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

Chapter 176

Zhan Jun nodded and continued,

"Coach Zhang is right. De Bruyne's main task today may be on the defensive end."

"We also saw that Chen Chen would frequently come to the middle to cooperate with the three forwards, while De Bruyne would cooperate more with Rodri and B Seat who would retreat at any time."

"Manchester United's performance today was very average, especially in defending Chen Chen."

"Chen Chen participated in all four goals. One goal and three assists, a hat trick of assists! Manchester United's defense is completely useless!"

"Although the game is not over yet, the MVP player of today's game has come out."

"I believe the audience in front of the TV and the live broadcast room have guessed it!"

Countless barrages in the live broadcast room instantly passed by.

"I think the MVP should go to Greenwood!"

"Good fellow! Those in front are just watching the fun!"

"I thought it was a collision between Mars and the Earth, but it turned out to be Manchester City."

"Who said 'Manchester City can't surpass Manchester United even if they are given another ten years'?"

"The sky in Manchester is blue!"

"Ronaldo's performance was just average. He didn't seize the chances in the front court, but he lacked a bit of luck. As for the others? Poets hold it!"

"For such a god-level performance, who else can the MVP go to except Chen Chen? Will it be given to Greenwood?"

"United Blow it up and get beaten!"

"Manchester United's lineup is really good. They can train a goalkeeper and let the whole Manchester City team accompany him! (Funny)"

"EDG is awesome!"

"What is EDG?"

"You don't know it? EDG is the abbreviation of Ødegaard. The one in front of you is our Arsenal fan. (Funny)"

"It was erected twice and then withered again. Which coach is willing to ruin Manchester United with his reputation?"

"......"

At Old Trafford, with a shot from B Fee being saved, Michael Oliver blew the whistle to end the half.

Manchester City entered the locker room with a huge score advantage of 4-1!

The atmosphere in the home team's locker room was a bit depressing.

It's not just the fans who think so. Even the Manchester United players themselves are wondering if the team is really going to revive after two unbeaten games?

The result?

Manchester City beat them back to their original form with one move.

Throughout the first half, Manchester United's front, middle and back coordination was a mess!

Although Ronaldo scored a goal on the front line, he neglected the team's defensive problems, so he was neither good nor bad.

As for Greenwood, except for that header, there is no such person!

On social platforms, many Manchester United fans are fiercely criticizing Carrick.

Solskjaer used Greenwood during his time, and you, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, also used Greenwood?

Didn't Solskjaer leave in vain?

There are more problems in the midfield.

Manchester United's midfield was directly blown away by Manchester City's midfield.

Among them, B Fee was greedy for offense and footwork, and frequently lost the ball without knowing it.

In the backcourt, the most important point is Bailly and Wan Bissaka on the right side.

Maguire's performance today is considered to be satisfactory, and Carrick can breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Carrick couldn't breathe a sigh of relief these few times, because who would have thought that these people on the right side gave him a few big waves!

In the end, Manchester United will be better off with only De Gea and McTominay left.

McTominay feels powerless on the defensive end, and he can't defend so many people alone.

As for De Gea?

Again, when a team needs to rely on the goalkeeper's miracle saves to avoid conceding goals, the outcome of the game is doomed.

Although De Gea lost 4 goals, his 5 key saves were still very online, otherwise Manchester United would have lost to others.

Carrick clapped his hands and drew the attention of the Red Devils players.

Now Carrick is not thinking about scoring a goal to tie or win, but how to maintain this score.

Some people may say that he is not enterprising and is not worthy of being Manchester United's head coach.

But family members know their own business. With the current morale and state of the players, can they beat Manchester City?

Don't drink 7-Up at that time.

Therefore, Manchester United's focus in the second half should be on defense. Carrick is ready to let Greenwood go off and Van der Beck come on.

Van de Beek is a midfielder, so there will only be Ronaldo in Manchester United's frontcourt, and the team formation will be changed to 451.

Carrick announced the substitution.

The Red Devils players in the locker room are all top players, and they understand what Carrick means.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, from a realistic point of view, these Manchester United players do not want to play against Manchester City, they want to defend the remaining 45 minutes.

Simply put, Manchester United's fighting spirit is almost gone!

In the past two gamesManchester United players, who won one and drew one, realized the difficulty of today's game!

In the away team's locker room, Guardiola praised the players' good cooperation and sense of rhythm.

Then Guardiola changed his tone and emphasized that the offense should be strengthened in the second half!

Because the best defense is offense, and the best defense is to keep the opponent in the opponent's half!

Of course, Guardiola also meant to motivate the players.

After all, scoring more goals in the derby is conducive to the players' spiritual attribute construction.

Grealish is an example of this.

Didn't you see that the rocker is singing and dancing in the locker room now?

For Grealish, this is to break the demons and strengthen the spiritual attribute construction!

Before leaving the locker room, Guardiola said that he would change the offensive direction in the second half and attack the opponent's left side.

In the second half, the opponent will definitely strengthen the right defense, so they will do the opposite!

The second half will be played again.

Manchester United completed the personnel replacement, and Van der Beck came on the court.

At the same time, Sancho replaced Luke Shaw.

After thinking it over, Carrick still wanted to try and score another point to save face.

In this case, Wan Bissaka would retreat to the right back position and play 442.

This formation is relatively balanced in offense and defense.

But Guardiola doesn't care who you replace or what formation you change to. He wants to attack now!

56th minute of the game.

De Bruyne assisted B Silva to score a wonderful long shot!

The score was rewritten to 1-5!

But it was soon blown by Oliver.

Manchester City players were very puzzled.

Oliver meant that Jesus was in an offside position at the moment B Silva kicked the ball, and he interfered with De Gea's choice.

Chen Chen was so confused after hearing this!

Good guy, if that's the case, why didn't Rashford's offside in the 22/23 season be judged!

Chen Chen respected Oliver's penalty this time, because it was indeed the right one.

It's just that in the future Manchester derby, Atwell's penalty is too abstract and hard to forget.

And this is also a point that Premier League referees are criticized for.

They did not make fair and just whistles, they are spokespersons for others.

Soon the game resumed.

Manchester City's goal was blown off the rhythm of the Blue Moon players.

60th minute of the game.

Ronaldo passed the ball back, and McTominay followed up with a long shot!

The ball was blocked by Stones.

But the ball was still in Manchester United's hands.

Not long after, B Fee moved to the left front to cooperate with Sancho, and the two of them passed the ball in a small range to penetrate Manchester City's defense.

Finally, Sancho completed the fatal blow!

The score on the big screen was rewritten again.

2-4!

Manchester United seized the opportunity of the Blue Moon's slow rhythm and snatched back a point!