The match between the two teams has begun.

Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines at the beginning and watched the game carefully. On the other hand, Mourinho sat firmly in his position, seemingly unconcerned about the game, and the on-site commentator Belbart worried, "It seems that Mourinho is more sure of ......"

George Woodgate also said, "Wan Sheng has always been very serious about the game, but looking at Mourinho's appearance, there are some wins in his hands!" ”

Wan Sheng and Jose Mourinho were the focus of the game, both managers were very attention-grabbing, and naturally after the start of the game, there were still a lot of media who noticed them, and many media commented on the different performances of the two, and the general meaning was 'Mourinho looks confident, Wan Sheng is worried about the game'.

However, with the retirement of time, this kind of comment gradually decreased.

Mourinho's brow furrowed, the ease on his face vanished, and then he also walked to the sidelines to watch the game seriously.

At this time, his and Wan Sheng's expressions were almost the same.

Reflecting on the field, the match between Chelsea and Manchester City did not take advantage of anything, and Mourinho was surprised to find that Manchester City did not play the flashy attack as he imagined, but played very solidly - solid formation, solid coordination, solid advancement.

In short, one - steady!

As a result, Chelsea were unable to take the initiative in the game, as City were firmly in control for most of the game.

What Mourinho told the players is to let them defend to the death, to defend against Manchester City's gorgeous attack, but Manchester City has been in possession, and the attack is after the formation is advanced, and it will be passed up, and it will not attack rashly at all, and even more than half of the passes are still in their own half. Even if Chelsea were successful in defending their own half, they would not have much chance at all, and City had plenty of time to retreat.

Manchester City played very solidly and did not give Chelsea a chance at all.

Then Chelsea were passive.

Because they are mainly on the defensive, they are 'passive' and strive for the initiative. If Manchester City attack aggressively, they can take the initiative in turn, and most of the time the ball is in the hands of Manchester City, they have little initiative to speak of, and sometimes they even have to press some to grab the ball, otherwise they can only watch Manchester City pass in their own half.

That's a really ...... way of playing It's despicable!

After seeing the two Manchester City centre-backs pass each other five times in a row, Mourinho turned to the fourth official and said viciously, "They are playing negatively!" ”

The fourth official shrugged.

It's not like he doesn't know how to play. On the contrary, he has watched so many games, he knows football tactics very well, and the current situation is in his mind, Chelsea is waiting for the defense to counterattack, Manchester City is not in a hurry to attack at all, more time is in possession, but in any case, passing more in his own half is not a foul. There is no such thing as 'offensive overtime' in football.

Chelsea didn't take the initiative to grab it, who is to blame?

At the beginning of the game. Mr. Fourth, when talking to his friends about the game, he thought that Chelsea had a better chance of winning, but now he thinks Manchester City have more hope.

Look at how calm the young man in the distance is, and then look at the guy in front of him, what else will he do besides being angry with himself?

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Mourinho was quite surprised, and at the same time he was a little flustered. Because City's approach is not in his grasp.

Not only him, but many media reporters also looked at each other, they couldn't understand why Manchester City's style of play had become so conservative today, and some football commentators were also very excited, they seemed to have discovered a new continent. "It turns out that Manchester City's tactics can still be used like this!"

In the eyes of many, Manchester City's tactics can be equated with 'flashy attack', because they press their opponents every game, and they can achieve extreme offensive pressure in every game, and in this way, they can score more goals and win the final game.

But now City have shown a different side – extreme control.

They are constantly controlling the ball, even for five minutes, for five minutes, they didn't have a shot on goal, they just kept running, kept passing, it looked like the pass was gorgeous, but in fact, the football did not enter the danger zone in the front court at all, that is to say, their purpose was just to control the ball, really attack, and wait for the formation to move forward for steady advancement.

