Chapter 426 Manchester City Is Not Easy to Deal With!
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In the first round of the Champions League round of 16, Celtic faced Manchester City in the first 40 minutes. ahead of Manchester City.
At this time, the Celtic fans in the audience were enthusiastically discussing the game. They did not expect the Celtics to perform so well and really lead Manchester City.
The Celtic players on the field were also in the same mood. After the goal just now, they were more confident in the goal of 'playing the advantage at home'.
When the team was preparing for the game, they knew exactly what team they were going to encounter by learning about Manchester City's results on various fronts and watching Manchester City's game video.
Although head coach Strachan has repeatedly boosted the team's morale and repeatedly stressed that as long as they work hard and play actively, the team will definitely have a chance.
Strachan not only said this to the players, but in order to boost the morale of the whole team and express that he really thinks the team has hope, he also expressed his views in the media. Some people think that Strachan expressed in the media. 'Celtic is not easy to deal with', it's just a war of words between the two sides before the game, but in fact, this has little to do with Manchester City, Strachan is inspiring his team's fighting spirit.
Thanks to Strachan's efforts, Celtics players at least know that the team should work hard in the game and try their best to win.
When the game started, each of their players actively competed and threw themselves into the game. The atmosphere of Celtic Park helped them integrate into the game better and faster.
Now they don't have the feeling of 'Man City is strong', especially after the goal just now, they are more confident, and they believe that as long as they all work hard, the team will definitely be able to win.
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The score is behind, but the mentality of Manchester City players is not affected much. Compared with the previous two seasons, Manchester City has matured a lot.
It's not the first time they've fallen behind.
Therefore, even if they are behind the score, Manchester City is still playing fairly stable.
In fact, this is also related to the feeling of the game. Many Manchester City players on the field feel that it is not difficult to score goals. They can still get a lot of opportunities when their offense hits the frontcourt, so it is not terrible to be behind by a goal. .
This is what the Manchester City players felt on the field. After the game restarted, they also stepped up their offense, hoping to tie the game as soon as possible. However, Wansheng, who was standing on the sidelines, still found a problem. He felt that the team was playing a little too impatient.
Perhaps it was the influence of the away atmosphere, or the mentality caused by the team's performance. Before the start of the game until now, the team played with a 'must win' attitude, and the players seemed to be eager to score goals. Justify this attitude.
This is a rational analysis from Wansheng.
The game on the field is like this now, the team is playing according to the tactics, there is no special problem, but every time they enter the frontcourt, they are a little eager to perform, eager to complete the goal.
So they attacked again and again, and there were opportunities in the frontcourt, but they failed to seize the opportunity at a critical time.
After discovering this, Wansheng called Dunn, the captain of the field, and told him to play steadily. At the same time, he pressed his hands down, and with this commanding action, reminded the team that the formation was slightly behind. Some.
There is not much time left in the first half, but there is no need to rush to score goals. At present, we need to play more steadily, at least not to let the Celtics get another chance.
With Wansheng's reminder, Manchester City's formation was slightly behind, and the defense stabilized a lot.
Time has also passed.
Soon after the referee's whistle, the first half of the game was over.
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After the first half of the game, Wan Sheng returned to the locker room immediately.
After all the players returned, Wan Sheng talked about some problems in the first half of the game, "We played too impatiently."
"There are a lot of opportunities that can be seized, but we didn't. In the first half of the game, I found that you were in a hurry to score goals, as if you were trying to decide the outcome."
"This kind of mentality is absolutely unacceptable, there are no weak teams in the Champions League, especially at this stage, the opponent is Celtic, they eliminated Benfica in the group stage and defeated AC Milan, if you continue to have this mentality Going to the game, it's not surprising that we were eliminated."
Wan Sheng said seriously, "We must remember that now we are playing the Champions League knockout round, which is a two-game format. Even if we lose this game, we can still go back to Manchester Stadium and strive for a second-round victory. The decision is in two games, not one."
"We don't have to rush to score goals. The Champions League game is more stable and patient than who can play."
"In the second half, we continued to stick to the original tactics, but I hope to see you play more steadily and play more patiently, so that we are a strong European team, not a youth army, you know what I mean? "
After Wan Sheng finished speaking, many players were thinking.
Experienced people like Robert Carlos, Dunn, etc. have actually discovered the problem. When Wansheng said it so bluntly, they completely understood.
The strength of the team is definitely the top in Europe, and the technology and coordination are very good. In comparison, it is at least stronger than the Celtics. The key issue is still in the experience of the European war.
Even last season, the team has participated in the UEFA Champions League and reached the quarter-finals, but the team is still too young. For example, David Silva, the core midfielder, is only over 23 years old. Ozil , Wang Xiaolei, he is only a young man under 20 years old. The other players are good and famous, but he has little experience in European competitions.
This is the second time Manchester City has played in the Champions League knockout round. Under the mentality of a 'strong team', they despise their opponents and are eager to prove that the team is a strong European team.
It is this mentality that makes the team play too impatiently and cannot fully display its strength.
Therefore, Wansheng will use the "Youth Army" as a metaphor.
Last season's Manchester City can be said to be a 'Youth Army'. This is a good word, indicating that a team is very young, but the 'Youth Army' is not a 'Champion League strong team'. The difference is not in strength but in mentality. .
This is something that Wansheng has repeatedly emphasized.
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After the first half of the game, Celtics coach Strachan was more confident, he praised the team's performance at halftime, and let the players make persistent efforts in the second half.
Strachan believes that as long as the team persists, they can at least have an advantage at home.
As long as they can play enough advantages at home, then on the road, the Celtics can also take the initiative and eliminate Manchester City to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
The Celtics entered the second half with confidence.
