155. Control the kick
The home stadium of Malaga is located in the center of Malaga. Its name is very poetic and picturesque. It is called the La Rosaleda Stadium. It can be translated as the Rose Garden Stadium. It was unknown whether it was the Rose Garden.
The Rose Garden Stadium is not an unknown person. It also held three games during the World Cup in 1982. Michael Jackson and Pique's wife Shakira held concerts here.
On the night of the second round, the Rose Garden Stadium, which could accommodate nearly 30,000 fans, was crowded.
For many Malaga fans, this night may be the best song of Malaga in the Champions League event in his lifetime.
Atletico Malaga, the former predecessor, was already bankrupt and finished. No one can tell where Malaga is in the future. In the first leg before this game, their team lost 0:2. It is not necessarily an exaggeration to say that it is Malaga's Champions League masterpiece.
The fans erected various slogans, insulting the management and insulting the abominable Qatari tycoons, but these were useless.
Pellegrini looked at the things in front of him and shook his head indecisively. Those who did football in the end were all the fans. The fans' strength was too weak to have too much impact on the team's decision-making. Moreover, the fans may not be right. It is better for professionals to deal with football.
"Maybe I have to leave in summer too!" Pellegrini had already considered the matter of summer.
Although he was very tough at the press conference before the game and his attitude was clear, he believed that the team still had the possibility of advancing, but deep down he had actually given up on this game, he knew that Malaga could not compete with his opponent.
When Pellegrini was speechless, Manchester City was almost impeccable, especially his performance on the defensive end, which really left him helpless. This is an important reason why Pellegrini felt that the team had bid farewell to the Champions League in advance.
He also knew that when he could not control his opponent's tactics, the best way was to show his own characteristics and not to think too much about restraining his opponent's offensive and defensive system. However, the facts of the previous game told him that even if Malaga wanted to show his own characteristics, it would be difficult.
"You are such a good guy!" Seeing the young Wensheng again, Pellegrini couldn't help but feel a little jealous and blurted out.
"Thank you, I hope today is a wonderful night!" Wen Sheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
He and Pei Gong were not very familiar with each other and their language was not smooth, so after saying this, they said goodbye quickly.
Seeing Wensheng go away, Pellegrini is a little confused. He thinks why he is not as good as the young Wensheng at such a young age? Is it really a genius?
He has also coached Real Madrid and knows that big clubs are not so easy to manage. Wen Sheng is so young, how can he manage a team like Manchester City in an orderly manner?!
Peggy didn't think that Manchester City was definitely not Real Madrid. On the contrary, Manchester City is more like the yellow submarine Villarreal he once managed.
During the Villarreal period, Petty was a perfect role with the support of senior executives. Riquel Meadow was loved by fans?! Petty said he was beaten or he was beaten!
Of course, what is more important is that Real Madrid is a membership system, Manchester City and Villarreal are both privately owned, and the boss's support is the best. No matter how hard the fans jump around, they will be helpless.
The staff of Malaga have been relatively uniform recently. Pellegrini did not set up a 442-position at his home court this time, but used 4231.
The goalkeeper is still Caballero, the central defender is still composed of Demikelis and Weligon, with Antunes and Games on the left and right respectively, Tularan and Itura in the midfield defensive position, Baptista is in the middle, Joaquin and Isco are one left and one right, and the center position is Saviola.
Compared with the first round of Etihad, Malaga's lineup adjustment was not strong enough. They did not make too much reinforcement in the summer. There were not many people available on the bench. It was quite good that Pellegrini could lead the team to this level.
Santa Cruz performed poorly in the last game. Pellegrini used Saviola in this game. Saviola is no longer as brave as she used to be, but this is also one of the few cards in Pellegrini's hands. He must make good use of them. This season, Saviola has more than 20 opportunities to play under Pellegrini and has scored six goals for the team.
Santa Cruz does not perform well under Van Dixavic's double-team, so the head coach weighs the pros and cons and changes his ideas.
On Manchester City, the starting goalkeeper was replaced by Navas. On the defense, Sabaleta, Van Dijk, Kompani and Kolarov were lined up, while in the midfield were Melo and Milner, Silva was Silva, De Bruyne played on the right, Nasri played on the left, and Aguero was on the front line.
Manchester City has also encountered some injury problems in the past two days. Toure was injured in training, and Dzeko was injured in the last game. The two men were absent in this game, which is a certain problem for Wen Sheng's arrangement. Toure's absence may have a great impact. I don't know if Milner can complete Wen Sheng's mission arrangement.
The task of equalizing the score is very heavy for Malaga, but after the start, Malaga did not directly push out and launch a crazy attack on Manchester City's position.
For Pellegrini, this game is all a pitfall, and the situation is completely beneficial to Manchester City.
If his team invests too much energy in offense, the defense will inevitably be empty. Manchester City has a strong ability to seize opportunities from defense to offense. There are many good passers in the team, and they may score goals with a counterattack. Then this game is definitely at hell level for Malaga.
But if he doesn't put too much energy into offense, then Manchester City's defense is not enough. He can guess that two goals are in hand. How could Wensheng play against himself at the Rose Garden Stadium?! He wouldn't have done that if he had changed.
Attack is necessary, but defense cannot be ignored. Therefore, Pellegrini adopts a strategy to compete with Manchester City for possession of the ball, keep the formation compact, and gradually push back the attack arrows of Manchester City, and then rely on small-scale passes and cuts between frontcourt players or flashes of inspiration to create opportunities.
Pei Gong’s idea is very clear and feasible.
So after the game started, the two sides were entangled in the midfield. The meaning of Permanent Saviola was very clear. He felt that Saviola had more outstanding technical skills and good passes and controls, so Malaga's style of play was definitely unlikely to focus on crossing, and would focus on crossing, and could not guess it through.
Wen Sheng also wanted to control this game, and wanted to relieve the pressure on defense through control. Manchester City wanted to control, and Malaga also wanted to control. The two sides naturally had to have a hard ball-right battle in the midfield.
Chapter completed!