This style of play feels very contradictory, because you can't say that Manchester City doesn't attack, because the football is at the feet of the Manchester City players most of the time, and they will pass the ball to the front court, but when they encounter obstacles, they will pass it back quickly, and you can't say that they play negatively, because the game is still very good, and Manchester City's continuous passing and cooperation is a highlight in itself, which is enough to attract the attention of many fans.

Some football commentators can only use a contradictory word to describe it, "Conservative attack!" ”

The attack is not conservative, but City feel very conservative right now, they don't take the risk to attack, but they are solid in every attack, which makes it difficult for Chelsea to play.

They were playing according to the coach's instructions, they had to stabilize the defense at the back, and the result was that for a long time, they couldn't even touch the ball, and it had been 10 minutes since the game started, like their two full-backs, who hadn't even touched the ball.

In the face of Manchester City's passing control in their own half, they also have no good way, if the formation is pressed forward to press, it is not in line with their tactics, but if they don't, they can only watch the opponent play the ball, this feeling is very depressing, obviously the two teams are playing, but the game seems to belong only to Manchester City.

Their frontcourt players, Didier Drogba, Joe Cole and others, have also tried to press in the past...... Then they became the central figures of the 'monkey' activity, the Manchester City players are simply too good at passing, their daily individual training, collective tactical training is inseparable from passing, now on the field, there are many of them at the back, Chelsea only have two or three players, it is strange that they can steal the ball from the feet of the Manchester City players.

All in all, Chelsea played very depressed.

On the other hand, the Manchester City players felt very good, they didn't expect to play a more conservative game with such a good effect.

So far, they haven't posed much of a threat to the Chelsea goal, but they feel the game is easy. Because Chelsea didn't attack at all, football was at their feet most of the time and they were in control of the game.

In the past, when they attacked, they had to worry about their own defenses, and they had to retreat quickly, but now they don't have to. They can follow the overall formation, so that they can advance steadily, attack steadily, although the efficiency will be low, but their formation will be stable, the defense will be very stable, and the chance of mistakes becomes very small.

Now in the game, they can hold steady and look for opportunities slowly, and they don't have to worry about what happens to Chelsea.

So they felt relaxed. They continued to pass the ball, which made Chelsea very passive.

With 20 minutes played, Sky TV commentator George Woodgate unveiled the previous stats, 'Manchester City had 73 per cent possession so far, Chelsea only 27 per cent, and Man City had two shots on goal, one on the woodwork. Chelsea only once and didn't threaten ......'

"From the data. Manchester City have an absolute advantage! ”

'Chelsea are completely at the bottom and maybe Mourinho should do something about it, otherwise they won't have a chance if it goes on like this.'

Jose Mourinho can certainly see that the situation is very bad against Chelsea, and the situation is now that Manchester City are in the driver's seat, and it is difficult for Chelsea to get the ball. Manchester City defended tightly, even if they got the ball, it was difficult to have a chance, the most important thing was to keep the ball, Chelsea did not have Manchester City's possession ability, they got the ball and launched an attack quickly. And then soon the football would be back at the feet of Manchester City, and they would start passing and controlling again, and then Chelsea would continue to be passive.

In fact, in such a game, it is not easy for Manchester City to score goals, just like the previous statistics, Manchester City only had one shot in the 20 minutes, but the feelings of the players of the two teams on the field are absolutely different.

Manchester City players will feel relaxed playing, Chelsea players will feel the opposite, they will play passively and depressed, which will affect the morale of both teams and, in turn, the performance of both teams.

Even if you don't think about that, Mourinho wants to win.

Now Manchester City are top of the league and the only way to regain the top spot is to win the game.

Manchester City can accept a draw, Chelsea can't.

But Mourinho knew that he couldn't change his tactics on the fly, and that would do nothing but give the opponent a chance.

So now he can only do it in a hurry.

And then soon the ears of the fourth officer were bombarded again, "They are playing negatively!" Look, they've all been passing for a minute at the back......"

