At half-time, the atmosphere in the Manchester City dressing room was still good.

A goal advantage in the first half wasn't enough to decide the outcome of the game, but it was a goal that was set before the game, so the players were relaxed.

Wan Sheng also had a smile on his face when he walked into the locker room.

The team has a goal advantage, which makes Wan Sheng happy, and he is pleased with the performance of Darren Bent, in a game, it is definitely a big gain to let a player 'completely return to the heart', not to mention, after returning to the heart, Darren Bent's strength has been further improved, and it will bring more goals to the team in the future.

Of course, that's what you can only get after the game.

For this game, a goal advantage can be regarded as the completion of the goal set before the game, so you can play according to the strategy formulated before the game.

He doesn't have to think about how to make adjustments, he just needs to follow the arrangement.

Of course, there will be a little tweak.

After Wansheng walked into the locker room, he first praised everyone's performance, which must be done, as a head coach, he must be responsible for the whole team, when the players are depressed, they must boost their morale and keep their morale high, and when they perform well, they must praise and let them continue to work hard.

Of course, pridefulness and conceit are unacceptable, but just one goal advantage probably won't make them proud.

So Wansheng only needs to praise it.

He began by complimenting Darren Bent, "I have to compliment Darren, he really did a beautiful job!" Remember what I said to you before the game? I say, you have to find a place to belong to the team, and take the honor of the team as your personal honor! ”

"Now I'm going to keep saying that, I'm sure Darren did a good job, that pass, great!"

Wan Sheng gave Darren Bent a thumbs up, and the others looked at Darren Bent happily. The London boy didn't seem used to being looked at like this, and he lowered his head a little shyly.

Looking at this little woman's posture, everyone burst into laughter.

Then Wan Sheng praised the performance of the whole team, "You all did a good job, we achieved the half-time goal set before the game, a goal, this is an advantage!" But in a game, a goal doesn't guarantee a victory, so we have to follow the tactics that we have laid out before the game to make sure we have the best possible win. ”

Everyone said 'yes' with a bang.

Many people thought about the second-half style of play that was laid out before the game. I was smiling in my heart, and at the same time I was a little embarrassed, Manchester City is a team that is very good at attacking in the eyes of many people, so is it really good to play like that in the second half?

They don't know.

The only thing they know is that this is the style of play that head coach Wan Sheng personally decides, and they just have to do it.

Finally, Wan Sheng talked about the adjustment in the second half.

personnel on. Anelka down, Boateng on.

Replacing the team's forward goalscorer with a player who is biased towards the back is something that was thought out before the game. At half-time, Darren Bent and Nicolas Anelka certainly had one to go off.

However, before, Wansheng wanted to replace Darren Bent, after all, Anelka's ability is stronger. But Darren Bent was so good in the first half that he was clearly in better shape than Anelka, plus. As his reverence for Wansheng has exceeded 100, his ability has also improved in an all-round way, and he is no longer weaker than Anelka, naturally, the replaced one becomes Anelka.

Anelka was a little reluctant, he didn't want to be substituted in this kind of competition.

But no matter how unwilling he is, he can't screw Wansheng.

Wan Sheng is the manager, he is just a player. No matter how good the performance is, no matter how many goals he scores, he is still a player, so he can only pout. Watching the others happily talk about the game, I could only accept the fate of being substituted with dissatisfaction.

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In the home dressing room, Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson explains how the second half will play to his players.

United's style of play will not change much, and he mainly explained that City may make adjustments, and based on the situation in the first half, Ferguson feels that City may return to normal play in the second half.

It's almost impossible for other teams to play in the second half, the average player can't adapt to it, and it doesn't make sense for the players to adapt to the tactics, but it's not surprising that City are playing this for the first time, and they can do it very well.

Ferguson was very unpredictable about this.

He tried to get the team to play differently in the first and second halves, but the result was not satisfactory, and in the second half, many players seemed to be sleepwalking.

Not to mention the whole team, even if a single player adjusts his position, it is difficult to adapt.

In every game, in the opening time, both sides will be in the tentative stage, not because they don't know the opponent, but because the players on both sides are not in the game state, they need a certain amount of time to adapt, know how to run, what position to stand, who to mark when defending, how to run to avoid the defense when attacking, etc., these are all things that players must know, so they need to adapt.

If they suddenly change positions, they will have to adapt again.

It takes time.

But the game is only 90 minutes in total, so does it take half the time for a player to get used to the game? This is obviously impossible.

Anyone who really understands football can understand this truth.

But Manchester City managed to use different tactics in the first and second halves, and the team was able to adapt well, which is very surprising.

Ferguson admires this in his heart.

He really wanted to ask Wan Sheng personally how he did it, but unfortunately the Chinese had a very bad relationship with him, and he had no intention of repairing it.

But in short, Manchester City is likely to change their style of play, so it is important to remind the players. So how will Manchester City play in the second half? If nothing else, it's a return to normal play, after all, that's what they're good at, so in the second half, the team's preparation work was useful.

"Tough! Tough defensively! Pressing tough! ”

'We need a midfielder, especially in the middle, the two wings, Cristiano and Michael, you can break through when you have the chance, they are not as good as the middle and that's our advantage.

"If they attack, they all have to drop back and defend. I need all of you to be involved defensively, you should have had a hard time last season, they were very targeted in attack. ”

“…………”

Ferguson kept talking, and the players nodded their heads, they felt very depressed in the first half of the first half, and they were a little eager to come on the pitch and teach the damn Manchester City people a lesson.

