45. Heavy artillery bombarded the door, a stunning start
As the saying goes, the layman looks at the excitement, and the insider looks at the doorway. A true expert will peek into the whole picture through some inconspicuous details.
Josep Guardiola is not only an insider, but also a leader among the insiders.
Pep Guardiola, who likes to stand on the sidelines, can accommodate most of the space in the stadium because of his position, and he pays great attention to the details of the game, and can see the highlights that others can't see.
In the eyes of many people, Tan Xibi's retreat to Laurent Koscielny and Nacho Monreal, and got rid of Sergio Aguero who grabbed through the passing cooperation with Koscielny, which is just a common scene, but in Guardiola's eyes, Tan Xibi's smart running and decisive passing highlight his characteristics of kicking the ball with his brain, and when he held the ball behind Aguero and mobilized nearby Manchester City players to press him, if he hadn't worried that Tan Xibi was an enemy, he would have clapped his hands and shouted: "Beautiful!" "That's it.
The reason is very simple, from a tactical point of view, Tan Xibi's position sinks to the backline, at first glance, like a three-centre-back, he is in this position to solve the dilemma of Koscielny not being able to play the ball, although the Arsenal captain can pass back to Petr Cech, but the result of this is that Cech can only kick the ball away.
Try not to hand over the ball easily, it is Arsène Wenger's tactical arrangement before the game, he knows very well that the ball is in the hands of Manchester City, he will be passive, Guardiola's team's urine is to use return passes and horizontal passes to mobilize the opponent to grab, consume the opponent's physical strength, and then suddenly change the rhythm, launch an attack, and make the opponent unprepared and lost.
This kind of very obscene tactic can be avoided if it can be avoided, so try to keep the ball in your own hands as much as possible.
Many people know that Tan Xibi defends well, but no one knows how good he is at reading the game, and he is not inferior to the likes of Xavi and Sergio Busquets in the selection of receiving positions and post-pass movement options.
Who called him so young, he saw more defense on the field, ignoring his movement and control of the big picture.
Just like just now, after he and Koscielny got rid of Aguero, he was in the position after receiving the ball again, and pulled the Manchester City players who were originally pressing in the opposite position, and as soon as they moved, their teammates were unmarked.
That's what it means to move the whole body, the people in front move, and the people behind move in order to maintain the formation, so that City's back line is loose.
Tan Xibi did not choose to pass the ball to his nearby teammates, as early as before receiving Koscielny's pass, Tan Xibi observed the situation in the front court, don't look at him as a midfielder, the responsibility is to defend, but he has a fiery heart to attack.
Therefore, after mobilizing Manchester City's formation, Tan Xibi did not touch the ball too much, but did not hesitate to send a long pass forward very decisively.
"Why the long pass?" Pep Guardiola was a little surprised, his vision was limited, he couldn't see the opponent's backfield at the same time, so with a question mark, he followed the trajectory of the ball and looked at his own backfield.
At first glance, his pupils constricted, and his heart burst out.
It turned out that right-back Kyle Walker was out of the supervision of Arsenal's left winger Alex Iwobi in the process of moving forward, and Tan Xibi's long pass target was Iwobi in Walker's blind spot.
If Iwobi is allowed to enter the penalty area, it will form a very dangerous one-on-one ball, and when Guardiola is anxious, a figure rushes over and brings down Iwobi, who has just run.
Michael Oliver blew the whistle immediately, but Oliver did not warn the foul for the foul, which laid the groundwork for the game that would get out of control.
"It's dangerous, Fer [Fernandinho] did a good job." Exhaling and touching his forehead, which didn't seem to be sweating, Guardiola said gloriously.
It was Manchester City's defender Fernandinho, known as the "Flying Bird" by Chinese fans, who brought down Iwobi.
"This foul doesn't give a card?" Tan Xibi frowned and asked Jack Wilshere, who was about to take the free-kick.
Wilshere shrugged his shoulders and pouted, "How do I know, maybe the referee has a more lenient scale today." ”
Tan Xibi sighed and ran to the front.
"I've got to find a way to limit the number 28 and he's going to be an unstable factor in this game." Guardiola touched his chin and said secretly, "His vision, the overall situation, and his ability to read the game are terrible, I heard that he is only 18 years old?" At this age, I'm afraid neither Xavi nor Iniesta are so good. ”
was still thinking about how to deal with Tan Xibi's Guardiola, but he didn't expect Tan Xibi to give him a dull stick soon.
Due to the distance, Wilshere's indirect free kick, he drove the ball to the penalty area, was cleared by Manchester City players to the top of the arc of the penalty area, and was picked up by Tan Xibi, who was waiting there.
Boredom saw due to,
It's not easy to achieve the ideal,
Even if there is confidence, the fighting spirit is suppressed.
Whoever will decide whether I will go or stay?
Set the universe in my heart
I just want to wave to the ideal with both hands
Ask the question: How high is the sky, and the ambition is higher than the sky
The mentality of self-confidence and immortality will live to old age.
……
Ahem, off topic, Tan Xibi, who got the ball, raised his leg and shot without hesitation, and David Silva next to him didn't have time to stop it, so he could only watch the ball "bang" like a cannonball blasting towards the goal.
Speaking about Tan Xibi's first goal after the game, Silva said: "I thought he was too powerful to kick the ball and would kick the ball, but what I didn't expect was that in addition to his strength, he was also ...... thief."
Rao is Tan Xibi's opponents and teammates in front of him, but he knows that when the opportunity comes, he can't hesitate and have self-confidence, just like a lyric sings, confident that he can't die and live to old age.
Don't look at this game in the eyes of some people is a strong dialogue, in fact, the real strong dialogue is the game between Chelsea and Manchester City that has not yet begun, and the current Arsenal is not so much a strong team, but the strongest in the second line, half a step away from the original first-line team.
He knows the strength of Manchester City very well, but he understands the truth that losers do not lose the battle, so yesterday the reporter obviously praised the problem of Manchester City stepping on Arsenal, which made Tan Xibi very unhappy, so he angrily scolded these uncrowned kings and bet with these people.
Since you have made a bet, you have to win, you can't even draw, you have to win, not only for a breath, but also for Wenger, who is in a difficult situation.
If you want to win a game against a strong team, you have to take every opportunity to score.
"I can't score goals like Thierry Henry, but all I can do is take chances!"
"Bang dang!"
The ball slammed under the crossbar and then into the net, and all the Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson, who City had brought in at a high price this summer, was unresponsive to Tan Xibi's long-range shot, and all he could do was turn his head and watch the ball come into close contact with the net.
The entire Etihad Stadium was silent, and even the stands belonging to Arsenal fans fell silent.
"Hahaha......"
Only Tan Xibi's demonic laughter rang out, he waved his fists, and the smile on his face made the hearts of Manchester City fans very uncomfortable, very hurt, and wanted to fight, him.
0-1, international convention, home team in front.