Chapter 251 Changes in Manchester City's offensive strategy!
Chapter 251 Changes in Manchester City’s offensive strategy!
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 251 Changes in Manchester City’s offensive strategy!
"Run! Guys, run!" After the game restarted, Pellegrini in the coaching area kept shouting to the players on the field.
"Keep the ball!!!!!!"
"Pass the ball!!!!"
"Don't get too entangled with them in the midfield, what we want is attack!! Attack!!!!" Pellegrini shouted with his face turning red.
Next to him, Ranieri, who already had a ball in hand, stood in the coaching area with his arms folded. The old man looked calm.
Ranieri glanced sideways at Pellegrini, who looked and behaved quite excitedly, and raised one corner of his mouth, revealing a playful smile.
Today he removed a forward and added a midfielder. In addition to liberating Chu Zheng from the heavy defensive tasks, the second purpose is to control the midfield and cut off the connection between Manchester City's midfield and forwards.
Contact, forcing Manchester City's offense to develop to the side.
Judging from the games during this period, his tactics and players' execution was quite effective.
Ranieri's eyes switched back and forth between Chu Zheng and Kante on the court, and the smile on his face became more and more intense.
As Chu Zheng and Kante's performances became better and better, Ranieri became more and more grateful for his decision to return to the Premier League.
In Ranieri's mind, Chu Zheng and Kante are truly a perfect midfield partner.
Although the team's current results are inseparable from the contribution of every player on the team, Chu Zheng and Kanter actually play the main role.
Ranieri knows very well that without the perfect pairing of Chu Zheng and Kanter, they would never have achieved an unbeaten record of 18 rounds.
On the field, Manchester City's offensive strategy also changed dramatically after conceding the ball.
In the 24th minute of the game, De Bruyne was robbed by Chu Zheng on the left side of the Leicester City half-time circle.
De Bruyne didn't compete with Chu Zheng about whose slap was louder. He stopped the ball with his back and quickly moved the ball into the center circle of his own half.
Manchester City left center back Mangala retreated straight to the arc of the center circle to stop the ball, and then pushed it to Yaya Toure at the kick-off point.
As soon as Yaya Toure Toure stabilized the ball, Drinkwater and Vardy came from behind.
Yaya Toure, who had no choice but to turn around, had to meet the ball and quickly hit Fernandinho on the left.
Fernandinho passed back to Otamendi three meters in front of him.
Otamendi took the ball and saw Vardy approaching. He quickly turned to the right and took the ball into his ribs, and then suddenly made a low and long pass.
His long pass went along Leicester City's left rib area towards the left side of Leicester City's penalty area, directly penetrating Leicester City's two defensive lines in the midfield and backcourt.
It's a pity that the ball passed, but he failed to form a connection with Sterling on the back line of Latest's defense. Sterling did not run at all.
The ball finally reached Schmeichel's arms.
Although Manchester City's attack did not succeed this time, the idea was correct in Chu Zheng's opinion.
And this is not the first time.
Chu Zheng also vaguely smelled the danger. Manchester City's offense seemed to have unknowingly changed to a simpler idea.
Soon, Chu Zheng's guess was verified.
In the penalty area, Schmeichel stopped the ball at his feet and kept fanning his hands, signaling Chu Zheng and the others to press up and he was going to fire.
Seven or eight seconds later, Schmeichel threw the ball in front of him and drove the ball forward with a big kick.
In the left rib area of the offensive third zone, both Vardy and Sagna are on target.
But Vardy misjudged and jumped too early, allowing Sagna, who was one step slower than him to take off, to push the ball forward.
On the left side of the center circle, Kanter seized the landing spot, shook his head directly in front of De Bruyne, and pushed the ball to the left wing.
Albrighton retreated in time to get the ball, and passed the ball back to Fox in front of the center line on the wing.
Although De Bruyne saw through Albrighton's intention in advance, he still failed to stop the ball.
Seeing De Bruyne turn around and pounce again, Fox continued to kick the ball forward without stopping.
But as soon as the ball was passed to Kanter, Fernandi came up from behind.
In addition, Fox's pass was deflected, allowing Fernandinho to directly stab Sagna on the wing.
Sagna retreated to meet the ball. After adjusting his steps, he got in front of Kanter and directly passed the ball with a long kick.
At the moment of passing the ball, two people on the field moved at the same time.
One is Sterling in the left rib area of Leicester City's center circle. He quickly started to advance along the ribs, forming a perfect passing and running understanding with Sagna. In the blink of an eye, he used his speed to overtake inside.
He left Hu Te behind.
The other one is Chu Zheng, who is behind Sterling and in the midfield of Manchester City's half.
Three or four seconds later, in the upper right corner of the penalty area, Sterling caught up with the ball with ecstatic steps.
But Huth also took advantage of him to slow down and stop the ball in time, and stuck him on the sideline of the penalty area.
Morgan and Simpson also rushed into the penalty area from the top of the arc in time, watching Aguero follow up in the middle.
On Sterling's side, he did not choose to force the ball, but instead spiked the ball in a sudden direction, and then quickly passed the ball to the top of the arc to the right rib.
