Football: Start with 99 stamina, prevent vomiting Rio

As the head coach of Manchester City, Guardiola was a little helpless about the performance of the players on the field.

Although it is now at their home stadium, the Etihad Stadium.

But Manchester City's players did not play the suppression they should have.

However, Guardiola also knew that this was not the fault of his players.

It was Lin Jie on the opposite side, and his interception ability was too strong.

In the first round of the game, some media exaggerated Lin Jie's defense as the strongest shield in the world.

Guardiola was originally dismissive of this.

After all, in the first round of the game, his team also scored three goals.

He did not feel where Lin Jie's defense was strong.

But Lin Jie's performance in this game made him feel what suffocation is.

Obviously, his team did very well in terms of offense, organization, and running.

But there was a problem with the pass from the organizer to the attacker at the last pass.

Lin Jie directly turned into a wall of sighs and stood between the ball-holding player and the offensive player who was cutting and running.

Guardiola's team is looking for opportunities through passing and controlling.

But now the last pass cannot be made, which makes it difficult for the team to attack efficiently.

This is a headache for Guardiola.

There are only two solutions he can think of at present.

The first one is to rely on the personal ability of the players to solve it.

Use the personal ability of the superstar to complete a single breakthrough and then shoot.

Solve the problem purely by personal ability.

But there is no top breakthrough player in Manchester City at present.

And you should know that even Paris Saint-Germain with Neymar, Mbappe and Messi has not passed the Dortmund level.

Even Messi played the lowest score in the game when facing Lin Jie's death-entanglement defense.

So in fact, the first way is not very feasible.

Then there is only the second way.

Since the organizer passes directly to the attacker, it will be intercepted by Lin Jie in the middle.

Then add another procedure!

Put another offensive player in front of Lin Jie as a transfer station for transfer.

Shorten the passing distance and make multiple passes!

Lin Jie was able to intercept the pass because his interception range is very wide.

Now add another transfer point to bypass Lin Jie's interception range!

This is also the most suitable way for Manchester City.

After all, Manchester City is a passing and controlling team, and its players are quite handy for this kind of continuous passing and cutting.

However, Guardiola will have to wait until the halftime break to make better tactical arrangements.

Now it is the end of the first half of the game, and there is no need to try to change the formation.

And Guardiola is also considering whether to change the formation to strengthen the offense.

There is still time, and Manchester City is only one goal behind in the total score.

At that time, in the second half, like the last ball in the first round, Dortmund's players made mistakes themselves, and it is not impossible to give opportunities.

Then there is no need to strengthen the offense.

Dortmund's counterattack is still too sharp.

If the attack is strengthened by changing the formation rashly, the number of defensive players will decrease, and the defensive intensity will also decrease.

This will make it easier for Dortmund to counterattack.

At that time, after the formation change, it is possible that the attack will not be able to penetrate, but the defense will collapse.

However, the situation on the field soon made Guardiola think about whether to change the formation!

The 43rd minute of the game!

Manchester City's players' physical energy consumption is also quite fast due to frequent running.

In addition, seeing Lin Jie transformed into the wall of sighs, the mentality of Manchester City players also changed a little.

With Lin Jie standing between them, they felt that their attack had no chance at all.

So during this period, the offensive intensity of Manchester City players gradually decreased.

More is also wasting time, waiting for the end of the first half of the game.

Originally, after seeing Manchester City players slow down.

They also wanted to follow international practice and everyone just used up the remaining time of the first half.

After 45 minutes of top-level offense and defense in the first half, Dortmund's players also consumed a lot of physical energy and did not have much energy to press.

But there is an outlier in Dortmund, that is Lin Jie with 99 endurance!

Originally, Manchester City wanted to pass the ball back to waste time.

Rodri, who received the ball, saw that Dortmund's players basically stood still and did not choose to press forward.

He also subconsciously thought that the consensus reached by both sides was to waste time and end the first half.

So in theHe was a bit lazy in handling the ball, and did not choose to pass the ball out immediately, but controlled it under his feet, trying to find space for a long shot.

Then when Rodri adjusted his rhythm and wanted to take a super long shot, he found Lin Jie rushing towards him!

Lin Jie's speed was too fast, and Rodri had no time to do anything, and was directly pushed away by Lin Jie, intercepting the ball he originally wanted to shoot!

And the fatal thing was that Rodri concentrated all his strength on his right leg this time, and wanted to shoot a long shot!

He was not prepared for the confrontation at all.

Then he was pushed by Lin Jie, and the whole person could not maintain his balance.

Although he lost his balance, Rodri also tried his best to grab Lin Jie's jersey.

He wanted to pull Lin Jie back and not let Lin Jie break through!

But in the end, it was still a hair's breadth away.

After a beautiful counterattack at the beginning, Dortmund, who was suppressed by Manchester City for a full 40 minutes, once again got an excellent counterattack opportunity!

Fortunately, Manchester City slowed down actively, so the two central defenders and two full-backs in the back line were in the defensive position.

This time, Laporte did not lose his position and tried his best to suppress Haaland.

Ruben Dias did not choose to rush to defend Lin Jie, but retreated to the top of the penalty area to wait for Lin Jie's breakthrough.

Because [Tengyunjiwu] had been used up when he went to fight for the ball at Rodri's feet just now.

There was no extreme burst speed.

Lin Jie looked at the Manchester City back line where all the players were online and did not want to try to break through.

About 30 meters away from the goal, Lin Jie glanced at Ederson's position.

Then Lin Jie did not hesitate to move the ball forward, and after a run-up, he shot it hard!

Rodri, who originally wanted to shoot from a distance, became Lin Jie's long shot this time!

Ruben Dias's reaction was also quite fast, and he immediately moved sideways to his right side in the direction of Lin Jie's shot.

But it was still half a beat too late!

Lin Jie hit the ball with full power and at a very fast speed!

"Bang!!!"

Then, in Lin Jie's surprised eyes, Ederson made a beautiful dive to block Lin Jie's powerful kick and sent it out of the baseline.

Lin Jie was a little surprised by this result, after all, his kick was a little unexpected.

Because the distance was far enough, even if you want to defend against his long-range shot, you can't start defending him at 30 meters.

But I didn't expect that Ederson, who had suffered a loss before, would defend him like this!

Lin Jie was able to turn into a wall of sighs to stop Manchester City's attack.

Now Ederson also turned into a wall of sighs to block Dortmund's chance to expand the score this time!