"Danger! The game has just started and the Manchester City players playing at home are very excited!"
In the studio of Longguo National TV Station, Duan Xuan was so shocked that he almost dropped all the competition information in his hands on the floor.
"Aguero said before the game that they would let Arsenal know how powerful the defending champions are. In fact, this game is also related to changes in the standings. Although the season has just begun, many strong Premier League teams have performed well at the beginning of this season. Neither of them are very good. The teams that are currently unbeaten are Arsenal and Manchester City. Arsenal have won four consecutive league games in four rounds, while Manchester City has won three and drawn one. The difference between the two sides is only two points!"
"Actually, Manchester United and Chelsea are only three points behind Arsenal." Xu Yang, who was on the sidelines, added, "I'm starting to worry now, because for well-known reasons, Manchester City must have high fighting spirit."
"Yes, this game will be a big test for Arsenal, or for Yello!"
Duan Xuan added.
"The game just started, and before we even had time to announce the starting lineups of both sides, Manchester City launched an aggressive press and attack. This may have set the tone of this game!"
In fact it is.
The game has just begun.
The head coaches on both sides could not sit still and came to the sidelines one after another.
Mancini, who had his hands in his pockets on the sidelines, looked very calm, but his hands were actually shaking slightly. His forward body and stiff shoulders showed that the Italian coach was not calm at all.
Although Mancini looked confident in front of the media.
But actually he was very nervous.
It's not that I'm afraid of Arsenal, but I'm a little worried about Yello's state.
In four league games, Yelo scored seven goals!
Robin van Persie and Aguero, who ranked second, only scored four.
And scoring goals alone cannot reflect Yello's huge influence on the game.
Just looking at the goals, it seems that Aguero and Robin van Persie are only three goals behind, and maybe they can catch up in one game.
But Mancini knows that this cannot be compared directly.
Because the impact on the game is not only reflected in the scoring data.
Yelo's activity in the frontcourt, his running, his passing, his passing, his suppression and shock of the defense, and even the psychological pressure he brings to the opponent's defensive players.
These cannot be reflected by simple data.
Of course Mancini knows this.
So he actually wasn't very sure whether Manchester City could guard Ye Luo.
than on defense.
He actually prefers to use offense to solve problems at home - Yello is very good and can score goals, but if we score more goals than him, wouldn't we be able to win this game?
So at the beginning of the game, Manchester City's aggressive pressing and offense were jointly decided by Mancini and his coaching staff.
And this plays right into the hands of Manchester City players, especially their offensive players!
In this game, Manchester City deployed a 442 formation.
The goalkeeper is Joe Hart. On the defense, center back Kompany partners with Lescott, left back Clichy, right back Zabaleta, and Yaya Toure and Xavi Garcia sit in the middle of the midfield. , the fast Sinclair played as a right midfielder, and the left side was handed over to David Silva.
On the forward line, there is the classic center combination of Dzeko and Aguero - of course, Dzeko is responsible for the height, and Aguero is responsible for the speed.
On the bench.
There are midfielder Barry, defenders Kolarov and Nastasic, forwards Tevez and Balotelli, and others, as well as former Arsenal players, one of the four French cygnets as famous as Benzema, but Nasri gradually lost his main position at the end of last season.
This lineup can be said to be quite powerful.
As for Arsenal, if Yello is excluded, their lineup may not be stronger than last season, or even weaker.
The reason is of course the loss of Robin van Persie.
The average age of Arsenal's squad is now only 22 years old.
It is simply too young - in a field like the Premier League, it is absolutely impossible for such a young lineup to maintain stable performance.
Mancini was emphasizing this before the game: Arsenal is very young, and youth means instability, emotionality, insufficient mental endurance, etc.
But there are benefits to being young.
That is, when they play crazy, they will perform extremely well!
Like, now!
Manchester City's aggressive opening posture failed to scare Arsenal, but instead stimulated the opponent's performance.
The current game scene made Mancini frown a little.
"Yeluo broke through with the ball and passed back from the inverted triangle on the left side of the penalty area. Cazorla shot!! Joe Hart made a key save!"
"Arsenal's corner kick! Casorla moved to the back post and Giroud headed directly towards the goal!! Slightly wide!"
"Arsenal has decided to focus on the away side. They have created a lot of offensives in the past few minutes!!"
The announcers in the commentary box spoke as fast as a machine gun.
Because the current pace of the game is indeed quite fast.
Manchester City quickly kicked the ball out, and Joe Hart's big kick went straight out of the sideline, causing the fans at the scene to let out a sigh of regret.
Joe Hart is now England's main goalkeeper.
But as a traditional English goalkeeper, work with his feet is obviously his weakness.
Before Joe Hart could apologize to his teammates, Arsenal almost sent a touchline ball.
Amid the boos at the Etihad Stadium, Yello received the ball and cut into the middle, shooting from a distance of almost 30 meters from the goal!
Joe Hart reacted quickly. He jumped up and, with his height and long hands, hit the ball out of the baseline.
Although the work on the feet is not good.
But Joe Hart has a pretty good job on his hands.
Although fans often joke that Hart is the background of the world wave.
