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

Chapter 171

"For the visiting team Manchester City, Guardiola arranged a 433 formation."

"Goalkeeper Ederson."

"Left back Cancelo, two central defenders are Ruben Dias and Stones, and right back is Kyle Walker."

"Three midfielders, in order, are Chen Chen, Rodri and De Bruyne!"

"The forward line is Grealish, Bernardo Silva and Jesus."

"Except that the center forward is not the real center forward, Guardiola arranged the strongest starting lineup for this game!"

"Let's look at the home team."

"Carrick arranged a 352 formation."

"The goalkeeper is Spanish international De Gea."

"Three central defenders, Maguire and Bailly are on both sides, and Lindelof is in the middle."

"As for the midfield position, Luke Shaw and Wan Bissaka are on the two flanks, and the other three are Fred, McTominay and Bruno Fernandes. "

"The two strikers are Ronaldo and Greenwood!"

"The main focus of today's game is whether Ronaldo can continue his recent offensive momentum, and secondly, whether the Blue Moon's passing and controlling style can break through Manchester United's dense defense?"

"In this turbulent moment, I believe Manchester United is eager to use a derby victory to continue to stabilize and inspire the players and fans' "military spirit"!"

"Of course, Manchester City also needs a three-pointer to ensure that the team is always in the first place in the championship race!"

"So who will win the final game? Let's wait and see!"

In the player tunnel, the starting players of both sides have lined up.

Today, Manchester United's captain is Maguire, who has been Manchester United's first captain since 2020.

The previous captain was Valencia, and before that it was Carrick, who is standing on the sidelines today. "

Because Fernandinho did not start, the captain of Manchester City today was De Bruyne.

Behind the referee were the captains and goalkeepers of the two teams, and then the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and another midfielder of Manchester City --- Chen Chen!

Chen Chen shook hands and hugged Cristiano Ronaldo in a friendly manner.

Both of them are agents under Mendes, and they usually have a lot of contact and communication.

The broadcast camera was also very tactful to give the two people who were whispering with their mouths covered.

Seeing this scene, Manchester City fans who came with the team and in front of the TV sighed a little.

Before the start of the season, the Portuguese had a scandal with the Blue Moon, and it was almost a done deal, but it was intercepted by Manchester United.

Manchester City turned to look at Kane, but Kane didn't come either.

Well, apart from buying Grealish and Chen Chen, Manchester City did not make any other moves this summer window.

And because they didn't buy a suitable center forward, after Ferran Torres was injured, the weakest point in Manchester City's lineup appeared, that is, the forward was weak!

Grealish and several others are indeed strong, but they can't support the role of the center forward.

If the center forward doesn't hold up, even if the wing is strong, the offensive efficiency will be greatly reduced!

No. 9 Jesus is a center forward, but the Brazilian needs someone to help him. He is a different type from the previous Aguero.

Aguero can carry the opponent's defense alone, but Jesus can't.

In the first season, Palmeiras's talented teenager---Jesus was still okay, but it was a bit bad from the beginning of the second season.

This is also the reason why Manchester City introduced Ferran Torres and Guardiola frequently let midfielders guest center forward.

Foden before, De Bruyne last season, including today's B seat. . .

At this point, Manchester United has no worries.

Because Ronaldo is a magnet, someone is staring at him as soon as he comes on the court.

So this is also the point of frustration and sighing for Manchester City fans. If Ronaldo joins Manchester City, Chen Chen and De Bruyne will not feed Ronaldo too much?

Don't disbelieve it. Norwegian striker Haaland scored 52 goals in his first season after joining Manchester City!

Although Ronaldo is old, Haaland is really not as good as Ronaldo in terms of goal sense.

Soon, today's referee Michael Oliver checked the communication equipment and the number of players on both sides again, and then Oliver took his referee team out of the player tunnel first.

The starting players of the two teams followed closely!

In the studio, Zhan Jun was also making the final summary.

"I also hope that the two teams can give everyone a wonderful game in this golden time! So let's stop talking, the referee Michael Oliver has already blown the whistle to start the game, let's go straight to the performance of both sides!"

On the court, with a "beep", Oliver pointed his finger in the direction of Manchester United, and the game officially began!

The first to kick off was the visit to Old Trafford todayFord's Blue Moon Manchester City!

B Seat passed the ball to Chen Chen behind him, who passed Rodri and passed the ball directly to Ruben Dias.

Ronaldo rushed forward to press, and Greenwood also made a roundabout move.

So Ruben Dias chose to pass forward!

"Ruben Dias!"

"He kicked the ball directly!"

Zhan Jun explained.

"It can be seen that because of the home court today, Manchester United played very actively. The Red Devils players are all pressing high. Everyone is implementing Carrick's tactical idea."

"Let me tell you here that Manchester United's head coach Carrick and many players in the team have been teammates, such as Rashford, Bailly, Lingard and a group of people. They are very familiar with each other."

"In addition, Ronaldo and Carrick have also been teammates, but that was during the Ronaldo period."

Zhang Lu said "Hmm!" and then laughed,

"Who knows, this Manchester United's tactical policy today was discussed by a group of people! After all, if you ask Carrick to act like a head coach, he may not be able to do it. How familiar everyone is!"

Zhan Jun also laughed out loud.

"Hahaha! This is very likely!"

"Okay, let's see this attack!"

"De Bruyne holds the ball, long pass! Chen Chen!"

"Hang it into the penalty area!"

"Jesus is active in the center position, he saw a point, but because of the height difference, he is at a disadvantage in the competition with Lindelof!"

On the court, Lindelof took advantage of his height advantage to get the ball, and then the Swedish defender waited for an opportunity to counterattack.

The ball quickly came to Luke Shaw on the left, and he was bursting on the left!

Not long after, Luke Shaw met his opponent today, Kyle Walker!

"This scene is very interesting!"

"Luke Shaw is the left back of the England national team, and Kyle Walker is the right back. Today is a fight between the left and right hands of the Three Lions!"

"So who is stronger and who is weaker? The next wave of offensive and defensive choices can show some clues."

Kyle Walker stepped forward to defend Luke Shaw, and at the same time he waved his hand for De Bruyne to come over and prepare to respond.

Luke Shaw was stuck in the forward running position, and he did not resist, but ran back with the ball.

Then he gave the ball to Fred, who passed it to McTominay in the middle.

McTominay saw Luke Shaw running forward without the ball after passing the ball, so the Scottish midfielder did not hesitate, pushed the ball forward, and immediately passed it to the front area on the left side!