i want to be king

Chapter 1026 The future belongs to Manchester City!

From the beginning of the second half, Chelsea had a problem.

That is, the protection of the defense line by the double midfielders is no longer so tight.

One of the two defensive midfielders, Meireles and Mikel, will always press forward, causing the protection around the front of the penalty area to become fragile. In this way, a top scorer like Su Dong can often gain more space.

It looks very similar to what happened against Bayern.

Before conceding the ball, Di Matteo was even thinking, should he replace another midfielder so that there are always two players in front of his defense to protect him, so that he can suppress Manchester City's tactical adjustments in the second half?

But the back line does not move, there are only three players in the midfield, and if you want to change, you must change the frontcourt.

Ramires wants to suppress Marcelo, he did a good job throughout the game, he must not be replaced; Drogba wants to suppress Manchester City's double central defender, he is the team's last hope in the frontcourt, replacing him, isn't it to tell the world that Chelsea will not attack?

Then only Juan Mata can be replaced.

Juan Mata was the attacking initiator that Di Matteo set up, but it didn't work very well, he didn't perform satisfactorily, and his replacement seemed to be a matter of course.

However, that's where the problem lies.

Chelsea had only one shot in the whole game, and it was difficult to advance offensively. If Juan Mata was replaced, it would be even more difficult to advance the ball. Can we still expect Lampard to send a wonderful pass for Drogba in front?

It can be said that if Juan Mata is replaced, then Chelsea's offense will be almost cut off.

The situation is such a situation, whether to change or not, how to change, Di Matteo is hesitating.

But just when he was hesitating, Su Dong scored!
For Di Matteo, this goal came a bit suddenly, because he was not ready and was still hesitating, which completely disrupted his plan and deployment.

When Manchester City's players rushed out of the pitch to celebrate the goal for Su Dong, Di Matteo secretly scolded Su Dong in his heart, because this damn guy caught Chelsea's loopholes, but more regretted it.

He has already seen the crux of the problem, because it is not the first time that Chelsea's defense has exposed problems. Su Dong, Di Maria and Sanchez have taken the ball in this area several times in the second half, and no one went to mark it in time.

It's just that the previous few times failed to pose a threat, so he didn't take it too seriously.

But this time, Su Dong scored!
How to do?
Di Matteo touched his bald head behind him, a little embarrassed, a little nervous, and a little flustered.

Next door, in front of Manchester City's coaching bench, Guardiola raised his hands and cheered. Even Di Matteo could hear the voice clearly. He was praising Su Dong, saying that he had scored a wonderful goal.

Immediately afterwards, I saw Guardiola turn around and walk towards the bench, and then I saw Hazard take off his jacket and run out to warm up, which immediately made Di Matteo even more nervous.

Ma Dan, this is trying to add insult to injury!

The Italians have been guessing, will Guardiola replace Hazard?
The Belgian winger's ability to dribble and break through is very strong, and his ability to hold the ball is also quite good. If he is on the court, Chelsea's dense defense will face greater pressure.

Di Matteo even wondered if Guardiola had thought about this move long ago, and just let Di Maria come up on purpose to consume Ivanovic and Chelsea's defensive players?
But now, time has not allowed him to think about it slowly.

When the Manchester City players walked back to the pitch one after another, the game was about to restart, and Di Matteo needed to make a decision as soon as possible.

Substitution!

Follow the substitutions!

who?

If you want to defend, it's for Essien or Romeu; if you want to attack, it's for Torres and Sturridge.

Offense or defense?

Di Matteo raised his head, closed his eyes and thought for a long time, finally decided to attack!

Chelsea is one goal behind, and the substitutions cannot be conservative now, otherwise, the game may be completely over.

Who should I replace?

Torres has more cards, but after joining Chelsea, his form has not been very good; Sturridge is capable and talented, and he is young. He should have more impact, but this is the Champions League final, and Torres will obviously be more experienced and more stable.

Both players had pros and cons, and Di Matteo made a natural, perhaps unnoticed, subconscious decision, Torres!

Two minutes after Su Dong scored, the two teams made substitution adjustments at the same time.

Manchester City replaced Di Maria with Eden Hazard.

Chelsea replaced Ramires with Torres.

After the substitution, Manchester City was still in a four-three-three formation, but Chelsea quietly changed the formation to a four-three-one-two, that is, dragged Lampard to the midfielder position, let Juan Mata serve as the midfielder, suppressed Busquets, Drogba and Torres two forwards suppressed Manchester City's defense.

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"It's not a good decision."

In the chairman's stand, Beckenbauer looked at the time, it was just 75 minutes.

Di Matteo's substitution was a bit desperate. He looked desperate and helpless. Obviously, he was helpless and could only adopt this tactic of giving it all.

