775 With the right combination, with the odd victory
"Man City picked up a pass and Suarez succeeded in countering offside..."
“Porto is in danger!”
"Helton abandoned the door and attacked..."
Accompanied by the exclamations of more than 18,000 fans at the Louis II Stadium, Porto goalkeeper Helton, who had abandoned the goal, grabbed the ball in mid-air before Suarez, and almost missed it when it landed.
Out of the penalty area.
This ball is indeed very thrilling.
Suarez shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, giving a thumbs up to Rakitic from afar.
He tried his best to hit the ball as fast as possible, but it was still a little slow.
The main thing is that he is difficult to deal with.
Helton could use his hands directly after rushing out, but Rakitic's kick was a pick pass. He used his head to hit it, which was a beat slower than Helton. He used his feet to hook the ball, but he missed it again.
So it's very embarrassing.
All in all, it was a very good attack, but Suarez failed to catch up.
But this attack also sounded the alarm to Porto.
Don't think that just because you have a slight advantage at the beginning, you really think you can go to heaven.
Manchester City is only playing in the European Super Cup for the first time and they don't want to take risks.
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Compared to the head coach Ferreira who was shouting excitedly to Otamendi and Rolando in front of the Porto coaching bench, Gao Shen appeared very calm, applauded vigorously, and applauded the performance of his players.
"Pay attention, just kick like this, take your time, don't rush."
Gao Shen is still very patient.
The reason why Porto is anxious is because in a regular positional battle, they have no way to defeat Manchester City and are even at a disadvantage, so they need to be anxious and take risks.
If you can steadily suppress your opponent and win the game, then why take the risk?
Use the right combination and win with the unexpected.
That's the truth.
But as long as Manchester City gets a chance, they will immediately launch a wave of attacks.
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As you coach a team for a long time, the tacit understanding between the players and the head coach will develop.
It is easy for the players to know what the head coach wants, so they will adapt to the situation on the court and constantly adjust their own and the team's overall playing style. Sometimes they don't even need the head coach to make special arrangements.
Just like Manchester City today.
Facing Porto, Manchester City has a psychological advantage from top to bottom.
After Suarez's counter-offside attempt failed to score, Porto tried to launch a counterattack and created a free kick opportunity at the edge of the penalty area.
Javi Martinez committed a foul and gave Porto a chance to take a free kick in the frontcourt. Hulk took the kick himself. In order to avoid the jumping wall, the arc was not lowered and was shot high.
However, Porto continued to create threats on both sides and created corner kicks continuously.
Gao Shen was not anxious at all and remained as still as a mountain.
He finally figured it out. Without Falcao in the middle, Porto's offense would lose the most threatening arrow part. Even if the wing attack was vigorous, it would be difficult to create a threat in the middle.
Hulk is very active on the right wing, which is Manchester City's left wing. The Brazilian striker's speed and physical fitness are very good, and he is also active with his feet, which makes him a big threat when cutting inside on the wing.
So Manchester City slightly strengthened the marking and restrictions on his side.
When the game reached the 26th minute, Javi Martinez successfully made a clearance at the front of the penalty area.
The ball was passed to the feet of Suarez, who was retreating. The Uruguayan turned and distributed the ball to the right.
Robben started as quickly as possible, dribbling the ball into the frontcourt, suddenly changing direction and throwing away Porto's left back Fucile, dribbling the ball laterally and cutting inside, passing Otamendi who was rushing up.
After passing through two defensive players on the other side, he sent a diagonal pass with his left foot before Sosa was in position to protect him.
The ball was passed diagonally from the top of the arc to the left side of the penalty area, passing through the defense zones of Sosa, Otamendi and Rolando. Even Porto's right back Serpunaru was a little unexpected.
Just like a bolt of lightning, Gareth Bale quickly penetrated Porto's defense from the left rib and rushed to the left side of the unguarded penalty area. He didn't even stop the ball and just pushed with his left foot.
Robben's diagonal pass was pushed by Gareth Bale and sent into the lower left corner of Porto's goal.
Goalkeeper Helton was still standing on the right side of the goal, out of reach.
"goalllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!"
"Gareth Bale!!!"
"Manchester City scored first, one to zero!"
"The goal was scored by the left winger from Wales, Gareth Bale!"
"The person who provided this wonderful assist was Dutch winger Robben!"
"It's a fantastic link-up between two world-class wingers from Manchester City."
"It's really a wonderful and surprising collaboration."
"We saw that Robben dribbled the ball very fast on the right, passing two defensive players when cutting inside, and his diagonal pass with his left foot also made Porto very difficult to defend."
"I have to say that Manchester City's attack was really beautiful!"
Gao Shen raised his hands high on the sidelines, applauding Gareth Bale's goal, and also breathed a sigh of relief.
With this goal, the game is secure.
But what is more important is the connection between Robben and Gareth Bale.
