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291. Digging your own grave

At least in this game, Wen Sheng’s actions confirm the sentence, “As time goes by, you become what you hate!”.

At the halftime break, Benitez finally made up his mind that he was absolutely unwilling to lose at Etihad Stadium. If he wanted to crack Manchester City's tactical vision, he could only disrupt Manchester City's rhythm.

As Wen Sheng once said in exchange for European elite coaches, to crack this control, one must be done with high-level pressing, and the team must be really willing to do it; the second must be running and use active running to make up for technical disadvantages. Everyone knows that the faster the ball passes, the more mistakes you make; the third is to use control to deal with control. If Naples simply engage in defensive counterattacks, the necessary controls still have to be there.

"Run, I need you to run! Chase them like a mad dog!" Benitez used uncivilized words. Benitez had always had a relationship with players, but he was a capable person with a title on his head. He had previously led the team to an excellent start in Serie A and Champions League. All of this made Naples players have already returned to him.

So Benitez's request was recognized by these players.

After the second half began, Wen Sheng saw a team of Napoli, which was different from the first half.

The Italian team's defensive philosophy is always negative. For example, they are more willing to build a wall in the half and wait for the opponent to break themselves into pieces. The typical characteristic of Premier League teams is positive in defense. They are more willing to actively grab the ball, and they are more eager to transfer the ball back to their own side.

In the first half, Napoli's defensive philosophy was slightly negative, while in the second half, their defensive philosophy was positive.

The careless Wensheng did not count that Benitez would do this. After all, as the cup coach Benitez is too experienced, and no one is more greedy than him. He just lost a goal. Wensheng felt that Benitez didn't need to do so well, guard his goal steadily, and then steal a ball when he had the chance and take a point away from Etihad?!

Wen Sheng was a little anxious on the sidelines and kept calling the players to run. The drizzle seemed to be inclined to get bigger and bigger. His hair was already wet, and raindrops flowed into his shirt with his cheeks.

Hawking quickly sent a raincoat to Wensheng.

"Long passes are needed! Danny! In this case, their forward siege is very powerful. We cannot do too much transmission in the backcourt. There is Edin in the frontcourt, so let it be used!" Hawking said loudly in Wensheng's ear.

Wen Sheng nodded. The rain was getting heavy, and the risk of passing and controlling in the backcourt had to be considered, not to mention that Naples's running was really too powerful.

"David! David!" Wensheng waved to Silva and called him over. Manchester City quickly changed its tone.

Benitez also found that Manchester City had changed its tone. Long passes on Manchester City began to increase, and the ball rights exchanges between the two teams became more and more frequent. Naples began to create some offensives.

Thanks to the weather and Benitez's active adjustments, the game changed, but the final result is hard to say for Naples when it is good or bad.

Everyone played back and forth for more than ten minutes, with each other offense and defense, and Manchester City still had more shots, while Napoli had relatively fewer shots, so there were no problems with running and passing the ball. His problem was that he was not good at playing single striker, and his physical ability was weak. Albiol kept a good distance from him, and he did not make any mistakes in defense, so he was very cautious.

Benitez made a substitution adjustment for this game in the 68th minute. He replaced Pandev with Duwan Zapata. He took the short-lived spirit path in the early stage, but now he learned from Manchester City and took the path of high center forward.

Du Wan Zapata later became a beast-type forward. What is the beast-type?! His physical fitness is so domineering and his ability to confront is very strong.

But now Zapata is just a young and handsome guy, but she has not reached the level she later. Moreover, this kid's skills are rough and he can't do it.

Zapata only transferred from Argentina this summer. He himself is a substitute. Although Higuain was injured in this game, Zapata is still not the second pick.

Zapata is a fulcrum striker. With Zapata, Napoli will not have to break into Manchester City's bottom line or penalty area before making trouble. They can use crosses on the outside.

Before, Pandev was deflated by Manchester City's central defender Van Dijk, Albial was so deflated.

Previously, when Zapata was changed, Benitez hoped that things would change, but Albiol taught Zapata a good lesson. As a defender, how could there be no good figure? Zapata's Albiol is not bad either. Cooperating with his years of matchmaking experience, the young and handsome Zapata had no choice but to defend Albiol.

Wensheng shook his head. Zapata was not very threatening. Although he was tall, Wensheng saw that this kid had a poor judgment and was repeatedly taken advantage of by Albiol.

Zapata has already been on the way, Benitez's offensive tricks are almost like this, and he can't think of any other way to do so.

Manchester City has been trying to score the second goal, and the rhythm is forced to let go, which tests both sides' ability to seize opportunities. Manchester City is undoubtedly much better, but they found out in the second half that they were facing a different Reiner, but Super Reiner.

Reiner had a high contact in front of the goal and took the blame several times for the Naples defenders.

Hawking and others were extremely anxious on the sidelines. Manchester City fans were amazed at many "unlucky!"

Silva has been replaced by Aguero, Manchester City has returned to the old path of 442, Cross retreated to the midfield, and Milner went to the wing.

Wen Sheng made this substitution adjustment based on two considerations. When he was unable to score a second goal for a long time, he didn't have much time and could not let the rhythm go so chaotic. Cross's retreat should help control the backcourt. On the other hand, it was because Silva was a little tired. Napoli is now making a lot of stuff on the side, so Wen Sheng simply asked Milner to go to the left to help defend.

A striker like Aguero may be a Fortune-type striker. Within two minutes of playing, in the 76th minute, he received a long pass from Kroos in the midfield and successfully counter-offside. He defeated Renner, who had always played bravely, and helped Manchester City expand the score to 2:0.

There is not much time left, and Benitez feels that he is finished. For the remaining ten minutes, Manchester City really put the bus (Benitez believes 100% of the disgusting Daniel. Wen can definitely make such an arrangement). It is a fantasy that Naples wants to get a point.

Wensheng only started to replace people at this time, and changed two in a row, changing De Bruyne and Dzeko, but the tragedy happened a few minutes later.

Albiol was pushed by Zapata when he jumped, and slipped when he landed on the ground. His steps were big and his legs were injured.

Wen Sheng's previous substitution adjustment became a slutty operation. He stabbed himself. Manchester City finally had to fight with ten people. Naples became more and more enviable and began to siege Manchester City. Manchester City shamefully put on the bus.
Chapter completed!
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