Chapter 610: Steady

After the kick-off, Liccardo did not rush to lead the team to attack, but first stabilized and controlled.

Manchester City are not in a hurry to press high up the pitch. When QPR has the ball, they retract their formation, allowing QPR to control the ball in the midfield and backcourt, and only wait for QPR to hit the edge of their penalty area before increasing their defensive strength.

QPR played very cautiously, preferring to fall first if there was no good opportunity, and were not eager to send through balls. Both Ricardo and Modric retreated deeper today to strengthen control of the midfield.

Yes, this is a game that must be won, but if you want to win, you must first prevent the opponent from scoring.

Manchester City's offensive power is not weak. The short pair of Tevez and Aguero have speed, impact, good skills, and good shooting skills. QPR does not dare to give them too many opportunities.

Ricardo was mainly marked by Yaya Toure and Zabaleta today.

Zabaleta is easy to deal with, but Yaya Toure is a shrewd bull. Ricardo does not want to confront him head-on, so he would rather retreat deeper.

It doesn't matter if he can't score goals himself, as long as he can help his teammates score, he can win.

So Liccardo tried to retreat to bring Yaya Toure out, but Yaya Toure was not that stupid. He only got close when Licardo was in the front position, and he usually maintained a good defensive position.

On the other hand, David Silva and Nasri would sometimes give up attacking and come to defend Liccardo.

Therefore, the defensive resistance Liccardo encountered was actually quite large.

Moreover, Manchester City players made relatively heavy defensive moves against him today, so Liccardo must beware of injuries.

If he is injured and goes off early like he did against Manchester United, there is no guarantee that QPR will not collapse.

So in the locker room, Simeone told Liccardo, "It is important to complete your tactical responsibilities, but it is more important to ensure that you are not injured. I don't need you to fight for every ball, I just want you to be healthy and play for 90 minutes." "

You must know that Simeone's coaching style is very dirty, and the QPR players' style is very fierce, but this is not what he requires of Ricardo.

In Simeone's view, there is a substitute for anyone in this QPR team, except Ricardo.

Modric is not here, Borja Valero can also be used; Nainggolan is not there,

So does Arda Turan. Fernandinho can't play, Thiago Motta can fill in... There are qualified substitutes for every position.

Only Ricardo cannot be replaced by Callejon. It can even be said that Callejon cannot even achieve half of his role.

Of course, Ricardo doesn't want to miss out on the entire season because of his injury.

But he will not deliberately avoid physical confrontation.

Football is a highly confrontational sport. Players who always engage in physical confrontation may not necessarily play well, but players who avoid physical confrontation will definitely not perform well.

For example, Messi is only 1.7 meters tall and short. He looks so thin in front of those giant men who are often 1.85 or 1.9 meters tall. But he was never afraid of physical confrontation with those giant men.

Of course, he would not be so stupid that he would always hit those giant men with his thin and thin body, but if the opponent looked for an opportunity to confront him physically, he would definitely be able to withstand one or two blows.

The same is true for Liccardo. He will not take the initiative to physically confront a muscular man like Yaya Toure. He will play with his mind and reduce the number of direct physical confrontations.

But when physical confrontation came, he never flinched.

In the 9th minute of the game, Liccardo took the ball from the left wing and cut inside. Yaya Toure immediately came over to cover the defense and rushed over aggressively, like a tank trying to knock Liccardo away.

Liccardo immediately changed the line with the ball. Although he still inevitably collided with Yaya Toure, it was not a head-on collision after all. He staggered and continued to move forward with the ball.

Yaya Toure is tall and has long legs, and his running speed is not slow. He was not thrown away by Ricardo. He kept trying to squeeze Ricardo with his body, slow down Ricardo's speed, and wait for an opportunity to steal the ball.

But Ricardo protected the ball very well. When he reached the edge of the penalty area, Ricardo used his left foot to hit a half-high arc ball, and the football flew straight to the goal.

Ronaldo did not touch the ball, but the ball circled back when it was about to fly out of the baseline. Alda Turan stopped the ball narrowly, shook Clichy and passed again. Ronaldo turned and volleyed, but unfortunately the kick was flawed and the football flew softly out of the baseline.

It was QPR's first shot of the game.

Of course, Manchester City, which occupies the home court, only completed one shot, which shows that both sides played more cautiously.

Judging from the time of possession, QPR's possession rate reached 59% in the first 10 minutes, but most of the possession was concentrated in the midfield and own half, and did not create much threat.

This development of the situation was not beyond the expectations of QPR players.

In fact, both sides are now competing for patience.

Because both teams are in the same situation. If they want to win the championship, they must win and cannot accept a draw.

But the side that launches the offensive first is bound to leave a gap behind it, giving the opponent a chance to counterattack.

If the attack fails and the opponent counterattacks and steals one, the rest of the game will be difficult to play.

Therefore, Simeone predicted before the game that Manchester City would definitely be stable after the start. He had indeed guessed it.

The core of QPR's guidance is also the word "stability".

Today's competition cannot be a big deal, but must focus on the details.

In the 12th minute, Manchester City tried a long shot from Nasri. The long shot was of high quality. Handanovic failed to save the ball, but the ball narrowly missed the goal.

One minute later, Manchester City attacked again. Tevez turned his back to play the ball. Silva took the ball in one stride, past Alderweireld, and shot from a small angle with his unaccustomed right foot. The ball hit the target. Feeling limp, Handanovic threw him.

QPR soon retaliated. Ricardo suddenly passed the ball during the counterattack. Ronaldo and Kompany were neck and neck. In the end, Ronaldo touched the ball first. He cleverly poked the ball with his toe and the ball passed the attacking goalkeeper Hart. But also slightly wide of the goal.

The commentator said: "Both sides invested very few troops in the attack and played very cautiously. Although there were hot scenes in the game, they were more intense than exciting. Liccardo was too far back today, and his retreat Strengthened the Rangers' possession advantage, but he rarely directly threatened the Blue Moon's goal."

"On Manchester City's side, the two quick and quick forwards still caused some trouble for QPR's defense. Vertonghen and Alderweireld are both tall defensive players with tough styles. They have strong frontal defensive capabilities but slow turning speed. Slow. In fact, many people predicted before the game that Mancini would use Dzeko with Aguero, but Mancini’s choice was unexpected, but it achieved good results.”

"Looking at the performance of these two teams, there will probably not be too many goals in this game. I personally think the final score should be 1:0. As for who can win? I can only say that both sides have a chance. "

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