Golden Greenery

Why are Zhuoyang and Feiniao in Manchester City's frontcourt so important?

Zhuoyang and Feiniao are the two oldest people in Manchester City's starting lineup. They are both over 32 years old, but they are also the least rotated in the team except goalkeeper Anderson.

Because Zhuoyang and Feiniao are the only two people in the team's frontcourt who can achieve a balance of offense and defense in terms of ability.

Although the rest of the people each have their own unique skills, they are all strong in offense and weak in defense, and their partiality is very serious. Total attack and total defense football requires not only total attack but also total defense.

So even though outsiders may think that Manchester City's midfield and frontcourt staffing is almost perfect, Lao Gua still goes through the scouting list over and over again and never gives up on the idea of ​​introducing new attackers.

Therefore, 'Fei Dingxi' is famous, but it is still not as good as 'Habaibu'. Feiniao can be roughly equal to Busquets. Tintin's passing is becoming more and more amazing, but he is not as comprehensive as Xavi.

Silva is a first-class free agent in the midfield and frontcourt, but as long as Iniesta is not dead, Silva can only rank behind him.

Strong attack power can sometimes cover up many problems, especially Zhuo Yang who often turns the tide. However, the balance of Manchester City's midfield and frontcourt is indeed not as good as that of several powerful enemies in Europe, such as Real Madrid, Bayern, Juventus, and Manchester United and Liverpool around them.

They are invincible when the wind is flowing, but when faced with extremely aggressive wolf tactics, Manchester City will inevitably show their timidity. This is also the most important reason why Guardiola uses double midfielders today.

Lao Gua hopes that Tintin will become Xavi or Pirlo, but each person has a hook. Rooney cannot become Pirlo, and Tintin cannot become Xavi.

De Bruudin is a Kaka-type player. His passing ability is worse than that of Master Kaka, but his scoring ability is not as good as that of Master Kaka. Let Kaka play as a defensive midfielder? Mourinho is not like this either.

On the other hand, Liverpool, not to mention Firmino, an outstanding representative of defensive center, Salah and Mane can also effectively defend in front of their own penalty area. Chamberlain took a good halberd and did not hesitate to use himself as a troublemaker. , teaming up with Detu and Anderson to turn the midfield battle into a meat grinder.

Guardiola can definitely think of this, and his first response is Gundogan.

Teacher Jing was originally a good prospect for Harvey, but as he grew older and suffered several major injuries, his skills became more and more advanced, turning a good all-around type into a J-type.

Lao Gua bought him the year before last to help Feiniao prepare for his death, but now he is competing for food with Tintin and Silva.

If today's arrangement is compared to Barcelona that year, Zhuoyang is still Zhuoyang, Feiniao is Xiaobu, Hope Tintin is Xavi, Silva is Calabash, and Gundogan is Iniesta.

Sane is Messi, and the winger is Guardiola's second choice today.

But Tintin is not Xavi, and Sane is even less likely to be Messi. This is simply not the same thing. When Boss Mei goes crazy, no one on the court can control it. Cruel people like Pepe and Shui Ye often wake up crying in the middle of the night.

Sane couldn't get mad at all, and Arnold restrained him.

All the British stars have this problem. When they are good, they are just one step away from winning the Golden Globe Award. When they are bad, they make themselves into jokes. Sterling, Master La, Lin Huang, Chamberlain, Stones, Ali, and even Prince William, Wo Xiaohu, Rooney, Lennon and Owen, all have this virtue.

Now Arnold is also full of stars,

But it just so happened that today was his good day.

After being frustrated by Alexander-Arnold a few times in the opening game, Sane couldn't help but stop kicking. While retreating his position, he also cut inward when taking the ball and made meaningless adjustments to cross the ball.

So in the 12th minute of the first half, a series of mistakes made by Manchester City started from Sane.

Sane took the ball and cut inside, but after being blocked by Detu, he knocked back at Feiniao. The transition was naturally made by Ding Ding.

When Tintin raised his head, he saw the haunting Chamberlain in front of him. It was very difficult to move forward slowly, so Ding Ding wanted to pass the ball like Harvey did.

Zhuo Yang, who was running horizontally, was fighting with Van Dyke for the top position, but no one could beat him. A tall and strong bison, Zhuoyang is a gentle man.

Van Dai Niu is valuable because even when facing Zhuo Yang, he did not blindly push the ball away, but consciously pushed the ball to the right side of Liverpool, where Detu blocked Sane just now.

Detu was still there, but Sane retreated first, retreating faster than a rabbit, so Tuye turned around very leisurely after taking the ball, and then observed.

It is really difficult for the Military City Meeting, which is filled with gunpowder smoke, to remain undisturbed.

Mr. Tu has a unique skill, he is like the old man in the cellar. The older he gets, the mellower and more saucy he gets.

A long pass passed Sane, who was standing on the center line, and went straight to Salah behind him.

If Sane didn't retreat so quickly, let alone steal the ball when Tu Ye got the ball, even if he could interfere, Liverpool's counterattack wouldn't have been so fast.

If Sane had not retreated, he would not have overlapped with Laporte, who had not even had time to retreat. Behind the two of them was the wilderness enough for Salah to sprint.

When Salah received the ball, the closest person to him was Gundogan, who was one step away. If Teacher Jing could decisively foul at this time, nothing would happen to Salah, but he chose to race with others like a lunatic.

What kind of old man am I? Don’t you know?

The result was that although Teacher Jing was also kicking the ground hard, compared with Salah who was quickly moving away, he was just running in place with his legs raised.

The one who came over from the diagonal stab turned out to be right back Walker, which shows how chaotic Manchester City's formation was at this time.

Salah buckled the edge with his instep, cut in the air and crossed with Firmino, leaving Walker idle.

Firmino dribbled the ball in from the corner of the penalty area. Otamendi pounced too hard - not hard enough, not hard enough, but he couldn't reach it. He easily passed by and then pushed with his left foot.

Ederson tried his best and blocked Firmino's weak shot.

Walker, who rushed over in a hurry, didn't know what he was thinking, but he actually raised his leg to let the ball pass. Wouldn't it be nice to just make a rescue?

Firmino behind him didn't force another shot. The blockage was tight. He sat on his butt and kicked the football to the center.

Feiniao is another person who made mistakes.

After Salah and Firmino crossed, Fernando rushed back to stick to him, and was still in front of him.

But when Firmino dodged Otta's shot, Fernando stopped. He is not a man-marking defender after all.

But Salah didn't stop, so when he received Firmino's kick pass, he was empty again.

Kompany was guarding the empty door alone, with thousands of comments in his heart.

Salah shoots hard, Liverpool 1:0.

The two old guys who were running out of breath stopped and Tu Ye said: "You have to admit that when it comes to beating Guardiola, Uncle Zha is the best."

"Alas -" Zhuo Yangzhu sighed: "Why do I often feel that leading Manchester City is more tiring than leading the national team to the World Cup."

"First, the expectations are different. Second, it doesn't matter if you imitate what I say. If you mention the national team World Cup again, we will end our friendship."