In the league with Everton, Li Chengfeng can only choose to rotate, fortunately, Manchester City's squad depth is enough, David Silva, Modric, Milner and Dzeko's frontcourt combination is still strong, De Jong and Barry's backfield combination is also tough enough, only the combination of Godin and Boateng on the defensive line makes Li Chengfeng a little uneasy, but Kompany is too tired, and Kolo Toure is still under investigation and cannot play.

In the first half, Manchester City took a two-goal lead away from home thanks to goals from Barry and Milner, but in the second half, Everton took advantage of set-pieces to score two goals in a row to equalise.

Li Chengfeng's pre-game fears were right, as two set-piece errors wiped out City's previous efforts. The two goals conceded were the same, but Boateng lost his defensive target, allowing Distin and Osman to head in succession and reverse the score. Maybe Boateng has a lot of potential, but he is still inexperienced, he used to be a full-back, he only changed to a central defender this season, and he has not fully adapted, it is understandable that there is such a mistake, Li Chengfeng will not criticize anything, after all, this is also the choice he made, it was he who chose to let Boateng play.

Li Chengfeng, who was unwilling to lose points, commanded Manchester City to press with all his might, and replaced De Jong with Toure to increase the impact of the front, and then replaced Lewandowski to play a double center forward at the end, trying to use high-altitude bombing to smash Everton's goal. However, he couldn't score another goal, and in the 85th minute, Milner's left-footed shot from 2o yards hit Baines and deflected off the crossbar to be the last chance.

A draw brought the initiative of the English championship back to Manchester United, but in the face of questions from the media, Li Chengfeng firmly defended Boateng, who made many mistakes in the game, "Boateng only changed to central defender this season, and he is a little uncomfortable. Mistakes are the price of youth, and he is heading in the direction of a first-class defender. He has everything he takes to be a first-class centre-back and I absolutely believe in him. ”

Having said that, there are still disappointments, and Li Chengfeng only hopes that Chelsea can slow down Manchester United's pace.

However, Li Chengfeng was disappointed again as Manchester United won 2-1 at home to Chelsea. Hernandez took the top 36 seconds into the opening 36 seconds and Chelsea were in a tough battle. Nemanja Vidic then doubled the lead with a header. Frank Lampard pulled one back, but it couldn't change the outcome of the defeat.

Throughout the game, Manchester United, who are pursuing the title, is much more active than Chelsea, who have no desire, and the Red Devils' midfield is very active, and the Chelsea midfield is unusually mixed, so the team that pursues more has won, and that's it.

Manchester United's victory has put them above Manchester City again in the table, and now it is only necessary to wait for United to make a mistake, but will they really make a mistake? Li Chengfeng is not sure, with the resilience of Manchester United, there is really little hope, but even if there is only a chance, Li Chengfeng has to fight.

In the 37th round of the league, in the face of two desireless opponents, neither team made a mistake, Manchester United relied on the advantage of goal difference, still ranked first in the league, and now only the last round remains, Manchester City's opponent is still the desireless Bolton, and Manchester United's opponent is the relegation team Blackpool, they can be relegated as long as they win, this may be Manchester City's only chance.

However, before that, Li Chengfeng has another important title to fight for, and that is the winner of this season's Europa League, Manchester City vs. Porto. There is not much hope of winning the league, Li Chengfeng doesn't want to be empty-handed this season, he must win this trophy.

Porto are not an easy opponent to play against, and their tactical style is in the same vein as Mourinho. Jose Mourinho had previously become a European coach at Porto, where he left a deep imprint, and at that time, Porto's current head coach Villas-Boas was Mourinho's most effective assistant. After Mourinho went to Germany to coach, Boas, who was qualified as the top coach of UEFA, decided to do it himself, he returned to Portugal, spent more than half a season to help the Universitaria de Coimbra team to relegation, this season he got the opportunity to coach the Portuguese giants Porto, and won the championship by more than 2o points ahead of the second place, and the Europa League also reached the final, and don't forget, he is now only 33 years old, younger than many players, everyone sees him as Mourinho's second, another talented coach. There may be some differences in the tactical play of the two, but their thinking is the same, tough, practical, efficient, such an opponent is by no means easy to deal with.

Manchester City haven't won a title in many years, and Li Chengfeng doesn't know if the players will swing out of place in such a game. I don't know how many times in history such a thing has been born, Li Chengfeng didn't dare to take risks, he chose a safe tactic, a safe player, and he wanted to minimize all kinds of unexpected situations.

