green showman

Chapter 863 Evenly matched?

4 month 3 number.

"Manchester City swept Crystal Palace 4-0 to reach the top, Guardiola claims not to be afraid of the challenge"

"On the eve of the Battle of Kings, Manchester City is in good condition, and Akun performs another hat-trick"

4 month 4 number.

"Herrera scored twice, Best icing on the cake, Manchester United defeated Aston Villa 3-0 to return to the top of the standings"

"In the season of the Manchester City duo, the difference in points in one less game is 3 points, and the goal difference is 38"

"Best kept quiet about the Manchester Derby with a solemn expression"

4 month 7 number.

Manchester United star Scholes and Gary Neville questioned the FA's arrangement of the schedule. Manchester United will play 10 games in the next 4 days, two Champions League quarter-elimination matches, Manchester Derby, and one more It was a red-blue battle against Chelsea.

4 month 9 number.

Aguero, who dropped No.2 Griezmann with 6 goals in the scorer list, claimed that he has no interest in the Golden Boot, only in the league championship.

That afternoon, Thomas Muller responded that it was because Manchester City were eliminated from the Champions League and the FA Cup, and you can only pursue the league championship...

4 month 10 number.

Manchester United and Manchester City announced the squad. To the surprise of the outside world, after more than 5 months, Luke Shaw finally returned.

That night, fans from both sides clashed in a bar in the city. Three Manchester City fans and two Manchester United fans were beaten with blood all over their faces and were sent to hospital. Manchester police detained as many as 3 fans from both sides .

4 month 11 number.

The "Sun" broke out that Manchester City fans lit Best's posters in the bar and caused the conflict between the two sides, but the Manchester City fans present claimed that there was no such thing.

Kompany denounced Best as the trigger for the bloodshed, and Phil Jones fought back strongly. How afraid Manchester City is of Best...

4 month 12 number.

On the square outside Old Trafford, Manchester United fans blatantly unfurled a banner saying, "You are not welcome here."

Until an hour before the start of the game, as many as hundreds of Manchester City fans were prevented from entering the stadium.

Manchester police sent a large number of riot police with police dogs to put pressure on the fans inside the stadium, and mounted police patrols were arranged outside the stadium.

In the battle of Tianwang Mountain, the atmosphere has already exploded ahead of time, and the battle is imminent.

In this case, Lineker and Alan Hansen's live show was brought forward.

"The starting list is out." Lineker waved his hand, "There are not too many surprises."

"United starting lineup, De Gea, Coleman, Alderweireld, Phil Jones, Ashley Young, Schneiderlin, Best, Herrera, Griezmann, Luca Ku, Thomas Muller."

"This is basically Manchester United's strongest lineup. Fletcher should have started, but he was suspended for the red card." Today's guest Scholes commented: "Herrera's playing gave the midfielder more control, but Lack of pace up front."

"Haha, the control is stronger..." Another guest Carragher laughed: "In the last Manchester Derby, Manchester United's ball possession rate...hahaha!"

"Ahem, Mane, Januzaj, and Shaqiri are all sitting on the bench. This is really questionable." Lineker looked down, "Looking at Manchester City, there are basically no surprises."

"Bravo, Walker, Otamendi, Kompany, Kolarov, Fernandinho, JD, David Silva, Aguero, Sterling and Douglas Costa , This lineup has started four games in a row in the league and Guardiola has not made any adjustments."

"The only problem with Manchester City is the ability to confront." Carragher commented: "Jingdongan is very helpful to the organization, midfield control, and attacking in the back row, but his confrontation ability in the midfield is not strong. Manchester United has Opportunity finds a breakthrough from him."

In the Manchester United dressing room.

Sun Wu pouted at the screen, "Look! Just like what Mauricio said, JD.com is something we can use."

Herrera nodded vigorously but his eyes wandered. He was given a tactical lesson by Jesús and Sun Wu yesterday.

Manchester City's midfielders, Fernandenho and David Silva are relatively fixed positions. The former is responsible for transfer, defense, supplementary defense and filtering. The latter is the most likely key figure for Blue Moon to send threatening balls .

