144. Round of 16 first round 4
Manchester City is constantly adapting to changes and defending with caution. Wensheng pays great attention to the arrangement of details. Manchester City is not too careful. Malaga never dares to press too much on the formation, and has few opportunities to create. Fortunately, they have done a good job in dealing with Manchester City's counterattack and retreating quickly. Manchester City can only rely on their personal abilities to cause some trouble for Malaga.
In the 53rd minute, Isco dribbled the ball in the frontcourt and was pulled by Melo. Malaga got a set piece with a very good position. Isco took the penalty himself, the quality was quite good, and was rescued by Navas. Then Manchester City also had problems in corner kick defense, which almost made Demikelis succeed.
Wen Sheng waved his hand angrily to express his dissatisfaction.
"After defending for a long time, sometimes you will be distracted. Teams like Manchester City should try to avoid such mistakes!" Zhang Wei commented.
"Dmikelis' header is quite threatening!" He Wei said.
"Today, overall Savage's performance is pretty good, but he is not as mature as Van Dijk, and occasionally there are improper handling of the ball!"
"It seems that Van Dijk is younger than Savage?" He Wei smiled.
"Yes, but Van Dijk has been following Daniel for many years!"
"Daniel Wen seems to be known for his ability to train young people! How does he train his young people in normal times?" The game was relatively dull, and He Wei took the opportunity to intervene.
"He is both strict and friendly! He is patient and sufficient for young players and is more urged to them! I personally think Daniel actually has no secrets or anything else. The most important thing is that he is more careful in training. Our coaching team will also help him, analyze the status of young players in stages, and then Daniel will talk to them alone and set goals, and he will reward him!" Zhang Wei smiled and introduced his previous experience.
"It's a bit like taking care of a child!" He Wei said.
"When I just took over Crystal Palace, there were a large number of young people in the team. The youngest Zaha was actually only 17 years old. Well, take care of the children?! That's right!" Zhang Wei coughed twice and explained.
Pellegrini frowned on the side of the court. He had known that this game would be difficult, but he never thought that it would be so difficult. Manchester City was not only stronger than them in strength, but also performed too steadily and never chaotic. Pellegrini didn't know what kind of way to change the current situation.
Originally, he still hoped to be the fulcrum of high center forward Santa Cruz, but Santa Cruz is really old. He is often at the bottom in the confrontation with Van Dijk and Savage, and he can't play long passes.
Baptista is even more disappointing than Santa Cruz. When Baptista just transferred to Malaga in the 10-11 season, she was still powerful. She scored 9 goals in 11 games. Unfortunately, he suffered a serious injury that season, and then Baptista went downhill. She played for Malaga more than 10 times last season, and she didn't make many appearances this season. Generally speaking, Pellegrini would not use the 442 formation at all.
Twenty minutes have passed in the second half. Wen Sheng saw that the team's counterattack did not improve at all. He decisively made substitutions and replaced Mane with a dull performance Nasri.
Silva was also warming up on the sidelines. If there was no change yet, Silva could replace Dzeko or Aguero.
Pellegrini was more determined than Wensheng's substitution. Wensheng only made one substitution adjustment. At the same time, Pellegrini replaced Baptista with Portillo and replaced Joaquin with Piason.
Piasson came to Malaga on loan from Chelsea in January. He did not play in the Champions League for Chelsea, so he can play in the Champions League for Malaga in the second half of the season, which is different from the dog-selling.
After Piasson took the field, it immediately made a mistake. It is a good thing for young people to let go, but making mistakes often happen to young people like Piasson.
In the 68th minute, Piason dribbled the ball on the wing and tried to pass Kolarov, but Kolarov saw it through and the steal was successfully made.
If Piason had experience, he should have grabbed Kolarov as soon as possible and prevented Kolarov from dribbling the ball. However, he had no experience. He did not do so. Instead, he signaled to Rizoli that Kolarov was fouled. As a result, something tragic happened. Kolarov accurately found De Bruyne's point. After receiving the ball, De Bruyne followed the trend and led forward. The Malaga central defender had just moved. He crossed on the wing, and Aguero surrounded the back point and sent the ball into Malaga's goal again.
"De Bruyne passes the ball!!! Aguero shoots in the back! Enter! Aguero scores twice, Manchester City leads Malaga 2:0 at home!" He Wei shouted, Manchester City's counterattack was very beautiful this time.
"Korarov's pass is really accurate. From left to right, the long distance is at least 40 meters. You have to remember this ball for a contribution!" Zhang Wei then praised Kolarov.
Kolarov did not wait for the opponent's players to press, nor did he push forward with the ball forward. He looked up at the gap and immediately passed the ball, directly shook Malaga's midfielder. Malaga could only put the pressure on the back line, but Mane, Dzeko, Aguero and others acted very quickly and ran very fast, and it was difficult for Demikelis and others to stand.
"De Bruyne's pass is also great. He passed from the back point. Demichelis was led by Dzeko, and Aguero at the back point had no defense at all. Sergio Sanchez came back too late!"
The morale of the Malaga players has plummeted. In this game, their defense is hard, but sometimes they are so careless that they are seized by their opponents. After working hard but not getting a good result, who can not be depressed?
Pellegrini breathed a breath, as depressed as the players.
Wensheng undoubtedly proved that his tactical choice was correct again. This time, Manchester City players celebrated for a long time. Rizzoli believed that they were suspected of delaying time and also warned Aguero.
Aguero dared not make any mistakes. He was punished during the group stage and suspended for two games. He was lucky. He didn't want to be meaningless in the knockout stage because of such a thing.
For some time, Malaga was a little confused. Manchester City took the opportunity to engage in positional offense. Facing Manchester City's attack, Malaga was a little unbearable and frequently used fouls to stop it. Rizzoli gave Demikalis a yellow card and Itura a yellow card.
Pellegrini immediately made a substitution and replaced Itura with Camacho. After this substitution adjustment, Malaga stabilized his stitch again. Seeing that Manchester City had no choice but to take advantage of it, they returned to their original tactics. Wen Sheng replaced Aguero with Silva, and the team changed to the team's 4231 team and Silva was in the center.
The game time passed quickly, and twenty minutes seemed to pass in the blink of an eye. Rizzoli blew the final whistle, and Manchester City defeated Malaga 2-0 at home, taking the lead in advance.
Chapter completed!