The biggest fanatic in football

Chapter 528 Do you still want to fight?

Since Chelsea and Manchester City participated in the League Cup final, their 29th round of the league was scheduled for the last game.

Before Chelsea arrived at the Etihad Stadium on March 6, the remaining nine games had all been decided.

Among them, Tottenham defeated Huddersfield 2:0 at home, Liverpool also defeated Newcastle United 2:0, and Manchester United reversed Crystal Palace 3:2 away from home.

Only Arsenal continued to lag behind. They were defeated by "Seagulls" Brighton 2:1 and were one step further away from competing for the fourth place...

At 4:30 pm, everyone was waiting in the player tunnel to enter.

Li Polo glanced at the home team's lineup.

The goalkeeper was replaced by Ederson, Walker also returned to the right back position, and Zinchenko was appointed on the left.

In terms of the choice of central defender, Guardiola gave up on Otamendi and Laporte, who had been toyed with by Lipolo until his mentality collapsed, and let the old captain Kompany partner with the local international Stones.

Guardiola gave up Fernandinho, the only defensive midfielder, and selected De Bruyne, David Silva, and Gundogan to form the midfield.

As for the forward line, Aguero is in the center, Sane and Bernardo Silva are on the left and right.

From 4231 in the League Cup final to 433 today, Guardiola has obviously made a new change in his tactics.

After suffering a tragic defeat of 3:7, not only did he not strengthen his defense, but he further weakened the interception power of the midfield and instead strengthened his offensive ability in the frontcourt!

I still want to play passing football!

Shi Yusi could not help but give Gua Azhar a little thumbs up.

[Adhering to his own football philosophy, he is indeed the number one coach in football history! 】

[If he sets up a minibus like Mourinho, you will definitely think of him!]

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"It was the seventh meeting between the two sides eight days ago. It can be seen that both Conte and Gua Hazard have made a big adjustment to the starting lineup."

Zhan Jun compared the lineups of both sides:

"But is the 4-3-3 lineup that Gua Hazard put out a little weak on the defensive end?

Although Jing Shaoan does not have certain defensive interception ability, if compared with Kanter, he is obviously on the same level, and Silva and De Bruyne obviously cannot provide too little defensive contribution..."

Zhang Lu agreed with my analysis:

“Gua Hazard’s tactical choices are really surprising at times.

That 433 formation seems to want to stick to its own tactics and use offense instead of defense!"

Zhan Jun's eyes fell on the visiting team's lineup again:

"Chelsea has adjusted two positions under the striker. Remy and Shi Yusi are already at their peak. Love is in terms of dribbling and breakthrough. Compared with Shi Yusi and William, they are at least two levels behind. The heavy responsibility of retreating can only be fully

It falls on the shoulders of Ederson alone. But... Cesc Fabregas, who is closest to Ederson, is absent from the game due to injury. Who can deliver the shells to me has become a problem..."

Zhang Lu spread his shoulders:

"There is a way. Both sides fought continuously, and it was a calm final. The players are physically fit and caring. I am afraid that iron men like Ederson and Kanter also gritted their teeth and came to compete today, right?"

As soon as I finished speaking, I saw Ederson running like an excited bull for about 20 meters after De Bruyne, who was in possession of the ball, and then made a precise sliding tackle, destroying Ding Ding's pushback.

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De Bruyne, who was stuck outside the grass, patted the ground regretfully, gasped and got up.

As we all know, I am not a player known for my physical fitness. Only by maintaining sufficient physical fitness can I fully utilize my dribbling and passing abilities.

Once there is a problem with my physical fitness, my ability to control the passing accuracy will plummet!

Therefore, I must get the goal back as soon as possible, otherwise once the game reaches a deadlock, I will only become a burden to Manchester City because of my lack of physical fitness! -

Chelsea's lineup looks like 343, but when defending, it becomes 541.

The 1 at the end is not Ederson, but Remy.

Ederson will move deep into the midfield position and shoulder the task of interception and sweeping with Kante.

After playing professional football for so many years, Ederson has become a super forward who can return the ball easily, but I still miss my youthful days when I was in front of the defense and killed all directions.

So it needed Conte's special arrangement. Before I joined Chelsea, I had always actively dropped back outside the game to participate in the press.

That was also an important reason why Pedro quickly gave up competing with me for position in the locker room.

