Golden Greenery

John Stones, 22, is the man Guardiola asked Manchester City to buy no matter what this summer.

Three years ago, Stones moved from Barnsley to Everton for only 3 million. But just two years later, last summer, Chelsea finally guaranteed Everton a price of 40 million, but Everton did not agree. .

By this year, Manchester City's psychological price is also 40 million, but Everton, which has changed to a wealthy owner, no longer relies on selling people to make a living. They value talents more, and Stones has become Everton's not for sale.

But in the end, the deal was completed for 48 million pounds, and Guardiola got his wish. Stones, as the second most valuable defender in Premier League history, also has high hopes from Manchester City.

Not to mention the past game, 201 'Saints' Southampton, in the 27th minute of the first half, Stones received a pass from Fernando in front of the defensive penalty area, and turned his head to look at his teammate Kong on the inside. Pani looked at Gundogan who was interfering in front.

Therefore, Kompany moved his position forward.

Stones passed the ball back to Kompany in his original position.

This behavior is analogous to frame-up and surrendering to the enemy.

The alert Southampton forward Nathan Redmond and Kompany formed a perfect mismatch to prevent offside. He received Stones' wonderful pass behind him, and then easily passed the hurried Bravo. , pushed the empty goal. Stones and Kompany chased the tackle into the net like two flying swallows in the forest, but failed to prevent the ball from being lost.

0:1, under Stones' betrayal, Manchester City fell behind so easily at home.

The infatuated Guardiola continued to test his three-centre-back concept in this game. Captain Kompany made his first start of the season, partnering with Stones and Kolarov. Aguero also returned to the starting lineup.

On the third day after being bloodbathed by Barcelona at 0:4, Manchester City said NO to the losing streak with the strongest lineup in theory. Of course, Zhuoyang is still recovering from his injury. His heel no longer hurts, and it doesn't hurt when he stamps hard. However, the team doctor still has not given permission to participate, so he is not in the "strongest formation".

But Stones, who Guardiola regarded as the core of Manchester City's defense, made a sad return pass error, causing the team to fall behind for the fifth consecutive game.

Maybe Stones is still young. At 22 years old, he is allowed to make mistakes, and he has never lacked the competitiveness to make up for his mistakes.

Four minutes after losing the ball, Southampton Austin fouled De Bruyne while defending, and Manchester City got a free kick in the frontcourt near the sideline.

Ding Ding took the penalty pass in front of the goal, and Stones outflanked the back post and scored with a low shot. Before he could fully let go of the celebration, Clattenburg's whistle sounded and the goal was disallowed.

Judging from the slow-motion replay, after Tintin’s free kick left his feet, Aguero was in an offside position and did not hit it. Stones, who was behind, was not offside. However, Clattenburg ruled that Aguero interfered in an offside position. goalkeeper. He is the boss on the court and has the final say.

Southampton's Dutch center back Virgil van Dijk is 25 years old and he is maturing.

Van Dijk is the defensive legacy left by Southampton's former head coach Koeman. When he went to Everton this summer, Koeman wanted to take Van Dijk away, but Southampton did not give him this face.

Koeman was succeeded by the famous French coach Claude Pierre, who led Lille to become the top three in Ligue 1, fought fiercely with Zhuo Yang's Madibo in the UEFA Cup and snatched 14 points from Uncle Slag. That Pierre of Hazard.

Traditional French coaches attach great importance to defense, and Pierre is no exception. Van Dyke has become the core of the Saints' defense with him.

It is said that Van Dyke is a "Fifth Generation Chinese", and his fifth generation ancestor is Chin Fo Sieeuw, a Hakka who went to Suriname from Guangdong to make a living. Among the three Van Dyke brothers and sisters, apart from him, the other two still have the surname ‘Fo Sieeuw’.

Before the end of the first half, the 1.8-meter Tintin was almost knocked apart by the 1.94-meter Van Dijk when he broke through. He limped off after the midfield whistle. At the beginning of the second half, Pep Guardiola replaced him with Iheanacho. .

Just like the defense, Guardiola is also constantly looking for the best combination in the offensive trident. In fact, it is trial and error.

Stones made a mistake in the first half, causing Manchester City to fall behind at home. However, after that, the defense and the team's overall defensive performance were very good, and they did not give their opponents a chance to threaten Bravo.

But Manchester City's offensive end failed to perform at all when facing Van Dijk, this summer's Portuguese champion center back Jose Fonte, and midfielder Oriol Romeu from Basala Masia.

The simple and crude high-position pressing, passing and cutting routines during the ten-game winning streak have been seen through by veteran fox coaches like Pierre, and Pierre is very good at organizing destructive defense in the backcourt. In addition, Manchester City's new offensive routine has not yet been combined. Completed, the players were generally in a sluggish state, so at the City Stadium, Manchester City's long attack failed.

Apart from Van Dijk and Font, Saints goalkeeper and England substitute goalkeeper Frasa Foster also performed very well today. Anyway, it was enough to slap Joe Hart in the face.

In the 55th minute, David Silva launched a diagonal pass from the backcourt. After taking the ball, Sane broke through to the left side of the penalty area and crossed the middle. Iheanacho grabbed the ball from behind and in front of Van Dijk. Sweeping the ball, the football bounced off the crossbar and then hit the post.

This is the closest attack Manchester City has come to scoring except for Stones' goal in the first half, which was invalid.

0:1. In the end, Guardiola's team won another game at home that won the data but lost the score. In the 4 games since the start of October in the Premier League, Manchester City was completely black, conceding 8 goals and failing to score a single goal.

At the post-match press conference, reporters waited for Guardiola for almost an hour before he walked into the venue with a peaceful look.

The reporter asked him what he was doing and what he said to the players in the locker room.

"We just had a little Coke and wine together," Guardiola said.

In fact, Lao Gua went into a rage behind closed doors in the locker room and vented his garbage emotions for forty minutes. All the players present were sprayed by him.

Zhuo Yang, who came down from the stands, witnessed this scene with his own eyes. To be honest, he had never seen Pep get so angry. I often lost my temper when I was at Barcelona, ​​but never this violent.

At 45 years old, is it still early for menopause?

Not to mention the people on the bench, even Zhuo Yang was not spared. Guardiola criticized him for still running around after his Achilles tendon injury. He had not fully recovered after a month, and was extremely irresponsible to himself.

Zhuoyang accepted the criticism honestly and made simple self-criticism.

He was always like this. Even if other people were sprayed by Gua Shuai and the saliva flowed back into the river, no one dared to be dissatisfied. They all trembled under Lao Gua's lustful power.

The reporter turned around and asked Zhuo Yang: What on earth was Guardiola doing in the locker room?

Zhuo Yang said: "You may not believe it, but Pep and we are drinking a new type of drink, cola mixed with red wine. When we drink it like this... how should I put it, it has the taste of caramel mint tea, like first love."

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