Chapter 707 Remember This Name!

Claude Puel, whether it is his career or his later coaching experience, is basically in Monaco.

He started coaching Lille in 2002, and even brought the team to the runner-up position in Ligue 1, almost threatening the dominance of Lyon, which won five consecutive championships that year.

So, in 2008, Lyon dug him over.

But in Lyon, Puel was not as amazing as he was in Monaco and Lille.

Sometimes, the head coach is like this. Those who can lead small and medium teams well may not be able to lead big teams well.

Puel likes to use 4231.

Everyone knows that this is a sophisticated and well-known tactic, very stable, and has high requirements for the center forward and the tenth player.

Today's Lyon can also be regarded as full of talents.

Goalkeeper: Lloris.

Defence: Ali Sissoko, Chris, Lovren and Revey.

Midfielder: Toulalang and Karlstrom partnered as a double midfielder, with Bastos, Gourcuff and Delgado in front.

Forward: Gomi.

Lyon's main midfielder this season is Pjanic, but this game is facing Manchester City, which is powerful and has the best performance in the group stage. Puel dare not be careless and is determined to use a defensive double midfielder.

Gourcuff is a star player that the team spent nearly 20 million euros on, so Puel chose to put Pjanic on the bench and let Gourcuff start.

Even at home, Puel did not dare to play both, fearing that the midfielder would not be able to stop Manchester City.

But at the Gerland Stadium, Gao Shen recklessly launched a fierce attack from the very beginning.

What's interesting about the knockout stages of the Champions League is that the away-goals system encourages away teams to try to score goals, while the home team tends to be more cautious.

Gao Shen's attack was not blind, but focused on Gourcuff's attack!

This French midfielder, nicknamed Zidane Jr., even plays in a similar style. At the beginning of the century, it might have been okay, but now, the rhythm is too slow.

As a result, Manchester City played fast at the beginning of the game,

And when he crossed the center line for the first time, he created a throw-in opportunity.

...

Standing in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, Gao Shen saw that Gareth Bale was blocked out of bounds when receiving the ball, and immediately signaled the surrounding players to come over and put more pressure on him.

"Louis!" Gao Shen shouted, beckoning to Suarez, signaling that he would also come over.

Felipe quickly ran to the sidelines, kicked up the football, put it on the jersey and wiped it clean.

Lyon also poured a lot of water before the start, because many people know that Manchester City is actually very good at passing and controlling the ball.

Gareth Bale sprinted over and put his body on Lyon's right-back Reveille.

It has to be said that the Welshman's physical fitness is really strong. If he just stood there and leaned back, Reveille couldn't move, and there was nothing he could do about him.

Felipe also threw the ball at the first time, and in order to facilitate Gareth Bale to catch the ball, he deliberately threw a ground ball.

The ball bounced off the ground in front of Gareth Bale, and the Welshman kicked a pass directly, trying to pass the ball behind him to find Suarez.

Lyon's central defender Chris reacted quickly and kept stepping back to judge the landing point, but Suarez also rushed over quickly.

The best position has been controlled by Chris, and Suarez can only catch up behind Chris, but when he sees that Chris is about to take off, Suarez still rushes up desperately and jumps with him.

This seriously interfered with Chris's header.

The ball didn't go too far, and it still landed in Lyon's half.

Gourcuff rushed to catch the ball, but David Silva also rushed forward immediately, and the moment the French midfielder stopped the ball, the whole person was entangled.

Not only David Silva, when Gao Shen shouted just now, Manchester City's entire defensive formation was tilted to the left, and at this time Rakitic happened to be on the other side of Gourcuff, and the two faced each other at the same time. Gourcuff formed a left and right flank.

It's hard to say who got the ball first, anyway, the three of them fought together.

Gourcuff was not sure yet, and the ball was taken away.

Rakitic just received the ball and took a step forward. Before Toulalan approached, he quickly passed it back to David Silva.

I saw that the Spanish midfielder was bold and advanced with the ball. After dribbling past Karlstrom at the front of the penalty area, he went straight to the front of the penalty area and sent a through ball.

Suarez ran over from the left laterally, grabbed the ball before Chris received the ball, dribbled the ball in laterally, and passed Lovren again. On the right side of the penalty spot, he shot with his right foot and blasted the ball into the goal. Goal for Lyon.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"God! The opening is less than a minute, strictly speaking, only fifty-three seconds!"

"Manchester City scored first by Suarez!"

"One to zero!"

"too fast!"

"This should be the fastest goal in the Champions League so far this season!"

"Manchester City's first attack after the opening, immediately penetrated Lyon's defense!"

The live broadcast of the game switched to the replay of the goal, but it didn't start with Felipe's throw-in, but Gao Shen was waving at his players, signaling to press to the left.

