Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

However, the fact is that Chelsea fans' wishful thinking fell through.

Because the wind stopped, the snow stopped, and the game could proceed normally!

At the Etihad Stadium, the second leg of this season's League Cup semi-finals arrived as scheduled.

Because of the big win over Chelsea in the first leg, Guardiola did not field the strongest lineup today.

However, Chen Chen still played, and there were two new players in the starting lineup.

In this game, Guardiola's goal was very clear, that is, to defend.

It doesn't matter whether you win or lose, as long as the players can be safe and the team can pass this game smoothly.

Guardiola continued to field a 433 formation, while Chelsea used a 3421 formation.

This time, the Blues' formation is very different from the last time.

For example, Ziyech and Pulisic partnered up, and the two stood behind Lukaku, while Havertz and Mount, who played in the last game, were pressed on the bench.

In addition, Kante and Thiago Silva got a chance to play, and the Blues Chelsea strengthened their defense.

Interestingly, Benjamin Mendy, who was deeply involved in the "strong gate", appeared in the Manchester City locker room. He greeted and shook hands with everyone.

This is a rare social breakthrough for Mendy. You know, the court did not allow him to go out before.

This shows that the situation of his case may have changed a lot.

This is also the case.

Recently, the Manchester court found new evidence. Once these evidences are established, Mendy's charges will be cleared.

On the original timeline, by 2023, the Manchester court with properly collected evidence will once again review all the evidence, and these evidences show that all the charges against Benjamin Mendy are not established.

Mendy was lucky not to go to jail.

Afterwards, Mendy, who got rid of the charges, took Manchester City to court because the French believed that the Blue Moon should pay him for salary losses.

Of course, Mendy's charges have not been cleared yet, and he cannot enter the Etihad as a Manchester City player, but can only be an ordinary spectator.

Chen Chen gave him a hug.

Chen Chen felt quite sympathetic to Mendy's experience.

After all, everyone "voluntarily" participated in the party, and he was the only one who was hurt.

As I said, this world is a huge game of love.

This is why Chen Chen did not hold a party at home, nor did he go to other players' homes to attend parties, but went to bars and nightclubs to talk about love.

It is easy to sue Qiangjian if you meet someone at a party, but it is not okay to go to bars and nightclubs, right?

To put it bluntly, will a good girl go to bars and nightclubs to play?

Of course, attending a party hosted by Kane is an exception. That level is very high-end, and no one will mess around.

Manchester has been snowing for two days, but fortunately it did not affect the second leg of Manchester City vs. Chelsea.

Today's referee Michael Oliver is the last checkpoint to confirm that the game can proceed in an orderly manner.

If he thinks it's not possible, the game is likely to be postponed.

But generally it won't.

After all, the game is about to start and you say postponement, what about the fans who have booked hotels and bought tickets and have already entered the stadium?

Fortunately, the weather was good and it didn't snow again.

Maybe it was because the score difference in the first round was too big. Today, the blind Oliver did not selectively create suspense, but made a regular penalty.

Standing in front of Chen Chen were Grealish, Foden and Spider Alvarez.

Guardiola is doing it again.

The center forward is not standing in the center position, the winger is not standing in the winger position...

In the 7th minute of the game, Marcos Alonso launched a very good attack!

After receiving the pass from his teammate, Alonso quickly covered his head and dribbled forward, and soon he dribbled the ball across the half court.

Before De Bruyne ran up to prepare for the scramble, Alonso picked the ball to Ziyech who was wandering near the sideline in front.

Ziyech made a beautiful bicycle kick, and Kyle Walker, who came over to defend, was fooled by him.

Then Ziyech changed direction and rushed into the penalty area. Facing Stones who returned from injury and started the game, Ziyech chose to push horizontally!

American captain Pulisic did not waste the cake fed to his mouth, and shot through the gate guarded by Manchester City's second goal Steffen!

Chelsea scored the first goal at Etihad!

The Blues fans who traveled with the team jumped up happily!

They shouted that the counterattack would start from now!

After scoring the goal, Pulisic did not choose to run to the corner flag area to celebrate, but ran to the opponent's goal.

Although it is difficult to turn the tables, it is better to have hope than no hope, isn't it?

In addition, it is necessary to make the necessary efforts even if you lose the game..

Pulisic, Ziyech and Lukaku clapped their hands, and then the Blues returned to their own half.

Guardiola did not mean to blame the players, after all, no team can achieve no goals.

Of course, if you want to enter the final smoothly and win the championship smoothly, you have to change the problem of easy loss of balls and strengthen the strength of defense.

Today, Manchester City's two central defenders are Stones and Laporte. The two have not cooperated for a long time, so it is normal to make positioning errors.

In addition, today's single defensive midfielder is Gravenberch, not Rodri or Fernandez.

The Dutchman is still a little bit struggling to play a single defensive midfielder, and Guardiola has figured out his strength range.

The game continues.

In the 17th minute.

Chen Chen and Lao Nei stood up.

Chen Chen, who moved to the front midfielder position, suddenly changed his dribbling rhythm. After avoiding the opponent's entanglement, Chen Chen passed the ball to De Bruyne, who was running fast on the right.

The Belgian dribbled into the penalty area, avoiding the opponent's leg interception. After a series of dodging and swerving, De Bruyne chose to push the ball into the near corner with the arch of his right foot.

Kepa guessed the direction correctly, but unfortunately he was a little slow.

The score was rewritten as Manchester City 1-1 Chelsea.

The total score came to 6-2!

The flames of Chelsea's anti-overtaking emotions that had just gathered were extinguished by a basin of water.

Just as the Blues were preparing to gather a wave of counterattacks again, Manchester City's fierce attack followed.

26th minute.

Gravenberch, who was holding the ball, turned around forcibly under pressure, and kicked the ball to the front court under the interference of the opponent.

Foden's running position was very smart.

He ran out of a single shot!

Kepa quickly left the door!

Just when Kepa was looking forward to blocking Foden's shot with his body, he didn't expect Foden to be very team-oriented. He kicked the ball with the outside of his left foot.

Chen Chen, who quickly inserted from the left rear of Foden, received the ball!

Then Chen Chen calmly pushed the ball into the empty goal!

2-1!

Manchester City completed the score reversal!

However, this is not over yet.

In the 39th minute of the game, De Bruyne dribbled the ball across the half court.

Seeing the opponent's defenders rushing over like a tide, Ding Ding quickly kicked the ball and passed the ball from the right to the left.

Grealish retreated and received the ball.

Then Shaker rushed forward along the sideline and ran towards the bottom line.

Azpilicueta chose to go down to tackle, but unfortunately he failed, and the ball was still at Grealish's feet.

This wave of tackles from the Chelsea captain also made Shaker feel a sense of crisis in his heart. He clearly knew that he could not carry more.

So Grealish gave a back push and sent the ball to Chen Chen who was responding on his right side.

Chen Chen did not continue to advance with the ball, nor did he choose to pass the ball, but aimed at the far post of Chelsea's goal!

There, Alvarez had been lying in ambush for a long time!