i want to be king

Chapter 930 There is an inner taste!

Courtois, Kompany, Pepe, Busquets, Sanchez, Toni Kroos, Sudon, David Silva, Di Maria, Hazard, Javi Martinez.

Ferguson looked at the Manchester City roster in front of him, and he was very surprised.

Although there is no positioning map on the list, nor is there a tactical positioning for each player, but with Ferguson's familiarity with Manchester City, he was able to discover the surprises of this list at once.

That is, there are no full-backs.

Neither Marcelo nor Zabaleta appeared in the starting XI, but sat on the bench.

Instead, Pepe and Kompany started at the same time, with Javi Martinez also featured.

According to Guardiola's usage of Javi Martinez this season, the Spanish midfielder is obviously going to be transformed into a central defender by him. Does this mean that Manchester City will arrange three central defenders for this game?
There are no full-backs, but three central defenders. Is this trying to replicate the three-back system of Cruyff and Van Gaal?

When Cruyff and Van Gaal coached Barcelona and Ajax, they both used three backs. With the evolution of tactics, this style of play has gradually fallen out of favor. It has been more than ten years, and no three backs have been popular.

With the development speed of the current information age, this style of play can be classified as the ancient odd array.

Ferguson has experienced the era of Cruyff and Van Gaal, and has seen various types of tactics, so he immediately remembered it, and he guessed that Guardiola wanted to use a three-four-three formation.

But this brings up a question, when did Manchester City adopt this style of play?

Ferguson threw the question to assistant coach Mike Phelan, but he didn't get the information either.

"Since Harvey Martinez joined the team until now, Manchester City has never played a back three." Mike Phelan is a conscientious assistant coach, and he has all the materials that should be prepared, otherwise he would not be promoted by Ferguson as his right-hand man.

The Dutch assistant coach Rene Meulensteen on the side also nodded repeatedly. Although he is in charge of training and technology, pre-match preparation is also part of his job, so he is naturally very clear.

"Then it's weird. I haven't played on weekdays, but today I suddenly changed?" Ferguson was a little puzzled.

Could it be that it was because of too much psychological pressure that Guardiola was worried about gains and losses and wanted to take a risky gamble?
Ferguson has coached for so many years and is no stranger to this situation.

Many times, fans and the media will accuse a head coach of impromptu changes, or even think he is stupid, but these are laymen's opinions, and no one in the professional coaching circle really thinks so.

No one is a fool, and no one is weak to become the head coach of the top league.

Just like Guardiola at this moment, there are only two reasons for his sudden change.

One is that there have been changes in the Manchester City team unknown to outsiders, forcing him to follow suit; the other is that he has actually been prepared for this long ago.

But judging from the past period of time, Guardiola has never played a three-back, so it is obviously not the latter, but the former.

What happened to Manchester City?Will it be a chance for Manchester United?

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In fact, nothing happened in Manchester City.

Guardiola will suddenly want to adopt a back three, purely because of his entanglement syndrome.

Manchester City's three defenders have actually been working together for a long time, but they are mainly used in the team's daily training and have never been used in official games, so the outside world naturally has no way of knowing.

But this style of play was established when Guardiola decided to introduce Javi Martinez.

Manchester City has always insisted on passing and controlling the ball as the core, so no matter how the team's tactics change or how the formation is adjusted, basically there will be no major problems. It always revolves around the passing and controlling of the ball.

It's just that when facing Manchester United this time, Guardiola suddenly decided to adopt this style of play, which is really surprising.

The reason is also related to the team's current shortage of full-backs.

Bellerin and Trippier are still a little immature, Zabaleta has been fighting on multiple fronts, and so is Marcelo. Leighton Bynes is injured, which makes Manchester City's full-backs a little nervous.

Guardiola felt that instead of exposing the wing to opponents to play, it would be better to take the initiative to change.

Is there any risk in changing formations?
The three-back style of play is equivalent to vacating the wide positions, which will definitely allow Manchester United's Ashley Young and Nani to get more room to play, and at the same time put forward higher requirements for the three central defenders.

As for the benefits, that is also very obvious.

There is one less person in the back line, and one more person in the midfield, which will be more advantageous for Manchester City's passing and possession.

To put it simply, this style of play is more aggressive, depending on the effect.

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Before going on the court, Su Dong stood in the locker room, his eyes slowly passing by every teammate around him.

Everyone's face is full of dignity, because they all feel the weight of this game.

The previous Manchester derby didn't carry much weight, because Manchester City didn't have the qualifications to challenge Manchester United at all.

But all of this has completely changed since the massacre last season.

In the past, Manchester United looked at Manchester City full of disdain, thinking that this is a [noisy neighbor], but now, they really regard Manchester City as a competitor in the league.

