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

Chapter 238

Seeing the team score another goal, Guardiola on the sidelines quickly applauded to celebrate.

After applauding and celebrating, Guardiola called his assistant and he wanted to make another substitution.

Sterling left the court and Fernandinho came on.

Guardiola was going to shrink the offensive end and play a defensive formation.

Of course, Guardiola did not completely "cut off" the offensive end.

He asked Mahrez to rush forward, and Chen Chen mentioned behind him, and the Blue Moon formation became a 4411.

This is a kind of 442.

"Oh? Guardiola took the initiative to change?"

Zhan Jun turned his head and looked at Zhang Lu,

"Coach Zhang, do you think this time is too early? Sterling obviously still has physical strength."

Zhang Lu did not answer immediately, he was thinking quickly.

After a "hmm", Zhang Lu expressed his opinion.

"From this game alone, it is obviously a questionable point to replace Sterling."

"But many things need to be combined."

"Won't Manchester City play the League Cup in a few days? Guardiola has no shortage of midfielders, but he is very short of forwards."

"Although Manchester City officials said that Alvarez will get a chance to play in the League Cup as soon as possible, in fact, the Argentine has not trained with the team yet, and he has not even come to Manchester City to report!"

"The League Cup game will start on the 6th. Can Alvarez catch up? This has to be questioned."

"So in this case, it is not incomprehensible that Guardiola chose to let Sterling go."

Zhan Jun nodded.

He agreed with Zhang Lu's statement.

And in the interval between the two of them chatting, the game resumed.

Arsenal also made substitutions.

Saka, who performed mediocrely, was substituted, and the midfielder Elneny got the chance to play.

In addition, Lacazette was substituted with Saka, and Nicola Pepe came on.

Lacazette is not very tall. When Manchester City showed that they would defend the victory, a player who was not very tall could not play a big role in the frontcourt.

However, what surprised Arsenal fans was that with only one forward, the Blue Moon dared to rush out to attack!

This was a great pleasure for Manchester City fans at the scene and in front of the screen!

Manchester City is Manchester City!

Does replacing defensive players mean that they will defend? How is that possible!

59th minute of the game.

Chen Chen turned around to help Gundogan defend the left side.

Pepe, who had just been substituted, tried to touch Chen Chen. He wanted to use his fairly good dribbling skills to compete with Chen Chen.

Unfortunately, he turned into a clown.

Nicolas Pepe made the same mistake as Saka, and the ball was taken by Gundogan.

Gundogan, who had completed the steal, immediately passed the ball to the middle, and Fernandinho controlled the ball.

Feebird didn't hesitate. He turned around and sent the ball to De Bruyne, who was running fast on the right side.

Ding Ding glanced at Chen Chen, who was standing in the middle, and prepared to pass the ball to him.

However, this passing idea was somewhat dangerous, because Xhaka and Odegaard vaguely double-teamed Chen Chen. If he really passed the ball to him, Chen Chen might lose the ball.

So De Bruyne gave up the idea of ​​passing the ball to Chen Chen. He turned around and passed the ball to Rodri, who was moving quickly forward on his left hand side.

After this ball was passed, Manchester City's overall offensive speed dropped a lot, and Arsenal had some time to adjust their position.

This is the disadvantage of 4411.

Your frontcourt personnel, that is, the two "1"s in front, can easily fall into the opponent's double-team.

If De Bruyne really passes the ball, it would be very good for Chen Chen to occupy the position to receive the ball, but it is also necessary to consider the possibility of losing the ball and being counterattacked by the opponent.

Guardiola arranged for Fernandinho to come up because he wanted the players to play steadily, and De Bruyne certainly understood.

Fernandinho slowly carried the ball forward and began to squeeze Arsenal's defensive space.

At this moment, on the right side, Cancelo was cutting in from the side.

The Portuguese finally had a good chance to show his face.

He posed a problem for Arsenal as soon as he came up.

Because the defensive strength in the left area of ​​Arsenal is not enough now!

Arteta on the sidelines rushed to the field and shouted loudly!

He signaled Odegaard to move a little to the left to relieve the pressure on Xhaka and Tierney.

Just when everyone thought that Fernandinho was going to pass the ball to Cancelo on the right, the Brazilian midfielder directly passed the ball forward!

The ball passed by Odegaard and Xhaka!

Chen Chen, who was still standing there observing the enemy, accelerated and started immediately!

Three steps and two steps, Chen Chen took Fernandinho's kick and pierced the opponent's midfield.Through ball from the defense line!

It should be noted that through ball is not only "exclusive" to Chen Chen and De Bruyne, but Fernandinho is also good at it.

When talking about Brazilian midfielders, many people will subconsciously mention the names of Gilberto and Casemiro, but to be honest, Fernandinho is not bad either!

Seeing Chen Chen get the ball, Partey quickly cut in diagonally and prepared to block it with his body.

But Chen Chen did not give him this opportunity.

Before Partey got on his body, Chen Chen had already completed the shooting action!

"Bang!"

Chen Chen made a shot from a distance.

Ramsdale in front of the goal judged the direction correctly, but it was a pity that it was of no use!

The ball floated directly from his fingertips and rushed straight into the net!

"Perfect long shot!"

"Chen Chen seized the opportunity!"

"Two goals and two assists, is this still a human being?!"

Chen Chen's wonderful performance has surprised Zhan Jun speechless!

It took Zhan Jun a long time to recover.

"4-1! Manchester City's attack is still so sharp!"

"In the two encounters this season, Arsenal has conceded 9 goals."

"This is terrifying!"

"What's more terrifying is that there is still a lot of time in the game, and Manchester City may continue to score goals!"

Zhang Lu said with a "hehe" sound, shaking his head,

"I thought Guardiola replaced the midfielders to defend steadily, but I didn't expect them to be more powerful than the forwards!"

"Chen Chen is so comprehensive. A comprehensive player can perform at his best in many positions."

"Arsenal made an offer to Brentford during the summer transfer window. I wonder if Mr. Kroenke will regret it now?"

After scoring the goal, Chen Chen avoided the hugs of his teammates, ran to the corner flag area, opened his hands and repeated the up and down swinging operation again.

He was signaling Arsenal fans to boo louder!

The Gunners fans in the stands fell silent.

A few fans started to curse, but more complained about the team's defensive mistakes.

The Emirates Stadium is obviously the home of Arsenal fans, but now only the cheers of Manchester City fans resound throughout the stadium!

Soon, Manchester City's goal celebration ended.

Guardiola made the third substitution adjustment.

Chen Chen, the hero of the goal, left the field, and De Bruyne also got a rest.

Grealish and Palmer got the opportunity to play.

This time Manchester City really wanted to defend to the end.