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142. Round of 16 first round 2

"With the whistle from the referee Rizzoli, the game kicked off. Manchester City, who played at home, attacked from left to right, and the away team attacked from right to left! Málaga, who played away, kicked off first..."

After Malaga kicked off, Dzeko and Aguero put forward pressure with both wings one after another.

Manchester City's 442 is actually not a symmetrical 442 parallel position. De Bruyne's position is in the middle. Who did he hand it over to this side? It was handed over to Milner.

Neither Sabaretta nor Walker were injured and could play in this game, but Wensheng gave this important task to Milner alone. Only Milner has such spiritual attributes to take on this important task. It is difficult for the right back to play well today.

"De Bruyne passed the ball, Milner made a quick cross, Oh, Aguero failed to grab the point, and Dzeko at the back point did not grab the point, and the ball came out! Manchester City attacked very quickly this time!" Within two minutes of the game, Manchester City created a test for the Malaga defense line.

After watching the game, Zhang Wei felt that Manchester City's offense seemed to have less control in the frontcourt, and the crossing was also very direct. It relied on not the gap but the forward players' ability to grab points.

"Urgent?! Is Daniel trying to drag down Malaga with the fast pace of British style?!" He couldn't help but ask a question.

After a few minutes of looking at it, he understood what Wensheng meant. He still had to control it in the backcourt, but once the Malaga players approached in the frontcourt, Manchester City would change the rhythm in the backcourt and pass directly to the frontcourt. The rhythm of passing the ball in the frontcourt was faster. Manchester City did not rely on the overall pressure on the midfield and backcourt to attack, but used only the pass between four or five people to send the ball to the Malaga penalty area.

One blow won't happen, but it won't bring too much risk to Manchester City's midfield defense.

"Málaga needs to be careful of Manchester City's fast pass. De Bruyne's pass accuracy is very high. Three or five people can pose a threat to Malaga's goal. Malaga especially needs to limit De Bruyne!" Ten minutes passed, and both sides completed their shots, but the score was still 0:0. Zhang Wei made a phased summary.

Wensheng found that Pellegrini, a famous head coach, was quite tricky. He almost guessed his tactical arrangements completely. Moreover, he had some knowledgeable skills and had such an asymmetric 442 position. Isco was equal to De Bruyne on Manchester City.

The game between both sides was as anxious as Zhang Wei predicted. Everyone would pay attention to their defense carefully. The players of both teams tried to rely on their personal abilities to bring variables to the game in the frontcourt.

In the 13th minute, Aguero, Dzeko and De Bruyne completed a delicate cooperation, and De Bruyne's low shot from the penalty area almost broke through the goal guarded by Caballero.

"What a pity, it's a slight difference!" Zhang Wei shouted involuntarily, "De Bruyne is very strong in both long shots and close shots. Malaga's restrictions today are not good enough!"

Braga is the one who is guarding De Bruyne, a French international. He has played for Lyon before and has outstanding abilities. When he arrived in Malaga, it made people feel a little incredible. Malaga has a good record in the past two years and has a lot to do with him.

"Turarang is not determined enough in this position and dare not foul!" He Wei said.

"Manchester City's set-piece scoring ability this season is stronger than that of Mancini's time. It is right for Pellegrini to have some considerations!" Zhang Wei said.

Two minutes later, De Bruyne got Milner's pass in the center of the wing. This time, he was relatively far away from the goal. Tularan did not hesitate anymore and directly knocked De Bruyne to the ground from behind.

Manchester City also made a tactical success in this set-piece. Kolarov passed the ball, and Dzeko headed the ball under Savic's cover, but his strength was not good but his angle was confiscated by Caballero.

Zhang Wei said again: "This season, I remember several times Manchester City relied on set pieces to open up the situation!"

"There are many free kick experts in Manchester City's lineup! Like De Bruyne, Kolarov have had the experience of scoring directly!" He Wei added.

Pellegrini is very helpless on the sidelines now. Currently, the two teams have not much difference in ball control time in terms of data, but Manchester City is undoubtedly much better in terms of offensive quality.

Twenty minutes passed, Manchester City had completed six shots, one or two of which were relatively dangerous shots, and Malaga was obviously not as good as Manchester City in terms of opportunity creation. In twenty minutes, they only barely completed three shots, saying that it was because these three opportunities were not an opportunity, and Malaga players forced their feet to complete these three times.

Pellegrini cannot break Manchester City's tactics. Manchester City has not invested in offense and has always maintained stability in the back defense. The frontcourt offense relies on individual performance, and it feels like the midfield and backcourt are disconnected from the frontcourt. However, as long as the Manchester City defensive players delay Malaga's transmission control a little, Manchester City's frontcourt players have the ability to return to defense. Malaga has not succeeded in a counterattack yet.

Isco originally wanted to show off his performance in this game, but after two deaths of being double-teamed by his opponent, he did not dare to make a breakthrough at will.

Manchester City can build small offensive teams in the frontcourt to play offense, but Malaga cannot do it. Malaga depends on support from the midfield and backcourt.

If Isco breaks through at will, it is likely that the opponent will seize the opportunity to fight back. Isco, who has excellent reading game skills, understands this very well.

"Isco performed very well. I feel that after experiencing two extraordinary failures, he is also less courageous!" Zhang Wei commented.

"He is less than 20 years old now, and he has the ability, but he is under great pressure in such a game and dare not play as freehand as in the league." He Wei continued.

"Malaga played too routinely and lacked variables. If you want to open up the situation, I think they can be more courageous!" Zhang Wei couldn't help but whine.

"Manchester City has not scored for a long time, I'm afraid Daniel Wen will be a little anxious, right?" He Wei glanced at Wen Sheng who was pointing the camera lens at Wen Sheng who seemed to be talking loudly on the sidelines, thinking Wen Sheng was anxious.

Wensheng was not in a hurry at all. In such a game, he told the coaching staff that 0:0 is not an unacceptable score. The most important thing for the team is not to lose the ball.

After just yelling for a few words, Wen Sheng ran back to the bench and pulled a tissue to wipe his nose. He took medicine in the morning and was obviously better. At night, he stood on the sidelines and the cold wind blew, and the snot flowed down three thousand feet again.

"Is that OK? Are you okay?" Kidd said with concern.

"It's okay, fuck, this is really unlucky! I want to stuff two balls of paper into my nostrils now!" Wensheng put the used tissue into his jacket pocket. He was quite careful and did not throw it around, for fear that the virus would float into the players' mouths.
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