Golden Greenery

Everton is not a strong force in the Premier League, but it is basically a team in the top half and can often compete for UEFA Cup seats. At the end of last season, Everton ranked 11th in the standings, reaching a new low in the past decade. As a result, Spanish coach Robert Martinez was fired after three years of coaching, and Dutchman Ronald Koeman took over. .

Compared with the glory of his playing career, Koeman's coaching career can only be called mediocre. Starting from 2000, Koeman coached six teams in the first ten years, but he was basically fired because of poor performance. ending.

It wasn't until he took charge of Southampton in 2014 that Koeman really showed something.

At that time, Southampton was riddled with holes, and the main players were almost sold out in the summer, so there was Koeman's Weibo that made the world laugh.

——Ready of Training!!! Training is ready! !

The accompanying picture is of an empty training ground.

In the following two years, Koeman built such a Southampton team into a strong team in the top half. Last season, when the major powers were collectively sluggish, he led Southampton to sixth place and occupied the UEFA Cup quota this season.

Moyes built Everton into a mainstay team in the Premier League, Ronaldo Martinez made the Toffees' coaching position hot butt, and Koeman cooled it down again.

In February this year, the British-Iranian tycoon Farhad Moshili acquired Everton 4 and became the club's new owner. Everton was planning a coaching change. Later, they contacted many famous coaches including Guamu, but in the end Koeman was the biggest candidate they could find.

This summer, Moxuli invested in Bolasie, Schneiderlin, Williams, Gueye and other players to give Koeman a meeting gift. It is worth mentioning that a 22-year-old Everton youth training backcourt player named Tyas Browning failed to catch Koeman's radar and was loaned to Preston in the English Championship before the start of the season. Browning is England U17 and U1.

After the start of the new season, Koeman's Everton had 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the first seven rounds of the Premier League, which is considered a remarkable achievement. However, except for the draw with Tottenham in the first round, the other opponents did not have any strong players, but lost. It's quite an upset for Bournemouth.

In the 2018 round, Everton came to Manchester City's Sturt City Stadium to challenge Manchester City. It was a very important game for Everton, who was dreaming about the future, and Manchester City, who was a little entangled in the future of international competitions.

Guardiola changed the formation. Although it has not been fully practiced, in order to hide the weaknesses of the two wings, he changed the basic formation to 3-4-3, consisting of Stones, Otamendi and Clichy. Three central defenders, this is already Manchester City's ninth central defender combination in the new season.

De Bruyne and Silva serve as the wings of the midfield, Gundogan and Fernando sit in the middle, and the front-end trident is Iheanacho, Sterling, and Sane. Aguero was too tired, so he put him on the bench first and looked at it first.

The 22-year-old John Stones moved to Manchester City from Everton for 48 million pounds this summer. He played for the Toffees for four seasons before, and Everton's current 35-year-old midfielder has joined Manchester City. Les Barry also played for Manchester City for four years. Today they each face their old owners.

The first threatening shot from both sides came from the contest between Barry and Stones.

For the first time, he intercepted the ball from Fei Niao in the frontcourt.

When dribbling the ball forward, Stones stepped forward to meet him. The veteran Barry has rich experience. With a deft turn to protect the ball, the aggressive Stones turned into a foul behind the back, and Everton got a free kick.

The 23-year-old Belgian center Romelu Lukaku stood in front of the ball and prepared to take the penalty.

In this era where wingers are rampant but traditional centers have shown signs of recovery, the young Lukaku can also be ranked among the top ten in football. His failure at Chelsea was not only due to his age, but also because he was born at the wrong time. The mark left by his predecessor Drogba was too deep.

Lukaku's nickname of "Little Warcraft" was only really called after he left Chelsea.

Lukaku muttered something far away from the football, not sure what he was praying for, and then he was immersed in meditation for a while. It shows that he is very serious about taking free kicks. At least he is much more focused than Zhuoyang, who is just a casual kicker.

The shot from the near corner flew high over the crossbar.

The solemn attitude may be due to the lack of confidence in free throws.

In fact, Guardiola's formation changes today were very successful. The three central defenders minimized the emptiness on both sides of the penalty area. Tintin and Silva, as well as Sterling and Sane in front, Manchester City's super capable The wing combination used offense to completely suppress Everton's attempts on the wing.

Gundogan and Feiniao's double midfielder makes Manchester City's midfield look particularly thick.

The superior ball control ability and effective tactical changes turned the new pressing Everton carefully crafted by Dutchman Koeman into a wretched sneak attack.

Can you believe that Manchester City's ball possession rate was as high as 70% in the first half?

If Koeman's transformation of Everton's defense had not been very effective, and Manchester City themselves were playing a little anxiously, especially a flowery wing who always wanted to put his opponent to death with a fatal pass or a desperate breakthrough, it might not have been possible. It will be the most brilliant first half of the team's new season.

But do you dare to believe that the score was 0:0 in the first half?

Here I have to say the ‘Prince of Manchester City’ Iheanacho.

At this time, the worst point in Manchester City's offense today was finally completely magnified. As a single arrow, Iheanacho could not replace Aguero at all. He was free to follow the big boss, but let him become Boss, Iheanacho will be confused about life.

Guardiola's new 3-4-3 is quite fascinating, but only Iheanacho is incompatible with it. He couldn't make the final decision at the front, and he always mistimed his retreat to respond. He was always squeezing the position with his teammates. Zhuo Yang was so sad that he shook his head in the stands.

In fact, Guardiola's 3-4-3 forward position requires a Benzema or a Lewandowski.

And Iheanacho is not lacking in excellence, let alone diligence. In addition to his lack of football intelligence, it is obvious that the most suitable strategy is to use him as the core. However, in Manchester City, his ability is not enough to make the team's tactics tilt in such a way, and Aguero cannot.

In other words, Iheanacho has the strength to become the king of weak teams, but it is difficult to be powerful on the front line of a wealthy team!

However, Iheanacho is still not Manchester City's biggest bug today. Before the end of the first half, Silva forced his way into the penalty area from the center and was knocked down by Everton center back Phil Jagielka. Referee Michael Oliver awarded a penalty kick.

Manchester City’s biggest BUG is luck.

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