LRAB Chapter 699
Chapter 699
There were bursts of exclamations from the stands of the Etihad Stadium. Aston Villa launched a fierce attack after the start, and even showed a situation of suppressing Manchester City.
Guardiola frowned slightly on the sidelines.
The 21-year-old Kompany was too immature to replace Cannavaro to stabilize Manchester City's defense line. Most of the players were not in good condition due to insufficient rest in the European qualifiers during this period. On the contrary, Villa quickly entered the state after the start...
All of the above are the reasons for the team's unfavorable start today.
"Press! Press!" (Press!)
"Defend the line!" (Stabilize the defense line!)
"Cover!!" (Fill in!)
There is a so-called avoiding the sharp edge and keeping a low profile. Guardiola did not rush to command the players to speed up the rhythm to launch a counterattack, but chose to slow down the rhythm and stabilize the defense first.
The more this kind of start, the more you need to stabilize the players' mentality.
After the first 20 minutes, when Villa players slow down due to physical reasons, the situation will naturally return to Manchester City.
However!
Today, Villa seemed to be determined to seize the initiative by scoring first. In the 25th minute of the game, Villa's rhythm was still full, and everyone was gritting their teeth and running forward to find opportunities.
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The 29th minute of the game!
It was the "Avenger" Ashley Young again. He broke through Rakitic half a body in a one-on-one breakthrough on the left.
Then he dribbled the ball inside to get rid of it, and opened up a half body distance with Rakitic.
Rakitic turned around and chased back, and Pepe started to make up for the position.
Under the double attack from front and back.
Ashley Young was everything again when Pepe approached him. He successfully broke through Pepe's side, exploded along the rib area, and came to the left corner of the penalty area.
He turned around, kicked the ball, and sent a horizontal pass.
"Ashley Young!!"
"Today's state is amazing, continuous cutting and breaking through!!"
"Ashley Young!!"
"Cross the middle!!"
"Carew!!"
"Shoot the ball!"
"This ball..."
"GGGG---OOOO---AAAA---LLLL!"
"GGGOOOAAALLL!"
"GOAL!!"
"Goal! Goal! Goal!"
"A pass from Ashley Young, Carew's volley from one step inside the penalty area!"
"1:0!!"
"30 minutes into the game, Aston Villa scored the first goal, leading Manchester City away from home!"
"Wow!!"
"Ashley Young, this guy is really good, not only did he pass Rakitic one-on-one, but he also rushed out of Pepe's double team and passed two people! He relied on his personal ability to create a goal for Villa!"
-【Broken! ! 】
-[Damn, I should have believed the analysis of Tianya. Manchester City can only play Aston Villa with a 50-50 chance. It's not a sure win. Martin O'Neill is really something! 】
-[Rakitic... To be honest, if Modric is not injured, there will be no problem defending Ashley Young's breakthrough one-on-one. How about Juan Mata? 】
-[Juan Mata and Knight are not tall enough as wingers. The average height of the two combined is less than 1.7 meters! 】
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Manchester City has spent two seasons turning the Etihad Stadium into a devil's home stadium famous throughout Europe.
However, at this moment.
The devil's home stadium did not see the cheers of the home team's fans, but the 3,000 Villa fans who went with the team burst into decibels.
"Aston Villa!!"
"Aston Villa!!"
On the field, in the corner area. Carew, Ashley Young and other Villa players raised their arms and roared, celebrating the goal with the fans.
In this game, they were the "underdogs" and the side that was not optimistic, but they successfully blasted open the door of Manchester City through their unremitting 30-minute attack.
Martin O'Neill and his assistant hugged each other vigorously, then clenched his fists and raised his arms to signal the players on the field.
There is no shortage of passionate stories of underdogs in the Premier League, and at this moment, they are very much like the protagonists in those stories.
No one can watch the opponent smile when celebrating at home, especially Manchester City, the new triple crown winner and the top of the new season.
Rakitic shook his head in frustration, and Pepe kicked the ball with dissatisfaction.The grass raised a piece of grass debris. The Manchester City players on the field stood scattered on the field, each silent, and the players on the bench looked at each other...
Su Fei supported his knees and breathed slightly.
Not only his teammates were in poor condition, even Su Fei, who only played against Russia, felt that he couldn't help but breathe heavily after running two steps today.
Guardiola's brows were twisted into a knot.
For Manchester City, who had been struggling to defend for 30 minutes, being successfully scored by Villa was a big blow to the team's morale, which might make the players more confused.
One side gains while the other loses.
Seeing that the rhythm was about to slow down, Villa, who had been unable to attack for a long time, would also support the team's offensive in the remaining time of the first half because of this goal...
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The restarted game was indeed as Guardiola expected. In the situation, Villa was still the main attacker and Manchester City was the main defender.
The Villa youth team that scored the first goal was full of momentum. They wanted to take advantage of the poor condition of all Manchester City players and bite off a piece of moon meat.
Fortunately, under Guardiola's continuous on-the-spot shouting and command, Manchester City kept retreating and finally stabilized the situation. They intercepted several waves of Villa's attacks in the midfield area.
However!
Manchester City, which stabilized its defense, has not improved on the offensive end. Villa's pressing is fast and fierce, and they are not soft when committing fouls. They would rather take a radical foul than let Manchester City's attack start.
Until the end of the halftime!
In the 46th minute of the game, Manchester City created the only threatening attack in this game.
Su Fei, who received the ball in the front field, pulled the ball and turned around to get rid of the clamping of Villa's double defensive midfielders Barry and Koke.
A back-and-forth pass.
The ball was accurately sent to Cassano who cut into the penalty area.
Facing the incoming ball!
Cassano volleyed the ball hard in front of the goal.
"Bang!"
This shot made nearly 60,000 Blue Moon fans in the stands stretch their necks, but was saved by Villa goalkeeper Carson's incredible reaction.
The second point!
Manchester City left-back Zambrotta followed up with a volley, but failed to adjust the angle of the shot.
"Bang!"
This ball hit Carson again without bias, and this time, Carson directly hugged the ball into his arms.
"Beep! Beep--"
As the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, Manchester City's attack finally ended with the sighs of the fans.
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