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In this game, Bury's offensive focus is still on the two wings of Mbappe and Bowen.

And Manchester City still used their layers of tight possession to consume Bury.

But the biggest problem in this game is that Bury's forward line has physical problems and cannot press their back line so that they can play the ball calmly.

Zhang Chong also has a special arrangement. In this game, don't press the formation too high to prevent counterattacks.

High compression requires too much physical strength, and it will become high paraplegia if you are not careful.

In the last game, the players released their passion too much. With the physical condition of Mesias, Chen Ming and Shike, forcing a high position to press would definitely lead to an ugly death.

But giving up high pressure means completely handing over the ball, so Manchester City played very comfortably in the first half, crushing Bury even more in terms of ball possession.

Supported by a super high ball possession rate, Manchester City has also created many threatening offenses.

No. In the 17th minute, De Bruyne sent a direct pass. After receiving the ball, Sterling wiped McLentier and broke into the penalty area. Facing Mendy's block, he directly chose to shoot from a small angle!

Hmm...the ball was missed.

You can always trust Sterling when it comes to finishing.

No. 205 minutes, David Silva cut inside, after attracting the defense of Matt Cook and McDermott, suddenly made a through ball!

Aguero advances knowingly and receives the ball on the left side of the penalty area. At this time, Shik behind him has been thrown away by him!

He observed Mendy's position, and directly chose to push the far corner!

But Mendy reacted quickly and blocked the ball with his legs!

Chen Chong is still calm. In his opinion, the current situation is still under control. As long as the ball is not lost, everything is easy to talk about!

This Manchester City has hoarded a group of players with outstanding technical abilities in the midfield, so after half a season of adaptation, they can help Guardiola realize his football philosophy very well.

Zhang Chong on the sidelines seemed to see the shadow of the peak Barcelona!

But the peak Barcelona has two speed boosters, Messi and Iniesta, Manchester City is now only half of Sterling, so their offense is far less scary than the peak Barcelona.

This is also the biggest reliance for Zhang Chong to choose to hide and defend.

In the studio, real-time data is displayed on the big screen: Manchester City's ball possession rate is 70.00%, and the shots are [-] to [-].

Gary Neville couldn't help but said: "Because of the fierce battle in the League Cup final, Bury obviously had physical problems, so he gave up the high-position pressing tactics and chose low-position defense. It is the most comfortable way for them to play with more operating space.”

Carragher also nodded: "If you want to defeat Guardiola with low defense, only the man at Manchester United can do it now. Zhang Chong's ability to arrange defense is not enough to reach that level."

And the course of the game mirrored their comments.

No.301 minutes, Manchester City once again posed a threat. Sterling dribbled the ball past McKrentier and broke into the penalty area, sweeping the ball to the goal before Dick William's defense!

Aguero in the middle wanted to grab a point, but Skriniar cleared the ball with his long legs!

The ball flew towards the wing, but it happened to land at Sterling's feet again!

He didn't hesitate, and directly made another cross, but this time he passed a high ball and went straight to the back point!

David Silva showed up there and scored with an easy push!

After playing against Bury for three and 10 minutes, Manchester City finally broke the deadlock!

Zhang Chong's heart sank. After being scored first by Manchester City, this game will not be easy to play!

With Manchester City's ability to control the ball, he can completely suppress the rhythm of the game and slowly pass the ball to waste time!

Sure enough, after taking the lead, Manchester City chose to control the rhythm of the game, reduced the frequency of forward passes, and tended to be conservative in their offensive choices.

Zhang Chong was not in a hurry to let the players press down. The physical fitness of his own players was not enough to support the press for a long time, and it was not yet time to exert strength.

In this way, in the rest of the first half, the possession of Manchester City players occupied most of the time.

But just before the end of the first half, Bury's players found an excellent opportunity!

Fernandinho was not rigorous in playing the ball in the backcourt, and Chen Ming grabbed the ball directly from De Bruyne!

Mbappe, who was five meters behind the midfield line, suddenly regained his energy, and immediately started to accelerate, running towards Manchester City's penalty area!

Mesias behind Chen Ming also began to approach Chen Ming, ready to catch his pass!

And Bowen on the right also let go of his feet and ran towards the opponent's half!

The four-person team in the frontcourt once again dispatched collectively!

After losing the ball, Manchester City immediately counterattacked on the spot. De Bruyne and Gundogan immediately surrounded Chen Ming, while Fernandinho ran towards Mesias, trying to block Chen Ming's pass. ball!

But Chen Ming made a direct long pass and threw the ball to Bowen!

Bowen unloaded the ball beautifully, took advantage of the trend, and left Kolarov behind!

There is already an empty space in front of him!

Stones hurried forward to press, but Bowen made a direct cross and handed the ball to Mbappe!

Mbappe has already cruised to a position close to the middle at this time, and the right back Zabaleta has been left far behind by him, and only Otamendi is left in front of him!

I saw him take a few small steps, and suddenly he made a horizontal move, as if he was going to shoot from a long distance!

Otamendi was shaken by him, and he rushed forward!

But Mbappe pulled the ball and changed direction!

Otamendi suddenly turned pale with fright, and hurriedly wanted to turn around and grab Mbappe's jersey, but it was empty!

And because of the loss of his center of gravity, he fell to the ground!

Zhang Chong couldn't help feeling that a central defender of this level is not enough to play the main force in a team like Manchester City.

To make matters worse, this guy is also a main player in the Argentine national team...

At this time, only goalkeeper Bravo is left in front of Mbappe!

Bravo drove high and low this season, and his poor performance is also an important reason for Manchester City's poor performance this season!

But this ball, Bravo showed his ability as a first-class goalkeeper!

I saw that he first moved to his left hand side, as if he wanted to close the angle there.

And Mbappe was obviously shaken by his fake action, so he directly chose to push and shoot in the opposite direction!

But Bravo had anticipated this scene, he stretched out his foot and rubbed the football!

The football was disturbed and flew out of the baseline from the right side of the goal!

Mbappe put his head in his hands and couldn't believe the opportunity he had missed.

Zhang Chong saw all this clearly off the court. This ball is simply a replica of Iker Casillas beating Robben in the 2010 World Cup!

Although the short goalkeeper Bravo, like Iker Casillas, declined rapidly as he grew older, his performance is enough to reflect his skills!

And Bury also missed the best chance of the first half!