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Chapter 49 Duncan's Tactics

The results are taken seriously, so people will naturally study Duncan and his tactical arrangements.

The material to be studied is actually just the videos of these six games.

To be honest, in the two games against Wigan Athletic and Middlesbrough, Manchester City's tactics are not enough to be regarded as tactics at all!In other words, Manchester City's so-called "tactics" are simply such a simple and crude sentence as "grab the ball and hand it over to the striker"!

But it works!

In Duncan's first two games of coaching Manchester City, Samaras, who had been unacceptable, suddenly broke out and had an excellent performance of scoring five goals in two games.The light of Samaras concealed and attracted people's attention.

At the same time, in fact, Samaras' partner was also eye-catching: Andy Cole played one and a half games, and sent three assists and one goal!

This is simply "God-level striker!"

Can let anyone striker play, have a god-level performance?
The researchers were stunned: Could it be that Duncan is a wizard with the magical power of "turning stones into gold"?

Then the nickname of "Magic Bird" can be given to him.

But if it is just to let the two strikers play, then Manchester City will not go so far.

Offense wins, defense wins championships!
Then, it was the fourth game of the third game. Facing Newcastle's mad attack, Manchester City's striker had no chance to perform.But Manchester City's defense in that game also had a god-level performance!

Two central defenders who are not outstanding, and one of them is even a backup central defender, has the ability to be no less than that of a top defender: anticipation, steals, position selection, and defense, all of which are top-notch!The oppressive Newcastle team has nothing to do.

At this time, someone will find that there are two pairs of people who can perform miraculously in Manchester City, and these two pairs of people do not always explode at the same time!

Generally speaking, in the first five games, Manchester City's overall performance is indeed far inferior to their local ones.It's no wonder that some people put the label of "lucky coach" on Duncan.

But if it's just one or two players, then Manchester City will definitely not beat Liverpool.

The passive beating in the first half and the loss of three goals in a row at the beginning of the second half are obvious examples.Manchester City's individual players can indeed perform at a quasi-first-class level, but Liverpool are generally at a quasi-first-class level.Conceding the ball is a matter of course.

The researchers can see that although they are defending to the death, Manchester City is not without a chance.However, before Gerrard left the field, Manchester City's original radiant striker was difficult to contact.

The goal at the end of the first half was not so much due to Duncan's tactics, but rather the combination of Andy Cole's experience as a veteran and the space left by Liverpool's mad attack.

But Gerrard's end became a magical turning point in this game!

After that, Manchester City controlled the game and completed a super reversal from 1:3 to 6:3!

Looking at these six goals of Manchester City, the last five are exactly the same, all of which are extremely wonderful team goals.It is extremely rare for such a wonderful team to score a goal.But suddenly there were as many as five...

Goal mode, is it still mass-produced?

Looking at these goals repeatedly, the researchers found that although it seemed that everyone was involved in the attack.But there are only four people who are really integrated into these team goals: Button, Mido, Andy Cole, and Samaras.

Ostensibly, others included Trabelsi, later Cordeira, Sibirski, and others.But compared with others, these four people are far higher than others in terms of the number of touches, running routes and shots.

Such an "Arsenal-style" tactic is actually reduced to an exquisite short-pass coordination of four players.

These four people have dazzling running positions, terrifying tacit understanding, and insane pass success rate.

Manchester City's last goal, although there were only four Manchester City players in the penalty area, they were able to pass the ball to more than 10 feet in the 15-person Liverpool penalty area.

And these passes are all made with one kick!
Does Duncan really have any magical powers?
This was naturally a joke, and there were many conjectures about the answer to this "Duncan mystery" at that time, and all kinds of answers were unimaginable and strange.

Of course, there is no shortage of very rational analysis by some insightful people.

They started with Duncan's life experience. Although Duncan is very young, he has been concerned about Manchester City and thinking about Manchester City since he was a child.Then Duncan worked as an ordinary coach in Manchester City for seven or eight years. I believe that for Manchester City, no one knows him better than Duncan.

Therefore, they believe that Duncan's excellent results are actually based on the premise of knowing the Manchester City team well, and then using the Manchester City players to "make the best use of them".In such a Manchester City, Duncan can stimulate 150% of the player's ability.

Of course, some people will question that even if Duncan has a 100% understanding of Manchester City, Samaras has only joined Manchester City for one season, but Duncan has achieved "seamless connection" and allowed the team to play Arsenal-style football.

The positive side refuted that Manchester City's team tactics are not the same as Arsenal's. Arsenal's team style is smooth and smooth, while Manchester City only has these four players.

At this point in the debate, someone ran to Wenger, who was always lying on the gun: Do you think Manchester City's tactics are similar to Arsenal's?

Wenger is also very helpless. In the entire Premier League, only Arsenal is playing a technical flow of football tactics. Therefore, with the recent rise of the "Duncan fever" in the Premier League, Arsenal are infinitely lying down.

"First of all, I think that every team has its own style. There is no such thing as who is like who is not like who." Wenger first denied the existence of the controversy, and then said: "Actually, if I sit in Manchester City On the coaching bench, I'm afraid I can't direct such a game..."

The interviewer was stunned: Did I hear correctly?Wenger said, he is not as good as Duncan?
Wenger smiled and explained: "Button, Samaras, Andy Cole, Mido, these four players are not players who are good at skills. In my team building plan, such a player Assen Na is not needed, because they can't play my football. If I sit on the coaching bench of Manchester City, the tactics I plan for Manchester City must be tactics that meet the characteristics of the players. And in the tactics proposed by West, it must be excluded. Technology flow controls the way football is played!"

The interviewer was shocked. First, the praise from Benitez and Ferguson, and then Wenger's "I'm not as good as him". These compliments from the head coach seemed to be for Duncan...

The reporter suddenly noticed a trace of cunning in Wenger's eyes, so the inspiration flashed, and he opened the game table.

Sure enough, before the next round of the league, there are still a few Premier League supplementary matches to be played.

One of them is Manchester City vs. Arsenal!
(End of this chapter)