i don't want to be king

Chapter 855 Smile Battle

At first glance, Li Liang thought he was wrong.

The overall ratings of the Manchester City players who started to warm up with the ball appeared in his eyes one by one, which was very different from what he expected.

The tallest Xiwa, Aguero and De Bruyne are "only" 90!

Li Liang immediately realized that they, like himself, hadn't reached their best condition yet.

The two central defenders Kompany and Otamendi are both 86, and the overall ratings of the rest of the players are not very prominent.

There is another huge difference-compared with the two rounds of last season, the faces of Manchester City players are full of smiles, and the overall atmosphere is relaxed and happy.

This feeling is a bit familiar. In Monaco, whenever the team played a wave of winning streaks, whenever they successfully passed the major competitions, it always became like this in the team.

Ibrahimovic patted Li Liang on the back: "Li, why are you in a daze?"

Li Liang turned his head back and said, "I'll think about how to win back their smiles."

Ibrahimovic had a question mark on his face.

Sky Sports still listed the combination of Henry, Neville and Carragher, and Henry sighed: "This may be the best Manchester City I have ever seen.

They are even stronger than when they won the championship twice! "

Carragher also echoed: "Yes, Pep (Guardiola) announced the starting lineup very early--

This shows that they are very confident! "

There was thunderous applause at the scene, and a smiling old Sir Alex appeared on the big screen. This time he was accompanied by Beckham and Bart.

Tang Meng and Lu Yue also saw Manchester United's roster in the studio of Seven Star Sports, and Lu Yue was still a little dissatisfied: "In this lineup, I guess Li Liang is still placed on the right!
I don’t know what Mourinho thinks. There are Rashford and Lingard in the frontcourt. It is estimated that Rashford will be on the left and Lingard will be in the center——

Frankly speaking, who in the current Manchester United team is more suitable than Li Liang for the central attacking core position? ! "

In the locker room of the home team, Pogba was encouraging his teammates like a leader: "...Come on!
Brothers, let the world see who is the best team in Manchester! "

With the singing and cheers of the audience, the players of both sides walked out of the player channel under the leadership of the referee to start various procedures before the game.

While waiting to play, Li Liang saw that Blue Moon's starting lineup had quietly changed compared to last season.

The goalkeeper and the two full-backs were all replaced. Captain Kompany also appeared in the starting lineup. Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus replaced Aguero in the starting lineup.

The biggest changes are those that are faintly visible, from the opponents' eyes, tone of voice and various body language.

This is what Li Liang wants to help his teammates take away with his smile - confidence.

Consecutive large-scale victories on various fronts in the European war and the league allowed Blue Moon to sweep away the haze of last season, and actually showed a faint domineering at Old Trafford.

There is another point that makes Li Liang feel a little indescribable. When the two teams stand together, the bodies of the Red Devils appear to be much taller and stronger than their opponents.

Many people think that Magic Bird and Guardiola have two completely different tactical ideas. The former always likes to use players who are tall and tough. Positions put more emphasis on the ability to play the ball.

The game is about to start, and the atmosphere at the scene has already fallen into a frenzy. Henry said with emotion: "This is no less than the England national derby. Manchester United and Manchester City, two rivals in the same city, always meet each other. Every time there are fierce sparks! "

Great Neville continued: "Let's look at a very interesting set of data--

过去6个赛季里，曼联在过去12场英超中的同城德比中已经输了7场（3胜2平），曼城稍占上风。

而穆里尼奥过去19次与瓜迪奥拉交手只赢了其中的4次（7平8负），只有1次是在联赛中获胜。”

Carragher laughed: "So your conclusion is that Manchester City has an advantage? I agree with you!"

Great Neville continued: "I'm not done yet.

Manchester City have won all away games so far this season, while Manchester United have won all home games.

At the same time, judging from various statistical results, Manchester City is now the best offensive team in the Premier League, while Manchester United is the best defensive team.

So one of the highlights of this game is also the contest between the best offense and the best defense! "

The referee blew the whistle and the game officially started, and Li Liang happened to be facing off against Sane and Xiwa.

The two sides started a fierce fight from the first minute. Before the game, Faria asked the players to focus on containing the opponent's midfield advantage and try their best to destroy their passing around the 1-meter area.

After several battles, Manchester City gradually turned away from the guest, and the overall formation became more and more upward. Through the players' flexible interspersed running and skilled foot skills, they firmly controlled the ball at their feet.

In less than 5 minutes of the opening, the stands of Dream Theater have been booed several times, because the home team has never passed more than 3 feet after losing the ball, and the ball has been occupied by the opponent for a long time.

Faria also has arrangements for this point-when the opponent has the ball for a long time, it will take the initiative to recover, and firmly guard the 30-meter area of ​​​​the side to prevent penetration.

Li Liang knew that this was actually a bus ride.

As Big Bear said: "Vieira and the others all believe that Mourinho is better at winning games in ugly situations when facing powerful opponents."

He retreated behind Lukaku and Lingard in the middle according to the pre-match deployment, focusing on helping his teammates defend Xiwa and Sane.

The 32-year-old Xiwa showed an amazing state. The ball seemed to be enchanted by him. It was difficult for several home team players to snatch the ball together.

Li Liang soon discovered that although Xiwa's personal ability is strong, the support of Manchester City as a whole is the key to Xiwa's free will!

Manchester City's main tactical routines have been clearly analyzed by Mourinho's team. Li Liang's position and movement in defense, as well as Matic and Valencia on the same side as him, each have a strict division of labor , However, Xiwa and his teammates can always use one step faster to resolve the defensive pressure.

In the 8th minute, after a series of dazzling cooperation, Xiwa faced Li Liang and sent a through pass forward. Sane's running position on the sideline attracted Valencia, and Delph strode to the left back in this game. Inserting the ball into the penalty area, Jesus flew and shoveled the ball into the goal before Smalling and Rojo!

The Brazilian turned around excitedly, immediately froze in place, and then quickly rushed to the referee with his teammates and questioned loudly!
It turned out that when the ball flew into the gate, the referee had already raised his arm to signal the attacking side to be offside.

Nevertheless, for the first time in the stands, the fans of the home team booed our side!

The replay on the big screen showed that Jesus was only half a body ahead of the last central defender Smalling!

Seeing that the Manchester City players didn't get too entangled in the penalty, Li Liang felt great pressure.

The opponents are getting more and more relaxed, but their teammates are getting more and more entangled.

In less than 10 minutes of the game, everyone has seen and felt the increasingly obvious gap between the two teams.

(End of this chapter)