"Half of Manchester City's starting line-up is on the bench, and there are a couple of guys whose names we haven't seen before!"

"Pep Guardiola is so bold to carry out such a large rotation!"

"Do they just look down on West Bromwich Albion like that?"

After seeing Manchester City's starting list, there was a lot of discussion from the outside world, and they all felt that Guardiola was playing a little too big.

West Bromwich Albion is a Premier League team, and you look down on people with so many substitutes!

The head coach of West Bromwich Albion also thought so, and he glanced at Pep Guardiola next to him with some resentment, and his face was very unpleasant.

Pep Guardiola looks very calm, at least on the surface.

He calmly sat down in the coach's box, turned his head sideways and chatted with a few assistant coaches next to him, and didn't seem to worry at all about what would happen to the starter he sent.

The 52-year-old Torrent, whose seat is closest to Pep Guardiola, asked with a worried face:

"Is that really okay?"

Guardiola replied calmly:

"If the tactics are successful, it's no problem!"

This sentence made Torrent even more worried: "What if the tactics fail?" ”

Guardiola shook his head: "Don't worry, my old fellow, it won't fail!" ”

When he said this, Guardiola's eyes fell on Lin Quanquan, who had just appeared.

With Lin Quan covering for him, he is very confident in his heart.

Under the watchful eye, with the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

The eyes of those watching this game widened to see how Pep Guardiola's Manchester City side differed from the previous Manchester Pellegrini side.

After looking at it for a while, everyone found an anomaly:

"How did Fernandinho's position appear on the back line?"

"Is Manchester City's formation 3322?"

"It's not quite like it, it looks like 3421 when it's attacking!"

"The position of this midfielder is so strange, how many midfielders does Manchester City have?"

"Is it my delusion? Why do you feel that Manchester City have more people than their opponents, and why are they everywhere, and they are all numerical advantages? ”

Ordinary fans said that they couldn't understand the formation of Manchester City on the field at all, the opposing defenders did not look like defenders, the back did not look like a back, and even the wingers were not what they imagined.

In this game, although Lin Quan was placed in the position of right winger, he often retreated to his own half to get the ball on the field.

It doesn't feel like a winger, it's like a full-back a little bit up front.

In a corner of the stands, looking at the Manchester City formation on the field, Chelsea's assistant coach, Rui Faria, who has worked with Mourinho for 15 years, couldn't help but frown and muttered:

"Waist back swing and winger dropback?"

He had just seen clearly that Fernandinho was in the centre-back position when the defence was in place.

But when attacking, his position is premised on the position of the midfielder.

The advantage of this is that it increases the number of people in the midfield and increases the number of points on the ball.

This tactic was used by Pep Guardiola when he was at Barcelona and Bayern Munich, and he once transformed the two central midfielders of Mascherano and Martinez into defenders.

So when Faria saw Fernandinho's position move back, he immediately thought of this tactic.

But what is the use of this tactic with a winger dropping back?

Faria couldn't see through Guardiola's intentions for a while, so he could only continue to observe.

The people who came to spy on other teams thought much like him, and everyone saw Pep Guardiola's changes to Manchester City.

However, limited by their vision and the inability to guess Guardiola's whimsical ideas, they did not know Guardiola's intentions for a while.

After Fernandinho moved forward, City's numerical advantage in midfield was evident and they quickly organised several dangerous attacks.

This made the West Bromwich Albion manager very vigilant, he is not stupid, and naturally saw what the problem was.

They didn't have players to limit Fernandinho!

After all, who would have a dedicated manpower to limit the opposing centre-backs before a game?

And with no one to restrict, Fernandinho became the initiator of Manchester City's attack in the midfield.

If it weren't for his lack of ability to play the ball, City might have scored in the first few attacks.

Fernandinho was seen once again cutting forward from the back line and coming to the midfield.

The head coach of West Bromwich Albion suddenly stood up and shouted to the players on the field, telling the team's left midfielder to adduct in, and stepped forward to restrict Fernandinho, who had become a midfielder.

