Chapter 514: The Most Suitable Opponent
When the whistle blew at the end of the game, Stoke City manager Pasley rushed onto the pitch and grabbed the referee to ask him why he didn't blow the whistle to stop the game when his player was injured and fell to the ground. Novelty New Address:.
Originally, given that Stoke City suffered a long loss of rational use of the rules of the game, it was worthy of sympathy, and the referee did not want to hurt the killer again, but the angry Pasley's emotions were too intense, he not only spoke fiercely, but also had pulling and pulling movements in his hands. As a result, he paid the price for his emotional agitation, and was directly shown a red card by the referee and sent out!
There was a sense of survival among the City players, everyone was exhausted, and the physical and psychological pressure of this game was no less than playing a Champions League game.
Stoke City's players are still holding on to their lack of sportsmanship.
"You ...... There is no sportsmanship!" Stoke City defender Hutter pointed at Yang Fan's nose and scolded.
Yang Fan glanced at this person contemptuously and shrugged: "At least we won't deliberately delay the game." ”
Seeing this, De Jong immediately squeezed over and shouted in a loud voice, "Look at your acting skills, you fell to the ground and screamed without touching you, you are not qualified to talk about us." ”
If it weren't for the referee seeing the situation here and stopping it, and Manchester City manager Mancini and Stoke City's assistant coach came to stop it, the players on both sides might have been beaten up because of the conflict after the game.
Amid the shrill boos on the pitch, the City players slipped into the players' tunnel, leaving the Britannia Stadium with chicken feathers.
At the post-match press conference, Stoke City manager Pasley was furious, he was angry, and he slammed Manchester City's stunning goal as unjust enrichment and unsportsmanlike behavior!
"Our players are injured and down, and our opponents are turning a blind eye! They only have three points in their eyes, only wins, no warmth at all. This is the sadness of the football world, such a team without sportsmanship will never want to win the championship. Pasley said angrily.
Originally, Mancini didn't want to compete with Stoke City, in the eyes of the manager, his opponent was Manchester United, Arsenal or Chelsea, Stoke City is really not the object that Manchester City should pay attention to, at most it is just an ordinary match object that meets twice a season......
However, hearing the words of Stoke City coach Pasley, Mancini couldn't bear it, the other party not only accused Manchester City of not having sportsmanship, which had an impact on Manchester City's honor, in addition, Pasley actually shamelessly cursed Manchester City never to win the championship, Mancini This is really unbearable, you curse Manchester City can't win the championship, this is where to put my Mancini, the full coach?...... Italians are superstitious and taboo about similar curses. You're cursing Manchester City for never winning the title, and I don't want you?!
"If it weren't for the referee's mercy, your goalkeeper would have been sent off for delaying the game. ”
"What did I see? I'm sure a lot of people saw that the team that played so rough in the first half of the game, and in the last minute of the second half, it was like a little girl, why is there such a huge contrast? Everyone has eyes and can see it. ”
Mancini was unceremoniously critical of Stoke City. In the end, I haven't forgotten to talk about the situation of the venue.
"I have to thank Stoke City for their hard work in giving my players a magical look at the pitch and I doubt we were playing swamp football today?"
The head coaches of both sides pinched directly at the press conference, and the excited media reporters appeared, Mancini's mouth is really unusual, are the Italians so eloquent and aggressive?!
After a war of words with Stoke City manager Pasley at the press conference, on the way back to Manchester the next day, Mancini recalled the game with Stoke City but was afraid, the Italian coach remembered the scene at the Britannia Stadium, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, this game Manchester City team won very hard, even more than the most difficult game played so far this season, in the face of Stoke City, the tired Manchester City almost overturned in the gutter, and once that situation arises, it is a big blow for Manchester City, if he loses this game, Mancini will definitely be held accountable by the Manchester City club management, and in the coming period, Manchester City players should not expect any good days, and the media will definitely bombard Manchester City indiscriminately...... Fortunately, Manchester City scored two goals in a row to reverse the score!
The war of words at the press conference was only the beginning of the controversy, and in fact, the debate about the match did not begin to ferment completely until after the game, especially the next day.
The media in Stoke City shouted that they were wronged, violently slamming Manchester City for having no sportsmanship, saying that Manchester City did not have the slightest spirit of Feeperae, that Manchester City was worthy of being a thug full of copper smell, without a little gentlemanliness, and without any intention of fair play. Manchester City stole three points from Stoke City in this game and won without a force.
And the players of Stoke City also shouted in an interview with the media, saying that the Manchester City team took advantage of the injury of their players to score, what a shameful behavior, and their spearhead also pointed at Yang Fan, the captain of the Manchester City team, and criticized Yang Fan for not being worthy of his status and name as the number one star in England.
For Manchester City, a tyrant, many people in the media have long been unpleasant, and at this time they immediately fell into the ground, criticizing Manchester City for only seeing the results of the game and only the interests of points, but completely ignoring and ignoring the true meaning of the football game, so they will do such a thing without sportsmanship.
For Yang Fan, a flamboyant and domineering star, some people have long been very unhappy, and some media who have had grievances with Yang Fan are jumping up and down at this time.
Yang Fan's old rival David Prescott certainly won't miss this opportunity to ridicule and ridicule Yang Fan, and he ridiculed Yang Fan in his column and blog that Yang Fan has been reduced to the point of relying on bandit methods to help the team score goals and win, which is really a pity.
Tsk, listening to the tone of this speaker, it seems that he has always had a good relationship with Yang Fan, and he is sorry for Yang Fan, in fact, the bad relationship between David Prescott and Yang Fan has long been a popular story in the football circle, as for this Mr. David Prescott, it is a complete Yang Fan black.
