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Chapter 677 Yang Yang Didn't Come!

Manchester City Stadium, located in the eastern suburbs of the city, can accommodate 620 people.

The stadium was originally planned to be used to bid for the 2000 Olympic Games, but later the Olympic bid was lost to Sydney, Australia, and the plan was aborted, and it was changed to bid for the [-] Commonwealth Games.

After [-], the stadium was leased to Manchester City at a very low price as compensation for the demolition of Manchester City's old home stadium, Maine Road. Subsequently, Manchester City remodeled the new stadium and became one of the most advanced stadiums in the Premier League.

After Thaksin acquired Manchester City, he once proposed to expand the city stadium to make it the best home stadium in the Premier League, but it was unsuccessful due to various reasons. Now, with the Abu Dhabi consortium taking over, Manchester City’s plan to rebuild a new stadium has surfaced again.

The wealthy Abu Dhabi consortium not only brought a new stadium expansion plan to Manchester City, but also brought a large number of stars, Robinho, Elano, Sabaletta, Wright Phillips, Kompany, Jo...

The head coach has also changed from the original Swedish Eriksson to the British native Mark Hughes. The latter's coaching performance at Blackburn has made him a rising local coach in the UK, and he is highly optimistic.

So far this season, Manchester City has played six league rounds, with three wins and three losses.

The [-]-[-] away loss to Aston Villa in the first round is not surprising. Villa Park is the home of the famous devil in the Premier League, and Manchester City has just reorganized. Then they defeated West Ham United [-]-[-] at home and Sunderland [-]-[-] away, making Manchester City shine.

The two consecutive victories made Mark Hughes' team start to misalign themselves, and even tried to attack Chelsea at home. In fact, they did, leading for a full hour, but in the end they were defeated by Chelsea with three goals in a row.

But soon, Manchester City beat Portsmouth [-]-[-] at home, washing away the depression of the previous round, and the last round was a [-]-[-] away loss to Wigan Athletic.

Looking at the first six games of Manchester City this season, it is not difficult to see that with the joining of Robinho and other strong players, the overall strength of Mark Hughes' team has been greatly improved, full of competitiveness, and even faintly has the atmosphere of a strong team.

But in the real test of the strong dialogue, this team is not yet a cohesive whole.

Mark Hughes's tactical characteristics still continue his previous set at Blackburn, rough and fierce, actively fighting, from the beginning of the game to try his best to suppress the opponent, limit the opponent's performance, and then create offensive threats through the personal abilities of the midfielders.

It has to be said that this style of play is still very effective in the Premier League, especially in the face of teams that are not tight enough to defend and have weak ball-handling abilities. Therefore, Manchester City is the second-most offensive team in the Premier League this season after Liverpool.

But once you encounter a team with meticulous defense or a team that doesn't make mistakes easily, this style of play will expose serious problems.

After the team came to Manchester and challenged Manchester City away, Benitez and the coaching staff had a comprehensive understanding of Manchester City's overall tactical play, and repeatedly reminded the players to pay attention, especially under the opponent's fierce pressing. Try to avoid mistakes, but Manchester City's pressing is too fierce.

Facing Liverpool, Manchester City was obviously more aggressive than other teams.

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On the whole, Liverpool's defensive position is no problem.

The key factor causing the two conceded goals is the player's on-the-spot performance mistakes. This is unavoidable for any head coach and any tactics, because human beings make mistakes.

The first time happened in No.19 minutes. Wright Phillips made a pass from the right. If he got the ball in the penalty area, Harvey Alonso decisively tackled the ball, but the ball was still on the right side of the penalty area. Wright Phillips made another pass.

But this time, Arbeloa made a mistake when making a clearance and did not directly clear the siege. As a result, after the ball was grabbed by Manchester City player Erlander, he directly kicked and hit the goal.

There were personal factors to Arbeloa's mistakes, but there was also the pressure of Manchester City's full-court press, which made Liverpool feel very uncomfortable, and it soon made mistakes again before the end of the first half.

Gareth Bale fouled Wright Phillips at the front of the penalty area when he returned to defense, giving Manchester City a free kick in a good position in the frontcourt. Garrido calmly took the penalty and scored for Manchester City to expand the score.

In fact, the Welsh player's foul this time was unnecessary, because Liverpool had already completed the offensive and defensive transition at that time, and even if Manchester City were allowed to attack, it would not easily pose a threat.

But sometimes, when players are pressed by their opponents on the court, under high pressure, it is inevitable that misjudgments will occur.

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Behind zero to two, Liverpool's players looked a little depressed when they returned from the field to the locker room.

