He really didn't expect that Manchester City's offense would be so powerful all of a sudden. This was simply too unexpected.
Is this bastard Gao Shen pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger?
The warm-up match was a mess, but when it came to the official match, he suddenly changed and performed so violently?
But after thinking about it, Allardyce discovered that Manchester City did not seem to have a complete lineup in the warm-up matches, especially the midfield and frontcourt lineups. They were always disrupted or their positions were changed.
This proves that Gao Shen really doesn't pay attention to the warm-up matches, and really uses the warm-up matches to train his troops.
Only when it came to the official competition, where results were necessary, did he put together what he thought was the strongest lineup.
More importantly, in daily training, Manchester City must have practiced the offense and routines of the main lineup.
What's ridiculous is how many media and fans were deceived by him!
Especially that Suarez, who was so active every time he passed and shot!
Allardyce immediately walked to the sidelines and signaled Blackburn's players to retreat and shrink in defense.
Only then could we barely stabilize our position.
But after conceding two goals in a row, Blackburn lost their energy and were in a very disadvantageous situation.
It was also at this moment that Allardyce suddenly remembered that during the warm-up match, Tuchel, the head coach of Mainz in Germany, had said that Gao Shen was trying to improve some of his weaknesses and shortcomings when he was in Naples at Manchester City. Now it seems that it is really not the case.
Polite words.
Just looking at the opening frontcourt attacking formation composed of Suarez, Robinho, Robben, David Silva and Rakitic, it was no worse than Naples' offensive lineup last season.
If David Silva replaces Biglia, his position will be more forward and his passing will be more deadly.
From the beginning to now, he has passed threatening balls several times.
More importantly, the current Robinho and Robben are obviously not fully activated yet, and are much inferior to the previous two-wing combination of Sanchez and Di Maria in Naples.
But everyone knows the strength of these two players. If they really want to integrate into the team and play at a high level, wouldn't Manchester City's offense have to go to a higher level?
Thinking of this, Allardyce really wanted to grab many media people, including Alan Hansen, and let them have a good look. This is what they said, too advanced?
If such proficiency is not enough, then all the head coaches in Europe, no, the world should commit collective suicide in shame.
…
Gradually, Allardyce still felt very uneasy.
As the game progressed, he discovered that even if Blackburn went on the defensive, it was still very dangerous.
Manchester City controls the ball, the rhythm, and the scene. Players are constantly running, crossing and passing the ball, constantly pulling at Blackburn's defense, and constantly trying to create problems on Blackburn.
loopholes.
As long as there is a slight flaw, Manchester City's passes will always come as promised.
The key is that the individual abilities of this group of Manchester City players are really strong!
Needless to say, Suarez is definitely the most surprising player in today's game so far.
Robinho and Robben are both famous players who have been famous for many years. Even David Silva showed very different characteristics from when he was in Valencia. When he was in the Bat Legion, he was not as good as he is now.
of holding and controlling the ball.
He is now the core of Manchester City's pitch.
He controlled and led like this, and Blackburn's players just couldn't stop him. The key is that his physical confrontation turned out to be pretty good, and it wasn't as Allardyce expected before the game.
His body fell down when touched, but he was able to hold the ball.
In particular, his ability to escape is so strong!
Several times, Blackburn used two or three players but could not get the ball away from David Silva's feet.
Thinking of this, the England coach felt like crying.
Damn, what kind of monster is Gao Shen?
How did he come up with such a lineup?
If you have strong personal ability and good passing and ball control skills, then forget it, but if you are running and pressing so hard, is this going to keep people alive?
At first glance, the sophisticated Manchester City does look a bit like Guardiola's Barcelona, but if you think about it carefully, it's actually not the same.
Manchester City has more direct passes and even long passes, more offensive methods, and more space for players to perform individually.
For example, this time in the 19th minute.
Blackburn just grabbed the ball in their own half and immediately launched an attack. However, David Silva counterattacked on the spot. Instead of directly getting close to grab the ball, he turned sideways and knocked Andrews' ball away.
The passing lane is forced to the side.
As soon as the ball reached the wing, Manchester City immediately launched a wave of high pressure.
The two sides were fighting for the ball back and forth on the wing, and it was very intense. In the end, Felipe, who was up for grabs, "stole" the ball from his opponent's feet, and quickly transferred the ball to the center and handed it to Ha in the gap.
Vi Martinez.
As soon as the Spanish midfielder got the ball, he stabilized it and kicked it to David Luiz.
The Brazilian central defender directly passed a long ball into the penalty area.
I saw Suarez quickly go straight behind him, stop the ball with his chest, and shoot with his right foot from a small angle on the left side of the small penalty area.
This attack was very beautiful, but unfortunately, Suarez's last kick missed the goal slightly.
The shooting angle is too small!
But this kind of attack still made everyone at Blackburn Rovers, including the fans in the stands, break into a cold sweat.
