Manchester Stadium.

In the 20th round of the English Premier League, Manchester City's match against Chelsea is about to begin.

Elano Brummer stood on the pitch, thinking back to what the coach had said to him before the game.

'Ballack is the captain of the German team, he is a key player for Chelsea, I think he has a lot to say, Elano, you should know him.

"You are the most important player in the team. I don't need you to play on offense, but you have to limit Ballack, as long as you limit him, our defense will be easy and the attack will be able to let go. ”

"Elano, I know you've always wanted to take on more important game tasks, like ...... Like Silva, Morris? But people are different, and what you're good at is different from theirs. ”

'You're Ballack and Frank Lampard, not Morris or Silva, do you understand what I mean?'

'I'm not going to look for Silva to defend because I know he's not going to do well and it's just you, Elano, who is very good defensively, individual skills and understanding of the game, so I want you to be able to play to your strengths.'

Elano Brummer had no idea that the coach would say that to himself, in fact, after his move to Manchester City, he had always felt that the coach did not value him.

Manchester City has a lot of outstanding players, even the youngest Ozil in the midfield is a top talent, and he, Elano Brummer, is just a Brazilian midfielder, with stronger defensive ability, and he can't catch up with Ferreira, Dunn and others, and the offensive ability and frontcourt players are not comparable at all, and his only advantage may be...... Comprehensive?

Bloomer feels like an undervalued player who doesn't get much weight in the game, only when it's time to rotate. He'll get a chance to play.

In this game, he didn't feel that he had a chance to play, because Mesut Ozil and Silva were enough, and even if there were any more players on the pitch, it should be the experienced Ljungberg, right?

The thought of this made Blumer feel excited.

After talking to Wan Sheng, he knew the reason why he could join Manchester City - strong defensively and well-rounded skills.

This is where the coach sees himself.

It's like the coach said, "You're good defensively and you're physical." Offensively, they also share the pressure up front, which seems to be nothing, but it is rare to find a player who is not bad in every ability. ”

In addition, Brummer is excited that the coach compares himself to Ballack and Frank Lampard.

'You're Ballack, Frank Lampard.

This sentence was remembered in Blumer's mind, and even the tone of his speech at that time was deeply impressed, and he felt that he might not forget it for years, right?

In Brummer's view, there is nothing more important than the approval of the head coach, especially the current head coach - Wan Sheng. He is recognized in world football as a football coach who is good at developing players, and with the recognition of the head coach, Bloomer's self-confidence has suddenly increased.

Previously, Brummer felt that he was only a player to supplement the roster in the team, and at most he was only a half-substitute half-main midstream player. And now he feels that he will definitely become more and more important in the team in the future.

Thinking of this, Blumer couldn't help but get his blood boiling!

Now that the match was about to start, he couldn't resist starting the game and completing the task given to him by Wan Sheng - to restrain Ballack. Don't let him play around!

Brummer looked at Barak as if he were looking at his father's enemy.

Ballack, who was standing in the Chelsea lineup, also immediately looked back. He was startled by Blumer's eyes, and then thought to himself, "When have I offended him?" ”

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Manchester City have always given fans the impression of beautiful attacking football, even Chelsea, who have played Manchester City many times, and they remember the game against Manchester City two months ago.

3:5, in that encounter, they scored three goals, Manchester City scored five goals, and the score can already see a lot of things, so they think that Manchester City will definitely strengthen the attack when they return to their home stadium.

However, once the game started, Chelsea found that Manchester City were not in a hurry to attack, but were constantly controlling the ball, and many times, they were constantly passing the ball.

Manchester City's controlling style of play, Chelsea is no stranger, so they actively ran forward to fight, but they soon found that Manchester City played surprisingly 'stable'.

Manchester City's 'stability' is no longer in the ordinary situation.

In the opening 10 minutes, City only had two kicks in front of the penalty area, and soon the ball was passed again, and then they began to work together with their feet, seemingly in no hurry to score goals and try to take the lead.

This style of play is a headache.

Glatter had analysed Manchester City's tactics before the game, and after more than two seasons of knowledge, the Chelsea players knew what City were up to - they were about controlling the football, controlling the tempo and controlling the game.

They are using possession to slowly wear down Chelsea's fitness and patience!

In the face of this style of play, Chelsea also know what to do, that is, to keep scrambling, to keep attacking the Manchester City defence, as long as the fight is fierce enough, Manchester City's passing will be much more careful, and then they will not be able to control the ball with peace of mind.

But when Chelsea did, they found that City's defence was very solid.

When the football reached the feet of Chelsea, Chelsea launched an attack, Manchester City's formation quickly shrank back, and before Chelsea could pass the ball to the danger point, Manchester City had already set up a tight defense near the penalty area.

After fifteen minutes of action, Chelsea found that Manchester City were playing more than just their 'OS-F' style, but even more so ...... Defensive counter-attack with possession!?

