Super Marshal

On the afternoon of September 25th, Manchester City Stadium.

This is undoubtedly the most important matchup since the new season. Both sides made a lot of rotations in the League Cup in midweek.

As a result of the rotation, Manchester City, with a stronger bench, continued to advance, while Chelsea was eliminated.

This also caused Chelsea to have some pressure before the game.

In the morning of the game, all major British media were warming up for this game. The first thing that bore the brunt was the war of words between Gao Han and Scolari, which reporters rushed to report and interpret.

Scolari's remarks were undoubtedly a bit excessive. He not only pointed the finger at Manchester City, but also ridiculed Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United. This is in line with Scolari's character and also reflects his attitude towards the European profession. Not familiar with football.

As a result, Ferguson accepted a phone interview with the media that night to counter Scolari's remarks, believing that in this focus battle in Manchester, Gao Han would undoubtedly have the last laugh.

"The first five consecutive victories have no value. If Scolari wants to prove himself, he has to perform against Manchester City."

These were Ferguson's original words, which were also interpreted by the media as a sign of defeating Scolari.

Coupled with Gao Han's previous psychological warfare, Scolari should regret his original remarks.

But even if there was a regret medicine in the world, he would not have time to take it.

In this game, Scolari sent out all his main players.

The goalkeeper is Hilario, the defense is Ashley Cole, Terry, Alex and Ivanovic, the three players in the midfield are Essien, Lampard and Ramirez are in the middle. The front trident is Robinho on the left, Anelka on the right, and Falcao in the center.

When Gao Han got Chelsea's starting list, he already guessed Scolari's intentions.

Facts have proved that his judgment was correct. Scolari shouted loudly, but in fact what he was pursuing was a draw.

Does that mean Gao Han's psychological warfare is useless?

not necessarily!

When the news broke out, it was not just Scolari who saw the report, but also Chelsea players. Will they be affected? Who doesn't want to win?

Especially when the situation on the court is favorable to one's side.

Manchester City still deployed a three-four-three formation in this game. The goalkeeper is Petr Cech, and the defense is Kompany, Javi Martinez and Mascherano. This three-back combination is getting better and better this season. The better, the stronger.

In the midfield, Xavi Alonso is behind, with David Silva and Milner in the middle. Modric was given a rest by Gao Han because of a slight injury to his foot. Kaka is in the attacking midfielder position, and the front three is missing. Changed, still Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema and Sanchez.

The tactical formations used by both sides have not changed much, and they know each other relatively well, so the focus of the game lies in the starting tactics and on-the-spot performance of both sides.

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At the beginning of the game, both sides played with reservations, did not directly enter the state, and were still testing each other.

Manchester City obviously did not invest as much in attacking as before. Instead, they consciously kept the three-line formation compact and allowed Chelsea, who took the first kick, to control the ball without trying to grab it.

The most obvious thing is that Manchester City's defense did not press forward, but stayed in its own half, and Xavi Alonso also retreated. As a result, the main battleground between the two sides after the start was in the midline area.

This feels a bit like showing weakness, especially at home.

Chelsea obviously felt a little suspicious about this. After all, in previous games, Manchester City would just go straight to the game, no matter what, grab a goal first, but today they suddenly played like this, something was wrong.

Especially in the opening minutes, Chelsea actually controlled the ball, which was a bit unnatural.

what to do?

Chelsea herself was a little confused.

But after three or four minutes of testing, they finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Since your opponents have shown weakness, let’s do it!

As a result, Chelsea's overall formation slowly pressed forward and began to try to launch an offensive against Manchester City's defense.

Among the three midfielders of the Blues, neither Lampard nor Ramirez has the ability to independently push the ball into the frontcourt. In the past, Drogba was needed to act as the fulcrum in the frontcourt, surrounding the ball. The Ivorians came to organize the attack.

But after using Falcao, the entire offensive system is completely different, and the one used by Drogba no longer works.

Therefore, we need players like Robinho and Anelka who can actively retreat to meet the midfielders and can effectively carry the ball into the frontcourt. However, another new problem will arise, the lack of width in the offense.

In the past, when Gao Han was coaching Chelsea, the solution to this problem was to rely on the forward assists of the two full-backs. During the Mourinho period, Ashley Cole has also been playing an important role in Chelsea's offensive system.

In this game, the cold weather not only allowed Sanchez to focus on the English left back, but also arranged Milner in the midfield, with the purpose of defending and intercepting, especially to cut off the connection between Ashley Cole and the center of the midfield.

As a result, Milner already had two successful interceptions shortly after the opening, both of which came from Chelsea's passing errors.

Once was intercepted in midfield, and another time was Ashley Cole's cross from the left, which Milner directly intercepted.

In the seventh minute of the game, Robinho dropped back to catch the ball, but Milner successfully intercepted it and passed it to Xavi Alonso. The Spaniard made a long pass and Cristiano Ronaldo quickly rushed forward. However, after receiving the ball, both Terry and Alex actively defended in place. The Portuguese hurriedly shot a long shot, which was too far away and missed the target.

