Chapter 944 The Mighty Vera

In this game, Manchester City is at home.

The atmosphere at the Etihad Stadium was warm. Although it was a mid-week game, the team was almost full.

From the importance the fans attach to this game, we can also see the importance Manchester City attaches to this game.

Aston Villa was the Premier League champion last season, and Manchester City was the league runner-up.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people, Manchester City, which was only a traditional mid-lower team in the Premier League before the Arab consortium took over, was able to win the runner-up of the Premier League after only a few seasons of growth. This is a very good result. .

However, Manchester City people don't see it that way.

They were in very good form last season, and the whole team felt that it was a great pity that they could not snatch the league title from Aston Villa.

Of course, the winner is king, Aston Villa's champion is clean, and Manchester City can't blame anything, it's just winners and losers.

However, one thing is certain. After the failure of last season, the Manchester City team is very clear:

If Manchester City wants to rise and dominate, it must kill the current overlord Aston Villa.

Specifically, or the most realistic first step, is to beat the opponent directly in the game against Aston Villa.

This is the first step in building confidence in the team and players!

It starts with beating each other in head-to-head duels, and then it's about winning the finale in a long season of contention.

Manchester City still have several rounds to meet Aston Villa in the league. This time they met in the "first round" of the League Cup, and Mancini regarded it as a good opportunity to beat Aston Villa:

He wished that Fang Jue would send some substitute players and give up the League Cup.

It was the first time to beat Aston Villa, Mancini was not picky eaters, what he saw was a result that could boost morale.

Regardless of whether it is the defeated Aston Villa's main lineup, let's kill the opponent first.

Only by getting the other person's body first, and then falling in love with each other for a long time, will you get the other person's heart.

Therefore, in this League Cup game, the Manchester City team held their breath and wanted to play Aston Villa in the game.

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In the Manchester City team, the most fighting spirit is their Argentine striker Sergio Aguero.

Last season was Aguero's first season at Manchester City.

The Argentine teenager has 23 goals and 8 assists.

It can be said that the performance is quite good.

The Argentine domestic media also lamented that it is a pity that such an outstanding Aguero did not bring Manchester City a championship.

Aguero himself felt that it was a pity.

After the game started, Aguero was eager to try, and he was eager to lead Manchester City to beat Aston Villa.

Last season, Manchester City's record against Aston Villa was a 2-4 loss at home and a 2-2 away game. He hopes that Manchester City's history of Aston Villa's invincibility will be rewritten under his leadership.

However, after the game started, Aguero found himself in trouble.

Today, Fang Jue did not arrange for Senderos to mark Aguero. The tall and tall Senderos turns slowly, and he will be more embarrassed when facing the flexible Aguero.

Thiago Silva is in charge of marking Aguero today.

Silva is a very comprehensive central defender. He is good at defensive positioning. Although he is of average height, he bounces well and does not suffer from high altitude. His recovery speed is considered excellent among central defenders. He turns very quickly and is very flexible. Zhongwei.

It can be said that with the introduction of Thiago Silva, Aston Villa's defensive ability has greatly increased when facing flexible forwards.

Yaya Toure sends a through ball in midfield.

As soon as Aguero turned around with the ball, he was posted by Silva.

Aguero wanted to speed up and get rid of the opponent, but Silva firmly stuck in his position.

Aguero found himself unable to get around and was always stuck by Thiago Silva.

In the end, he could only choose to pass the football to Dzeko who came to meet him.

Then Dzeko suffered a disadvantage when he fought with Senderos. The football was knocked out of the sideline by Dzeko, and he didn't even give Manchester City a frontcourt sideline ball.

When Fang Jue saw the scene of these two contestants off the court, he couldn't help laughing.

What Fang Jue admires most about Silva is that Silva has a strong ability to read games.

This is a smart player, he can predict the direction of the opponent's pass, which gives him enough time to put pressure on the receiver in advance.

Take this successful defense as an example. When Yaya Toure passed the ball, Silva made a successful prediction, and he approached Aguero in advance.

When Aguero got the ball, he put pressure in advance, forcing the opponent to be unable to move forward and could only choose to pass the ball.

And Senderos' cooperation over there was also very tacit, successfully defending Dzeko.

Senderos used his body to fight against Dzeko, and Silva used experience and position prediction to mark Aguero.

Fang Jue is very satisfied with this pair of central defenders and is very confident.

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Subsequently, Aguero faced Silva with the ball several times, but failed to form a more effective offense.

He knew he was in trouble.

This defender is not tall, but he has a strong confrontation ability and is very flexible. He does a good job in predicting and positioning.

He tried to force a breakthrough with speed. Thiago Silva's position selection was very good, and he fought and retreated, and then suddenly fought up and squeezed away with his body, destroying the football.

On the Aston Villa bench, Nesta was also applauding Silva's excellent defense.

Silva can be regarded as Nesta's direct disciple.

This kind of position selection and dogfighting is the specialty of Italian defenders. Both Maldini and Nesta are good at this.

Silva has improved almost every season with Nesta's side.

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The reporters in the media seats were also discussing the duel between Aguero and Thiago Silva.

Obviously, Aguero's performance against Silva today was not good, and he didn't take advantage of the ball several times.

City's attack was hampered, while at the defensive end they were bearing the brunt of Aston Villa.

The attack group led by Zlatan Ibrahimovic continued to attack, looking for Manchester City's defensive loopholes.

Fang Jue pointed out in the tactics before the game that the team specifically attacked Nastasic's defensive area today.

Compared with Kompany, this nineteen-year-old central defender seems to be bullying better.

In the 29th minute, Aston Villa finally broke the deadlock.

"Lewandowski -!!! Beautiful steal! Aston Villa scored!"

"Ibrahimovic deserves a lot of credit for this goal, he got the ball past Nastasic and forced Kompany to help, leaving Lewandowski empty! Aston Villa took the lead 1-0 away!"

Fang Jue applauded from the sidelines.

Ibrahimovic took the ball, but Nastasic was obviously not tough enough, and was squeezed away by Ibrahimovic. Seeing that he was about to enter the penalty area, Kompany could only come to help defend.

Ibrahimovic immediately divided the ball, and Modric did not delay, and directly divided the football.

Hamei hoisted the football into the penalty area, and Lewandowski beat Zabaleta with a header.

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After the goal, Lewandowski was very excited. He ran to the sidelines and high-fived coach Fang Jue.

"Good job, Robert." Fang Jue laughed loudly, praising his proud disciple.

On the other side, Mancini gritted his teeth unhappily.

Nastasic's style of play was soft, and he retreated after being hit by Ibrahimovic's strong impact. A gap was opened, and the gap in the defense line was enlarged.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Mancini stared at his former favorite in Inter Milan, and came to Aston Villa. This arrogant guy was willing to retreat and became an offensive organizer.

How did Fang Jue convince this proud guy?

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