Chapter 761: First Ball
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"Today is 15 August 2009 and the 2009/2010 Premier League season kicks off with Chelsea's home game against Hull City at noon. ”
'The Blues struggled in the opening game, conceding the first goal shortly after the break, but it was Didier Drogba's brace that gave Chelsea a stubborn comeback over Hull. ”
'Head coach Scolari got the season off to a flying start. ”
"And now we're at Blackburn's Ewood Park, and it's about to take place another highlight of the round, with Premier League upstart Manchester City taking on Blackburn Rovers away. ”
This is also the first game of Manchester City's manager, the current world number one superstar coach Gao Han, to return to the Premier League after a five-year absence, which is undoubtedly quite an attractive game, especially this summer, Manchester City has invested more than 400 million euros in transfer fees to build a superstar team. ”
Many people believe that relying on money is not enough to build a strong team, and Gao Han's approach will only make him usher in the Waterloo of his coaching career, such as Blackburn's head coach Allardyce said before the game that a group of mercenaries will not be competitive. ”
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson once said that no matter how much money is spent, you can't buy a real championship heritage. ”
But that didn't stop Gao Han and his Manchester City from becoming the focus of the world's fans overnight, and the Premier League also scheduled the game to be broadcast live to the world in prime time on Saturday afternoon. ”
"We're all looking forward to seeing what the team that Alpine has spent 400 million euros will look like. ”
But judging from the pre-season performance, Manchester City's performance was not ideal, and the warm-up game did not play well, at least far from meeting the expectations of the outside world, and many people believe that this is related to the absence of Kaka, the core superstar of the team. ”
"The Brazilian superstar will be out until at least the winter because of groin surgery, which will be a big test for Manchester City. ”
"Okay, we saw the players from both teams walk into the Ewood Park stadium under the leadership of the referee. ”
"The Ewood Park stadium today was packed, and it was clear that a lot of people were coming for the cold, for Manchester City. ”
"We got the starting line-ups for both teams. ”
"The home team Blackburn Rovers lined up in a four-four-two formation, with Robinson in goal, Volnock, Giwitt, Samba and Jacobson in defence, Petersen, Enzozi, Andrews and Diouf in midfield, and Robert and McCarthy in the strikers. ”
"It should be said that Allardyce also did his best and prepared carefully for more than a month, just for this opening match. ”
'Now let's take a look at City's starting line-up. ”
"It's still the same three-back formation as in the pre-season warm-up game, and Gao Han seems to have a soft spot for the three-back style of play. ”
"The goalkeeper is Petr Cech, the world's top goalkeeper at the moment, and the three central defenders are Kompany, Xavi Martinez and Zabaleta, which is also a big incomprehension in the cold warm-up game, he has withdrawn Xavi Martinez, who originally played in the midfield in Spain, to the back line and played in the central defence. ”
The other two centre-backs are Kompany on the left and Zabaleta on the right, and last season's captain Richard Dunn sat on the bench, and it was revealed before the season training camp that he had been taken off the captain's armband by Alpin, and now Manchester City's first captain is Xavi Alonso, the playmaker on the pitch. ”
'The midfield configuration is Xavi Alonso, Mascherano, David Silva and Luka Modric. ”
"It makes us a little curious about how City's four midfielders will be programmed for this game. ”
The front three are star-studded, with Cristiano Ronaldo on the left, his first Premier League appearance, and talented French striker Karim Benzema in the middle and Chilean winger Alexis Sanchez on the right. ”
"City's front three players are all very individual and have excellent attacking power, but they did not play a satisfactory attacking firepower in the warm-up games, and according to the analysis, it is generally believed that the support from the midfield is not enough. ”
Half a month ago, Bobby Robson died of ineffective cancer treatment, so before the game, both sides applauded him for a minute, and Gao Han focused on remembering Robson at the pre-game press conference and regretted his death. ”
"The one-minute greeting is over, and the game is about to begin. ”
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With the referee's whistle, Manchester City took the lead in attacking.
Gao Han walked to the sidelines, kept signaling the team to press up, and at the same time entered the coaching system and began to use skill cards.
Six-star attack cards and five-star assault cards make up a combo card effect that grows by leaps and bounds.
The five-star pass card and the five-star assist card form a combination card effect that makes up the ball.
As for the defense card and confrontation card, Gao Han is kept, just in case.
The simultaneous activation of the two sets of combo cards, combined with Manchester City's aggressive attack on the pitch, immediately formed an overwhelming advantage.
Just two minutes into the game, Xavi Alonso split the ball down the right and right-back Zabaleta sent the ball to the feet of Alexis Sanchez in front of him.
The Chilean winger received the ball under the effect of the five-star assault card, quickly broke through to the left side of the penalty area, and then suddenly made a sharp stop to cut in, shaking Blackburn's full-back Volnock off balance and falling in the penalty area.
