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Chapter 315 Days of Playing with Barcelona 1 (78100)

Duncan didn't cry. He still has a league game to play before the second round against Barcelona.

On May 5, in the 2th round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged Blackburn away.

Before the start of this game, Manchester City had already won the Premier League championship point this season.

With 4 games left in the league, Manchester United are 8 points behind Manchester City.
As long as Manchester United draws or loses in this game and Manchester City wins, the gap between the two sides will be more than ten points, and Manchester City will win the Premier League championship this season.

In fact, there is not much suspense about the championship this season.

The only problem is that Manchester City will win the cup a few games in advance.

"They won't win the championship so easily!" Ferguson was full of anger at the pre-match press conference.

However, the only thing he can do is probably to delay Manchester City's championship, but cannot stop it.

Blackburn, who is playing at home, is actually very thoughtful. He wants to take advantage of the fire while Manchester City is focusing on Barcelona.

But they have the heart, but not the strength.

1: 4!
Manchester City easily scored three points away from home.

At the same time, Manchester United also defeated Middlesbrough 2-0, stubbornly keeping the suspense of winning the championship until the next round.

next round……

Well, as it happens, it's the Manchester derby.

"Maybe it will feel different to win the championship at the home court of the team in the same city?" Duncan laughed at the press conference after the game.

Then he ignored the game and began to focus all his attention on the second round against Barcelona.

Manchester City's victory in the first round was actually more of a surprise.

The team has made arrangements to restrain Barcelona in terms of tactics and personnel arrangements.

But in the second round of the game, there will be no such opportunity again.

The reason why a strange move is a strange move is because the surprise wins, and the hit is unexpected by the opponent.

But on the other hand, strange tricks can't be used as the main battle tricks.

So in this game, we still have to go back to the game.

In terms of starting lineup, Manchester City recovered to 442.

The forwards are Shevchenko and Aguero.

Midfield four, Pedro, Toure, Hargreaves, David Silva,
Backline four, Heinze, Joel Luka, Thiago Silva, Trabelsi,

The goalkeeper is still Diego Lopez.

Although there was a mistake in the game against Chelsea, in the first round against Barcelona, ​​Lopez seemed to be on the hook. He gave full play to the advantage of his height and length, made several wonderful saves, and tried his best to save the goal. not lost.

So in this game, Duncan still gave him a lot of trust.

As for Barcelona, ​​they sent exactly the same lineup as the previous game, except that Puyol, who returned from injury, replaced Max and joined Pique to form a double central defender.

As in the previous game, Barcelona quickly took control of the situation as soon as the game started.

At least in terms of ball possession, they are in the lead.

The midfield composed of Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets is like the engine of a precision-running machine, continuously providing powerful power.

Compared with the previous game, this time Manchester City's tactics are much more positive.

They deployed layers of defense in the midfield, using fast running and flexible positions to defend.

Barcelona's pass control may pass the ball in a small area, but Manchester City quickly formed the next encirclement after one encirclement was broken.

In terms of physical strength, they have enough reserves to complete this task.

So one by one, they all run very hard.

In the midfield, Toure's position was slightly retreated, forming a backcourt triangle with Thiago Silva and Joel Luka, plus Trabelsi on the right, allowing Barcelona's frontcourt three to press, always Unable to form an encirclement, unable to block the passing route.

Hargreaves used crazy running, close-fitting press, and Toure's prediction of Harvey's passing route to cut off the connection between Barcelona's midfield and frontcourt.

In the frontcourt, Shevchenko retreated, one left and one right with David Silva, to contain Busquets.

Busquets has only played in the first team for less than a season now, and has been forcibly promoted to the main force. The young player who is famous for getting rid of the stunt is still immature. It will still show a youthful side.

Busquets is a player who relies on his head to play football, and he needs the accumulation of games.

At this time, inexperience is a flaw.

But Barcelona has a special preference for a single midfielder.

If the waist is not good, Harvey will make up for it, so Harvey will often retreat.

In this way, the brain is far away from the opponent's restricted area, and the overall operation is slightly slower.Barcelona's passing errors began to increase, and the ball possession rate gradually declined.

Even if the possession rate still has the upper hand, the longer distance inevitably leads to more back passes and cross passes.

The running of Barcelona players is different from that of Manchester City.

Barcelona's players seem to run a lot, and they all run with the ball holder as the center. They always keep the ball player by their side and have at least two receiving points, while Manchester City's players run more flexibly. Everyone has a large area of ​​activity, whether it is offense or defense, everyone can provide the amount of running that supports their role.

Therefore, Manchester City's running without the ball is more difficult to defend and predict. Shevchenko can not only move in the penalty area, act as an arrow figure, but also pull it out, leaving the space in the penalty area for Pedro and Pedro. Silva.

Even sometimes, he can retreat to the center line to help the team connect.

The situation on the court is one that ebbs and flows.You can't attack, I can have more space.

Compared with the fact that Barcelona is increasingly unable to play effective offense and the ball possession rate is gradually weakened, Manchester City's offense is becoming more and more threatening, especially in the offense on the two sides, it is becoming more and more active.

Pedro is an old man in Barcelona and is very familiar with Barcelona's routines; Silva is a Spanish player, and many Barcelona players are his teammates in the national team, so he will naturally be familiar with it.

Both of them played very well against Barcelona.

So for Barcelona, ​​it is necessary to work harder and be more cautious in defending Manchester City's offense.

Because these acquaintances are very familiar with the personal habits of Barcelona players.

So the Barcelona players suddenly discovered that when Manchester City stopped defending, the first to show off was not themselves, but Manchester City's offense!
Manchester City's attack, fast and simple.

Through simple cooperation in the frontcourt, Toure or Hargreaves handed the ball to the wing, and then through the speed of Pedro and Silva, they hit behind the opponent's full-back.

In the middle, they seized Busquets' shortcomings in coverage area and running speed, and besieged him vigorously, forcing other Barcelona players to come to help.

(End of this chapter)