Before calling for this game, it is necessary to give a synopsis of the first round of the first round of the match between Manchester City and Atletico Madrid.
A week ago in Etihad, Atletico brought a game of 0 shots on goal, 0 corners and 27% possession to fans around the world. Simeone surfaced in a 5-3-2 formation, but Felix basically maintained a parallel position with Condobia, and Griezmann was not much ahead of them, and was even ready to help Vrsalico. If Simone had to write a book on his first round of tactics, it would be called: "550, From Beginner to Proficient."
On the Manchester City side, the first round did show considerable dominance, so what everyone was most afraid of was actually Touya Patrick slapped his head and said, In the use of certain positions, I retain the right to. In particular, with the "Bavarian Little Guagua-Nagor-Hi" in front of the pearl jade, if the Guagua Research Institute is open again, it is likely to become Bayern if it is not successful.
To sum up, in the second leg of the game, Atletico fans are afraid that their manager will not change, and Manchester City fans are afraid of their own manager's blind change... Sure enough, the joys and sorrows of human beings are not the same.
Fortunately, Manchester City opened with a very normal line-up, and atletico did change.
For one, Simeone turned 5-5-0 into 5-4-1, and Felix appeared to be a purebred striker who didn't need to work part-time.
Second, a Lemar was inserted behind Felix and Griezmann, adding a point where he could advance with the ball on the left.
Third, Atletico tried more side shifts and sped up the frequency of passes, taking advantage of City's concentrated forces to quickly get the ball to the weak side of the defense.
Although these three changes have been much more radical than the first round, they have only increased the speed of Atletico from bicycles to the level of electric vehicles. On the one hand, it is because the Atletico midfielder lacks players who can hold the ball to the front or tear the defense straight, on the other hand, because Atletico's counterattack always wants to play behind the Manchester City full-back, but due to the lack of processing accuracy, the next plot development is basically in two directions:
A. Transmission is inaccurate.
B. Can't catch it.
It is helpless to say that the only one who can change the way Atletico's midfield opens is DePaul, but DePaul's shortcoming is that he likes to stop two belts and three observations to wait for the opportunity to directly plug, and Manchester City's pressure has no room to play for him. So, with De Paul and Llorente lacking support, Atletico's midfield creativity can only count on their Central African Pogba.
So, after 125 minutes of play over two legs, Atletico relied on Condobia to complete their first shot.
Although Atletico's attack is not strong, Manchester City is not comfortable playing anywhere, because Atletico's defensive strategy has also changed. In the first round of the game, Atletico was using the sea of people tactics to fill the gaps in the stadium, manchester city although the bus is difficult but the pass control is still quite smooth; in this round of the game, Simeone used a single soldier on the body confrontation strategy, from a film police officer to a special soldier, directly hit Manchester City's ball carrier.
So, the manchester City experience in the first half was basically like this. Mahrez dribbled the ball on the flank and was knocked in by Lodi for three consecutive times.
Or — Foden scrambles to the top and Felipe opens the scoop and mentions a battle-damaged skin.
It can be said that it is the uncertain scale of the referee that lays the foreshadowing of the game that is out of control. Under this personal impact, Manchester City's habitual small coordination rhythm was completely interrupted, and the attack of the Blue Moon in the first half was basically based on the provocative pass behind the long line or long-range shots outside the box...
In short, Atletico's defense in the first half brought a lot of pressure to Manchester City, but their own attack was basically chaotic, coming and going, coming and going without effect, just a futile toss in the middle. This performance allows fans to get infinitely closer to the quilt.
However, no one expected that in the second half, the times changed. Simeone, who had spent 135 minutes, decided to kick the throttle to the bottom after a half-time break.
First, the right side of the hoarding, focusing on the attack on Cancello, to create left side space.
Second, change the passing full-back to directly behind the center-back, using Felix as a micro-fulcrum.
All of this is to improve the speed, simplify the attack and make full use of the physical bar that Manchester City was dragged down by the weekend Battle of King Mountain. So, in the first 20 minutes of the second half, Rodri began to be unable to keep up, the figure of The B-seat assistant Defender Hasello became more and more transparent, and then Simeone waved the flag for 70 minutes to replace Carrasco, De Paul, Correa... Suddenly, Ishizaki Liao turned into a large empty wing, Xiaomi plus rifle exploded a mushroom cloud, and Manchester City was completely confused.
