Seeing Ivan Crewe finish the goal, Strachan couldn't help but curse angrily, he had just seen the problem and was about to remind the players, but Manchester City took the opportunity to complete the goal.

Now again, Manchester City have already equalized the score.

If the game ends 2-2, then Celtic will lose because it is a home game, and after going to Manchester Stadium, they will have no advantage at all.

Manchester City's goal made Strachan a little panicked.

He didn't expect the opponent's goal to come so quickly, even if it was a little late, he would be able to remind the players, and then it would not be so easy for Manchester City to score.

Strachan was not reconciled, he didn't want the game to end 2-2, which would mean that his team lost the game.

In terms of the current situation, the team still has a chance, as long as it can play steadily and don't be in such a hurry to fight, then it can still fight back if it finds an opportunity.

But Manchester City already had a goal, and Strachan had to swallow the bitter fruit no matter how unwilling he was, and while Manchester City celebrated the goal, he hurriedly called a few players and told them how to play next.

To sum up, it is to play steadily, don't let Manchester City lead the way, and don't follow the random running to grab the ball.

Strachan can't accept being tied and he still hopes that his team can score another goal and end with a lead that will be in Celtic's favor.

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After the restart, Celtic looked less impatient.

They slowed down their pace and were no longer in such a hurry to scramble.

This is related to the physical fitness of the players, after all, after 70 minutes of play, the physical fitness of the players is almost consumed, but under the guidance of tactics, those players who can run will still try their best to grab, so Strachan's reminder also worked, these players will not blindly grab the ball, but will play more rationally.

Celtic became indifferent as City kept passing the ball at the back, watching from their own half, as if they didn't care about the passage of time.

The British media analyzed, "2:2 is already an acceptable result for Celtic, and this score can at least retain suspense." ”

"Although 2-2 is not good for them, Manchester City is not sure to win, and the suspense will be left to Manchester Stadium......"

From the perspective of the British media, they must think that Manchester City is a strong team, and Celtic, as a 'weak team', should sensibly accept the result of the draw.

But in reality, Strachan was not willing to settle for a draw.

It's just an illusion that Celtic don't try to scramble, and they're ready to wait for Manchester City to let down their guard and then go up and bite hard.

Wan Sheng was also a little puzzled when he saw Celtic's style of play, he didn't understand why the other party didn't fight, but seemed to hope that the game would end quickly.

The score of 2:2 is definitely not good for Celtic, they are the home team, Manchester City also took away 2 away goals, back to Manchester Stadium, Manchester City only needs a 0:0 or 1:1 to eliminate Celtic to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals.

There is no reason for the Celtics to do this.

Wan Sheng watched the game carefully, especially the movements of Celtic.

Soon, with a sudden wave of powerful attacks from the Celtics, Wan Sheng knew what the Celtics were planning, and they wanted to play a surprise attack under the leadership of midfielders Shunsuke Nakamura and McGeadie.

Manchester City have played a similar style.

For example, using the strongest offensive formation of the whole team to catch the opponent off guard is equivalent to a surprise attack, but no matter what kind of surprise attack method, there must be a core to command, otherwise the other players do not know when to attack and when to play steadily defensively.

Manchester City, on the other hand, is the heart of the midfield.

The captain of the Celtic team is goalkeeper Boruc, but the goalkeeper will definitely not be able to direct the game, so the only one who can really be in command can be Shunsuke Nakamura or McGiddy.

As long as you know the player who is directing the attack, it's easy to do!

Wan Sheng immediately called Silva and asked him to pay attention to the movements of the opponent's core players when attacking, and told Silva his speculation, Silva nodded his head to show that he understood, and then returned to the playing field.

Wansheng has a lot of trust in Silva.

Believing that his reminder had been enough for Silva to know what to do, he sat back on the bench and began to look forward to the next wave of counter-attacks.

As the game continued, Strachan found that City were still passing the ball to each other without hurry, and the rhythm looked a little anxious.