Looking at the high-spirited players, Ferguson was also very comforted.

Even if he is a goal behind, he believes that the team can come back, as long as the team is united and works hard for the win. Then they have no opponents that they cannot defeat.

Manchester city?

Maybe last season was not easy for Manchester City, but now it's different.

The old jazz smiled with satisfaction, and he felt that the game was under his control again.

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Soon after the break, the two teams were back on the pitch and the second half began with the whistle of referee Bol.

Manchester City kick off first.

Darren Bent played the ball behind him, the ball was handed to Morris, Morris passed back to Sun Jihai, and then Manchester City started to fall at the back.

This is the normal way of playing for Manchester City.

There are no surprises at Manchester United. They already knew that City were going to use this constant passing and receiving style of play to find opportunities, and they knew what to do, which was to step forward and put City under pressure, run more and press harder. And the defense is tougher, so that Manchester City will not dare to easily fall in the back.

According to the tactics that were laid out, Manchester United quickly pressed up.

City seem to be feeling the pressure. After receiving the ball, Leto Ziegler faced Carrick's pressing and drove the ball directly to the front court with a big kick. Morris couldn't get on the ball, but he got ahead of Scholes and drove the ball out of bounds.

City used the time to make a substitution, with Boateng coming on for Nicolas Anelka.

'City made a substitution at the start of the second half, with the French striker coming off and Boateng, a talented Hertha Berlin player who joined City in the summer.

Leon Brown began to use the pre-match preparation materials to introduce Boateng, "His full name is Kevin Prince Boateng, he is not yet twenty years old, and he is a player with dual citizenship of Ghana and Germany. He has made 41 appearances and scored eight goals for Germany's Under-15s, Under-16s, Under-19s and -21s, and last summer he made headlines for his team in a 3-0 win over Greece Under-19s in the European Under-19s with a goal from 45 yards out in the centre circle, which was voted Goal of the Month by German TV Sports. ”

"Boateng has not yet joined the national team, with his ability, he still can't be favored by the German team, but the Ghana team is interested in inviting him to join, before the German World Cup, Boateng was called up by the Ghana team, but he refused to play for the Ghana team."

"I think he prefers the stronger German team."

These introductions can also show that Boateng is excellent, he is not yet 20 years old, and he is already well-known in Germany, which is not something that ordinary young players can do, and at the same time, being able to be favored by Wansheng to join Manchester City also proves his strength and potential.

Now he is playing for Manchester City in derby.

More media and fans don't care about what Boateng has experienced, for them, Boateng's achievements are not enough to see, they want to know the significance of Manchester City's adjustment.

Replacing Anelka with a defensive-minded player is a return to normal play?

Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson didn't care, he had long known that Manchester City would return to normal play, Manchester City's substitution was also expected by him, and the same was true of Manchester United players.

The Reds continued to play according to the pre-defined style of play and they quickly achieved the 'expected' advantage - they kept City at bay on the pitch and made it impossible for them to play at all.

The game met their expectations.

So the time after that will be Manchester United time, right?

Many players thought so, and United fans were excited to see their side gain the edge and were confident they could tie the scores, even though they were still one goal behind.

Time passed little by little.

As the game progressed, United had been suppressed, but the United boss Alex Ferguson on the sidelines frowned again because the game was completely different from what he had imagined.

United did have a situational advantage, but that advantage seemed too big!

It's no secret that Manchester City are definitely difficult to play against, but the scene now seems to be reversed from the opening of the game, with Manchester City defending passively and Manchester United besieging the Manchester City half.

The only difference is that City are not defenseless.

Their occasional quick counter-attacks threatened the United goal, and on one occasion they almost came close to scoring an early goal, but United did not get a similar chance.

What's going on?

Is the game really normal?

Ferguson watched the game and got lost in thought, and as an experienced manager, he quickly realised he was thinking wrong.

Manchester City has not returned to normal play, and the tactics used by Manchester City on the field now, to put it bluntly, are the simplest defensive counterattacks. They didn't intend to play Manchester United for a half, but rather to take advantage of a goal and play with the most consistent style of play.

Ferguson's eyes widened.

He never thought Manchester City would play like this!

Defensive counterattack?

Will Manchester City defend and counter-attack?

Few people believe it, but now this Manchester City team is playing like this, they don't do anything to control the ball, pass and receive the ball continuously, just defend steadily at the back, and then look for opportunities to counterattack quickly.

Fight like this, the most stable!

Defensively the most stable, with a large number of players at the back, it is difficult for United to have a chance even if they play well, while Manchester City can take advantage of the opportunity to make a quick counter-attack.

Ferguson looked into the middle.

The opposing striker, Darren Bent, midfielders David Silva and Downing, these three are at the front of the formation, all three are very fast players, David Silva is also very skilled, with these three in front, United will have to be on the lookout for a possible counter-attack almost at any time.

In normal times, if the opponent plays like this, Manchester United will not care too much at all, but now, Manchester City has a goal advantage! It doesn't matter if you don't score a goal on the counterattack, as long as you guard the goal, the final victory will be theirs!

Ferguson couldn't help but grit his teeth and look at the Manchester City dugout.

The young Chinese sat steadily, smiling and communicating with the assistant coach next to him, which looked like he was holding the victory, but it made the old jazz a little helpless.

"Can this guy be a little more shameless?" (To be continued.) )