Chapter 181 It's only Half an Hour!
Wan Sheng was too lazy to say anything to Stoylov, and he was too lazy to pay attention to what the Bulgarian media said.
He put all his energy into preparing for the game.
For the first Champions League game in his coaching career, Wansheng attaches great importance to it. What he thinks is not how to win, but how to win beautifully, win without suspense, and win perfectly. For this goal, the entire Manchester City team two days before the game Focusing on preparing for the battle, Wansheng focused on analyzing his opponents and made targeted arrangements and training. As for fighting with Stoyloff, it would be meaningless for a perfect victory, and it might be self-defeating, so he didn’t talk about it before the game. In the game, on the contrary, he was wholeheartedly talking to the media to prepare for the battle.
This attitude makes the Bulgarian media even more arrogant!
In fact, when they reported on Stoilov's confidence, they still had doubts about Sofia Levski's strength. Although Sofia Levski entered the Champions League group stage historically, after all, he played with all his strength. Qualifiers, this is the group stage.
What about Manchester City?
Manchester City are the Premier League champions, they don't need to participate in the qualifiers, they go directly to the group stage!
Let’s not talk about whether the Premier League is the first or not. Just talking about the process of entry, we know that the two teams are also rookies in the Champions League, but in fact there is still a big gap.
Take the key high schools as an example, Manchester City are like students who study very well and can even win the first prize of the Olympic competition. They are directly submitted to the key high schools, and among all the recommended students, Manchester City is the best. The very good one, they just passed without taking the exam at all.
Sofia Levsky is different. They worked hard to prepare for the exam, and then passed the exam very hard. This is not entirely because they were able to pass the exam, but when they took the exam, they just caught up with the exam questions they would know. Good luck passed the exam.
That's the difference in how the two teams got into the Champions League group stage.
Just watch the process. Just know that Sofia Levski's strength can't keep up with Manchester City, not to mention, in terms of real strength comparison, there is no comparison between the two teams, Manchester City's players in various positions. Perhaps there is no advantage compared to other European giants. But it is more than a notch better than Sofia Levski, plus this game is played at Manchester Stadium, how many chances does Sofia Levski have to take away three points?
The Bulgarian media reported Stoilov's confidence before, but it only brought some hope to the Bulgarian fans and gave Sofia Levski some fighting spirit.
But now it's different.
When they saw that Wan Sheng, the head coach of Manchester City, did not talk about the game and only talked about preparations, they felt that Sofia Levski had a great chance.
have a look. How much this young Chinese valued Sofia Levsky. He kept talking about preparations, and he was definitely not sure about the game. Doesn't this mean that Sofia Levski has a good chance?
So their analysis of the game was more in favor of Sofia Levski, as if Sofia Levski could certainly take three points away from Manchester Stadium.
Perhaps only the Bulgarian media, who lacked understanding of Wansheng, would do this. In the English media, there was no argument that Sofia Levski would win. Even the media hostile to Manchester City would be rational. They are very recognition of Manchester City's strength, so there is no dizzy to say Sofia Levski will win. At most, they just said, "Manchester City has no European experience and may not perform well in Europe."
That's all.
As for Sofia Levski? It would be a joke if a Bulgarian team could threaten the Premier League title!
But Bulgarian fans didn't watch the English media reports much, so they were very optimistic about this away game. There were also many Bulgarian fans at the scene. They all flew in from Bulgaria to cheer on Sofia Levski.
Not only the Bulgarian media and fans were dazzled, even the head coach Stoylov found that Wansheng did not say much, and his self-confidence was inflated, so he expressed his confidence again before the game, saying that his team would definitely be able to do it. Take away three points at Manchester Stadium.
Wan Sheng didn't even bother to say nonsense.
Since you said you want to beat Manchester City, then come on, the game is about to start anyway, let's see the real chapter on the field!
This situation seems a little weird.
In the past, Wansheng was always the one with a high profile. He visited other teams more than once, and made a high-profile claim to defeat his opponent. Now there are other 'weak teams' running to Manchester City's site to talk about winning. A lot of media find it interesting.