"We can see that Gao Shen's on-the-spot command is very critical."

"Manchester City was able to quickly gain an advantage in the left area, and Gao Shen's adjustment is indispensable."

"Suarez, David Silva, and Rakitic, the cooperation between these three players also played very well."

"Less than a minute into the game, Manchester City broke through Lyon's goal, which completely disrupted Puel's deployment before the game."

Puel said before the game that avoiding away goals from Manchester City will be a key factor in the two legs.

This is why, in this game, he chose Karlstrom instead of Pjanic.

But in the end, less than a minute into the game, the goal was declared lost.

"We saw that after the goal, the Manchester City players were extremely excited, but Gao Shen was still very calm, as if the goal had been expected by him."

"We have to admit that this is the bearing and demeanor of a famous coach!"

...

After conceding a goal at the beginning of the first half, Manchester City continued to launch a wave of violent attacks.

But Lyon still focuses on steady defense.

Puel even told the team to step back and take on City in a counter-defensive stance.

This led to Lyon being suppressed without any temper for a long time in the game.

It wasn't until the 28th minute that the Lyon team had their first shot, and it was a long-range shot from Toulalang from 30 meters away.

This shows how embarrassing the home team was forced to be in this game.

But Lyon's defense is very well-organized. Except for the kick-off, the Lyon team performed very well in the rest of the time. Manchester City's pressure in the midfield was barely able to cope with Lyon. In addition, the excellent goalkeeper Lloris The performance prevented Manchester City from scoring again.

This is also a brand new trend in European football since the last two seasons.

Just like Lyon, Lovren's ability to play the ball is very strong. In the face of Manchester City's pressure and pressure several times, his ability to handle the ball is very good, which left a deep impression on Gao Shen.

This guy will move to Southampton in a few years, then go to Liverpool, and also played for Croatia in the World Cup final, and his performance is also remarkable, very good.

With one goal ahead and an away goal in hand, Gao Shen's mentality is indeed more calm and calm.

After seeing Lovren pass the ball forward under the interference of Suarez, Gao Shen turned his head, walked to the coaching bench of the visiting team, asked for a bottle of water, and reminded Lucas softly.

"Keep an eye out for Lovren number five, and get back to me with his detailed report."

Lucas froze for a moment, looked at his boss, and then at Lovren on the court. This kid is not well-known.

However, last summer, Lyon spent eight million euros to introduce him from Croatia.

Don't think about it, with the vampire qualities of the Chairman of Lyon, Aulas, it's definitely not easy for him to pay so much money.

Thinking of this, Lucas nodded in agreement, secretly remembering the name.

...

The first half ended with one to zero.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Manchester City once again launched a rush attack, with the momentum to take down Lyon.

Facing the wolf-like Manchester City, the Ligue 1 team really has no good way, they can only guard against it.

But even so, Manchester City kept creating opportunities.

In the forty-ninth minute, Bastos pulled Robben behind for a foul. The referee showed a yellow card and awarded a free kick.

Gareth Bale took a superb direct free-kick that hit the left post.

The fans in the entire Gerland stadium were almost scared to death.

If this allows Manchester City to score another goal, the two rounds of the game will be over.

But just a minute later, Manchester City made a comeback.

It was Robben who dribbled the ball inward on the right to attract firepower, and suddenly passed the ball back to Rakitic. , kicked the cross.

Suarez snatched the ball between Lovren and Chris, and headed in from close range, but the ball hit the crossbar and bounced again.

Two consecutive attacks were stopped by the pillars and beams.

Not to mention the players on the court, even Gao Shen on the sidelines couldn't help patting his forehead, feeling helpless.

After that, Lyon played a counterattack, but in the 63rd minute, Manchester City still created a free kick opportunity on the right side of Robben outside the penalty area.

This position is almost exactly the same as the previous one.

Gareth Bell took the penalty again. When Gourcuff was defending, his arm had an obvious movement of extending his arm to block the ball, but he was in the penalty area. Although he was subconscious, he hit the ball. The referee awarded a penalty Penalty kick.

Gareth Bale personally made a penalty and expanded the score for Manchester City, two to zero!

Subsequently, the two teams had their own offense and defense. Lyon also replaced Pjanic and adopted a more active offensive strategy. In the 77th minute, taking advantage of a set kick, Lovren headed the ball and Gomi Hit the push shot after the point.

But before the end of the game, Gareth Bale on the left sent a wide-range transfer for Manchester City, transferring the ball from the left to the right of the front of the penalty area.

After stopping the ball and cutting inside, Robben threw off the defensive player, volleyed vigorously with his left foot, and once again penetrated the Lyon team's goal.

Three to one, Manchester City won Lyon away!