Five Hundred and Eighty-Nine Manchester City Infighting

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September 13th at 17pm, Etihad Stadium, Manchester.

Amid a wave of boos from 50,000 Manchester City fans, referee Mark Clattenberg whistled for offside.

When Sturridge made a quick forward move and played behind Arsenal, the linesman raised the flag to signal offside.

This should have been a very threatening post-insert single-pole.

But unfortunately, he started early.

At this moment, the game time is nearly 60 minutes into the second half.

The scoreboard shows the score of the two teams at this moment: one to one!

In the first half, Manchester City seized an opportunity, and Giroud took Hazard's pick and hit a header from close range, opening the scoring for Manchester City, and also scored Giroud's first goal since joining Manchester City. ball.

Arsenal's two central defenders, who are only about 1.8 meters tall, could not stop Giroud's close-range header.

This is what Gao Shen did not expect.

Giroud scored a goal!

But City weren't happy for long.

Just 22 minutes later, there was a defensive error in Manchester City's backline. Adebayor pressed Cahill, turned around after receiving the ball, and sent a through pass to Van Persie's feet.

The Dutch center stopped the ball and turned, with a precise shot, sending the ball into the dead corner of Manchester City's goal.

Goalkeeper Neuer was also powerless with this shot, although he had previously saved Robin van Persie and Adebayor's close-range shots, and performed very well.

The first half ended in a one-to-one match.

After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Manchester City once again launched a wave of offensive, trying to suppress Arsenal, but the Gunners are not soft persimmons.

Tonight, Wenger, as expected, has a strategy of three defensive midfielders.

Goalkeeper: Almunia.

Defence: Clichy, Vermaelen, Gallas and Sagna.

Midfield: Denilson, Alexander Song and Diaby are behind, and Cesc Fabregas is ahead.

Forwards: Van Persie and Adebayor.

Gao Shen did not guess wrong at all, Wenger adopted a relatively safe three-back tactic.

Manchester City attacked Arsenal fiercely in the second half, but the Gunners were not bad. They counterattacked as soon as they got the chance. They played very decisively and resolutely, and they resolutely used Adebayor and Van Persie as the counterattack axis in the frontcourt, harassing them again and again. with Manchester City.

Seeing that the time is about to enter 60 minutes, neither side has any intention of making substitutions.

...

"The on-the-spot command and adjustment of Gao Shen has always been eye-catching, but so far tonight, he has not made any substitution adjustments. I have to say that this is very surprising."

"You must know that there are generals such as Robben and Suarez on the bench of Manchester City, who can't attack for a long time. Manchester City should further strengthen the team's offense, but Gao Shen doesn't seem to mean to make substitutions."

"It has to be said that it is very interesting, and it even makes people wonder if there is really a so-called contradiction between Gao Shen and Robben?"

Andy Gray took advantage of the gap of the explanation to explain the rumored inside story about the feud between Gao Shen and Robben.

It's all just gossip.

Some Dutch media revealed that Robben was in the national team list of the original national team coach Van Marwijk, but the Dutch Peter Pan did not appear in the national team training and competition list.

In this regard, Van Marwijk said that Gao Shen called him personally because Robben has been in poor condition recently, so Gao Shen hopes that the Dutchman can stay in the team training and actively adjust his state.

But the British media revealed that during the two-week national team game, among the Manchester City players who participated in the training at the Carrington training base, there was no Robben, and the Dutch went on vacation.

Manchester City clarified that this was allowed by Gao Shen, and even Gao Shen himself explained at the pre-match press conference that he asked Robben to go on vacation, but this situation is too rare, and the media immediately started conspiracy theories.

It just means that Robben was placed on the right side, which he is not good at. Coupled with the high intensity of high-level training, the Dutch have long been dissatisfied. , Robben left Manchester angrily.

"It's not the first time this has happened at Manchester City."

"Just at the beginning of the year, Robinho left Manchester City's training camp in Spain, and there was an uproar at the time."

"The difference is that at the time, head coach Mark Hughes accused Robinho of leaving the team without authorization, but Robinho said that he was allowed to leave the team with Mark Hughes' permission, but the head coach did not know the reason and refused to admit it. ."

"What happened to Robinho is exactly the opposite of what happened to Luo himself, but both of them left the training camp during the league, which naturally aroused speculation from the outside world."

"Especially tonight, everyone found out that Robben was on the roster, but he actually sat on the bench. Even now, Gao Shen has not arranged for him to make an appearance. It's really surprising, even I have to guess, are the rumors of infighting from the outside world true?"

...

Wenger stood on the sidelines, turning his head from time to time to glance at the coaching bench and the bench of the home team Manchester City.

There are often players running out to warm up, which is also a normal thing, including Robben.