Alexis Sanchez cut inside and crossed the ball to the top of the box, while left winger Cristiano Ronaldo had already quietly slotted his right foot up and fired a direct shot into the box.
The ball went lightning fast into the goal.
“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!”
"Just two minutes into the game, Manchester City opened the scoring against Blackburn. ”
"One to zero!"
'Cristiano Ronaldo scored the first goal of the season for Manchester City, and it was a brilliant goal as City created an attacking opportunity from the right. ”
After seeing Manchester City's goal, there were many fans cheering for Manchester City at Ewood Park.
Gao Han once again walked to the sidelines, signaling the team to continue to maintain pressure and continue to attack.
According to the strategy he laid out before the game, he started the game for ten minutes, and in those ten minutes he had to try to score goals, the more the better.
But Allardyce is also an old fox with a keen sense of smell, and he quickly senses what Gao Han means.
There is no doubt that Manchester City's problem now is passing, so Gaohan's intention is to start the game, take the lead first, and then slowly play passing, with the help of Blake's original run-in team's tactical play.
Therefore, Allardyce made the first adjustment and stuck to his own half.
Blackburn's offense was not great, but they did a pretty good job defensively, which was an important means of the team's relegation last season.
When Blackburn was defending tightly, Manchester City would be difficult to break for a while, but Blackburn quickly seized the opportunity and played a threatening counterattack, creating a corner, central defender Samba headed the goal, and at the critical moment, Cech flew to save and blocked the ball out of the goal, which was able to resolve a crisis.
This made Gao Han break out in a cold sweat, walked to the sidelines, and kept shouting at the players on the field.
"Hold your breath, don't rush, take your time!"
"Xavi, the midfield has to be steady, if it doesn't work, withdraw first. ”
"David, Luka, hold the ball first, don't pass blindly. ”
'The two full-backs need to pull away at the right time and try to pull them apart. ”
The stadium in Ewood Park was full of people, and Gao Han had already shouted hard to let the players on the field hear.
And when Gao Han withdrew from the sidelines to the coach's seat, he suddenly felt a chill on his forehead.
At first, I didn't care, but then it was drop after drop.
Gao Han raised his head and stretched out his hand......
"Ma Dan, it's raining!" Gao Han scolded indignantly.
The grass at Ewood Park was already slippery, and Sam Allardyce's old Foxes must have made a fuss before the game, which was already bad for City's pass-and-control play, and now it's raining.
'We still didn't have enough patience in the 30-metre area, we weren't calm enough and we made a lot of mistakes. Sergio Garcia kept his eyes on the data and reminded.
"I am afraid that this has a lot to do with the fact that the players are not skilled enough to cooperate with each other. Brian Kidd said.
The lack of tacit cooperation makes it difficult for players to let go of each other, and once they encounter the opponent's pressing and pinching, it is easy to make mistakes, or make some hasty blind behaviors.
In terms of overall strength, Manchester City safely suppressed Blackburn, so the opponent adopted a defensive counterattack strategy, which was very pragmatic.
While Gao Han was frowning, on the court, Blackburn once again played a counterattack.
Robert quickly stepped forward to respond, received a long pass from the central midfield, faced Kompany on the right wing, and in a one-on-one match, relied on his speed to force a breakthrough through Kompany, and suddenly crossed the ball to the penalty spot on the right side of the penalty area.
Blackburn's other striker, McCarthy, slapped his horse and fired a shot into the corner, but at the crucial moment, Petr Cech made another miraculous save to send McCarthy's shot a one-handed shot off the post.
This is the second time Blackburn have made a killing chance in this game.
"Xavi Martinez has a bit of a problem with his positioning. Brian Kidd said.
Gao Han nodded, which is also the most common mistake of a midfielder who retreats to play a central defender.
At the very least, there were no defenders behind Javi Martinez at the time, and he should have gone back to the first place.
But Gao Han still trusted his own judgment.
How to develop into a good centre-back, the likes of Xavi Martinez and Vincent Kompany still need to learn, but they have the ability to play the ball that many centre-backs can't learn at all.
Sam Allardyce also quickly discovered Manchester City's defensive problems, especially several players who were not familiar enough with the back three and seemed very uncomfortable, so the old foxes quickly signaled Blackburn's players to increase their attacking efforts and try to equalize as soon as possible.
For a while, the home team began to gradually dominate the field.
Gao Han's coping strategy is also very simple, after a ball in hand, he makes the team play more patiently, in the face of the impact of the opponent, to stabilize the passing and control of the play, not in a hurry, take your time.
Especially when Gao Han noticed that Blackburn's offensive was constantly creating threats, he decisively used defensive cards and confrontation cards to form an ironclad combination card effect, which not only stabilized the team's defense, but also raised the awareness of several defenders on the field.
All the players who have been blessed with skill cards tend to improve very quickly, and he hopes that this time City's players will do the same, which will help the team's tactics to take shape more quickly.
But the rain at Ewood Park was getting heavier and heavier.
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