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542. Battle of the Blues 1

Wen Sheng, who was in Manchester City, did not dare to take out his 442, and still responded to the opponent with 4231.

Goalkeeper: Navas

Defenders: Kyle Walker, Van Dijk, Kompany, Milner

Middleback: Casemiro, Fernandinho

Attacking midfielder: De Bruyne, Costa, Silva

Forward: Suarez

After playing in Arsenal and Middlesbrough in a row, Wensheng finally gave Kolarov a rest in this game, and Milner became a left back.

"He actually asked Milner to play on the left back!" Carragher was stunned.

"Milner is really regarded as a panacea by him! You can kick any position!" Neville said hummingly, "If you are not careful, Milner will make a fool of himself today!"

Wensheng doesn't think so. First, Milner had such a position during training, second, he played in the right back for a long time, and his understanding of the defensive position of the full-back is quite profound. Third, Milner is used to use his right foot to prevent William from cutting inward.

"Yes, he should face William today, a very flexible Brazilian player!" said Carragher.

"Hazar can also play on the right side, and he and William can be interchanged, which is a big test for Manchester City's full-back!" Neville felt that this was a relatively weak point in Manchester City.

The game between the two sides soon began. Today, Mike Dean was the one who was the whistle for this game. Dean has a lot of experience, but the pressure faced in this game is also quite large. First of all, the head coaches of the two teams are very difficult, both of which are famous for their mouths. Secondly, in the last game between Manchester City and Arsenal, there was actually some controversy among the referees. For example, Mike Dean himself, he felt that Arsenal's penalty was false, and Kratenberg should not count that physical contact as a foul. In this context, Mike Dean should be absolutely cautious to avoid Manchester City's losses.

Wen Sheng and Mourinho stood on the sidelines at the same time. The first to kick off the ball was Chelsea at home. You have to say that Chelsea's lineup is not short of technical players, but the only problem for them is that head coach Mourinho does not like to control the flow, and their players, such as Hazard and William, are both players with very strong blasting ability, and like to dribble the ball and directly hit the opponent's defense line. To put it bluntly, they are not the kind of players who like to pass frequently. In order to play to their advantages, Mourinho does not like to adopt control tactics.

After the kickoff, they quickly rushed the ball to Hazard's feet. Without saying that, Hazard dribbled the ball and began to break through and sprint, but Manchester City obviously had a focus on Hazard's formation, shrinking its formation to prevent Hazard's inward cut. Although Hazard finally completed the bottom, the cross was not threatened and was directly cleared by Van Dijk.

When De Bruyne got the ball, Ramirez knocked him down from behind. Dean blew the first foul whistle in the game and gave Manchester City a set piece in the backcourt.

"It can be seen that De Bruyne was given a key care today. Chelsea will never let him turn around easily when defending!" Carragher said.

"Both of them will definitely make targeted deployments to restrict the opponent's core players. In this game, Manchester City focuses on De Bruyne, Silva, Suarez, Chelsea, and Hazard and William!" Neville agreed with Carragher's opinion.

Manchester City was not in a hurry to get a set piece in the backcourt, and made a back pass in the backcourt. Chelsea did not directly retreat. Mourinho made the trident on the front line the first line of defense in his tactical arrangement. Unfortunately, he did not want to use high-level defense, interfere with the frontcourt, retreat while defending, and then formed intensive defense in his half.

After Kyle Walker got the ball, he didn't have a good ball point around him, so he chose a cross forty-five degrees.

This kind of crossing is meaningless. Suarez's ability to grab points is not bad, but Wen Sheng repeatedly emphasized trying to play as little as possible, because the opponent in this game is Chelsea, and he may be easily cleared by his opponent after 9 of his passes ten times.

Since this is the case, Walker's cross is naturally boring. He lost his own players in vain. Chelsea's counterattack propulsion ability is relatively strong. If you are not careful, you may be beaten by Chelsea in the reverse attack!

Walker handed over the ball to his opponent for free and came back from the frontcourt in disappointment.

"Kyle! Kyle! Don't fucking pass like that, don't give them the ball easily!" Wen Sheng used his hand as a megaphone and shouted at Walker.

Walker did not look back, and wrote down Wensheng's words and kept his focus.

The first round of the two sides' offense ended, and neither of them made a shot.

Chelsea has tightly arranged the formation, and Manchester City did not use the fast rush and quick hits in the past, but instead played the control flow to minimize ball rights exchange.

However, Hazard's condition is really good. Whenever he gets the ball, defensive players such as Casemiro are a little nervous. It's really this little man who can drive the ball too much. He can take it from the backcourt to the frontcourt, not passing the ball, but he can succeed.

Whether it is Hazard or William, Wensheng's tricks against them are no different from Mourinho's tricks against De Bruyne, and Silva's tricks are no different. With a back-to-back, you must keep a close eye on them and not let them turn around easily. When facing each other, Wensheng's request is to force the two to the side as much as possible and not let them cut in.

But even so, Hazard is very active, but William has no chance of getting the ball when he has the advantage of Manchester City's control rate and there is no threat.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the sideline ball, Wensheng asked Walker to pass a message to Milner, telling him not to take it lightly and to keep William in good shape!

Nearly ten minutes have passed, and both sides have only completed one shot, and the game is not open, and there is too much time to die. Chelsea defenders dare not play with fire, and they often just try to clear the ball, just kicking out of the sideline. And they pay special attention to not giving Manchester City a corner kick opportunity.

Mourinho returned to his coaching seat twice in these short ten minutes to take notes. Ten minutes later, Hazard and William exchanged positions, and Hazard began to attack Milner on the left.

Milner's pressure increased sharply, and Chelsea quickly formed two threatening attacks on Manchester City. One was Hazard's cut inward and passed the ball. William shot a blast near the penalty area line and hit the goal beam. The other was Hazard's cross. The landing point was very good. Remy was slower and failed to touch the football.

As if it was negotiated, in just 6 minutes, Manchester City also formed two very threatening attacks. One was when De Bruyne and Silva cooperated in a small manner near the penalty area. Silva intercepted and Suarez successfully counterattacked. He shot low with a low shot. The force was large and the angle was also very tricky. However, Cech used his courage and blocked Suarez's near-angle shot with his palms outside the goal.

Another time was a long shot from Fernandinho. Ramirez made a mistake in passing and was intercepted by Fernandinho. Since Chelsea's defense was still complete at this time, Fernandinho simply made a long shot from the outside, and the quality of the shot was also very good. He flew to the fan group while rubbing the post.
Chapter completed!
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