In the Champions League knockout rounds in recent years, any match with Real Madrid always feels like a battle between junior mages and full-level humans. A lot of times Real Madrid don't seem to be invulnerable, but as soon as you treat them like normal humans, they will suddenly let out a magic attack and take you away.
In recent seasons, Manchester City, Liverpool, Greater Paris, Chelsea have had similar experiences... Everyone even had the same process - a girl named Xiaomei, a boy called Xiaoshuai, they accidentally met Real Madrid, all of them had accidents.
Even Manchester City, who are so strong this season, did not bargain at the Bernabeu in the first leg. The only good news was that the Blue Moon came home with a draw, and the coach promised before the game, "Don't worry, I'm not going to overthink tomorrow." ”
However, not working does not mean that there are no adjustments. There are three reasons why Manchester City played in the first leg: first, the B seat and Grealish suffered a double bag; the second is Haaland successfully defended by Antonio Rudiger; Third, Real Madrid's tactical foul was decisive, and the whistle was relatively loose.
In this game, except for not on Rudiger, Ancelotti basically continued the defensive strategy of the previous game. However, he soon found that this time the team was a little unguardable. Because Etihad was a little too enthusiastic, a large number of people blocked the door of Real Madrid, Wuyang Wuyang.
For example, Stones and Rodri are located on the premise, standing in the usual Gundogan and De Bruyne pits. For example, Gundogan and Tintin are also positioned, forming a triangular position with Haaland and even sometimes parallel. For example, Gundogan + Grealish, Tintin + B seats are often divided into two groups and stuffed into the ribs of Real Madrid.
In this way, Real Madrid's defense suffered from the enemy.
- If you defend against the B seat or the shaker, Tintin and Gundogan will rotate into the box, and there is no one to defend yet.
- If Valverde and Mr. Tony stand firm, Rodri and Stones at the top of the arc will line up to shoot from distance.
——If Militão or Alaba help in front of the top and Manchester City "snap" a cross from the wing, the ball will fly over the head of Real Madrid's defensive line with an average of only one meter eight, and the plot will directly become Haaland vs Courtois.
In fact, the only reason why Real Madrid did not concede a goal in the first 20 minutes was Thibaut Courtois. This man, who can produce ten best saves in a week, alone formed a galactic stomach guard team for Haaland, and turned Buu into a vegetarian.
Fortunately, Manchester City today has more than one big stomach king. After De Bruyne, Stones, and Rodri tried their feet, Seat B looked at the duty schedule, "Yo, it's my turn to save the world today!" ”
So in the 23rd minute, Manchester City played a wave of attack, B squatting ribs, counter-offside, slamming into the near corner, hanging up the corner... Unusual paths everywhere make Courtois defenseless. 1-0。
It turns out that although Real Madrid in the Champions League is like a nine-life cat, as long as you give him one life and one by one, you can still hurt their real bodies. Of course, there is room behind Manchester City's aggressive attack, but the question is... Real Madrid's counter-attack was completely limited by Manchester City.
First, Rodri and Stones were involved in the frontcourt pressing, so that Real Madrid's ball could not be passed.
Second, Ederson expanded the defensive area, saw Benzema coming and went out early to collect the ball, and failed to reduce his intelligence.
Third, as soon as Vinicius plugged in, Walker immediately turned himself into a Runner.
Throughout the first half, how badly was Real Madrid suppressed?
- In the first 15 minutes, the pass ratio between Manchester City and Real Madrid was 129-26.
- In the first 30 minutes, Manchester City and Real Madrid had a 9-0 shot ratio.
- Throughout the first half, the Real Madrid trident combined for 18 passes, including two mid-circle kick-offs.
In a difficult defensive situation, Real Madrid tried to tilt the entire defensive line to gamble on one side, only to suddenly flash empty space on the other side... 2-0。
As soon as the game was played, Real Madrid were completely trapped. The reason why they were able to defend Manchester City in the first round was partly because the tactical system was in place, and on the other hand, because they scored first, and after the lead, Benzema and Vinicius could both be placed to defend, giving Real Madrid a tiger's back.
Trailing by two goals in this game, the team could only save and attack, so Manchester City's control in the second half was more comfortable. Grealish no longer faced the bag, he forced a yellow card for Carvajal on the left and also completed his own kick KPI; The right side B continues the super-god play of Bayern, and friends who want to write a small essay for B seat can choose between "Afon's yesterday is Camavinga's today" and "I invited Messi in 2012 in the God Invitation Activity".
The constant breakouts caused Manchester City to save a bunch of set-pieces, and then Akanji headed a header and aimed at Real Madrid's height weakness... 3-0。
Since then, the game has gone into garbage time.
On the night of May 17, 2023, Manchester wandered in a leisurely and joyful ocean. B strolls, Stones strides with the ball, Tintin strolls tiredly and relieved, and then... Master Ai, who had been idle for most of the game, began to rush to protect his clean sheet.
The only thing City can blame for the whole game is that it took more than 170 minutes over the two legs to use his first substitution. Such old melons, really, I cry to death. Not only did he not work properly, he didn't even change people.
Perhaps, in addition to the consideration of tactical stability, the reason why the manager did not change was because he saw the high morale of the Manchester City players on the field. After all, today's full team is about five minutes before school ends on Thursday, knowing that school is closed for a day on Friday, parents are at work tomorrow, I can play Kingdom Tears at home by myself, I am very, very excited, but I have to suppress myself to pretend to be calm so as not to have any signs of floating and the feeling of being discovered by the opponent and confiscating the switch.
In contrast, Real Madrid's ceremonial midfield shows the traces of time, and the last time we saw Real Madrid in this all-hands listless and red arrow state was back when they played some La Liga relegation teams.
In the end, Alvarez came off the bench and scored with two touches, achieving a world where only Haaland was injured, and comforting all the teams that have been drunk by Manchester City with more than four goals this season with a score of 4-0...
Liverpool: It was not easy for our army to take a Premier League from Manchester City's teeth a few years ago.
Arsenal: Our factory can top 35 rounds of the league, and we have done our best.
Nandawang: I'm benevolent... This doesn't seem bad.
In short, Manchester City this season is Lao Guan's latest contribution to the football world.
First, he innovated the play of no wingback + no winger, except for Ederson, the remaining 10 people in Manchester City are all traditional central players.
Second, their current midfield five can control the ball, just 4 in the No. 10 position, and any one can be used as a single core.
Third, they put Mahrez, Alvarez, Foden, Phillips, Laporte on the bench, and used practical actions to tell the teams that bought people to cut the rope - the vice of always eating staple food must be changed, and all lobsters can be filled.
The only one who didn't have fun was probably Haaland. After the game, he tweeted "very happy" and attached a selfie. I took a look and was already afraid.
This is probably the best form of a shooter waiting for the final: calm, hungry, and excited.
You ask the eldest brother the amount of alcohol, the direction of the finger half-hanging.
When did the eldest brother change to vegetarian, you asked?
At that time, it was, eating between two bites of meat.
Istanbul, here he is.
Shudder.