Chapter 677 Yang Yang Didn't Come!

Manchester City Stadium, located in the eastern suburbs of the city, can accommodate 47,620 people.

This stadium was originally planned to be used for the bid to host the 2000-year Olympic Games, but then the Olympic bid was lost to Sydney, Australia, and the plan was stillborn, and the bid was changed to host the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

After 2002, the stadium was leased to Manchester City at a very low price as compensation for the demolition of Manchester City's old home, Maine Road. Subsequently, Manchester City renovated the new stadium and became one of the most advanced stadiums in the Premier League. one.

After Thaksin acquired Manchester City, he once proposed to expand the City Stadium to make it the best home stadium in the Premier League, but it was unsuccessful due to various reasons. Plans for a new stadium have surfaced again.

The deep-pocketed Abu Dhabi consortium not only brought a new stadium expansion plan to Manchester City, but also brought a large number of stars, Robinho, Elano, Zabaleta, Wright Phillips, Kompa Ni, if...

The head coach has also changed from the original Swede Eriksen to the British native Mark Hughes. The latter's coaching performance in Blackburn has made him a rising local coach in the UK. favored.

Manchester City have played six league games so far this season, with three wins and three losses.

A 2-4 loss to Aston Villa in the first round is not surprising. Villa Park is a famous home for the devil in the Premier League, and Manchester City has just been restructured. Then they defeated West Ham United 3-0 at home and 3-0 away. A zero win over Sunderland allowed City to shine.

Two consecutive victories made Mark Hughes's team start to put themselves in a bit of a misalignment, and they tried to storm Chelsea at home, and in fact they did it, leading for a full hour, but In the end, Chelsea pulled three goals in a row and lost 1-3.

But soon, Manchester City beat Portsmouth 6-0 at home, washing away the depression in the previous round, and the last round was a 1-2 away loss to Wigan Athletic.

Looking at Manchester City's first six games this season, it is not difficult to see that with the addition of Robinho and other strong players, the overall strength of Mark Hughes' team has been greatly improved, full of competitiveness, and even faint. There is a strong team atmosphere.

But in the strong dialogue that really faced the test, this team was not a cohesive whole.

Mark Hughes' tactical characteristics still continue the same set of his previous period in Blackburn, rough and fierce, actively fighting, from the beginning of the game to do his best to suppress the opponent, limit the opponent's performance, and then pass the midfield players. individual ability to create an offensive threat.

I have to say that this style of play is still very effective in the Premier League, especially in the face of teams whose defense is not tight enough and the ability to hold the ball is weak, so Manchester City is the second only team in the Premier League in offensive ability this season.

But once you encounter a meticulous defense or a team that doesn't make mistakes easily, this set of play will reveal serious problems.

After the team came to Manchester and challenged Manchester City away, Benitez and the coaching staff had a comprehensive understanding of Manchester City's overall tactical play, and repeatedly reminded players to pay attention, especially under the fierce pressure of the opponent. Try to avoid mistakes, but Manchester City's pressing is too fierce.

In the face of Liverpool, Manchester City obviously forced to be more fierce and ruthless than other teams.

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Overall, Liverpool's defensive lineup is no problem.

The key factor that caused the two conceded goals is the player's on-the-spot performance mistakes, which is unavoidable for any coach and any tactics, because everyone makes mistakes.

The first time happened in the 19th minute. Wright Phillips made a cross from the right. If he got the ball in the penalty area, Xavi Alonso decisively shoveled the ball out, but the ball was still on the right side of the penalty area. Wright Phillips made another cross.

But this time, Abeloa made a mistake when making a clearance and did not make a direct clearance. As a result, after the ball was grabbed by Manchester City player Erland, he kicked and hit the goal directly.

Abeloa's error had a personal element, but also the pressure caused by Manchester City's full-court pressing, which made Liverpool feel very uncomfortable, and this quickly reappeared before the end of the first half.

Gareth Bale fouled Wright Phillips at the front of the penalty area when he returned to defense, and gave Manchester City a very good opportunity for a free kick in the frontcourt. Garrido calmly took the penalty and expanded the score for Manchester City.

In fact, this foul by the Welsh players was unnecessary, because Liverpool had already completed the transition from offense to defense at that time, and even if Manchester City were allowed to attack, it would not easily pose a threat.

But sometimes, when a player is pressed by an opponent on the court, under high pressure, misjudgment will inevitably occur.

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Down 2-0 and returning from the pitch to the dressing room, Liverpool's players looked a little gloomy.

So far this season, they have played smoothly all the way. Although they have fallen behind, it is the first time that the opponent has been ahead by two goals before the first half like tonight.

