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In the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, Celtic hosted Manchester City for 40 minutes, and the score on the field was 2:1, and the home team Celtic relied on goals from McDonald and Robson to lead the visiting Manchester City.

At this time, the Celtic fans in the audience were enthusiastically discussing the game, they didn't expect Celtic to perform so well and really lead Manchester City.

The Celtic players on the pitch were in the same mood, and after the goal they had just scored, they were more confident in their goal of 'playing home advantage'.

As the team prepares for the game, they know exactly what team they are going to face by knowing City's results on all fronts and watching the footage of Manchester City's game.

Although the head coach Strachan has repeatedly boosted the morale of the team, repeatedly emphasizing that as long as you work hard and play positively, the team will definitely have a chance.

Strachan not only said this to the players, in order to boost the morale of the whole team and express that he really thinks the team has hope, he also expressed his opinion in the media, some people think that Strachan expressed in the media that 'Celtic is not easy to deal with', but in fact, this has little to do with Manchester City, Strachan is stimulating the fighting spirit of his team.

With Strachan's efforts, the Celtic players at least know that the team should work hard and do their best to win.

When the game started, each of their players actively fought and actively participated in the game, and the atmosphere at Celtic Park helped them integrate into the game better and faster.

Now they don't have the feeling of 'Manchester City is strong', especially after the goal just now, they are more confident and believe that as long as they work hard, the team will be able to win.

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The mentality of the Manchester City players has not been affected much, and Manchester City has matured a lot compared to the previous two seasons.

It's not the first time they've fallen behind.

Therefore, even if they are behind the score, Manchester City is still playing steadily.

In fact, it also has to do with the feeling of the game, many Manchester City players on the field feel that it is not very difficult to score goals, and their attacks can still get a lot of opportunities when they hit the front, so there is nothing to be afraid of being behind by a goal.

The Manchester City players on the field felt so, after the game restarted, they also stepped up their attack, hoping to equalize as soon as possible, but Wan Sheng, who was standing on the sidelines, still found a problem, he felt that the team was playing a little too impatient.

Maybe it's the away atmosphere, or maybe it's the mentality of the team, but the team has been playing with a 'must-win' attitude before the game and the players seem eager to prove it right with goals.

This is a rational analysis from Wansheng.

That's the way it's going on now, the team is playing tactically, there's nothing special about it, but every time they get up front, they're a little bit anxious to perform, they're anxious to score.

So after attacking again and again, there were opportunities in the frontcourt, but they couldn't seize the opportunities at critical times.

After discovering this, Wan Sheng called Dunn, the captain of the field, and told him to play steadily, and at the same time, he also pressed down with both hands, using this command action to remind the team to be slightly further back.

There wasn't much time left in the first half, but there was no need to rush to score, and now it's time to play more consistently, at least not to give Celtic another chance.

Under Wan Sheng's reminder, Manchester City's formation was slightly further back, and the defense was a lot more stable.

Time has also passed.

Soon the referee's whistle blew and the first half was over.

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After the first half of the game, Wan Sheng returned to the locker room as soon as possible.

After all the players returned, Wan Sheng talked about some of the problems in the first half, "We played too impatiently. ”

'There were a lot of chances that we could take but we didn't, and in the first half I saw that you were in a hurry to score goals as if you were trying to decide the winner.

'It's a must-have, there's no underdog in the Champions League, especially at this stage when the opponents are Celtic, they knocked out Benfica in the group stage, they beat AC Milan, so if you continue to play with that mentality, it's not surprising that we're eliminated.'

Wan Sheng said seriously, "You must remember that now we are playing the Champions League knockout round, which is a two-game home and away game. Even if we lose this one, we can go back to Manchester Stadium and try to win the second leg, with two games to decide instead of one. ”

"We don't have to rush to score, the Champions League game is about who can play more steadily and play more patiently."

'In the second half, we continued to stick to the same tactics, but I want to see you play more consistently, play more patiently, so that we are a European team and not a youth army, you know what I mean?'

After Wan Sheng finished speaking, many players were pondering.

For example, the experienced Robert Carlos, Dunn and others have actually discovered the problem, and Wan Sheng said it so bluntly, and they completely understood.

The strength of the team is definitely the top in Europe, the technology and cooperation are very good, in comparison, at least stronger than Celtic, the key problem is still in the experience of European competition.

Even last season, the team has participated in the Champions League and reached the quarterfinals, but the team is still too young, such as the core of the midfield, David Silva, who is only over 23 years old, Ozil, Wang Xiaolei, and even less than 20 years old, the other players are good and famous, but there is not much experience in Europe.

This is the second time Manchester City have played in the knockout stages of the Champions League, and they have a 'strong team' mentality, a little contemptuous of their opponents, eager to prove that the team is a strong team in Europe.

It is this mentality that makes the team play too impatiently and cannot fully play its strength.

Therefore, Wan Sheng will use the 'youth army' as a metaphor.

Last season's Manchester City can be said to be a 'youth army', which is a good word, indicating that a team is very young, but the 'youth army' is not a 'Champions League powerhouse', the difference is not in strength but in mentality.

This is also something that Wansheng has repeatedly emphasized.

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After the first half, Celtic coach Strachan was more confident, praising his team's performance at half-time and telling his players to build on in the second half.

Strachan believes that as long as the team keeps working hard, they can at least play home advantage.

As long as they can play enough at home, then on the road, Celtic can also grasp the initiative and eliminate Manchester City to advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and it will not be difficult to do.

Celtic went into the second half with confidence.

The dominance played in the first half and the praise of head coach Strachan gave them a lot of fighting spirit.

