"How is that possible!? Lyonberg has appeared?"

"Has the fourth official made a mistake? Manchester City actually replaced Darren Bent with Lengbery?"

"Torres has already ended. Bent is the only striker on Manchester City. Why did Wan Sheng choose to replace Darren Bent for?"

"Darren Bent didn't perform much before, but his role in the front is still very obvious. At least, he attracted Chelsea's defensive attention. The tactical role alone is not something that Yongbery can replace..."

"Yongbairy? Where is he playing?"

“…”

Many people have similar doubts. They can't understand this substitution at all. The most important thing is that Darren Bent is replaced, which means that there will be no striker in Manchester City's lineup.

After Lungberg appeared, Manchester City had 11 players on the court, 1 goalkeeper, 3 defenders, 7 midfielders... Is there a more bizarre lineup than this? With 7 midfielders, what is Manchester City doing?

Seeing this substitution, no one could understand. Even Manchester TV, which supports Manchester City, has questions about the substitution, or even... questioning!!

"Wan Sheng may have made a wrong substitution. Even if he wants to strengthen his defense, he should replace a defender. For example, Dunn, who has been on the bench!"

"Yongbairy is very capable, but he is by no means a qualified defender or striker!"

"Without a striker, how will Manchester City play next?"

"No front?"

Someone has proposed this concept, but any time you hear the concept of "no front" will feel funny, and when they see it, it is almost impossible.

Even though Manchester City plays the world's best-class technical football, the concept of "no striker" is still too "high-end". This tactic basically only exists in theory.

Among various commentary analysis, there are also professional football commentators who believe that Manchester City is just playing the "no striker" tactic, but they just proposed concepts and explained some theoretical play styles. But they do not think that Manchester City can play well, because this tactic has too high requirements for the team and the players.

A football commentator quipped, "This Manchester City team has not yet 'rush out of the earth and flew into the universe'. Perhaps they can rely on 'no front' to defeat some small clubs, but it would be too risky to play against Chelsea of ​​the same level." This means that Manchester City can definitely play better when playing with a general formation and tactic.

In addition, some media believe that "Manchester City actually wants to strengthen its defense."

"They are the first in the league. They can fully accept the draw when they meet Chelsea. A draw is enough for them to continue to remain unbeaten in the league and tie Arsenal's 49-round unbeaten record. In short, Manchester City is about defending. It doesn't matter whether there is a striker or not. If you just fight back, Morris, Ozil and others are enough..."

The subsequent analysis is that Manchester City's "conservative" criticized Wan Sheng's "conservative idea" and "utilitarian football idea" that Wan Sheng only hoped to draw, and criticized it.

The media that said these things obviously don’t have much favorable feelings for Manchester City and Wan Sheng.

However, this statement has been recognized by many people. From another perspective, anyone in Wansheng may choose to do this, which is the most beneficial to Manchester City.

In addition, this can also explain. "Why did Manchester City choose to replace the only striker on the field."

Compared with the media, the one that needs to consider the plan to replace Wansheng is Chelsea coach Grant.

The competition between two teams at the same level is also a direct competition between the head coaches of the two teams. If one side makes a substitution adjustment and the other side does not know what this adjustment means, it will undoubtedly be at a disadvantage in tactical response.

This happened to Grant.

He doesn't quite understand the reason why Manchester City replaced Darren Bent. One is that as the media said, Darren Bent is Manchester City's only striker, and the other is. Darren Bent's performance was not that bad before. Normally, he shouldn't be replaced. Looking back, Torres was replaced in the first half, which made people confused.

Grant didn't understand at all.

He was a little confused, and he watched the game seriously, hoping to find the reason for Manchester City to make substitution adjustments.

Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines very seriously.

He made the decision to substitution just now, and only he knew the purpose of substitution best in the entire court.

The media was right. One of the purposes of replacing Darren Bent was to strengthen the defense. The reason was very simple. Lyonberg could play the midfielder when he and Irano Brummer could form a double midfielder. Then the team would form a three-back and a two-middle midfielder combination, and the defense would undoubtedly become more tight.

Another reason for substitution is to strengthen the control of the midfield and backcourt.

Facing Chelsea's previous life, Manchester City's backcourt defense was a bit unstable, and the team could not guarantee stability, so it is necessary to strengthen the defense. The key point of the competition between the two teams is still in the midfield. The team has many midfielders, but Ozil, Silva and others are better at attacking. The purpose of replacing with Yungberg is to strengthen the ability of the "middle and backcourt".

Only after ensuring defense can we play against Chelsea in a game, and at least we cannot allow the opponent to break through the team's defense line without restraint as if it were the first half.

After ensuring stability, Wan Sheng did not think that the team's offense would be much worse, because the team would also train a "taken forward" running method in daily training.

Take turns forward, as the name suggests, means that players take turns forward to ensure that there are always players in front of them. Generally speaking, this is to ensure that there are people in every position of the team, such as Ozil scored a goal, Morris pushed it directly into the space when he got the ball, and Ozil rushed forward and received the pass.

However, without a forward, it is difficult to ensure the team's offensive efficiency by relying on taking turns to step forward.

Just like the media analyzed, the "Win Front" tactics are not as good as the player's ability and team cooperation requirements, so Manchester City cannot really play the real "Win Front Front" tactics, otherwise Wan Sheng will not try his best to introduce Torres to replace Anelka in the summer.

In normal games, having a forward is always more efficient in scoring goals than not having a forward.

But that's just about offense.

When playing against Chelsea, the first thing to do is to ensure defense. In terms of contributions in the game, among the first few players, Darren Bent has made the least contribution to the game, and he hardly participates in defense. With the strict defense of the Chelsea defender, the offense can only play a "tactical role".

