Chapter 040: Have a Small Meeting
Not only is Manchester City completely passive, but they are invisible at all in the offense that they have praised by fans and the media in the first three rounds of the game.
Under the pressure of Chelsea, the defenders kept the football away from their own penalty area. As for the efficiency and routine of counterattack, they could not see at the moment.
Joe Hart had just shot Lampard's long shot. Kompani pushed the ball out of the penalty area. Zabaleta had just stopped the ball with his chest. As soon as he looked up, he saw Maluda coming up to press. He quickly passed the ball to the frontcourt with a long pass.
"Long pass! This is very consistent with the style of Manchester City in the past!" the commentator joked. Manchester City's current performance made them shake their heads. Facing Chelsea, this 'new Golden Dollar team' is too passive, and it can even be said to be a bit embarrassing.
When the football arrived at the frontcourt, Zhang Yang stopped the ball with his chest. He used his skills to control the football a little. Manchester City was suppressed by Chelsea since the beginning, and the game has been under the rhythm of Chelsea's game.
At this time, Manchester City must stabilize and slowly turn the situation back.
Mikel came up to grab the ball.
Zhang Yang protected the ball, leaving Mikel helpless. Just when he was about to foul, Zhang Yang passed the ball out with the goal of coming up to meet Wright Phillips.
When the team is completely passive, Manchester City can only rely on the personal abilities of the stars and the cooperation and support between several stars.
Zhang Yang, Modric, Wright Phillips and Ellano played six or seven games in the warm-up match, and they had a preliminary understanding of each other. Moreover, these people are very strong. In such a passive situation, they are also deliberately looking for cooperation and solutions to the current passive situation.
After Wright Phillips received the ball, he went forward and started dribbling along the sidelines.
Wright Phillips is quite fast, and Chelsea's defensive player here is Ashley Cole, who is also a fast player.
Wright Phillips saw that Zhang Yang had already been interspersed in the frontcourt and was about to pass the ball. At this time, Ashley Cole had already made up for defense and a tackle was used to tackle the ball out of the sideline.
Manchester City's counterattack was ended like this.
Scolari, who was on the sidelines, smiled on his face after seeing this scene off the court. Everything was as expected. Although Manchester City won three consecutive victories in the first three rounds of the league, Scolari did not take Manchester City seriously at all. In his opinion, Manchester City's strength is very different from Chelsea. This team is a team that has always been used to playing a tailwind. Once it falls into a passive position, it will become very confused.
In addition to studying Manchester City's recent game videos, Scolari also watched Manchester City's video last season, and then he discovered this attribute of Manchester City. This is not a team with strong qualities!
Moreover, now, although Manchester City has superstars like Zhang Yang, Scolari does not think that Zhang Yang can change this attribute of Manchester City in just one month after he comes to the team.
He asked Chelsea to put pressure on Manchester City at the beginning of the game, in order to create a sense of passivity and oppression for Manchester City. In this way, the team will be panicked. Now, it is true.
If the pressure at the beginning is the first step of Scolari's tactics, the second step is to cut off the connection between other Manchester City players and Zhang Yang. Scolari looked down on Manchester City, but this does not mean that he does not value Zhang Yang. In Scolari's eyes, only Zhang Yang is the biggest threat in the entire Manchester City team, and half of the threat is Robinho. Why is it said to be half a threat? Scolari really admires Robinho, otherwise he would not ask Chelsea to introduce Robinho. However, it is precisely because of understanding Robinho's characteristics that Scolari is relieved of Robinho. This is a player who is more accustomed to fighting alone. Moreover, there is no tacit understanding between Robinho and Manchester City's new teammates. In this game, Robinho can only fight alone. Scolari has some ways to deal with Robinho in this game.
The only thing that gave Scolari a headache was that Chelsea had been besieged for nearly fifteen minutes and had no goals yet.
Marklele's performance in this game is the only thing that makes Scolari a little unhappy. After Scolari came to Chelsea, he swept Marklele out. In today's game, Marklele also held his breath to prove himself. He wanted to let Scollele see that he is not old yet. Chelsea let him go is Chelsea's loss.
Under the fierce attack of Chelsea, the most normal performance among Manchester City defensive players is Mark Lele. He is originally focused on defense and has experienced Real Madrid and Chelsea. He has never seen any scenes and passive situations, so he did not panic in the face of a passive situation. This is also the most important reason why Chelsea has not scored yet.
With another attack from Chelsea, Joe Cole finally got rid of Marklele's defense.
But he didn't even dare to take more steps.
Marklele has very experienced defensive experience. Although he is older and his physical condition has declined, he has rich experience.
Moreover, the two were teammates, and Marklele was very clear about Joe Kerr's technical characteristics. Joe Kerr knew that he would just be half a beat slower.
They may be re-entangled by Marklele.
After getting rid of Marklele, Jocole looked ahead and sent out a straight pass.
Maluda received the football and did not stop the ball, but directly knocked the football horizontally.
Anelka catches the ball.
Pull the ball, turn around, lean on it to defend his Kompany. Anelka knew that Kompany was marking Lampard just now, and now Kompany is here to defend himself, which means... Lampard is empty!
