Chapter Seventy-Five: Smashing the Midfield
readx; Scolari had absolutely no contempt for Manchester City before the game, and in his eyes, Wang Xuan was already an opponent on the same level as him. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
As early as the start of the season, the news of a change at the top of Manchester City was in the spotlight and Scolari was eyeing the team. However, in Scolari's view, even if Manchester City have spent so much money on reinforcements this season, the quality of their reinforcements is not too satisfactory.
In Scolari's opinion, Wang Xuan's hand is not very good. Such an inexperienced young manager, regardless of his nationality, will also face the difficulty of regrouping the team.
In the eyes of the Brazilian, Wang Xuan's Manchester City is a mess and he will face many difficulties.
However, he didn't expect that Wang Xuan would complete the reorganization and transformation of Manchester City players in a very short period of time, and his transformation was so successful.
Letting Robinho play as a striker and bringing in the retired Mendieta is, in Scolari's view, a stroke of genius. The vision of the World Cup-winning coach is not comparable to those reporters, and he can feel that the changes made by Wang Xuan will improve Manchester City's combat effectiveness in the new season by several notches. Of course, the premise is that Wang Xuan's transformation is successful. Scolari asked himself if he would never have made such a choice if he were in the position of Manchester City manager.
Wang Xuan's transformation of Manchester City has proved to be successful. Transforming Robinho and pushing Mendieta to the top has proven Wang Xuan's success through Manchester City's record.
Scolari had a job to do ahead of this game. Manchester City's attacking tactics are based on Mendieta and Robinho. Essien was close to Robinho and had Frank Lampard and Ballack attacking Mendieta. These are all targeted arrangements made by Scolari.
However, Scolari had no idea that Manchester City would break his own goal in such a way.
After Manchester City scored against Chelsea, Scolari reacted. Manchester City's long-range shot was to create an opportunity for the attack just now.
After falling behind, Scolari signaled his players to step up their attack. Manchester City, on the other hand, began to regain formation after the first blow.
In the face of an opponent like Chelsea, Wang Xuan did not dare to attack with the opponent with great fanfare. Because there are star players on both sides who can change the occupancy in a flash of inspiration. Who knows who will shine first? So after taking the lead, Wang Xuan let the team recycle, and he didn't need to bet.
Moreover, if the formation is recycled, the opponent will definitely press forward, which will bring the team an opportunity to counterattack.
Everything is under his control, and Wang Xuan finds that this is the charm of the head coach. On the football field, not only the players can be satisfied, but even the coaches will be immersed and intoxicated with the joy of football.
Strategizing and winning thousands of miles away, this is the charm of a head coach.
Wang Xuan, who was standing on the sidelines, secretly clenched his fists, and Manchester City once again got an excellent opportunity to counterattack.
Mendieta and Fernando cut off Ballack's ball, and the German captain was a little slower at his feet. As soon as the ball was broken, Ballack immediately wanted to counter-attack, but Mendieta kicked the ball away when it was not fully controlled by himself.
The ball flew to the right, where Wright was sprinting at a high speed.
Mendieta's pass was well placed and the ball had stopped bouncing by the time Wright fully picked up his speed. Wright barely slowed down, he ran straight past the ball, and then the ball was picked up by him.
It was a hole in Chelsea's left flank, which Mendieta had seen when he broke the ball and he had it perfectly.
"Did such Mendieta really choose to retire in the summer? His form seems to me to be almost no different from when he was at his peak. Martin Taylor lamented. Another meaning of his words is that Wang Xuan's eyes are clear!
Wright took control of the ball and opted for a cross that Benjani didn't have the upper hand in the scramble with John Terry, but he did get the ball first.
"Robinho again!" Andy Gray shouted.
Robinho sideways the ball, and Essien stuck in a position that prevented Robinho from turning. Robinho slammed the ball forward on his toes, then quickly turned and slotted the ball back into the box. Wright was running to that position when he flicked his header and the ball changed direction.
Despite Cech's best efforts, his long arm only grazed the ball. Eventually, the ball crossed the goal line and drilled into the goal.
2 to 0!
Wang Xuan threw a fist excitedly, he didn't intend to score in the first half. In fact, his original idea was to cause some problems for the opponent in the first half, and then suddenly used the skill "Blessing of the Ball King" in the middle of the tug of war to take a one-goal lead. However, he did not expect his team to lead by two goals in the first half. Such a result made Wang Xuan feel pleasantly surprised.
At the end of the first half, Manchester City returned to the dressing room with a 2-0 scoreline.
The result was certainly pleasing to Wang Xuan, but he didn't know that the experienced Scolari had faintly thought of a way to deal with Manchester City.
In the second half, Manchester City did not change their tactics, while Chelsea no longer bypassed City's midfield to rush at the back. Deco replaced Kalou, Drogba dropped back slightly and Scolari was about to smash City's midfield.
Wang Xuan didn't understand Scolari's approach at first, he frowned and thought on the sidelines, but he didn't have the slightest clue, but he thought that his team was already two goals ahead, so he didn't think about it anymore.
It didn't take long for Scolari's changes to the formation to take effect.
Fernando was booked for a defence and his defensive moves were reined in. Chelsea took advantage of the opportunity to play a very high quality attack. Frank Lampard broke through the City midfield's defence and fed the ball straight to Drogba, who Kompany met straight at Drogba.
If Drogba's speed does not rise, he will not fall behind in the confrontation with him, but a Drogba who has completed acceleration is simply a tank moving at full speed.
Drogba was a little unsteady after running over Kompany, but he did get a shot straight at Joe Hart. A dangerous shot from Africa Andy Lau forced Joe Hart to make a brilliant save.
Regarding the team's defense, Wang Xuan has always emphasized that he dislikes to see the goalkeeper on the field the most active person on the field. When a team's goalkeeper makes a good save on a regular basis, it only means that the team's backline has been beaten into a sieve.
This is a very dangerous signal, and how can Wang Xuan deal with it?