But between the two generals in the front and the back, Jingdongan played a mediating role. He can effectively turn Manchester City's midfield into an organic whole. The organization has become more efficient, this is a star ignored by the media.

But after taking tactical lessons and carefully studying JD's running positions, Herrera is not very confident that he can contain the opponent.

Pochettino stood in the middle of the locker room and explained the details of the game one by one. The players below all looked serious. Everyone knows what it means to win this game and what it means to lose this game...

Leading out of the locker room, Sun Wu met Kompany's eyes, the former with a smile in his eyes, and the latter with an expressionless face.

"Okay, the players from both sides are on the field." Zhan Jun, who will come to the scene every Manchester derby, said loudly in the commentary: "Both captains Kompany and Sun Wu led the team out of the player tunnel."

I had to raise the volume. The noise was too loud. The fans of both sides hadn’t stopped for more than half an hour. The riot police were dispatched twice. There was even a Manchester City fan who sneaked into the stadium with his buttocks naked and fought with the police dogs. Here comes the 50-meter race.

"We saw Guus Hiddink in the stands, Manchester United will play Chelsea in the next round of the Premier League."

"That game happened to be between the two rounds of the Champions League. Recently, Manchester United has been called a devil's schedule." Zhang Lu said with a wry smile: "Fortunately, the weakest Monaco was drawn in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Otherwise, Manchester United may really collapse. Back then That's how Queiroz's Real Madrid collapsed."

"In this game, Pochettino continued to use the attack combination of Sun Wu, Griezmann, Thomas Muller, and Lukaku." Zhan Jun shook his head and said: "Except for Lukaku, the other three are in good condition. , but the problem is also here, whether their physical fitness can hold on."

Kompany won the coin guess and chose the kick-off.

"Okay, the game has officially started. The referee on duty is Atkinson, a famous Premier League whistler. He has officiated two games each for Manchester United and Manchester City in the first half of the season. The Manchester City duo have won all four games."

"Manchester City didn't make a tentative kick, but passed the ball back to the defense." Zhang Lu smacked his lips. "In the first half of the Manchester City Derby, Manchester United's ball possession rate was only 36%."

Sun Wu observed JD's position for the first time. The German midfielder is very close to Fernandez, basically in a parallel position.

Turning to look at David Silva again, this small magician appeared in the right midfielder, seven or eight meters forward is the ribs, which is where Silva, the front midfielder, can play the most powerful.

Sun Wu commanded the team to lay out the defensive line, while Manchester City made tentative attacks time and time again, pouring the ball from the left to the center, then to the right...and then do it the other way around.

This is to observe the position of Manchester United's defense through horizontal organization to see if they can find obvious loopholes.

The 22 players on the field are very aware of the significance of this game, and everyone is very cautious, and the first shot did not appear until the 11th minute.

Douglas Costa made a pass to Walker, who was on the edge, and suddenly cut in and flashed past Sun Wu, who was returning to the defense, and made a curve ball with his left foot, but De Gea was very focused and hit the ball out of the baseline with both fists.

Manchester United's first shot appeared in the 16th minute. Manchester City's free kick was not of high quality and failed to cross the wall. Lukaku protected the ball and split. Griezmann made a long-distance cross. Wu's strong shot from the penalty area line was also saved by Bravo from the bottom line.

"It looks evenly matched." Mortensen commented: "Although Manchester City's ball possession rate is obviously much higher, judging from the state of the players on the field and the effective offensive data of both sides, it is indeed evenly matched."

But if Sun Wu were to make an evaluation, double quotation marks should be added to this word. He obviously noticed that Guardiola's tactics are very, very sophisticated, and they are specially designed to restrain Manchester United's oppressive defensive system.

The repeated tentative throughs and lateral transfers gradually caused gaps in Manchester United's center. The most obvious proof is that Sun Wu, who retreated from the position, sprinted to the front to complete the strong shot, even he was better than Luka. The library is more advanced.

Manchester United may not get through this gap, but it is likely to cause a chain reaction.

(End of this chapter)