Li Chengfeng lined up with a back three, Motta, Vidal, and Toure lined up, and the front court was Modric, Bale and Tevez, all of whom were defensive players, and he didn't want Manchester City to be beaten as soon as they started. As long as they can survive the first half and let the Manchester City players adapt to the rhythm of the final, in the second half, it will be time for Li Chengfengli.

Porto really did as Li Chengfeng expected, and put on a strong attacking formation with 3 forwards at the beginning, they just wanted to bully Manchester City, a novice with little experience in the final, and wanted to overwhelm the opponent from the momentum, so that they panicked and collapsed.

In the opening 4 minutes, Porto's right attack was destroyed, Bale counterattacked with the ball on the side, and suddenly cut inward to the corner of the penalty area to shoot, with great power, Porto goalkeeper Elton did not dare to hold up, blocked the ball with his fist, Modric hoisted into the penalty area, Tevez successfully countered offside, and swept a half-volley from 14 meters in front of the goal and missed the near post.

Such an attack did not allow the Porto to rein their attack, they still showed a very strong and relentless attitude, making it feel like they would not stop until they achieved their goal, and Manchester City could only struggle to support in Porto's frenzied attack. Fortunately, Li Chengfeng had already done targeted training for the Manchester City players, and the Manchester City players all retreated, and even Tevez was actively interfering with the opponent's backfield players with the ball, and only Bale was ready to counterattack near the halfway line.

Now every player on the field of Manchester City is a player who can defend, even a good defender, coupled with the targeted adjustment of Italian coach Sarri, which Portuguese giants can easily attack, and it is almost the same for Barcelona.

In the face of Manchester City's tough defence, Porto's attack did not get many good chances, and often ended up either being cut off, or only finishing with a long-range shot or a set-piece.

In the 28th minute, Hulk's left-footed free kick from the right side hit the goal directly. In the 3o minute, Guarin crossed from the right, and Varella fought the defender to rush to the top and deflected off the right post. In the 39th minute, Moutinho shot high with his left foot. However, City made a mistake when Godin cleared the ball and kicked it to Falcao, but the ball was deflected off the line.

Porto had a great chance in the 44th minute when Frenkie de Jong misplaced the ball and Guarin curled the ball diagonally over Kompany's head from the right, but Godin was able to make up for it in time to get in front of Falcao and head the ball off the line.

At the end of the first half, Porto attacked fiercely, but the actual effect was not good, and not a single shot hit the woodwork. After the first half of the battle, the nervousness of the Manchester City players has long disappeared, they feel that the Europa League final is nothing more than that, and Porto is not as good as those giants in England, in this case, what is there to worry about, just play as usual.

Li Chengfeng is happy that his players are back to normal, and now, it is City's turn to counterattack. Li Chengfeng replaced Modric with Reus, and he was going to use Reuss and Bale's breakthrough ability to catch Porto off guard.

Villas-Boas didn't expect Manchester City, who could only hold on in the first half, to think about attacking so quickly, and he was still thinking about how to break Manchester City's goal. As a result, just 37 seconds into the second half, Reus, who had just come out, cut off Rolando's ball in the front court, and single-handedly burst into the penalty area 12 meters away from the goal with a right-footed push to score, 1:o!

How could Porto be willing to accept defeat, they thought it was just an accident and tried to press down City again with their attack, as they did in the first half. But at this moment, the Manchester City players have already passed the opening period of discomfort and are starting to show the quality of Porto. If it weren't for the lack of experience in the finals of this Manchester City, how could Li Chengfeng tolerate the opponent's arrogance in the first half, and would have photographed them back a long time ago, even if Boas's teacher Mourinho came in person, let alone Boas's birdie.

In the 55th minute, Manchester City counter-attacked again, Bale's attack on the wing was unstoppable, and finally Sapunaru could only foul and tackle Bale, and was yellow carded. In the 59th minute, Pereira tackled Reus at the edge of the box and was awarded a set-piece. For such an obvious foul, he vented his dissatisfaction to the referee Carvalho and was also shown a yellow card.

The Porto were in a hurry, and Li Chengfeng decided to stick another knife in them, and he replaced Toure with Suarez. If the Porto continue to attack, City will only need a long pass to solve the problem, and the attacking combination between the front four of Reus, Gareth Bale, Tevez and Suarez will be enough to solve them, just like the front three of Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Tevez of Manchester United have done before.

However, Boas had no choice and replaced Guarin with Belluch to increase the strength of the attack. At this point, the only bet is to bet on Porto to equalise before Manchester City score again. However, it was Manchester City who had the chance first, and in the 76th minute, Tevez knocked back from the right and Suarez's low shot from the edge of the box was pressed under Eltong.

(End of chapter)

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