Chapter 135: Background Board
Manchester City returned to the dressing room, and the captain of the game, Yaya Toure, slammed his shirt on the bench.
"Those bitches actually treated us as warm-up opponents."
In the last few minutes of the Leicester City team's defense, the players reminded each other that this was obviously caused by the team's defensive tactics not forming a tacit understanding.
A team that is truly in harmony will not give instructions frequently, because it will affect the judgment of the players themselves.
Yaya Toure heard that Lyrcester City had been training behind closed doors for a week, grinding in on tactics.
I didn't expect today's game to become a litmus test for opponents.
Being used as a warm-up opponent by a team at the bottom of the points, where will I put the face of the defending champions?
'Don't be so impulsive, the opponent's tactics have obvious holes, and it is only a matter of time before we score."
When Pellegrini laid out the attack for the second half on the tactical board, Kompany on the side said disapplausively: "Coach, just press up, where are their opponents."
The arrogant Kompany embarrassed Pellegrini a little, but he still smiled slightly.
"The pressure must be pressed, but there are still a few details to pay attention to, their counterattack ......"
Before he finished speaking, Kompany rushed: "Where did they have a counterattack, they didn't have a single shot on goal in the first half. In my opinion, the two wings should be pressed up. β
The rest of the City players nodded.
In the first half, it was because of the need to stabilize the possession advantage in the midfield, and there were not many troops invested on the wings, and the team could only rely on crosses to threaten the goal.
Pellegrini was about to speak, but Silva interjected: "I need someone to help me take the pressure off the attack, I can't take on the whole defence alone."
"David, I have a lot of open space, you should pass me more, I can attract the defense, you can get a chance when you step forward."
In the dressing room, the players began to talk about it.
Pellegrini frowned slightly.
With a gentle personality, he found that he could no longer control the locker room.
Kompany, in particular, has a hint of discord between him and the decorated captain.
The cause was Kompany's clash with the national team and the Premier League.
'Again, I stress that you can press on the wings, but you have to watch out for the opponent to counter-attack. After all, their wide attack is their strength. β
Pellegrini finished speaking in a louder than usual decibel voice and left the locker room.
At the start of the second half, City's up-and-comers suddenly intensified.
Kolarov and Sagna's frequent set-ups left the Lyrc defence shaky.
In the 48th minute, Manchester City played the ball to the right through a transfer of the ball.
After the opposition defence was in position, Silva picked up the ball in the left rib space and fired a furious shot.
Before the shot, Kolarov cut in front to take away the defense, and Aguero's running also attracted the attention of the defense.
David Silva seized the gap and used his strong individual ability to flick the ball sideways and score from distance.
The Yoon Tihad Stadium is boiling.
The team's lightning goal in the second half heralded the arrival of a tsunami of attacking frenzy.
This kind of attack is the pride of Manchester City.
Steady?
Against the team that is in the bottom of the table, it can be used steadily.
After the goal, the situation reversed in an instant, Manchester City's attack became more aggressive, and Yaya Toure's position was slowly rising.
With Cambiasso and Drinkwater's midfield defense, the pressure suddenly doubled, and the two wings had to shrink their defense.
Lyicester City's 4-4-2 formation, the front line and the back line are closely connected, which is conducive to shrinking the defense, and the lateral coverage area is large, and the side can also return to the defense in time.
However, Manchester City used their excellent individual ability to press the Lyicester City defence too flat, losing the depth protection, and even if they could barely defend, the clearance ball would fall into the control of Manchester City.
Pearson's solution was for Drinkwater to cut forward quickly after clearing the ball and look for a counter-attacking pass.
In the 55th minute, after a defence by Lyicester City, Drinkwater stepped forward and received a pass from Cambiaso.
Meanwhile, Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy have already started.
Rossi received a pass near midfield and the space behind him was protected by Fernando thanks to Yaya Toure being involved in the attack.
But the Brazilian defender didn't seem to take Rossi seriously and rushed straight from the side.
Rossi slammed the ball to the left with his heel, avoiding Fernando's sweeping leg while flashing out the passing space, using his left foot, which he was not good at, to pass the ball as hard as he could.
With City's full-backs pressing up and a huge void behind them, Vardy could easily pick up Rossi's pass, no matter how poor the quality of his pass was.
Luo, this amount of advance is a bit too early.
Jamie Vardy stumbled to the goal before the ball rolled off the line.
Riyad Mahrez got ahead of Demichelis and got to the spot, but the header was not his forte, and the header slid out of the net with the interference of the defender.
This counterattack made Pellegrini, who was sitting in the rest area, unsettled, and rushed directly to the command area.
That was the only thing he feared, with the full-backs getting too far up and causing a lot of space behind him.
