Golden Greenery

'Bumblebee' Watford was lucky because they met the invincible Manchester City in the 18-1 final.

The FA Cup has always been a hotbed of upsets, and this year is no exception. Except for Manchester City, all other traditional strong teams in England were eliminated early.

Manchester City didn't encounter any hard problems along the way, and the big five were all screwed out by others.

The same is true for Watford, and it has been smooth sailing all the way.

Meeting Manchester City at Wembley, Watford also has something to be proud of. They met Manchester City twice in the league, and the scores were 3:4 and 1:3.

In this era of football where Manchester City and Zhuo Yang are killing everyone, these two scores are quite eye-catching. At least the Hornets were not defeated by Manchester City.

Today is a football world where you win less than you lose against Manchester City.

The 'lucky saying' comes from the mouth of Watford head coach and Spanish coach Javier Gracia.

So it can be seen that Gracia did not want to upset Manchester City from the beginning, and he was extremely satisfied with the second place.

The whole Watford team has the same mentality as the coach. Competing with Manchester City for the championship is called a fool. The only wish is not to be defeated, which is ridiculous.

There was no precedent for England to be timid before fighting, but it started to happen this year.

Both Spaniards play as defensive midfielders. Gracia's football coaching ideas actually follow Gua's passing and controlling approach. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a believer in Gua's passing and controlling.

Not worried about losing, worried about being defeated, Wolford's formation was very deep today, which became specious.

However, the core of the tactics remains the same, and this cannot be changed.

When you have the ball, try to extend the possession time as much as possible, and use reverse passes to gain possession of the ball, so as to achieve the purpose of active defense.

The idea seems to be correct. Watford's footwork and tactical literacy do not include Lake, but they are tossing around in the backcourt... Why does it sound so uncertain?

Manchester City's frontcourt press is not generally strong.

Watford's tactical execution was much more decisive than Brighton's a few days ago, so they held on longer.

Game 2 was back and forth. French midfielder Doucoure made a slight adjustment with the ball, but was jumped under the nose by the smart Sterling.

Ducoure changed direction to the left and pulled the ball.

Zhuo Yang, who was slightly behind Sterling, logically should have gone up to encircle him at this time, but he didn't.

Zhuoyang allowed Da Mingming to attack alone, and quietly moved in the opposite direction of Ducoure's change of direction, that is, behind Ducoure.

It's amazing. Ducoure, who changed direction, suddenly pulled the ball with his feet, turned back on the spot with a fake move, and immediately got rid of Da Smart.

He happened to run into Zhuo Yang who was ambushing him.

Put yourself in Ducoure's shoes. He got rid of Sterling in a free and easy manner. As soon as he turned around, such a god suddenly appeared in front of him. Shouldn't he be frightened out of his wits?

Of course the football was lost.

This is no longer called prejudgment, it is Zhuoyang's feeling of Dukurei's pulse in advance.

With a heavy shoulder, he wiped the ball to avoid Ducoure's counterattack. Zhuoyang pushed the ball down and passed it to the smart man who moved forward.

Then he slipped into the penalty area from the other side, and as expected, Da Smart knocked the ball back.

There was no difficulty in the next step. Facing the Brazilian goalkeeper Gomez who fell to the ground, Zhuo Yang passed the ball and then pushed the goal empty.

1:0.

Watford captain, Doucoure: "Why did you bring the ball to Zhuoyang?"

"……I have no idea."

Jesus, who was running by, said, "He did it on purpose~"

Ducoure sent a death gaze at Reshun's silhouette.

Conceding a goal actually has no impact on Watford, because their goal in this game is not to win and win the championship, as long as they don't get defeated.

Just throw it away. Who can prevent Manchester City from winning and Zhuoyang scoring goals these days?

Watford is not Brighton and will not lose its tactical confidence because of conceding goals.

I have to say that despite Watford's passive appearance, their ball possession rate during this period actually exceeded that of Manchester City, which shows the resolute execution of tactics.

A type 2 defensive midfielder, Watford's passing in the midfield and backfield must be centered around him.

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In the 38th minute, Ducoure turned around to receive the pass from the central defender. When he saw Zhuo Yang slowly approaching him from the right, he did not dare to be careless, so he shot the ball towards the left wing early.

After it was passed out, it was discovered that he had passed it to Jesus.

Ducoure: "..." How did you come?

The next moment, Zhuoyang and Da Chongming appeared in the penalty area and hit the goal.

A smart cross pass, Zhuo Yang once again passed Gomez and pushed into the empty goal, 2:0.

Reshunyao said to Ducoure: "Despite this, I will not thank you."

Doucouré stared.

Captain Deeney said to him: "Did you really do it on purpose?"

gaze.

Throughout halftime, Doucoure didn't speak to anyone.

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester City launched several waves of offensives. After thunder and no rain, they were at the bottom with a score of 2:0, so they gathered up their formation and stopped rushing forward.

Zhuoyang slowly turned his head back in front of Watford's goal, which was quite offside.

Everyone at Waterford knew he was there, including Doucoure.

Deulofeu dribbled the ball in the frontcourt and encountered Walker's interception. With no good opportunities left and right, the Kaiser decisively returned and passed the ball back long distance.

The football went straight to Ducoure, and David Siwa came with him.

Doucouré was not careless and did not dodge.

He squinted at Xiwa, who would be a step late after all, and got ready to catch the ball.

Suddenly, a crisis emerged in my heart.

Zhuoyang, who was far behind him just now, magically overtook Ducoure and intercepted the football first.

You can't blame Zhuoyang for running fast, you can only blame Ducoure for waiting for the ball.

Laterally and elegantly avoiding Ducoure, Zhuoyang passed the ball to Xiwa who happened to be offside. This guy didn't brake all the way.

While running, Xiwa shot into the far corner and changed the score to 3:0.

Zhuoyang didn't have Jesus' foul mouth and said nothing, but he still received Ducoure's deep gaze.

Three goals, does it count as a collapse? Watford is confused.

People who live on the dividing line are always in trouble.

However, they didn't hesitate for long.

Just one minute later, Zhuoyang picked up the ball three meters outside the top of the arc. The wide-eyed Ducoure bowed down and stared at Zhuoyang's right foot pulling the football.

He moved it over and then rubbed it back. In an instant, he was half-positioned. Zhuo Yang raised his left foot and shot directly from a long distance.

The football flew across the penalty area like a thunderbolt and hit the top edge of the goal.

4:0, this score is definitely ruined.

Coach Gracia let out a long sigh, and a sense of powerlessness swept over him.

Abdoulaye Doucoure, who was still staring at Zhuoyang, was replaced. After returning to the bench, he changed to staring at the coach with a vicious look.

Even if substitutions were made and tactics were changed, the fact that Watford was defeated still did not change.

Manchester City sat firmly on Diaoyutai, and then Da Chongming and Re Shunliu scored two more goals to lock the score at 6:0.

This score is the largest difference in finals in the history of the FA Cup, the last one being Derby County.

2018-1 The first and only FA Cup, his journey to England is complete.