Chapter 411 It’s over! I’ll probably get retribution!
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 411 It’s over! I’ll probably get retribution!
After the intermission and the commercial break, as soon as the camera returned to the live broadcast room, Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun immediately began to review the first half of the game.
After analyzing the tactical and statistical advantages and disadvantages of Manchester City and Chelsea in the first half, Zhang Lu said with some doubts: "From the moment I saw Chelsea's starting lineup to the end of the first half, I actually had a doubt."
"What doubts?" Zhan Jun asked with a smile.
"That's why Conte goes to Cesc Fabregas and not the Oscar!"
After finishing speaking, Zhang Lu continued: "Look, Oscar's running and defensive enthusiasm are obvious to all. Oscar under Mourinho used this to steal Mata's main position."
"Today, facing the overwhelming pressure from Manchester City's midfield, if Oscar is playing, although it cannot make up for the hidden danger of Matic's injury, compared with Cesc Fabregas, Oscar's starting position can obviously reduce Chelsea's defensive burden."
"In the first half, Cesc Fabregas really had no sense of presence." Zhan Jun answered with a smile, "I didn't see him in the camera at all."
"So far in the new season, including today, Fabregas has only made three starts."
"The away game against Leicester City in the League Cup was his best game. After that, he was substituted in less than 55 minutes against Arsenal. Chelsea also lost 0-3. After that, he made consecutive appearances.
It’s all difficult.”
"So if Conte didn't replace him directly at halftime, there must be some purpose."
After saying that, Zhang Lu turned her attention to Manchester City and said: "At Manchester City, Guardiola's continuous on-the-spot adjustments today have quickly achieved the desired results."
"Especially in the last 20 minutes of the first half, Chelsea's adjustment to focus on attacking the left wing was even more miraculous. Conte's left wing attack that he had pinned his hopes on was completely eliminated. The active Hazard was also suppressed."
"In the first half, Chu Zheng and De Bruyne almost played on Chelsea's left wing, penetrating, passing, passing in an inverted triangle, passing in a triangle and other offensive methods one by one, focusing on Cahill.
Playing with Alonso and Cesc Fabregas."
"Guardiola obviously knows where Conte's destiny lies."
Zhan Jun nodded and said: "Alonso is actually a traditional full-back. Logically speaking, Guardiola should focus on Moses' side, because Moses is a winger and his defensive ability is not strong."
"But Guardiola chose Chelsea's left wing as the main direction of attack, but it is because Cahill and Alonso are obviously at a disadvantage compared to Manchester City players in terms of speed and frequency of their feet..."
Not long after, players from both sides appeared in the player tunnel.
In a blink of an eye, referee Anthony Taylor blew the whistle to start the second half.
At halftime, neither Manchester City nor Chelsea had any personnel changes.
But after the start of the second half, Chelsea's tactical adjustments during the halftime break became apparent.
Compared with the first half, Chelsea, which was one goal behind, pressed forward with the intention of controlling the initiative and at the same time used high-intensity high pressure to deal with Manchester City.
Manchester City, on the other hand, led by one goal. After the game started, the pace was slow. It was obvious that Guardiola had given instructions to the players during the halftime break.
Guardiola was very wise in taking the initiative to slow down the pace of the game.
Because of their physical reserves, Manchester City cannot compete with Chelsea.
Chelsea has no European competition this year, so when they play against a team like Manchester City that has European competition, they are almost waiting to work.
But as the game time passed, many people discovered that after Chelsea changed their tactics in the second half, the situation became more dangerous.
In the 50th minute of the game, Costa advanced with the ball and dribbled the ball to the outside of Manchester City's penalty area. After attracting Manchester City's defensive focus to the left rib area at the top of the arc, Costa suddenly made a reverse dunk and then turned around.
Lateral long pass transfer with the foot.
But Stones, who was on the inside and followed him all the way back, was already on guard.
Stones turned around in time, stepped forward and rubbed his feet, causing the ball to deviate from the route Costa wanted and did not find Moses in the right rib area at the top of the arc.
The ball landed in front of the top of the arc in the middle, bounced to the ground and continued to jump toward the ribs of the right half.
Sane, who retreated to the top area of the arc, quickly turned around and started to advance forward, stopping the ball.
But at this time, Fabregas also quickly blocked in front of him.
Chu Zheng was near the two of them. Seeing that Sane was blocked, he quickly moved sideways.
