"It seems that you are really well prepared for this game."
In the middle of the chairman's stand at St.
Mary's Stadium, when Yang Huan saw the two teams walking out of the tunnel, he immediately smiled and said to Mubarak.
"That's natural."
Mubarak did not sit down, but stood up straight, as if he was waiting for the game to start and the team to score a goal, so that he could celebrate more conveniently.
Judging from his expression, he indeed looked confident.
"You Southampton are chasing so fiercely.
In the last round, the team made a mistake at home again and lost points.
You said, if we don't live up to expectations this round, if we win Southampton away from home, we will be second in the league."
Can’t keep it” Yang Huan burst into laughter upon hearing this.
In the last round, Southampton defeated Wigan Athletic away from home, but Manchester City tied with Liverpool 2-2 at home, which directly led to the Saints successfully catching up with Manchester City.
Both teams currently have 50 points.
Therefore, this round, Manchester City's visit to St.
Mary's Stadium is also regarded by the outside world as a battle for the Premier League runner-up.
As for Manchester United, Ferguson's team is far ahead of the table with 63 points after taking down Everton early.
It can even be said that we won the league championship ahead of schedule.
"If you have this ability, you are welcome to come to St.
Mary's Stadium to score points."
Master Huan also spoke very arrogantly.
Opponents are coming.
If you are timid and show weakness, you will be really sorry for the team.
Besides, although Southampton is a newly promoted team, they are now in the Premier League and have the same points as Manchester City.
What is there to be afraid of?
Moreover, Master Huan is quite confident about Southampton's home record.
Mancini's ambition for this game can be seen from Manchester City's starting lineup.
He changed The league has been playing for several months, and after surviving the devilish Christmas schedule and January, entering February, every team has experienced problems of one kind or another.
Rotations and formation changes are no longer worth making a fuss about.
In fact, if you don't rotate and don't change your formation, people might say you don't know how to adapt.
Manchester City played Liverpool in the last round.
When they fell behind in the first half, they changed their formation and started playing three at the back in the second half, eventually tying the Red Army.
Perhaps Mancini has tasted the sweetness and still plays three defenders this time.
But Manchester City's back three can also be regarded as a back five.
The goalkeeper is Joe Hart, the three defenders in the defense are Lescott, Kompany and Zabaleta, with Kolarov and Maicon on the two wings, Yaya Toure in the midfield, and St.
Roman is in the middle and David Silva comes forward.
In the front two forwards, Dzeko is at the front and Aguero is behind.
This is a formation that can be advanced to attack and retreated to defend.
The whole world knows that Southampton has a devilish pair of wings in Neymar and Gareth Bale.
Mancini adopted such a tactic.
When retreating, Maicon and Zabaleta could restrict Neymar on the left side of the Saints, while Kolarov could mark Gareth Bale.
Lescott and Kompany in the middle worked together to restrict Ibrahimovic.
The midfield duel is also three-on-three.
The combination of Stroman, Yaya Toure and David Silva can ensure that no matter what kind of midfield combination Southampton arranges, Manchester City will at least be invincible.
From this point of view, Mancini treats Southampton as a team of equal strength.
Bielsa's formation for this game also changed.
The goalkeeper is Neuer, the defense is a combination of David Alaba, Javi Martinez, Varane and Azpilicueta, and the midfielder is Modric, Matic and Vidal.
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The field trident is Neymar, Ibrahimovic and Gareth Bale.
It should be said that there is nothing too surprising about Southampton's starting lineup, but the interesting thing is in the details.
Bielsa seemed to have guessed from the beginning that Manchester City would focus its defense on its own trident, so he adjusted the responsibilities of the trident.
Ibrahimovic is still the center back to withstand the opponent, and Neymar presses Very high forward, but Gareth Bale's position is lagging behind.
In the midfield, Modric's responsibility is still to connect and organize the midfield, entangled Yaya Toure when defending.
Vidal gained more freedom in this game, pressing forward when attacking, and targeting Si when retreating.
Troman.
Matic, on the other hand, stood firmly in front of the defense line to protect the back line and freeze David Silva.
Southampton also insisted on its usual style of play as always.
