As for why Guardiola doesn't use Mandzukic, who is a positive Indian center, and has to use Muller to play without a striker, the reason is that only he really understands in his own heart, and he should generally dislike Mandzukic's skills at his feet.

Due to Dante's red card and inability to play, Guardiola put Martinez in the central defender position and partnered with Boateng, Martinez has always been a midfielder, and when Guardiola arrived, well, the situation changed again, and he disliked Dante.

Dante is a more traditional central defender, Mandzukic is a more traditional center forward, Guardiola wants skills at his feet, he wants passing ability, and Dante is about to cool down.

Manchester City's side is also 4231:

Goalkeeper: Keylor Navas

Defenders: Milner, Virgil van Dijk, Kompany, Shears

Defenders: Casemiro, Kroos

Attacking midfielders: De Bruyne, Silva, Costa

Striker: Dzeko

Sergio Aguero was in a bad mood, and in such an important game, Wensheng once again put him on the bench, and Dzeko got the starting position.

Wen Sheng did not deliberately have to take Aguero, but because of tactical reasons.

Manchester City are not in a regular formation, Silva is called a midfielder, but when defending, he is more on Costa's side, replacing Costa to return to the defense, and what does Costa do, he will take on the responsibility of blasting, play a similar role as a shadow striker, he will rely on Dzeko to rely on each other.

Dzeko is also a traditional centre-forward, but Wen Sheng is unwilling to give up his high point, and his physical qualities are better than Aguero's.

In other words, Wen Sheng feels that there is a Costa, Manchester City can play Bayern Munich behind him, and it is also okay to play in the air, as for the effect, it can only be determined when the game is played, if Aguero is chosen, the long pass in the air is not used, and there may be more points behind the hit, but it is not three-dimensional enough.

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Dutch referee Quippers blew the whistle and Manchester City, playing at home, kicked off first.

Guardiola's tactical basic game is two points, a quick reverse pass in the state of the ball, and a high pressing in the state of the ball without the ball.

So after Manchester City kicked off, Bayern Munich's players acted very quickly, pressing up in formation and pressing high.

Wensheng's strategy is also very simple, you will pass, I won't pass, according to his tactical arrangement, the players should run actively in the backfield, the midfielders should recycle, increase the ball points, easily do not open the big foot, and wait until the Bayern Munich players are high pressure to a certain extent, directly attack the right side of Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich's defense on the right is Raphinha, a relatively weak link.

Manchester City have been preparing for this game for a long time, during this time? What City do the most is play the ball and counter-attack under high press.

Bayern Munich grabbed it so badly? But Manchester City's side is calm, recovering step by step, and the ball is still not easy to lose? De Bruyne gets the ball, get rid of? A nice diagonal transfer went straight to the right and Costa got a counter-attack? Bayern Munich ignored him a little, and was accidentally caught by Costa and drove straight in, but Bayern Munich also defended quickly, and Costa handled the ball a little sloppily? After dodging a gap? Shoot right away, well, quite a bit wide of the near post!

The team's first handling of the ball achieved the effect that Wensheng wanted, which is very good? Although Costa is a little impatient with the ball, it should still be encouraged? Wen Sheng applauded Costa's shot, and the Etihad was also greeted with applause.

Pep Guardiola has a keen sense of smell, and he immediately spotted Wen Sheng's wishful thinking, and began to tell the players on the sidelines to pay attention to Costa, and he suspected that Dzeko was a cover at all.

It was Bayern Munich's turn to attack, Manchester City did not press high like Bayern Munich, and the strikers were just harassing to buy time for the midfield and backfield, so Bayern Munich easily sent the ball into the Manchester City half, but after halftime, they faced more difficulty.

Manchester City, which has always been relatively slow to heat, seems to be in the state of state today, Bayern Munich encountered Manchester City's stubborn resistance, once the ball is lost, Manchester City's side is not necessarily in a hurry to counterattack, on the contrary, the small cooperation is also a set, players can always pick the ball out, avoid the opponent's high pressing.

Having tried it, Pep Guardiola felt his side might be in real trouble today, with City unlike many of the teams he has played against.

One is that this team's foot skills are really good, and it is suitable for pass-and-control play.

Second, this team does have a set of defense, Guardiola is a little crying and laughing, Manchester City can play the most is to swing the bus, once you get it, Bayern Munich is really difficult to bite, the most disgusting time, their midfield control is very stable, they are not panicked at their feet, and they will not make mistakes in the face of two or three people's bags, which is really rare.

Pep Guardiola's team, not only his team, but also all teams that press high are using fast running and movement to create psychological pressure on their opponents, but it is clear that this move is not too clever against Manchester City.

Pep Guardiola remembered the battle with Wen Sheng two years ago, Wen Sheng actually broke the control with control, and now he is still the same, or uses control to counter-control, but the two teams are completely different in defensive attitudes, Manchester City adopts a passive defensive strategy, Bayern Munich is an aggressive defensive strategy, who has a better effect, it seems to be Manchester City.

The two sides fought for ten minutes, the scene was relatively stalemate, Bayern Munich had the advantage of possession, but they only completed one shot, and this time the shot was blocked by Manchester City after the ball was passed into the penalty area, and the piggy's long-range shooting effort was not far away.

Manchester City completed two shots on goal, Costa opened once, and then in the eighth minute, Manchester City's positional battle, Dzeko received a pass from De Bruyne, grabbed a header and hit the goal, this time the threat was bigger, Neuer flew to block the ball with one hand.

Mubarak was a good look, Bayern Munich looked to have a lot of possession, but Manchester City were clearly playing better, they were always able to make good use of the ball and were able to attack.

Manchester City's players have a lot of confidence, they have never questioned the correctness of Wensheng's tactics, but the opponent is Pep Guardiola and Bayern Munich after all, and now it looks like they can still play a good role as long as they do a little better defensively.

Wen Sheng didn't dare to relax, and kept shouting on the sidelines that his players were moving and running.

Manchester City's lineup is not bad at all compared to his Bayern Munich, especially the high technical content of the midfield, which is a little more bullish than Bayern Munich, and many things can be solved if he can control them.

Of course, the necessary foul means are also indispensable, and there are many fouls after the opening of the two sides, especially Bayern Munich, whose defensive strategy is more aggressive, and the midfield position is too high, and it is very dangerous to not be able to break the ball.