green showman

Chapter 610 You are a bird
"Di!"

Jesús blew the whistle to suspend the game, "Thomas, the route back to the defense is wrong. You need to pull the side when you return to the defense quickly, but you have to step in when you return to the defense in a positional battle."

Miguel scratched his head a bit, trying to figure out the details of Guardiola's tactics in a short time. The central defender formation, although most of them are out of play.

Pushing the tactical board with wheels underneath onto the lawn, Pochettino and Miguel began to tell the players about the running route when defending again, which is very complicated... Like Thomas Muller who made a mistake just now, depending on the situation, the ball position, he needs to pick the most suitable one from the five defensive routes.

When Tuchel coached Mainz in the Bundesliga, his players once said that they had to graduate from high school to understand this tactic.

If you change to Guardiola, at least you have to graduate from university...

A player with a very good brain like Thomas Muller is confused. Sun Wu couldn't help but pat Erwa on the shoulder, "Don't think so much..."

"Just keep an eye on the midfielder other than David Silva and Fernandinho. That position is usually Nasri or Xavi Alonso. If he pulls out, you pull out. If he goes forward, you go in."

"The situation on the court is ever-changing. Don't think too much now. Many times we need to choose according to instinct and intuition."

Pochettino pointed to the tactical board, "Best, talk about it carefully."

"Well." Sun Wu approached without hesitation, "The key is Manchester City's full-backs. They don't take the responsibility of widening the pitch. That's what Gotze and Coster have to do."

"Once the two full-backs come in, Fernandinho will retreat slightly, the two wingers will widen the field, and the other two midfielders will go forward to support. Up front."

"So you said let Thomas stare at the opponent's midfielder to choose the running route." Motta nodded, "But Manchester City's frontcourt changes very frequently, and cross-running can easily take away defensive players."

"Well, that's the case with their second goal in the victory against Pilsen. In the counterattack, Aguerola took away a central defender, and Nasri passed it to Costa. Guerro did it back and David Silva scored from the box line."

Jesús carefully told Phil Jones and Smalling, "Aguero will definitely retreat or pull sideways frequently, and you need to pay attention to maintaining an appropriate distance."

"Appropriate distance?"

"He won't pass the ball with his back, and he doesn't even necessarily know how to catch the ball. He just runs to check." Sun Wu found it difficult to understand how Smalling, who asked this question, fell into Ferguson's eyes, "If you posted Too tight, and it's hard to fill the space behind you."

"But if it's not tight, Aguero can easily take the ball and then split the ball and even break through at a high speed." Phil Jones shook his head and made a rebuttal.

Sun Wu had nothing to say. The striker retreated to respond. This is a matter of both risks and benefits for both sides. If he escapes smoothly, the opponent's defense will have a big gap. If the ball is intercepted, the opponent will be able to counterattack.

"This needs to be adapted during the game." Pochettino decided to end the discussion, clapped his hands and said: "That's it for today, except for Best and Giggs, everyone else is dismissed."

Watching his teammates leave one after another, Best said blankly: "During the winter break or tomorrow summer, we need to add another central defender."

Among the current Manchester United central defenders, Ferdinand is too old, Alderweireld is still adapting, Evans is reassuring, Smalling is too stupid, and Phil Jones is reassuring.

"Ahem, actually Evans is not bad..." Mike Phelan watched Evans step by step from the youth team to the first team.

"I admit that Evans is very smart, has excellent tactical understanding, and has the ability to play the ball, but his psychological endurance is too poor." Sun Wu paused and said: "Mike, if he is willing to go out on loan for a season , maybe there is still a chance.”

"Lease?"

"Evans is 25 years old!"

Sun Wu flat-mouthed and stopped talking. After being given up by Manchester United in that time and space, Evans played at a high level and became one of the best ball-playing defenders in the Premier League.

Perhaps because Manchester United gave up and left the spotlight, Evans was able to focus more, but this is not a reason... Sun Wu didn't continue talking. According to the current trajectory, it is difficult for Evans to gain a foothold in Manchester United.

