Section 433 Adjustments
When the football flew into the net, on the field, Gao Shunyao, who was running towards the side of the field, was immediately surrounded by his teammates. On the sidelines of the stadium, a small number of Wolfsburg fans let out a huge cheer at this moment, and their celebration made Manchester City's home fans feel disgraced.
With a long-range shot from 30 meters, Gao Shunyao staged one of the most beautiful surprise attacks on Manchester City's home stadium. Joe Hart, the goalkeeper who Manchester City is regarded as the pride of Manchester City, was once again reduced to a backdrop in front of his opponent's long-range shots. Since the start of the game, Manchester City fans have always been full of confidence in their team, but a counterattack by the opponent made Manchester City pay such a heavy price, which made the fans' hearts seem to be hit by this long-range shot, and it hurt badly for a while.
Unexpectedly, his team was the first to concede the goal. In the Champions League, Manchester City's usual weakness and embarrassment have once again been vividly displayed in this Champions League. Watching their side dominate the entire first half, Manchester City fans thought their side would be able to make some breakthroughs in this game, but it was clear that the game had disappointed them once again.
In the first half of the game, it was still Wolfsburg who took the lead in breaking the gate. Manchester City's half was still a mess. They have never been a strong team in the Champions League, and until now, they have not played in the Champions League. Facing Wolfsburg is already the best draw they can draw, but still playing like this, Manchester City is also full of disappointment with their team.
It's really frustrating to fall behind at home and be counter-attacked. The only good thing is that although Wolfsburg has scored a goal, fortunately, after the goal, the half-time break has also arrived, which gives Manchester City a respite. Their players don't have to start playing immediately with this overly dull game, but can adjust a little, which is the best news for Manchester City.
Take a break at intermission. It is not impossible to turn the tables around after the adjustment. Liverpool was three behind that year, and Manchester City was only one behind, so what was impossible
Manchester City fans can only console themselves with this. Just up and down Wolfsburg. The view is very different. With the arrival of midfield, the Wolfsburg players have been talking and laughing, and they don't think that the break will transform Manchester City.
In a soccer match, the team that has been strengthened by half-time adjustments. Not for nothing. But in Wolfsburg's view, such a thing, I'm afraid of Manchester City, is not so easy to happen. In addition to tactical ability, it is also important for the team to hold players who do not play well and make adjustments in the midfield. The midfield changes need to be carried out to blame the players who did not play well in the first half, which is for Manchester City now. It seems a little harder.
Now Manchester City is full of big-name stars, and the players they bought at a large price, who is willing to admit that they are not playing well enough, such a team cannot be held accountable, how can it be enhanced through midfield adjustments
If it's so easy to adjust the enhancements, why have Manchester City struggled so hard in the group stage in the last few years
In Wolfsburg's view, Manchester City want to be strengthened by adjustments, which is impossible. It's just that to the surprise of the Wolfsburg players. After the start of the second half, Manchester City's performance did not collapse as directly as they thought. Rather, on the pitch. The Manchester City players seemed to play a lot better than in the first half.
Dominated at half-time, but he did not break through the opponent's door, but because he got carried away, Wolfsburg easily made Manchester City pay the price with one attack, and Manchester City went up and down. is also like being poured a basin of cold water when he is most proud, and the original arrogant mood is no longer so arrogant after the start of the second half.
Compared to the first half, after the start of the second half, the Manchester City players were obviously much more careful when playing on the pitch. After the start of the game, although they still controlled the tempo, they did not press as wildly as in the first half. Rather than attacking frantically, after half-time, the Manchester City players seemed to be more interested in using solid control to change the situation on the pitch and bring their team back to their rhythm.
This choice can be said to be very correct: although 01 is behind, Manchester City is still the dominant team on the field. Compared to Wolfsburg, they still have a top-tier squad, stronger strength, and irreplaceable home advantage. In the first half, they have completely proved that they can play against Wolfsburg as long as they need to, and when it comes to quality, they have the upper hand, which is not something that can be easily changed.
