Chapter 440 What kind of fairy efficiency is this!
Chapter 440 What kind of magical efficiency is this!
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 440 What kind of magical efficiency is this!
At exactly 13:30 London time, with the whistle of the referee Clattenburg, the game officially started.
On the field, after the game started, Manchester City did not play 4231, but 41212.
At the front are Aguero and Sterling, and behind them are Chu Zheng or De Bruyne.
Chu Zheng's position in today's game is the same as in previous Manchester City games. He is as flexible as ever. He is not limited to the center. Sometimes he will move to the two wings, or the defensive midfielder, or even the center position.
This is also a major feature of the teams coached by Guardiola, as the players do not seem to have a fixed position.
As for Everton, Guardiola's old friend Koeman did not blindly shrink the formation and play defensive counterattack.
Instead, they widened the formation, actively sought physical confrontation, and attempted to use their most powerful weapon to prevent and limit Manchester City's passing and control on the ground.
But as the game time went by, Manchester City took full advantage and gradually pushed Everton's formation back into their own half.
But even so, Everton relied on Lukaku, a bulldozer equipped with a rocket engine, to counterattack quite well.
In the 10th minute of the game, Everton got a corner kick on the left, but took a tactical corner kick.
The ball was quickly pushed to the left rib area at the top of the arc.
Miralas quickly turned around after taking the ball, jumped on Sterling and made a diagonal pass with his front foot.
But the ball failed to find Lukaku, and Yaya Toure headed it towards Aguero in front of the arc for a penalty kick.
Aguero was very smart in this shot. He guessed that there was an Everton player behind him, so he kept the ball and headed to the right.
The ball flew towards Chu Zheng who rushed out from the right rib area at the top of the arc.
When Chu Zheng saw the ball coming, Tom Davis from behind Aguero also rushed towards him, and he quickly turned around.
The next second, the 18-year-old Tom Davis, a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, bumped directly into Chu Zheng's left rear side and was knocked off his feet.
Immediately afterwards, Chu Zheng kept the ball on the spot, raised his leg, and padded the ball to the left to reach Yaya Toure in the right rib area at the top of the arc.
Yaya Toure made a direct alley-oop. After taking off, he pushed hard forward and the ball went straight to the rib area six or seven meters away.
At the same time, Aguero and Chu Zheng, who were both in the ribs, chased the ball one after another.
Seeing Coleman quickly appear in front of Aguero, Chu Zheng changed his line directly to the right, giving up the ball and the left to Aguero.
A second later, Aguero, who was holding the ball on the left side of the midfield circle in Manchester City's half-time circle, was blocked by Coleman.
At the same time, Chu Zheng also inserted at high speed from the inside along the rib area.
When Coleman discovered Chu Zheng's intention behind running, he panicked instantly.
At this moment, Ashley Williams rushed to Aguero's side in time. When Coleman saw it, he quickly gave up on Aguero and followed Chu Zheng instead.
When Aguero brought the ball across the center line from the wing, Chu Zheng in front had already circled back to the wing.
Seeing that the time for passing the ball was ripe, Aguero directly made a pass from the wing.
At the moment of passing the ball, Chu Zheng accelerated again.
Suddenly, Coleman, who is known for his explosive power and speed in the Everton team, was directly blown up by Chu Zheng.
From the upper left corner of the penalty area, Chu Zheng, who had left Coleman behind, met the ball and directly passed the ball across with a low kick.
Baynes rushed back to the penalty area from the top left rib but could only watch the ball roll past him. Chu Zheng's passing route selection was as perfect as ever.
The next second, the ball continued to the right and came to the feet of Sterling in front of the penalty spot in the middle.
Facing the attacking Robres, Sterling directly shot an overhead shot when the angles of his left and right shots were blocked.
The next second, a burst of violent laughter suddenly erupted at Goodison Park.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Sterling picked the ball directly to the back of the goal. The ball was at least one meter high from the crossbar and wide of the mark.
When Chu Zheng saw that Sterling was happy again, he was so angry that he directly cursed his mother in Sichuan dialect.
Guardiola was so angry that he directly covered his face.
In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu were also speechless.
"Robres came up with the ball very timely. He completely compressed the ball-holding space in front of Sterling. The two shooting angles on the left and right were also blocked very well. This resulted in Sterling having to catch the ball.
You have to kick the ball in a hurry, otherwise the ball will be thrown away." Zhang Lu, a goalkeeper, analyzed cheerfully.
But in fact, with Sterling's technical level, he can handle this kind of ball, but now he flies the ball away. It can only be said that there is something wrong with Sterling's mentality.
"I just like to watch him play football, it makes me very happy!" Zhan Jun sarcastically grinned.
