Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

Seeing De Bruyne being wrapped by FC United Manchester players, Manchester City's attack

became more difficult to advance into the box, and other Manchester City players involuntarily began to share De Bruyne's task, began to take the initiative to ask for the ball to help organize the attack, and even captain Kompany pressed to the front 30-meter area and acted as a midfield metronome.

I have to say that Guardiola's adjustment of players' skills and tactics is still very effective, players in every position on the field have good foot skills, and the basic skills of passing are very stable, even if there is interference around them, they will not easily pass the ball.

But FC United's players are not just passive defensive, the phrase that chance comes out is engraved in the DNA of the Red Rebels.

Finally, under the unremitting running, FC United seized an opportunity, and the mistake was not De Bruyne and Sterling, who had always been pressed by FC United, but David, who had the most delicate technique under his feet. Silva.

David. Silva came to Manchester City in 2010 and has always been a regular in the team and a contributor to City's two-time Premier League titles, and his mistakes are something no one expected.

After receiving a pass from Fernandinho, David . Silva began to dribble the ball along the right flank and in front of him was FC United's No.3, Red Rebel captain Andrew. Robertson.

Seeing Robertson lunging at him, David. Silva did not choose to return the pass, but first made a forced bottom movement, and then quickly swung the ball to the middle, wanting to cut inside.

Last year's Carabao Cup match David . Silva was not on the pitch and had not played Robertson head-to-head, but he was no stranger to the Scotsman, who saw his compatriot Keylor Keylor Navas deflated in front of Robertson again and again, and Robertson used his tenacious defense to keep the Manchester City players without a successful breakthrough in the whole game.

But David. Silva is not worried, whether it is Nolito or Keylor Navas, it is necessary to substitute themselves, what they can't do doesn't mean they can't do it, and Robertson's successful defense of Keylor Navas doesn't say anything at all.

And although Robertson performed very well in that game, he was very fierce in defense, as long as he dodged his first catch, he could easily get rid of it, how can the wide open defense prevent our delicate Spaniard?

Sure enough, after Silva dunked the ball inside, Robertson immediately pounced, stretched out his foot to stop the ball, and his parted legs revealed a particularly large gap.

Silva immediately dunked the ball back, stabbed it between Robertson's legs, and then made a change of direction to catch up with the football and break into the box.

But just when he just took a step, Robertson, who seemed to have lost his center of gravity, suddenly stopped, and a big stride stopped between Silva and the football, and Silva, who couldn't hold his feet, hit Robertson's back so straight, and did not knock Robertson down, but lost his balance because of this collision.

Robertson, however, took advantage of his collision to catch up with the ball in two steps, then smashed the ball and turned around, unexpectedly did not release the ball out of the box, but rushed out with the ball himself!

This is quite a surprise, although Robertson often assists in normal times, but now that FC United are defending at full strength, how dare he give up his defensive position and move forward with the ball.

It was definitely a move that surprised everyone.

Silva slowed down before he could stop him, Fernandinho had already rushed into the FC United penalty area, Vincent Kompany was also standing very close to the attack, and Manchester City's central midfield and defenders had a large open area that Robertson took advantage of.

Seeing Robertson's sudden forward insertion this time, Lu Wei's eyes lit up, the timing of this forward insertion is really good, just caught Manchester City is attacking at full strength, and now it is between attacking and defensive conversion, and there are many holes in Manchester City's back line.

Robertson dribbled the ball and threw off De Bruyne, who was trying to defend from the middle, and dribbled the ball past the halfway line before encountering Kyle who wanted to force him out of the touchline. Walker, Robertson directly struck an oblique pass and passed the ball to Lozano who pulled to the middle to receive it, Walker turned and rushed towards Lozano, but Lozano made the ball back the moment he received the ball, and the football returned to Robertson's feet again.

Seeing that Robertson had stopped the ball unguarded and looked up at his teammates in the box, Edson immediately shouted.

"Keep an eye on their striker! Especially that Brazilian! "

In this high-speed counterattack, FC United formed a 4-on-3 situation, Kyle. Walker set his sights on Lozano, Otamendi followed Barbosa, and Mendy looked at Daniel who ran diagonally from the middle to the right. James, far from the box, Matuidi and Kompany are heading side by side to the battlefield.

After a little hesitation, Robertson made a judgment, it was still a 4-on-3 situation, but after a while, there were more than a few defenders, so he immediately got up and passed the ball with his left foot.

The football flew to the back of the box and Robertson's cross was found by Daniel. James!

Daniel. James sprinted with all his strength and threw Mendy behind him, and Mendy, due to a mistake in his position, could not stop him from rushing into the box in the first place, gritted his teeth and rushed over to see if he could save it, while also praying that Daniel would shoot high.

Daniel was fast, and when the football flew in front of him accurately, he stopped with ease, supported with his left foot, raised his right foot high, and formed a perfect 90° with the ground, and the young man slammed into the front of the ball with a fierce face!

Ederson is a very good goalkeeper, his judgment, positioning, and technique are all first-class, but his saves and reactions in front of the goal line are his weaknesses, and due to Manchester City's strong control, Ederson tends to be more leisurely, which also leads to his slower form.

First of all, Robertson's cross did not go to Balbosa, who had the strongest scoring ability, and the ball flew to the back point of the box to his surprise, and Daniel's volley was also very sudden, and more importantly, the ball flew to the right, but the next moment it flew to the left with a strong rotation.

When Edson got up, the football had already flown in front of his eyes into the top left corner of the goal!

The whole Red Stadium was in a binge!