football dynasty

After Nainggolan scored a goal, Manchester City did not dare to be careless, let alone press out to attack.

If another goal is conceded in the last few minutes, there is no need to play this game, it is better to be more stable, first defend until the halftime break, and then make adjustments, there is still a chance to reverse the game.

After all, in the case of a two-goal lead, games that are reversed in the second half will happen so often every season.Therefore, it is not the end of the world for Liverpool to lead by two goals. There is still the possibility of Manchester City winning the game!
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During the break in the second half, Mancini unsurprisingly emphasized offense, asking offensive players to be more focused and not to waste opportunities.

Defensively, Mancini decided to continue to trust the existing defense, and there was nothing he could do if he didn't trust it.

In the early years, Manchester City's defense line was very cheating. Manchester City spent a lot of money to form this relatively good defense line.Even so, the thickness of Manchester City's defensive bench has always been a problem. This summer, Manchester City bought a number of central defenders, and finally bought Mangala, Liverpool's semi-main player. Even so, it cost 200 million GBP.

Now that Mangala has gone up, who else can Mancini go up?

There is another player on the bench, Yaya Toure's brother Kolo Toure, but Kolo Toure is 30 years old, he still started the game against Naples in the last round, and he is physically strong. Putting a question mark, it is not as trustworthy as Mangala on the court.

I hope that in the second half, my team's defensive performance is good enough to be able to exert the power of chain defense.

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In the locker room, Levi encouraged the team's performance.

Although Liverpool was overwhelmed by Manchester City in certain periods of time in the first half, it is undeniable that Liverpool performed better than Manchester City in seizing opportunities. They scored two goals.

This is enough to show that Liverpool performed better than Manchester City!

Although Liverpool only scored one goal, they did not complete the task goal of leading by two goals in the first half.

But after the encouragement, Li Wei did not let the team make persistent efforts in the second half and scored a few more goals for Manchester City.

It's not that Li Wei is satisfied with two goals, but he is very aware of his team's physical strength. In seven days, Liverpool played against Chelsea, Leverkusen and Manchester City successively. The next night, Liverpool will have a very crucial League Cup quarter-final against Chelsea.This is a one-round match. The winner can enter the semi-final with his head held high, and after the semi-final is the final!

Therefore, although the League Cup is tasteless, Li Wei does not mind having more main players in the League Cup when it is so close to the final.

It's just a simple defensive counterattack, but Li Wei is unwilling.Through the first half of the game, he already knew that Mancini had successfully pinched several players such as Aguero, and they were often able to create murderous opportunities in front of Liverpool's goal.

It can be said that if it weren't for a bit of luck, it would be absolutely impossible for Liverpool to seal a clean sheet in the first half.

Li Wei didn't dare to play a bus-style defensive counterattack similar to Mourinho's, which would hand over the possession of the ball to Manchester City most of the time.

He didn't want to take the risk, and he didn't dare to take the risk.

He didn't want to watch in fear in the second half as the Manchester City players slowly controlled the ball in front of their penalty area, and then suddenly accelerated, sending out a murderous knife like an assassin.

Therefore, in the second half, Li Wei asked Liverpool players to play possession tactics!
Control the football at your own feet, although there are dangers, such as the football may lose the ball under Manchester City's high pressure, but Levi believes that such risks are worth taking, and he trusts his players!
"I'm delighted with your first half performance, the cheers at Anfield, the score on the electronic cards, it all said you were brilliant. But... I want you to forget the score in the first half! Guys, a game lasts 10 and [-] minutes, and we are only leading by [-] goals. This does not guarantee that we will win! On the contrary, we must keep calm and play with a zero-to-zero mentality. It can really make us win the game! So in the second half we have to play defense with the ball, try to control the football under our feet, so that the Manchester City people cannot threaten our goal!"

The Liverpool players all understood what Levi meant, that is, to keep the football firmly under their feet, and then pass it back and forth, not rushing to attack and killing time.

Li Wei has played this way of playing before, but in recent years he has used this style of play less frequently.

Because this style of play will give people a feeling of lack of courage to confront the opponent, which will destroy Liverpool's temperament. After all, Liverpool is a club known for its fighting spirit.

But once in a while, it's no problem.

What's more, the players probably know why Li Wei uses this style of play-physical fitness!

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When the game started in the second half, Manchester City firmly guarded the penalty area, as if they were facing a big enemy, waiting for Liverpool to attack.

