Tony Fernandez sat in the box, his facial expression slightly elusive. He had reached a tentative agreement with Nigel Pearson, but Christine's coaching against Tottenham put talks on hold.

Now, with 30 minutes into the first half, QPR is ahead of leaders Manchester City. Tony took a sip of his coffee and continued to watch the game.

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Pep Guardiola made a change with 30 minutes played, pulling De Bruyne from the middle to the flank, and putting Zivkovic in the middle of the midfield.

This change seems to put Zhivkovic in the middle of the most tightly blocked area of the QPR.

But by this time the QPR was already a little tired, and Guardiola's "Juegode Posicion" came into play.

Juego de Posicion, which literally translates to "positional tactics", is the essence of Pep Guardiola's football philosophy, which is now universally accepted by the football world and has begun to spread throughout the leagues. But there are many people who follow the example.

The purpose of this philosophy is to manipulate and disrupt the opponent's position and layout through guò's positioning and alteration of the player's position, and ultimately achieve absolute dominance and quality attacking opportunities in the game.

The frenzied pressing of QPR had prevented Manchester City from finding their rhythm somewhat, but at this stage, they began to enter a state of terror under Pep Guardiola's constant command.

QPR's defence seemed tight, but gaps began to appear in front of the tacit and tricky movement of the Manchester City players.

Lu Ling soon found that Manchester City were starting to get into shape.

She took a small step back, pinching her chin with her left hand and observing City's entire layout, as they covered QPR's half like a net. The young acting manager pouted, and she didn't have a mind about how to deal with it for a moment.

Živkovic appears at the QPR midfield-centre-back-full-back junction, a position known as the "halfspace" (so-called "ribs") and is the most likely position for the defending defence.

Gundogan slammed the ball directly to the ground and sent the ball to the feet of Zivkovic.

QPR's three players, Ian, Yu Zixiang and Mensah, wanted to move at the same time, but each of them had their own defensive targets, so all three hesitated for a second.

It was obviously a one-on-one defense arranged, but at this time, Zhivkovic turned around comfortably and faced the goal.

That's the power of Pep Guardiola's system, where he maximises the geometry of the formation to create this instantaneous local advantage. Manchester City have been doing quite well in this system in the first 10 rounds.

Lu Ling pursed his lower lip and said in his heart.

Mensah hesitated, but the diminutive Zhivkovic seemed to have a magic spell at his feet, and he threw out a "bulltail" pass, Mensah was pinned to the spot, and Zhivkovic had already burst into the box.

Yu Zixiang wanted to chase back from the outside, but it was a little too late.

Živkovic's cross was about to fly to the feet of Aguero, and the Argentine striker faced most of the empty net......

The red-haired Scottish boy flew over and shoveled the ball.

QPR escaped.

Lu Ling looked at the languishing Živkovic, a 20-year-old who is a bit shorter than Patrick and a left-footed player who can play as a winger and a midfielder.

This is indeed another genius from the Balkans. He has the same spirituality as Haji, Berbatov, and Modric...... And for now, he may be slightly better at organizing offenses than Patter.

Of course, Pat is more physically technically gifted.

Lu Ling continued to pinch her chin, and her action was swept by the camera of Sky Sports.

Commentator Martin Taylor interjected in a nervous commentary, "Lu's move looks like he is playing chess." ”

QPR's acting head coach stopped the action and took a few steps into her own half, calling on her players to tighten up and tighten their marking of Zivkovic.

But it didn't work well.

Within minutes, Zivkovic still had a long-range shot that grazed the post and a volley that was deserved high by Lacazette.

Manchester City achieved complete suppression. Unlike Tottenham's on-the-pound pressing, it is a clear-thinking, highly rational, and extremely desperate press.

QPR fans are also starting to get upset, and everyone can tell that it is only a matter of time before Manchester City scores.

And now it's only 40 minutes into the first half.

Yu Zixiang and John O'Connor are trying to pull off the same individual push as they did against Tottenham, but the beauty of Pep Guardiola's system is that if an attack misses, it can immediately form a front court and make it impossible for QPR to counter-attack.

This is a real "net" that chokes the play of QPR.

Lu Ling gritted his teeth. She shouted to Patrick.

The England boy, who had not been able to get the ball all this time, hesitated and ran back. He formed a back three with Ian and Van Ginkel.

It's not a way out, and at this time, it is necessary to let Pat join the defensive line and tide over the difficulties.

And in this way, Patrick also happened to be in the "halfspace" position that Zhivkovic was in.

In the 43rd minute of the game, Zhivkovic got the ball again. He leaned on Patrick's back.

Zhivkovic didn't play well and stumbled a little under the collision, but he had a very good sense of balance and immediately took advantage of the situation and half-turned, trying to wipe the QPR's No. 7. Patrick seemed to anticipate his movements, and quickly stretched out his leg in the direction that Zhivkovic had turned.

But the Serb snapped his heel and broke in the opposite direction, seeing that Patrick was about to be breached. Patrick quickly turned around to intercept, he was extremely fast, but he lacked defensive skills, and swept straight to Zhivkovic's ankle.

The Mike Dean whistle blows. Free kick, yellow card.

Patrick glanced at Tina from afar, and she looked at her side, seemingly expressionless. The boy bowed his head and it was his first yellow card of the season.

