Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

Chapter 247

Compared to Tuchel's long speech, Guardiola's speech was very concise.

Guardiola's meaning was very simple.

That is to stabilize the rib area, advance on both wings, do not pursue too much passing and control, and pay more attention to the fatal blow!

"One (goal difference) lead is not our limit, we need more goals to open up the score."

"The league and the Champions League are our main goals this season, but now we have an earlier chance to win the cup, so don't waste it."

"Everyone!"

Guardiola looked around, clapped his hands and continued,

"Show your enthusiasm, we will try to open up the score in the first round!"

"Of course! You must also pay attention to your movements, mainly not to get injured."

Guardiola glanced at Fernandinho after he finished speaking.

The old captain understood and he stood up immediately.

Fernandinho clenched his fist and yelled,

"Do you understand?"

"Don't give them a chance to breathe, we need more goals! Let the opponent fall into despair, I believe we can do it!"

"Come on! For Manchester City!"

The atmosphere in the locker room was brought up by Fernandinho, and everyone said in unison,

"For Manchester City!"

After that, everyone scattered.

The substitutes walked out and continued to sit on the bench, and those who were ready to come on immediately went out to warm up.

Guardiola specifically called Chen Chen and said,

"Chen, you performed very well in the attacking midfielder position, and you will appear in this position in the second half."

"I need you to participate more in the attack in the opponent's penalty area while organizing the attack. In other words, you need to play not only the role of an offensive midfielder, but also the role of a striker. I will let Riad (Mahrez) assist you."

Chen Chen nodded and replied,

"Okay! Boss!"

Guardiola pulled Mahrez again,

"Remember, run as hard as you can and create offensive space for Chen and Kevin! This is your task in the second half!"

Mahrez said "hmm".

Then the Algerian international glanced at Alvarez, who had some "outsider perspective" in the locker room.

Does this mean that he is going to play?

Soon, Mahrez shook his head and walked out of the locker room.

Whether Alvarez plays or not is the head coach's arrangement. All he can do is implement the head coach's tactical arrangements!

The halftime break passed quickly.

Both sides returned to the field.

"Beep!"

Accompanied by Craig Pawson's whistle, the game continued.

Neither side made substitutions immediately, but there were still many players warming up near the corner flag area.

It seems that Tuchel and Guardiola will soon have a confrontation on substitution choices.

Blue Moon still arranged the position of 4231, and their overall formation was very forward.

After all, it is not enough to retreat and defend blindly on the football field. Simple defense will definitely be cut by the sword.

The ball soon came to Chen Chen's feet.

Chen Chen did not choose to pass the ball forward to attack, but gave it to B Seat from behind.

B Seat gave it to Fernandez again, and the old captain turned around and hooked the ball to Laporte.

Although Guardiola said in the locker room that he wanted to strengthen the offense and widen the score gap with the opponent, in fact, stability is the most important thing.

If they pursue the attack blindly, what if the opponent seizes the opportunity to score the equalizer again?

On the other side, Tuchel frowned.

He thought that Manchester City was different from other teams. They had their own pride, and the Blue Moon would strengthen their offensive momentum when they were ahead.

Unexpectedly, Manchester City did not take any chances after taking the lead, but played the pass and controlled the ball and moved forward steadily without any recklessness.

Tuchel wiped his face and then cursed secretly.

Isn't this old man's pocket filled in vain?

There is no way, Chelsea began to change the wait-and-see defense to active offense.

As Tuchel expected, Manchester City's defense is as strong as their offense.

Originally, they wanted to break through Fernandez, but unfortunately there was no good opportunity.

Yes, Fernandez is indeed old.

But he, like Pepe, can be said to be a representative of getting better with age!

Insufficient physical strength?

Then use the game experience to touch it!

Fernandez began to direct the two full-backs to move forward frequently. This did not mean that they would participate in the attack, but that Cancelo and Walker would shrink inwards, blocking the opponent's route to the flank area and suppressing the opponent's attack in the front section outside the arc.

Since Chelsea can set up a pocket for Manchester City to drill, Manchester City can also set up one.

Therefore, the attacks from the Blues and Chelsea from the second half to now have all ended in failure.tail.

In this situation where the game could not be opened, Tuchel was very decisive.

The German coach quickly asked his assistant to report to the fourth official that he was going to make a substitution.

However, the game was in progress and the substitution could not be completed immediately.

58th minute.

Finally, a dead ball opportunity.

Chelsea took the lead in making substitutions.

Havertz, who was not found in the first half, and Mount, who performed mediocrely, were substituted.

Werner and Loftus-Cheek came on the field.

Mount was replaced by Cheek.

It should be noted that Cheek is 191 cm tall. Tuchel meant to let him move forward to participate in the penalty area attack, just like Guardiola asked Chen Chen to participate more in the attack.

In this case, Chelsea will fight hard, and they will play a high penalty kick against Manchester City.

On the Manchester City side, Guardiola replaced B 席 with Rodri, and Zheng Yin played the midfielder.

Guardiola meant that after improving the defensive strength, they would compete with Chelsea on the offensive end!

59th minute.

Rodri got the ball in the backcourt.

The Spanish midfielder pulled to the side and then moved forward along the sideline.

He was about to dribble the ball across the center line, but before he could take a few steps, he was stopped by Ziyech who ran up.

Because there are more strikers in Chelsea on the field now, Ziyech is actually a winger. His offensive tasks began to decrease, and his defensive tasks in the midfield increased.

Rodri gave the ball to Sterling, who made room for him and pulled to his right.

Sterling glanced at the positions of his teammates in the middle, and then made an overhead pass without hesitation!

Chen Chen, who was active in the middle, saw the ball coming, immediately turned his head to look at Mahrez in front of him, and then made a posture to pass the ball at any time.

The weak bird who had been blocking Chen Chen quickly took a step to the right, ready to stretch his legs to intercept at any time.

He thought he had seen through Chen Chen's next move!

But what he never expected was that after Chen Chen got the ball, he did not pass it forward immediately, but turned quickly, turned a corner, and passed the ball through the left hand side of the weak bird!

Feint to the east and attack in the west!

Fake pass and true dunk!

The weak bird was careless!

The Italian quickly turned around and pulled!

But at this time, there was already a certain gap between the two.

The Italian fans who were watching the game fell into deep thought.

During the European Cup, Jorginho was played by Chen Chen in this way...

Fortunately, Chelsea's subsequent defense was very timely, Saul and Werner were coming over here, and this did not count the central defender Sarr who was ready to defend in front.

Chen Chen seemed to have rushed into a dead end with the ball.