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Chapter 232 Who Can Control the Field?

The ball flies across the midfield, Yaya Toure goes forward, he is a very smart defender, he is tall, with his back to Gerrard, he gets stuck early, he headed the ball, knocked the ball It was given to Silva who ran to the middle.

Alonso pounces on Silva.

Without hesitation, Silva immediately passed the ball back to Yaya Toure and ran forward himself.

Yaya Toure had observed it a long time ago and made a long pass to the left.

Benitez obviously made a targeted deployment to Pedro. As soon as the ball went to the left, Pedro got the ball and was knocked down by Liverpool right back Aveiroa. The referee knew the details and immediately blew the whistle Foul whistle.

Manchester City's free kick!

Duncan glanced at Benitez, wondering if this deployment was deliberately arranged by him.He seized the characteristics of Pedro's wide range of movement, and started fouling when Pedro received the ball in midfield.

Pedro was unaffected, got up from the ground, quickly sent the ball, and sent it directly to Shevchenko in front of him.

Shevchenko has pulled to the left.

Samaras is inserted in the restricted area.

The competition with Aguero has stimulated Samaras to grow again. He is now full of fighting spirit in the penalty area, and there is no problem in taking on the responsibility of the center alone.

On the other hand, Shevchenko's range of activities is getting wider and wider, and he often goes out to support him. This time he has reached the position of midfielder left midfielder.

Shevchenko took the ball and leaned in the middle. Before the opponent's defender came up, he made a long pass. The football went to the other side and Trabelsi received the football.

Although the long pass footwork is average, but as a veteran, Shevchenko has a strong view of the overall situation and is keenly aware of the space on the right.

Trabelsi received the ball and ran to the penalty area with the ball. After fully adjusting, he decisively passed the ball.

Under Carragher's interference, Samaras missed the ball even though he was hitting the ball.

When running back, Samaras gave Trabelsi a thumbs up: good pass!

Then, Liverpool kicked off.

Manchester City's pressing was very proactive, and they started pressing from the midfield.

This is Duncan's established strategy for this game.

Are you not a strong midfielder?

Fine, then I'm going to press hard, press your midfield, press the players on the ball, don't let your midfield run smoothly.

From your strongest position, to crush you.

This tactic is referred to as the meat grinder tactic.

In order to play the role of the meat grinder in the midfield, Duncan specially used five elements on the five-man combination of Yaya Toure, Hargreaves, Pedro, Shevchenko and David Silva. Formation, in order to increase the relative coordination of their running positions.

When fighting in midfield, these five people will move closer to the center and surround Liverpool's midfield.

The tactical execution ability of Manchester City players is very strong, and with the blessing of the five-element formation, their running positions have a metaphysical style.

Pedro's off-ball movement on the left is so powerful that Liverpool's Abeloa must always watch him.

Although Silva is used to reclaiming the center to organize offenses on the right, Trabelsi's elusive advances can always cause trouble for the Red Army's defense.And it's also difficult to defend one-on-one. The guy is a full-back and always stays in the backcourt.

However, Liverpool will not succumb to this. The tacit understanding of the three, coupled with the retreat of Dirk, still insists on controlling the fighters in the midfield.

"Obviously, Liverpool wanted to be able to use their strong midfield as before, and bring the game into the rhythm they are good at. But Manchester City has developed a siege tactic, clamping down on the opponent's midfield from the beginning of the game. Obviously, whoever controls the midfield hegemony in this game is likely to win the final victory!"

Andy Gray analyzed the tactical thinking of both sides.

"Liverpool's problem is the slowness of the defense, especially Carragher. Skrtel has speed, but his performance is not stable enough. If his attack fails, the defense will have a deep hole visible to the naked eye. And Manchester City's midfield is besieging Liverpool again, if Manchester City grabs the ball and faces Liverpool's defense, the little squirrels of Manchester City simply don't have much to do..."

"Obviously, Manchester City have the upper hand. Yaya Toure counterattacked on the left after stealing the ball. After Pedro quickly inserted, the Spanish teenager is very fast and has a balanced left and right feet. It is very bad. Defense. He strides the ball past Arbeloa! Nice pass!"

"Skrtel came up to make up for it. Pedro suddenly knocked across and passed it to Shevchenko who was inserted in the middle. Shevchenko kicked directly! It was a little bit short, and this volley was powerful and heavy. It's just too much pursuit of the angle, and it missed the post! But it also scared the Red Army's defense line into a cold sweat!"

Shevchenko gave Pedro a thumbs up, indicating that the pass was very good.

He played very smoothly in this game, and the ball just now was not much worse.

"Duncan's tactics are very effective. The execution ability of Manchester City players is very strong. They firmly control Liverpool's midfield attack. Liverpool's midfield operation is very difficult. Recently, they have not even organized an effective attack. Torres was alone in the frontcourt, he didn't get any effective support."

Andy Gray analyzed.

"But the problem is that such a tactic requires Manchester City's players to move continuously, press tenaciously, and actively attack. It is a test for the players' tacit understanding, physical fitness, and willpower. Although this big net catches Liverpool's midfield, But as long as there is a mistake in one position, Liverpool's midfield can seize the opportunity. Once Torres has the ball, Manchester City is in danger!"

Martin Taylor analyzed it carefully. He clearly pointed out that although Manchester City has the upper hand, they are actually standing under the dangerous wall.

Duncan is actually not worried about this problem. The five-element formation is a great blessing to the players, especially in terms of tacit understanding and defense, which can allow Manchester City to weave the big net densely and firmly.

But on the other hand, while Manchester City trapped Liverpool, they also tied themselves.

Injure the enemy three hundred, and self-injury two hundred and five.

Of course, in the case of a tie and fierce competition in the midfield, whoever scores first will take the initiative in the game.

After all, the ultimate goal of the game is to win. If there is no victory, no matter how reasonable the tactical design is, and no matter how advantageous the situation is, it will be nothing but talk on paper.

The advantage of Manchester City is the tacit understanding and running of the frontcourt players, coupled with the dual-core processing of David Silva and Yaya Toure, they can always tear apart the opponent's defense and send the ball where it should go most .

But the interception in the midfield did waste a lot of energy.

and physical strength.

Benitez is waiting, waiting for Liverpool's midfield to survive this period, to find a hole in Manchester City's midfield, and then he can hit the vital point.

Thinking of this, Benitez laughed.

The idea of ​​defensive counterattack has always existed in his tactical theory!
With the score stalemate on the court, Duncan looked at the time, then walked to the sidelines and gestured towards Shevchenko.

This is the gesture agreed by Duncan and Shevchenko before the game.

Change, starting from the position of Shevchenko!
(End of this chapter)