Many people must still remember that the most important offensive line during the Rijkaard era of the Barcelona Dream Team was when Ronaldinho took the ball from the left and cut inside. After attracting the defensive attention, he sent a diagonal shot with his right foot.
Pass the ball, either to Eto'o or to the right winger Giuly.
Almost all opponents know this offensive line, but they just can't defend it.
In the future, some people will still remember that in Real Madrid's midfield three, Modric always stood on the right and Toni Kroos stood on the left. Have you ever wondered why?
In fact, the answer is the same.
The advantage of the inverse foot is that when the player turns sideways and faces the center, it is difficult to defend with the dominant foot.
Unless the other party sends two people.
Just like when Robben cut in, he was facing the center from the right, and his left foot was on the side that was difficult for the defensive player to control. As long as he took the ball with his left foot, the defensive player wanted to steal the ball.
, it is very difficult.
In the same way, Ronaldinho and Toni Kroos both face the center on the left side and take the ball with their right foot.
In this case, the defensive player is quite passive when defending one-on-one.
More importantly, they will not easily choose to hit the goal directly, but pass the ball, which is even more difficult to defend.
Gao Shen has been digging deeper into this area this summer, especially further exploring the current players of Manchester City.
For example, he asked David Silva to play as a right winger or even on the right side of the midfield for the same purpose.
It's just that the time is not yet mature, and he still needs further training.
But this connection between Robben and Gareth Bale, and possibly even Gareth Bale playing on the right wing, and him taking on Robben's current role, are the potential that Manchester City will focus on exploring next.
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Because many of last season's offensive routines were actually severely restricted by opponents, we must continue to dig deeper, continue to explore, and continue to strengthen our own strength.
Only in this way can we survive in a European football world that is so violently involved.
Do you want to rest on your laurels?
Don’t even think about it!
The most obvious one was Manchester City's another attack three minutes after Gareth Bale's goal.
After opening the scoring, Gao Shen waved his hand, and Manchester City suddenly stepped up the pressure in the midfield and frontcourt. They wanted to pursue the victory and directly defeated Porto.
During a pass from the front of the penalty area, Suarez sent the ball to the feet of Gareth Bale.
The Welshman dribbled the ball from the left corner into Porto's penalty area. When he wanted to hit the goal, he found that Helton blocked the near corner and Sepu Naru blocked the far corner. This allowed Gareth Bale to
He reluctantly hit the goal, but the shot was blocked by Helton.
This is the most obvious evidence.
When you are studying your opponent, your opponent is also studying you in a targeted manner.
Gareth Bale's efficient scoring ability in this area is also the most lethal threat to Porto.
Porto has designed defensive tactics specifically for this point.
In this case, more changes need to be prepared.
After a wave of attacks failed to create a threat, Gao Shen signaled the players to relax the pressure appropriately and let Porto press out.
Sure enough, the Portuguese Super League team wanted to equalize the score before the end of the first half and launched a wave of attacks against Manchester City.
Manchester City stabilized their position, allowing Porto's offense to only take long-range shots from the outside.
The most threatening thing was Guarin's long shot, which forced Neuer to make a wonderful save.
But soon, Manchester City stole the ball at the edge of the penalty area. After Suarez retreated to his own half to get the ball, he passed it diagonally to Robben on the right and sprinted forward.
On the right side of the center circle, Robben attracted the attention of two defensive players, suddenly stopped and spiked the ball, and sent a diagonal pass with his left foot.
The ball was passed in front of Suarez, but Otamendi and Rolando were also very fast in returning to defense. As a result, Suarez had to slow down when he just rushed into the thirty-meter area and stopped the ball.
At this stop, Otamendi and Rolando also stopped immediately and immediately pounced on Suarez.
A distance of about twenty-five meters, which is definitely within Suarez's shooting range.
But at this moment, the Uruguayan seemed to have eyes on the back of his head. Without even looking, he swept the ball horizontally with his right foot and directed it to the empty left side.
When Porto's two central defenders were still wondering, they suddenly saw a very fast figure rushing over from behind. Just after catching up with Suarez's pass, he stepped into the penalty area with one foot, like a gust of wind.
He chased after him as if.
Goalkeeper Helton was shocked and abandoned the goal immediately.
But Gareth Bale was obviously faster. Near the penalty area line on the right side of the arc, after catching up with the ball he had just thrown out, before Helton could react, he swung his left foot.
beat.
The ball passed past the Porto goalkeeper and into the unguarded goal behind him.
"goallllllllllllllll!!!!!!"
"Gareth Bale! Gareth Bale again!"
"Two goals!"
"In the 42nd minute of the first half, Manchester City scored another victory!"
"My God, Manchester City's counterattack is really fast, especially Gareth Bale. He was near the penalty area just now, but now he has rushed into Porto's penalty area."
