Chapter 868： We have to score again!

Back to the locker room with a zero to one lag, Manchester City were angry.

Throughout the first half, Manchester City firmly controlled the ball and the situation, and did not give Stoke many opportunities.

But who could have imagined that it was the out-of-bounds defense that gave Stoke City one of the few starting opportunities, and the Norwegian center Kalu caught the loophole and scored a goal.

This makes Manchester City feel very uncomfortable.

In the subsequent games of the first half, the team played more and more eagerly, and the more hurried the more ineffective.

Guardiola returned to the locker room and did not criticize the player's performance in the first half, nor did he criticize Joe Hart's mistakes. After all, it is only now at halftime, and the second half requires the players to continue their efforts. There is no need to do so.

Stoke City is not the underdog that the outside world imagined. This team is currently ranked eighth in the Premier League, but fans who are familiar with the Premier League know how difficult this ranking is.

The team also has famous Premier League players like John Carew, Shawcross, Pennant, etc. These players are not very famous, but their strength is unquestionable. The head coach Tony Pulis has also formulated corresponding strategies based on the characteristics of the players. Practical tactics, the effect is good.

Stoke City has adopted a double midfielder tactic. On the defensive end, the main focus is on Manchester City's midway.

"In the first half, 73% of our offenses were in the center, while Stoke City’s offense in the center reached 67%. What does this mean?" Guardiola held the tortoise Ask the players for the data given by Lunt.

Needless to think about it, this means that the two teams are too entangled in the middle.

This is what Stoke City hopes to see, but it is very detrimental to Manchester City.

Everyone knows that the middle road is too dense.

More importantly, Manchester City has a strong wing. Whether it is Marcelo Ga Di Maria on the left or Sabaletta Ga Sanchez on the right, it is a well-known offensive channel in the Premier League and even European football. .

But now, Manchester City's offense seldom takes the sideways, and more often goes to the front court through the middle.

Su Dong has become a player who frequently divides the number of side passes, which is unhealthy.

Of course, you can also look at it the other way around. Manchester City's offensive formation is too aggressive and the wing is too fast.

The combination of sides, this is the biggest advantage of Manchester City's attack.

But in the first half, Manchester City was a bit hot-headed, playing in the middle, always trying to find Su Dong directly after getting the ball, creating a threat in the frontcourt, but the intention was too obvious.

Su Dong has only one person, the opponent has two central defenders and two midfielders, and adopts this kind of shrinking defensive tactics, even if Su Dong has wings, he can't stand the opponent like this.

Guardiola’s countermeasure is to activate the two wing lanes and not allow Stoke to focus too much defensively on Su Dong. Di Maria and Sanchez must create enough threats on the side lanes and share The pressure of Sudong.

"Open their defense and create space for the players in the middle. I believe that we don't need one-on-one, one-on-two, we can all create more threats." Guardiola said loudly.

Everyone in Manchester City is full of confidence in Su Dong's ability.

One-on-one, Su Dong crushes all opponents, and even if it is one-to-two, Su Dong has enough strength to create threats, even goals, the most famous sentence of Su Dong was, "Just let me be a pair. One, I can kill all my opponents!"

In the first half, Manchester City did a poor job in this regard, and Guardiola hopes the team can adjust.

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After the head coach assigned the task, the locker room fell silent again.

Guardiola has never been a head coach who is good at mobilizing the atmosphere, so he needs the assistance of assistants such as Estiart.

But at this moment, Manchester City's players do not need external incentives.

What they need is faith!

Behind in the first half, they began to become impatient and began to make mistakes, this is the biggest problem Manchester City encountered.

This is also a problem that the team's tactical adjustments cannot solve.

After Guardiola finished the tactics, he saw that the players were still not interested, so he couldn't help but look at Su Dong.

Su Dong noticed Guardiola's gaze, and after thinking about it, he stood up.

The attention of everyone in the dressing room also fell on Su Dong, and when he saw him standing up, all of them immediately raised their heads, all of their eyes focused on him.

"Man City in the first half was not the real Manchester City."

Su Dong spoke lightly, as if expounding an indisputable fact.

"I can understand everyone's eagerness. Both of us here and the fans in the stands are eagerly looking forward to this victory tonight and are eager to win this coveted championship, but we committed crimes in the game. I made a mistake and was punished."

When everyone heard Su Dong say this, they calmed down.

This is a fact.

"We are not usually like this. We should patiently control the ball and steadily control the rhythm. We should firmly hold the initiative and let the opponent follow us instead of being led by the nose."

"I hope that everyone can think about how to play in the second half. We don't need to play extraordinarily. We just need to play in an orderly manner as usual. We should be on the wing, we should break through, we should pass the ball. Everyone performs their own duties."

