chelsea did not make a defensive plan after Van Dijk was targeted, which is fatal.

Ordinary teams would not do this, but who knew Guardiola would do it.

Mourinho felt a bit of a headache. When he was studying his opponent, his opponent was also studying him...

"Behind, behind! Pay attention behind!" Mourinho took Marcos Alonso to his side while Aguero was celebrating his goal, and asked him to remind Van Dijk and Stones to pay more attention behind them. Don't press up now, stabilize the defense first.

Mourinho wants to observe Guardiola's intentions again. He hopes that he is thinking too much...