The move worked immediately, and after Fernandinho was restrained, City's attacks through his point quickly dwindled.

"Hehe, the so-called world famous marshal is this?"

Seeing that his adjustments have had a very noticeable effect, the West Bromwich Albion manager is beaming with pride, and his self-confidence has also improved greatly.

For a so-called coach like Guardiola, he has always been unconvinced.

I feel that the other party is just a little more famous, and may not be much better than myself!

When he defeats Pep Guardiola in this game, his name will also be famous all over the world, and he may be able to live the addiction of a famous coach at that time.

On the side of Manchester City's coach's bench, after seeing the opponent make adjustments and limit Fernandinho, Guardiola was not worried but happy, and his posture in the coach's bench became more relaxed!

"That's it!"

He said to assistant coach Torrent.

As soon as Guardiola's words fell, the situation on the field immediately changed.

In the 9th minute, when West Bromwich Albion's left wing-back joined together to rein Fernandinho, who was moving forward to limit the position, Lin Quan also retreated from the opponent's half to his own half.

The Manchester City full-back, who was about to pass the ball to Fernandinho, passed the ball to Lin Quan who retreated to receive the ball at the first time.

With the opposition left midfielder adducting, there is a huge space on the wing.

And because Lin Quan retreated to his own half, this area was not within the defensive range of the opposing fullback.

So, at the moment when Lin Quan received the ball, he was within a radius of ten meters, and no one interfered!

For a player of Lin Quan's level, leaving him such a huge space to move is a very fatal mistake!

West Bromwich Albion quickly paid the price for their mistakes!

In the 11th minute of the first half, Lin Quan assisted Iheanacho to score a goal after connecting several people on the side, rewriting the score to 1:0.

At the moment of the goal, Guardiola in the coach's seat still couldn't hold back and rushed out of the seat to celebrate wildly!

It was his first game in charge of Manchester City, and the intense attention from the outside world, coupled with his risky changes and extensive substitutions, put a lot of psychological pressure on Pep Guardiola.

Fortunately, my tactics worked!

Fortunately, Manchester City scored first!

After scoring this goal, the game is much easier!

Thinking of this, Guardiola was reassured.

The manager of West Bromwich Albion next door was dumbfounded when he saw Manchester City's goal!

Why did the defense line collapse all of a sudden?

He scratched his head in confusion, a little unable to understand how his team was defeated!

In the stands, Faria felt a shock in his heart.

His previous doubts were solved in this attack by Manchester City!

It turns out that the combination of these two tactics is the real killer move of Guardiola?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think in his heart:

If Chelsea were to meet Manchester City and the opponent used this tactic, how would they limit their opponents?

After Fernandinho stepped forward, City had three midfielders on the pitch.

To completely confine these three midfielders, it is absolutely not enough to rely on the strikers alone.

Their midfield has to be involved.

However, there are at least five players in the opponent's midfield to be marked, and if they invest too much force to limit the opponent's midfield, the team's defense will lose its sense of hierarchy, and the defense at the back will completely become man-marking.

The line of defense will also be compressed to two!

To make matters worse, there will be a vacuum about 20-30 meters wide between the two lines of defense.

As long as the opponent makes good use of this space, it only takes a forward threatening pass or a successful pass to break through their defence and threaten their goal!

And there are no less than five players in the Manchester City team who can complete this kind of deadly pass!

There are many players in the Manchester City team who can complete this unreasonable breakthrough, especially the No. 10 on the field - Lin Quan!

This guy's one-on-one success rate is almost 100%!

Yet to see who has managed to limit him in one-on-one defense!

Thinking of this, Faria couldn't help but start to break out in a cold sweat on his forehead.

If he were to coach Chelsea, he would feel that when he encountered Manchester City with this style of play, the winning rate would probably not be higher than 1 percent!

Good thing Chelsea's manager isn't himself!

This result reassured Faria a little.

But can Jose limit Guardiola's tactics?

