Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

Manchester City's players are sitting in the dressing room, silently wiping their sweat, Aguero sits in his place, covering his head with a towel and not knowing what he is thinking, he has been in very good form these seasons, scoring more than 30 goals per season, In England I'm afraid only Harry . Kane can match himself.

However, in the first half, Aguero only completed two shots on goal, and once hit the defender's calf, which is rarely the case before, such an airtight defense, Aguero has only encountered such a defense in the Champions League when he meets Real Madrid and Juventus, but the Galaxy will not pull down and abandon the attack to focus on defense.

De Bruyne took a sip of a bottle of water, and his successful passes in the first half were all lateral, forward passes were either intercepted or cleared, and two powerful midfielders were constantly dangling around him, and he had little room to hold the ball.

Manchester City throughout the first half has been FC United's box periphery passing back and forth to find space, and finally passed into the box was cleared and passed back and forth again to find a good opportunity, and the cycle continues, even long-range shots are rushed to a few kicks, and finally end with FC United's goal.

"I think everyone should be clear by now, this opponent is not an ordinary promotion horse, indeed, they are Championship champions, they set a Championship points record last season, they beat our substitute in the cup last season, and their defense in the first half you see, this is a very solid defensive line, both in terms of cooperation and individual defensive ability, it is quite good, not even worse than our Nicolas (Otamendi) and Vincent (Kompany)."

Guardiola stood at the centre of the players, bending slightly to review the first half.

'And they can maintain a defensive system of at least three players anywhere in the back, which is difficult to come by in England, and I thought it was an Italian team, and to be honest, I don't approve of the way it plays, but I admire that they can do this kind of near-perfect defense.

Guardiola paused and looked up at the players around him.

"But there is no perfect tactic in this world, we can definitely break this seemingly perfect backline, and if we want to open a gap in this solid defense, we have to know these players."

Guardiola turned around and drew on the tactical board, quickly drawing the defensive formation of FC United on the tactical board.

"The focus of their defense is in the box, and the two central defenders have enough height and the ability to head the top that completely limits our ability to score from a high ball, so what they have to do outside the box becomes very simple, that is, to block our breakthrough and short pass penetration, force us to attack in a way that we are not good at, what we have to do in the second half is not to be led by their nose, control the rhythm in the midfield, and create long-range shooting opportunities."

Guardiola waved his pen and drew two lines on the tactical board.

"David, Rahim and Roy, you have to break through more resolutely, you must send the threat into the box, and when you get to the box, they don't dare to do anything, you are much more flexible than those big guys, Kevin, you don't want to stand in the middle to pass, pull the side when you should, break through if you can, attack more and shoot more."

"Passing, running, transpositioning, looking for gaps in their formation while passing, you have to believe in your own ability, we are the best team in England this season, no matter how good their defense is, it is impossible for us to have no chance, as long as we calm down and play our characteristics, there is no defensive line that we cannot break, remember, the defending side is always passive."

Speaking of this, Guardiola stopped his movements and looked at the watch on his wrist.

"Well, there are less than ten minutes to go before the start of the second half, you guys think about what you have to do in the second half to create a shot, Ilka, you come on in the second half, help Kevin share the organizational pressure, Gabriel, Bernardo, you two also hurry up and warm up."

Meanwhile, in the dressing room on the other side, Lu Wei is doing the same thing as Guardiola.

"You played great in the first half, you played as a whole, we were able to lead into the second half, it was all of you, but don't be complacent, one goal lead is the most dangerous thing in the world. In the second half, our goal is still to defend, except for Daniel and Gabriel who are always ready to counterattack, all the other players have to participate in the defense, must guard our penalty area, outside the 30 meter area they have to fall their feet and let them fall, but as long as they dribble into 30 meters, then kill them! Speaking

of this, Lu Wei slashed his hand down fiercely and made a guillotine action, not to mention, it was quite imposing.

"Kill them!"

Robertson shouted with his fists first, and everyone else echoed it, as Newton Heath's team, they had little affection for their neighbour, who was only three blocks away from them, and only the old captain Chadwick was a Manchester City fan in the entire FC United club.

"So when defending in the second half, we must not be too polite, foul when you are far away from the box, they don't have players with good free kick skills, as long as it is not a very dangerous place, it doesn't matter if you give them a few free kicks, but pay attention to the scale of the foul action, if you eat a yellow card, you will have concerns in the subsequent defense, of course, there is still a possibility of forced situations, I think you will grasp this scale."

Lu Wei continued.

FC United will nod their heads, they are not the amateur players of five or six years ago, these professional players need to master the essentials they are very clear, and players like Robertson, who have been through the trials of the lower leagues, are even more skilled in scale grasp than the old fritters of the Premier League.

"For the last forty-five minutes, I had only one request."

Lu Wei stretched out a finger and looked at the players sitting in the dressing room ready to go.

"I don't ask you to make it 2-0 in the second half, I just ask you not to concede the ball in the second half, all I want is winning, whether it's winning a few goals, winning a goal is also a victory, and in the second half I don't want to see anyone make a mistake in defense, understand!?"

"Understood!"