"Haha!" Zhang Lu was overjoyed.
After this attack, Manchester City continued to suppress Everton. The offensive was like a wave, really wavering.
Sterling has finished playing with Aguero, and Aguero has finished playing with Sterling and continues to play, one wave after another.
As a result, the waves came and went, bringing man-made disasters and misfortunes.
Under the pressure of Manchester City, Everton's first shot did not arrive until the second half of the first half, but it turned out to be a hit, directly hitting the tenth ring.
In the 36th minute of the game, Coleman was entangled by Clichy on the right side of Everton's backcourt.
Coleman, who was cautious, took the ball to the sideline and directly took off his foot and passed it long to the center circle.
In the middle, Lukaku quickly retreated and passed the ball back to Ross Barkley on the arc of the center circle in front of him.
After Barkley stopped the ball, he raised his right foot in slow motion, waited for Lukaku to get in place, and then quickly sent a through ball forward.
But the passing intention was too obvious and was seen through by Otamendi on the right side of Lukaku.
Otamendi raised his right leg back and blocked it with his calf. The ball flew to the right and fell towards Stones in the ribs.
Finding Miralas grabbing the ball from the back left, Stones directly headed the ball to the feet of Yaya Toure in the center in front of him.
In the end, Miralas didn't give up and rushed over again.
Yaya Toure also stopped the ball and headed the ball back to Stones.
Stones quickly turned the ball around and jammed Mirallas, who was rushing back. Then he controlled the ball and pushed it to Clichy on the wing.
Everton's half-time circle was on the right side of the circle. Chu Zheng, who was not prepared at all, was so angry that he vomited blood due to Clichy's kick.
Seeing Davis intercepting the ball directly in front of him, Chu Zheng wanted to open Krissy's brain to see if it was brain or paste.
Blind?
Can't you see anyone in front of him?
You can't take risks with risky passes. Isn't this giving the ball to the opponent?
In front of the midline of the ribs, Davis took the ball and made a U-shaped turn to move forward quickly.
Chu Zheng chased back very quickly. As soon as Davis ran two meters away, he caught up with him from the left side of the inside line.
At this moment, Davis suddenly sent out a scalpel-like kick to the ribs with his right foot, giving Chu Zheng no time to stretch his foot.
The ball passed impartially between Clichy on the wing and Stones on the ribs, and went straight to Mirallas who advanced from the right rib area at the top of the arc.
Yaya Toure quickly followed up the penalty area. He wanted to cut off Miralas' pass to the center inside.
But as soon as he ran to the back left side of Miralas, Miralas passed the ball.
Yaya Toure stretched out his legs. His long legs were long enough, but he was a step too slow.
With the top of the arc on the right side, Lukaku quickly pressed into the penalty area and received an inverted triangle cross from Miralas on the right side of the penalty spot.
Lukaku is very smart. He stops with his left foot so that he can hit the goal directly.
When he swung the ball towards the goal, Otamendi in front of him had just turned back, his feet were crossed, and he could not stretch his feet to block it.
At this moment, Otamendi's shortcoming of slow turning was once again exposed to the public eye.
Next to the right goal post, facing Lukaku's straight shot from the near corner, Bravo dived to the left and leaked the ball under his arm into the goal in a way that stunned everyone.
"Just hit me!!!!!!"
"pretty!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"This was Everton's first shot in the first half and it went straight in!!! Incredible efficiency!!!!!"
"It's still Lukaku, this is his 12th Premier League goal this season!"
"Of Everton's recent 6 goals against Manchester City, Lukaku scored 4 of them alone!!"
"Little Monster!!!! Lukaku!!!!!!"
"boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Witnessing the birth of the goal, the Goodison Park stadium instantly boiled with nearly 40,000 Toffees fans jumping for joy!
On the field, amidst the cheers of the fans, Little Monster Lukaku opened his arms and looked around the stands, nodding his head continuously. This is a man who knows how to celebrate.
On the sidelines, Koeman jumped up from the coaching bench, then rushed into the coaching area with his arms raised.
Guardiola, on the other hand, looked constipated.
After a long while, Guashuai let out a long breath and took a sip of water.
In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun shook their heads. Manchester City's defense was like paper under Everton's extremely simple attack.
Clichy's fake pass was the trigger, and Otamendi's turn and Bravo's save were even more disastrous.
Pushing the goal at this angle, the ball speed was not very fast, but Bravo still missed the ball.
Now Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun know why Guardiola wants to buy a goalkeeper again.
Caballero's departure when his contract expired may only be a minor factor. The main factor may be that Guardiola has been extremely disappointed with Bravo.