Anelka's personality and his two greedy brothers have made Anelka criticized, but he is indeed a powerful striker.
Without any hesitation, Anelka immediately passed the football out.
"Lampard! He has no defense!" Reinker jumped up!
Lampard had already bent his bow and arrows, and he shot directly towards the football rolling over!
The shooting force was quite powerful and very fast. Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart fell to the ground to save the ball, but he still couldn't touch the football. Before he completely fell to the ground, the football had already swept through and flew into the net behind him.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!”
"Frank-Lampard! He scored!"
"A beautiful world wave!"
"Chelsea finally turned the advantage into a goal! One to zero! They lead Manchester City away!"
The Manchester Municipal Stadium, which was still noisy just now, became quiet at this moment, and then a huge boo sounded.
Amid this boo, Lampard yelled to celebrate the goal. His passionate celebration also ignited the enthusiasm of Chelsea fans, who sang songs praising Lampard, "We have Frank! He is amazing! He is super amazing! He scored again! Manchester City, Manchester City, don't cry!"
As a giant who relies on money to accumulate, Chelsea is very unhappy about Manchester City wanting to copy their model, so they are very unhappy about Manchester City, especially in the first three rounds of the league, Manchester City won all three games and ranked first in the standings. This makes fans, including Chelsea and Manchester United, as well as traditional giants such as Arsenal and Liverpool, very unhappy about Manchester City and want to step on Manchester City.
The camera is very interesting, and Zhang Yang immediately gave him a close-up.
Zhang Yang spat on the ground hatefully, and then he shouted his teammate's name: Luca!
Modric ran over, and he saw Zhang Yang also waved to Wright Phillips and Ellano.
"Zhang, call Robinho together," Modric said.
Zhang Yang nodded after hearing this. He and Robinho are not familiar with each other, and there is no tacit understanding between the two. This is also one of the reasons why Manchester City has no chance in offense today.
"Robi." Zhang Yang shouted at Robinho.
Robinho saw Zhang Yang greeting all the offensive players in the frontcourt and did not call him. He was hesitating whether to go there. He still felt very unfamiliar with this team. Now the situation seems to be that he is isolated.
When Robinho heard Zhang Yang calling his name, he felt relieved for no reason and ran over.
"This won't work, we must make a difference," said Zhang Yang.
"Tell me, let's listen to you." Ellano is a Chang Yang hardcore.
"Chelsea's offensive is very strong. Now that they scored a goal, their morale will definitely be stronger." Zhang Yang said, "So, we may even be more passive later. This requires that once we get the opportunity to counterattack, we must ensure more efficiency." Zhang Yang said.
"We all know this, but now it's difficult," said Wright Phillips.
"That's right." Zhang Yang nodded, "In this case, we offensive players are required to perform better, so that we can be worthy of the efforts of our teammates in the back line. We must relieve the pressure on the defense line."
Everyone nodded.
Offense is the best defense, and this sentence is not in vain. If Manchester City's offense improves, Chelsea's offense will be curbed accordingly.
"After the game starts again, we all have to run more, frequently hit Chelsea's defense line, and create pressure on them." Zhang Yang said. The tacit understanding between everyone is not enough now. In this case, we can only make up for it by running more, strive to run out of the space and tear open Chelsea's defense line.
Zhang Yang looked at Robinho, meaning, do you have anything to say?
Robinho didn't expect Zhang Yang to ask him for his opinion. He thought for a while, "My skills are relatively better. I can dribble the ball to attract their attention. At this time, everyone needs to find an opportunity to respond."
Zhang Yang just wanted to ask Robinho for his opinion, but he didn't think he would say anything. However, after hearing Robinho's words, Zhang Yang was still quite happy. This is not to say how good Robinho said. At least, this is progress. Robinho intends to take the initiative to integrate into the team, which is a good thing.
"Robbie is right." Zhang Yang nodded, "Wright, your pulling edge is also important, and Luca and Ellano, you have to work harder. You must press on the attack and return to defense in time when defending."
Seeing Modric and Ellano nodding, Zhang Yang looked at Marklele who was not speaking again. The veteran smiled, "I can't provide much help in offense, but I'll leave it to me in defense."
OK!
Zhang Yang looked at everyone, "I don't want to lose in this game! I want to win! I believe everyone has the same idea!"
"That's right!"
"I've been unhappy with Chelsea for a long time!" Wright Phillips said that this guy hasn't forgotten the entanglement of being swept out by Chelsea.
"Then we need to work together!"
After Chelsea players celebrated their goals, people discovered that Manchester City's midfield and frontcourt players were gathered together, as if they were having a small meeting.
This also attracted the attention of the commentator.
"Gary, see," Eddie Gray said. "Manchester City's midfield and frontcourt stars gathered together, and they seemed to be communicating something. I'm sure this is not what Mark Hughes meant." Mark Hughes did not convey any tactical intentions to the players just now. So Eddie Gray said this.
"This is a spontaneous meeting between the players?" Leinker asked in confusion, "Who brought them together?"
Leinker is very interested in this. He feels that this small detail may have a significant impact on the future of this team.
Although it was just a feeling, Reinkell believed in his intuition.
Chapter completed!