The advantage played in the first half and the praise of head coach Strachan made them full of fighting spirit.
Their tactics are also simple.
That is to engage in active scramble and confrontation, use intensive defense, and find opportunities for quick counterattacks to score goals.
That's what they did in the first half, and they achieved good results. The goals from McDonnell and Robson proved a lot of things. The opponent Manchester City also scored only one goal.
They think the second half will be like this, as long as you play seriously, you can get a chance.
But after the second half started, they found that the game was much more difficult than expected.
Manchester City are obviously more stable.
They are not in a hurry to advance, they are not in a hurry to go to the frontcourt to find opportunities to score, instead of constantly passing the ball in the middle and backcourt, constantly passing the ball.
The Celtics carefully studied Manchester City's tactics before the game, and the players were prepared for it. They just insisted on the "active fight" as coach Strachan said, but they soon discovered that when When City were more stable, it was not easy for them to grab the ball.
Manchester City is more than just passing the ball. If they don't pay attention, the football will be passed to the front. When they chase the defense, either Manchester City has a good chance and has completed the shot, or the football is passed back with three or two feet. This kind of play gave the Celtics players a headache.
The only thing they can do is keep running and actively fighting.
Football became their prey.
They were desperately chasing the football, and the cheers of the stadium and the hope of victory gave them enough will to persevere.
They want to create enough pressure on Manchester City in this way.
If Manchester City can make a mistake, maybe a pass from the back is enough for them to score a goal, and they work hard with that hope.
But Manchester City has too much experience in facing this kind of defense, not to mention the experienced Dunn on the field, even Glen Johnson on the sidewalk is not in a hurry to pass the ball, that kind of calm mentality, Let the Celtics players feel completely impossible to grab the ball.
Wan Sheng has been standing on the sidelines.
He watched Celtic's active fight and had to admire the perseverance of the team's players.
But if you want to win the game, perseverance is often not enough. Especially in the game with his team, perseverance may increase the hope of winning, but the gap between the two teams is also obvious. The key point is that Celtic players They are not iron-clad, their physical fitness is not stronger than Manchester City, and in such a game, their physical energy consumption will be more.
Sure enough, as Wansheng thought, after a period of time, some Celtics players could not run, and they were no longer actively running.
After losing that momentum, they even had a lot of holes in their defense.
Strachan soon found the problem too.
He originally thought that fighting like this should force Manchester City to pass the ball hastily, or force them to pass the ball to the front.
It was like that in the first half.
In the first half, Manchester City also passed the ball in the backcourt, but they would not control the ball for so long. Often as soon as the team got stronger, they went to the frontcourt to find opportunities. Under the intensive defense of the frontcourt team, The ball is quickly recovered.
But after Manchester City played more steadily, it became difficult for the team to grab it.
Twenty minutes passed, and the Celtics didn't even have a shot on goal, and their counterattack couldn't be played. The attack from the backcourt had nothing to do with the frontcourt.
Five minutes later, the Celtics still had no chance.
Although they were still leading 2:1, the situation in the game was already very unfavorable for the Celtics. His players ran less and Manchester City attacked their own half again and again, and the threat was getting bigger and bigger.
The goal seems to be broken at any time!
Certainly not going on like this!
Strachan suddenly realized that he was too eager to play an advantage. It was very beneficial to the team to lead 2:1 in the first half.
As long as they keep this score until the end, go to Manchester Stadium and they can advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League without losing.
But he wanted the team to play a bigger advantage, so he didn't change his style of play, and the game got to such a point that Strachan felt he needed to do something.
As the game goes on like this, it is not surprising that Manchester City scored a goal.
By the time Strachan wanted to do it it was too late and City took advantage of Celtic's chance to scramble and suddenly the ball was up front.
After receiving the pass, Ozil sent the ball to the right side of the penalty area with a delicate through ball.
Those who are familiar with Manchester City will feel very familiar when they see the direction of Ozil's passing.
It's almost a fit that's replicated a thousand times!
Sure enough, on the right side of the penalty area was full-back Ivan Crewe, who ran to the position and hit the goal directly.
The football takes an arc and flies straight into the far corner of the goal!
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“Goooooal!!”
"Goal scored! 2:2! Manchester City, who played away, equalized the score, and it was Ivan Crewe who scored! He and Ozil had a good understanding, and almost as soon as they got in, Ozil made a pass. …”
Seeing that Ivan Crewe scored completely, the Manchester City fans who came to Glasgow with the team were all boiling.
They have been suffocating since the opening game as Celtic led most of the time and now City have finally tied the score again.
In the second half of the game, the rhythm has always been under the control of Manchester City. The team's frequent wonderful cooperation and the suppression of the Celtics in the situation made them feel that Manchester City will still win.
The goal was even more reassuring, so they cheered in the stands.
Many media are also discussing goals.
The local media in Scotland are all admiring Manchester City's exquisite cooperation. The opportunity just now may not be called an opportunity for other teams, but Ozil passed the exquisite ball at the right time, and Ivan Crewe kept up with the pass. turned into a goal.
This is the cooperation of the two people, and it also reflects the tacit understanding between the Manchester City players.
It was just one 'opportunity that wasn't a chance' that turned City into a goal, and some recalled what Strachan said before the game 'Celtic are not easy to deal with', but now their feeling is, 'Manchester City' It's not easy to deal with!"
A team that is easy to deal with, it is not so easy to score goals!
Celtic led Manchester City most of the time, but Manchester City was not in a hurry. In the second half, facing the backward situation, they were not impatient at all, and took advantage of the opportunity to complete the goal at the right time.
This is one of the top teams in Europe!
Looking at the whole game, the 'somewhat impatient' Celtics are much easier to deal with! (To be continued ~^~)