But Wenger still couldn't see what Gao Shen was thinking.

Why not use a superstar like Robben?

Is it because his recent state is too bad?

Or are the rumors of infighting from the outside world true?

"It will be sixty minutes soon." Pat Rice came over and reminded.

Wenger glanced at the time and nodded, but couldn't help but frown.

He's hiding a killer trick.

That's Rosicky and Arshavin.

According to Wenger's strategy, these two players will come off the bench in the second half to further strengthen Arsenal's midfield passing ability and attacking firepower in the frontcourt. They both have excellent personal ability and foot skills.

This is also the reason why Wenger ranked the third midfielder in the game.

At Manchester City's home court, there is no need to fight with Manchester City as soon as they come up, which is not good for Arsenal, so Wenger chose to avoid the edge for a while and exhausted Manchester City to a certain extent, and then resorted to this trump card.

The problem is, he always feels that something is not right.

But he couldn't tell exactly what was wrong. He just felt that things were going a little too smoothly, and there was no sense of loss of control that football games should have.

After all, in such a high-level game, the head coaches of the two teams are calculating each other, no matter who it is, it is impossible to completely control the opponent, so there will inevitably be a sense of loss of control.

But today seems to be going well.

The scene was not smooth. Manchester City scored a goal first, especially Giroud. This goal was completely unexpected by Wenger.

He also never thought that the French compatriot would be able to score Arsenal's goal with a header.

What Wenger said was more of a plan between him and Gao Shen.

"Maybe, he is really at odds with Robben." Pat Rice guessed, "You know, he has always wanted to be the boss of the locker room. Robben is very arrogant, and the new season is fixed by Gao Shen. After the right flank, he did not play well again, if he is a little temperamental, it is normal for the two to make trouble."

This kind of thing is very common in any team. Usually, after the coach has been idle for a period of time, the players have softened, and the matter has been revealed.

Even in a relationship like Wenger and Henry, there will be some discord at some sensitive moments such as contract renewals.

What's more, it was the first time for Gao Shen and Robben to cooperate.

Wenger gritted his teeth secretly, "Whether there is a real contradiction or not, tonight, we must take a victory away from here!"

Having said this, Wenger turned his head to look at the bench, shouted "Thomas", and then saw Rosicky stand up from his seat, get up and run over to warm up.

...

"Wenger is going to make a substitution!"

In front of the head coach's bench, Carlo reminded Gao Shen softly.

From the pre-match locker room, after seeing Arsenal's starting lineup, the coaching staff and players all admired Gao Shen, because Gao Shen completely guessed Arsenal's starting lineup and tactics.

Wenger is really a midfielder.

This is a very obvious, conservative tactic.

But Gao Shen also miscalculated.

He has repeatedly reminded the players to pay close attention to Van Persie, but Cahill couldn't stop Adebayor, and Kompany didn't stop Van Persie.

If he is still one goal ahead now, then Gao Shen will be more sure.

One to one, Gao Shen is still under pressure.

"Rosicky." Gao Shen saw the players who went out to warm up.

There's nothing to hide, Wenger just made it clear he wanted to strengthen the midfield.

The difference is, who will Rosicky replace?

Diaby? Denelson? Or Alexander Song?

Adebayor and Van Persie in front are impossible, and Cesc Fabregas has no such possibility, so it must be one of the three midfielders to strengthen the midfielder's ability to pass the ball and pass the ball forward.

"If this substitution goes well, his next step should be to replace Arshavin." Gao Shen guessed.

Wenger's use of pawns is actually quite good to guess.

"Would you like to follow the substitution?" Carlo suggested.

Gao Shen pondered for a while, then shook his head, "Wait a minute, take a look first."

...

Sure enough, Rosicky replaced Denilson.

The three midfielders suddenly turned into double midfielders, with Rosicky and Cesc Fabregas more of the ball in midfield to organize and pass the ball.

After the Czech midfielder came off the bench, the Gunners' offense also began to play more vigorously. In just a few minutes, they continuously scored into the 30-meter area of ​​Manchester City, even the big penalty area, forcing the team to adjust the team and signal the field. The upper players should return some appropriately.

But this further boosted Arsenal's arrogance, and the Gunners were eager to score again and reverse the score.

As long as they are ahead, the initiative will be in the hands of Arsenal.

This is Wenger's wishful thinking.

The situation gradually turned around on the scene, and the spirits of the Gunners players also rose.

Especially the two full-backs, Clichy and Sagna themselves are the masters of attacking the strong and defending the weak. As soon as the team's offensive started, they also began to move forward actively and became more active.

This suddenly makes the situation for Manchester City look a little dangerous.

But at this time, when the time was approaching seventy minutes, Gao Shen made his first substitution adjustment.

Robben is coming!