As for Smalling, I will not talk about it. Phil Jones is still using his brain, and the former is completely the most typical British central defender. He is strong and dares to play and rush. He has a good header and strong frontal defense ability, but his sense of position is too poor , When defending, he doesn't consider the overall situation, nor does he consider cooperation, a reckless man who doesn't use his brain.

It is said that professional players have little culture, but in fact, professional players who can reach a certain height are the kind with very active brains, and they are definitely not reckless people who rely on talent alone.

Everyone knows that Sun Wu has a low opinion of Smalling, but this central defender is not young at Manchester United, and his popularity is also very good, so no one said anything for a while.

Pochettino sighed. In fact, he didn't think much of Smalling either. The two players in the team were the most uncomfortable with the adaptation and understanding of tactics.

One is Fellaini, and the other is Smalling. The former is because his slow mobility will slow down the team's speed, while the latter is purely because of his football understanding.

Mike Phelan coughed twice, "Alderweireld is still adapting, even if he starts the game, it's best not to be here."

"Well, it's still Smalling's partner Phil Jones."

"Then the defensive midfielder can only be Motta's partner Cleverly... The sweeping ability is a bit weak."

"But Motta and Cleverley both have the ability to play the ball, and it will be much easier to attack."

"That's true too. If you don't want to concede a single ball, it's really impossible..."

"But first of all, make sure that you can't play against each other, you still have to base yourself on defense."

"Well, this is not a contradiction, so the key lies in the cooperation of the four people in the frontcourt... Hey, Best, what are you thinking?"

"Huh? Oh, oh, it's okay." Sun Wu came back to his senses, and turned his head to look around with blank eyes.

He is thinking about the outstanding central defenders who will come out in the next few years. I remember that Manchester United later bought the Ivorian central defender Bailly.

Then there was Umtiti, Barcelona's central defender, and Laporte, who had already played the main force in Athletic Bilbao.

By the way, there is also the Dutch central defender Van Dijk, who was later the world's number one central defender, and Bayern's Kimmich is also good, he can play in any position in the midfield...

Mike Phelan scratched his chin, "Best, what do you think?"

Sun Wu laughed twice, "Okay, no problem, it's great, you're right!"

Miguel couldn't hold back his laughter, "Hahaha..."

……

Leaving the club and returning home, I was still wondering how much the combination of Cleverly and Motta could play in defense... Sun Wu pushed the door, it was rare that Patrick came back so early, compared to Chris who still needs to go to school Ting is early.

"Best, we will meet tomorrow."

"Well, I miss Josep very much..." Sun Wupi hummed with a half-smile, "However, Uncle Patrick is here... to spy on the military situation?"

"Of course not." Patrick shook his head, "The current Manchester United bench is not deep enough, and Pogba and Carrick are both injured. pretty close."

Sun Wu kept silent with a dark face.

"Mauricio Pochettino will probably continue to play Napoli, but Ashley Young will be replaced by Thomas Müller, right?"

"Who knows, the starting lineup hasn't been announced yet. In fact, in this kind of derby, players with Manchester United pedigree tend to perform better. Look at the Ruhr Derby..."

"So, Evans will start?" Patrick laughed: "As far as I remember, he didn't make the squad."

"I mean Ryan Giggs."

"Oh, Giggs, with Pochettino's tactics, how long can he run..." Patrick smiled and shook his head, "People who are almost 40 years old have already become assistant coaches..."

"I'm still an assistant coach!"

Sentence to sentence, Sun Wu waved to Christine who had just come back, and the latter quickly snuggled up like a bird in a forest.

"Will Javi Alonso start?"

Patrick, who was about to reprimand his daughter for not coming home from school and coming here, was startled, "Yes, how did you know?" he almost blurted out.

Sun Wu, who looked carefully at the expression on his future father-in-law's face, sighed, "Josep is careful enough, he actually has double backs."

This time it was Patrick's turn to be blackfaced, "It's hard to say, Thiago is more likely to start, and he has almost adapted to the Premier League in more than a month."

"By the way, is the relationship between Tevez and Aguero really that good?"

"Dzeko called me a few days ago. He regretted not leaving Manchester City in the summer... Such an outstanding striker was put on the bench abruptly by Josep!"

