343.Battle of Naples 4 (Recommend, Collect, Subscription)
Benitez sat calmly in his place in a puffer jacket, his cheeks red in the sea breeze.
For the situation of the two teams, he analyzed it as clearly as Wen Sheng, and if he wanted to qualify, he knew that he could not just hope for himself, he had to hope for Marseille.
It's a bit difficult to score a goal for Manchester City, and if it weren't for Hart's mistake in the first half, Napoli wouldn't have had a good chance at all, but of course he was gratified that his own team did a pretty good job of limiting City's attack.
Keeping the win comes first, and Benitez's advice to his assistant to keep an eye on the progress of Borussia Dortmund's game against Marseille and adjust his tactics to that game sounds passive, but as expected, Benitez also believes that this is the best option.
Players from both sides returned to the pitch under the watchful eye of Benitez.
Benitez couldn't sit still in his chair anymore and just got up and walked to the sidelines.
On the other side, Wen Sheng was also standing on the sidelines, his hands in the pockets of his woolen coat, it was winter, Naples was near the sea, but the temperature was still much more comfortable than Manchester.
Manchester City kicked off, Kroos passed the ball directly back to Van Dijk, Napoli's pressing was not active, Higuain, Callejon and others always left a little leeway.
Manchester City were happy to do the same, and the positional battle went up and slowly pushed Napoli back.
Wen Sheng did not yell on the sidelines, and the game was not intense under the impetus of the two teams, Manchester City attacked, Napoli defended.
There is a battering ram in the positional battle that is very useful, but Dzeko's state does not look too good, considering Napoli's counterattack, Manchester City's attack is basically near the line of the big penalty area, mainly with crosses from both sides, such an offensive style of play, a lot of thick lines, the advantage is that the formation can maintain a good position, can prevent the opponent's counterattack.
If City's full-backs increase in assists, and the likes of Silva and Kevin De Bruyne look too much for small combinations inside and outside the opposition box, it means that Napoli's counter-attack will be more successful after conceding the goal, as there are fewer players defending at the back.
It's just the right time to do this, maximizing Dzeko's role offensively and having plenty of time and manpower defensively to drop back or scramble on the spot.
However, this move is much less difficult for Napoli to defend, and Dzeko's key point does not work, and everything is in vain.
Manchester City's offense is also in vain, Wen Sheng certainly doesn't want to get three games without a win, but qualifying is the first, according to this development, it is Dortmund who is out, Dortmund is stronger, if you can join forces to do Dortmund, it is actually a good thing, so he is not in a hurry.
Manchester City's players were a little anxious, at halftime Kidd explained the tactics, but Wen Sheng didn't say anything, just when everyone played, he stood at the door and shouted "Come on!" to each player. ”。
Wen Sheng doesn't want to put too much pressure on the players, but the Manchester City players themselves have pressure, the pressure of three rounds of winless is a big rock, and everyone doesn't want to experience this feeling.
Silva, De Bruyne and others began to interact more in the front court, and Kroos's position began to move forward consciously or unconsciously.
Benitez's tactical sense is very sensitive, he has already felt the anxious mentality of Manchester City's players, De Bruyne cut more, Benitez further compressed his formation, hoarded heavy troops in the middle, and he did not forget to let the frontcourt players adjust their positions and wait for opportunities to counterattack.
In the 58th minute, De Bruyne and Silva failed to cooperate in front of the Napoli position, Napoli reacted quickly, seized the opportunity to play a counterattack, the situation was critical, Van Dijk had to use a tactical foul to bring Higuain down, successfully stopped the opponent's counterattack.
"Stupid!" Wen Sheng roared at the pitch, and the Manchester City players clearly felt his anger.
Thinking of Wen Sheng not talking much on the sidelines before, everyone knows that the boss doesn't care whether he loses or doesn't lose this game, and he cares more about not losing too much, such as three. First Chinese Network
De Bruyne is also very remorseful, he is a smart person, of course he knows what to do is right, he is just unwilling to lose in Sao Paulo, so he forcibly wants to eat the opponent, but he didn't expect to suffer, so that Van Dijk had to pay the price of yellow cards, and he was doing it twice, I am afraid that Van Dijk will have to go down.
In the 63rd minute, Wen Sheng made a substitution adjustment, replacing Dzeko with teenager Guideti.
Dzeko was full of reluctance and anger, missing a great chance in the first half and feeling bad in the second half under the Napoli backline, but even then he didn't want to leave the pitch, he felt he could still fight.
Dzeko's slow departure ushered in the dissatisfaction of the home Napoli fans, and everyone urged Dzeko to get off the field with enthusiastic boos.
Dzeko tried to restrain his emotions and reached out politely.
Wen Sheng grabbed Dzeko's hand and pulled Dzeko to his side, and said coldly in Dzeko's ear: "You are acting like shit today!" What a disappointment for me! ”
Dzeko stared at Wen Sheng's eyes.
Wen Sheng looked at each other fearlessly, "Originally, Aguero was injured, and you should take responsibility, but look at how you are doing?!" ”
Dzeko avoided Wen Sheng's gaze.
"Have a good rest! Reflect well, and adjust the state! Wen Sheng let go of Dzeko's hand and patted him on the shoulder, telling him to get out.
Guidetti used his substitute status to score the equaliser for Manchester City in the last game, and he has been hoping for a win in this game, and now there are about 30 minutes to go before the game, and he knows that Wen Sheng is putting the treasure on him.
After coming on the pitch, Guidetti was very active, pressing aggressively up front, and in the positional attack, he was also quick and flexible, although there was a suspicion of uselessness, his attitude brought great vitality to Manchester City's attack.
He doesn't play the same way as Dzeko, and Dzeko won't defend back, but he will, so De Bruyne and Silva have covered their opponents and dared to kill in the box.
Manchester City once again played an attacking climax, this wave of ...... Naples did not resist!
In the 69th minute, just four minutes after Guideti came on, Manchester City made a delicate combination in the Napoli half, Guideti successfully countered offside in a small space, received Silva's through ball, pushed the ball, the ball hit Fernandes' leg, changed direction, Rafael could not react, and could only watch Manchester City equalize.
Excited, Guideti was surrounded by Silva and the others.
Wen Sheng also sacrificed his farmer's three punches again.
Soriano and Begiristan also stood up, smiling in front of the camera and applauding enthusiastically.
Only Benitez and his disciples seemed to have fallen into a hole in the ice.
"Benitez is slow to react, slow to respond! Wen Shengli took the lead in making substitution adjustments, and after Guidetti came on the field, Manchester City's attack was already alive! Naples is not well prepared! Director Zhang shook his head, full of comments.
"It's true, Napoli has actually been fully passive in the second half, but they have done quite well defensively, and they haven't given Manchester City any chances, but Wen Shengli's substitution is very good! Benitez should have been vigilant a long time ago! Brother Jun also said.