In the first six rounds, Liverpool only conceded a total of two goals. Unexpectedly, they lost two goals in the first half today, which made many players feel uncomfortable, and even felt a little panic in their hearts.

Many people raised their heads, looked around the locker room, and sighed inwardly.

Yang Yang is not here!

I don't know since when, Yang Yang's role in the current Liverpool team is becoming more and more obvious, and everyone's reliance on him is also increasing, so that when the team can't open the situation, or is at a disadvantage, they will think of him.

There are thousands of people in the locker room. Before this game, the team played very smoothly. There must be many people who didn’t say anything on the surface, but secretly slandered in their hearts, thinking that the coaching staff and the locker room gave Yang Yangtai more power.

Such as his free fire rights, such as he can not put pressure on the opponent and so on.

As a player on the same team, who wouldn't want such a privilege?

But why is it Yang Yang?

But now, they are all beginning to realize that Yang Yang's role was so great when the team was able to play so smoothly in the past.

In this game, Liverpool are still ranked four or three, the goalkeeper is Reina, the defense is Aurelio, Skrtel, Carragher and Abeloa, the midfield is still Mascherano and Xavi · Alonso's double midfielder, Gerrard rushing forward, Crouch and Kuyt of the front trident are all there.

It is to replace Yang Yang on the left wing with Gareth Bell.

But it was this change that made Liverpool appear very passive on the pitch, and even Gareth Bale made a mistake, giving the opponent a direct free kick and conceding the second goal.

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The Welshman sat there with his head drooping and silent.

At the end of the first half, Yang Yang went to the sidelines to comfort him and encouraged him to continue to work hard in the second half, but when he walked into the player tunnel, he saw the head coach Benitez and assistant coach Yesterdam. What are you talking to Yang Yang over there.

The two coaches haven't returned to the locker room yet, so I don't know if they are telling Yang Yang something.

Gareth Bell raised his head and glanced at the door of the locker room. He was very worried. After a while, he would see the two coaches and Yang Yang pushed open the door and walked in.

That's not surprising at all, because he knows how badly he played in the first half.

Zabaleta played very well in La Liga, and there was Micah Richards next to him. Gareth Bale did not expect that he would be forced to be so embarrassed when facing these two opponents, not only attacking Duan failed to play the effect, and there was a mistake when he took the initiative to retreat to defend, resulting in the second loss.

He was guilty, apprehensive, and restless.

Everyone in the dressing room also knew his mood at this moment, and even many people were dissatisfied with his performance in the first half, because if the second goal had not been conceded, Liverpool would have been in a much better position.

So, apart from big brothers like Gerald and Carragher, no one stepped forward to comfort him.

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Just when the locker room fell into a dead silence, the door of the locker room was pushed open from the outside.

Gareth Bale looked up and saw Paco Yesterdam and head coach Rafael Benitez walking in.

The door opened and closed, but the Welshman kept his eye on it.

Finally, it never opened again.

This made Gareth Bell suddenly relieved.

Yang Yang didn't come!

But it doesn't make sense. From the performance in the first half and the situation of the two coaches talking to him during the intermission, it seems that he is going to be replaced at the intermission. Why didn't he come in?

Benitez and Yesterdam summed up the team's performance in the first half. He was satisfied with the team's overall defense, but also expressed his understanding of the players' mistakes. I hope everyone can cheer up for the second half. Keep up the good work.

The team's tactics in the second half mainly focus on two points, one is the wing attack.

Benitez believes that the team's wing attack in the first half did not feature, especially the left wing with traditional offensive advantages.

"Wright Phillips is pressing our full-backs on this side, with Zabaleta, Kompany and Micah Richards all on this side, and it does give us more left-side attack. pressure, but I believe we should play more aggressively and aggressively."

The Spanish coach also mentioned Manchester City's physical fitness. He believed that Manchester City fought fiercely in the first half, which will inevitably lead to problems with their physical fitness in the second half. Therefore, Liverpool will make a fuss about this.

"We should play more aggressively and be a little bit more aggressive, there will definitely be problems with City's physical fitness, and this is our chance to take the initiative to attack, the left is the same, the right is the same, and we can even do a little bit in the middle. article."

"There is no doubt that after introducing a number of strong players, Manchester City's overall strength in the midfield and frontcourt is indeed good, but their backline is still very weak, and Kompany is not suitable for playing as a midfielder. The central defender combination of Zebra and Dunn is also not reliable, these are our opportunities."

Afterwards, the coaching staff rearranged tasks for everyone.

After completing these, it is almost time to return to the court.

Before going out, Yesterdam walked over and encouraged Gareth Bell with a smile, hoping that he would continue to cheer.

"Yang Yang told us that he still believes in your strength and performed well in the second half."

After listening to Gareth Bell, he suddenly realized.