But soon, Manchester City, who restarted the game, once again occupied absolute possession, and the players did not pay attention to the manager's advice.
In the 72nd minute, Pellegrini replaced the average Bony with Milner.
As the king of winter transfers, Bony's performance is not very good, but can only be said to be decent.
After coming on the pitch, Milner scored from distance after receiving a cross pass from Navas on the wing during an attack.
2:0οΌ
Such a score advantage has already sealed the victory in advance, with Pellegrini replacing Silva with Frank Lampard.
Without Silva in midfield, City's attacking play is "do whatever you want".
In the middle, Yaya Toure and Frank Lampard frequently threatened the goal with long-range shots, completely igniting the enthusiasm of the home fans.
Brilliant shots, fluid combinations, that's Manchester City.
It would be nice to score goals.
Under pressure, Pearson made changes, with Matthew James replacing veteran Cambiaso and Nugent replacing Mahrez.
In the 85th minute, Lyicester City once again split the ball and gave it to Drinkwater.
Rossi was marked by his opponent and hurriedly signaled for Drinkwater to advance with the ball, and he quickly stepped forward.
With Demichelis marking Rossi at the back, Fernando turned to defend Drinkwater with the ball and cut off his pass to Rossi.
Drinkwater took two steps and observed that Rossi had drawn a centre-back into the ball and played the ball straight to Jamie Vardy, who had cut in on the wing.
Centre-back Mangala was open on the flank, but Jamie Vardy used a feint to shake off the defence and pass the ball to goal.
It was Nugent who flanked in front of goal.
In the counter-attacking advance, he completed an interspersed change with Rossi, and he was responsible for the goalmouth grab.
The 34-year-old is slightly inferior to Nugent in terms of turning and catching up, but his prediction of the landing point is still world-class.
The two battled for the top at the same time, and under mutual interference, Demichelis rubbed the ball first, flew to the back post, and happened to land in front of Rossi on the right side of the penalty area.
Instead of pressing, full-back Sagna blocked Rossi's shot and pass angle.
Yaya Toure also made his way inside from the penalty area, ready to wrap up Rossi with his team-mates.
Cross, no flanking point in front of goal.
Return, there are no answering teammates nearby.
Lyrc City's counterattack hits here, so to speak, there is no chance left.
Rossi observes the position of goalkeeper Joe Hart, who is already standing in the near corner of the goal.
Since the start of the game, Lyicester City's shots on goal don't seem to really threaten the goal he guards.
As the saying goes, see Hart stunned.
Rosie had a flash of inspiration, and after stopping the ball with his chest, he stood up straight.
Sania observed Rossi's stance without any passing movements, and thought he must be waiting for his teammates to pick him up.
But as the ball was falling, Rossi swung his right calf and nonchalantly sent the ball out with his instep.
The ball made a beautiful arc in the air and suddenly plummeted as it went over the head of goalkeeper Joe Hart.
It's not a pass, it's a lob!
Realizing that something was wrong, Joe Hart jumped quickly, his arms straightened and his body leaned back.
I saw the ball fall leisurely from the palm of his hand and burrow into the net.
Ooh!
The entire Yin Tihad Stadium erupted in a silent exclamation in an instant.
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[What's the situation, what's the situation, Luo actually used an imaginative lob shot to penetrate the goal guarded by Joe Hart. γ
[There was no shooting action, everyone didn't expect that Luo actually shot here. γ
[Poor Hart, he is once again the backdrop for a brilliant goal.] γ
[The chic Rosie really lives up to her name. γ
Pearson, who had been suppressed for a long time, kept swinging his clenched fists after Rossi's goal.
Several assistant coaches pounced on him even more excitedly.
After the goal, instead of celebrating, Rossi fished the ball out and ran towards the centre circle.
His teammates along the way just put their arms around his shoulders and returned to their own half together.
With five minutes remaining, City began their delaying tactics, passing the ball to the occasion.
Not only that, but the manager also used substitutions to stall for time.
City's delaying tactics led to the goal in the first minute of stoppage time, when Sergio Aguero fired low into the net on the counter-attack.
3:1οΌ
Manchester City almost sealed the win.
However, after Lyicester City kicked off, the front three still charged reluctantly.
At this time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
Angry, the Lyrc City players gathered around the referee to protest, and Pearson roared and rushed to the fourth official.
The home stadium burst into boos.
In the event that the score is down and stoppage time has passed, the referee can end the game.
The reason for the protest of the Rest City team was that they had just celebrated after Manchester City's goal and had killed a lot of time.
In the end, the protest was ineffective, and the Lyicester team lost again, and they were already at the bottom.
Pearson and his team were once again pushed to the edge of a cliff by the media.
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