343. Battle of Naples 4
Benitez sat calmly in his position wearing a down jacket, his cheeks blew red from the sea breeze.
He analyzed the situation of the two teams as clearly as Wen Sheng. If he wanted to qualify, he knew that it was impossible to just rely on himself, and he had to rely on Marseille.
It is really difficult to score Manchester City goals. If Hart hadn't made a mistake in the first half, Napoli wouldn't have had a good chance at all. Of course, he also had some relief. His team was doing quite well, limiting Manchester City's offense.
To keep the victory first, Benitez reminded his assistant to pay attention to the progress of the game against Dortmund against Marseille, and the tactics should be adjusted according to the game. It sounds quite passive, but as Wen Sheng expected, Benitez also thought this was the best choice.
Players from both sides returned to the stadium under Benitez's gaze.
Benitez could no longer sit on his chair, so he stood up and walked to the sidelines.
Wen Sheng on the other side was also standing on the sidelines, putting his hands in the pocket of his woolen coat. It was winter and Naples was at the sea, but the temperature was still much more comfortable than Manchester.
Manchester City kicked off, and Kroos passed the ball directly back to Van Dijk. Napoli's pressing was not active, and Higuain, Callejon and others always left some room for ease.
Manchester City were also happy that they did this, and they started a positional battle and slowly forced Naples back.
Wen Sheng did not yell on the sidelines. The game was not fierce under the promotion of the two teams. Manchester City was the main attacker and Napoli was the main defense.
There is a siege hammer in the positional battle, but Dzeko's condition does not seem very good. Considering Naples' counterattack, Manchester City's offense basically reached near the penalty area line, mainly crossing from both sides. Such an offensive kick has a lot of thick lines. The advantage is that the formation can maintain a good position and can defend against the opponent's counterattack.
If Manchester City's full-back assists increase, Silva, De Bruyne and others seek too much cooperation in the opponent's penalty area, which means that Napoli's counterattack will be more successful after conceding the ball, because there are fewer players defending the backcourt.
It's just right now. It's maximizing Dzeko's role in offense, and having enough time and manpower to retreat or grab the spot in defense.
However, this move is much less difficult for Naples to defend. If Dzeko cannot play a role in this key point, everything will be useless.
Manchester City's offense is also useless. Of course, Wensheng doesn't want to win three games, but qualifying is the first. If this continues, Dortmund will be eliminated. Dortmund is stronger. If he can join forces to defeat Dortmund, it will be a good thing, so he is not in a hurry.
Manchester City players were a little anxious. During the break, Kidd explained the tactics, but Wen Sheng didn't say anything. He just waited at the door and shouted to each player, "Come on!" when everyone appeared.
Wensheng doesn't want to put too much pressure on the players, but Manchester City players themselves are under pressure. The pressure of losing money in three rounds is a big stone, and no one wants to experience this feeling.
Silva, De Bruyne and others began to interact in the frontcourt, and Cross's position began to move forward intentionally or unintentionally.
Benitez's tactical sense of smell is very sensitive. He has already felt the anxious mentality of Manchester City players. De Bruyne cuts more. Benitez further compressed his formation and hoarded heavy troops in the middle. He did not forget to let the frontcourt players adjust their positions and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.
In the 58th minute, De Bruyne and Silva failed to cooperate in front of the Naples position. Naples reacted quickly and seized the opportunity to fight back. In the situation, Van Dijk had to use a tactical foul to knock Higuain down, successfully preventing the opponent's counterattack.
"Stupid!" Wensheng yelled at the court, and Manchester City players clearly felt his anger.
Thinking of Wen Sheng not talking much on the sidelines before, everyone knows that the boss doesn’t care whether he loses or not in this game, but he cares more about not losing too much, such as three.
De Bruyne was also very regretful. He was a smart man, and of course he knew what to do. He was unwilling to lose at St. Paul, so he forced himself to take advantage of his opponent. Unexpectedly, he suffered a loss, which forced Van Dijk to pay the price of a yellow card. After doing it twice, I am afraid that Van Dijk would have to end up.
In the 63rd minute, Wensheng made a substitution adjustment and replaced Dzeko with young player Guideti.
Dzeko was full of reluctance and felt angry. He missed an excellent opportunity in the first half. He felt uncomfortable in the second half under the attack from the Napoli defense line, but even so, he didn't want to leave the stadium. He felt that he could still fight.
Dzeko left the court slowly, ushering in dissatisfaction from Napoli fans at home. Everyone urged Dzeko to get off the court with enthusiastic booing.
Dzeko tried hard to restrain his emotions and reached out his hand politely.
Wen Sheng grabbed Dzeko with his hand and said coldly in Dzeko's ear: "You are acting like shit today! It really disappointed me!"
Dzeko stared at Wensheng's eyes tightly.
Wen Sheng looked at each other without fear, "Originally, Aguero was injured, and you should have taken responsibility, but see how you are doing?!"
Dzeko avoided Wensheng's gaze.
"Stay good rest! Reflect on it, and your condition needs to be adjusted!" Wen Sheng let go of Dzeko's hand, patted him on the shoulder, and told him to get out.
Guideti scored a goal for Manchester City in the last game. He had long been looking forward to Wen Sheng's victory point in this game. Now there are about 30 minutes left before the game, and he knew that Wen Sheng was putting his treasure on him.
After playing, Guedti was very active, pressing in the frontcourt, and running quickly and flexibly in positional offense. Although there is suspicion of useless work, his attitude brought great vitality to Manchester City's frontcourt offense.
His and Dzeko's style of play are different, and Dzeko will not return to defense, but he will, so De Bruyne and Silva both cover their opponents and dare to kill in the penalty area.
Manchester City once again reached an offensive climax, and this wave...Naples couldn't stand it!
In the 69th minute, just four minutes after Guedti came on the court, Manchester City made a clever cooperation in the Napoli half. Guedti successfully counterattacked in a small space, received Silva's straight pass and pushed the ball with the momentum. The ball hit Fernandez's leg and changed direction. Rafael was unable to react and could only watch Manchester City equalize the score.
The excited Guideti was surrounded by Silva and the others, surrounded by clusters.
Wen Sheng also used his farmer's three punches again.
Soriano and Begilistan also stood up, smiled in front of the camera, and applauded enthusiastically.
Only Benitez and his disciples seemed to have fallen into an ice hole.
"Benitez's reaction was slow and he responded slowly! Wen Shengli took the lead in making substitution adjustments. After Guideti came on the court, Manchester City's offense was alive! Napoli is not prepared enough!" Director Zhang shook his head and made a full comment.
"That's true. Napoli has been completely passive in the second half, but he has done quite well in defense and has not given Manchester City any chance, but Wen Shengli's substitution is very good! Benitez should have been vigilant for a long time!" Brother Jun also said.
Chapter completed!