Having said this, Su Dong paused for a while and looked deeply at the teammate in front of him.

"I still said that, you pull the other side's defense, pass the ball over, and I can score!"

"If one is not enough, I will enter two, and if two are not enough, I will enter three."

"Tonight, we will definitely be able to keep this championship trophy in Manchester!"

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The second half of the game restarted.

Manchester City are obviously playing more well-organized.

After a 15-minute break, the players basically calmed down.

Guardiola's arrangement and the confidence given by Su Dong have made Manchester City players work hard to stabilize their emotions.

Of course, everyone knows that this is only temporary.

If Manchester City can't score as soon as possible, sooner or later the players' emotions will have to be anxious again.

time does not wait.

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After running-in adjustments after the opening, Manchester City gradually exerted its strength on the two sides.

On the left is the combination of Marcelo and Di Maria, and on the right is the combination of Sabaletta and Sanchez, both playing a threat.

When a left attack was contained, Marcelo passed to Busquets and then to Tony Cross, completing the transition from the left to the right.

When Tony Cross stopped the ball, he saw that Stoke’s defensive center of gravity was still shifting to the left and was nervously shifting to the ball. Su Dong, who was in the frontcourt, ran to the left to meet him. Move to the middle.

After the eyes of the two crossed for a while, Tony Cross noticed that Su Dong stopped suddenly.

The tacit understanding made the German midfielder understand and quickly sent a long pass with his right foot directly to the arc top zone.

At the moment when Tony Cross made a long pass, Su Dong also quickly started, from between the two central defenders of Collins and Shawcross, he swiftly advanced to the top of the arc of the penalty area.

Collins was ten centimeters shorter than Su Dong and was blocked by Su Dong. Shawcross turned slowly and was one step behind.

Two central defenders sandwiched Su Dong, and the three rushed forward. At the top of the penalty area, Su Dong jumped on his back and stopped the ball with his chest.

When landing, the person has already reached the large restricted area.

Collins was still blocked by Su Dong, and immediately posted it, not wanting Su Dong to turn around, while Shawcross rushed over, stabilized his position near the penalty point, and formed a defensive depth with Collins.

Obviously, he was watching out for Sodom to pass Corinth.

After Su Dong landed, he hooked the ball with his foot, and the ball firmly stuck to his feet.

Behind him, Corinth was on the verge of an enemy, all his strength was concentrated in front of him, and he stubbornly resisted Su Dong, not wanting him to turn around.

At the same time, I wondered in my heart, from which side Su Dong would turn around?

Both left and right feet are so proficient, God knows how he is going to do it?

But almost for an instant, he guessed that Su Dong should turn to his right, which is the left side of the goal, and then hit the goal with his left foot.

On the one hand, the position of goalkeeper Sorenson, on the other hand, is Shawcross on the right.

If Su Dong turns to the right and hits the door with his right foot, it is very likely that Shawcross will be blocked.

Therefore, almost the entire center of gravity of Collins has been placed to his right.

As expected, Su Dong pushed his body to the right, as if he was about to turn around.

But when Collins tensed his nerves and moved a step to the right, Su Dong suddenly turned to the left.

Su Dong, who was tall and long in legs, just turned around, swinging his right foot to hit the door.

Su Dong’s leg swings are very small and he turns quickly, giving people the illusion of kicking up and hitting the door before turning around while the football is along a straight line, from the position where Collins was just now. The shot flew out, passing by Shawcross's right side, and went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal.

This shot was completely unexpected by Collins, Shawcross and others. The goalkeeper Sorensen's sight was also blocked by Collins a lot. After reacting, he flew sideways, but where did he have time?

The ball almost hit the inside of the left goal post and got into the Stoke City goal.

One to one!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!"

"Only seven minutes into the second half, Su Dong equalized the score for Manchester City!"

"One to one!"

Su Dong knew he was there after he got up, and he rushed out of the court and rushed all the way.

Manchester City fans in the entire Etihad Stadium uttered deafening cheers.

All the fans rushed out of the seats in an instant, calling Su Dong's name frantically.

And Su Dong rushed to the sidelines and kept waving his hands towards the fans in the stands to signal them to be more enthusiastic.

Encouraged by Su Dong, the fans made a more enthusiastic voice in solidarity with the Manchester City players in the stadium.

The players rushed up one by one, surrounded by Su Dong.

One to one, the score equalized.

They are also relieved.

Su Dong is right, as long as Manchester City is step by step, stepping on their usual rhythm, firmly grasping the initiative in their hands, there is no need to fear any opponents.

Not to mention Stoke City, even Manchester United and Arsenal, weren't they still defeated by Manchester City?

"Keep playing like this, we have to score again!" Su Donglang said.

Teammates also responded.

At this moment, Manchester City are beginning to regain their confidence.