From the beginning of the game, they launched a fierce press against Manchester City and organized and planned multiple attacks.
However, Manchester City's defense was very good and did not give Southampton an effective scoring opportunity. .
But once the ball fell to Manchester City's feet, Blue Moon was still unable to create a threat.
Under Southampton's high-intensity pressing and targeted pressure, Manchester City's ball was difficult to operate effectively and could not pass the ball quickly through the midfield.
David Silva saw that his teammates behind him could not effectively pass the ball to his feet.
In order to get rid of Matic's defense, he had to choose to leave Matic's defense zone and retreat deeper to catch the ball.
But in this way, the midfield and frontcourt are torn apart.
Therefore, once the ball reached Manchester City's feet, Manchester City desperately tried to slow down the rhythm, but as soon as Southampton pressed and impacted, Manchester City easily lost the ball, and the scene was very passive.
Even from the start, Southampton had an overwhelming advantage.
Seeing this scene, Mubarak looked embarrassed and depressed.
We agreed to cause some trouble for Southampton, but why were we forced into such an awkward situation as soon as we started?
Southampton played so aggressively after the start, but what about Manchester City?
It's been a few minutes, and I haven't even had a chance to enter the penalty area.
What happened?
"Don't be nervous, don't be in a hurry, take your time," Yang Huan said with a smile.
Manchester City's pace is really slow.
For Southampton, what they like to do most is to play fast and slow.
"Master Huan, it's useless to have an advantage, it only counts if you score a goal."
Mubarak was depressed, but he was very tough.
Just kidding, we are passive, but we can hold on.
The away game was at St.
Mary's Stadium again, so if we held on, we would be safe.
But as soon as Mubarak said these words, Javi Martinez and Neuer were seen shouting and making gestures towards their teammates, as if calling on their teammates to circulate and not go down a dead end.
The ball fell to the feet of Javi Martinez again, who raised his right hand high to signal his teammates to hold on.
Seeing Dzeko coming up to press, the Spaniard passed the ball to Matic.
Matic didn't wait for Aguero to get close and passed to the right right away.
Varane moved forward, received the ball and then moved forward.
Naturally, right back Azpilicueta retreated into the middle to fill his position.
As soon as Varane moved forward, Vidal followed suit and Modric retreated to respond.
As soon as the ball came to Modric's feet, the Croatian took two steps back in order to get rid of Stroman, and then moved to the right.
As soon as he saw Gareth Bale receiving the ball, Kolarov immediately moved forward.
But at this time, the Welshman's position was close to the wing, far away from the penalty area, and could not threaten the goal.
Therefore, Kolarov did not stick close, for fear of being overpowered by Gareth Bale's speed.
Who doesn’t know that the speed of the Welsh wing is a nightmare for all defensive players in the Premier League?
But when Gareth Bale saw that he was not pressing, he glanced at the penalty area after stopping the ball.
I wiped it, and it was all black, all from sky blue jerseys.
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There was Vidal who came up from behind and Neymar near the penalty spot.
The two players attracted the attention of the defensive players.
Hey, where is Ibrahimovic?
Back point Gareth Bale swung his left foot and made a left-footed cross.
The ball drew an arc and fell into the penalty area.
Mubarak still looked calm in the stands.
He glanced around and found that there were at least seven Manchester City defensive players inside and outside the penalty area, while Southampton only had four offensive players.
Seven defenses and four defenses, an absolute numerical advantage.
If you can't defend it, there will be a problem.
But when Gareth Bale's cross fell into the penalty area, Mubarak's eyelids jumped.
"Damn, why did Ibrahimovic be left out?"
Yang Huan laughed at the side.
On the court, players often cannot see the overall situation and can only adapt to their own instincts.
When they saw Gareth Bale about to pass the ball, and Vidal and Neymar were both in the two dangerous areas of the front point and the center, the first reaction of the defensive players who did not clearly arrange the marking task was to follow up and defend.
At that moment, they couldn't think more about who they were missing than who they were missing.
Because when the head coach assigns defensive tasks, he will assign someone to mark a certain player of the opponent.
For example, Kolarov goes to watch Gareth Bale, or Kompany goes to watch Ibrahimovic.
Theoretically speaking, as long as everyone implements their defensive tasks, basically no one will be missed.
