Golden Greenery

( ) The last time I visited Guardiola’s house, Gua’s sister-in-law Cristina Serra secretly told Zhuo Yang that before she and Lao Gua fell in love, he would always lie on the balcony and peek into their backyard, but every time He was caught for the first time but refused to admit it.

When Sister-in-law Gua said this, there was undisguised happiness in her eyes.

Guardiola and Serra are neighbors, and the two fathers have had a lifelong friendship. It’s unknown when the childhood sweethearts started dating, but when they officially started dating, Guardiola was still looking forward to the future at La Masia. That year, he was 18 and she was 14... beasts!

When the two got married, Guardiola was the coach of Bayern Munich. He was 43 that year, and her third son and younger sister Maria were already 6 years old. Beast!

Time flies by. From the green boy back then to the bald donkey uncle now, the beast Guardiola has changed a lot. The only things that remain unchanged are his love for Serra and that dead duck mouth.

So when the whole world is saying that Manchester City's defense has become the team's weakness, Guardiola is stubborn. "I'm very satisfied with the defense, especially the centre-backs, I couldn't be more satisfied."

Protecting Du Zi too much will make Du Zi feel uncomfortable, and he doesn't know who Lao Gua wants to quarrel with.

But he doesn't admit it with his mouth, but his body is very honest. In the first game of the International Champions Cup against Manchester United, Guardiola sent a center back combination of Kompany and Adarabioyo.

Tosin Adarabioyo, who is not yet 20 years old, is an Englishman of Nigerian origin. He is a handsome boy from Manchester City U1.

Guardiola has a headache for the central defenders, and he takes medicine more than he worries about the full-backs. Nowadays, Manchester City has four central defenders on the roster: Kompany, Stones, Otamendi, and Mangala. Just by looking at their names, none of them are mediocre, especially the top three. They can play in any team in the five major leagues. Eat together.

But why is it a weakness at Manchester City? This is about the special requirements of melon-style passing and control for central defenders, which is the ability to control the ball.

Everyone in all positions must have the ability to control the ball, and the center back is the beginning of passing and controlling. Once the central defender fails to meet the standard in this skill, the team's overall rhythm will be seriously affected, and this link will be missing in passing and control.

After the formation was compressed, the three lines were not only very close to each other, but also their positions were blurred. They were walking backwards and forwards, driving the opponent to death. But if the central defender didn't have these two moments, everyone would be nervous and uncomfortable walking, and the passing and control would become a mess.

Kompany has absolutely nothing to say in terms of defensive ability and defensive awareness. He is the top central defender today.

But his ball control and delivery were average, at least not up to Guardiola's ideal requirements. But Lao Kong's outstanding performance in defense made Guardiola acceptable to him.

Otamendi is slightly better at controlling the ball, but not much better, and Otamendi's forward awareness is not enough. Unfortunately, he is still a full-back. Forward awareness does not mean the technical ability to charge forward, but a tactical acumen.

As for Mangala, don't mention possession of the ball to him, football is like burning his feet.

So even though Stones is very bad at defense, Lao Gua just likes to use it. Without him, Shitou's ball control ability is the strongest among them. Even if we look at all the central defenders in the world today, Stones' ball control ability is not the best. Who to lose to. Moreover, Stones is also good at hitting the ball forward and has good timing.

But you should be a little stronger on defense, and don't let the wind leak out like a dumbass, okay? There is no other way but to hope that he will wake up soon.

Adarabioyo is also very good at controlling the ball, so Guardiola can't wait to push him out to test the water. If it can be used, it will solve the big problem.

Even though he faced Mourinho and Manchester United in today's game, Guardiola didn't take it too seriously. In fact, there is no way to take it seriously. Manchester City has just started training, but Manchester United has already been training for a week and has played two warm-up games. Manchester City's game state is different from Manchester United.

Don't take it seriously, it will make your face look better if you lose.

Since you don't take it seriously, Zhuo Yang shouldn't do it. Otherwise, it would be shameless for you to reveal all your nuclear weapons but say you can't get in. Moreover, Zhuo Yang does not need to be familiar with tactics and game rhythm. The most important thing for him is to prepare pre-season physical reserves.

The new signing will not be in the B seat. In fact, he is still at the Etihad Training Center in Manchester.

It should be noted here that A-meter, B-seat, Ronaldo, D-seat, and in the future there will also be B-fee. These are just the conventional names of Chinese fans. There is no such thing in Europe. If you have a chance to meet me in the future, don't call him that. You can't afford to pay for confusing the star.

When Cristiano Ronaldo came to China, he was confused by people shouting "Cristiano Ronaldo". He looked silly and cute that day, and he also gained a lot of fans. And even if you call 'C Ronaldo', it should be 'Ciro', not 'Sei Ronaldo'.

B and Ronaldo are teammates of the Portuguese national team. They both suffered minor injuries in the Confederations Cup in the summer and now need to simply recover.

The world champions and six continental champions plus host Russia make eight teams compete for the Confederations Cup at the end of June. In the end, Loew led a group of new German forces to defeat the South American champion Chile 1:0 in the final to win the championship. Werner, Goretzka, and Stindl also took the top three scorers. It is not too surprising. After all, Che still has veterans like Team Mo and Mr. Zhu to support the team.

Everyone is very interested in the semi-final match between Portugal and Chile because the two teams are so similar. Portugal is known as Chile in Europe, and Chile is known as Portugal in South America. The styles of the two teams that won the European and South American championships respectively are also very similar.

In this counter-attack between the twins, it was 0:0 after 120 minutes, and then Chilean captain Bravo saved Portugal from a penalty kick. In the first three rounds, Chile made three free throws and Portugal missed all three free throws. It was not the turn of the fourth and fifth seats B and Ronaldo to come up.

To be honest, the best player in this Confederations Cup is Bravo. Not only did they beat Portugal, but they only scored 4 goals in total, all of which came from Cameroon and Australia. Chile was beaten by Bravo all the way and almost beat Germany in the end. Stindl's goal had a lot of luck, and Chile had a statistical advantage in the final.

Do you think Bravo is a psycho? In Manchester City, he was the regent, and when he returned to the national team, he was the butt.

Therefore, the worry of happiness made Guardiola itchy again. Is it Ederson or Bravo in the new season?

Ederson is a Neuer-type goalkeeper. He can attack when he dares. His range is so large that it often scares his own defender. His footwork is top-notch among goalkeepers, and his goal line is also good. His weakness lies in stability, so he is Alisson's substitute in the Brazilian national team.

Bravo is the regent and the supreme leader of Manchester City's trap last season, but he also has something to say: How far am I from the defense in the Chilean national team, and what is your life-threatening style of play in Manchester City? Often I can't even see the numbers behind these idiots in the defense. Once my opponent counterattacks, they are so leaky that I can't even recognize them. How can I attack? Let’s talk some sense, shall we?

So after Ederson, who had just arrived, took the starting spot in Manchester City's first warm-up game of the new season, Bravo, the oldest in the team, spoke to Zhuoyang in as calm a tone as possible.

"Lao Zhuo, I'm not bragging to you. If I had been asked to start in the Champions League final more than two months ago, we would still have won the championship, and we wouldn't have to work so hard for you."

Zhuo Yang suppressed a smile and saw that Bravo was embarrassed, so he said: "Don't tell me, you and Lao Gua are very similar in terms of being a tough-tongued duck."