Glory Greenery

Chapter 593
After Yang Mo helped Manchester City win the first round of the Carabao Cup semi-finals with one shot and one pass, in the following games, Manchester City continued to win consecutive victories.

2月13日，曼城赶赴客场，联赛第25轮0-2战胜诺维奇。

In this game, Yang Mo didn't score a goal, but he created the team's two assists.

One assist was given to Yaya Toure and one to David Silva.

In this game, the two midfielders of Manchester City collectively showed their power, suppressing the limelight of the striker trident.

But it is a pity that in this game, Silva was stepped on by a defensive player and injured his toe. After inspection, he needed a two-week truce to recover.

For Manchester City, the loss of Silva, the midfield organizer, in a victory against the underdogs is really not worth the candle.

Time turned and came to February 2, the second round of the English League Cup semi-finals began.

After scoring an advantage of 3 goals in the first round, Manchester City, who rushed to the away game, did not give West Ham any chance.

Although without Silva, Manchester City's central operation has become difficult, but Manchester City's strong striker ability still makes West Ham unable to resist.

Milner, who replaced Silva in this game, performed mediocre, but Yang Mo unexpectedly showed brilliant organizational skills.

In the first half, Yang Mo was still active near the left.

But gradually, he shifted his position behind Ibrahimovic, and Milner took his place on the left.

This change, Yang Mo had not communicated with Pellegrini before the game.

The reason for this is that he discovered in an attempt that standing behind Ibrahimovic seems to have more space for him to play.

His ability to hold and protect the ball allows him to gain a firm foothold in the middle.

Standing behind Ibrahimovic allows him to choose whether to attack himself or attract the defense and pass the ball to his teammates.

His passing skills are naturally inferior to a professional midfielder like Silva, but his ability to read the game is no worse than anyone else.

Therefore, in this game, Yang Mo completely turned into the brain of Manchester City in the middle, using his not-so-good passes to sort out Manchester City's offense.

In the 37th minute of the first half, Yang Mo used a fairly obvious through ball to help Aguero complete the goal when he tried to organize for the first time.

Why did Yang Mo pass the ball so clearly, yet still create a chance?
The reason is very simple, that is, Yang Mo, who is standing in the middle, is like a magnet, attracting all the defensive players of West Ham United.

Then, he just needs to do the same thing as he did on the wing, pass the ball out.

But in the middle, it's different from playing on the side.

On the wing, Yang Mo's purpose of attracting the pass after the defense is very single, only to pass, or to pass back to the center and back.

But it’s different in the middle. There are teammates from all directions for him to choose from. With his excellent game reading ability and vision, Yang Mo can play whatever he wants. side.

And the most terrible thing is that if you don't block, you can't do it. Yang Mo is different from ordinary mid laners.

You don't block him, he rushes with the ball by himself, and the efficiency of scoring is higher than that of passing.

At the end of the first half, Yang Mo once again showed his "organizational" ability. After dribbling the ball into the West Ham United's defense line, a group of people turned their backs on their backs, and sent a pick to the left from the front of the penalty area.

Milner, who started the field, jumped up a lion and shook his head, and headed the ball into the West Ham United goal.

Huang Jianxiang: "It's zero to two, and the total score has come to five to zero! Milner's header made West Ham United helpless."

"But speaking of it, Yang Mo's performance after suddenly coming to the middle in this game is really impressive. These two passes are quite in place."

"I really didn't expect that Yang Mo's organizational ability is not bad. Maybe Lippi, the head coach of the national team, can consider developing Yang Mo's new position."

Director Zhang: "Actually, when it comes to organizational skills, Yang Mo's level can only be considered average. If you look carefully at the two passes, the quality is not high."

"However, why Yang Mo played so smoothly in the midfield is entirely due to his own characteristics."

"Everyone knows Yang Mo's technical ability. He can protect, pass, and shoot. West Ham must spend a lot of players to defend Yang Mo."

"Yang Mo's work in the middle is actually the same as that on the side, but he is surrounded by teammates in the middle, and there are too many opportunities to choose, which makes West Ham's defense very difficult."

"I think it's unrealistic to say that I want to use this tactic in the national team. In Manchester City, Yang Mo's teammates are Ibrahimovic, Aguero, Yaya Toure, Fernandinho and other top stars. Here, there are too few exclusives that can match Yang Mo, and only Wu Lei can keep up with his rhythm on the front line."

The time for the two commentators to speak, the first half is over.

Yang Mo, who had a good time in the middle of the game in the first half, was afraid that Pellegrini would say that he changed his tactics without authorization, so he didn't dare to look at the old coach.

But who would have thought that as soon as he left the field, Pellegrini patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction.

"Yang, you did a good job in the first half. As the captain of the field, you should flexibly adjust your tactics according to the actual situation. I am very satisfied with your choice just now."

Ok?
Yang Mo did not expect Pellegrini's compliment.

In fact, Yang Mo underestimated Pellegrini a little too much. This was a game that was destined to win regardless of the overall situation. With his status in the team, even if he really played around, Pellegrini would not will say anything.

What's more, in the first half of the game, his temporary change really gave the game an advantage.

Under such circumstances, Pellegrini naturally wouldn't make fun of himself and intentionally trouble Yang Mo.

And Pellegrini not only did not trouble Yang Mo, but directly adjusted his tactics during the intermission to maximize Yang Mo's advantage in the middle.

Throughout the second half, Yang Mo sent out three assists in a row under the sluggish eyes of the fans.

Counting the two in the first half, although Yang Mo did not score a goal in this game, he sent a total of five assists.

Since entering professional football, the feat of Yang Mo scoring five goals in a single game has happened more than once.

But it was the first time that he created five assists in a single game.

Moreover, these five assists are completely different from the previous assists. Yang Mo's previous assists were basically the same number of passes.

In short, it is all kinds of biography.

But now in the middle lane, Yang Mo can play too many tricks, dazzling the fans.

In short, this English League Cup semi-final, which was not paid much attention by the outside world, should be due to Yang Mo's performance in the middle, which caused a round of heated discussions after the game.

(End of this chapter)