Six hundred and twentieth IX smart people's approach
Manchester City was fully prepared for the game against Arsenal - the previous week was the FA Cup match day, and Manchester City did not have this game, which gave them a certain amount of rest. Although after the game against Arsenal
After the game was the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, but Dick still sent out a large number of main players in this game.
Vidal started the game and Deco was on the bench. Although Arsenal had lost 3-0 to Manchester City in the previous league, the fact that Fabregas was injured and unable to play in that game was a big factor.
In this game, their lineup is much more complete, and their recent form seems to be quite good.
However, due to the lack of strength in the defense and the lack of outstanding defenders, Arsenal still did not get very good results. In this game, Dick took advantage of this and defeated Arsenal in an away game.
Accept!
Ribery, Torres, Yaya Toure and Kompany each scored a goal, making the goals of Cesc Fabregas and Robin van Persie useless. Manchester City defeated Arsenal 4-2 away from home and continued to maintain its lead over Manchester United.
Five points advantage!
Manchester United defeated Aston Villa 3-2 in this game and continued to chase after them.
Even if there are only seven rounds left in the league, Ferguson knows that Manchester United does not have no chance.
After defeating Arsenal in the away game, Dick flew the Arsenal team directly to Spain. Three days later there was an away game against Villarreal. Manchester City played away first and then at home. It was considered a
Good news.
Villarreal this season has changed a lot from Villarreal, which became the biggest dark horse a few years ago. Riquelme, a genius with a weird temper, played two games in Villarreal.
After a good year, he started to make mistakes again. Now he has returned to Argentina to play football. At that time, Forlan and Jose Mari, who formed the trident with Villarreal, also left Villarreal one after another.
Yair, now Villarreal, has a completely different lineup.
There are no superstars in this lineup, but there is no shortage of powerful players, Diego Lopez, Senna, Kani, Ibagaza, Llorente... plus a talented young man Giuseppe
?Rossi, their outstanding results this season cannot be achieved by luck alone.
However, they were able to enter the quarter-finals due to luck. Although they were placed in the same group as Manchester United in the group stage, the remaining two opponents, one from Denmark and one from Croatia, did not create much pressure on them.
, after qualifying as second in the group, they met Panathinaikos, the weakest team in the first group, and defeated their opponents in two rounds to enter the quarterfinals. Villarreal has actually won the Champions League so far.
I haven’t met too many top teams.
Their head coach Pellegrino is also very clear about this, so even at their home court, Villarreal focuses on defensive counterattacks, striving to get a good result at home, and then go to the away game
Fight hard - this is also a very good choice for weak teams.
After all, for Villarreal, the only advantage they consider is that they are relatively experienced in the Champions League. What Manchester City has shown in the Champions League this season is to use offense to solve opponents. If in
If they encounter a defense in an away game, maybe they will have some emotional fluctuations...
It is a pity that even if Manchester City does not have enough experience, with Dick and their experience, there will not be any big problems.
But for this game, Manchester City's biggest enemy is not the opponents on the field, but luck...
After the start of the game, Manchester City encountered a tenacious defense on the road, and Villarreal took the lead in scoring through a counterattack - a long pass from the backcourt, Llorente's header, Rossi's penalty area
The forward controlled the ball and then passed it back. Senna followed up and hit the ball with a beautiful world wave. The ball passed Hart's hand and went straight to the dead corner of the goal. Villarreal took the lead at home!
This loss of the ball did not cause any psychological distress for the Manchester City players. After all, their tactics are offensive tactics. It is not a big deal to lose the ball in the away game. As long as they can score goals in the away game, then the disadvantage will be their opponents at the beginning.
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However, in the next game, Manchester City's luck seemed to be getting worse. Originally, Dick sent Deco in this game, intending to use his experience in the Champions League and familiarity with La Liga teams.
, however, twenty minutes after the start of the game, during a midfield scramble, Deco fell to the ground and could not get up. After the team doctor diagnosed, Deco had a thigh strain and had to leave the field...
Faced with this situation, Dick frowned, and then sent Vidal. Originally, Deco was just a tactical move, but if he was replaced by Vidal, the impact would not be great.
However, five minutes later, Ribery fell to the ground and Dick's expression began to change - after all, Ribery has been a core player of Manchester City since joining. If his injury is serious at this time,
If so, it will have a great impact on Manchester City's next two-front battle!
"My right ankle is sprained and I have to rest for two weeks."
The team doctor's report made Dick feel a little more relaxed, but it meant that, at least in this knockout round, Ribery's power would not be available for Villarreal's two games...
