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Chapter 376 Confidence in defending the title

Not only Ronaldo, but other players in Real Madrid are required to stabilize their defense first and strive not to concede the ball again.

Pellegrini's tactical arrangement is actually no problem for him, or for many teams.

The only problem is that he is driving a team full of pride and ego.

Although in terms of lineup, Manchester City's strength is not much different from that of Real Madrid, but in terms of background, Real Madrid and Real Madrid actually have a sense of superiority.

This sense of superiority requires them not only to win, but also not to defend.

Therefore, the only thing that Pellegrini's response does not conform to is Real Madrid's wealthy temperament.

To be a wealthy family, facing upstarts, you must open up and close, and beat the opponent until they are defeated.

In the box, Florentino frowned. Real Madrid's pride made him very dissatisfied with the conservative formation on the field.

But in full view, Florentino couldn't call Pellegrini directly.

So Lafayette could only force himself to endure his temper, and wanted to wait until after the game to teach Pellegrini, who was "close-eyed", a good lesson.

In fact, Pellegrini's response was also expected by Duncan.

Since Pellegrini's temperament is always not in line with Real Madrid's wealthy temperament, what he has to do is to dig deeper into this inconsistency and arouse conflicts within the Real Madrid team.

After Manchester City scored a goal, people were surprised to find that Real Madrid actually shrank.

And it's not a temporary retreat, but it seems to be shrinking forever.

At least when the game reached 70 minutes, people still couldn't see that Pellegrini wanted to attack.

He even brought in Granero to suppress Sanchez's breakthrough.

The home fans at the scene began to boo. They wanted to use this method to make Pellegrini feel the pressure.

But Pei Gong remained the same, unmoved by it.

Later, some Blancos fans who accompanied the team also began to boo.

Pellegrini, the head coach, was booed by both the home team and the visiting team.

And Pellegrini turned a deaf ear to the boos outside, just paying attention to the situation on the field.

In his calculations, when facing the defending champion and the seven-time champion Manchester City in an away game, the team wins if they lose less, and if they lose one, they can come back at home.

If you lose more, the situation will be difficult.

So what Pellegrini cares about is whether the team's fence is tight and whether it will concede more goals.

There is always something to be gained by giving something up.

When Pellegrini gave up his face, he finally hoped for a result that was barely justified.

In the city team, his team lost a small goal to Manchester City in the end, leaving the suspense to the Bernabéu Stadium more than 20 days later.

There, the second round will be held.

"The result of losing a goal is actually completely acceptable. After all, this is Manchester City's home court. It is very difficult to get a clean sheet from them. Therefore, I think the game was completely within my expectations and did not escape my expectations. mastery."

Post-match press conference, Pellegrini said.

Some reporters questioned Pellegrini's slightly conservative tactics in this game, as well as the voices of the fans of the home team and the visiting team.

Palai Grini said very frankly: "I am grateful to the fans, but the fans' ideas cannot influence my tactical arrangements. All the decisions I make are for Real Madrid to enter the next round in the UEFA Champions League. . And this is the most important thing."

Pellegrini is indeed right in saying this. When he was in a small team, fans often came to say that his tactics were too conservative and practical, and lacked enthusiasm and scenes, so he was used to such days.

But for Real Madrid, if they want to create a good image, they will pay more attention to the thoughts of the fans.

Water can carry a boat and it can capsize. Maybe Pellegrini's small boat will capsize at some point.

After interviewing the losers, it is natural to listen to the thoughts of the winners.

"When formulating tactics, I usually consider the two-round series as a whole. This game is just the first half of my idea. The only thing I can be sure of now is the first half. We had the upper hand in the first stage, but this does not mean that we will play much better in the second stage. I just hope that my tactics and arrangements will be well implemented in this game."

When summing up the game, Duncan said.

"David Silva didn't play in this game because of tactical considerations? Will David Silva play in the next game?" A reporter asked.

"I won't answer this question, and I will leave it to you to guess. Maybe he is in the stage where he has not recovered, or he is in the tactical consideration of facing Real Madrid." Duncan squinted his eyes and showed a smirk: "Big A player like David Silva, on and off the court, I think, can create a lot of threat. Especially off the court, it's like a nuclear bomb buried in the ground."

The reporters on the scene were laughing and angry. Duncan answered like this, why does it seem that he has become an uncrowned king?
On February 2, Manchester City faced Liverpool in the league.

Liverpool's physical fitness is fine, but the team is full of injuries.Several players, including Torres, Dirk, and Hyypia, were plagued by injuries.

Fortunately, Liverpool did not qualify in the Champions League group stage, so there is no need to worry about physical problems, and the remaining main players can be dispatched.

In fact, even if they are the main players, Liverpool are only ranked seventh in the standings this season.

The gap with Manchester City in the standings has reached 25 points.

So what Liverpool are pursuing now, or what they can only pursue, is just a place in the European war.

They are also coming off the bench, and Manchester City has shown a better bench configuration than Liverpool.

When Otamendi's header blasted the goal of Liverpool, the hearts of the Liverpool substitutes collapsed.

In the end, relying on the goals of Otamendi, Milito and Petrov, Manchester City defeated Liverpool 3:0 and continued to dominate the standings.

In the FA Cup make-up match five days later, Aguero sealed his throat with a sword and helped the team advance to the quarter-finals.

Manchester City's opponent in the FA Cup quarter-finals is Chelsea.

But before the FA Cup, the two sides have to meet in the league.

This is a face-to-face strong dialogue between the league championship opponents.

Not surprisingly, the result of this game will directly affect the trend of the season championship.

Before this game, Terry was exposed to the "Friends' Wife Gate" incident, which was reported by England's major newspapers and tabloids.

Originally, even if there was nothing to do, some tabloids would fabricate something out of nothing and catch rumors.

And this kind of living thing, like the smell of blood, attracted a group of media, scrambling to peck at Terry's carrion.

Affected by this, Terry's captain's armband was stripped.

Although Ancelotti gave him trust and still let him play, but facing Manchester City's Terry, his state was not half as good as usual.

At the beginning of the game, Aguero took advantage of Terry's stoppage error, went down first, and shot hard, breaking Chelsea's gate.

Then Manchester City won a free kick. Silva, who started, made a wonderful elevator ball and pierced Petr Cech's fingers.

Taking advantage of Terry's lack of state at this point, Manchester City frequently launched threatening attacks.

Although Lampard scored twice, Chelsea saw hope for a while, but Pedro and David Silva scored again, which made Chelsea fall into the abyss.

4: 2!
Manchester City won a clean victory at Stamford Bridge, and at the same time declared their absolute confidence in defending the title!
(End of this chapter)