No one can be sure about the specific result, but the English media is definitely more inclined to Manchester City, because it is difficult for them to draw the conclusion that Manchester City may lose the game regardless of the analysis.
In this public opinion environment, the game began.
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In fact, Stoilov's tactical thinking is no problem. He intends to imitate the play of Reading and Manchester City.
The defense is tough, Sofia Levski has it, and the offense is direct, Sofia Levski also has it.
But he didn't take into account other factors. At least one point, Sofia Levski is not Reading. In terms of strength, they are not necessarily better than Reading. There will definitely be differences in the way the two teams play. , just knowing how to play, may not be able to play the same effect.
In addition, the time for the game against Reading was after the international break. In that game, many of Manchester City's main players, such as Anelka, Morris, Ziegler, Sun Jihai, Tangning, etc., did not play. Manchester City did not play. Naturally, the semi-substitute lineup cannot match the strength of the main lineup.
Stoiloff thinks everything too well.
So the game has just started, and Sofia Levski's players have found that it is really difficult and difficult to limit Manchester City's offensive with tough defense as the head coach Stoilov said.
Their backcourt couldn't stand Manchester City's attack at all!
In addition, Stoilov talked about the simplicity and directness of the attack in his tactical explanation, but Sofia Levski does not have a very good midfield, the team is not connected closely enough, and the individual ability of the strikers is limited. , their simple pass can only be intercepted by Manchester City again and again, in other words, their simple and direct attack can't be played at all.
After several waves of quick offensive and defensive conversions. Football has been firmly controlled by Manchester City, Sofia Levski can only defend his own half, and can't even attack the center line.
City are not in a hurry to attack, they just control the ball and pass it back and forth. It was like a half-court friendly against Sofia Levski. Sofia Levsky had nothing to do.
They had players who tried to step forward to grab the ball, only to find that one person kept running and could not pose a threat to Manchester City's passing at all. The players who went up were like monkeys, being played around by Manchester City players. Annoyed but still can't do anything about it.
Stoiloff has carefully watched Manchester City's game video, he has noticed Manchester City's control play. Also feel that as long as the defense is tough. It can limit Manchester City's offensive, but the video is different from the scene. Now that he has experienced the actual experience, he is even more surprised by the tacit cooperation and delivery of Manchester City. The football is at the feet of the Manchester City players, and a few passes can quickly move from the right to the right. From the road to the left, or from the back to the front, even when the front control is unstable. They can quickly move the ball out and pass each other around the half court. Until they find an opportunity, they will suddenly launch a fast-paced offense.
This kind of delivery cooperation looks dazzling!
When Manchester City suddenly launched an attack, the threat was even greater. It was as if the car that was already running fast added a speed, and the speed was really difficult for people to adapt to. Then Sofia Levski's defense was very It is prone to loopholes, and the players in front of Manchester City find the opportunity to complete the shot.
In the face of this kind of offensive, Sofia Levski has nothing to do. It didn't take long for their three fronts to be compressed into one line, and even their defensive positions were chaotic. Many times the midfielders They are almost standing behind the central defenders, which shows how lacking their tactical literacy.
Don't talk about counterattack in this situation, they can play a good half-court defense, thank God!
Morris then renders Sofia Levski's half-court defense useless with a penetrating pass, a pass from the left flank that Morris swayed away from the following players and freed it. The space directly sent the ball to the front of the penalty area. The ball flew past the feet of the two Sofia Levski players and appeared directly in front of David Silva.
This is almost a tailor-made opportunity for Silva. Silva ran over, instantly waved his right foot, and slammed into the bottom edge of the football!
"Bang!"
After a muffled sound, the football rushed out like a shooting star against the turf.
"David Silva!!" The live commentator Berbat shouted, and then a long roar indicated the result, "Goooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!"
"David Silva!!! Goal!!! Goal!!!"
"The ball is in! The ball is in! David Silva used a direct shot from the outside of the box to help Manchester City take the lead! 1:0! Only 13 minutes into the game, Manchester City scored!"
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Under the excited voices of various commentators, David Silva, who scored the goal, was quite excited. This is Manchester City's first Champions League game and the first Champions League game he participated in.
