Hexagonal monster crushing European football

At the end of March, all Manchester City's main players returned to the team.

They will continue to participate in the Premier League in two days, and then their Champions League match against Paris will also begin.

For players like Aguero, De Bruyne, Sterling, Kompany and Sagna who have national team competition duties, they will be very, very tired.

Therefore, Guardiola sent a large number of substitute players in this game.

David Silva and Fernandinho can start this game because they are substitutes for the national team.

Local time, April 2nd.

Manchester City plays Bournemouth away.

Fortunately, the opponent is not strong, otherwise Manchester City would have a big problem in this game.

Guardiola sent out a double striker, Iheanacho and Bony.

Nasri, Fernandinho, David Silva and Zhao Yi are deployed in the midfield.

The offensive ability is far from the previous Manchester City frontcourt combination.

Stones partners with Mangala on the back line.

On either side are Krishidulf.

Goalkeeper Caballero.

Although most of them are substitutes, compared with a team like Bournemouth that basically cannot gain a foothold in the Premier League, their combat effectiveness is quite good.

At the beginning of the game, Bournemouth, who was at home, did not try to take the lead and build momentum, but simply chose to retreat.

It's almost equivalent to a 541 formation.

The center will also retreat when necessary and change the formation to 550.

Stack the defensive line through dense defenders.

As long as Manchester City has a player with the ball, they will instantly form a zone defense, and it will immediately be many-on-one.

Zhao Yi appeared on the right side and tried several breakthroughs, but was almost unable to open up the offensive space.

It's even difficult to kick the ball in the penalty area.

You can only try long shots from the outside.

But there are too many people in front, and it will basically be blocked directly.

The talent of the two forwards is quite good, but their strength is not.

He soon got lost in the opponent's crowd tactics.

Silva's little quickie did find some passing and through-ball opportunities.

Unfortunately, as soon as the ball entered the penalty area, it was wildly destroyed by a group of people.

Iheanacho and Bony's ability to hold the ball is too weak.

Guardiola is competing with himself again and is determined not to make substitutions.

He just refused to accept it and wanted to continue playing with this lineup.

As a result, the two sides ended the first half goalless.

"Run, pass, receive!"

Guardiola kept reminding the frontcourt players what they should do.

If you keep pulling, there will definitely be problems with the opponent's defense.

At the same time, their physical energy will be consumed very quickly.

As their physical energy is exhausted, their mental willpower will also slacken.

As long as you seize the opportunity, you can defeat them.

Once the first goal is scored and their morale is hit, there will be a second goal and a third goal.

In the second half, Manchester City still controlled the advantage on the field and continued to pass.

At the same time, Zhao Yi, Silva and Nasri are all holding the ball to attack the opponent's defense.

As Guardiola expected, Bournemouth's players had physical problems little by little.

In this way, they need to use fouls to stop Manchester City's offense.

Manchester City received many free kick opportunities.

In the 70th minute of the game, Zhao Yi dropped the ball into the penalty area with a free kick. Boni ran into position and lifted the ball into the sky with his head.

A great opportunity was missed.

Guardiola was scratching his head. He felt it was time to strengthen the front line.

Except for Zhao Yi and Aguero, it is difficult for others to perform well at the center position.

Three minutes later, Silva was brought down to the ground again with the ball in the middle.

This time, Zhao Yi did not miss the opportunity.

The free kick took off directly and went over the wall.

Although Bournemouth's defense was not out of position, there was nothing they could do in the face of such a direct attack from a free kick.

Manchester City finally takes the lead in the away game!

After defending for seventy-three minutes, we were still one goal behind.

Bournemouth's players certainly have some ideas.

They were unwilling to give up and lost a goal at home.

So in the next time, they started to move forward, trying to score a goal to equalize the score.

This gives Manchester City more space to attack.

In the 83rd minute of the game, Zhao Yi forcibly shook off the defender on the wing and sent the ball into the penalty area. Iheanacho shot a shot, which was resolved by the goalkeeper.

Silva, who followed, found an opportunity and made it in one fell swoop.

Manchester City scored their second away goal.

The score of 2:0 was maintained until the end.

Bournemouth's road to relegation is still very difficult.

Because Leicester City has lost points in consecutive games, Manchester City has led by 17 points after the 31st round of the Premier League.

This means that as long as Manchester City scores one point in the next Premier League game, they will lock in the Premier League championship in advance!

They will face Premier League underdog West Bromwich Albion at home in the next round.

This almost announced that this season's Premier League will usher in the finale in the next round.

Therefore, after this round of games, some anxious Manchester City fans have started to set off fireworks in Manchester.

They even gathered together and sang the team song in the square.

Some complacent Manchester City fans were waving flags and shouting outside the bar where Manchester United fans gathered.

When they saw the Manchester United fans rushing out angrily, they dispersed in a hurry, shouting "Manchester City is the champion" while running away, rubbing salt into the hearts of the Manchester United fans.

There are even Manchester City fans singing "Manchester United are the Champions of the Europa League" to mock the tragic fact that Manchester United will play in the Europa League next season.

Angry Manchester United fans can be seen everywhere in Manchester, as well as Liverpool fans who are watching the excitement and not taking it too seriously.

Liverpool didn't even get to play in the Europa League, but they were very happy when they saw Manchester City fans shitting on the heads of Manchester United fans.

While Manchester City fans were fanning the flames and celebrating excitedly, there was not much joy inside Manchester City.

Instead, it was a little solemn.

Because in midweek, they will go to France to compete with Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League knockout rounds.

The competitiveness of Ligue 1 is more than one level behind that of the Premier League.

PSG stood out and won the championship with just a few kicks throughout the season.

Therefore, the overall physical reserves of their players are much stronger than those of Manchester City.

Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the players of the wealthy Paris Saint-Germain is no worse than that of the wealthy teams.

They used money to buy a large number of first-class football stars, and almost all of them are the main players of the world's top teams in every position.

The only thing lacking is the foundation.

This is very similar to Manchester City.

And their experience in the Champions League is even better than Manchester City.

This game will be very difficult to play.

For Manchester City, the only good news is that Paris Saint-Germain's midfielder Verratti is injured and unable to play.

This Italian national team player with fierce interception and excellent organizational skills strained a muscle due to the international match day and was confirmed to miss the next two knockout rounds of the Champions League.

This is a big blow to Paris Saint-Germain's midfield defense.