Chapter 176 Manchester City's 'Stable'

Manchester City's victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge is indeed worth writing about. However, the first round of the Premier League is not only the focus. Manchester United's game has also attracted countless people's attention. :1 Big win over 'The Farmers' Fulham.

Manchester United was in a very brave state. After the game, the media commented, "Manchester United has been very successful in team warm-up and personnel adjustment among the favorite teams to win the championship."

In the past, Manchester United was characterized by being good in the second half. A few years ago, when Manchester United and Arsenal dominated English football, Manchester United always performed very well in the second half, and they are currently in the league with Arsenal. gain an advantage over the competition.

However, due to the intervention of Derby County, Manchester City and Chelsea in the past two seasons, the Premier League is no longer as slow as a marathon, and the 38-round endurance race has become a sprint-sprint race. Look at the points of Manchester City and Chelsea last season. Just know that in the end, there is almost no chance of sending-force, so you must start sending-force in the first round.

Obviously, after two seasons of sinking, Manchester United is full of energy. They have made full preparations for the pre-season warm-up in Absterdam, the Netherlands. The adjustment of personal status and the overall cooperation of the team are the best in the current team. A good one, public opinion thinks even better than Manchester City and Chelsea.

Manchester United this season has two outstanding highlights. First, the veteran is in good shape and is close to the best in his career, such as Ryan Giggs, who is the captain of Manchester United on the field. And Scholes' offensive planning in midfield is very important. He has a strong ability to read the game, a broad vision, and reasonable passing. Although there are still some old problems in defense, Manchester United's offensive ability with Scholes is greatly enhanced. Scholes' recovery from eye disease is important for United, with both veterans nearing their peak.

The second point is related to the new star. After Van Nistelrooy left, Manchester City had no internal spear-shield. Rooney and C-Ronaldo cooperated quite tacitly. Both sides had wonderful passes and scored goals. Fans also give the greatest encouragement and support to C-Ronaldo. Removed his worries.

For the Portuguese, the biggest test is the away game, and it is certain that all away fans will bring a lot of interference to his performance.

Don't worry at home, Manchester United's two future stars will work together seamlessly.

Arsenal's situation is the most worrying among the championship-winning teams. In the first game, Wenger's tactical thinking went wrong. They paid too much attention to short pass coordination. The attack on the iron barrel formation did not exert its power.

There is Adebayo to share the pressure on Henry. Up front is no problem.

However, there are great hidden dangers in the back line. The left defender Hoyt seems to be incompetent. The cooperation between the center defender Qiaolu and Toure has not been well understood, so it is not particularly ideal. In general, Arsenal's defense line is very worrying.

For several championship teams, Liverpool has the most number, and Benitez is still debugging the most ideal lineup. Therefore, the main lineup in the first round has changed. From the perspective of the situation, the three players of Zenden, Fowler and Kronkamp are not in ideal condition. These three positions will continue to be adjusted.

The injuries of Riise and Carragher also add trouble to the team's solid defense, but it can't be said to be overly worried, because Benitez has a large number of players in the center and left back to rotate, and the trouble will not be too big.

This is after the first round, the media's summary of the winning team.

Due to Manchester City's victory over Chelsea, there is a slight difference in the media's comments. This can be seen from the odds adjustment of the bookmaker. Among the teams most likely to win the championship, Manchester City is tied for the first place with Chelsea and Manchester United, and Liverpool , Arsenal become second, and the chances of other teams are very slim.

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Wansheng doesn't care much about the analysis of the Premier League situation by the media and football-related people from all walks of life. In fact, these have been put in his heart for a long time.

His judgment is also that the most threatening opponent this season will be Manchester United. The direct reason is that the Premier League champion in memory this season is Manchester United.

That's enough.

Especially when they beat Chelsea by a big score, he found that Chelsea this season is not even as good as last season, because they have internal problems, and even the strongest team has internal problems, and it is easy to be defeated, so the focus of this season is still the same city. mortal enemy.

In addition, of course, there are the Champions League matches.

There are still a few days before the Champions League group draw. Before that, Wansheng can lead the team to play the league with peace of mind. Three days later, Manchester City ushered in the second round of the league, and they faced Portsmouth at home.

Before the game, there was debate in the media about the outcome of the game.

Although Manchester City won Chelsea by a large margin on the road, in fact, they did not have an advantage in the game against Portsmouth, because Portsmouth and Manchester City played very well last season, and Manchester City had two rare defeats. One of them was the game against Portsmouth.