"If the sky is sentimental, the sky will also grow old, and it will kick Hartmon when he sees it."
But this also seems to indicate
It is difficult for an ordinary shot to threaten Hart's goal, it all depends on the world wave.
"Hart's key save!! Yelo's long-range shot is very threatening! So far Yelo is the most active player in the game!"
"He has a wide range of activities, and he can be seen in the frontcourt and midfield. Now Arsenal's lineup was a bit like 4411. Chamberlain retreated to the midfield to play as a wide midfielder, and Yello retreated to the midfielder and midfielder. Between the forward lines, Giroud serves as a bridgehead at the front to open up space for Yello. Now it seems that Van Persie leaving Arsenal may not be a bad thing for Arsenal, because Van Persie's scoring ability is worse than Giroud, but it is necessary. As a bridgehead, Van Persie's ability to play as a deputy is not as good as Giroud's - and he may not be willing to do so!"
Andy Gray said in the commentary box.
At this moment, the entire Etihad Stadium was booing to the extreme.
Yelo's long-range shot just frightened the Manchester City fans.
Now their booing is more like a stress response.
"The position Yelo plays at Arsenal is so interesting. I even feel that Professor Wenger is going to resurrect the libero tactic. Of course, he is a libero in the midfield and frontcourt." Lineker laughed.
"It's very close, isn't it? Anyway, I can't tell what position Yelo plays now. Winger? Center? Midfielder? Midfielder No. 8?" Andy Gray shook his head and said, "Although in modern football One of the development trends is to weaken positional attributes and require players to be multi-purpose, but it is still difficult to see Yello's activities in the frontcourt with almost no restrictions on his position."
"He's not just running around. The reason he can play like this is because of his strong personal ability!"
England football legend Lineker was also an outstanding professional player back then, so he knew what it takes to play like Yello.
The libero tactic has been gone for a long time.
As football rules change, football tactics develop.
Free men like Beckenbauer can no longer find a place on the court.
Just like the decline of the traditional midfielder.
Football is constantly evolving.
But now Ye Luo actually has a tendency to resurrect the "absolute core" playing style of decades ago.
This is entirely because his personal ability is too strong and he goes against the trend of football development.
"It's really amazing."
Andy Gray sighed.
Just as the two were talking.
Arsenal got the ball again and started attacking.
Yeluo got the ball in the middle of the frontcourt.
He turned around and pushed forward unhurriedly.
Manchester City's players did not dare to attack easily and could only fight and retreat.
Cazorla pressed into the penalty area when Yelo retreated, crossing paths with Giroud to contain defensive players and create space for Yelo.
A cross between the two of them was like a stick crossing calm water, causing ripples in Manchester City's defense.
But this disturbance is not actually a defensive loophole.
After all, this is just a small loosening in the defense.
But Ye Luo noticed this little bit of looseness for the first time, and then suddenly accelerated! !
He suddenly rushed past Xavi Garcia. Lescott immediately grabbed the ball and Yello smashed the ball into the penalty area.
Lescott raised his hands to show that he had not committed a foul, and then planned to use his body to block Yelo's path.
But Ye Luo suddenly shouldered him away and volleyed with his right foot from the penalty area line!
The football flies close to the ground and toward the goal!
The critical moment was when Kompany took a shot and blocked the ball from the baseline.
The Etihad Stadium was filled with exclamations of surprise.
Because the football was refracted when it hit Kompany's foot, it seemed to be heading towards the goal. At this time, Joe Hart had already rushed in the other direction. If the ball was just a little bit deflected, it would have gone into the goal. Got it!
The football rubbed the post and went out of the baseline.
On the sidelines, Mancini's forehead was dripping with sweat, and his back was wet with cold sweat.
Just a little bit closer!
His eyes couldn't help but look at Ye Luo in the penalty area.
The guy was in really good shape today.
This is too dangerous.
We must find a way to limit his performance, preferably so that he gets the ball less.
So what to do?
After thinking for a while, Mancini came to the sidelines and made a gesture.
This seemed to signal a change of tactics.
As a head coach, he certainly cannot prepare only one set of tactics for a game.
Any head coach will prepare several sets of carefully rehearsed tactical plans before the game.
So Manchester City players quickly got Mancini's signal.
This is a tactic based on defense to fight Arsenal's counterattack.
After all, Arsenal is attacking so fiercely now, and the strategy of "using offense to suppress the opponent" prepared before the game is no longer self-defeating.
So Manchester City must make changes.
And since we have to base ourselves on defense.
Manchester City naturally has its own strategy.
Mancini believes that it is impossible to completely restrict Yello.
Since comprehensive containment is impossible.
Then focus on containment.
What's the point?
In the middle!
This strategy is far from novel. Manchester City's approach is to defend tightly in the middle and drive Ye Luo to the wing.
Although Ye Luo is a threat wherever he is.
But his threat level with the ball in the middle is definitely much greater than that on the wing.
So it’s the lesser of two evils.
The wing is far away from the goal and the angle is small, so the possibility of directly threatening the goal is relatively low.
As long as Yello does not directly threaten his own goal, even if he passes the ball to other Arsenal players, the threat is much smaller.
(End of chapter)
