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Chapter 793 Del Neri panicked!

On the evening of September [-], Manchester's Etihad Stadium.

In the second round of the Europa League group stage, Manchester City played against Juventus at home.

When the game progressed to the 9th minute, after Juventus intercepted the ball in the midfield, Marchisio instigated a quick counterattack. Piero in the frontcourt got the ball on the left side of the penalty area, cut inward laterally, and suddenly kicked a curve ball with his right foot.

After the ball made a beautiful arc, it hung straight to the right side of the goal.

One to zero!

The entire Etihad Stadium fell into a deathly silence.

All the Manchester City fans looked at the field in surprise, at the helpless goalkeeper in front of the goal.

Joe Hart's positioning is really problematic!

Just now when Manchester City was about to press up and attack, his position was relatively outside, but when he retreated, he seemed a little caught off guard. When Del Piero got the ball, he seemed to be hesitating whether to stand on the left or in the center?
In the end, he chose to stand on the left side. Del Piero used a wonderful arc kick to break through Manchester City's goal in the area he is most familiar with, which should not have happened.

Joe Hart was stunned throughout the whole process, he didn't even respond, he was obviously in a daze.

Only 9 minutes into the game, Manchester City conceded a goal first.

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This was a sudden conceded goal, which caught Manchester City by surprise.

From the start of the game, Manchester City actually firmly controlled the ball and took advantage of the field.

Guardiola made a rotation for this game. Jerome Boateng replaced Zabaleta as the team's right back, Gareth Barry replaced Toni Kroos, and Moutinho replaced David Silva. Behind him was Busquets, forming a three-man midfield, while Adam Johnson was on the left, Sanchez was on the right, and Su Dong was still the center forward.

Not only Manchester City's rotation, Juventus also carried out a substantial rotation.

After the Bianconeri played Manchester City, returning to Serie A will usher in the Inter Milan derby. According to Del Neri, the Europa League is not particularly important, but the derby must be won.

If Juventus, which is in poor condition, loses the derby again, Del Neri's coaching position will be in crisis.

Therefore, Juventus has rotated five players in this game, including Mohamed Sissoko, Marchisio and De Qieli, who have all entered the starting lineup, obviously to reserve strength for the weekend derby.

City played very proactively from the start.

In the second minute, Boateng took a long shot with his left foot and threatened Juventus' goal.

Then Manchester City took control of the ball and patiently organized and planned the offensive.

But who would have thought that Juventus scored a goal in the second counterattack.

It is worth noting that Juventus also had a counterattack just now, which was also in the same area, on the left side of the front of the penalty area, but that time it was not Del Piero, but Iaquinta, and that attack was saved by Joe Hart.

Unexpectedly, after a few minutes, after Juventus made a comeback, Del Piero scored a goal he was most familiar with in the area he was most familiar with.

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After seeing Del Piero's goal, Del Neri raised his arms and cheered excitedly.

But soon, he ran to the sidelines again, calling out to the players, signaling them to stabilize their defense and guard the goal patiently.

Manchester City's advantage is passing and controlling the ball. If Juventus took the initiative to attack, it would be difficult to defend Manchester City's offense. Therefore, Del Neri's strategy was to grab a goal, patiently defend and counterattack, and wait for Manchester City to take the initiative to make mistakes.

This can also be regarded as a consistent characteristic of Italian coaches. They all have strong confidence in their team's defensive capabilities.

And in his pre-match plan, this game is an away game, even a draw is acceptable, the best result is to win, which can make up for the embarrassment of being tied at home in the first round of the group stage.

The European group stage is different from the league. There are only a few games in total, and every point must be won.

But just when Del Neri was expecting to see the team's defense was stable, he found that after Manchester City re-kicked off, they immediately invested heavily on the right side. Sanchez attacked Juventus' right side where De Qieli was located.

Soon, after a breakthrough with the ball, Sanchez threw off De Qieli from the right, and the dribble was about to rush into Juventus' penalty area.

But at the critical moment, Chiellini rushed out quickly, dribbling the ball and knocking Sanchez over the outer right corner of the penalty area.

This immediately triggered protests from the Manchester City players. Captain Su Dong took the lead in putting pressure on the referee, thinking that Chiellini's action just now was too brutal, "It is obvious that he is not going for the ball, but wants to fight!"

Sanchez fell to the ground, and the Manchester City team doctor quickly entered the field and carried him to the sidelines.

The referee gave Chiellini a yellow card, which caused boos from the audience, obviously not satisfied with the penalty.

Fortunately, Sanchez was not injured, and quickly got up from the sidelines and returned to the court.

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"How about it?"

Taking advantage of a dead ball, Sanchez returned to the field, and Su Dong immediately ran over and asked with concern.