The next second, De Bruyne followed up and led the ball directly into the Leicester City penalty area.
After crossing the end line of the penalty area, De Bruyne quickly raised his right foot and fired.
Seeing this scene, the Manchester City fans in the stands were immediately filled with excitement, and could not help but feel a surge of ecstasy in their hearts.
However, the next second, they saw Chu Zheng, who was following De Bruyne on the right side, fell to the ground and shoveled. Suddenly, everyone felt as if someone had punched him in the heart.
On the court, amid the lightning and flint, Chu Zheng fell to the ground and touched the ball with the toe of his stretched out left foot.
With just a slight touch, the ball jumped forward, allowing De Bruyne to miss it.
Seeing the ball being cleared by Morgan in front of De Bruyne, countless Manchester City fans were immediately like ducks being strangled by the neck.
This feeling of falling from heaven to hell made them extremely depressed.
On the court, De Bruyne was also depressed to death, and he was just a few tenths of a second slower.
Chu Zheng was sitting on the ground, looking at De Bruyne's cute behavior as he jumped four or five times in front of him, and he giggled with joy.
Having been good friends with De Bruyne for so many years, he knows this guy very well. If he acts like this now, it means that he is really depressed.
"Oh!" The live broadcast signal was delayed. Seeing this thrilling scene, both Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu exclaimed.
Seeing Manchester City's attack, Zhang Lu smiled and said: "Look at Chu Zheng, he started almost at the same time as Sterling. As soon as Sagna passed the ball, he guessed the intention of Manchester City's attack.
Tsk tsk! My ability to read this kind of competition is really strong."
"Guess whether De Bruyne will break up with Chu Zheng after the game!" Zhan Jun was surprised.
Hearing this, Zhang Lu burst out laughing.
There are many examples in the football world where people who were originally very good friends ended up falling apart because of a game.
After a while, Zhang Lu stopped laughing and got back to the topic, saying: "Although Pellegrini was not a revolutionary in the tactical era, he was a continuation of the tactical faction."
"His offensive tactics are extremely rich. In many games, he often uses a Rubik's Cube formation and uses satellite radiation tactics in the core area of the midfield to direct the offensive. In addition, he will also use frequent small-scale passes.
ball to connect the offense."
"One of the two forwards, Aguero and Sterling, serves as a scoring point, and the other more often plays a fulcrum role!"
"When needed, both full-backs can move forward and participate in the attack at any time."
“At Manchester City, he would often decide whether to plan the attack as a winger or an attacking midfielder depending on the opponent!”
"So it is difficult to resist such a flexible and changeable tactical opponent!"
"During the first half of Manchester City today, it was the attacking midfielder who planned the attack!"
"But it is a pity that the experienced Ranieri played five midfielders today, which not only liberated Chu Zheng, but also effectively restricted De Bruyne and David Silva who were placed in the midfield by Pellegrini.
These two attacking midfielders!”
After hearing Zhang Lu's analysis, Zhan Jun, who had also done his homework, laughed and said: "Manchester City players are actually very good at sports warfare."
"They score goals in open play in so many different ways!"
"Now Manchester City does not involve the wings, but goes directly through the center. Their delicate, fast and smooth offensive method has been restricted by Leicester City, so they quickly changed their offensive strategy."
"It's the kind of fast attack just now where the midfielder steals the ball and quickly passes the midfielder with a long pass!"
"Although this offensive method is simple, Manchester City players use it to great effect. Their long pass from defense to offense is extremely accurate and can directly threaten the goal behind you in a very short period of time!"
"Leicester City almost didn't react just now!" Zhang Lu nodded.
In the coaching area on the sidelines, Pellegrini was speechless when he saw that the team missed this opportunity to equalize the score.
At the same time, Pellegrini also had a clear understanding of Chu Zheng's ability to read the game.
Beside him, Ranieri frowned slightly.
Although Manchester City's tactical strategy of directly instigating offense from the backcourt is simple and unremarkable, the tactics also need to be used by different players.
No matter how ordinary and simple tactics are in the hands of wealthy teams, the results can sometimes be fatal.
Otamendi's precise long pass just now shocked Ranieri. That kind of accuracy is pleasing to the eye.
This clearly means focusing on their weakest line!
But what gives Ranieri some peace of mind is that Morgan, Huth and others are not well-known, but they are in extremely good condition. They have performed very steadily on the court recently, and the mistakes at the beginning of the season are basically invisible.
On the court, Chu Zheng sat on the ground, grinning and extending a hand of friendship to De Bruyne, gesturing to pull him up.
De Bruyne immediately pulled Chu Zheng up, and then said: "Next time, he will never let you touch the ball!"
"Hehe!" Chu Zheng smiled happily, "Kevin, that's not necessarily true. You are not as fast as me! Your health is not as good as mine!"
"Asshole!" De Bruyne laughed angrily.
After finishing his words, Chu Zheng pointed his fingers at his eyes and made a gesture with a smile: "Kevin, don't worry, I will definitely keep an eye on you today!"
"Come here!" De Bruyne rolled his eyes and said a harsh word in half-baked Chinese.
