Golden Greenery

After West Bromwich Albion kicked off, they went directly to the frontcourt through the wing. Craig Dawson made a pass from the bottom. Venezuelan center Salomon Rondon hit the ball back and the Irishman James ·McLean pushed the ball.

The action was very calm, just pushing the ball high and flying over the crossbar.

Although it didn't scare Bravo too much, it was a complete and threatening attack, and it also highlighted West Brom's basic tactics today, which is to attack with long passes and high-flying balls.

You can't blame Benzema for everything! Mourinho is all to blame for this. He demonstrated the possibility of simply and brutally blocking Manchester City in the League Cup 1/8 match three days ago. Premier League coaches are all smarter than monkeys. The 58-year-old Welsh coach Tony Pulis compared it to Guidolin in Serie A. He has spent half his life in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, and he immediately understood it.

And just judging from the superficial conditions, West Brom has more capital than Manchester United to play this way.

According to the official statistics of the Premier League, among the 20 princes this season, West Brom ranks first in average height, reaching 185.5 centimeters. Manchester United is only fourth, with 183.2.

And at the end of this list is Guardiola 177.

This average height is for the 23 registered players in the team. In fact, the gap between Manchester City and West Brom in the main starting lineup is even greater. The two centers in this game, Akun at 171 and Long Dong at 188, are the most intuitive comparison. Today, West Brom's starting lineup is all 180+ or ​​above, 1 Manchester City has seven with 180 or below, the highest is Stones' 188, and David Silva's claim of 170 is seriously questionable.

With Manchester United's example, Pulis is an old-school British coach. If he doesn't make good use of long passes and three routes, wouldn't he lose such a good body and size in vain?

There is no best tactic, only the most appropriate tactic. Of course, it doesn't mean that Manchester City are afraid of this kind of play, otherwise they would no longer have to play in football, but now they are unlucky and in bad shape.

Manchester City immediately used its own quick pass to give West Brom a counterattack.

Sterling dribbled the ball from the right and broke into the penalty area. He dribbled past two defenders and hit the far corner with a curved ball with his left foot, which was saved by Ben Foster. It's Foster, the backup goalkeeper from Manchester United's Edwin van der Sar era.

Nowadays, most of the famous players in the West Brom team have Manchester United resumes. The 32-year-old captain Darren Fletcher has been the main midfielder of the Red Devils for many years. He actually didn't want to leave Manchester United, but he was driven away by Louis van Gaal in the winter window of 2015.

There is also 28-year-old Jonny Evans from Northern Ireland, who Zhuo Yang has the deepest impression on.

When Zhuoyang was still in Milan, Chelsea's Scar was plotted by Manchester United's Brazilian Anderson, causing a torn ankle ligament, which almost ruined his career.

That day, Grandpa Mo beat Anderson violently in the locker room in front of Sir Alex Ferguson. After his face was covered with blood, he made up a stool. Later, Anderson was retaliated by Zhuo Yang and broke his leg directly in the Champions League.

Grandpa Mo was sent to the reserve team by Sir Alex Ferguson, and the person who replaced him at that time was this Evans. He was the confidence that Ferguson was determined to destroy Grandpa Mo, and it was also the psychological basis for Ferguson and Zhuo Yang to make a bet to let Grandpa Mo go. .

Later, Grandpa Mo went to Dortmund to join Uncle Zha, and eventually became the third free defender in German football after Beckenbauer and Sammer. However, Evans failed to fulfill Ferguson's wish and was never able to win. After that, if you say that he can take over from Mertesacker, it will be regarded as a joke.

Evans was also purged by Van Gaal. Anderson, who is of the same age as him, is now living in the Brazilian second division. Mainstream football has not seen news about him for a long time. The last time was in 2012 when his driver's license was revoked for drunk driving in Sao Paulo.

Evans's job is as a central defender, but because the core midfielder of West Brom and the Argentinian Claudio Jacob were suspended today, Evans moved into the midfield.

Jacob is a Gago-type player from Real Madrid. He is also a talent. He has only played 9 rounds in the league.

He actually received 5 yellow cards. On the one hand, it shows that he is very tough. On the other hand, it also shows that he is very smart. He always controls fouls and conflicts below the red line.

Therefore, after Chinese capital acquired West Bromwich Albion in the summer, the club's new management first renewed the contract with 2 for six years. From this, we can know his status and importance in the team.

Jacob's fifth yellow card was received for defending Detu in the last round of the league match between Anfield and Liverpool. Uncle Zha's Red Army won that game 3:1, and Tu Ye scored a tomahawk free kick.

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After all, with superior skills, Manchester City quickly took the absolute initiative in the game.

In the second pass, Aguero knocked across the left side, Gundogan followed up and scored, but Mason was ruled offside and the first goal was invalid.

Viewed in slow motion, this is an individual gross offside. The linesman Scott Legere has a good eye and can be called a human VAR.

In the 15th minute, Fernando made a direct pass, and Aguero, who was offside, kicked the ball fiercely in the corner of the penalty area. The ball hit the crossbar and the post in an angry manner.

If the doorframe were a hawthorn tree, the hawthorns on it would have been shaken clean off.

The long pass attack is actually very technical, and you can't just play it immediately if you want to. Especially in front of a clever little guy like Manchester City who is very good at pressing on the spot, West Brom can hardly control the ball, and the game quickly changes. It became a one-sided offensive and defensive battle.

Manchester City's ball possession rate once again exceeded 70%, and the shots were 11:2. Except that Manchester City collectively forgot to put the crosshair on their shooting boots, there was no other problem. The game was 0:0 in the first half.

Ten minutes later in the second half, after Nolito shot the football on the goal post again in the empty and unguarded penalty area, Guardiola couldn't stand it anymore and replaced him with De Bruyne, who had just recovered from injury.

I really expected Ding Ding to change hands like changing knives, but these consecutive losses and injuries have worn away his enchanting form since the beginning of the season. After coming up, not only did he fail to make an immediate impact on Manchester City's offensive efficiency, but because of his impatience, he always occupied the center. Movement of teammates.

The first shot hit the head of Sterling, who was running sideways, and the pain made the happy boy just want to cry.

Two minutes later, Ding Ding fought with Feiniao in the midfield, giving West Bromwich Albion a free advantage. Dawson took the ball and organized a counterattack.

A long pass to the left, Long Dong then crossed the middle, and Ding Ding's teammate in the Belgian national team, midfielder Nasser Chadli, shot low from outside the top of the arc, returning Bravo to a goal post, and Manchester City escaped.

Guardiola couldn't help it anymore. This game was too similar to the loss to Everton two weeks ago. The superficial excitement could not hide Manchester City's crisis, and a deep sense of uneasiness arose spontaneously.

Look at Kompany, Iheanacho, Clichy and Navas on the bench. None of them can reassure Guardiola. No one looks like someone who can solve the crisis.

So, he looked at Zhuo Yang on the C position of the bench, and then looked away again. After a moment, he looked over again, as if Zhuo Yang had a magnet on his body.

"Zhuoyang, Manchester City can't miss again today."

"I know." Zhuo Yang said, "If I miss again, it will be difficult to return to Manchester."

"What should we do?"

"Where do you plan to go? Let's agree first. Except when we go back to Barcelona, ​​I will accompany you wherever you go."

Guardiola: "..."

"Be serious! Look at these bastards on the field, do you have anything you can do?"

"Try it, you'll know after you try it." After saying this, Zhuo Yang had already taken off his pants.