So far this season, they have played smoothly all the way. Although they have fallen behind, it is the first time that their opponents have led by two goals before the first half like tonight.

In the previous six rounds, Liverpool only conceded two goals in total. Unexpectedly, they conceded two goals in the first half today. This made many players feel uncomfortable and even faintly panicked.

Many people raised their heads, looked around the dressing room, and sighed inwardly.

Yang Yang is not here!

I don't know when it started, but Yang Yang's role in the current Liverpool team has become more and more obvious, and everyone's dependence on him is also increasing, so that when the team can't start the situation, or is at a disadvantage, they will think of him.

There are thousands of people in the locker room. Before this game, the team played smoothly. There must be many people who said nothing on the surface, but secretly slandered in their hearts, thinking that the coaching staff and the locker room gave Yang Yang too much power.

For example, his right to fire freely, for example, he can not put pressure on the opponent and so on.

As a player on the same team, who wouldn't want such a privilege?

But why is it Yang Yang?
But now, they are all beginning to realize that in the past period of time, the team was able to play so smoothly, and Yang Yang's role was so great.

In this game, Liverpool is still four-three-three, Reina is the goalkeeper, Aurelio, Skrtel, Carragher and Arbeloa are in the defense, Mascherano and Xavi Alonso are still in the midfield.

It is to replace Yang Yang on the left wing with Gareth Bale.

But it was this change that made Liverpool look very passive on the court, and even Gareth Bale made a mistake, giving the opponent a direct free kick, resulting in a second goal conceded.

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The Welshman sat with his head drooped and said nothing.

At the end of the first half, Yang Yang specially walked to the sidelines to comfort him and encourage him to continue in the second half, but when he walked into the player tunnel, he saw head coach Benitez and assistant coach Yesterdan talking to Yang Yang over there.

The two coaches haven't returned to the locker room yet, so I don't know if they are telling Yang Yang something.

Gareth Bell raised his head and glanced at the door of the locker room. He was very worried that he would see the two coaches leading Yang Yang open the door and walk in later.

It was no surprise at all, as he was well aware of how poorly he had played in the first half.

Zabaleta played very well in La Liga, and there was Micah Richards next to him. Gareth Bale did not expect that he would be forced to be so embarrassed when facing these two opponents.

He felt guilty, terrified, and restless.

Everyone in the locker room also knows his mood at this moment, and many people are even dissatisfied with his performance in the first half, because if he hadn't conceded the second goal, Liverpool's situation would be much better.

Therefore, except for Gerrard and Carragher and other big brothers, no one stepped forward to comfort him.

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Just when the locker room fell into dead silence, the door of the locker room was pushed open from the outside.

Gareth Bale looked up to see Paco Yesterdam and head coach Rafael Benitez walking in.

The door opened and closed, but the Welshman kept an eye on it.

Finally, it never opened again.

This made Gareth Bell suddenly relieved.

Yang Yang didn't come!

But it doesn't make sense. From the performance of the first half and the conversation between the two coaches during the halftime break, it seems that they want to arrange for him to replace him during the halftime break. Why didn't he come in?

Benitez and Yesterdan summarized the team's performance in the first half. He was satisfied with the team's overall defense and understood the players' mistakes.

The team's tactics in the second half mainly focused on two points, one was the wing attack.

Benitez believes that the team's wing attack in the first half did not show its characteristics, especially the traditional offensive advantage on the left.

"With Wright-Phillips pressing down on our full-backs on this side, Zabaleta, Kompany and Micah Richards on this side, it does put more pressure on our attacking left, but I believe we should have played more aggressively and aggressively."

The Spanish coach also mentioned Manchester City's physical fitness, thinking that Manchester City's fierce fighting in the first half will inevitably lead to problems with their physical fitness in the second half, so Liverpool must make a fuss about this.

"We should play more aggressively and aggressively. Manchester City's physical fitness will definitely have problems, and this is our chance to take the initiative to attack. This is the case on the left and the right. We can even make a little fuss in the center."

"There is no doubt that after Manchester City has introduced a number of strong players, the overall strength of the midfield is indeed good, but their defense is still very weak. Kompany is not suitable for playing as a midfielder. The central defender combination of Micah Richards and Dunn is also not solid. These are our opportunities."

Subsequently, the coaching staff rearranged tasks for everyone.

After completing these, it is almost time to return to the court.

Before going out, Yesterdan came over, smiled and encouraged Gareth Bale, hoping that he would continue to work hard.

"Yang Yang told us that he still believes in your strength and performed well in the second half."

After hearing this, Gareth Bell suddenly realized.

(End of this chapter)