Everton is not a strong force in the Premier League, but it is basically a team in the top half and can often compete for a spot in the UEFA Cup. At the end of last season, Everton finally ranked 11th in the standings, which has dropped to the lowest level in the past ten years.

As a result, Spanish coach Roberto Martinez, who had been in charge for three years, was fired and Dutchman Ronald Koeman took over.

Compared with the glory of his playing career, Koeman's coaching career can only be called mediocre. Starting from 2000, Koeman coached six teams in the first ten years, but he was basically fired because of poor performance.

ending.

It wasn't until he took charge of Southampton in 2014 that Koeman really showed something.

At that time, Southampton was riddled with holes, and almost all the main players were sold out in the summer, so there was Koeman's Weibo that made the world laugh.

——ready of training!!! Training is ready!!

The accompanying picture is of an empty training ground.

In the following two years, Koeman built Southampton into a strong team in the top half. Last season, when the major powers were collectively sluggish, he led Southampton to sixth place and occupied the UEFA Cup quota this season.

Moyes built Everton into a mainstay team in the Premier League, Ronaldo Martinez made the Toffees' coaching position hot butt, and Koeman cooled it down again.

In February this year, the British-Iranian tycoon Farhad Moshili acquired 49.9% of Everton's shares and became the club's new owner. Everton planned a coaching change. Afterwards, they contacted many people including Guamou

famous coach, but in the end Koeman was the biggest candidate they could find.

This summer, Moxuli invested 90 million pounds to recruit players such as Bolasie, Schneiderlin, Williams, Gueye and gave Koeman a meeting gift. It is worth mentioning that a player named Tyas

Browning is a 22-year-old backcourt player produced by Everton's youth training. He failed to catch Koeman's eye and was loaned to Preston in the English Championship before the start of the season. Browning is an England U17, U19 and U21 national youth player.

After the start of the new season, Koeman's Everton had 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the first seven rounds of the Premier League, which can be regarded as a remarkable achievement. However, except for the draw with Tottenham in the first round, the other opponents did not have any strong players, but lost.

It's quite an upset for Bournemouth.

In the 8th round of the 2016-17 Premier League season, Everton came to Manchester City's Sturt City Stadium to challenge Manchester City. It was a very important game for both Everton, who was dreaming of the future, and Manchester City, who was struggling with international competitions in the future.

Guardiola changed the formation. Although it has not been fully practiced, in order to hide the weaknesses of the two wings, he changed the basic formation to 3-4-3, composed of Stones, Otamendi and Clichy.

Three central defenders, this is already Manchester City's ninth central defender combination in the new season.

De Bruyne and Silva serve as the wings of the midfield, Gundogan and Fernando sit in the middle, and the front-end trident is Iheanacho, Sterling, and Sane. Aguero is too tired, so he will watch on the bench first.

See it later.

The 22-year-old John Stones moved to Manchester City from Everton for 48 million pounds this summer. He played for the Toffees for four seasons before, and Everton's current 35-year-old midfielder has joined Manchester City.

Les Barry also played for Manchester City for four years. Today they each face their old club.

The first threatening shot from both sides came from the contest between Barry and Stones.

In the 9th minute, during the entanglement, Barry intercepted the ball from Fernando in the frontcourt, and when he dribbled the ball forward, Stones stepped forward to meet him. The veteran Barry was experienced, and with a deft turn to protect the ball, the aggressive Stones

Tons committed a foul and Everton got a free kick.

23-year-old Belgian center Romelu Lukaku stands in front of the ball and prepares to take the penalty.

In this era where wingers are rampant but traditional centers have shown signs of recovery, the young Lukaku can also be ranked among the top ten in football. His failure at Chelsea was not only due to his age, but also because he was born at the wrong time and the seniors he was competing against

The mark left by Drogba is too deep.

Lukaku's nickname of "Little Monster" was only really called after he left Chelsea.

Lukaku muttered something far away from the football, not knowing what he was praying for, and then he was immersed in meditation for a while. This shows that he is very serious about taking free kicks, at least not as careless as Zhuo Yang.

People who just go up and kick are much more focused.

The shot from the near corner flew high over the crossbar.

The solemn attitude may be due to the lack of confidence in free throws.

In fact, Guardiola's change of formation today was very successful. The three central defenders minimized the emptiness on both sides of the penalty area. Tintin and Silva, as well as Sterling and Sane in front, Manchester City's super capable players

The wing combination used offense to completely suppress Everton's attempts on the wing.

The double center of Gundogan and Fernando makes Manchester City's midfield look particularly solid.

The superior ball control ability and effective tactical changes turned the new pressing Everton carefully crafted by Dutchman Koeman into a wretched sneak attack.

Can you believe that Manchester City's ball possession rate was as high as 70% in the first half?

If Koeman's transformation of Everton's defense had not been very effective, and Manchester City were playing a little anxiously, especially with a winger who was always looking for a fatal pass or a desperate breakthrough to put his opponent to death, it might not have been possible.

It will be the team’s most brilliant first half of the new season.

But do you dare to believe that the score was 0:0 in the first half?

Here I have to say the ‘Prince of Manchester City’ Iheanacho.

At this time, the worst point in Manchester City's offense today was finally completely magnified. As a single arrow, Iheanacho could not replace Aguero at all. He was free to follow the big boss, but let him become

Boss, Iheanacho will be confused about life.

Gua Shuai's new 3-4-3 is quite fascinating, but only Iheanacho is incompatible with it. Being at the front can't be the final word, and the timing of the retreat is always mishandled. He squeezes the position with his teammates everywhere, and Zhuo Yang is in the stands.

They were all so sad that they shook their heads.

In fact, Guardiola's 3-4-3 forward position requires a Benzema or a Lewandowski.

And Iheanacho is not lacking in excellence, let alone diligence. In addition to his lack of football intelligence, it is obvious that the most suitable strategy is to use him as the core, but in Manchester City, his ability is not enough for the team's tactics.

Even Aguero can't do it at such an inclination.

In other words, Iheanacho has the strength to become the king of weak teams, but it is difficult to be powerful on the front line of a wealthy team!

However, Iheanacho is still not Manchester City's biggest bug today. Before the end of the first half, Silva forced his way into the penalty area from the center and was knocked down by Everton center back Phil Jagielka. The referee Michael Oliver gave a penalty.

Penalty kick.
Chapter completed!