But this is just a theory and cannot stand up to the ever-changing situation.
When Gareth Bale's pass passed the front point, crossed the middle, and fell to the back point, Kompany, Lescott and others turned around and looked at the smiling man with shocked faces.
Ibrahimovic.
At this moment, they must be saying in their hearts, it's over, they were cheated.
And Ibrahimovic was smiling proudly, hehe, as soon as we change positions, you will be dizzy.
I'm happy with this goal.
Behind Ibrahimovic, Maicon looked desperate to stop the Swedish center, even hugging him with a foul.
But once the Swede started, he was like a heavy tank that could not be stopped.
He rushed to the front of the small penalty area, aimed at the landing point of the ball, and gave a gentle push with his right foot.
The ball went past Joe Hart and into the goal In an instant, the entire St.
Mary's Stadium erupted The passion of more than 30,000 fans burst out in an instant and swept the entire stadium.
Mubarak slapped his forehead hard and said, "How could this happen?"
In the situation of seven defenses and four, with an absolute advantage in numbers, a low-level mistake like missing a man occurred.
Could it be that this group of Manchester City defenders are all just doing nothing?
Yang Huan laughed and applauded vigorously, applauding Ibrahimovic's goal.
At the same time, he also praised Gareth Bale's precise left-footed cross.
Who said the Welsh can only score and have speed?
At the very least, his left-footed free kicks and left-footed crosses are quite impressive.
"Do you know why?"
Yang Huan smiled and looked at Mubarak who looked sad.
"Because your tactics are too mechanical, and even the players' positions and movements lack changes, it is easy for others to figure it out and take advantage of it."
In the previous goal, Gareth Bale's precise cross did play a key role, but the off-ball movement of Ibrahimovic, Vidal and Neymar was also crucial.
Before the Welshman was about to pass the ball, Neymar ran towards the center, Vidal rushed forward, and the Swede deliberately fell behind and ran towards the back.
This caused trouble for Manchester City's defense.
If they follow the original arrangement, Kompany and Lescott will definitely follow the Swedes to the back point, Zabaleta will follow Neymar to the center, and Yaya Toure will follow Vidal back to the penalty area to guard the front point. of.
But when there was a problem, Kolarov was worried about being forced to break through and did not get close.
Yaya Toure was worried about Gareth Bale dribbling the ball and cutting inward laterally, so he stayed at the front of the penalty area to protect him.
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Zabaleta followed Neymar. , but he could only follow the Brazilian and was unable to prevent Neymar from receiving the ball.
Kompany and Lescott didn't even follow Ibrahimovic.
Because the situation at the time was that Southampton's most threatening offensive method was Gareth Bale dribbling the ball laterally to find Neymar to cooperate.
This is a very threatening offensive routine.
After all, Gareth Bale dribbles the ball in from the right and suddenly hits the goal.
This is his special skill this season.
Especially considering Neymar, once they get the ball in the penalty area, Manchester City will be finished.
In addition, Yaya Toure did not follow Vidal, so Kompany and Lescott's first reaction was to freeze Neymar and Vidal, so there was no way to follow Ibrahimovic. .
The Swede reached the back point and easily suppressed Maicon with his body, completing the goal.
The entire scoring process sounds complicated and tedious, but in fact it is ever-changing and full of changes.
Southampton is the side that takes the initiative to attack.
They have practiced this coordination routine before the game, so they are more skillful in implementing it.
Manchester City, on the other hand, is passively defensive, unable to predict the enemy's opportunities and can only be passive everywhere.
But a very important point is the head coach.
As an Italian coach, Mancini's tactical quality is not a problem, but he is too mechanical, the overall tactics are inflexible, and he lacks the ability to adapt.
Therefore, the teams he coaches often find it difficult to achieve good results in European competitions where tactics are more targeted.
This is not without reason.
Thinking of this, Yang Huan looked at the sidelines and found that Bielsa, who had been squatting to direct the game, suddenly stood up, shouted at the players in the stadium, gestured wildly, and immediately laughed.
Obviously, the Argentinian lunatic has seen Manchester City’s loopholes and weaknesses.
“Bless yourselves, brother”: