Chapter 929： There is an internal taste!

Courtois, Kompany, Pepe, Busquets, Sanchez, Tony Cross, Su Dong, David Silva, Di Maria, Hazard, Harvey Martinez.

Ferguson looked at the roster of Manchester City in front of him, he was very surprised.

Although there is no stance map listed on the list, and no tactical positioning for each player, Ferguson's familiarity with Manchester City, he was able to spot the surprises of this list at once.

That is, there is no full-back.

Marcelo and Sabaletta did not appear in the starting lineup, but sat on the bench.

Instead, Pepe and Kompany started at the same time, and Harvey Martinez also played.

According to Guardiola's usage of Xavi Martinez this season, this Spanish midfielder is obviously going to be transformed into a central defender. Does this mean that Manchester City will arrange for three central defenders to play in this game?

There are no full-backs, three central defenders. Is this to copy the three-back system of Cruyff and Van Gaal?

When Cruyff and Van Gaal coached Barcelona and Ajax, they used three guards. With the evolution of tactics, this style of play has gradually fallen out of favor. It has been more than ten years and has not seen it again. The three-back style has become popular.

With the development speed of the current information age, this style of play can be classified into the ancient odd array.

Ferguson has experienced the era of Cruyff and Van Gaal, has seen various types of tactical play, so he immediately remembered, and he guessed that Guardiola wanted to use a three-four-three formation.

But this brings up a question, when have Manchester City adopted this style of play?

Ferguson threw this question to assistant coach Mike Phelan, but he didn't get the information either.

"From the time Harvey Martinez joined the team to the present, Manchester City has not played a three-back." Mike Ferran is a conscientious assistant coach, he has the information to prepare, otherwise he would not be promoted by Ferguson as a right-hand man.

The Dutch assistant coach Rene Mullenstein also nodded again and again. Although he is responsible for training and technology, pre-match preparations are also part of his work, and he is naturally very clear.

"Then this is weird. I haven't played in the usual days, but today I suddenly changed?" Ferguson was a little puzzled.

Could it be that it is because of too much psychological pressure that Guardiola is suffering from gains and losses and wants to take a risk?

Ferguson has coached for so many years and is no stranger to this situation.

Many times, fans and the media will accuse a head coach of making changes on the spot, and even think that he is stupid, but these are all layman's statements. In professional coaching circles, no one really thinks so.

To be the head coach of the top league, no one is a fool, and no one is weak.

Just like Guardiola at this moment, he suddenly changed for two reasons.

One is that an unknowing change occurred in the Manchester City team, forcing him to follow the change; the other is that he was actually prepared for it a long time ago.

But combined with the past period of time, Guardiola has never played a three-back, it is obviously not the latter, but the former.

What happened to Manchester City? Will it be an opportunity for Manchester United?

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In fact, nothing happened at Manchester City.

Guardiola will suddenly want to adopt a three-back, purely because of his entanglement syndrome.

Manchester City’s three defenders have actually been running in for a long time, but they are mainly used in the team’s daily training and have never been used in official games, so the outside world naturally has no way of knowing.

But this set of play was determined when Guardiola decided to bring in Harvey Martinez.

Manchester City has always insisted on passing the ball as the core, so no matter how the team's tactics change and how the formation is adjusted, there will be no major problems.

Only this time when facing Manchester United, Guardiola suddenly decided to adopt this style of play, which was really surprising.

The reason is also related to the team's current shortage of full-backs.

Bellerin and Trippier are still slightly immature, Sabaletta has continued to fight on multiple lines, Marcelo is also the same, Leiden Bynes is injured, which makes Manchester City's full-back a little nervous.

Guardiola felt that instead of exposing the wing to the opponent to fight, it would be better to take the initiative to change.

Is there any risk in the change?

The three-backs play is equivalent to vacating the wing positions, which will definitely give Manchester United's Ashley Young and Nani more room to play, and at the same time put forward higher requirements for the three central defenders.

As for the benefits, it is also very obvious.

There is one less defender and one more midfielder, which will give Manchester City an advantage in passing and controlling the ball.

To put it simply, this style of play is more radical, depending on the effect.

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Before going on the field, Su Dong stood in the locker room, his eyes slowly passing by every teammate around him.

Everyone's face is full of dignity, because they all feel the weight of this game.

The previous Manchester Derby did not have much weight, because Manchester City did not have the qualifications to challenge Manchester United at all.

But all of this has completely changed since the carnage last season.

In the past, Manchester United looked at Manchester City with disdain, thinking that this is a [noisy neighbor], but now, they really regard Manchester City as a rival in the league.

In today's Premier League situation, it is impossible for Manchester City and Manchester United to give up this derby.

As Ferguson said, this is not a three-pointer, but a six-pointer.

"Everyone!" Su Dong yelled in a deep voice, "I hope everyone can show their best tonight, try to play at Old Trafford, and teach Manchester United a painful lesson. In this way, I believe From now on, they dare not despise us anymore."

"We will use another hearty victory to tell Manchester United, tell everyone that we are not noisy neighbors, we are Manchester United's mortal enemy!"

The players in the locker room all applauded in unison.

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With a whistle from the referee, Welbeck kicked the ball to Rooney, and Manchester United took the lead.

After Rooney got the ball, he didn't pass it back to his own half. Instead, he drove the ball directly into the Manchester City half, trying to get close to Manchester City's position, but Hazard was the first to push towards Rooney. come over.

The England striker quickly kicked the ball to his own right and handed it to Nani.

Nani stopped the ball on the wing, and when he was about to take the ball forward, he found that David Silva had been pressed up. Together with Di Maria, he trapped Nani on the wing and kicked the ball directly. Out of bounds.

Smallin came forward and after receiving the ball from the wing, he threw the ball hard with both hands and threw the ball to Fletcher.

Fletcher stopped the ball, Di Maria had reached his vicinity, Manchester City in the center and frontcourt is very strong, forcing Fletcher to pass the ball back to the central defender Evans.

But in the middle, Su Dong quickly approached Evans like an arrow, forcing him to pass back to goalkeeper De Gea.

After Evans returned the pass, he tried to avoid Su Dong to meet De Gea, and immediately ran along the penalty area line to Manchester City’s right road, which is also his own left road, and opened the distance between the two central defenders. Heya passes the ball.

Su Dong did not continue to pester Evans, but suddenly accelerated and rushed directly to the restricted area.

De Gea received a pass from Evans on the left side of the front of the small penalty area. He just stopped and before he had time to react, he saw Su Dong suddenly speeding up towards him, which made him shocked and turned the ball to the left side. With two steps, a long pass with his left foot.

Su Dong tried to block, but took a bit slower.

Failing to grab the ball, Su Dong was not discouraged. After grinning at De Gea, he quickly ran back.

He can't let himself be in an offside position.

De Gea’s pass did not pass far behind Su Dong’s interference. It just landed on the outskirts of his own 30-meter area and was snatched by David Silva who had caught up. It’s right.

After David Silva grabbed the ball, he immediately took it forward, and the two players, Fletcher and Nani, approached him at the same time.

Di Maria saw Su Dong on the left, he immediately ran to the center, led the defenders away, and was ready to receive the pass from David Silva. Su Dong just ran out of an offside position and he happened to be standing. In the left corner of the penalty area, he immediately stretched his hand to the center, ready to receive David Silva's pass.

Fletcher and Nani’s two defensive players followed and David Silva was caught up with just two steps, but before passing the ball, he saw Sudong’s gesture and immediately Pass the ball to the left of the front of the big penalty area formulated by Su Dong.

Su Dong, who was originally in the left corner of the penalty area, suddenly smashed away from Smalin, sprinted horizontally, and rushed ahead of Ferdinand who was on the top, and stabbed David Silva's pass to the center.

This stabbing is very light, just avoiding Ferdinand, but also adjusted the ball.

After Su Dong blocked Ferdinand with his body, he caught up with the football on the left side of the arc of the penalty area, kept the ball, and shot directly with his right foot.

After kicking this shot, Su Dong emptied himself.

He almost exhausted all his strength.

The ball passed by Evans at lightning speed, and went straight into the right side of Manchester United's goal without waiting for De Gea to make any saves.

At this time, it was only thirty-six seconds before the game kick-off!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!"

"too fast!!"

"Manchester City broke the Manchester United goal in just 36 seconds!!"

"My God, UU reading is really incredible!"

"One to zero!"

"Su Dong only took 36 seconds to break Manchester United's goal. He made us all amazed!"

"After Manchester City opened, they adopted a step-by-step pressing tactic against Manchester United, and De Gea also made a mistake in passing the ball under the pressure of Su Dong, and passed the ball directly to David Silva. Give Manchester City this chance to fight back quickly."

"Once upon a time, the goalkeeper was Manchester United's strongest position, but now, De Gea has become the weakest underbelly in the Manchester United squad. We even suspect that Manchester City has developed a pressing tactic specifically for De Gea, which forced the Spanish goalkeeper to make mistakes. , Which gave Manchester City a chance to score."

"Manchester United lost the ball in less than a minute."

"How will Ferguson deal with this situation next?"

"Manchester derby, finally got a taste for it!"