On the Napoli side, Benitez is also in a 4231 formation.

Goalkeeper: Reina

Defenders: Mesto, Federico. Fernandez, Britos, Zuniga

Defenders: Behrami, Inle

Attacking midfielders: Hamsik, Callejon, Insigne

Forward: Pandev

As far as this game is concerned, both sides are missing important players, with captain Vincent Kompany on Manchester City's side and Gonzalo Higuain absent on Napoli's side.

Even in Higuain's absence, Napoli's attacking combination is still very good, and Manchester City will have to limit their play if they want to win today.

At the end of the pre-match ceremony, referee Kaushoi blew the whistle for the start of the game.

The visiting team Napoli took the lead in kick-off, Wen Sheng originally thought that Napoli were almost all small players in the front court configuration, and it was difficult to attack in the air, and they would not have an advantage in this regard, but who knew that Benitez did this, and their wingers pressed very high, specifically picking up Walker and Shears to play behind.

The effect was not very good, in three minutes, Napoli made two such attempts, no more, no less, one left and one right, and the results were all blocked by Manchester City without exception.

"Watch the ball!" Wen Sheng shouted at his players on the sidelines.

Just on the field, the players of both teams seemed more excited, and the ball exchange was relatively fast, straight to the point, Wen Sheng didn't like this very much, everyone seemed to have forgotten the rhythm control.

Napoli now wants to make a fuss through the speed and breakthrough ability of the wingers on both wings, Wensheng hopes to press the opponent back through possession, and use the high point of Dzeko to make a fuss with positional warfare, Napoli has performed very well in Serie A in the new season, mainly due to the offensive line, and their central defenders are actually weak links in defense.

Napoli is from Serie A, Benitez is a well-known master tactician, and Wensheng is known by many as Italian, meaning that he has a conservative style.

Well, it's not fair to say that, but from the style of play in the Champions League last season, it is not difficult to find that Wen Sheng is more cautious, and the first game of this season against Marseille Manchester City is also more cautious.

Lang has a concubine, Wen Sheng and Benitez are good, and the pace of the game is relatively slow.

Overall, Napoli were not as good at control as Manchester City, and they took advantage of the weather to hit the back of the Manchester City defence on several occasions without success, and with Manchester City in control, they gradually retreated.

After the ball in the midfield, Manchester City was not in a hurry, slowly and leisurely, and Napoli, who was passively defending, was still relatively active in its own half, constantly running and intercepting, and the two sides were evenly matched.

Hawking handed the small book to Wen Sheng, Wen Sheng saw the above data, the game has been going on for more than ten minutes, and Manchester City's pass to the penalty area turned out to be only three times, one of which formed a shot.

"We don't pass the ball too much in the box!" Stephen Hawking gives his opinion.

"Don't be in a hurry!" Wen Sheng didn't care, "The routines are all obvious, and the players have their own measure!" We can pass a lot of balls into the box, but what's the point of not being able to shoot?! Napoli's counterattack speed is also very fast, and the slightest mistake will hit the move! It's better to be cautious! ”

After more than ten minutes, Napoli was no longer able to deploy impact personnel on the wings of the front, and Manchester City's formation was pressed, and the pressure on Napoli from the team was increasing.

The personnel followed, whether it was Silva or De Bruyne, they were more at ease with their backs, and they were much more bold in terms of creativity and breakthroughs.

Silva himself has been injured since coming to Manchester City, and his speed and explosiveness have dropped significantly, and if you let him sprint long distances with too much space, he is afraid that he will be a little weak, but in the small space, he can instead use his dexterity and extraordinary skills to make a fuss.

Silva is not Wen Sheng's descendant, but Wen Sheng has always liked to use him because of his characteristics, when pressing the opponent, Silva is very effective, a strong ability to shoot the ball, but also with dexterity, short distance dribbling in a small space is not a problem, the most important thing is that he understands timing.

In the 15th minute, after Silva and Kroos hit the wall in the middle, they made a direct pass, and Dzeko was offside, but unfortunately Dzeko was still a little slow and was confiscated by Reina.

In the 23rd minute, Manchester City finally opened the deadlock on the pitch, in fact, the goal first came from Manchester City's pass error in the midfield, Napoli got the opportunity to counterattack on the spot, but Hamsik was successfully intercepted by Milner in the process of dribbling the ball, and Manchester City launched a counterattack.

Dzeko, Silva, Kroos and De Bruyne made a series of passes in front, and finally De Bruyne crossed down and knocked back to the left, and Silva kept hitting the near corner at the far end.

Benitez made a gesture of helplessness, what does that say?! Potency is everything.

When De Bruyne passed, the left side was completely empty, and the Napoli defense couldn't defend it at all, so he could only take care of Dzeko and Kroos in front of him, and he couldn't take care of Silva at the far end.

From the moment De Bruyne passed the ball, the fate of the Napoli goal was in the hands of Reina.

Reyna was the only one who also noticed the far end, and the selection was relatively good, but the blame Silva didn't make any adjustments at all, pushing the ball and curling into the corner, Reyna did his best, but the ball went in.

"I think I know why you're so steady, you bastard!" Benitez looked at Wen Sheng, who was celebrating passionately, and had a hint of realization in his heart.

I'm better than you, my players are very good individually, my players are more delicate and smart in the details, so you can't make mistakes, if you make mistakes, you will lose the goal!

I can't break down your goal, I'm going to change the tempo and rely on the individual ability of the stars to solve problems.

All I need to do is be patient, I watch my defense, stare at you like a wolf, waiting for your mistakes!

That's the way it is, they don't have to play like crazy, they just have to wait.

"Shock them?! Or don't shock them?! "It's a problem, and Benitez doesn't even know how to decide.

Manchester City are much stronger than Napoli, this is recognized, and Benitez admitted, and now that Manchester City are killing the game in the safest way possible, the possibility of Napoli not wanting to change and trying to pull back a goal is not high.

But let Benitez make up his mind to attack Manchester City without his life, and he couldn't help but worry that he would be injured if he didn't succeed.

Benitez still didn't bet after all, Manchester City's players were more obedient today, encountered too much resistance in the front, and immediately passed the ball back to attract Napoli players to grab, and the cycle continued, at the end of the entire first half, Manchester City only completed 5 shots on goal, and Napoli was even worse, they only had two shots on goal, and the possession ratio of Manchester City was as high as 71%.

What Wen Sheng hates the most is the kind of Barcelona-like sleepy passing, but today's Manchester City is not as good as them, always upside down in the backfield, few opportunities in the front, and stable as a dog in the backfield.