The backfield and midfielders kept passing the ball to each other, and even after the central midfielder Silva returned to the halfway line, Celtic didn't know whether to go up or just watch.

Manchester City just spent the game time and didn't care if they could find their chances.

The Manchester City players are very 'adaptable' to this style of play.

In many Premier League leagues, when the absolute score advantage is achieved, Manchester City will also begin to pass the ball constantly, one is to keep enough face for the opponent when the opponent 'disarms and surrenders', no goal will be scored if you don't attack, and you won't give the opponent a chance if you control the ball, and second, this can also kill the opponent's fighting spirit, keep the football in your own hands, and tactically speaking, it is easier for your side to look for opportunities.

All in all, the Manchester City players 'like' to pass the ball constantly.

In weekday training, passing is also the most important training item in the Manchester City team, each player can have a single ability defect, but passing is absolutely not, as long as it is a Manchester City player, if you want to play, you must have the ability to pass the ball.

On the field, Dunn passed the ball forward to Silva, Silva passed back to Carlos, Carlos then transferred to Dunn, Dunn passed forward to Silva...... The three of them passed 6 or 7 kicks like this, and they didn't hurry or slow, which made the Celtics players look stupid.

They didn't expect that the other party would play like this!

Don't we grab the ball and you keep passing the ball to each other?

They watched.

Then I saw Manchester City's passing again and again, there was no intention of moving forward at all, the Celtic players who watched were very anxious, and the head coach Strachan was the same, he even complained to the fourth official that 'Manchester City deliberately delayed the game', the fourth official rolled his eyes and could only patiently explain, "No matter what the rules, the backcourt pass will not be judged a foul." ”

There is a local Scottish media commentator who scolded Manchester City for delaying time, "This is deliberate!" UEFA should ban so many foot balls in the backfield! Soccer games should be like basketball, with an offensive time limit! ”

Of course, he said this as much as he said it in vain.

After all, Celtic are at home, and under the attention of many of their own fans in the stands, they can't always go up to grab the ball, especially when Manchester City puts on a "just don't attack" appearance, they are even more stimulated.

The young McKidy couldn't help himself, and when he saw Silva receive the pass again, he rushed straight forward.

McKidey completely forgot about his position as 'midfield commander', and his rush was like a signal to the whole Celtic team, and the Celtic formation moved forward as a whole, and Silva was taken aback for a while.

The moment he received the pass, Silva remembered Wansheng's advice, and he immediately knew what to do.

Silva deflected a small deflection to deflect McGeady's interception, before he moved forward and all the City players were signaled.

Suddenly, Manchester City's formation also moved forward!

On the playing field, the two teams, except for the goalkeeper, each eleven players ran in the direction of each other, as if the two armies were charging each other fiercely.

From the perspective of the audience, seeing this scene, some commentators didn't even consciously say, "Manchester City and Celtic...... Fights are up......"

The two teams that were separated on both sides before had a direct confrontation in formation, but there are still differences between the two teams, and the biggest difference is undoubtedly that football is controlled at the feet of Manchester City, while Celtic's rush is more like a rampage.

Manchester City show their long-hidden fangs!

When Silva shook off McGiddy, he passed straight to Ivan Crewe on the right, Ivan Crewe pushed back to Leto Ziegler, Ziegler kicked forward to Ozil, who grabbed the ball and crossed it to Silva.

Silva was already at the front of the penalty area, with only one McManus next to him, and the rest of the Celtic players rushed out and had no time to retreat to defend.

Silva was about to shake McManus off, he was still quite confident in his technique at his feet, but as he spoke in control of the ball, he saw a white figure rush out, and almost without any thought, Silva crossed the ball.

It's Torres!

"Torrestores Torres—"

'Let's look at the ball, Torres goes into the box, a one-on-one chance! Goalkeeper Boruc rushed out, let's see if the Polish goalkeeper can hold on to the goal......"

"Shoot-"

As the commentator shouted, Torres kicked the ball into the far corner, and even if Boruc was the 'goalkeeper', it was impossible to react so quickly.