Allardyce quickly walked to the sidelines and reminded his players, especially Samba and Givet, to pay attention to Suarez's movement.
The cunning Uruguayan's movements were erratic and had to be guarded against.
It can be said that by now in the game, Allardyce has realized the seriousness of the problem.
At the same time, he also secretly greeted the women of the FA officials who compiled the schedule countless times.
Why should Blackburn be the first to face Manchester City?
Doesn’t this mean that Blackburn are being used as a guinea pig to teach other Premier League teams?
Thinking of this, Allardyce could no longer care about anything else. He walked to the sidelines and once again signaled the players to stabilize their defense. At the same time, he signaled Pedelson and Diof on both sides of the midfield to retreat to help defend.
The center forwards also withdrew.
It was all about stabilizing the defense in the first half.
At halftime, he wanted to make a substitution!
Also, Gao Shen, I hate you!
…
Compared with Allardyce's restlessness, Gao Shen seemed very calm.
He was not very satisfied with the performance of Robinho and Robben on the two wings.
Suarez, David Silva and others basically implemented advanced arrangements and requirements, but the two wings were not active enough.
Especially after 25 minutes, Gao Shen signaled Felipe and Zabaleta to move forward and actively participate in the attack to support Robinho and Robben.
Now that Manchester City is in control of the situation, the two full-backs can be more bold.
After Gao Shen's adjustment, the two full-backs became more active and took turns moving forward to participate in the attack.
In the 37th minute, it was Felipe who made a forward pass. After receiving a pass from David Silva on the left side of the 30-meter area of Blackburn, he sent a direct pass and stopped the ball with his back.
At the feet of Robinho.
After David Silva passed the ball, he quickly crossed into the left rib of the penalty area. Robinho did not stop the ball and directly knocked the ball back. It happened to be passed to the route of the Spanish midfielder, allowing the Spaniard to go forward.
, and headed the ball towards the penalty area.
Andrews was caught off guard and fell to the ground to make a tackle at the front of the penalty area, but failed to stop David Silva from passing the ball into the penalty area.
After the Spaniard rushed into the penalty area, when facing the attack of Samba and Jacobson, he lightly knocked the ball behind him with his heel, and at the same time blocked Blackburn's attack with his body.
Two defenders.
At this time, Robinho rushed over. Facing David Silva's pass, he shot directly with his right foot and sent the ball into the lower right corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Robinson was so stunned that he didn't even have time to make a save and watched the ball hit the net.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Three to zero!!!"
"Man City! Scored three goals in the first half!"
"My God, David Silva's back-heel pass was very subtle, Robinho's back-breaking pass was also very timely, and the clever cooperation of the two technical players on the left rib of the penalty area allowed Buenos Aires to
Lakeburn's defense fell apart!"
"Three to zero! Now, Allardyce is probably going to cry!"
…
The moment Robinho scored, Gao Shen jumped up with excitement.
It doesn't matter to Allardyce whether he wants to cry or not. What he cares about is Manchester City's performance.
“Wuhu!!”
As soon as Gao Shen landed, he was immediately hugged by Sarri and Carlo who ran out.
Manchester City's coaching staff are cheering for the players' wonderful performance.
The offense was really exciting!
"As Aldesto gets older, he should adopt a 4-2-3-1 that pays more attention to defense or a 4-5-1 with three midfielders," Carlo said with a laugh.
This is the first game of the new season, who could have guessed it would be like this?
Last season, Blackburn Rovers faced the Premier League G4 at home, and they still played 442 at home. Although they lost and won, they were not as embarrassed as they are now.
More importantly, Allardyce has been coaching in the Premier League for many years. When has he ever encountered such a team?
Arsenal?
Although the Gunners are good at passing and cutting, the individual abilities of their players are not as strong as those of Manchester City, and there are not so many interspersed runs and high pressure.
Strong personal abilities, coupled with reasonable overall tactics and good coordination among the players, allowed Manchester City to play an incredible offensive football in the first round of the new season at Ewood Park.
Frankly speaking, Gao Shen himself was quite surprised by this result.
He knew he would win, but he didn't expect to lead by three goals before the first half was over.
"If I guess correctly, Allardyce will definitely choose to make a substitution at halftime, so..."
But before Sarri finished speaking, he saw Allardyce in front of the home team's coaching bench. He couldn't wait and was about to make substitutions immediately.
Defensive midfielder Guerrera replaces forward Jason Roberts.
Only half an hour into the first half, Allardyce was already cornered and had to make substitutions to strengthen his defense.
Sarri, Carlo and others all looked at each other, and when they looked at Gao Shen, their expressions became obviously richer.
Allardyce might have really cried!
Who allowed him to meet such a young man with no martial ethics?
We were forced to make substitutions in the first half... I really couldn't help but feel like there was no one left!