The ball was taken by Kevin De Bruyne but was saved by Robert Green.

After a few more minutes, the first half was over. City had a total of ten shots on goal but failed to score, while QPR's only shot on goal got on target.

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Lu Ling and Patrick walked side by side towards the locker room.

She didn't blame him at all for the yellow card. When you put the attacking players on the defensive, you have to take that risk. Despite playing at left-back, Patrick has never been his forte defensively, not to mention that he hasn't played in the back for years.

"Pat, the second half was a little bit smaller, I don't want to lose one man. "But she needs to remind him that 11 to 11 is hard enough.

Patrick nodded. He tilted his head and glanced at the side of her face, she wasn't easy, even though they were ahead.

The door of the locker room was pushed open by the boy, and Lu Ling suddenly added, "Your goal is so beautiful." It's worth a hundred meals of roast chicken. ”

"When we win this, Tina, when the time comes, a hundred tons, you must not owe me a single meal. The pretty boy said and blinked as he walked to his locker.

The other players came in one after another.

George walked to Lu Ling's side, he scratched his head, and for the first time took the initiative to propose a replacement.

"Maybe, I mean maybe, we should be the captain. His voice was a little hesitant, but he still fully expressed what he meant.

Lu Ling raised his eyes slightly and looked at the team's captain, Nedham Onuoha. In both games, he did not start, and it was Robert Green who wore the captain's armband.

This team doesn't need him much, either tactically or mentally.

However, this time, I wonder if she really needs him.

Nedham felt his gaze and glanced at the young girl, his expression was embarrassed, but she actually smiled at him, full of kindness. He didn't understand what she meant.

Lu Ling turned his head and said to George, "Let's take a look at the situation in the second half first." ”

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Pep Guardiola's brain is running at high speed.

Lu's starting eleven is too young. Actually, it's the eleven who played 30 minutes after the game against Tottenham. Their athleticism was able to withstand the 30 minutes of the first half and the 10 minutes of the second half – how did she □□ such a coherent team in such a short period of time?

It's really interesting. Pep glanced at the girl as he looked at the QPR half, and she was even more difficult than he thought.

The score is still QPR 1:0 ahead of Manchester City.

Manchester City had to score early, the Catalans thought.

Five minutes later, QPR was the first to make a substitution.

The acting coach of Queens Park Rangers replaced winger Matt Phillips with 19-year-old midfielder Jack Steele and put Patrick Amber on the left and Raymond on the right where Phillips was originally on.

In this way, QPR has completely become a 451 defensive formation, with four defenders, three midfielders, plus Patrick Amber and Raymond two full-backs all back to defend, and the only striker, Vargas, also returned to his own half.

City had three shots on goal at the start of the second half, but none of them were too threatening, and Pep Guardiola's side were unable to penetrate in the face of such a completely rigid style of play.

The Catalans turned to face the bench.

Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor kept exclaiming: "Manchester City scored 33 goals in the first 10 rounds of this season, but it has been more than 60 minutes and still haven't been able to break the deadlock, the QPR players are simply desperate to complete every defense, I have to say that Kristen Lue has a great improvement in the spirit of this team." ”

Guest Alan Smith chimed in: "Yes, it's really an incredible defensive intensity, and City have only had such a stalemate against Everton this season. It's not just luck. ”

In the 66th minute, Manchester City made a substitution.

Thiago was off and young Nigerian striker Heheanacho came on.

That is, Pep Guardiola replaced a midfielder with a striker.

Lu Ling looked at the back of Iheanacho running on the field, and he was worried.

When you need to score a goal urgently, it's no problem to switch to an extra striker.

But first, the substitution was a little bit earlier, and usually this kind of substitution would disconnect the midfield, so the coach would wait until after 75 minutes.

Second, Guardiola is definitely not just trying to add one more person in the box, he may have something else to do.

Soon, she spotted Guardiola's intentions.

Manchester City now have three strikers on the pitch, Heheanacho, Alexandre Lacazette and Sergio Aguero.

After Iheanacho came on the pitch, he and Alexandre Lacazette began to weave in and out of Steven Cork, with Sergio Aguero cruising behind them.

On the side of Mensah, the strongest central defender of the QPR, there was no attack.

Steven Cork is the weakest link in the QPR defence, he is not agile and prone to mistakes under pressure, and he is now starting to get a little overwhelmed.

Three great strikers are attacking around him!

Manchester City's attacking style has become a combination of high and low balls, and crosses have begun to increase.

Kevin De Bruyne and Zivkovic kept sending diagonal crosses, all aimed at Steven Cork!

In the 69th minute, Lacazette leapt to the top of the ball, the ball hit the crossbar, and Cork couldn't hold it.

In the 71st minute, Iheanacho's header was linked to Cork, the ball fell to the feet of Aguero, and Ian broke the ball.

Lu Ling kept shouting for the three midfielders to drop back a little to help Steven Caulk defend.

The clock is about to reach the 75th minute.

Živkovic picked up the ball on the right, slammed the outside of his instep past Patrick and Jack Steele, and immediately picked up a left-footed cross.

The ball spins strongly and is fast.

Steven Cork didn't judge the right drop.

Manchester City's substitute striker Heheanacho leaps to the end of the net with a volley!

All the home fans hugged their heads en masse, while the Malaysian boss in the box kept shaking his head.

The goal came anyway.