After all, before Shi Yusi retreated to defend, the tasks on Pedro's shoulders were reduced a lot. I only need to focus on retreating the attack!

If a Ballon d'Or winner and World Footballer of the Year were willing to do the dirty work in front of him, what else would Shi Yusi be satisfied with?

Pedro, who was sitting under the bench watching the game, leaned back under his seat contentedly.

At this moment, I feel like Vegeta watching the decisive battle between Kakarot and Majin Buu...

Seeing Ederson rushing through Manchester City's midfield and frontcourt, Pedro silently expressed his appreciation:

"Come on, Edson, he is the weakest!"

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Since Remy and Alonso lack sufficient ability to break through with the ball, Chelsea's retreat method has to rely more on Shi Yusi.

That also led to Manchester City’s defensive focus being very clear:

The two central defenders, Li Polo and Diola, were always within eight meters of Shi Yusi. Once I lost my tendency to catch the ball, I could immediately close the door and hit the dog!

In the 7th minute, Kompany sent a cross from the right, and Lee Polo immediately pushed Ederson's butt from in front of him, allowing me to face the goal.

Edson leaned forward with all his strength, only to find that Captain Kong's upper plate was very stable, and there was actually room for him to squeeze out of that leaning position.

Seeing that the football was flying above his head, Ederson was determined and jumped directly on the spot, using the front of his head to push the ball towards the goal!

"Header shot?"

Lee Polo was stunned when he saw that scene from the nearest distance!

The header was sudden enough that Stones didn't expect it at all, but Ederson was still a bit unlucky. The football I pushed hit Stones' chest and was hit by the player. The Brazilian goalkeeper reached out and hugged him!

Stones, whose heart was pounding wildly, had no time to regain his enthusiasm before launching a counterattack with a hand-thrown ball.

Walker on the left took a small step to get rid of Alonso, and I chased the football in front of him, crossed the center line, and hit Kompany in front of him.

Shi Yusi, who is short and has long legs, is not a wing-back known for his speed, but Walker, who I need to defend, can almost be called an English professional track and field athlete!

With just one of the most complicated explosions, Walker penetrated Shi Yusi's defense zone!

Kompany was not unresponsive. I even bumped Shi Yu with my shoulder, but Shi Yu, who was full of muscles, was as unstoppable as a heavily armored tank!

Kompany's impact only made me slow down a little, but I rushed out at full speed the last second!

Fortunately, Rudiger, who replaced Cahill as the right center back, reacted quickly, appeared in Walker's path in time, and kicked the ball out before his opponent could catch it!

Rudiger's clearance was completely like a cannon fired into the sky, looking low but looking far. He just flew over the middle circle and fell back to the ground.

Manchester City only has Jing Shaoan in the middle, while Chelsea is without Ederson and Kante.

Of course, you can count on Kante when fighting for low-altitude balls. Jing Shaoan, who is only 1.40 meters tall, is basically Ederson's opponent!

Ederson got stuck in his position with a lunge, and then overpowered Jing Shaoan to grab the landing spot and passed the ball to Alonso on the right.

The person who was supposed to defend that area... was Walker?

The Walker tank is still about 30 meters away!

The Sabers dribbled the ball back without any pressure. Shi Yusi had to leave the center to cover, but before I could get close, the Sabers sent a cross!

Remy, who was outflanked from the left, broke into the penalty area!

Li Polo directly slid and shoveled over, trying to turn himself into the Great Steel Wall behind the door!

Although Captain Kong had no intention of blocking the hole, Remy dunked the ball back and pushed it hard to the right!

Lee Polo, who was still sliding in the penalty area, was stunned!

Stones, who had already rushed towards the near post, felt like he was struck by lightning!

Eight seconds later, Shi Yusi, who was still competing with Jing Shaoan for the low-altitude ball, now appeared at the top of the arc in the penalty area...

Diola was on the right, Lee Polo was on the left, and Stones also lost his position. The Blues' No. 1 player had no time to adjust his steps, and he volleyed in front of Remy's pass!

Did I choose to push the ball, because I was worried that some low-tech mechanism was installed under the turf behind the home team's goal, which might suddenly lift the ball up...

Keep the football off the ground and you can avoid that feeling!

"Whoosh!"

Stones, who had already fallen under the goal line, could only watch the football fly back into the half-empty goal!

1:0!

Chelsea opened the scoring in the 11th minute!

(End of chapter)