Claude Puel, both in his career and his subsequent coaching experience, has basically been in Monaco.
He started coaching Lille in 2002 and even led the team to the runner-up position in Ligue 1, almost threatening the dominance of Lyon, which won five consecutive championships that year.
So, in 2008, Lyon poached him.
But in Lyon, Puel did not have the amazingness he had in Monaco and Lille.
Sometimes, head coaches are like this. Those who can lead small and medium teams well may not be able to lead big teams well.
Puel likes to use four two three one.
Everyone knows that this is a sophisticated and famous tactic, very stable, and has high requirements for the center and No. 10 players.
Lyon today can be considered to be full of talents.
Goalkeeper: Lloris.
Defence: Aly Sissoko, Chris, Lovren and Reveère.
Midfielder: Tularan and Karlström partnered as a double midfielder, with Bastos, Gourcuff and Delgado in front.
Forward: Gomi.
Lyon's main midfielder this season is Miralem Pjanic, but in this game they faced Manchester City, who were powerful and had the best performance in the group stage. Puel did not dare to be careless and was determined to use a defensive double midfielder.
Gourcuff is a star that the team spent nearly 20 million euros to introduce, so Puel chose to put Pjanic on the bench and let Gourcuff start.
Even at home, Puel did not dare to play both players, fearing that the midfielder would not be able to stop Manchester City.
But Gao Shen launched a fierce attack at the Gerland Stadium from the very beginning.
The interesting thing about the Champions League knockout rounds is that the away goals system encourages away teams to work hard to score goals, while home teams tend to become more cautious.
The attack arranged by Gao Shen was not blind, but focused on Gourcuff's attack!
This French midfielder, nicknamed Little Zidane, even plays in a similar style. At the beginning of the century, that might have been okay, but now, the pace is too slow.
Therefore, Manchester City played fast and slow from the beginning, and created a throw-in opportunity as soon as they attacked the center line for the first time.
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Gao Shen stood in front of the visiting team's coaching bench. When he saw Gareth Bale being blocked out of bounds when receiving the ball, he immediately signaled the surrounding players to come over and apply more pressure.
"Luis!" Gao Shen shouted and waved to Suarez, indicating that he was coming too.
Felipe quickly ran to the sidelines, picked up the football, put it on his jersey and wiped it clean.
Lyon also poured a lot of water before the start, because many people know that Manchester City is actually very good at passing and controlling the ball.
Gareth Bale quickly ran over and used his body to hold Lyon's right back Reveère.
It has to be said that the Welshman's physical fitness is really strong. As soon as he stood over there and leaned back, Reveère couldn't move and there was nothing he could do to him.
Felipe also threw the ball over immediately, and deliberately threw a dropped ball in order to facilitate Gareth Bale to catch the ball.
The ball bounced after landing in front of Gareth Bale. The Welshman directly kicked the ball and tried to pass the ball behind him to find Suarez.
Lyon's center back Chris reacted quickly and kept retreating to judge the landing point, but Suarez also rushed over quickly.
The best position was already controlled by Chris, and Suarez could only chase after Chris. However, when he saw Chris about to take off, Suarez still rushed forward regardless of his own safety and jumped with him.
This seriously interfered with Chris' header.
The ball didn't go too far and still landed in Lyon's half.
Gourcuff rushed over to catch the ball, but David Silva also rushed forward immediately. The moment the French midfielder stopped the ball, he was all wrapped up in it.
Not only David Silva, but when Gao Shen shouted just now, Manchester City's entire defensive formation tilted to the left, and at this time Rakitic happened to be on the other side of Gourcuff, and the two faced each other at the same time.
Gourcuff formed a flanking attack on the left and right.
It's hard to say who grabbed the ball first, but the three of them fought together.
Before Gourcuff could hold it firmly, the ball was snatched away.
Rakitic just received the ball, took a step forward, and quickly passed it back to David Silva before Tulalan could get closer.
I saw that the Spanish midfielder was bold, dribbling the ball forward, dribbling past Karlström at the front of the penalty area, approaching the front of the penalty area, and sending a through ball.
Suarez ran horizontally from the left, received the ball before Chris, cut inside with the ball horizontally, passed Lovren, and scored with his right foot on the right side of the penalty spot, blasting the ball in
Lyon's goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!"
"God! The opening is less than a minute, strictly speaking, only fifty-three seconds!"
"Man City scored first with Suarez!"
"One to zero!"
"too fast!"
"This should be the fastest goal in the Champions League so far this season!"
"Manchester City's first attack after the start of the game immediately penetrated Lyon's defense!"
The live game screen switched to a replay of the goal, but it did not start with Felipe throwing a throw-in. Instead, it captured Gao Shen waving to his player, indicating that he was going to press to the left.
"We can see that Gao Shen's on-the-spot command is very critical."
