After Manchester City reversed Barcelona 2-1, the two teams completely opened up their positions and played a wonderful offensive battle.
First, Barcelona launched a crazy offensive, posing a huge threat to Manchester City's penalty area and goal. Then Manchester City also counterattacked, creating threats again and again in front of Barcelona's goal.
The two teams went back and forth like this, fighting fiercely. The pace of the game was very fast, and no one was willing to give in.
Sudong and Messi also got consecutive opportunities and created threats, but either the goalkeeper showed bravery or went slightly wide, and the same was basically true for other players, making the game a very strange scene.
Both teams played very vigorously, but no one scored a goal.
This has to be said to be a very surprising and even shocking thing.
The game was very exciting and fast-paced. The two sides were in a back-and-forth offensive battle. There were endless threats on the field, but no one was able to score, resulting in the score of 2-1 remaining until the end of the first half.
At the beginning of the second half, the game situation became different again.
During the halftime break, Guardiola was dissatisfied with some of the team's actions, mainly in terms of rhythm.
He believes that what Manchester City is best at is passing and controlling the ball, slowing down the pace, organizing and penetrating through the advantage of passing and controlling the ball, instead of blindly competing with Barcelona for rhythm and attack, which is to be dragged to the same level by their opponents.
, not good for Manchester City.
Therefore, after changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Manchester City took the initiative to slow down, patiently controlled the ball, and slowly penetrated forward.
Just four minutes later, Su Dong cooperated with Sanchez on the right side of the frontcourt. Sanchez dribbled the ball into the right rib of the penalty area and volleyed hard. The ball hit Pique and went out of the baseline, giving Manchester City a corner kick.
Chance.
Toni Kroos took the corner kick and quickly sent a precise pass into the penalty area.
Sudong feinted a shot, which distracted Pique and Yaya Toure's defensive attention. Coupled with Kompany's response at the front point, Pepe, who was standing on the right side of the penalty spot, was at a high point.
defensive situation.
The whole world knows the height of Barcelona's defensive players. When Pepe jumped up, the surrounding Barcelona defenders basically could only look up and watched helplessly as Pepe headed the ball into Barcelona's goal.
left side of the goal.
Valdes was also distracted by Sudong and Kompany and was unable to save Pepe's header.
The ball went into the left side of Barcelona's goal, three to one!
Manchester City fans throughout the Etihad Stadium once again rushed out of their seats and once again fell into carnival.
Three to one!
From being behind 0-1 at the beginning, to now reversing with three goals, Manchester City played an excellent offensive football feast in front of the home team fans. Especially when facing the powerful Barcelona, Manchester City showed no fear and did not fall behind at all.
, which is even more surprising and unexpected.
The first half of the game was fast-paced, but in the second half, after Manchester City slowed down its offensive pace, it became more threatening.
This also confirms what Guardiola said. The fast-paced attack in the first half seemed exciting, but Manchester City was equivalent to sacrificing part of its ball control ability. This did not give full play to Manchester City.
This wave of offense in the second half can be regarded as a true manifestation of Manchester City's advantage.
Pepe rushed out of the stadium excitedly and slid to his knees on the sidelines to celebrate his goal. All the players from Manchester City also chased him out and gathered around Pepe to celebrate his goal.
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After conceding three goals in a row and suffering a tragic reversal, Barcelona did not become timid because of this, but continued to adopt the aggressive style of play in the first half.
But on the one hand, the physical fitness of Barcelona's players is far inferior to that of Manchester City. Especially in the second half, this situation became more obvious. They have gradually been unable to keep up with Manchester City's rhythm and pace.
On the other hand, Manchester City controlled the ball through slow passing in the midfield and back, allowing Barcelona to actively press out, especially in the midfield and frontcourt. After the midfield and frontcourt were pressed out, the defense had to keep up, otherwise it would be out of touch.
In this way, Barcelona presses forward as a whole, thus exposing their backside.
Just ten minutes after the third goal, Manchester City successfully intercepted the ball in midfield.
David Silva launched a counterattack on the spot, dribbling the ball forward, reaching the edge of Barcelona's 30-meter area, and feinted a shot. It seemed to be passed to Di Maria, but in fact it was passed to the right.
Sanchez.
The Chilean winger did not stop the ball, directly faced David Silva's pass, and pushed the ball into the penalty area with his right foot.
The ball slowly fell into the penalty area.
In the middle of the penalty area, Sudong quickly got rid of Pique and Mascherano, got ahead of everyone, caught up with Sanchez's pass on the right side of the penalty spot, stopped the ball, and adjusted without waiting for everyone to react.
, Su Dong directly fired a powerful volley.
The ball was like a cannonball, once again blasting away the goal guarded by Valdes and hitting Barcelona's goal again.