Two of Manchester City's generals were injured in a row, which made Pellegrino's face a little more happy, because before that, Manchester City's offense had suppressed Villarreal, and Villarreal's defense was
Manchester City's suppression has already shown signs of loosening, and at this time, the fate of Ribery and Deco will undoubtedly have a huge impact on Manchester City's offense!
Without Deco, they will lose a transit point in their passing, and without Ribery, they will lose a sharp knife that can tear apart the opponent's defense!
The impact of the absence of such a core player cannot be eliminated easily!
Sure enough, in the next game, Manchester City's offense began to become messy, and until the end of the first half, they failed to create too many opportunities!
Pellegrino felt that he could be bolder. A 1-0 lead at home was not safe enough. He did not know whether Ribery and Deco would be able to play in the second round. If he could get a two-goal lead at home...
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During the halftime break, he replaced attacking midfielder Fernandez, trying to strengthen his offense in the second half and strive to expand his lead!
However, this approach has had a bad effect. Now Manchester City's positional attack seems a bit lacking. After all, Vidal's deep passing ability is not as good as Deco's. Bell's quick breakthrough is only effective on the wing. His extraordinary ability
His ability is far inferior to Ribery, but when Villarreal launched an attack, Dick successfully allowed the team to launch a defensive counterattack.
When a huge gap began to appear in Villarreal's backcourt, Bell's speed began to show its full potential!
It was at the 18th minute of the second half that Bell used his speed to break through, got rid of the opponent's full-back and then passed the ball into the penalty area. Torres, who had his back to the goal, stopped the ball on his chest, and then immediately
Upside-down golden hook! Diego Lopez failed to react immediately to such a sudden shot, and the ball entered the net from his armpit!
This golden goal gave Manchester City a precious draw on the road. Although they failed to win, a draw with a goal was enough to give Manchester City a certain advantage when they returned to home!
"The injuries of Deco and Franck Ribery have caused us some troubles...but we still have many outstanding players. In the next home game, we will use a victory to advance...the first leg of the semi-finals
Ribery should be able to play, and then we will use this game to welcome his comeback!"
Dick said very firmly at the post-match press conference, and after returning to the league, Dick hid most of his main players - anyway, he still had a five-point advantage, and he was not afraid of losing points in this game.
In this league match, Manchester City's substitute players seemed to be quite competitive. Manchester City was led twice by Fulham at home, but they managed to equalize twice. Before the end, Di Natale's supplementary shot in front of the goal was completed.
Manchester City defeated Fulham 3-2 and continued to lead Manchester United by five points!
There are still six rounds left in the league. At this time, a five-point lead seems quite large. After all, with every game played, Manchester United's hope of catching up becomes much smaller. As long as Manchester City is not widened by Manchester United,
Then Manchester City's advantage will not be shaken in any way!
In the second round of the Champions League knockout round, Dick once again let the world see his shamelessness.
Before the game, he vowed to use offense to welcome the comebacks of Franck Ribery and Deco. However, after the game started, Villarreal, who were ready to prepare, found that Manchester City was greeting them with an even more prepared defensive formation...
In the first half, Manchester City used defense to prevent Villarreal's offense from doing anything. In this game, Dick's forward trident of Bell, Ashley Young and Benzema was a pure counterattack formation.
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If the score is zero to zero, then Villarreal will be eliminated. In such a helpless situation, Villarreal can only launch a fierce attack in the second half, and then they swallow the bitter pill.
Bell's counterattack in the 26th minute of the second half resulted in a single goal. Facing the attacking goalkeeper, he pushed the shot into the far corner. With such a goal, Manchester City defeated Villarreal 1-0 at home.
Eliminated Villarreal with a score of 2-1 in two rounds and advanced to the semi-finals!
"Shameless? If you think a head coach's psychological warfare and smoke bombs before the game can be called shameless, then I can only say that you grew up in a vacuum. The game is a game, within the limits allowed by the rules.
Within the network, any means are allowed, and my opponents can also deceive me. If I are deceived by them, it only means that I am not good enough, and I will not keep talking about my opponents being shameless. This is no longer the Middle Ages.
The silly battle of charging face to face with spears has long been eliminated. What I do is what smart people do. If you don't know how to do it, it only means you are not smart enough."
Dick was quite dismissive of this argument after the game. In his opinion, he was just using the least labor-intensive method to win. And now, he has led Manchester City to the semi-finals of the Champions League, only one step away from the final.
One step away, Manchester City fans are looking forward to the first Champions League title in their club's history, and Dick is also looking forward to his huge bonus.