The defeat in the first half came down to the loss of calm on the pitch by their own players. Constantly picking up the tempo and trying to take full control of the game, they were taken advantage of by Wolfsburg and fought back. And when they reflected on their own problems, no longer carried out crazy offensives, but chose to stabilize in the midfield first, and then start to attack, Manchester City's offensive may have weakened a little, but their technical advantages and control ability have been well played, and the situation on the field has been better controlled by them, although the attack has weakened some, but they have controlled it more steadily, and Wolfsburg has gradually lost the opportunity.
Wolfsburg's assessment of the situation is obviously still a little optimistic: Manchester City is easy to make some mistakes in the game, and the big stars do not want to be scolded or added, but it is undeniable that the stars are very good and have a lot of experience, and they can also make adjustments and changes. If Manchester City lacked a good coach and didn't give them the right guidance, maybe in the second half, they would indeed lose their advantage and go completely to destruction, but obviously, Manchester City's coach is still quite good, they made timely adjustments and did not admit defeat.
Victory, it seems, is still not so low-hanging fruit.
And, compared to the first half, Manchester City's tactics obviously made some adjustments in midfield. Compared to the first half, the rhythm of their attack has changed a lot, and for a while, Wolfsburg has been unable to catch their changes.
The biggest change is the change in midfield. On the pitch, Yaya Toure no longer chooses to move forward randomly, and after the start of the second half, he chose to use the pass to support his teammates in attacking. Perhaps he realized that he was the most important factor in the team's mistakes in the first half, but after the second half, he was much more honest, on the pitch, several times when the ball came to his feet, he chose to transition directly, rather than making his own home impact.
In contrast, Fernandinho was much more active, interspersed with several runs on the pitch in an attempt to have a greater impact on the situation. In the first half, because Yaya Toure was active, he basically didn't show his face much, and in the second half, he began to show his strength.
As one of Manchester City's double midfielders, like Yaya Toure, Fernandinho is also a midfielder that Manchester City has spent a lot of money to introduce. This player is one of the internationals of the Brazilian national team, and his quality is also quite good. Although he didn't play particularly well in the first half when defending Turan, it was more of a tactical issue. His pace of handling the ball was slow, the rhythm of the first half was not suitable for him, and he did not particularly like to do dirty work, so his performance in the first half can only be described as average. However, after the start of the second half, Yaya Toure took the initiative to retreat because of his mistakes, the team's rhythm stabilized, and his strength also had a better stage.
As the second half began, City began to attack from him. Compared to Yaya Toure's impatience, he did play more steadily and connected the whole team, making Manchester City's chances no less than in the first half.
He may not be as strong as Yaya Toure, but his mentality is better and that makes him play even better.
He came close to scoring a goal early on. After a possession forward, he cooperated with Silva, keenly aware that Navas ran out of the vacancy, he kicked straight and sent the ball over, Navas received the ball, accelerated to get rid of Rodriguez, rushed directly to the bottom line, crossed a cross, and also kicked the ball into the penalty area.
In the box, Dzeko won again against Kjaer, jumping up and heading the ball towards goal. The ball went over the crossbar by a narrow margin and didn't result in a goal, but even so, City surprised Wolfsburg with their attack.
After conceding the goal, City's defence improved and the attack did not weaken much. Compared to the first half, they were stronger and more difficult to deal with.
The opponent's strength was already superior, and now the mentality is better, so the only advantage left by Wolfsburg is that they are still 10 ahead of the score. However, the 10-year lead is, after all, the most unreliable lead on the football field, and how long can they maintain such an advantage
If it is against some weak teams in the Bundesliga, Wolfsburg dares to say that they are not afraid of anything at all. But now playing in the Champions League, that's a different story. Since Manchester City can make changes in such a short period of time after the start of the second half, who dares to say whether they can also make new arrangements in a short period of time to make their team score goals.