Sane saw Chu Zheng coming to his right. Without any hesitation, he knocked the ball across with his left foot and then quickly moved forward.
Chu Zheng took the ball, and Kanter quickly approached, but he did not stop the ball. Instead, he met the ball and knocked it back to the left in front of Sane, avoiding Kanter's upper grab.
The two of them broke through Chelsea's interception in the middle with such a simple one-two, clearly exposing the weaknesses of Conte's formation.
After successfully getting rid of Cesc Fabregas, Sane took off directly with his feet.
But when he came to the arc in the center circle, Azpilicueta, who broke away from Chelsea's retreating defense line, uncharacteristically pushed forward in an attempt to delay Manchester City's counterattack.
In the Manchester City team, if we talk about starting speed and short-term acceleration ability, Chu Zheng is the undisputed number one.
But if we talk about top speed, then Chu Zheng will give up the top spot in the team.
Even Chu Zheng couldn't catch up with Sane's speed after rushing up.
At this time, on the right side of Sane, in the right rib area of the center circle, De Bruyne has followed up in time.
But when faced with Azpilicueta blocking the arc in the left center circle, Sane did not pass the ball, but turned to the right, and in the blink of an eye, he used his speed to eat Azpilicueta alive.
Crossing the center line and entering the center circle of Chelsea's half, with Aguero and De Bruyne on the left and right, Manchester City formed a 3-on-2 situation against Chelsea.
This scene left Conte speechless on the sidelines. He was somewhat dissatisfied with Azpilicueta's choice.
Conte thinks it is extremely unwise, even stupid, to try to block these little dwarfs from Manchester City even though they know how fast they hit them.
On the field, Aguero ran diagonally from the center to the left rib area, plus De Bruyne, who ran straight forward along the right rib, David Luiz and Cahill were evacuated from a huge space.
At the top of the arc, Cahill quickly gave up on De Bruyne and ran over to block the space in front of Sane.
He knew exactly what would happen when he came over, but he had no choice at this time.
Sure enough, as soon as Cahill moved laterally in front of Sane to block the gap, Sane decisively passed the ball to the right front.
Outside the upper right corner of Chelsea's small penalty area, De Bruyne stopped the ball with his right foot, then quickly adjusted his posture while no one was around to interfere, and then shot furiously with his right foot.
"oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Seeing Courtois stretching out his long legs to block De Bruyne's shot into the far corner, the Etihad Stadium suddenly erupted in violent annoyance!
"De Bruyne handled this ball a little hastily." Zhan Jun shook his head and said regretfully.
"Yes!" Zhang Lu nodded, "Sane is on his left. As long as he hits the ball horizontally, Sane can meet the ball and push it directly. Courtois has no choice but to surrender."
On the court, when he saw that the ball did not go in, the corner of Chu Zheng's mouth twitched, which was very unkind to De Bruyne.
But Chu Zheng can also understand.
If it were him, man, he would kick the ball directly into Courtois' crotch, or shoot it with a bang.
Sane was very depressed, but he didn't dare to show his resentment.
There is no way, who makes him a little shrimp in the Manchester City team, but he dare not mess with an old gun like De Bruyne.
On the sidelines, Guardiola was so angry that he held his head in his hands and jumped around in a circle. At this time, Conte next to him looked like he was surviving the disaster.
At this moment, Conte felt anxious as never before, feeling like he was on a hot iron pot.
Conte looked back at William, who had just returned from warming up on the bench, and quickly withdrew his gaze, deciding to wait.
Soon the scene of Conte waiting came up.
In the 53rd minute of the game, Fabregas took the ball in the center circle of his own half, and then quickly moved it laterally to his right rib.
Azpilicueta stopped the ball and quickly passed forward to Moses who retreated from the wing to get the ball.
On the wing near the center line, Moses took the ball with his back, and Sane was very close behind him.
But the moment he touched the ball, Moses stopped the ball directly to the right with the instep of his right outside foot, then started to turn around and got rid of Sane in one go.
When Moses entered the rib area, Costa had already moved over in the middle and directly penetrated the rib space between Stones and Kolarov.
When Moses saw it, he made a precise through ball, instantly breaking through Manchester City's defense.
Fortunately, Stones turned around and was not slow, and got over in time. In the right area of the penalty area, Costa's left foot was directly blocked when he shot.
Costa was forced to have no choice, and instead of continuing to dribble the ball down, he shot directly into the near corner of the goal with his right foot.
