Aston Villa's attack is mainly based on midfield, and as long as they open up the game in midfield, they can play very fluid and dangerous attacks.

However, Wang Xuan also calculated this point, he just wanted to face Aston Villa Steel in the middle. When he played Elano as a wing-back, he gave up attacking on the left flank to suppress the opponent's attack on the left flank. And Elano can drop back and help Fernandez defend in the middle. Brazilians are known for their wide range and physical strength. His physical strength was enough to complete the tasks assigned by Wang Xuan.

Except for one less world-class centre-forward, Manchester City's midfield is absolutely top-notch. Wang Xuan's adjustment of Elano is definitely the finishing touch.

Martin O'Neal's brow slowly furrowed as the match wore on, and he had expected it to be an easy match. In his heart, he didn't take Manchester City's young Chinese manager seriously. But now, his team is having a big struggling time at the Etihad Stadium.

4-4-2 can't open up the situation in the middle and on the wing, which is basically equivalent to a slow death. The biggest advantage of the 4-4-2 is that it evenly distributes the forces throughout the field, and then wins by constantly putting pressure on the opposing side on the wings. But now Wang Xuan's Manchester City has achieved complete restraint in tactics.

And now Aston Villa are not only unable to open up the situation in attack, they are also under a lot of pressure in defence.

Aston Villa's two-man midfield is a combination of Petrov and Barry, both of whom are not good at defending. They can't put pressure on the offensive end right now, resulting in more pressure on the defensive end. And when Manchester City is attacking, Elano will move to the middle, which creates a 3-on-2 situation.

Manchester City dominated the pitch and the cheers at the Etihad Stadium were one after another.

The fans had been smothered for a summer, with their adrenaline pumping their brains and they were playing with a crowd after Ben Jani's very dangerous shot.

"Damn it!" Martin O'Neill looked at Wang Xuan standing on the sidelines, he never imagined that the young Chinese would put so much pressure on him in the opening game of the new season.

Although he said it well to the media, in his heart, he felt that Manchester City was an insult to the football coaching profession to hire a Chinese who had just graduated from university to be the head coach of the team. And he has always regarded Manchester City, coached by Wang Xuan, as a piece of.

"Even if you cause some trouble for my team right now, it's just that can cause trouble." Martin O'Neill thought indignantly. Then he closed his eyes, gradually eliminated the loud noise of the scene, and began to think about countermeasures.

However, before he could figure it out, the loud cheers from the scene made him open his eyes.

Elano defended with Bobby on the flank and cut off Milner's ball. At this moment, the full-back was about to step forward to assist, he couldn't defend, and Elano directly made a long pass. He didn't have to worry about his footwork at all, and at the moment Aston Villa's left flank was completely empty.

Robinho received the ball directly in front of the centre-backs who were complementing, and then it was Robinho's show time.

And the cheers of the fans at the scene came from Robinho's extraordinary fancy footwork.

Martin O'Neal opened his eyes just in time to see Robinho shake off his centre-back with a succession of cycles. After that, Robinho cut directly inside and burst in, and in the face of Robinho, who had already rushed up, Schori, the left wing-back who had just run back to his own defense area at the moment, could only choose to trip Robinho on the side.

Martin O'Neill didn't want to watch what happened behind him anymore, yellow card plus penalty. The referee did not directly show the red card, which can be regarded as Shawry's escape.

Robinho was about to take the penalty he created, but he seemed to think of Wang Xuan after Mendieta joined the team, and Wang Xuan had said that Mendieta would be the team's first penalty taker from now on. Robinho, who had already reached the level of respect for Wang Xuan, said to Mendieta: "Gezka, why don't you come?" ”

Mendieta was stunned when he heard this, he has not found the feeling of the game since he came on the pitch today, after all, he has not played for too long. Before, he had a couple of passes that were handled very poorly, otherwise the team might have taken the lead by now.

Today, though, Mendieta feels like he's in very good shape, and it seems like he hasn't been in such good form in recent years. The last time it felt this good was when we led Valencia to the Champions League final in '01......

Mendieta struggled a little and decided to take the penalty.

First of all, his penalty kick percentage has always been extremely high and he has confidence in himself. In addition, he wanted to rely on this penalty to find the feeling of the game.

"Oh? We watched Mendieta walk in with the ball, he put it at the penalty spot, and it looked like he was going to take the penalty. Andy Gray was a bit surprised.

Martin Taylor immediately added: "The previous game Mendieta was like sleepwalking, I almost thought City had only sent ten men. Is he going to rely on this penalty to brush up some presence? ”

"Let's take a look at the penalty first! Mendieta's penalties have been a rare miss. Whether in Valencia or in the Spanish national team, Mendieta is the undisputed number one penalty taker. ”

Mendieta kissed the ball before placing him at the penalty spot. He then took a few steps back, then stood still. With his hands on his hips, he calmly stared at Aston Villa's goalkeeper Friedel as he waited for the referee to blow the whistle.

The referee's whistle blows and Mendieta starts running. He felt very strong in his legs, and it made him feel like he was back in Valencia, the glory days of leading the team to two Champions League appearances.

Mendieta's run-up is fast and his thighs swing widely. Friedel thought it would have to be a volley, and he decided to pounce to the left. However, Mendieta looked like he was about to smash the ball, but in fact he just hit an understatement of the arc.

Mendieta turned around directly after kicking the ball, and he didn't even look to see if the ball had gone in. He thought it was a must-score, and the moment he kicked it, he felt it was going to go in. And he calculated that the opposing goalkeeper would definitely move, so he just raised his hands and began to celebrate the goal.

"Spoon, spoon, spoon penalty. In the first game of his comeback, Mendieta scored a spoon penalty. Andy Gray exclaimed.

And the Etihad Stadium, at this moment, was completely boiling......