When the glory and Champions League winners Manchester City are looking to fire up in the transfer market, few teams can withstand their attack, and money and honour are their two weapons, and when they are wielded at the same time, they are simply invincible.

The players who are rushing for the money have the money to take, and the players who are rushing for the honor also have the honor to look forward to.

So although Manchester City has not made a lot of reinforcements this season, they still attract a lot of players. Benitez receives calls from several agents almost every day, and the calls, of course, are about recommending their players.

If there happens to be a player Benitez has been keeping an eye on, then it's time to talk about it. If it was a player that Manchester City didn't need for the time being, Benitez politely declined.

Transfers suddenly became so easy.

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At the same time as Manchester City's transfer, the team's training has not relaxed. At the end of July, the team finished the physical training phase and began to enter technical and tactical training.

Manchester City's main tactic is to defend on the counter-attack, which is known to everyone.

They have the likes of Glory and David Silva, and they are good at counter-attacking.

To Benitez's delight, Kaka looked good throughout the training session, and it seemed that he had really recovered from the groin injury.

Now that there is one more {Kaka), it is even more necessary to insist on defending and counterattacking.

The only thing Benitez has to think about is how to coexist with Kaka's existing attacking line-up. It would be a waste to just use Kaka as a substitute, his speed and skill and experience can help the team.

If it is Kaka in Real Madrid, he will be a substitute and a substitute, and Benitez will not be unwilling.

It's different now.

How to make Kaka and Sneijder coexist?

It stands to reason that Manchester City won the league title and the Champions League last season, which shows that the existing squad and style of play are no problem, and should not be replaced if there are no surprises.

However, Benitez believes that if Manchester City does not make some changes, it will not be so easy to win in the new season, the opponent is not an idiot, and they will continue to study Manchester City's tactics and make targeted countermeasures. Manchester City can't always rely on glory to win games, right?

Now Kaka's arrival is an opportunity for City, an opportunity to make a difference.

As long as they do it well, Manchester City will be upgraded and become better.

But if it is not done well, then there is a possibility that the system will collapse and return to the pre-liberation period overnight......

In this regard, Benitez has to make a choice, which is to choose a more conservative approach and continue to use the same tactical system and personnel allocation as last season to play the new season; Or make a change and take some risks?

Benitez chose to take the risk.

Here's how to do it.

How do you put Kaka into this tactical system?

Rafa Benitez started thinking about it during the team's fitness phase.

Thinking about it, he set his sights on Gareth Barry.

As the team's main defender, Barry is diligent in both defence and attack, and he is a well-rounded midfielder who is conscientious in defense and can also be organised in attack.

In Manchester City's tactics, he is mainly responsible for linking up the midfield, and when the ball comes from the back, he hands it to him, and then he moves it to the central midfield. His long balls are also an option when the team launches counter-attacks.

Barry isn't one of the biggest names in the Manchester City squad, but he's practical.

However, Barry is not without weaknesses, can attack and defend, can be said to be comprehensive, but can also be said to be mediocre. In terms of defensive ability alone, he is not as good as his partner in the midfield, Matuidi's physical fitness is very good, his running ability is excellent, as a black body is his force, he can run all over the field, from his own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area, he can be seen in any corner of the field.

Defensively, Matuidi is a very difficult opponent.

And from the second half of last season, Matuidi increased his involvement in attack, and his excellent fitness and willingness to cut forward made him often a point of attack in the final stages of the game to disrupt the opposition defence.

So in fact, the roles of Matuidi and Barry have begun to overlap.

In such a situation, Matuidi, who is younger than Barry, naturally has an advantage.

On offense, although Barry can also assist and score, if you really talk about offensive ability, he is like Sneijder.

Coupled with the fact that Barry, who is already thirty years old, will get older and have more injuries, it makes sense for him to rotate.

Barry's ability to keep him in the rotation doesn't make the team drop too much.

Benitez didn't even have to explain to Barry why he was in the rotation and not someone else. As a manager, it would be ridiculous if he didn't even have that little power.

After Barry left the main lineup, Benitez did not plan to change the formation, it was still 4231.

So who will replace Barry?

Sneijder, of course.