However, he took a hasty kick and the ball hit the side netting on the right side of the goal.
This scene made Conte very excited, which is why he allowed the team to press in the second half.
Conte actually knows where Manchester City's weaknesses are.
Manchester City's defense line, which has a huge difference in age structure, especially Kolarov, who plays as a central defender today, is Guardiola's Achilles' heel and Manchester City's lifeline.
Seeing that the team's offense had improved compared to the first half, Conte's anxiety calmed down a little.
But before Conte's anxious heart could sink into his stomach, Manchester City gave him two consecutive shocking gifts.
In the 58th minute of the game, Manchester City received a throw-in from the left side of the frontcourt.
Sane bent down to pick up the ball and quickly threw it towards Chu Zheng who was running from the upper left corner of the penalty area.
At the same time, Chu Zheng's left and right back, Azpilicueta and Cesc Fabregas were also approaching quickly.
Seeing all the Chelsea players around him, Chu Zheng gave up the idea of taking the ball, hit Sane with the ball, and then ran toward the baseline.
Sane knew very well that Chu Zheng ran without the intention of asking for the ball. This was to cover him and confuse the Chelsea players.
So he didn't stop the ball and passed the ball from the center of Fabregas and Pedro, who had attracted attention, to the rib area.
Suddenly Gundogan and Kanter ran towards the ball at the same time.
Gundogan and Kanter soon decided the winner. Kanter was in an advantageous position and touched the ball first. He directly used a right-to-left feint to shake Gundogan away and lead towards the top of the arc in the center of his own side.
Seeing De Bruyne and Fernandinho cutting off all the forward ball release points nearby, Kanter, who did not have much confidence in his long passing skills, chose to cross the ball to the right rib at the top of the arc.
However, before the ball could reach Alonso, Navas rushed to him.
There was no way, even Bigfoot's route to the frontcourt for clearance was blocked, so Alonso was forced to turn around to protect the ball, and then pass it back toward the penalty spot.
The problem arises when the ball rolls to the penalty spot.
Courtois, who was attacking, saw Cahill rushing to the ball and began to hesitate.
Cahill also thinks Courtois will get the ball.
The two were so humble to each other that Aguero, who started to move laterally from the left area of the penalty area, caught him.
Aguero got between the two and took the ball away.
When Guardiola saw this scene on the sidelines, his eyes instantly showed ecstasy.
At this time, De Bruyne is on the right side of the penalty arc. As long as Aguero passes the ball, with De Bruyne's shooting skills, it will definitely be a beautiful long-range goal.
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However, in the next second, Guardiola was dumbfounded. Next to him, Conte once again experienced what ups and downs meant.
On the field, Aguero did not pass the ball to De Bruyne. Instead, he took the ball and turned an arc, came to the upper right corner of the small penalty area, and pushed the door directly.
However, Cahill was very experienced and quickly appeared in the small penalty area close to the goalpost and kicked the ball directly into the stands.
"fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Seeing this thrilling scene, the Etihad Stadium suddenly burst into short and violent exclamations again!
On the sidelines, Guardiola hugged the sides of his head with his hands, then swung his hands downwards and spun around in a circle, giving people the impression that he was about to explode.
Next to him, Conte's face turned as red as a monkey's butt, he was so angry!
"Fake!!!"
"Give me some ideas!!!!!!!!!!!"
Conte was really frightened this time, and he wanted to go out with his knife and chop up the two bastards who just gave in to each other.
“What a shame!!!”
"Yes!!!"
In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun also had regretful expressions on their faces.
"Aguero was a bit unique in this goal, too unique!" Zhang Lu directly criticized Aguero, "He had two opportunities to pass the ball to De Bruyne, but he didn't. When he shot just now, De Bruyne
Nei has already run to his left back, and as long as you pass the ball over, it will almost be an empty goal."
Zhan Jun nodded in agreement and said: "Aguero has not scored a goal today, and his mentality is a bit anxious."
On the court, when he saw the ball missed, De Bruyne was so angry that his face turned red.
He suppressed the thought of questioning and turned all the anger into depression written on his face.
Chu Zheng was also helpless.
Today they had quite a few opportunities on the court, but they always missed them due to various reasons.
Chu Zheng felt that if they continued to waste opportunities like this, they were probably not far from receiving retribution.
"William!!!!!!!"
"William!!!!!!!!"