Of course, not all media criticize Yang Fan and Manchester City, they still have their own media supporters and voices.
The Manchester City Evening News slammed Stoke City's subterfuge, they first pointed out that Stoke City's course comparable to a swamp is a place to be doubted and criticized, although the Britannia Stadium is not a top course in England, but it is also a very good standardized course, the drainage facilities are absolutely qualified, and the quality of the turf is not to be said...... Just imagine, how could such a stadium have a scene like this in this game, and the stadium is not even as good as a vegetable field...... There is only one answer: artificial, deliberate.
Stoke City played a trick up the game for this game.
The Manchester City Evening News then criticized the Stoke City players in the final stage of the game for always cheating injuries to delay the game's bad behavior, the newspaper pointed out that before the Manchester City team scored the second goal, the Stoke City players were always injured, at this time the Manchester City players were still more cooperative to kick the football out of bounds to stop the game, which is a good reflection of what is called sportsmanship, but the Manchester City players are not fools, they have long seen that the opponent is cheating on the injury to delay the game, but they have endured it, and then the Manchester City team's counterattack, captain Yang Fan shouted the horn of the attack without scruples, the Manchester City players' pent-up anger began to explode, where can they care about the Stoke City players at this time, I don't know if it's pretending or really being injured.
Now, there are two voices in the media, one is to severely criticize Manchester City and Yang Fan, believing that Manchester City insisted on attacking even when the opposing player was injured and fell to the ground, although it scored a stunning goal, but such a victory is not worthy of praise, but should be criticized and criticized......
The other voice is that Stoke City do not deserve sympathy, their ploy on the pitch is too obvious, and in the final period of the game, Stoke City players did everything they could to delay the game, it was too much, so it is no wonder that Manchester City are so angry. There is a cause to do it, and there is really nothing to blame for this much-discussed goal from Manchester City.
The war of words in the media is still raging, but Manchester City's game has not stopped.
Three days later, Manchester City faced Arsenal in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup. Manchester City are playing away.
In the away dressing room at the Emirates Stadium, all the players were leaning over to change their shoes.
The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, although it was not a downpour, but the rain was not small, and the referee team had already gone to the field to check it, and finally decided to continue the game, which was not so heavy that the game could be postponed.
Since the game will not be postponed due to heavy rain, players from both sides will have to be ready for this game. In such weather conditions, it is necessary to wear wearing shoes for rainy days. The players' shoes are now being changed to spikes for the rain fight.
Robert. Roberto Mancini was at the front of the tactical board, and he had just told all the players about the tactics of the game, in fact, for the past two days, Robert. Roberto Mancini has explained his tactics to his players and is now just revisiting and consolidating them.
In Robert. The tactical board behind Mancini is drawn with City's line-up.
The goalkeeper is Joe Hart.
The backline is Zabaleta, Vincent Kompany, Kolo Toure and Kolarov.
In midfield, De Jong, David. Silva, Yaya Toure, and Milner.
On the front line are Yang Fan and Dzeko.
Because Gareth. Barry was injured and Manchester City were missing a barrier in midfield, which also left Robert. Mancini hesitated for a long time about whether to defend or attack today's game, and it wasn't until yesterday that he finally made up his mind.
Offensive!
In the face of Arsenal, which has a strong attack, Manchester City's defensive pressure will be very high, and you must know that Manchester City is strong in attack and weak in defense, and Manchester City with Yang Fan, attack is their biggest trump card. In this case, it is better to go out and attack, of course, there is another point that has to be mentioned, that is, Manchester City now has a great psychological advantage when facing Arsenal, the epic victory of slaughtering Arsenal in the league has given the whole Manchester City team great confidence, when facing Arsenal, they are very confident, and they are also confident to play attacking football.
"Be quiet. Robert Mancini knocked on the table and motioned for everyone to listen to him.
The players in the dressing room have already changed their boots, put on their jerseys, and can go out at any time, hear Robert. After Mancini's questioning, they all looked at the head coach of the team and cheered up at the same time.
"You have to remember! In this game, our tactics are to attack! Strive to score early, in this game, the Arsenal are fighting at home, they have lost to us by a big score, so Arsenal must want to take revenge, they will definitely press out to attack, we just want to seize the opportunity they pressed out, looking for counterattacks and goals! Of course, our attack is different from Arsenal's attack, we must first do not concede a goal, and then when it is time to counterattack, we must be fast! We must be good at seizing opportunities!"
Yang Fan scolded in his heart, whether this is offense or defense, he now has a better understanding of Mancini's personality and coaching style, Mancini is also eager for the team to play beautiful football, play offensive football, but once the offense is frustrated, or the situation is unfavorable, Mancini quickly becomes conservative.
In fact, there are people with the same doubts as Yang Fan, if from Robert. According to Mancini's roster, this is a posture to play against Arsenal, but Robert. Mancini's need to defend first and the defensive counterattack in his words are more conservative.
Obviously, Robert. Mancini's original intention was to attack and try to score early, but he was very jealous of Arsenal's attacking scoring ability, so, Robert. Mancini, however, brought up the importance of defence.
Of course, from the tactics themselves, there is nothing to blame, after all, actively attacking while defending solidly, this is a one-size-fits-all tactic, but this tactic is placed on a certain team, there will be different results, the key is to see if the team can swing well, whether it can find a balance in the offensive and defensive situation, a good integration, offensive and retreat can be defended.
Obviously, this is what Mancini wants to work hard to achieve now, as for the result, it will have to be tested through the game, so to speak, Manchester City has a psychological advantage in the face of Arsenal, and the opponent Arsenal is now facing is indeed an opponent that Manchester City is more suitable to test the tactical results......