The angle of the ball was very tricky, and the only thing Borutz did was reflexively wave it off.

But by the time his arm reached the position, the ball had already flown over first.

"The ball is in!"

"Torres! Torres! 2:3！ Torres helped Manchester City to overtake the scoreline! ”

All the Manchester City fans cheered wildly.

For the first time in the game, they finally took the lead over the home team, Celtic!

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After finishing the goal, Torres excitedly ran to Silva, who had given him the assist, and the two hugged each other to celebrate their first lead of the game.

The other City players also ran over and surrounded the two.

Strachan's face was a little gloomy as he looked at the celebrating Manchester City players, he always felt that his Celtic team was a very strong team, and the team's momentum could make them run rampant in the league and help them play well in the Champions League.

But now, he found himself a little too confident.

This Manchester City team is by no means a team that can win with momentum, and they have shown the quality of a top team in the Champions League - top technical ability and mental stability, both of which his team does not have.

The goal of the opponent just now is attributed to McGeadie, in comparison, he is still too young and impulsive, as a core player in the midfield, he should not be like this, if he didn't hold back and rush out, Manchester City would not have had such a good chance.

That's the price of youth.

Thinking of this, Strachan looked at Manchester City again.

He glanced at it.

Even if there is no specific data, he also knows that the Manchester City in front of him is definitely younger than his Celtic, and in the middle of the midfield, Silva is much younger than Shunsuke Nakamura, and Ozil is younger than McGeadie, and the other party is also impulsive, but the other party is obviously much more mature.

"That's the difference between a world-class player and a normal player?"

Strachan thought.

Either way, the Celtics are already behind.

What bothers Strachan is that he doesn't know what to do next when the score is down.

He believes that Manchester City, or the young Chinese coach, must not be satisfied with the 2:3 score, and the opponent still wants to score more goals to establish enough advantage, and then return to the Manchester stadium, the opponent can easily win.

Strachan will also be hoping that Celtic will score.

But look at the situation of the team, there is no advantage at all in the game, and there is a gap between the technique, mentality, and even physical fitness with the opponent.

Strachan was not reconciled, but he still forced himself to calm down, and after analyzing the current situation, he had to make a decision - let the team defend seriously.

In terms of the current situation, Celtic no longer concedes goals, which is already the best result, and let Manchester City score another goal, there is no need for the second round of the game, you can directly admit defeat, and the 2-3 end, the victory or defeat can be left to the next round.

Strachan gritted his teeth, called the players on the field, and told them to defend seriously until the end of the game, "Don't give the opponent any chance!" ”

He reminded him again and made another substitution - a striker and a midfielder.

'Strachan opted for a substitution, Wilson came on, he's a defender, but it looks like he's going to play in midfield, so it's a substitution...... Perhaps Strachan already knew that there was no hope of scoring goals, and they were going to start holding on to the death. ”

"2-3, Celtic are down by one goal at home, and now choosing to defend is almost equivalent to admitting defeat, but the suspense will still be left for the next round of games, maybe Strachan made a wise choice, now it is difficult for them to score again."

Manchester City have also seen a substitution for Celtic.

Wan Sheng's decisiveness against Strachan was a bit of a surprise, he originally thought that in the final moment, the Celtics would launch a frenzied attack in an attempt to try to equalize the score, but Strachan appeared more rational and chose to switch to a defender.

He doesn't have to do anything, just let the players on the field play freely.

So in the last time, Manchester City continued to play just now, constantly passing the ball in the backfield, and Celtic did not come forward to grab it, Manchester City looked for opportunities to attack two waves, but failed to break through the Celtic defense, Celtic played a wave of counterattacks, and did not create a threat.

Time passed little by little.

In the end, Celtic's home match against Manchester City ended 2-3.

In the first round of the Champions League round of 16 knockout rounds, it is still very advantageous for Manchester City to play 2-3 away, and at the end of the game, some commentators commented, "After this game, Manchester City has entered the Champions League quarterfinals with one foot ......" (to be continued. )