Thinking of this, Faria couldn't help but start worrying again.

……

On the field, Iheanacho, who scored the goal, ran excitedly after seeing the ball roll into the opponent's goal!

It was his first time for Manchester City and it was his first goal in the senior squad!

He had fantasized about many situations in his mind, but he never imagined that his experience in the first team would be so smooth!

All thanks to the man on the sidelines!

So, after scoring the goal, Iheanacho rushed to the sideline for the first time and gave Guardiola a warm hug.

"Thank you, Chief, it was a wonderful night and I will never forget today!"

Pep Guardiola was also pleased, and he didn't expect his opponent's debut to be so successful.

"You deserve it, enjoy the night and enjoy the feeling of running on the pitch!"

"Well, I will, just look at it!"

After receiving Pep Guardiola's encouragement, Iheanacho was let down and felt empowered.

On the field, after Lin Quan and De Bruyne high-fived and celebrated, they stood quietly in the center circle and watched the two people hugging and celebrating on the sidelines.

Iheanacho's speed is very fast, his running position is relatively clever, and the opponent's shot just now is very calm, which left a good impression on Lin Quan.

No wonder he is called the prince of Manchester City, and sure enough, there is still something.

The Manchester City fans in the stands were pleasantly surprised to see the Manchester City youngster, who had just turned 18 and scored for his first home goal for the team.

Has the youth training of your own team finally come to fruition?

"What's this boy's name? It's so fast! ”

"His name is Clerch Iheanacho, he was promoted to the Under-23s not long ago, I didn't expect to play for the first team so soon!"

"This level is good, I feel like I can enter the rotation lineup with a little more tuning!"

"Well, we don't have a lot of people on the front line, and he still has a chance to play!"

"I have long heard that Coach Guardiola is good at discovering and training young players, and he is also very willing to give young players opportunities.

Manchester City fans were pleasantly surprised, and when they saw Pep Guardiola's line-up, they were still very apprehensive.

But I didn't expect Guardiola to play such an excellent effect with such a group of young players.

It makes them all feel that the manager has hired the right person, and Pep Guardiola is really the best fit for Manchester City!

Some Manchester City fans can't help but enjoy the future:

"In the name of Pep Guardiola, there will definitely be many young players coming to Manchester City in the future, so that one day in the future, our Manchester City academy may be on par with Barcelona's La Masia!"

……

After hugging and celebrating with Pep Guardiola, Iheanacho did not forget to thank Lin Quan, who provided him with an assist.

If Lin Quan hadn't selflessly passed the ball to him in the end, instead of shooting himself, he wouldn't have had a chance to shoot at all.

The game continued, and after scoring the first goal, the morale of the Manchester City players was boosted, and then a series of onslaught was launched on the opposition.

On the other hand, on the opponent's side, West Bromwich Albion's mentality was affected a lot after conceding the goal.

At the request of the head coach, they stepped up their marking and pressing of Lin Quan.

If Lin Quan hadn't connected several people on the side just now, they wouldn't have conceded the ball so easily.

Therefore, in the eyes of West Bromwich Albion's players, as long as Lin Quan is restricted, Manchester City's attack can be effectively contained.

However, it turned out that they were wrong!

It was only five minutes before the first goal was scored, and in the 16th minute of the first half, Manchester City scored again!

It was Kevin De Bruyne who scored the goal, and the goal was scored in much the same way as the first goal!

The difference is that this time City's attack was launched from the left.

If the first goal was conceded by accident, there is no excuse for the second goal.

Especially this ball has almost nothing to do with Lin Quan, he has a large number of defenders on the right side, and he did not participate in the attack of this ball.

This made the head coach of West Bromwich Albion break down in a cold sweat and very nervous.

The opponent scored two goals with the same tactics almost killed the suspense of the game, and he still couldn't see what the problem was, let alone how to deal with the opponent's tactics.

He couldn't help but glance at the coach's bench of Manchester City next door with some fear: Is this the strength of the world's famous coach?

(End of chapter)