Their tactics are also simple.

It's about aggressive scrambling and confrontation, using dense defence and looking for quick counter-attacking opportunities to score goals.

They did that in the first half and it worked out well, with goals from McDonald and Robson proving a lot as the opposition Manchester City scored just one.

They think it will be like that in the second half, as long as you get serious about playing and getting your chances.

But as soon as the second half started, they found that the game was much more difficult than expected.

Manchester City are clearly playing more consistently.

They are not in a hurry to push, they are not in a hurry to go up front and find a goal, not to keep passing the ball in the middle and back, constantly passing.

Celtic carefully studied Manchester City's tactics before the game, and the players were prepared for this, and they insisted on what manager Strachan called 'aggressive scrambling', but they soon found that when Manchester City played more consistently, it was not easy for them to grab the ball.

Manchester City is not just passing, if they don't pay attention, the football will be passed to the front, and when they chase the past defense, either Manchester City has a good chance and has completed the shot, or the football is passed back with three or two feet, this kind of play is a headache for the Celtic players.

The only thing they can do is to keep running and actively fighting.

Football became their prey.

They chased the football desperately, and the cheers on the pitch and the hope of victory gave them enough will to persevere.

They want to put enough pressure on Manchester City in this way.

If City can make a mistake, maybe a mistake from the back will be enough for them to score a goal, and that's what they are hoping for.

But Manchester City is too experienced in facing this kind of defense, not to mention the experienced Dunn on the field, even Glenn Johnson on the side, who is not in a hurry to pass the ball, and that kind of calm mentality makes the Celtics players feel that it is completely impossible to grab the ball.

Wan Sheng has been standing on the sidelines.

He watched the Celtics' active scramble, and he had to admire the perseverance of the players on this team.

But if you want to win the game, perseverance alone is not enough, especially against his team, perseverance may increase the hope of winning, but the gap between the two teams is also clear, the key point is that the Celtic players are not iron-clad, their physical fitness is not stronger than Manchester City, in such a game, their physical consumption will be more.

Sure enough, as Wan Sheng thought, after a period of time, some players in the Celtics couldn't run, and they weren't actively running.

After losing that momentum, they even had a lot of holes in their defense.

Strachan soon discovered the problem as well.

He thought that this scramble should force City to make hasty passes, or force them to pass the ball up front.

That's it for the first half.

In the first half, Manchester City also made passes at the back, but did not control the ball for so long, often as soon as the team went up, they went to the front to find opportunities, and under the dense defense of the front team, the ball was quickly recovered.

But after Manchester City played more consistently, it became difficult for the team to grab it.

Twenty minutes passed, and Celtic didn't even have a shot on goal, they couldn't hit a counter-attack, and the attack from the back had little to do with the front.

Fast forward for another five minutes, and the Celtics still didn't have a chance.

Although they were still 2-1 up, the situation was already unfavorable for Celtic, his players were running less, and Manchester City's impact on their own half again and again became more and more threatening.

It seems that the goal could be breached at any time!

It definitely won't work if it goes on like this!

Strachan suddenly realized that he was too eager to play to the advantage, and it was very beneficial for the team to lead 2-1 in the first half.

As long as they keep that scoreline until the end and go to the Manchester stadium, they can qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League without losing.

But he wanted the team to play to a bigger advantage, so he didn't change his style of play, and as a result, the game got to this point that Strachan felt he needed to do something.

As the game went on like this, it was no surprise that Manchester City had scored a goal.

By the time Strachan wanted to do so, it was too late, and City took advantage of Celtic's scramble to suddenly get the ball up front.

Mesut Ozil received a pass and sent the ball into the right side of the box with a clever through-ball through.

Those who are familiar with Manchester City will feel very familiar when they see the direction of Ozil's pass.

It's almost a fit that has been copied a thousand times!

Sure enough, on the right side of the penalty area was wing-back Ivan Crewe, who ran to the position to meet the ball directly at goal.

The ball flew straight into the far corner of the goal with an arc!

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“Goooooal！！”

"The ball is in! 2:2！ Manchester City, who were playing away, equalised and it was Ivan Crewe who scored! He and Ozil had a great understanding, and almost as soon as he plugged in, Ozil made a pass ......"

Seeing Ivan Crewe score completely, the Manchester City fans who came to Glasgow with the team were all boiling.

From the opening point until now, they have been depressed as Celtic have been leading for most of the time and now Manchester City have finally equalised again.

In the second half of the game, the rhythm has always been under Manchester City's control, and the team's frequent wonderful cooperation, as well as the suppression of Celtic in the situation, make them feel that Manchester City will still win.

The goal was a reassuring goal, so they cheered from the stands.

A lot of the media is also talking about scoring.

The local media in Scotland are all admiring Manchester City's exquisite cooperation, and the opportunity just now may not be called an opportunity in other teams, but Mesut Ozil made a wonderful pass at the right time, and Ivan Crewe followed up to turn the pass into a goal.

This is the cooperation of two people, and it also reflects the tacit understanding between Manchester City players.

It was just one 'chance not a chance' that turned City into a goal, and some people recalled Strachan's pre-game statement that 'Celtic are not easy to play against', but now their feeling is, "Manchester City are not easy to play against!" ”

It's easy to deal with teams, and it's not so easy to score goals!

Celtic led City for most of the time, but City were not in a hurry, and in the second half, they were not at all impatient in the face of falling behind, and took advantage of the opportunity to score.

This is one of the best teams in Europe!

Throughout the game, the 'somewhat impatient' Celtic were really much easier to deal with! (To be continued.) )