Pierce almost never gets up front, due to the change in age and his body not enough to support the two penalty areas that would be like a B2B. But not enough doesn't mean it can't! The main way for midfielders to participate in scoring goals, in addition to long-range shots, is to cut in from behind.

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The most striking feature of Heideward's style of football is that it is fast, fast passing, fast pushing, fast transmission, and nothing is more important than speed. From the very beginning of his tenure at Portsmouth, he relied on the likes of Etuhu, Marco and Lawrence, and the Mario duo in the Championship scored countless beautiful blitzkrieg goals, turning three players who were not stellar into a "horror pair" who could score more than 20 goals in a season. With the upgrading of the team's lineup, from the Championship to the Premier League, these people have become Mane, Brent, Belotti, Ali and other hopeful stars, with little change in tactics and improved strength... Actually, there aren't many. In just one year, Portsmouth's squad has undergone three major changes, with the poor man's trident of Marco, Lawrence, and Etuhu supporting the attacking firepower in the painful relegation stage; Heideward's "Beryllium Emperor" Icardi, who poached from the Barcelona youth team, turned over the clouds and rain to prop up the era of promotion and competition, and Icardi took just half a year to grow at the speed of geometric power, becoming a young striker with speed, technology, strength and awareness, and he has the reputation of Argentine Ronaldo under the encouragement of the British media; Portsmouth wanted to stay at Icardi for a long time, but the management change made the club lose its striker very quickly, and Heidward returned to the trident system, but at the moment this system is not particularly useful in the Premier League, it can be seen from the goal efficiency, Klose only scored three goals, far below expectations, and the stability of the key back line of the winning streak accounted for the majority. Srna is now playing as the best signing of the season, for example, just as Manchester United are now boasting about Robin van Persie.

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When the wing-backs and full-backs attack, there is a large open area in front of them, and the touchline players will dribble forward along the touchline, because this line has the least resistance and, unfortunately, the least threat. Eventually, there are four defenders on the side, and someone will always come up to intercept you and push you to the touchline, while the other three players can easily stay in defensive formation to protect the goal. What's more important is that both the ball and teammates are in the sight of the opponent's four defenders, and the average defender is unlikely to make a mistake in such a defensive situation, unless your opponent is Arjen Robben. The real master of defense lies in knowing the invisible ball and people, the school of consciousness Cannavaro and Nesta are all heroes in this, and Margery is favored by a number of famous coaches because he has a talent in this area.

In Portsmouth's midfield, Edward has always followed several principles when making targeted arrangements: first, someone organizes the attack; 2. Someone regains possession; Third, there are people to assist in attacking the midfield and backfield, and there can be no problems in any of the three links. Manchester City without David? Silva, the task of organizing the attack was handed over to Yaya Toure to regain the ball, but it was not his job in itself, Mancini's tactical setup was obviously to let Barry complete the task of organizing, but Toure obviously occupied too much of the ball that belonged to Barry. Barry had already noticed something was wrong when he was kicking, and he took the initiative to adjust his strategy to fulfill the responsibility of supporting the attack, sending the ball forward court. The player's choice is undoubtedly right, if he doesn't do this, Manchester City's front, middle and back three will be in a state of fragmentation, there is the ball but there is no line to send it, and the attacking group of big names like the blue moon has to be withdrawn to do the dirty work, which no one wants. But the player was right, but instead he ruined Mancini's design, Toure rushed forward, Barry also rushed forward, and the position of the midfielder was vacated at once, and Pierce stared at it for a long time, until he saw the worried Kompany pressing forward, and he knew that the opportunity had come!

It seems to be a simple mistake, and behind it is the weakness of Manchester City's midfield, to make a comparison, Toure to regain the ball he can play four or even four and a half stars, but when he does this and at the same time organize the attack, then his strength can only play three stars or even lower in two things. With the addition of Barry, the tandem can play three and a half stars, the two people in the midfield kicked out the effect of three stars, and the freed up midfielder was sent to the front court to break through, cut inside, and cross, what do you like to do, the offense and defense lost balance at this moment. Looking at Portsmouth's side, N'Golo Kante concentrates on regaining the ball and playing a three-and-a-half-star or four-star without any doubt, De Bruyne can get three stars for organizing the attack, and Pierce has no problem playing auxiliary stability and getting a three-and-a-half-star, which is a three-and-a-half-star midfield strength.

Portsmouth made a big fuss in the midfield area, with three more midfielders than Manchester City and half a star around, and the collapse of the situation was already reasonable.

A giant like Manchester City plays a weak chicken team, and the tactics on both sides are not conservative, there will be no problem with such a lineup, and a midfielder with two people and three stars may be able to have such a level of three people and four people together, which is an unfair war.

The star game in the midfield is relatively fair, but the backcourt is another story. To defeat a three-star defender, your offensive players must have more than three and a half stars, and to defeat a three-star backline, your offensive team must also have a four-star full complement to add one more person. This ball is like the battle of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's Guandu, Portsmouth light cavalry burned the grain and grass of Manchester City's black nest, but Manchester City's army could not take the Guandu city of Pompey's army.

The tactics of modern football games are always a game of one game at a time, and the tactics are actually not outdated, in the sixties and seventies of the last century, Sacchi's Milan dynasty began to use three defenders, and after the emergence of 442, this retro formation once died; Italian football has given up on free agents and man-markers, with Vincho bringing the concept of zone defence to Napoli in 1974 and Sachi's zone pressing philosophy in 1987 that saw him win the Champions League twice in three years. Decades later, no top club in 2007 is still using liberty, but man-marking is back again, and maybe there will be a day when libero will do the same. No one is more advanced in tactics than anyone else, Pep Guardiola's philosophy of passing and controlling is just something left over from the madman Bielsa a few years ago, and Mourinho's utilitarianism of not expecting victory and defeat will always have a market, and this is football.