Messi was so scared that he cried when he maxed out his header talent at the start of the game

Chapter 422

Today's 4-3-3 Manchester City, under Stewart's constant training, has a bit of "Little Chelsea" flavor in terms of tactics.

The main focus is on both wings flying together on the offensive end, and then passing the ball from the wing.

Su Fei will finish directly, or give the ball to Su Fei, allowing Su Fei to fully utilize his ability to stir the penalty area, create opportunities, and pass the ball to teammates.

However, today.

Under the guidance of head coach Ronald Koeman, PSV Eindhoven chose to let Manchester City break through the wing.

Instead, they heavily defended in the middle, blocking the inside cut while cutting off the connection between the middle and the two sides to the greatest extent.

In fact, this defensive strategy.

Not only PSV Eindhoven, many Premier League teams have adopted it last season.

But the same defensive tactics.

Different teams and different players will definitely have different effects when they execute it.

And the collaborative execution efficiency of PSV Eindhoven players.

Very good.

Just this goal.

For Bale's rib breakthrough, the interception was very accurate, and at the same time, Bale was not given any chance to pass the ball to Su Fei.

In addition, Simmons and Culina worked closely together.

This led to Bale's loss of the ball.

This is why Stewart frowned.

The old man had a hunch.

Today's team's attack is not expected to be too comfortable, this PSV Eindhoven without any star players.

The discipline is very strong and the cooperation is very tacit.

Next.

Manchester City's several hastily ended attacks also verified Stewart's concerns.

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In the 6th minute of the game.

Javi Martinez slid and counter-robbed, taking the ball away from Aruna Kone's feet.

Aruna Kone did not directly initiate a counter-robbery like the Premier League team, but immediately responded and turned around to participate in the defense.

Synchronously.

The players of PSV Eindhoven also immediately changed their original running direction, and while returning to defense, they gathered their formation.

"Martinez!"

"Pass the ball to Modric on the right!"

"Modric!"

"Dribble quickly across the center line."

"This ball!"

"Modric directly chose the outside of his right foot to pass the ball!"

"Cross the ball!"

"It was blocked!"

"Cilina headed the ball to his backcourt, and Alex took the ball steadily!"

"Pass it to goalkeeper Gomez!"

"Gomez observed the situation on the court and was not in a hurry to pass the ball."

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13th minute of the game.

James quickly passed the ball to Cannavaro

Cannavaro dribbled the ball forward, and the Manchester City line pressed forward.

After approaching the center circle.

Cannavaro made a diagonal pass and passed the ball to Modric on the right.

After several unsuccessful crosses.

This time.

Modric chose to send a long pass with a wide range, and the ball crossed the half court diagonally.

Accurately found Gareth Bale who was running fast on the left.

Bale received the pass from Modric.

Pressed to the attacking third zone.

Carlos Salcido, the left back of Eindhoven who was marking Bale, turned sideways to face the ball.

He let Bale sink to the bottom but didn't cross the ball.

Bale could only dribble the ball to the bottom line.

Here.

Carlos Salcido also chose to rush up, forcing Bale's dribbling space to be compressed in the corner area.

This Mexican international.

Experienced.

While Bale was not paying attention, he suddenly kicked the ball and hit Bale's knee, and it bounced out of the bottom line.

Manchester City's attack was broken again.

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27th minute of the game.

Timmy Simmons' dribbling on the left side of Eindhoven was blocked by Zambrotta.

Zambrotta made a decisive cross and passed the ball to Su Fei.

The ball just reached Su Fei's feet.

PSV players from all directions immediately rushed over to encircle him.

Su Fei had to pass the ball back to Martinez who was advancing behind him.

Martinez made a long pass.

Passed the ball to Podolski on the right.

Podolski dribbled at high speed and sank all the way to the bottom.

But saw the middle.

Su Fei was surrounded by PSV players.

This ball.

Bo chose to dribble inside, but in a position close to the penalty area.

PSV right back Kronkamp.

Sliding tackle.

Accurately cleared the ball from Podolski's feet and out of the sideline.

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ESPN live broadcast room, Wang Tao madeSummarizing.

"The game has reached the 30th minute!"

"The two teams had only one shot in total."

"Manchester City had good possession of the ball."

"57%"

"In the lead."

"But PSV's coordinated defense and active return to defense made it difficult for Manchester City to play a decent cross attack."

"Manchester City failed to convert the possession advantage into an offensive advantage."

"The situation was a bit dull."

-[I was sleepy when I got up late at night to watch the game, but my eyelids started to fight after watching this game. ]

-[PSV's defense is really tenacious. It seems that I still had a misunderstanding about the Eredivisie before. I thought it would break if touched.]

-[No way! This is the Champions League. It's not like the league, where everyone plays more roughly and cautiously! ]

-[Look at the PSV players. After losing the ball, they first return to defense and block the position instead of trying to counter-steal. The individual abilities of Manchester City players are excellent, but they feel a little powerless. 】

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In the remaining time of the first half, PSV Eindhoven was still very stable and did not give Manchester City any chance.

Main defense tactics.

Stewart was a little anxious.

Because he knew that PSV Eindhoven was like a hunter lurking in the dark, and Manchester City was like the prey.

PSV Eindhoven was waiting for the moment when the prey revealed a real flaw.

Accumulate a force.....

And now what they are doing is to constantly wear down the patience and physical strength of Manchester City players and conserve their energy.

Beep!

The 1-minute injury time ended. In the 46th minute of the game, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half on time.

The Manchester City players followed Stewart back to the player tunnel with some disappointment.

On the other side.

The PSV Eindhoven players were talking and laughing, and striker Aruna Kone was also interested in greeting the fans in the stands.

Ronald Koeman looked relaxed.

The script of the first half was completely under his control.

The second half.

It was the time for the team to counterattack while Manchester City was running back and forth in the frontcourt and running out of energy.

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In the away team's locker room, Stewart moved the chess pieces back and forth on the tactical board to convey the adjustments to the players.

"We need to change our strategy and find a breakthrough from the middle."

"We need more line changes and cuts to put pressure on them from the middle line to the goal."

"Only more attacks in the middle can help Su share the defense."

"Then divide the ball on both wings in front of the goal!"

"Put the breakthrough in the middle and the end point on both sides, so that we can pry open their tortoise shells!"

When Eindhoven basically allowed the wing to break through and focused on defending the middle.

The old man decided to go all the way.

Since they focused on defending the middle, the team also focused on attacking the middle.

Su Fei quietly ate a banana in the corner.

Replenishing energy.

The old man's idea is correct!

Second half.

I need to retreat more to get the ball, break through with the ball, attract defense, and then pass the ball to teammates to create opportunities.

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