You haven't seen Such a wretched Manchester City in a long time, their midfield is scattered, the backfield is blocked, there is a signal left between the front and the back, almost all the second point is taken by Atletico, even the box is blocked like entering FIFA's system game - no matter how you press the big foot, you just stumble out of the box.
In the last 10 minutes of regular time, but Atletico have a Benzema or a prosperous beauty, Manchester City has blossomed. But this style of play is a five-little strong brave to break into the twelve houses, and each episode hovers on the verge of dying. After all, 5-5-0 became 5-0-5, which means that once Manchester City can break out of the midfield, the Atletico defense can only directly rush down the trip.
As a result, the most lively plot of the game appeared in the 88th minute of the second half. Felipe traveled a long way to chase Foden, not fast enough to make up his legs, the kick was quite clean, but he was followed by a sweeping leg - it was like putting a big move and following the second stage, because the forward shake was too long, resulting in a very obvious visual effect.
It is precisely because of this sweeping leg that a series has been opened in the follow-up, let's take a look at the decomposition action together.
Episode 1: Foden rolls outside the field, rolls and rolls inside.
Episode 2: Savage single-handedly brings Foden back off the pitch, "When I played at Manchester City, you were 11 years old."
Episode 3: The actions of the old demon of Montenegro trigger a large-scale conflict between the two sides, and Sterling is sandwiched in the middle, trying to infect everyone with happiness.
Episode 4: Things calm down, Foden walks back into the court after treatment, and Fernandinho pushes him down, "This position is suitable, you lie down for a while." ”
In this way, Foden completed the physical displacement of being shoveled from the field to the off-court and rolling back to the field by the opponent and being carried back to the field by his teammates - if this string of shots is used as Foden's promotional material, then his next transfer is estimated to be sold.
I have to say that Pep Guardiola's replacement with Fernandinho is simply a stroke of genius, because in my limited experience of watching football, in terms of Premier League players chicken thieves and mentality, Su Ya, Fei Bird and LüDiger can be in the top three.
In the end, the storm ended with Felipe turning two yellows into one red, and Felipe chased the referee for two minutes after eating red, afraid that he did not understand the rules of football. Of course, Felipe also belongs to the old self-detonation monster in La Liga, often oolong sending some all-round players. This kind of fearlessness may be conducive to morale in ordinary times, but this game is a waste of Atletico's own stopwatch. In this case, Manchester City is also happy to cooperate - you play me, I play you, the ultimate goal is to mix time, two-way rush to this is yes.
After this plot, Manchester City's thinking was completely unified. In the injury time stage, under the guidance of "Yiyu can rejuvenate the country, worry may die", Manchester City played a strange painting style of young and strong, and the boss did not work hard, from Foden to Ederson and Fernandinho, the whole team used the grass again and again to exchange for a yellow card for avoiding death, and finally Simone was anxious, and Manchester City finally finished this 100-minute long game...
For the 9-yellow-1 red match, Simeone said after the game, "Football has 1,000 looks, I won't talk about the way the opponent plays with us, football is a sport about various choices." ”
In fact, Atletico's way of playing has always been controversial.
Fans who like Atletico believe that football is a man's sport, and hardness is one of the most critical qualities, which directly determines whether you can get pleasure in the fierce sports and whether your fans can be satisfied in the process of observation. Everyone who has seen the action movies of the island countries understands this truth.
Fans who do not like Atletico believe that iron blood is not the same as bloodletting, and surviving this kind of game is about the rest of your life.
No matter which side you support, Simeone chose the most likely way to win the game when he was significantly inferior to his opponent. He concentrated his efforts in the final leg of the four rounds and even nearly equalized.
However, if the word does not change the result. After this campaign, Guardiola became the first coach in history to lead the team to the Champions League semi-finals nine times. Of course, this risky crossing also caused Manchester City a lot of losses - the next game, Cancelo was suspended, Walker was injured, and thinking about the situation at Real Madrid, I thought that the semi-final of these two teams was likely to be a pair of couplets.
The upper league is: Acker + Laporte + Ruben Dias + Stones, and the four centre-backs form the defensive line.
The bottom league is: Alaba + Marcelo + Carvajal + Vázquez, the four full-backs give you a New Year's greeting.
Horizontal Batch: Epic defensive duel.
Although there are still 20 days left before this match...
But I don't know why, and suddenly I look forward to it.