Sneijder, who was originally playing as a central midfielder, Benitez intends to take his position back and change from a midfielder to a central midfielder, roughly the same as Barry's position.

It's not a midfielder, but it's not far from a midfielder, and this position allows Sneijder to schedule and organize the attack. Playing further back allows Sneijder to avoid most of the opposing defenders and control the ball calmly.

The lag of the organizational core has long been one of the trends in world football today, and Benitez is not original.

Therefore, the adjustment of this tactic is not difficult to understand, and it is also not difficult to execute. The main thing is to see if Sneijder is willing to delay.

After all, he has been playing in the front midfield before, and he is definitely more used to being in the front position.

Benitez wasn't too worried about that.

Sue Sneijder, if you don't accept this arrangement, then go and play as a substitute, and then see if Sneijder accepts it......

Once Sneijder is dropped, the midfield position can be freed up for Kaka.

Although Kaka plays as a midfielder, he is not responsible for organizing the attack, his task is the same as Glory, mainly responsible for scoring, relying on his long-range shooting ability and breakthrough in the back to help the team score.

He and Glory were ambushed behind Ibrahimovic and suddenly stepped in to attack, which was more stealthy and made it more difficult for opponents to guard against.

At the same time, Kaka and Glory were also able to assist Ibrahimovic to score.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Glory and Kaka, this is the real attacking trident of Manchester City.

Add in Sneijder and David Silva, and the attacking combination is simply terrifying.

Of course, so far this has remained on Benitez's tactical board and has not become a reality.

It takes a lot of training to make this a reality.

That's what Benitez did during his technical and tactical training.

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The new Premier League season kicked off on August 13, Manchester City's opponent in the first round of the league is Swansea, not a strong team, and Manchester City is playing at home, so it is not a problem to win this opponent.

Before they can do that, though, they have to play a Community Shield first.

As league champions, they challenge last season's FA Cup winners, Stoke City.

In last season's FA Cup, Stoke City beat Bolton Wanderers 1-0 in the final to win the FA Cup.

That's enough for the Stoke City team to be happy with a summer of accolades.

However, this has taken the suspense out of this season's Community Shield.

Many people believe that Stoke City will not be able to beat Manchester City in the Community Shield.

For Benitez, the Community Shield was a chance to test his tactics.

After more than half a month of hard training, what are the results?

The Community Shield is a great opportunity to put it to the test.

So in this game, Benitez did not send a rotation lineup, but did his best!

When he announced his starting line-up the day before the game, everyone found that Manchester City was really bound for this game.

Although the Community Shield is not as valuable as the league and FA Cup, it is still a champion.

On top of that, everyone found Kaka in the starting lineup!

Ever since Kaka's arrival at Manchester City, speculation about his prospects at Manchester City has not ended. Many people think that Kaka should still be a substitute when he goes to Manchester City. It won't be any different from when he was at Real Madrid.

Because it's really hard to imagine how Kaka can squeeze into the already perfect Manchester City's main lineup.

This summer, Manchester City have yet to sell a key player from last season, leaving only substitutes or fringe figures.

They have retained all of their Champions League-winning squad, so why would Benitez treat Kaka specially?

It's not good to let Kaka replace anyone.

So when Kaka came, Manchester City had to start from the bench. Whether he can play the main force next depends on his performance in competitions and training.

Of course, based on his cousin at Real Madrid, it is almost impossible for Kaka to play in the main team at Manchester City......

Unexpectedly, in the Community Shield game, Kaka actually started the game.

If City have sent all the substitutes, then Kaka's starting XI doesn't mean much.

However, except for Kaka, everyone else is basically the main force of last season, and they are only different in two positions. At centre-back, Godin replaced Lucio and left-back Alba replaced Barnes.

However, everyone can guess the changes in these two positions.

Lucio's form has declined, while Godin's first two seasons have been very solid and impressive, both as a substitute and as a starter for the injured Kompany, and it is normal for him to get a starting role this season.

Alba has performed well in Valencia, and Benitez has coached in Valencia, so he specifically poached Alba, naturally not to let the new Spanish left-back play as a substitute.

The only thing that surprised and puzzled everyone was Kaka's starter. I1292