But a minute later, there was another long pass from the midfield. Cristiano Ronaldo successfully countered offside. After receiving the ball on the left side of the penalty area, he wanted to pass it to the center to Benzema, but Hilario decisively attacked and picked it off. Down.

Two minutes later, there was another on-the-spot counterattack after Manchester City stole the ball. Ivanovic finally couldn't help but foul, pulled the Portuguese, received a yellow card, and gave Manchester City a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt.

Cristiano Ronaldo personally took the penalty, which was of high quality, but was saved by Hilario, and the subsequent corner kick failed to create a threat.

In the first ten minutes, Manchester City seemed to be focusing on defensive counterattacks, but Chelsea took the initiative to attack. However, Chelsea made many mistakes in passing and controlling the ball. Manchester City seized the opportunity to launch sharp counterattacks one after another. On the contrary, it was the Blues themselves who even kicked the ball. There was no shot. It was not until the eleventh minute that Anelka made a pass from the right and sent the ball into Manchester City's penalty area for the first time.

After Falcao stopped the ball in his chest, he wanted to turn around and volley, but Xabi Alonso, who returned to defense, took the lead and cleared the ball.

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Scolari guessed the outcome of the game correctly, but he guessed the course of the game wrong.

He knew that Manchester City would quickly establish an advantage in this game and would be the first to shoot and create a threat. But what he did not expect was that Manchester City would actively give up the ball and choose to defend and counterattack.

This is so nonsense!

Everyone in the world knows that Gao Han values ​​the ball more than his life, but he would choose to give up?

But in fact, that's what he did.

As a head coach who pays great attention to defense, Scolari can see that Gao Han is very confident in Manchester City's defensive system, and it is indeed very well organized. Mascherano and Kompany are both capable of playing alone. He is very strong and will take the initiative to attack, even when Robinho and Anelka drop back to respond.

After the two full center backs are separated, Xavi Alonso will take the initiative to approach Xavi Martinez. The two Spanish players look more like two center backs one behind the other.

When Anelka made a pass from the right, Kompany was pulled out of the penalty area. At that time, Falcao had a chance to directly header the goal, but Xavi Martinez seized a favorable position and forced Falcao had to give up attacking the goal directly and stopped the ball with his chest. However, this stop gave Xabi Alonso, who was back on defense, a chance.

The cooperation between several Manchester City players was very skillful and tacit, which left a deep impression on people.

This is also the reason why Gao Han dared to give up the ball.

Because for Chelsea, possession of the ball is a hot potato. They want it but cannot use it well.

But there is no way to continue like this. Manchester City players are extremely capable and taking the initiative to attack is very detrimental to Chelsea.

So Scolari quickly walked to the sidelines and shouted to the players on the court, telling them to stabilize their formation and not to press easily.

But at this moment, Manchester City successfully intercepted the ball in the backcourt again. After receiving the ball, Xabi Alonso turned around and made a diagonal pass with one foot to the ground. He passed the ball across the center line and passed it to Sanchez on the right. feet.

After the Chilean winger received the ball on the right, he took the ball to the center.

Ashley Cole followed him immediately, with Terry trailing behind, ready to help defend at any time. Essien and Lampard both came over at the same time to double-team, but Sanchez had just taken two steps when he saw Cristia. Ronaldo pointed in front of him and made a direct pass with his right foot.

The ball went over Alex's head and fell into Chelsea's penalty area.

Alex's attention was attracted by Benzema and did not notice the approaching Cristiano Ronaldo. When Sanchez passed the ball, he reacted immediately and quickly turned around to chase back, with Ivanovic behind him. Chasing the Portuguese desperately.

After entering the penalty area, neither defensive player dared to make any moves for fear of accidentally getting a penalty kick.

But Cristiano Ronaldo seized the most powerful position, blocked Ivanovic behind him with his body, stuck Alex, raised his right foot to stop Sanchez's pass in front of him, and then accelerated He threw away Alex and chased after him.

Goalkeeper Hilario struck decisively, but Cristiano Ronaldo caught up with the ball at the edge of the small penalty area and pushed the ball directly with his right foot. The ball passed by the fallen Hilario and directly hit the bottom of the goal net. .

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Cristiano Ronaldo!"

"Goals in a row this season!"

"Only thirteen minutes into the game, Manchester City broke the deadlock with a quick counterattack after stealing the ball, one to zero!"

"Crazy Portuguese, his performance this season is absolutely shocking!"

The entire city stadium was shouting the name of the Portuguese superstar crazily. After scoring the goal, Cristiano Ronaldo quickly ran out of the stadium and made a pacifier-sucking gesture on the sidelines.

"Everyone knows that he just announced that he has a child this summer, but he did not announce the mother of the child, and this season his goal celebration has become a pacifier, which is full of emotions. A father’s love.”

"More importantly, his performance this season has become more mature and steady, which makes people feel that he is in the golden period of his career."

"This goal just continues his excellent form so far this season!"

"One to zero, now Chelsea have to be careful."