"Manchester City was able to quickly take advantage in the left area, and Gao Shen's adjustment was indispensable."
"Suarez, David Silva, and Rakitic, the cooperation between these three players also works very well."
"Less than a minute into the game, Manchester City broke through Lyon's goal, which completely disrupted Puel's pre-match plans."
Puel said before the game that avoiding away goals from Manchester City would be a key factor in the two-leg match.
This is why he chose Karlström instead of Pjanic for this game.
But as a result, less than a minute into the game, the goal was declared lost.
"We saw that after scoring the goal, the Manchester City players seemed extremely excited, but Gao Shen remained very calm, as if the goal had been expected by him."
"We have to admit that this is the magnanimity and style of a famous coach!"
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After conceding a goal at the beginning of the first half, Manchester City continued to launch a wave of fierce attacks.
But Lyon still focuses on defending.
Puel even asked the team to retreat and use a defensive counterattack to face Manchester City.
This resulted in Lyon being so suppressed that he had no temper at all for a long period of the game.
It wasn't until the 28th minute that the Lyon team got its first shot, and it was a long shot from Tulalan from 30 meters away.
This shows how embarrassed the home team was in this game.
But Lyon's defense was very well organized. Except for the first kick-off, Lyon performed very well the rest of the time. Lyon could barely cope with Manchester City's pressure in the midfield and frontcourt, coupled with the excellent goalkeeper Lloris.
The performance prevented Manchester City from scoring again.
This is also a brand new trend in European football in the past two seasons.
Just like Lyon, Lovren's ability to play the ball is very strong. When facing Manchester City's pressing pressure several times, his ability to handle the ball was excellent, which left a deep impression on Gao Shen.
This guy will move to Southampton in a few years, and then go to Liverpool. He will also play in the World Cup finals for Croatia. His performance is also remarkable and outstanding.
With a one-goal lead and an away goal in hand, Gao Shen's mentality is indeed more calm and calm.
After seeing Lovren pass the ball forward under the interference of Suarez, Gao Shen turned his head, walked to the visiting team's coaching bench, asked for a bottle of water, and also gently reminded Lucas.
"Pay attention to No. 5 Lovren, and give me a detailed report on him later."
Lucas was stunned for a moment, looked at his boss, and then looked at Lovren on the court. This kid is not famous.
However, last summer, Lyon spent 8 million euros to introduce him from Croatia.
Needless to say, the vampire nature of Lyon chairman Aulas can make him pay so much money. This person is definitely not simple.
Thinking of this, Lucas nodded in agreement and secretly remembered the name.
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The first half ended with 1-0.
After a change of sides in the second half, Manchester City once again launched an offensive, with great momentum to capture Lyon.
Facing the wolf-like Manchester City, the French Ligue 1 team really has no good solution and can only defend and defend.
But even so, Manchester City still kept creating opportunities.
In the 49th minute, Bastos committed a foul by pulling Robben from behind. The referee showed him a yellow card and awarded a free kick.
Gareth Bale took a very high-level direct free kick, which hit the left post.
The entire Gerland Stadium fans were almost scared to death.
If Manchester City scores another goal, the game will be over in those two rounds.
But just a minute later, Manchester City made a comeback.
It was Robben who dribbled the ball on the right and cut inside to attract firepower. He suddenly passed the ball back to Rakitic. The latter passed the ball diagonally over the top and passed it to the back of the right wing. Lichtsteiner intervened at high speed.
, kicking the ball in and passing the ball.
Suarez grabbed the spot between the two central defenders Lovren and Chris and headed the goal from close range, but the ball hit the crossbar and bounced out again.
Two consecutive attacks were blocked by the post and crossbar.
Not to mention the players on the court, even the senior players on the sidelines couldn't help but slap their foreheads, feeling helpless.
Afterwards, Lyon fought back, but in the 63rd minute, Manchester City still had Robben create a free kick opportunity on the right side of the penalty area.
This position is almost exactly the same as the previous one.
Gareth Bale took the penalty again. When Gourcuff was defending, he made an obvious movement of extending his arm to block the ball, and he was in the penalty area. Even though it was subconscious, he hit the ball and the referee gave the penalty.
Scored a penalty kick.
Gareth Bale personally took the penalty and expanded the score for Manchester City, 2-0!
Subsequently, both teams had their own offense and defense. Lyon also replaced Pjanic and adopted a more active offensive strategy. In the 77th minute, taking advantage of a set kick opportunity, Lovren headed the ball and Gomi
The shot from behind hit the target.
But before the end of the game for Manchester City, Gareth Bale on the left made a wide-range transfer, moving the ball from the left to the right side of the front edge of the penalty area.
After stopping the ball and cutting inside, Robben threw away the defender and volleyed with his left foot, penetrating Lyon's goal again.
Three to one, Manchester City won Lyon away from home!
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