Grass roots glory

Chapter 935 Targeted Tactics

For Manchester United, the momentum in the stands was not lost, but it just leveled the contest between the two sides off the field. In fact, back on the field, in terms of situation and technical and tactical levels, the Red Devils are obviously facing a much greater test than their opponents.

Although the top position is now within reach, the premise is that they must at least not lose this game, otherwise the two-point gap with Manchester City will be instantly widened.

This tests the tactical arrangements of the two head coaches at the technical and tactical level.

From this perspective, Van Gaal has no advantage over Pellegrini on the opposite bench.

In this era when defensive counterattacks gradually replaced total defense and began to pursue offensive efficiency, Van Gaal still embraced the old style of Dutch football, and his tactics were obviously a little rigid.

Even the media can guess his formation and tactics, which is 3-4-3. The main players have no injuries. Van Gaal can even use this lineup to deal with third-line battles.

And Pellegrini's nickname is "engineer"-he can, like an engineer, fine-tune Manchester City's tactics for different opponents.As early as when he coached Villarreal, his technical and tactical attainments have been recognized by the industry.

Facing Van Gaal's three-back system, Manchester City formed a 4-1-4-1 formation.Goalkeeper Joe Hart, Kompany and Demichelis partnered with double central defenders, Argentine international Zabaleta started at left back, Sagna at right back, Yaya Toure, the only "beast waist" in Manchester City Naturally, it is arranged at the most important position of the trailing gate.

Pellegrini still trusted Yaya Toure, as if he felt that being crushed by Zhou Tiancheng didn't explain the problem at all...

In fact, this is not the case. The real highlight of Pellegrini's starting lineup is the frontcourt. The Argentine golden boy Aguero, who has always been the team's starting arrow, was pulled to the left. Beside him, Spanish midfielder David · Silva, Milner and French winger Nasri assisted him in the attack, with Montenegro striker Jovetic at the top of the arrow.

There must be a demon in everything that happens.Van Gaal also noticed that the opponent's formation meant a different tactic.So he emphasized again in the locker room: "If you can reach their penalty area, don't take a step back. Even if this is their home court, we must form a suppression!"

Manchester City is currently the only team in the Premier League that plays like Barcelona. It pursues pass control and has small forwards in the frontcourt.

Although Jovetic, who started this game, has a height of 1.8 meters [-], but in this game he only plays the role of holding back the defense in the frontcourt.

Van Gaal wanted Zhou Tiancheng to take more balls in the midfield to suppress Manchester City's midfield, but Pellegrini started to grab the ball from Manchester United's defense.

The two sides really began to confront each other. Aguero's position was not a wide player at all. He and Nasri both moved to the center. Jovetic spread out to contain Evans. Manchester City's press saw the three central defenders in the center. Smalling.

As soon as Smalling received the ball, Aguero and Nasri approached at high speed from both sides, ignoring his height and size, and aimed directly at his feet with a sliding tackle.

Smalling is definitely a good player in frontal defense of high-altitude balls, and he is one of the best in the entire Premier League.However, he has never had a place among the top central defenders in Europe, and it is difficult to gain a firm foothold in the England team. It is enough to prove that his advantages are as outstanding as his shortcomings.

The biggest disadvantage of the traditional British central defender is that his body is as strong as a cow and his feet are as rough as a dog.Even Chelsea's legendary central defender Terry can't escape such a problem, and Smalling's characteristics are more obvious.

Seeing two legs sliding towards him, Smalling was not as capable as Zhou Tiancheng, he dunked the ball calmly, and then quickly dribbled the ball out from between the two.A big man like Zhou Tiancheng is a phenomenon in the entire Premier League.

The choice Smalling made hastily was to clear the ball out of the sideline with a big foot, and he didn't even dare to pass back to De Gea. He was not sure, and he was worried about making a mistake under pressure.

Five minutes before the opening, Manchester United's midfielder didn't even have a decent chance to get the ball. Manchester City pressed up and besieged, almost all of them pressed at the front of Manchester United's penalty area, and won consecutive throw-ins.

It doesn't seem like a big deal, but in fact, this forced Zhou Tiancheng and Fellaini to retreat, and Manchester City's formation has been pushed to the frontcourt as a whole.

The ebb and flow of momentum is not a big deal. The reason why Van Gaal began to become emotionally uneasy on the coaching bench was that both Zhou Tiancheng and Fellaini shrank back, and the quick counterattack in the midfield was a huge blow.

But Zhou Tiancheng couldn't help it either.If he doesn't come back to help Fellaini, he can only be a spectator in the midfield. Manchester City is a team that can really control the ball at their feet.

But even he felt very angry in the first few minutes of the game. Right in front of him, facing the siege, Smalling drove directly to the backcourt and rolled out of the touchline.

Zhou Tiancheng walked over, looked directly at him and asked half-jokingly: "Chris, am I just a puppet in your eyes?"

Smalling froze for a moment: "Of course not, Zhou, you are the one who controls the audience."

"Oh, that's it..." Zhou Tiancheng smiled: "Just now I saw you kicking out with a big foot, and I didn't see it in front of you. I thought you thought I was useless."

Smalling was a little embarrassed: "Zhou, I will try my best."

From the perspective of a bystander, Carragher has a thorough analysis of the situation on the field: "Manchester City is obviously more proactive with the help of the momentum at home. Pellegrini's tactics seem to be working. Press Chris Smalling , definitely more reliable than Press Week, Yaya Toure can also relax a lot.”

Yang Cheng shook his head slightly beside him: "I'm afraid not? When Manchester United's attack pushes over, whether Yaya Toure can withstand it will be able to know whether he has grown."

"So, buddy, what do you think?"

Carragher just looked at him like this. This was his intention to give Yang Cheng a difficult problem, but Yang Cheng coughed lightly and replied: "Do you want me to be honest? Jamie, this is the Manchester derby. If the Manchester City fans find you, It's not my responsibility!"

This was Yang Cheng's heartfelt words, which made Carragher laugh out loud.

Yang Cheng can understand what he means, he made a face once, and all senior fans now know what the position of Sky Sports' Chinese rookie commentator is.

But the Manchester City fans actually liked Yang Cheng two points more. At least this guy who supported Manchester United knew what he was talking about, and his words were not too exciting.

And at the moment on the court, what is Van Gaal's psychology like?

There was a lot of pressure, and it was obviously targeted by the opponent tactically.

Or he can only pray for the players on the field... It is best that Zhou Tiancheng can solve the situation in front of him.For the first time, he was not angry at the simultaneous retreat of Zhou Tiancheng and Fellaini.

Otherwise, all his arrangements before the game and the whole situation would have to be overthrown and restarted.

(End of this chapter)