This is what Portsmouth fans and the media relish.

Before the game, they made such a voice, "Manchester City are the defending champions of the Premier League, but we beat them", which made them high-spirited, "Even if they beat Chelsea by a big score on the road, they will never win us easily!"

So Manchester City media regarded this as a battle of 'revenge'.

However, the neutral media still rationally believes that Manchester City has a better chance of winning, because Manchester City is the defending champion and one of the three most likely to win the championship this season. Under the advantage, even if Portsmouth has a mental advantage, how many opportunities can it have?

The game also proved it.

In this game, Manchester City used its home advantage, followed the tactics of the previous game against Chelsea, and used the constant and frequent cooperation in the midfield to attack Portsmouth’s defense.

In the face of such a strong attack, Portsmouth did not even have the strength to fight back. After only ten minutes of the game, they seemed to give up their attack and retreated to their goal.

So the game was pretty good... of course, for Manchester City fans.

In the last match against Chelsea, Chelsea's performance was quite strong-hard, and its strength was not weaker than Manchester City. Manchester City's cooperative advantages were actually difficult to play, especially in the second half, after Chelsea switched to offside tactics to limit Manchester City's space, Manchester City. The cooperation is even less of a fight.

This game is different. Portsmouth has no ability to limit Manchester City at all. There is a gap between their players' ability and Manchester City's players. There is a huge difference in the overall strategy.

Manchester City has an absolute advantage on the field, and the players are playing in more and more form. Coupled with the home game, tens of thousands of Manchester City fans are cheering. As a result, Manchester City's performance is getting better and better. Portsmouth has no chance at all. Even if they got the ball, they couldn't even get to half-court.

But to their credit, Portsmouth's defence.

They retreated to half-court, a bunch of players stood in front of the goal, but the defense was not chaotic, which brought a lot of trouble to Manchester City's offense. As a result, Manchester City failed to score.

It was not until the fifty-sixth minute of the game that Manchester City took advantage of a free kick to score.

It was Ivan Crewe who took the free kick.

Years ago. Ivan Crewe began to focus on training set-pieces. Over the past few years, he has spent a large part of his time on set-pieces, and now Ivan Kru's set-piece evaluation has reached a high of '95', plus the attribute bonus of Wansheng's coaching skills, when Ivan - When Crewe takes a free kick in an official game, he can even play a near '100' rating... This ability rating is absolutely terrifying!

As long as Ivan Krew is in shape and takes free kicks from the position he is good at, he has a good chance of shooting the ball straight into the goal!

Of course, no shot goes 100 percent. Whether the goal can be scored depends on the temporary performance of the players, as well as the performance of the opponent's players and goalkeepers. But the threat that Ivan Crewe can create is absolute. The threat of free-kicks he is good at is by no means weaker than that of the famous David Beckham.

This is the current Ivan Kru!

Many people know that Ivan Crewe's free kicks are good, but he has not been very famous so far. One of the reasons is also related to 'face'. In this world where all stars need to see - face, a person with ordinary appearance and ordinary ability Even if a player performs well in one aspect, it is difficult to become famous directly.

But Wansheng can be sure that as long as Ivan Kru performs like this, he will become more and more famous.

Just like now, almost all the Manchester City fans are cheering for Ivan Crewe, and the on-site commentator Berbat is also praising Ivan Crewe, "Ivan Crewe's free kick just scored! 25 The position of the meter, shoot directly, the football turns over the wall and hangs directly into the dead corner! Portsmouth goalkeeper West Wade has nothing to do, he almost can only watch the football fly in!"

"1:0, Ivan Crewe helps Manchester City take the lead!"

"We can see that Ivan Crewe is getting better and better since he came to Manchester City in January!"

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After Ivan Crewe scored, Portsmouth had no choice but to try to counterattack to win, but it was obviously difficult to make much difference.

Although Portsmouth still got a good opportunity in the second half, they did not seize it. Instead, Manchester City used the pass to play an empty space before the end of the game. Darren Bent, who came off the bench, found the opportunity and sent the ball directly into the game. goal.

The score was also fixed at 2:0.

At the post-match press conference, Wan Sheng talked about the game and greatly praised Ivan Crewe, "I was optimistic about him a few years ago, he has a strong ability in set pieces, just like the goalkeeper in the game. The ball, he shoots beautifully and makes it impossible for opponents to defend!"

