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

Chapter 169

After passing two players, Chen Chen chose to cut inside and shoot!

"Bang!"

Mignolet tried his best to lift the ball over the crossbar!

The Belgian made a contribution!

Seeing a good opportunity being resolved by the opponent, Chen Chen grabbed his hair and shook his head.

But the game is like this, and it is impossible to score every shot.

Chen Chen ran to the corner flag area.

In the absence of De Bruyne, basically all the set pieces on the field, including corner kicks, will be taken by Chen Chen.

"Beep!"

The Spanish referee Laos blew the whistle.

After the whistle, the football flew into the air!

In recent games, Chen Chen prefers to kick corner kicks backwards.

So Bruges' corner kick defense this time is also closer to the back point.

But this time Chen Chen did not give it to the back point, but to the front point!

"Glarish! Got a point!"

"Header!"

"Oh! What a pity."

Zhan Jun sighed.

On the court, Grealish did grab a little bit, but the swing was not in the right direction, and the ball slid out of the post!

Grealish, who lost a good opportunity, shook his head and then gave Chen Chen a thumbs up.

Bruges' goal kick, the Blue Moon players immediately returned to defense.

13th minute of the game.

Blue Moon completed a steal in the midfield, and soon the ball came to Mahrez's feet on the right.

Mahrez rushed forward with the ball.

However, he was blocked by Bruges' left forward Wommel after a few steps.

So Mahrez chose to knock horizontally to the middle, and Chen Chen, who got the ball in the middle, passed it directly forward!

Looking for Jesus in front!

But this time Chen Chen's straight pass was seen by the opponent's No. 4 central defender Ensoki, who cleared the ball to the front court in advance.

This wave of attack from Manchester City failed.

In the 17th minute, Manchester City got a corner kick.

Chen Chen took the penalty again.

Bruges No. 5 center back Jack Hendry headed the ball outside the penalty area.

Stones, who was standing at the top of the penalty area, got the ball.

However, Stones did not choose to shoot, but pushed it to the right to Gundogan.

Gundogan dribbled the ball, passed Noah Long who was pressing forward, and then pushed the ball forward and kicked it to the middle!

The arc of this kick was very good, a bit like a tactical corner kick.

The ball passed Nsoki and Ruben Dias who were close, and found Grealish who was at the right post of the goalkeeper!

Mignolet in front of the goal rushed to the right!

In this lightning moment, Grealish headed the ball again!

This time the shaker did not disappoint his teammates and fans!

"2-0!"

"In less than 20 minutes, Manchester City has scored two goals!"

"Today, the Blue Moon's forwards have a strong desire to attack, and they are blooming on multiple fronts!"

Glarish, who scored the team's second goal, ran to the corner flag area with his arms open, and then slid down and punched to celebrate!

Chen Chen was very close to Grealish, and he also slid down and celebrated!

The Blue Moon fans behind the corner flag area have gone crazy!

After expanding the score, Manchester City players played very comfortably, and dared to do actions that they didn't dare to do before.

26th minute.

Chen Chen received Grealish's pass back and made a low shot that Mignolet couldn't defend.

3-0!

The Blue Moon is really suppressing Bruges!

In the first 30 minutes, the Belgian First Division team Bruges couldn't resist at all.

After leading by 3 goals, Guardiola on the sidelines signaled the players on the field to slow down the pace.

There is still a game against Manchester United, so we should stop while we are ahead.

But the goal that is coming still has to come.

35th minute.

Chen Chen made a lob pass to Jesus, who held the ball with his back, then turned and shot!

4-0!

Mignolet was so nervous!

Manchester City had already beaten Bruges before the end of the first half!

Of course, Bruges also had the opportunity to counterattack, but their strikers were in average form today and missed two good opportunities.

At the end of the first half, Manchester City beat Bruges 4-0.

In the host and guest locker rooms, the coaches of both sides had nothing to say.

For Guardiola, there is no special tactical arrangement, and the players can do whatever they like.

However, personnel changes still need to be considered.

After this game, Manchester City will go to Old Trafford to play the Manchester City derby.

The time is two and a half days later.

I am not blackening Brother Kun, it is really two and a half days!

Fortunately, Manchester City is playing at home this time, so they don't need to make too many adjustments.

Otherwise, after playing the Champions League game and then coming back to play the derby, Manchester United will be tired and rested, and the balance of victory will be infinitely close to Manchester United.

The second half startedAfter the game started, Guardiola made two substitutions.

Grealish and Mahrez left the field, and De Bruyne and Palmer came on.

Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu in the studio were surprised by this, 541 formation?

Guardiola called off the game so early?

But they understood after the game started.

Chen Chen was pushed to the front court to form a double arrow with Jesus.

He is 185 cm tall, which is more than enough to play as a center forward.

This is a great tradition of Manchester City.

Defenders play forward positions. Jesus Navas played as a right winger in the 16/17 season, and the future Gvardiol also played.

Midfielders play forward positions. Not to mention the past, Foden and De Bruyne played.

After the start of the second half, Bruges began to try to play out.

There were dangerous attacks, but they failed to seize the opportunity.

In the 67th minute, Guardiola made another substitution in a dead ball opportunity.

This time, Zinchenko and Fernandinho came on the court to find their feeling.

In the 76th minute, Bruges scored a goal in the melee, and the score came to 4-1!

In the 85th minute, the last substitution, Guardiola chose Carson to replace Ederson.

Ederson did not have any injury problems, this was purely Guardiola's play.

But it was worth it, after all, the team was leading by a lot, and it was worth letting the substitute goalkeeper play to feel the atmosphere when leading.

At the end of the game, Manchester City played a clean 4-1.

Bruges coach Felipe breathed a sigh of relief.

Bruges was a dragon in the Belgian First Division, but today the team was dragoned by the opponent!

The gap between them is too big!

Guardiola shook hands with Felipe in a friendly manner, and then after thanking the fans, Guardiola came to the post-match press conference.

At the press conference, Guardiola heard a very happy key information!

Paris only took one point away from Leipzig!

The Blue Moon players were also very happy after knowing it!

The team defeated Bruges and won all three points, and the qualifying opponent Paris and Leipzig drew, which is a double happiness!

In this way, after 4 rounds, Manchester City ranked first with 9 points after three wins and one loss, and Paris ranked second with 8 points after two wins and two draws.

The third place is Bruges with one win and three losses and 3 points, and the fourth place is Leipzig, which only scored 1 point after a draw.

In terms of points, Manchester City will definitely qualify for the Europa League, because there is an 8-point gap between Leipzig and Manchester City.

And Manchester City’s next second battle with Paris will most likely determine who can rank first and qualify!