The concept of counter-attacking is too big, Manchester City does not have an absolute passive defense, they choose to keep the ball and try to find opportunities, but their formation is not advanced forward, so when they suddenly lose the ball, their formation is easy to shrink back.

It is clear that City's main focus is on defence.

It stands to reason that this style of play would be very passive, but Manchester City's use of possession to achieve the initiative has made Chelsea dare not go too far forward, even when there is the ball, whether it is defending or attacking, Chelsea feel a little awkward.

Chelsea's players on the pitch are not able to analyze Manchester City's tactics at the first time. They just feel that the game is a little wrong, and as for how it is wrong, no one can say it directly.

Chelsea boss Avran Grant stood up in shock, he didn't expect City to make such a big tactical change.

At the same time, he was puzzled.

In Grant's view, Wan Sheng is definitely a very capable manager, otherwise Manchester City's results would not be so good, but such a manager, isn't he worried that the team will have some discomfort after a big adjustment to the tactics?

He didn't understand.

This is what Grant doesn't know about Wan Sheng, or Manchester City.

After all, Grant has just left the Israeli league. After coaching Chelsea, he led the team to play with Manchester City only once, he didn't know that Manchester City is a team that is very good at adjusting tactics, which is also a headache for many Manchester City opponents, in the last season, Manchester City's lineup, strength is not as good as Manchester United, Chelsea, Wan Sheng won a lot of games, but. Now the team is much stronger and the tactics are mature, and there is no need to rely on risky changes to get ahead of the game. That's why there are fewer tactical adjustments.

It is worth mentioning that this makes Wansheng's job a lot easier.

Manchester City do not exclusively use the tactics of the 'OS-F' system, they also train other tactical routines on a daily basis, and most of the content is an extension of the 'OS-F' system. Now this is the case on the field, but it is just a slight change in formation and positioning, and some defensive strengthening. There were no major adjustments at all.

That was enough to surprise Grant.

He couldn't imagine Manchester City going from 'beautiful attacking football' to 'utilitarian defensive football'.

Wan Sheng didn't care how surprised Grant was.

In the face of this Chelsea team, it is necessary to play steadily, to strengthen the defense, to take risks at home to score goals, and even to say that it is not necessary to fight for attacking character, and it is easier to win if you play more steadily.

As for the ugly game? He never thinks about it.

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Obviously, there are many supporters of Wansheng, at least the Manchester City fans who came to watch the game, and they did not express any dissatisfaction with Manchester City's style of play.

Although the game is ugly, they prefer to believe in Wan Sheng.

It's like the stadium broadcast Belbart's words, "The game is a little dull, Manchester City seems to be playing a little conservatively, but Wan Sheng is arranged, there must be a certain reason, we can look forward to the next Manchester City play ......" to sum up, "As long as it is a game arranged by Wan Sheng, it always makes sense." ”

If it seems to onlookers, this kind of blind support makes people laugh, but for more than two seasons, Wan Sheng has never disappointed Manchester City fans, and he has led the team to surprise fans again and again.

Now Manchester City fans unconditionally support Wan Sheng, which is also equivalent to a kind of reward.

Also, Manchester City aren't completely conservative either!

The competition is still very exciting!

For example, this time, Chelsea were in attack, and the football was quickly passed to Mikel, who saw that there was no chance in front of him and immediately handed the ball to Ballack.

After Frank Lampard's injury, Ballack became the heart of Chelsea's midfield, he was the anchor of Chelsea's midfield, and many teammates subconsciously handed the ball to Ballack when they saw that there was no chance.

But this time, Barak made a mistake.

The German captain stopped the ball a little wider, he thought it didn't matter, but a figure immediately rushed out behind him and immediately broke the ball.

The football was kicked to Lescott's feet.

Last season Lescott was a full-back, and this season he has moved to the middle, sometimes playing as a full-back, sometimes as a centre-back, but the awareness of counter-attacking when he gets the ball is almost in his mind.

Before receiving the ball, Lescote had already glanced ahead, and then he met the ball and kicked it directly, and the football flew directly to the center circle.

Lescott's pass was a little rushed and a little misplaced, but Silva managed to get on the ball first.

He kicked the ball to Mesut and ran forward, and Ozil met the ball and kicked it forward.

David Silva received the ball after rushing past Alex.

"Fight back!"

Manchester City's St Stadium suddenly resounded with the cries of fans.

Silva sprinted forward with the ball, squeezed Benhaim forward, and then entered the box to face the onrushing goalkeeper Hilario, and he fired a lob that hit the crossbar and bounced out of bounds.

"Hoo ......"

Belbart exhaled lightly and said with some regret, "This kick almost went in, Silva just lacked a little luck......"

The counter-attack made it clear to everyone that City were not entirely conservative and that when Chelsea were negligent, it might only take one chance to change the scoreline. (To be continued.) )