"He's a genius at this! I'm sure he can score more goals!"

After that, Wansheng didn't talk about the game again, because he thought there was nothing to say about the game. Portsmouth was just a relegation underdog. Even if they said something like "playing Manchester City has a mental advantage" before the game, it couldn't be changed. The fact that they are underdogs.

Wan Sheng spoke about the upcoming Community Shield.

"This is my second time leading the team to participate in the Community Shield. The opponent was Arsenal last time, I won, this time the opponent is Liverpool, I think I can still win!"

The last time was the season when Derby County was promoted. The previous season, Derby County won the FA Cup, so they played the Community Shield with the Premier League champion Arsenal. Season FA Cup winners Liverpool play.

"I know the schedule is a bit difficult, but we will not give up a decisive championship." Wan Sheng expressed his attitude.

Some media previously believed that Manchester City would not wholeheartedly compete for the Community Shield Cup, because their schedule for the first three rounds was a headache. Chelsea, Portsmouth and Arsenal had enough headaches for three games separated by 7 days. , The Community Shield Cup also has to play Liverpool, this is not a friendly match.

However, Wansheng still attaches great importance to the game, because this is one of the rare championships with a decisive victory.

Although the championship is a bit tasteless, and the bonus to his coach's honorary skills is not much, a championship is a championship. One more championship is better than none. Seeing the championship in his hand, he will not give it to that annoying Spaniard.

In fact, the attitudes of the two teams are diametrically opposed to the media speculation.

Wansheng values ​​the title very much, but Benitez does not, because they are about to face a more important game - the derby against the arch-rivals Everton, which is the most important for Liverpool, especially the community-community The Shield still has to face Manchester City. It would be really dangerous to have a big battle with Manchester City and face Everton in a day.

So Benitez's attitude towards the Community Shield is - haphazardly.

It is best to win the championship, and it doesn't matter if you don't, as long as the whole team tries their best, so he sent a lot of new players who just joined the team in the game, Pennant and Bellamy. Everyone got a chance, and Paletta and Dior, who returned from loan, also started to play, but obviously, such a lineup is completely equal to training the team. Benitez declared that he attached great importance to the Community Shield Cup. But as soon as Wansheng saw the Liverpool lineup, he knew what the Spaniard was thinking.

Wan Sheng also took a deep breath.

Facing the temptation of the championship, it would be better if the opponent does not compete. Of course, it would be a shame if the boat capsized at this time. He would never allow such a thing to happen, so in the locker room before the game, he and everyone People talked about the importance of the game, but also emphasized that Liverpool should not be underestimated.

"They are very strong, especially defensively, some of the new strikers are also very good, I don't want to see any of you careless in the game, otherwise the next game, unfortunately, you will have to watch from the bench. Others played."

It's an 'old' threat, but it works, Manchester City is still very competitive, such as the striker, Darren Bent doesn't want to replace Anelka all the time, David Silva also has to face In the competition for Joey Barton, Ozil, Ivan Crewe and others, even the main force of the iron strike, the central defender Dunn, also has Sun Jihai, Ricardo Costa and others staring at the back.

No one wants to be a substitute, all the players who play will work hard.

So in this game, Manchester City defeated Liverpool with a 2:1. Although it was only 2:1, it seemed dangerous, but in fact, Liverpool's goal appeared in stoppage time before the end of the game, that is to say, Manchester City There is no pressure to win.

In this game, many people also saw the stability of Manchester City.

In terms of play style, Manchester City's offensive football is actually very aggressive, but when they are in the game, their defense is very stable and the game is controlled very steadily, so when they have an advantage, they will play very stable, It's hard to beat Manchester City without their opponents performing well.

This is stability.

Benitez also marveled at Manchester City's 'steady', and at the post-match press conference, the Spaniard praised this, "We lost the Community Shield, but it doesn't matter, we know better through the game. Man City played very well throughout the game and they deserved the win. It is hard for me to imagine that they can still play so well while maintaining their gorgeous attacking football. From the second half, we have no chance. They The pass was great."

In this regard, Wansheng said modestly, "We still have a lot of room for improvement in terms of play."

Then he talked about the championship, "Of course, the most important thing is that we won the championship, the Community Shield, a lot of people said it was tasteless, but they were not even qualified to participate. We won the championship and it is worth celebrating. , I will give the team a day off tomorrow, their hard work has paid off, and they should also be rewarded for relaxation." (To be continued~^~)