"This substitution is likely to cause Chelsea to lose more goals, and the offense may not improve much." Beckenbauer shook his head.

Platini also nodded solemnly. In this kind of key finals, tactics are always particularly rigorous.

"Torres has been in poor form. Now he is partnering with Drogba. How do they divide the work? Mata also played poorly in this game. Let him act as an assist and launch an offense. Can he be competent? The offensive effect seems to be unclear, but the defensive end is very problematic. Without the suppression of Ramirez, who will defend on Marcelo's side?"

Platini asked a soul-deep question, because Marcelo's offensive ability is too strong.

It can even be said that it is correct to directly regard him as a winger.

Ramirez has been following before, and now Ramirez has been replaced by Torres, who will watch Marcelo on the left?
Torres?
Maybe he didn't do as well as Ramirez, so what would he do instead?
Drogba?
Torres has been in such a poor state since he joined, let Drogba stare at Marcelo and give all the offense to Torres?
Isn't this suicide?
"Di Matteo completely lost to Guardiola whether it was tactics, substitutions, or on-the-spot adjustments." Beckenbauer looked enviously at the Spaniard in front of Manchester City's coaching bench. He was young, talented and had a promising future.

"Guardiola renewed his contract, Sudong renewed his contract, and Manchester City will continue to increase their signings in the summer for several years. In the next few years, who can stop them in European football?" Beckenbauer looked at Platini with a wry smile.

Platini once said that he likes Manchester City's football very much, and now he can't help but smile wryly after hearing Beckenbauer's question.

The best superstar, the best coach, and the most money, who can play against Manchester City?

Just as he was talking, he saw that Manchester City really played a wave of fierce attacks in the stadium.

Marcelo, Hazard and David Silva formed an attack from the left.

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"David Silva and Eden Hazard combined in a small area, on the left side of the penalty area."

"Send it back to Marcelo."

"Marcelo took the ball with his left foot and crossed it into the penalty area."

"Su Dong turned his back to the attacking direction, blocked Cahill and Terry, volleyed with his right foot, and passed to the right rib."

"Sanchez followed up and shot straight away!!!"

"Wow! Manchester City's attack is very threatening. Sanchez is already unguarded, but his shot is still in a hurry. He should stop for a while before hitting."

"It's no wonder. After all, this is the first Champions League final of his career. It is understandable that he wants to score goals."

"Manchester City's offense played quite beautifully, especially after Su Dong was restrained by Cahill and Terry, he volleyed a pass to the right, which was very imaginative. Although he failed to score a goal, it also let everyone see Manchester City's current offensive vitality."

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"fine!"

When walking back, Su Dong specially leaned towards Sanchez, grabbed Sanchez's head vigorously, and touched it vigorously.

The Chilean winger drooped his head, looking regretful.

If he had stopped just a little longer, the shot would probably have been made.

"The more you get to this critical moment, the more calm you need to be. Don't be chaotic. The more chaotic, the more likely problems will occur." Su Dong said.

Sanchez nodded reassuringly.

He was very grateful for Su Dong's help, especially the opportunity just now, which gave him such a good shot directly, but he didn't grasp it himself.

If that goal is scored, Manchester City will directly seal the victory.

When Su Dong walked back, he happened to see Hazard, Marcelo and David Silva. They were also walking back. Su Dongyao gave them a thumbs up and nodded with a smile.

The attack on the left had an effect just now, and it also gave Manchester City a taste of the sweetness.

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Soon, Manchester City's offensive made a comeback again.

It's still on the left, and it's still the cooperation of Marcelo, Hazard and David Silva.

But this time was different from the previous one. After Marcelo and David Silva cooperated to advance, they passed the ball to Hazard.

Chelsea assembled a heavy force on this side, forming a melee, and the three players of Manchester City cooperated in a small area.

Su Dong was in the penalty area, and when he saw Hazard cutting in with the ball, he leaned back hard to create more space for his teammates.

David Silva sent a pass in the crowd. After receiving the ball, Hazard passed Meireles, abruptly brought the ball out of the crowd, and cut inward.

In an instant, the entire stadium boiled again.

Cahill didn't dare to hesitate in the slightest, and rushed directly to Hazard, who was cutting in from the front of the penalty area, but the Belgian winger also saw Cahill's movement, and took advantage of the opportunity to send a cross pass to Su Dong who was in the middle.

Behind Su Dong is Chelsea's captain Terry. He desperately used his body to support Terry. When Hazard's pass came to his feet, he directly stopped with his left foot and stopped to his left, which is the direction of the penalty spot.

The whole process seemed as if the ball hit his left foot, slightly deviated from the line, and the speed of the ball slowed down. After Su Dong stopped the ball, he turned around and chased the ball.

This is another wonderful stop and turn away!

(End of this chapter)