At seventeen, I went to Spain to win the World Cup

The situation is moving in a direction that is favorable to Manchester City.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that after the start, with the clever changes and slow spread of Manchester City's diamond midfield in the middle, combined with the high-position defense that creates offside, Manchester City completely controls the offensive rhythm on the field.

The constructed central defense system also makes Liverpool players very uncomfortable.

This is the first time that Lin Chen has felt such a strong sense of oppression this season.

It is not the kind of direct oppression brought by physical confrontation, but the spiritual level.

As long as he holds the ball, there will be two people pressing beside him, and after finally getting rid of it, he looks up and sees that his teammates are all covered by Manchester City's diamond midfield and high-position defense system.

He has no outlet at all, and blindly dribbling forward will not get a good result. Liverpool seems to be controlled by Manchester City's three-center-back system.

Darkness shrouds!

21st minute of the game!

"Arnold made a direct pass from the wing, Kyle Walker received it from the side, squeezed out Salah and finished the interception!"

"Push forward along the wing and pass it to David Silva, a beautiful match!"

"David Silva turned with the ball and faced Arnold one-on-one with agile control of the ball."

"The Spanish magician played as a winger. Although he was not fast, his delicate dribbling was his weapon."

David Silva pressed Arnold little by little with the ball, Henderson pulled to the side to assist, and Wijnaldum retreated to protect the top of the penalty area.

Lin Chen was watching all the time.

Aguero was lurking in the middle of the penalty area, and Jesus at the back point was changed from a center forward to a right winger, so his running position was not like a traditional winger, and was more aggressive.

David Silva cut inside to open up space, without even looking up to observe, and then a large arc ball fell to the back point, which was obviously carefully arranged.

Jesus squeezed Robertson to grab the landing point, and headed the ball to Aguero!

The Argentine center jumped high and was about to attack the goal, but Lin Chen, who was retreating, arrived on time and intercepted the ball with a predictive header!

After clearing the ball to the top of the penalty area, Wijnaldum controlled the ball and protected it, defusing the crisis.

The moment Wijnaldum stopped the ball, he immediately wanted to counterattack, which was Liverpool's routine for a quick counterattack.

However, when he forced the ball to the left, Bernardo Silva had already firmly locked Mane.

There was Laporte behind him to assist in defense, and Otamendi in the middle moved the formation forward, forcing Firmino to retreat to the vicinity of the midfield line, otherwise he would be offside.

Fernandinho's perfect defensive route blocking could not only prevent Wijnaldum from passing the ball to Firmino, but also prevent Lin Chen from advancing.

Liverpool quickly counterattacked, and all routes were completely blocked.

Guardiola and Maresca slapped each other's thighs on the sidelines. This was the defensive tactics they had formulated.

"More than 20 minutes have passed since the game began. Manchester City has 61% possession and made four key interceptions."

"The midfield defense success rate is extremely high. Before the game, fans have been questioning whether this formation can allow Manchester City to withstand Liverpool's powerful offensive, but it turns out that Guardiola's experiment was successful. The perfect diamond midfield combined with high defense is so beautiful."

In the Sky Sports commentary room, Manchester City legend Richards was praising Manchester City's performance, and next to him sat a football veteran.

Samba dancer, football king, and extremely creative legend in history, Pele.

Pele, a god-level existence that can never be avoided in football history.

His strength is not that he has won three World Cup titles, but that Pele has shown great creativity through his Renga style.

Many breakthroughs and passing methods in modern football were first used by Pele on the football field, such as stepping and turning, dribbling and turning, back-to-back passing, and twisting his tail in the air.

His great creativity is the reason why football has always improved in that era.

At this moment, Bailey is watching the performance of both sides on the field.

Bailey was invited to the studio by Sky Sports. First, they gave too much money, and second, Bailey was also very interested in Lin Chen, who has attracted much attention in the world football recently.

He really wanted to see how good this young guy is.

"From the current point of view, Liverpool has not played their best state, especially their midfielder Lin, who has not had a very eye-catching performance. Most of the time, stable passes help the team control the rhythm first. He looks like he is trapped by Manchester City's system."

Bailey's words hit the nail on the head.

He understands that Liverpool's dilemma at this moment is mainly due to the fact that Lin Chen, the engine in the middle and the core of the dynamic triangle tactics, has not found a breakthrough, and Klopp on the side is thinking about countermeasures.

He and Kravitz have different views on Manchester City's diamond midfield.

While the two were discussing fiercely, Lin Chen borrowed Fernandini toO'Neal came to the sidelines to communicate with Klopp.

The speech was fast, but it sounded very clear. Obviously, Lin Chen had thought for a long time before coming to these conclusions.

"Coach K, the diamond midfield can take care of both the wing and the middle, and the high defense forces Firmino to be unable to advance."

"But we can use cross-running. Under the cover of Firmino, the winger will advance from the ribs to Firmino's side, forming a diagonal forward run."

"This diagonal run takes longer than vertical running, so it can increase our chances of successfully countering offside, and it can also leave me more time to pass the ball."

It sounds simple, but Klopp's eyes lit up, and he understood what Lin Chen meant.

Although there are three central defenders at present, relying on Fernandinho's command, Manchester City's three central defenders will always move forward at the same time, causing Liverpool's three forwards to be offside, which is a vertical impact.

But if Mane and Salah can start from the wing and run in a 45-degree upward direction, this kind of running can offset Manchester City's vertical impact.

Klopp immediately nodded in agreement, and Lin Chen hurried back to the field.

For some reason, although it was very uncomfortable to play under the cover of Guardiola's modern tactics, Lin Chen always felt that he seemed to be able to think about something more long-term.

Or his predictive ability and football IQ, after being oppressed by Guardiola's modern tactics, began to struggle to break through in the predicament and grow like mushrooms after rain.

Through the observation of the first 25 minutes, Lin Chen finally found a way to deal with it, and then it was time to launch a counterattack!

29th minute of the game!

Manchester City controlled the ball on the wing, Bernardo Silva dribbled the ball forward, and the dribbling rhythm was very steady.

Robertson didn't dare to go on the shelf, for fear of taking the blame.

Bernardo Silva pressed forward with the ball a little bit, came to the right and stepped on the ball, trying to play a wall match with De Bruyne.

Lin Chen successfully predicted again, intercepted halfway before Bernardo Silva's cross pass, and then dribbled the ball and turned around!

Looking up and forward, Firmino was still being closely watched by Otamendi, and Walker and Laporte were separated on the left and right.

Lin Chen raised his right hand and waved it gently, and Salah instantly broke out.

Manchester City's defense line really moved forward again as a whole, trying to create offside again.

But this time Salah was not offside. He did not rush forward at the first time, but moved sideways, closely following Manchester City's defense line and tearing horizontally to ensure that he was in a non-offside position.

When Lin Chen's pass was sent behind Otamendi, Salah had already gotten rid of Laporte beside him by moving sideways, and then broke out and rushed out diagonally from the gap between Laporte and Otamendi!

In just a moment, Manchester City's offside system collapsed!

Salah successfully countered offside!

Coach Zhan shouted!

"Lin Chen's scalpel-like through-the-top pass!"

"Salah successfully beat the offside!"

"Go to the meeting alone!"