In today's Premier League situation, it is impossible for Manchester City and Manchester United to give up this derby.

As Ferguson said, this is not three points, but six points.

"Everyone!" Su Dong yelled in a deep voice, "I hope that everyone can show their best form tonight, strive to be at Old Trafford, and give Manchester United a painful lesson. In this way, I believe that from now on, they will not dare to underestimate us."

"Let's use another hearty victory to tell Manchester United and tell everyone that we are not noisy neighbors, we are Manchester United's mortal enemies!"

The players in the locker room all applauded in unison.

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With the referee's whistle, Welbeck kicked the ball to Rooney and Manchester United took the lead.

After getting the ball, Rooney did not pass it back to his own half, but dribbled the ball directly into Manchester City's half, trying to get close to Manchester City's formation, but Hazard, who was the first among them, pressed towards Rooney immediately.

The England striker quickly kicked the ball to his right and handed it to Nani.

Nani stopped the ball on the wing, and when he was about to take the ball forward, he found that David Silva had already pressed him up. Together with Di Maria, Nani trapped Nani on the wing and kicked the ball out of bounds.

Smalling came forward, and after receiving the ball from the wing, he tossed the ball vigorously with both hands, and threw the ball to Fletcher.

Fletcher stopped the ball and Di Maria was close to him. Manchester City pressed hard in the midfield, forcing Fletcher to pass the ball back to the central defender Evans.

But in the middle, Su Dong was like an arrow, quickly approaching Evans, forcing him to pass back to goalkeeper De Gea.

After Evans returned the pass, he tried to avoid Sudong to meet De Gea, and immediately ran along the penalty area line to the right of Manchester City, that is, his own left, and opened the distance between the two central defenders to facilitate De Gea's pass.

Su Dong didn't continue to pester Evans, but suddenly accelerated and rushed directly to the restricted area.

De Gea received a pass from Evans on the left side of the front of the small penalty area. He just stopped and before he had time to react, he saw Su Dong suddenly speeding up and approaching him.

Su Dong tried to block with his foot, but was a little slower.

Su Dong was not discouraged when he failed to grab the ball. After grinning at De Gea, he quickly ran back.

He can't put himself in an offside position.

Under Su Dong's interference, De Gea's pass did not pass far. It just landed on the periphery of his own 30-meter area, and David Silva, who happened to be catching up, snatched it.

After David Silva grabbed the ball, he immediately took it forward, and the two players, Fletcher and Nani, approached him at the same time.

When Di Maria saw that Su Dong was on the left side, he immediately ran to the center, drove away the defenders, and was preparing to receive a pass from David Silva. Su Dong just ran out of an offside position, and he happened to be standing in the left corner of the penalty area. He immediately pointed to the center, preparing to receive a pass from David Silva.

Under the defense of two defensive players, Fletcher and Nani, David Silva was overtaken just after taking two steps, but before passing the ball, he saw Su Dong's gesture and immediately passed the ball to the left side of the front of Su Dong's big penalty area.

Su Dong, who was originally in the left corner of the penalty area, suddenly threw away Smalling, sprinted horizontally, and beat David Silva's pass to the center before Ferdinand who was grabbing up.

This poke was very light, and while avoiding Ferdinand, it also adjusted the ball's momentum.

After Su Dong blocked Ferdinand with his body, he caught up with the football on the left side of the top of the penalty area. He didn't stop the ball, and shot directly with his right foot.

After kicking the shot, Su Dong flew out of the air.

He almost used all his strength.

The ball passed Evans's side at lightning speed, and before De Gea could make any saves, it went straight into the right side of Manchester United's goal.

At this time, it was only 36 seconds before the kick-off of the game!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"

"too fast!!!!"

"City beat Manchester United in just 36 seconds!!!"

"My God, this is unbelievable!"

"One to zero!"

"It took only 36 seconds for Sudong to break through the goal of Manchester United. He surprised us all!"

"After the opening of the game, Manchester City adopted a pressing tactic against Manchester United, and De Gea was also pressed by Su Dong. He made a pass error and passed the ball directly to David Silva. This gave Manchester City a chance to counterattack quickly."

"Once upon a time, the goalkeeper was the strongest position for Manchester United, but now, De Gea has become the weakest weakness in the Manchester United lineup. We even suspect that Manchester City has developed a pressing tactic specifically for De Gea, which forces the Spanish goalkeeper to make mistakes, and then creates opportunities for Manchester City to score goals."

"United conceded the goal in less than a minute."

"How will Ferguson deal with this situation next?"

"The Manchester derby finally has an inner taste!"

(End of this chapter)