"It's okay." Sanchez shook his head, "That De Qie Li is easier to deal with than imagined."

Su Dong's eyes lit up.

The strategy formulated by Manchester City before the game was to storm the two wings of Juventus and give full play to the role of Su Dong as the center.

This is also based on the experience of Poznan Lech's [-]-[-] draw with Juventus in the first round of the Europa League group stage. The center of the Polish team staged a hat-trick. It can be seen that Juventus' defense is indeed full of hidden dangers.

"Are you sure you can handle it?" Su Dong asked again.

Sanchez nodded confidently, "Leave it to me!"

He has played in Serie A before and knows how to deal with Italian defenders. He is still very confident in this regard.

Su Dong patted him on the shoulder encouragingly, turned to look to the sidelines, and gestured towards Guardiola.

Soon, Guardiola on the sidelines responded, signaling the team to strengthen the two flanks, especially the attack on the right, and continue to attack Juventus' left.

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Manchester City's offensive was sounded by Gareth Barry's long-range shot, which went slightly wide.

Afterwards, both Su Dong and Sanchez got consecutive kicking opportunities, but basically all of them were long-range shots, and they still failed to break into Juventus' penalty area, posing a real threat.

But the two wings of Manchester City are getting more and more active. Sanchez is the main force to attack Juventus on the left. Adam Johnson replaced Di Maria and made full use of his speed and impact to contain Juventus.

Facing Manchester City's style of play, Juventus really has no good way.

The ball is controlled by Manchester City, and the Bianconeri are doomed to be passive defenses. With a center forward like Su Dong in the middle, Juventus can't guarantee that they can defend the ball when it reaches the middle.

Manchester City also grasped this mentality of Juventus and decisively widened the formation, allowing Adam Johnson and Sanchez to move almost on both sides, leaving more space for the center.

Therefore, Gareth Barry and Moutinho frequently got the chance to get in behind.

Conceded the goal in 9 minutes, and continued to attack No.30 in [-] minutes. During this period, Manchester City was slow and sick, and the rhythm was completely controlled by themselves, which created huge psychological pressure on Juventus.

No.30 In the second minute, Sanchez once again made a breakthrough on the right. After passing De Qieli, he dribbled the ball to the right side of the penalty area, and passed to the penalty area with his right foot.

Gareth Barry made a quick move forward to grab the point and attracted the attention of Juventus' defense.

But in reality, Gareth Barry did little more than feint and Sanchez's cross fell to the back post.

Su Dong, who was running like a ghost, disappeared in the middle at some point and appeared on the unguarded right. Facing Sanchez's pass, he volleyed directly and sent the ball to the left of Juventus' goal.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"

"Manchester City equalized!"

"One to one!"

After Su Dong scored the goal, he clenched his fists excitedly, and quickly embraced Sanchez and Gareth Barry who were rushing forward, one left and one right, and raised the arms of the two teammates high.

The key to this goal lies in Sanchez's cross and Gareth Barry's support. Su Dong's final volley is actually not difficult, so he pushed the credit for this goal to his two teammates. They are the real contributors to the goal!

The fans at the scene were also shouting the names of the two players, and even Su Dong applauded them vigorously.

He scored the goal, no matter what, it was recorded in his name, and this advantage cannot be lost.

Therefore, there is no need for Su Dong to argue with his teammates, but he should be more magnanimous.

As Beckenbauer said, as the leader of the team, Su Dong should not compete with the people he led for credit. On the contrary, he should take the initiative to let them do meritorious service and affirm their contribution.

Because no matter who made the credit, who made the greatest contribution, as long as he is under the leadership of his captain, then he must have a part of the credit, and this is absolutely inescapable.

Not to mention, Su Dong himself is a center forward, and he scored the goal.

"Everyone!" Su Dong yelled, and greeted all the Manchester City teammates who came to celebrate, and formed a circle.

"The situation is very good now, we have to take advantage of the victory and pursue, don't give the opponent a chance to react, try to kill them with all of our strength!" Su Dong roared loudly.

Manchester City's players are also holding back their energy. Just now Chiellini's foul on Sanchez was really rough, which made Manchester City very unhappy. Anyway, this is Manchester City's home court. How dare you act wild here?

As a result, the Juventus players and the sideline coach Del Neri were unlucky to find that after the equalizer, Manchester City kicked off the ball more aggressively than before, just like a hungry wolf staring at its prey.

And Juventus is the delicious zebra in the eyes of the hungry wolf of Manchester City.

Del Neri panicked!

　There are a lot of things going on recently, and I have to take my child to report to a new school today, so today's update still needs to be postponed, please forgive me!
　　
　
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