The boss's face has to be given, and the whole team is now full, and the main players, especially Wang Aidu, are in good condition.So when everyone left for the stadium at 6 p.m. on April 1, the Chilean engineer made a bold statement on the bus: "Tonight's Etihad Stadium is going down in history!"
”Wang Ai, Dzeko, David Silva, Navas, Yaya Toure......
A group of starters walked into the stadium with high spirits, and the noise from the stands during the warm-up was continuous, which made Manchester City fans quite emotional: the good results on all fronts this season have finally warmed up the cold stadium.Although it is not yet the effect of the next door, it is not far off.Dzeko performed well in the last Manchester derby red and blue match, scoring two goals, so he sent to partner Wang Ai, and Manchester City's formation once again changed from a slightly conservative 4231 to a brave and progressive 442!
When City's starting list appeared on Sky screens, the commentator asserted: "It is because of the presence of the king that Manchester City think they can win with attacking power without having to adopt a conservative strategy to reach the quarter-finals for the first time, as many have speculated."
Perhaps that boldness would have been unexpected by Simeone, but in any case, against a defensively adept Atletico Madrid, an ambitious Manchester City team would make the game even more exciting. ”When 8:40 p.m. arrived, when the two sides officially appeared, the commentator's words became: "This is another appearance after Wang has been vacant for two games, and this season with his arrival Manchester City has advanced on all fronts with an unprecedented high attitude, according to statistics, Manchester City has never lost a game with Wang, on the contrary, there have been many big wins."
This superstar, who spent huge transfer fees and countless resources and even national resources, to bring in from Germany is creating the myth of Manchester City and writing the miracle of the Premier League with performances that exceed his salary. ”When shaking hands with the strange Atletico players, Wang Ai did not have the demeanor of a supergiant, just went through the motions plainly, and did not care about the vigilant, awe-inspiring, and hostile looks of the Atletico players.At 8:45, with a whistle, Atletico Madrid striker Costa knocked back, Wang Ai grabbed it, Atletico Madrid midfielder Turan pushed horizontally, Wang Ai ran sideways to steal, Atletico Madrid back Suarez saw Wang Ai's ferocity and wanted to play a super giant, so he got the ball and turned around, but Wang Ai was extremely fast, he just turned around Wang Ai, scared him to quickly short pass to his teammates, and no longer dared to be careless.Among Manchester City's 442 two forwards, although Wang Ai has a height of 192 cm, no matter who he partners with, he actually plays the "fast", even if the partner is Aguero who is 171 cm.Those who dare to underestimate Wang Ai's speed have become the afterglow of his Golden Boot trophy, and Atletico Madrid, a new army that has risen in recent years, still has the courage to give it a try, such as the Cosmos team and other players who have played against each other many times have never dared to play like this.However, the opening song did not let Atletico Madrid lose all the way, on the contrary, Manchester City soon fell into Atletico's mad dog-like defense, fierce, wild, and tenacious, which made Manchester City's sharp offensive repeatedly frustrated, causing the game commentator to exclaim again and again: "This is not a La Liga team, it is more like a Premier League team!"
”Although Pellegrini repeatedly emphasized the intensity of the opponent's defense before the game, just like the Atletico Madrid people have to try even if they know that Wang Ai is powerful, Manchester City people know the defensive intensity of Atletico Madrid, but they always don't have a deep understanding if they don't try.It wasn't until more than 20 minutes into the game that the Manchester City players, including Wang Ai, adapted to Atletico's defensive strength, not only individual toughness, but also perfect organization, the midfield four often fought in clusters, and cooperated very closely with each other, which determined that either through the sudden death of a set-piece, or to play at a faster pace, or to run without the ball to tear Atletico's defensive organization into a mess.I practiced set-piece before the game, but I haven't had a chance yet.Faster kicks require the captain's order, and Wang Ai is not good at commanding his teammates, so the only thing he can do is run without the ball.So from the 25th minute of the game, Wang Ai's position became erratic, one moment left, one moment right, one moment deep between Atletico Madrid's central defenders, and one moment back to the center circle, and the entire front court was full of him.Moreover, he is a lot of the time off camera and has nothing to do with football.With the exception of a few, such as Manuel Pellegrini, no one knew why Wang Ai's energetic run was until the 37th minute.At that time, Navas was on the right side, and Wang Ai was five or six meters away from him, both like two to two and like a horizontal middle to respond, Atletico Madrid's fullback was at a loss, and when he subconsciously stepped forward to block the most threatening Navas, Wang Ai suddenly ran without looking back.There is Dzeko in the middle of the penalty area, and he doesn't know what Wang Ai, who has been off the line for more than 10 minutes, is going to do, so he has to continue to wait for Navas to pass, and Silva is also at a loss when the triangle is formed between the two, and the Atletico Madrid players between them are even more confused.Keylor Navas took advantage of the momentary dazedness of the opposing full-back to force a breakthrough, and at this time the position was close to the bottom line, and just as he continued to go deeper and felt that there was no chance to hit the goal, he found that the supergiant who ran through the entire Atletico Madrid defense from his side to another "no man's land" suddenly stopped and turned around, near the back post.Navas didn't have time to think about it and quickly passed a high ball, Wang Ai easily bowed on the spot, swung his upper body and shook his head to push the ball into the goal.In the stands that cheered in an instant, among the players who ran towards a point in an instant, only a few people noticed the whole process just now, and noticed that none of the Atletico Madrid players who defended fiercely and tenaciously in the change just now touched the supergiant.When the slow motion was replayed on TV, it was shown for the third time from different angles, and the Sky TV commentator understood: "Mr.
Golden Ball has greatly increased the defensive difficulty of Atletico Madrid's players through a long period of meaningless running.After all, any offense and defense are traceable, and defensive training for attacks also has relatively mature routines.However, an offensive player who runs meaninglessly will greatly increase the calculation difficulty of the defender.Especially if the player is a superstar, they have to use their brains to grudge out what it means to run.And in my opinion, there are indeed a lot of runs that are meaningless, not tactical.However, its greatest significance is to force the Atletico defence to abandon the analysis of his running and switch from an active defense to a passive stress defence, which would be fatal for a superstar who is all-round in attack technique and all-round in body awareness and speed. ”