So Wan Sheng chose to replace Darren Bent, using the concept of "taken forwards" to allow midfielders who are idle in the offense to take turns to step forwards to serve as the current forward player.

This can make it difficult for Chelsea to make targeted defense, and the other way also strengthens the control ability of the midfield and strengthens the defense. In both aspects, only one tactical striker was sacrificed.

Wansheng thinks that it is worth it.

Of course, this is a targeted adjustment. What specific effects will be taken in the game? So Wan Sheng watched the game very seriously and hoped to summarize some experience in tactical adjustments from the game.

Now in terms of scores between Manchester City and Chelsea, Manchester City still has a certain advantage.

The score was 3:3, and both teams scored three goals.

But don't forget that this is a game at Stamford Bridge Stadium. Chelsea is a team that does not belong to Manchester City at all.

If the two teams end the game with a draw, Manchester City will almost win, because they guaranteed to continue unbeaten and did not lose to Chelsea away. At the same time, just like some media instigated before the game, Chelsea became the "stepping stone" for Manchester City to tie Arsenal's unbeaten record.

So in fact, Chelsea cannot accept a draw.

In the second half, after Manchester City completed the substitution, Manchester City also had a certain advantage in the game. 20 minutes passed. According to the statistics of Sky TV, Manchester City's ball possession rate reached 57%, which was much higher than Chelsea's 43%. In addition, Manchester City had 4 shots and Chelsea only had 2.

From the shooting data, we can see that as Manchester City strengthened its defense, the game between the two teams became much more dull.

But the data also shows that Wan Sheng makes a substitution adjustment. "Although the game scene has become dull, Manchester City has an advantage. The two teams were equal in offense before, but now Manchester City's chances in front of the goal are significantly higher than Chelsea..."

This is what it does!

To illustrate with data, the two teams have equal offensive opportunities in the first half. For example, both sides had 10 opportunities before, but now Manchester City has become 6 and Chelsea has become 3. Although both sides have reduced their chances, Manchester City has clearly gained an advantage.

However, after Darren Bent left the court, Manchester City's offensive problems were only highlighted. Just relying on "take-by-step forward", it is obvious that it is impossible to compare with having a real striker. Sometimes Manchester City's cooperation will have loopholes. For example, after Morris passed the ball, he found that there was no one in front. For example, Ozil kicked the ball into the penalty area, but no teammates came forward to compete, which was equivalent to handing the ball to Chelsea in vain.

This is the general situation in the second half.

At this time, the game was in the 70th minute, and Chelsea coach Grant was sitting in the position, a little hesitant.

After a period of game, he also saw the purpose of Manchester City's substitution, so the question was ahead - should he strengthen his offense or stabilize his defense?

In other words, is the team taking the risk to win or trying their best to defend the draw?

The former takes a lot of risks, while the latter takes a small risk, but the goal is not something that can be held just by trying to hold it. Maybe the next moment, Manchester City will find an opportunity to score the ball and force him to make a choice.

It is difficult to make choices, to attack, to defend, to make choices.

In fact, the key issue is that Grant hopes the team can win, but the risk of strengthening the offense is still too great, so he decided to look at it for a while.

Soon Grant regretted it!

The court changes rapidly. Many times, a player suddenly performs well, which can create a chance for the team and even change the situation of the game.

This time it’s David Silva’s wonderful running position!

Since the start of the second half, David Silva has not performed well. The key point is that he is not a player who likes to intervene in and look for opportunities.

Ozil and Ivan Krue are completely opposite, and they both like to insert them in time.

Without a forward, the five-man midfielder was at the forefront, so Ozil and Ivan Kru often acted as the front-line.

This time it was David Silva who found a good opportunity.

When Ozil received the pass from Morris, he did not rush to hand the ball to his teammates, but instead dribbled the ball away from Mikel who was intercepting him, and then he handed the ball to Morris.

At the same time, David Silva had already thrown away Carvalho and rushed to the left side of the penalty area.

David Silva's running was surprising, and Carvalho failed to keep up immediately. As a result, Morris' pass appeared in front of David Silva at the right time.

David Silva pressed his excitement and rushed forward with another step, waving his right foot directly against the ball!

"Bang!"

"Silva's shot!"

Sky TV commentator George Woodgate followed up with a loud shout, but Chelsea goalkeeper Cech performed very well, and he accurately hit the ball with two fists.

The Manchester City fans in the stands were filled with regret.

"It was a good opportunity just now, but Cech reacted very quickly, which was a pity..."

George Woodgate said that the offense on the court seemed to be not over yet. The football reached Morris's feet, and he was hit by Lampard and Beletti, protecting the ball to the bottom line.

Lampard did not continue to follow, but just ran slowly to block Morris' passing route, while Beletti followed Morris, compressing his dribbling space and blocking Morris and the goal with his body.

Morris dribbled the ball to the bottom line.

This position cannot move forward any further. He can only use his body to protect the ball to prevent the opponent from snatching it or destroying the ball. At the same time, Morris also glanced around with his eyes, as if he wanted to hand the ball over to his teammates.

In the eyes of Beletti and Lampard, this may also be the only choice Morris can make. They will not let Morris pass the ball easily, so they pressed Morris tightly.

Loneberg ran over to receive the ball, but Morris couldn't pass it.

At this moment, Morris used force backwards, then gently knocked the ball, and suddenly turned around in the direction of the rolling of the football, and waved his right foot at a small angle.

Beletti failed to stop it immediately.
To be continued...