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Manchester City don't care what Mourinho says, it doesn't affect them at all, because the rules of football don't allow too many passes in their own half, but they enjoy the feeling of passing the ball unscrupulously in the game, especially when there are always good strikers like Didier Drogba to help them enjoy the art of passing...... They feel good.

They have more confidence in the game and are more effective in executing their tactics.

Wan Sheng has long emphasized the core of the style of play - not passing, but attacking.

Passing and control are the most basic, but you can't win with passing and control alone, you have to score goals to win.

Jose Mourinho thinks Manchester City can accept a draw, but in reality, Wan Sheng's heart is only victory, especially this is the game at Manchester Stadium, where if the game is all about 'a draw', then what about Stamford Bridge? Do you want to disarm and surrender?

Forget it!

Striving for victory is a must!

Winning can pull down the league points, and then the team will have to face a lot less pressure on points, which is quite beneficial to Manchester City's championship form, so Wan Sheng has always wanted to win, and his explanation of the game also emphasized the core point, "We want to attack on the left and right, they never thought we would do this!" ”

Not to mention that Chelsea can't think of it, Manchester City players can't think of it themselves.

When it comes to the team's weak points, any Manchester City player can know that it is the wing, because there is no absolute regular player on the wing, David Silva, Reina and others are all cameo full-backs, Sinclair's skills are very average, and the reason why he can always start is because the team has no other full-backs.

Musampa's return from injury has eased the embarrassment of the absence of full-backs, Ivan Crewe has moved to the team, but he will need some time to adapt before he can play, and the team's flanks are still very awkward, so no one could have imagined that Wansheng would let the team launch an offensive on the left and right.

However, Manchester City launched an attack, not directly to attack, but to advance steadily, they did not show that they want to play on the wing as the core, but the middle of Morris continued to organize the attack, which also gave the Chelsea players a false impression - just like they thought, Manchester City will still attack in the middle, and Morris is the core of Manchester City's organization.

They defended more tightly against Morris and then the two wing-backs, Musampa and David Silva, were both at ease.

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David Silva is an all-round player, and his stats are averaging almost 90 by now, which is quite a gauge statistic that, if he can adapt, is enough to ensure that he plays well in all positions.

David Silva is now quite comfortable on the wing, because he has been playing in this position a lot because of the previous games.

Wan Sheng hopes to develop David Silva as the core of the organization, but until then, he is still more suitable on the wing, because David Silva's dribbling and passing ability are very good, and even compared to Van der Vaart last season, it is known from the statistics that he will be a very good assist player.

In this game, Wan Sheng also hopes that David Silva can show his ability, and he gives David Silva the greatest freedom - he can choose whether to dribble or pass, try to find opportunities to create a threat, etc.

David Silva knows that Wansheng values him, so he is even more excited and excited, he remembers Wansheng's advice to him, he plays very steadily in the game, and he has no problem on the left wing.

At the same time, David Silva also wants to look for opportunities to perform, as he has a lot of freedom, and Wan Sheng has also stressed that the team should look for opportunities from the wings.

Like David Silva, other Manchester City players are also looking for opportunities, such as Morris at the heart of the midfield, who has great respect for Wansheng, so he will strictly follow Wansheng's tactics.

Wan Sheng talked about looking for opportunities from the wing, so Morris kept an eye on the wing.

When he got the ball again and noticed that the midfielder had pressed up, Morris passed the ball.

He was near the centre circle and he played the ball to the left front.

There is David Silva.

David Silva got the ball, he was still some distance from the penalty line, and when he got the ball here, he would have chosen to pass it out, but this time, he was unguarded and he was ready to dribble himself.

He started suddenly, and in a few steps he ran ten meters forward!

Almost at the same time, the pace of the game also increased, just now it was slow, but now it suddenly accelerated, the situation became very tense, and the media, fans, and commentators all tensed their nerves, as if the time of the whole world suddenly accelerated.

David Silva didn't know what he was doing to make such a difference, and he was already dribbling to the edge of the box.

He glanced up at the Chelsea goal, and it was a seductive place. (To be continued......)