striker cool brother

Chapter 518 The Fix

Leading by one goal?
Rossi said it silently several times in her heart.

It is of course best to be able to score first, but the opponent is Manchester City, and it is their home court, so it is already very difficult to defend.

But after thinking about it, Lao Lei's words were not without reason.

If you want to score a point in Guardiola's team, you have to constantly press them, which consumes a lot of energy.

If they can't take the lead in the first 70 minutes, then Manchester City will seize the opponent's physical weakness, suddenly speed up, and attack the weakest place.

Manchester City's "no front formation" can often play an extraordinary role at such times.

If Real Madrid wants to play steadily, they must patiently look for opportunities in the passing and running, just like the first round.

But in the second round, they can't do this.

Because Manchester City had an away goal.

Manchester City, which has a psychological advantage, can wait and see whether Real Madrid starts off offensively or defensively.

Real Madrid is different. If they choose to press aggressively, once they are counterattacked by their opponents and score one goal, then they must score two.

This is unrealistic and difficult to achieve.

But once conservative, Manchester City can still advance to the top 8 with away goals.

This home and away goal system makes people love and hate.

After a day off, the Real Madrid team flew to Manchester in the morning and started training at a stadium near the hotel in the afternoon.

This training session was only open to the public for half an hour, so what the media captured were only pictures of Real Madrid players warming up.

From the mental state, Real Madrid players are very relaxed.

The victory of the national derby gave them hope of a comeback in the second round.

On the day of the game, a large number of Manchester City fans poured into the Etihad Stadium, holding blue and white flags and waving them over the stadium.

There are tens of thousands of Real Madrid fans who come from afar. Although Manchester City’s ticket center only gives [-] tickets to Real Madrid fans, the local Rossi fans in Manchester City use their own resources and connections to get a lot of tickets.

They changed into white Real Madrid No. 7 jerseys and joined teammates from Madrid, Spain.

The visiting team has tens of thousands of fans present to support, which is a very rare phenomenon in the Champions League knockout round.

So, while the two teams were still warming up, Rossi ran to the area where the Real Madrid fans were and waved thanks.

Before the game started, it attracted the attention of the audience.

Rossi's influence, under the commercial operation of Real Madrid, is expanding at an incredible speed.

Zidane on the side was very satisfied.

The team is inseparable from the support of the fans. To have tens of thousands of fans supporting Real Madrid in the away game is something he dared not even dream of.

Not to mention Zidane, even Manchester City fans were taken aback.

Seeing Real Madrid's white jersey occupying a corner of the pitch, Manchester City fans thought for a while that this was Real Madrid's home court.

The turf of the Etihad Stadium is well trimmed and the amount of water is just right, which reduces the risk of players falling and getting injured, and is also conducive to passing teams like Manchester City.

Manchester City central defender Laporte missed the game because of a red card in the first round. Guardiola made fine-tuning of the formation.

Goalkeeper: Ederson Morais.

Defense: Cancelo, Otamendi, Fernandinho, Kyle Walker.

Midfield: Gundogan, Rodri, De Bruyne.

Forwards: Jesus, Foden, Sterling.

David Silva and Aguero continued to sit on the bench.

Manchester City is quietly completing the transition from old to new.

As a guest, Real Madrid continued to use most of the main players who beat Barcelona over the weekend and made fine-tuning in the lineup.

At the left-back position, Zidane sent Mendy with a solid defense.

In the selection of the right winger, Rodrigo was accidentally chosen.

The game started and Real Madrid kicked off.

Manchester City still adopted the tactics they used when they were a guest at the Bernabeu in the first round. By restricting Casemiro, they pressed Real Madrid's midfielder back.

The three small, fast and flexible forwards in the front line pressed very aggressively, which put a huge pressure on Real Madrid's defense.

And Zidane's way of coping is that Kroos retreats, and Ramos supports the burden of Real Madrid's backcourt.

Casemiro and Modric rarely retreated to support, forming a numerical advantage in the midfield, which in turn made Manchester City's oppression dare not be too high.

Once the ball is passed by Real Madrid, Casemiro's pass and Modric's breakthrough can cause huge troubles to Manchester City's defense.

Similarly, Real Madrid's tactical risk is also very large.

Once Ramos and Kroos are restricted or make mistakes, then Manchester City's three fast forwards can instantly pose a huge threat to the goal.

After the two sides tested each other for 5 minutes, Guardiola made the first change.

The retreat of the three forwards made Manchester City completely without a striker, based on the strangulation of the midfield.

Their target is still Casemiro.

The advantage of the Brazilian beast waist is that it has a good position when defending, retreat protection and a large defensive coverage area. When necessary, it also has a good pass.

His advantages are also disadvantages.

With a strong body, his own flexibility is not enough, and it is a bit difficult to defend against speed players alone.

Under defensive pressure, the accuracy and stability of the forward pass is insufficient, and there will be cases where the ball is sloppy.

Guardiola, this is what he is grasping.

In the 7th minute, Manchester City deliberately drove the ball to where Casemiro was. When the ball was passed, De Brane quickly grabbed it.

Casemiro used his body to control the ball, but he couldn't bear the interference of Foden who retreated. In desperation, he suddenly broke through to the right and sent the ball to the teammate who saw him first.

But this passing line was occupied by Jesus and successfully intercepted the ball.

Modric yelled badly, and immediately stepped forward to interfere, and made a small move to bring Jesus to the ground.

drop!
The referee only whistled for a foul, but did not play a card, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the fans.

The experienced Modric, using a small foul, not only successfully resolved a threatening attack by the opponent, but also did not have a yellow card.

The older you get, the more demonic you are, and it's not just about technology.

De Bruyne stands in front of the penalty spot and observes the defense.

This position is about 28 meters away from the goal. It is very suitable for direct shots with force, but the shooting skills required are very superb.

Unfortunately, De Bruyne's shot was blocked by a wall.

After learning that Manchester City was targeting Casemiro, Rossi retreated from the wing to meet the pass, and at the same time gave way to the wing space, giving Mendy a chance to advance.

Rossi's Kyle Walker, who was in charge of marking, fell into hesitation.

Continue to keep an eye on Rossi, or protect the wing?

At this time, Guardiola was off the court and told Walker in a stern tone that he was the boss of the team.

All players who do not obey the command are waiting for the fate of being replaced.

Henry in the live broadcast room suddenly shivered.

Rossi retreated to help Casemiro share the passing pressure, and took on the organization and advancement of Real Madrid's attack with Modric.

Seeing Rossi away from the frontcourt, Guardiola was stunned for a while.

In doing so, Real Madrid certainly won't lose out in the midfield fight.

But it also means that the offense is greatly weakened.

It's Manchester City who holds the away goal.

Isn't Zidane in a hurry?
He didn't know what kind of medicine the bald man on the opposite side was buying in the gourd.

In short, first observe and observe.

(End of this chapter)