They agreed that in the second half Liverpool would follow the momentum at the end of the first half and continue to attack Manchester City in the second half.All they need to do is to stabilize their defense first, and then look for opportunities to counterattack!
But when Liverpool kicked off, the Manchester City players were surprised to find that the Liverpool players did not choose to aggressively attack.After the football was kicked out, it started from striker Suarez, passed back all the way, and finally passed to the feet of goalkeeper Neuer.

Although Neuer is famous for his bold attacks, as a world-class goalkeeper, he will not be impatient, and he will drive forward with a big foot as soon as he gets the ball.

On the contrary, he has the characteristics of a world-class goalkeeper - calmness!
So the football came to his feet, and he moved it slowly and patiently.

Manchester City's players didn't care at the beginning, they slowly pressed up, and their mentality at this time still wanted to defend against Liverpool's mad attack.Therefore, not only did they not press fast, but they did not dare to press too deep, which would expose a large space behind them for Liverpool's players to attack.

Time has passed for a long time, and at this time, no matter how stupid the Manchester City players are, they feel that something is wrong.

Aguero rushed up.

Neuer immediately made a gesture to pass the ball, Aguero stopped rushing, he slowed down, he thought Neuer was going to open his feet so that he could run back.

As a result, Neuer raised his foot high, but put it down gently, without the meaning of a big foot at all.

Aguero knew that he was being teased, and he was very upset, but he didn't want to waste his energy, so he trotted towards Neuer and was about to run back. He still thought that Neuer would open wide foot.

Who knew that Neuer was not afraid of Aguero at all, and took the football to start a horizontal dribble in the penalty area!
This is obviously going to delay the game time!

But because football is in motion, it is not easy for the referee to intervene.

Although the rules stipulate that players are not allowed to move more than six steps with the ball in the penalty area, it is to ensure that the goalkeeper will not delay the game time indefinitely.However, there are no regulations or restrictions on the time the goalkeeper can dribble with his feet.

Many head coaches are aware of the loophole in this rule, but not many head coaches dare to make a fuss about it, because it is dangerous for the goalkeeper to hold the ball for too long. Once the ball is intercepted by the opponent, it is almost equivalent to scoring a goal.Because the opposing player picked up can directly hit the empty goal.

If this is an away game, I'm afraid there will already be overwhelming boos in the sky above the stadium!
It's a pity that this is Liverpool's home stadium, Anfield Stadium!How could Liverpool fans hate their own players?So seeing Neuer doing this, instead of booing, there were bursts of cheers.

"Um...Liverpool is holding the ball...or it's time-consuming." Martin Taylor shook his head with a wry smile. "There will always be controversy of one kind or another on his team and himself. It all comes from his very utilitarian thinking. He can play a wonderful offense like quicksilver, and he can also play a very ugly defense. He also instructed The player committed a malicious foul, Kompany was injured today, I am afraid it has something to do with Li Wei's instructions!"

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Mancini never expected that Li Wei would be so unscrupulous. In the first half, he looked like a desperate Saburo with you, but in the second half, he looked like an aristocrat who was greedy for life and afraid of death. He hesitated, whether to let the players of Manchester City overwhelm him go up.

He knows very well that it is easy for his own players to press up, but Liverpool counterattacked, not to mention Suarez and Neymar, just one Bell is enough to make Manchester City's defense choked up.

This is really his mother's tricky!

It's just that Manchester City players don't press up heavily, and it is not unlikely that they want to force Liverpool to give up the ball.

On the contrary, Manchester City cannot cut off the football from the feet of the Liverpool players and let the Liverpool players control the football at their feet. Mancini can guarantee that the Liverpool players will definitely be able to control the football at their feet for more than ten minutes.And during this period of time, they will not attack in order to ensure the possession of the ball.

How to do this?

Yes, put pressure on the referee!After all, the referee does not want a focus game to become dull.

So he went to the sidelines, opened his arms, shouted, and pointed at Neuer with the ball.

"They're killing football! Delaying the game!"

The referee was a little embarrassed. He didn't know how to deal with it. Liverpool was indeed delaying the game, but the rules did not say that the referee could interfere with a team's possession of the ball for too long.

On the contrary, it is not only Li Wei who uses similar methods to delay time, Barcelona also does the same.Before Barcelona, ​​the Brazilian national team had done similar things. They handed over the football to Denilson, who created the world transfer fee record at the time, in a game. They used Denilson's superb skills to hold the football. Otherwise, he would not be able to win football at all, and in the end, Denilson would consume precious game time abruptly by himself.