"Come to me!!!!!!!!!!!!"
After standing on the sidelines and watching silently for a while, Conte suddenly turned around and walked quickly back to the coaching bench, directly calling William to him.
However, before he could finish explaining the tactics, Manchester City's counterattack from the right came again.
In the 62nd minute of the game, Fernandinho was challenged by Hazard on the right outside the penalty area.
However, the physical confrontation between the two was completely out of proportion. Fernandinho, who was protecting the ball with his back, used his body to push away Hazard and then turned around and made a long pass with his right foot.
The ball landed on Manchester City's right center line.
Aguero leaned heavily on David Silva behind him.
But Aguero is very smart, he knows that the first landing point cannot be won.
So the moment the ball dropped, he suddenly ran forward, turned around and faced David Luiz, preparing to grab the second spot.
In the end, there was no need to grab it at all.
David Luiz was distracted by Aguero's actions and failed to stop the ball, which bounced forward towards Aguero.
After Aguero got the ball, he carried it back and quickly crossed the ribs before Kanter came over and David Luiz flanked him.
Chu Zheng was on the center line. When he saw the ball being passed to Xi Jinping Guoan, he quickly turned around and started to advance forward.
The next second, Gundogan quickly pushed the ball in front of Chu Zheng without stopping.
For a moment, Chelsea's midfielder's defense was once again penetrated by Manchester City's continuous touches.
On the right rib, Chu Zheng took the ball and started it, and his acceleration ability made him stand out.
Seeing that De Bruyne, four or five meters away in front of him, had started to pull diagonally towards the middle, and Navas was also coming up from the right wing, Chu Zheng immediately knew how to organize the attack.
This time, Azpilicueta was not taken away by De Bruyne immediately. Instead, he slightly opened the distance between Cahill and De Bruyne, who was running towards the top of the arc, and at the same time joined forces.
Cahill tightly blocked his ribs.
Chu Zheng, who was dribbling the ball at high speed, showed a smile in his eyes, and then suddenly his left foot suddenly moved the ball to the right.
In front of the upper right corner of the penalty area, Navas took the ball and understood Chu Zheng's intention to pass the ball to him. He brought the ball into the Chelsea penalty area and then passed the ball with his right foot to the back post.
The ball bounced between Thibaut Courtois and Azpilicueta in the front post, and went straight to De Bruyne in the small penalty area.
Facing the incoming ball, De Bruyne, who was particularly excited today, outflanked the ball and stretched out his left foot to shoot.
However, in the next moment, a sudden death scene occurred.
The ball was directly touched by De Bruyne and flew up diagonally. Then it hit the crossbar and then bounced straight up and over the baseline. Manchester City didn't even have a chance to make a follow-up shot.
"Ouch, hit the crossbar!!!!!!"
"De Bruyne, we were so close to rewriting the score to 3-1!"
In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhang Lu finished her words and looked at Conte in the broadcast camera. He really couldn't understand why Conte still let Cesc Fabregas be on the court.
Look at the opening period of the second half, Chelsea's left wing was completely beaten.
On the court, Chu Zheng was really dumbfounded this time. He really didn't expect that De Bruyne would miss such an empty-net opportunity.
On the sidelines, when Guardiola saw that the ball had not been scored, he turned his back instantly, covered his forehead with his hands and knelt down directly. He was so angry that he did not let go for a long time.
"William!!!!"
"William!!!!!!!!"
Next to him, Conte was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he shouted to William.
We can't wait any longer. Conte knows very well that if Manchester City continues to play like this, they will be dead and his final preparations will be useless.
His insistence today on keeping Fabregas on the pitch will be meaningless.
On the court, after De Bruyne missed the goal, he lay on the edge of the net outside the baseline and was so angry that he fluttered with his hands and feet.
When Chu Zheng saw De Bruyne's cute and cute venting action of swimming on dry land, he burst out laughing.
But this is a professional game, and sometimes just a slight mistake in where the ball touches the ball can lead to a huge mistake.
You want to have enough time to adjust, which is really a luxury in the fast-paced professional competition.
The only thing a player can do is to let his body remember various technical movements so that he can seize the fleeting opportunities in the game.
But even so, there is no guarantee that you will seize the opportunity when it arises.
And this is the greatest charm of football, everything about it is full of unknowns.
If the whistle doesn't sound at the end of the game, you never know what bizarre scene will happen next.
