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961 Temporary tie
Today, the Manchester Derby has become one of the most popular derby matches recognized in the world. The number of stars and tactical level are among the best in Europe.

All kinds of information before the game made people dizzy. Fans of both sides fought and fought. Club spokespersons angrily accused each other.

An 18-game winning streak, and a 14-game winning streak with two rounds less, everyone thinks this will be a battle where sparks hit the earth.

If Manchester United loses, it is hard to say where Manchester City's winning streak will go, but it may be able to reproduce the miracle of winning the championship unbeaten this season.

If Manchester United wins the derby and Manchester City's winning streak comes to an abrupt end, then this season's title race will look better and better.

When Sun Wu was the first to walk out of the player tunnel amid the cheers of the fans, he saw Guardiola sitting on the coach's bench for the first time, and he had no intention of coming over to shake hands at all.

Hmph, that's okay, I saved a glass of red wine after the game!
But the second thing Sun Wu saw was the large pattern spelled out by the fans in the opposite stand, he couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth.

Two busts, one in red and one in blue.

One hand covered his forehead, and the other wiped his eyes.

There is no doubt that this is recreating Sun Wu's comparative evaluation of blood and tears, Milner and Sterling last season.

Sun Wu quietly glanced at Kompany next to him, uh, this guy's face is ashen, his eyes are spitting fire...

"The players from both sides have already played, and the game is about to start." Zhan Jun in the commentary raised his voice as much as possible, "There is nothing unexpected about the starting lineups of both sides."

"Manchester United, De Gea, Pavard, Van Dijk, Alderweireld, Lucas, midfielders Kante, Sun Wu and Herrera, front trident Griezmann, Falcao and Bernardo Silva."

"Manchester City, Bravo, Walker, Kompany, Laporta, Baines, midfielder Fernandinho, De Bruyne, David Silva, the trident is Sane , Sterling and Aguero."

"Although individual positions have been rotated, such as JD.com, Douglas Costa, Vidal, Harry Kane, and Milner are all on the bench." Zhang Lu commented: "Both sides have left room for adjustment. "

"Always hold back."

"Yes, that's the reason. Vidal, JD.com and Harry Kane are all likely to become surprise players." Zhang Lu laughed and said: "Hahaha, I don't know if Falcao can score in this game, Harry Kane Kane has a good chance..."

"Well, Clattenburg blew the whistle to start the game, and the 170th Manchester Derby kicked off, let us wait and see!"

Everything before the game pushed the atmosphere of this derby to the highest point, but at the beginning of the game, the tacit understanding between Sun Wu and Guardiola poured a basin of cold water on the heads of all the audience.

Although Sun Wu and Guardiola have very different tactical concepts and tactical styles, the former insists on victory and honor as the only goal, while the latter insists on self-awareness.

But one thing in common, they are all very cautious.

This is not to say that both of them regard not conceding the ball as their first choice, but that they both maintain sufficient vigilance against heavyweight events. In this level of competition, once the ball is conceded first, at least [-]% of the chance of winning will be lost. Fortunately, it is not so easy to reverse the middle and lower reaches of the team.

Guardiola is quite afraid of Manchester United's offensive combination in the frontcourt, and Sun Wu knows that dealing with Manchester City requires more patience than other games.

The 22 players on the field faithfully fulfilled the tactical deployment of the two head coaches. Most of the passes and receptions were cross-passes and back-passes. They always maintained a sufficient numerical advantage in the midfield and the backcourt. Once the ball was lost in the frontcourt, they immediately countered and forced the opponent. Send the ball to a safe area rather than your own danger zone.

"It doesn't look like the Manchester Derby." After watching for about 10 minutes, Zhan Jun couldn't help commenting: "Both sides are working hard...or to put it another way, ready to go?"

"Among the Premier League teams, Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool are generally recognized as the teams that are best at high-position pressing." Zhang Lu shook his head, "They often put most of the defensive tasks in the midfield or even the frontcourt. On the one hand, they reduce the pressure on the defense. On the other hand, it is also to shorten the attacking distance and time, but from the past 10 minutes...it cannot be seen at all."

After receiving a cross from Pavard, Sun Wu pushed the arch of his foot to Alderweireld at the first time, then ran back to meet, and kept rubbing the ball with his left foot and sent it to Lucas on the other wing. .

Sun Wu looked back a few times, only Aguero was running laterally to grab the ball, neither Sane nor Sterling entered the 30-meter zone, and their positions were more like full-backs than wingers.