Four to one!
“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!”
At this moment, the entire stadium went crazy.
Four to one, the total score is five to one!
In other words, if Barcelona wants to advance, they must score four goals in the next half hour.
is it possible?
Especially when Barcelona players have clearly revealed their lack of physical fitness, can they continue to score Manchester City's goal?
You can't do it when you're physically fit, so what can you do now?
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Guardiola watched silently as Su Dong rushed out of the stadium, kissed the wedding ring on his left hand, and celebrated the goal with the Manchester City players.
In his heart, he was very happy for Su Dong's goal and for Manchester City's upcoming victory, but at the same time he also felt a deep sense of loss and regret, because tonight he faced the team he had sworn to be loyal to for the rest of his life.
Barcelona.
It's really ironic to say.
When he was a professional player, he thought he would play for Barcelona for the rest of his life. Unexpectedly, before he reached the age of thirty, he was kicked out by Barcelona and exiled to Serie A in an almost humiliating way. He was even reduced to the point where no one cares about him.
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After transforming into a professional head coach, he returned to Barcelona to lead the second team. He also hoped that one day he could coach the Barcelona first team, even though he was once far away from this.
The wish was extremely close, but ironically, the management finally chose Mourinho.
But at this time, Manchester City extended an olive branch to him.
Should you choose to continue your allegiance? Or change your place?
Few people know that before Guardiola coached Manchester City, he had several conversations with Su Dong, including in the United States and in Munich. It was Su Dong who finally made him decide to coach Manchester City, because he always believed that Su Dong was the one he was.
Among the players he has encountered in his life, he is the player who is closest to the perfect center in his mind.
He once thought it was Kluivert, but later he discovered that Sudong was more perfect than Kluivert.
So, he came to Manchester City.
And now, he defeated Barcelona with his own hands!
Someone asked him, since Barcelona is the love of his life and since he is extremely eager to coach Barcelona, why did he still choose to renew his contract with Manchester City when Barcelona extended an olive branch to him?
Guardiola remained silent and refused to explain.
Those who asked him must think that he can't let go of everything he has finally built. Some people may think that he is reluctant to part with the huge annual salary offered to him by Manchester City. Some may even think that he does not want to miss the next few years of Manchester City in vain.
years of brilliant achievements.
But only Guardiola knows in his heart that even if he were to coach the current Barcelona, he might not be able to do better than Mourinho.
If he goes to coach Barcelona, the first thing he will do is buy Busquets back from Manchester City.
But Manchester City is not short of money. How much is Busquets worth now?
Is it available in Barcelona?
There is no fourth position who can understand Barcelona's traditional ball control system. Can the midfield passing and ball control system work with Yaya Toure?
Manchester City's central axis is Sudong at the front, Courtois is in front of the goal, Kompany and Pepe are on the defense, and Busquets is in the midfield.
Up to now, only Busquets in the team can well understand and implement his passing and controlling tactics.
Others can’t?
Not really, it's just that there's no way to fully utilize it.
Knowing this, why would Guardiola abandon everything that Manchester City had worked so hard to build to meet the challenge of Barcelona that was almost destined to fail?
He once had love, but after everything he has experienced over the years, this love is no longer enough to make him desperate.
He is an emotional person, but now he is becoming more and more mature and rational.
On the opposite side, the man standing in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, the Portuguese madman, became emotional.
If Guardiola didn't understand it at the beginning, then by now, he understands it.
Because Mourinho didn't make adjustments at all, he didn't even plan to change his tactics.
Mourinho is angry.
Be angry with the players in the locker room, with the management, with the fans, with the media reporters, and with the whole world.
He seemed to be telling the whole world with this game, don't you always think that Barcelona is invincible and invincible?
Well, I'll go all out and attack like crazy to show you!
Let you take a clear look at whether Barcelona is really as powerful as you imagine!
Look, am I, Jose Mourinho, as bad and conservative as you imagine?
Suddenly, Guardiola has some respect for Mourinho.
This is a tragedy.
It's like two people who are not suitable at all are forcibly married. Although their lives are okay, many conflicts accumulated over many years will always break out at a certain point in time.
Many people criticized Mourinho for letting Busquets go, but they never thought that for Mourinho, isn't it natural to let Busquets go?
If you don’t let go, then you won’t be Mourinho!
Now that he has been chosen as the head coach, why should we question him on this point?
Is he conservative?
From when he coached Porto to when he coached Chelsea, was there any season where he was not criticized for being conservative?
When he led Porto to eliminate Manchester United, have you forgotten what Ferguson scolded him?
Guardiola suddenly felt helpless and let out a long sigh.
This should be Mourinho's last willful act at Barcelona!