In such a game, it is quite meaningful to be able to score the first goal.
Many teammates came to celebrate with joy. They kept making trouble on the sidelines with David Silva, while enjoying the cheers from the Manchester City fans in the stands.
At the same time, Wan Sheng on the sidelines also clenched his fists.
The goal against Sofia Levski is nothing, but in the first ten minutes of the game, plus this goal, the first Champions League is basically equal to winning!
There will be no pressure on the team after that.
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Manchester City played more smoothly after taking the lead.
But they are not in a hurry to score again, but wantonly control the football, strive for more ball possession time, so as to slowly look for opportunities on the periphery, as long as they find an opportunity, they will suddenly speed up the rhythm and launch a wave Threatening fast break.
That's what Manchester City do best.
Control the ball, change the rhythm, break fast, all three combined to take full control of the situation.
In order to win the first game of the Champions League, Wansheng made special instructions on the way of play before the game, so that the team should focus on controlling the ball after scoring the first goal. In the midfield, the team will not press too far ahead, so as not to give the opponent a chance, and under the control of Manchester City, football can still be a very big threat when it finds an opportunity.
In this tactical play, if you want to really play well, the player who initiates the attack is the key.
It's Maurice and David Silva for Manchester City to do the job!
In the past, this task was always done by Morris himself, but now David Silva has gradually grown up. He has some leadership qualities. His personal skills are not as good as Morris, but he is quite good. In some respects , For example, in terms of technical ability, David Silva is even stronger than Morris.
There are two benchmarks in the midfield. When they see an opportunity, they will launch an attacking slogan, and then the whole team will deliberately speed up the passing speed. When the speed is accelerated, all Manchester City players can feel it, and they will know The team is going to attack.
The speed of passing and receiving the ball becomes faster, the opponent will have some discomfort, and it is more likely to make mistakes in movement, positioning and defense. At this time, Manchester City will increase the forward passing and then look for opportunities in the frontcourt.
Stoilov hopes that his team can use a tough defense to limit Manchester City's offensive, but when faced with this kind of offensive, the Sofia Levski players on the field only feel in a hurry, and they don't even want to be tough. Easy: When they do, the football is not around at all, and the players who have the opportunity to defend, one doesn't pay attention, the football rolls to the other side, so they can only run around in the backcourt, not at all There are many ways.
So the chaos of Sofia Levski's defense can be imagined.
Despite their efforts to defend well, the defense in front of goal has always been very tight, but in the 31st minute, Manchester City still got a good chance to score the second goal.
This is the assist of Ivan Crewe.
The follow-up central defender Koppelle Ferreira was plugged in, and he headed the ball into the goal 6 meters in front of the goal!
2:0!
It was only half an hour later that Manchester City had a 2-0 lead.
It was still a match at the Manchester Stadium, and everyone knew that the game had basically lost its suspense after seeing this goal.
After scoring the goal, Koppelle Ferreira was quite excited. When he came to Manchester City last year, he was a little dazed about his future, but now he has become the absolute main force in Manchester City's backcourt. He can be used as a central defender. It's very difficult to score goals, especially in this kind of Champions League, but he did it now, a header, and he couldn't believe it after scoring.
Ferreira was quite excited and hugged his teammates and kept saying, "2:0! My header! Haha!" Several teammates stepped forward and kept touching his short hair, and he didn't care at all.
At this time, Stoiloff on the coaching bench looked very ugly. Before the game, he thought that Manchester City was nothing special, and the young Chinese was only lucky to lead Manchester City to success. He wanted to take advantage of Reading's play. Using French tactics to fight against Manchester City, even if it is difficult to win the game, there is still hope for a draw, but what he did not expect is that the hope will be dashed so quickly.
It's only been half an hour!
It took half an hour to prove that the countermeasures he had worked so hard to come up with and the confidence he expressed before the game had all become a joke!
The team's tough style of play, the idea is correct, but the team's strength can't keep up at all, the defense in the backcourt is a mess, facing Manchester City's control style of play, it is not easy for the team to grab the ball. Minutes are hard to see football into the Manchester City half.
As the game goes on like this, there is really nothing for the team to do. (To be continued ~^~)