"Uncle Patrick, don't blame me for not reminding you. I have checked the information. Since the 2011 season, Manchester City captain Kompany has never played 6 games in a row. You have to protect this Belgian. He is too easy to get injured! "

Patrick learned his lesson now and kept his mouth shut.

Sun Wu, who had been singing a one-man show for a long time, spread his hands helplessly and said, "Okay, Uncle Patrick, what's the matter?"

"I want you to restrain yourself and not have a war of words with someone." Fei Sun, who had been watching the scene, threw her phone over, "Nasri."

"Nasri?" Sun Wu picked up the phone with one hand and touched his chin with the other, "Will he start tomorrow?"

On the screen of the mobile phone is Nasri's Twitter. The Frenchman satirized Manchester United in a mocking tone, saying that Manchester City's second team can easily and happily beat Manchester United's main lineup.

"Here." Fei Sun came over and cut off the phone screen, replaced it with a news website, and clicked on a video.

Nasri was interviewed by reporters: "Well, yes, Best is very good, but he is not considered a first-class midfielder in the Premier League. Both David Silva and Thiago are much better than him. Even me, The data in the previous two years are also much higher than his."

"Is this an idiot?" Sun Wu looked at Patrick speechlessly. Is the core role of a midfielder reflected in the statistics of goals and assists?
Patrick smiled wryly and shook his head, "This kind of thing happens before every game between Manchester United and Manchester City... Best, you understand."

The war of words puts psychological pressure on the opponent... Tsk tsk, in Sun Wu's view, this is Nasri emboldening himself!

"What Josep means is that you have a good relationship with Aguero, Thiago, David Silva and Kompany. There is no need to make it too ugly." Patrick persuaded: "Josep has already Talked to Nasri about..."

Sun Wu asked in surprise: "Uncle Patrick, what are you..."

"You still don't understand?" Fei Sun took back the phone with a half-smile, "You are so quick-spoken, Josep is afraid that those people will not be able to argue with you, but you will be so angry..."

"Not at all!" Sun Wu shook his head, "They are all professional players..."

"Gotze will definitely not agree with this sentence." Fei Sun said quietly: "In fact, Josep is protecting himself...Bayern Munich has learned from the past."

"Isn't this bullshit?!" Sun Wu was also speechless, "Just for this matter? Don't worry, I don't care about it!"

After a moment of silence in the living room, Patrick hesitated and said, "Best, I think it's enough to beat the opponent on the court..."

MMP didn't believe me, Sun Wu turned to look at Fei Sun and Christine, who couldn't help laughing.

It took a while for Patrick and Christine to leave. Fei Sun kicked Erha, who came closer, and asked, "You live next door to Manchester City's assistant coach. It's been reported in the newspapers. It's very interesting."

Sun Wu responded with a few words casually, thinking about the position of Xavi Alonso in his mind, and faced each other in several rounds of the league. He started three times as a substitute, playing all midfielders, sometimes single midfielders and sometimes double midfielders.

However, Sun Wu remembers very clearly that in that time and space, Guardiola also recruited Brother Long, but most of the time he played as a central defender...

"Hey, what about you!"

"what?"

"It's true that Kompany hasn't played six consecutive games in recent seasons?" Fei Sun praised, "The data analyst you hired really has a set, such roundabout data..."

Sun Wu rolled his eyes, this girl dares to believe anything, I just said it casually.

"By the way, you really don't care about that Nasri?"

"how is this possible!"

……

Ten minutes later, Nasri, who was drinking with his friends, took out his mobile phone.

Sun Wu uploaded a photo and a paragraph on Twitter.

"Exciting game, exciting opponent."

The photo is a combination of five separate photos. From left to right are five midfielders, namely Modric, Xavi, Sun Wu, David Silva and Pirlo.

This is recognized as the best group of midfield organizers in the world, and they are also the five highest-rated midfielders in 2013 selected by the French "L'Equipe" last month.

Associating the photo with this sentence, Nasri, a smart man, of course knows what it means.

"You're a bird!"

(End of this chapter)