Football: Take away half of Boss Mei's skills at the beginning

Amid the cheers of the home team, Parma players attacked Manchester City's defense right from the start.

They also knew the weakness of Manchester City, which was the two veterans over 30 years old on the back line.

The two veterans each had their own shortcomings. Otamendi's defensive level was not top-notch, and Fernandinho was temporarily brought in to make up the numbers.

But apart from that, their most important disadvantage was that they were short.

One of them was 1.83 meters tall and the other was 1.79 meters tall, which was great for Mateo, who was already 1.9 meters tall.

And De Zerbi also emphasized in the pre-match arrangement that more high balls should be properly kicked.

Although he preferred ground penetration, the opponent's shortcomings were here, and he would be too stupid if he didn't do it.

Gervinho also gave up cutting inside in this game, and chose more crosses.

In the 11th minute, Gervinho used his speed to dodge a gap on the right, and he passed the ball directly to the middle.

However, the ball was passed a little backward, and Mateo in the penalty area could not directly form a shot.

He leaned on Fernandinho to push the ball back a little, and McAllister followed up with a shot, but the ball was saved by Ederson and went out of the baseline.

Although Ederson is not a top goalkeeper, his footwork perfectly fits Guardiola's tactical system.

Of course, his ability to save is also good, at least much better than Bravo, who Guardiola used when he first came to Manchester City.

McAllister had no time to regret, he hurried to the corner flag area to prepare for the corner kick.

After the corner kick, he sent the ball into the penalty area.

Nowadays, the average height of Manchester City's starting lineup is very average. Except for Rodri, there are not many people who are over 1.8 meters tall.

So Parma still has a great advantage in height, especially the combination of two central defenders and Mateo. The three of them are very conspicuous in the penalty area.

Rodri entangled Mateo, but McAllister did not look for Mateo, but sent the ball to the back post.

Botman at the back post jumped high and headed the ball over De Bruyne who was defending him!

The ball was very close to the goal, and even Ederson had no time to react.

But the ball rubbed the post and flew out of the bottom line!

Manchester City escaped.

Botman scratched his head regretfully and started running back.

The Parma fans at the scene were obviously a little regretful. Alessandro also gestured to Scala in the stands: "It's just a little bit short!"

However, although the ball did not go in, Parma's aerial advantage is still very obvious.

As long as Parma still insists on playing like this, then there is a great hope of scoring!

In the following time, both sides threatened each other's goal in their own way.

In comparison, Manchester City still has more ball control and they will have more offensive opportunities.

Unlike the last game, their starting center forward in this game is Aguero.

Although he has been troubled by some injuries this season, he is still the first choice for Manchester City's center forward position.

He also cooperates more tacitly with his teammates in the frontcourt, which makes Manchester City's offensive threat greater than the last game.

In the 29th minute, Manchester City formed a partial cooperation on their right side.

Aguero cruised to this side, passed the ball to Gundogan and Sterling several times, and then passed it to Sterling who was advancing!

This move is very similar to De Zerby's local triangle pass. It seems that these head coaches will definitely learn some advanced tactics from each other.

After Sterling rushed to the penalty area, he looked up at the middle.

At this time, no one in the middle of Manchester City was rushing for the point. Sterling thought about it and finally chose to shoot himself!

I have to say that this ball was played quite well. Vicario barely saved the ball and the football fell to the other side!

Sane, who followed up, made a light shot and sent the ball into the goal!

One to zero, Manchester City took the lead away from home!

Sane was very happy after scoring the goal. He didn't play too many games for Manchester City this season, so it was very important for him to seize the opportunity to score a goal!

Guardiola on the sidelines also laughed. Of course, he also wanted to win this game and lock in the first place in the group!

This goal laid a very good foundation for the trend of the game!

And Alessandro in the stands was depressed.

Although he also knew that Parma might lose this game, it was still very uncomfortable to see the ball lost with his own eyes.

Now he hopes that Parma can quickly equalize the score.

But Parma didn't let him wait too long!

In the 33rd minute, Parma had a chance to counterattack quickly.

After McAllister got the ball in the middleWithout sticking to the ball too much, he kicked the ball to Contu on the left side of the front court.

After Contu dribbled the ball a few steps inside, he immediately chose to pass the ball to Cambiasso who was inserted from behind, and the Italian left-back took a look at the situation in the penalty area and directly chose to cross the ball at a 45-degree angle!

This cross was very accurate, it bypassed Otamendi at the front point and went straight to Mateo's head!

And the landing point of this ball was also good, and it was a little far from Ederson, so he didn't dare to attack easily.

Fernandinho behind Mateo desperately grabbed Mateo's clothes, trying to stop his header.

Although he knew that this might result in a penalty kick, he didn't care so much.

But Mateo was not disturbed by him at all. He broke free from the restraints, jumped high, and headed the ball!

The ball was very powerful and the angle of the header was very tricky. Ederson had no way to deal with it!

The football hit the goal heavily!

One to one, Parma quickly equalized the score!

After scoring the goal, Mateo excitedly ran towards the fans on the sidelines, and once again made a gesture of listening to the fans' cheers!

Alessandro sat in the stands, watching his son's wonderful performance, but couldn't help smiling.

Scala glanced at him: "Laugh if you want to..."

Alessandro then laughed: "Matteo's performance is really good!"

Guardiola on the sidelines shook his head depressedly, and then cast his eyes on Mateo who was hugging and celebrating with his teammates.

This is really the perfect center forward in his mind!

He can pass the ball, shoot, has good footwork, is good at running and positioning, and is very good at cooperating with his teammates...

Except for being difficult to buy, he really has no other shortcomings...

At this time, in the studio of the Eastern Power, Coach Zhang also sighed: "Matteo Lucarelli's header action is really stretched. Under his domineering header, all the defenders of Manchester City seem to become foils!"

Zhan Jun also nodded: "Yes, Parma's header advantage is fully demonstrated in this ball!"