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In fact, Guardiola was playing tricks today, but unfortunately he couldn't deceive Enrique.

Before the game, he announced in a high-profile manner that Manchester City's two right backs, Zabaleta and Clichy, are injured and may not be eligible to participate. In such an important Champions League group stage match, we can't just make do with the young players in the second team, so the outside world believes that Manchester City will still play three defenders.

When it came time to submit the roster the day before the game, Manchester City suddenly announced that Zabaleta would return and enter the starting lineup.

Well, after suffering a big loss at Camp Nou two weeks ago, Guardiola must have restored the four-back formation this time, otherwise why would Zabaleta be so anxious.

When the game started, everyone suddenly realized that the stubborn and stubborn Guardiola still played three defenders.

Otamendi pulled very far to the right, and the nominal right back Zabaleta was positioned further forward than the defensive midfielder Feiniao. In addition, the two wings of the trident, Sterling and Silva, retreated. Manchester City actually has six people working in the midfield.

3 flashed a shot, trying to use the midfielder's numerical advantage to suppress Barcelona's passing and cutting, so that Barcelona's offensive and defensive rhythm could not be coherent.

But Enrique's tactics today were very concise, especially as Barcelona passed through the midfield very quickly and did not struggle with Manchester City at all. They often passed long passes to msn in front of them to play with. To put it bluntly, it was a defensive counterattack.

Although Barcelona does not deliberately pursue passing and cutting, they are still the ancestors of passing and cutting. Even if they do not specialize in creating ball possession, their footwork is still more detailed than Manchester City.

Manchester City's numerical advantage in the midfield turned into a decoration, and there was no chance to surround them on the spot. They could only follow the Barcelona people in pursuit, as if they owed money to collect debts.

At the end of the first half, Manchester City was trailing 0:1 at home, and all technical statistics, including ball possession rate, were at a slight disadvantage.

However, today's Barcelona is not without its weaknesses. Guardiola is as smart as Guardiola, and he grasped it keenly through 45 minutes of observation.

Barcelona is still No. 1 in Europe on paper, but since Zhuo Yang was there, one weakness has always been there - the substitutes. First on paper refers to Barcelona's regular starting lineup, but they have always lacked powerful figures who can stand up perfectly from the bench.

Especially after Zhuoyang and Guardiola left one after another, Barcelona's aging starting lineup has been strongly supplemented in recent years, with Scar, Neymar, Alba and Suarez, but the strength on the bench is weaker than before.

Especially in the midfield and backcourt,

Pique and Alba are injured. Today, Barcelona brought Marcos back to the center with Umtiti as central defender. They can only play Digne and Roberto on the left and right.

Digne has no speed, which is terrible on Barcelona's wing. Roberto will be great in the future, but not yet.

In the first half, msn's activity concealed the mediocrity of Barcelona's two full-backs. Manchester City players only focused on running around in the midfield according to the pre-match plan and did not take full advantage of the opponent's weaknesses.

And although Ma Ma is fine in his own right, next to Umtiti, who is still a little immature, he is not as complementary as Pique. Both of them are anticipatory and aggressive, and their styles are similar.

At halftime, Guardiola ordered the team to continue with three defenders, and Zabaleta was an unorthodox wide midfielder. Then let Gundogan and De Bruyne move slightly forward, forming a double midfielder in front of Feiniao.

We no longer play in the midfield, but aim behind Barcelona's two full-backs and in the ribs of the defense.

Enrique doesn't know the weaknesses of his team, but weaknesses are always relative, and it still depends on the performance on the spot. This is a matter of ebb and flow.

Regarding the protection of the two full-backs, Enrique's tactical arrangements were made by Andre Gomez and Rakitic, but Manchester City put very little pressure on this aspect in the first half, which saved trouble.

But after the start of the second half, under the guidance of the smart and hairless Guardiola, Manchester City was different. Infinite Novel Network

Barcelona's tactics have not changed, but Manchester City's two attacking midfielders are targeting the two full-backs Roberto and Digne. In addition, the two wings of Sterling and Silva are not good at all. Barcelona immediately became a little confused. .

In the 51st minute, Ding Ding broke through Digne's entanglement on the right side of the center line, ran with the ball along the sideline, and reached the extension line of the penalty area before passing it across to Sterling who was crossing diagonally with him.

Sterling took the ball and rushed in, and Maggie and Umtiti grabbed it side by side. Sterling was not only happy, but also very smart. Even though he knew the distance was too close, he still took a step forward because he happened to be in the penalty area.

He is right-footed and then changes the direction of the ball to the right. Umtiti pounced too hard, and his foot hit Sterling's right foot after changing direction.

There was definitely contact, but Sterling was deliberately looking for a penalty kick, so his performance after success was too exaggerated, and his forward dive was unbearable.

Afraid of not attracting the referee's attention, he acted like a flop.

Kaushoy is no longer the Hungarian whistler who blew the whistle in confusion. He has been trained by UEFA for so many years and has become very aware of everything. Nothing can be hidden from him.

You can't hide a flop.

Kashay not only failed to give Manchester City a penalty kick, but also warned Sterling with a yellow card. To be honest, Umtiti couldn't believe it.

Although this attack turned a good thing into a bad thing due to Sterling's exaggerated acting skills, it undoubtedly allowed the Manchester City players to find a trick.

In the 53rd minute, Gundogan followed Roberto's lead and hit him in the back, forcing Rakitic to release a shovel to stop him. Kaushoy was businesslike and also gave Rakitic a yellow card.

"During training and games, I sometimes involuntarily stop and look at Messi. I have to thank God for allowing me to play alongside Messi. Even in the love letters I write to my wife, I sincerely praise Messi. Messi is unique. Running 10,000 meters for him is worth it even if your back hurts." - Rakitic

Rakitic is now known as the leader of the ‘Messi Fan Group’ and the number one club in football.

Gundogan, who was overthrown by Rakitic, cannot say what his condition is, but he must be the luckiest player in the Manchester City team. Three days ago at the Hawthorn Stadium, he picked up two empty goals and scored twice. He was absolutely confident.

In the 57th minute, Silva and Kolarov suddenly pressed Roberto near the bottom corner of the frontcourt. As a result, he could only pass the football to the center in a hurry and tried to pass it to Xiaobu.

Xiaobu didn't expect that he could be so second-rate. He was stunned for a moment and was overtaken by Aguero. After cutting off the football, Akun directly crossed to Sterling on the right at the top of the arc.

It was Digne behind again, but this time Happy Forest didn't want a penalty kick. He quickly dribbled the ball down to the waistline of the penalty area, and then passed the football backwards with all his strength, pressing the line of the small penalty area.

Everyone says that it is easy for Gundogan to score a goal, just by picking up a missed goal or an empty goal, but they do not know that he can run to the position where he missed the goal, which is a god-like skill and a very superb movement without the ball.

The football flew past the goal, just out of Ter Stegen's reach, and Gundogan miraculously appeared at the back post. He raised his foot and knocked, and there was another empty door.

1:1, Manchester City equalized the score.

Enrique also discovered at this time that Guardiola had caught Barcelona's seven inches, but it was not that he didn't have any tricks. Without a suitable full-back replacement, Enrique decided from the midfield.

After the restart, Barcelona replaced Rakitic and A. Gomez within three minutes and replaced Arda Turan and Rafinha.

At this point, the competition really begins to go head-to-head.

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