In this game, Guardiola still maintained the tactical system based on passing and running, but made changes in the high position pressing. In several matches with Sun Wu, he saw that Sun Wu's vision may be the whole world. The best one can often use the movement and passing to create scoring opportunities for teammates in the frontcourt.

The disadvantage of high-position pressing is that Guardiola is powerless. Once the opponent breaks it, the number of people in the backcourt is not dominant, and the opponent's attack combination can easily penetrate the defense line, and this happens to be Sun Wu's advantage.

After observing for a quarter of an hour, Sun Wu organized an offensive. He received a cross pass from Bernardo Silva at the center circle, made a move to catch the ball with his right foot, suddenly turned around deftly, and lifted the ball with his left foot. The ball bypassed David Silva in the middle to speed up the breakthrough.

At this moment, Manchester United's central and frontcourt players, who were originally a bit stiff, moved, as if someone had suddenly pressed the button, and they were originally Trojans.

"Sun Wu... breakthrough acceleration... direct pass... Falcao... pick-and-roll cooperation!"

"Oh, foul, it was De Bruyne, the Belgian midfielder pulled down Sun Wu."

De Bruyne scratched his hair remorsefully, and made a gesture for the first foul to Clattenburg who came over. The latter did not issue a yellow card, but only gave a verbal warning.

There was boos in the stands.

"It's a pity, it's a pity, it was a good opportunity." Zhan Jun sighed, "Look at the replay... Sun Wu's sudden acceleration attracted Fernandinho to pounce on him, but he and the retreating Farr Kao hit the wall to cooperate, accelerated to bypass Fei Bird and then received the ball, Sun Wu was about to pass the ball and was dragged down by De Bruyne."

"Griezmann is ready to start..." Zhang Lu is also very regretful, "A very typical penetration in the middle, through the forward penetration of the midfielder and the retreat of the center, create a formation for the winger or second striker to enter the penalty area Chance to shoot."

Being dragged down by De Bruyne, Sun Wu was not angry. It can only be said that although Ding Ding is very average defensively, he has a wide vision. He discovered what Sun Wu wanted to do in the first place. This has a certain relationship with his own technical characteristics. .

But Griezmann was so angry that he hopped his feet. He moved in from the left side quietly and quietly appeared on the inside of Walker. Falcao's retreat had already taken Kompany out. As long as Sun Wu Remember to pick and send to the place, and Griezmann can form a single-handedly.

The Manchester United coaching staff realized it later, but Manchester City had already discovered the problem. Guardiola stood on the sidelines with one hand in his pocket, feeling in his heart that Sun Wu's vision is really poisonous.

Because of the fear of Sun Wu's pass, Manchester City did not press high in this game, and the two central defenders in the defense of the position abided by their duties, which directly caused the midfielder Fernandinho to bear a lot of pressure.

Under normal circumstances, the two central defenders of Manchester City will have a position to assist Fernandinho with a little premise, assist in defense, assist in grabbing the first spot, and even assist in scoring.

But today, Fernandinho is a single midfielder.

Less than 20 minutes into the game, Sun Wu keenly discovered this loophole, and decisively accelerated from the middle to draw out Kompany and Fernandinho. If De Bruyne's foul was not there, this cooperation would have been a success. .

However, Guardiola also has countermeasures for this.

Soon Sun Wu noticed the change. De Bruyne, who was originally the right midfielder, came to the center to play the midfielder, and even the midfielder.

The Belgian midfielder not only made up for the weak point in the middle, but also his ability to accelerate the ball in the middle is also very good.

In the 26th minute, Bernardo Silva crossed the ball and was destroyed by Fernandinho. De Bruyne took the ball quickly through the midfield, and the outside instep was distributed to Sterling, who took it to the corner of the penalty area Passing back, De Bruyne took advantage of the opportunity and took a long shot.

"De Bruyne shoots from a distance!"

"De Gea's positioning was great, the ball was confiscated."

Sun Wu turned his head and looked at Guardiola on the sidelines from a distance. What does this cooperation mean?
At least one thing is certain. Guardiola let De Bruyne play in the middle. It is by no means a temporary adjustment. It should be that there has been too long practice on the training ground.

After that, the first half of the game fell into a quiet period again. Neither side produced any threatening offensives, and were more interested in ball possession and counter-stealing.

In the contest between Sun Wu and Guardiola, you come and go, and it is temporarily tied.

(End of this chapter)