Chapter 937： Mighty vera

In this game, Manchester City sits at home.

The atmosphere at the Etihad Stadium was warm, and despite the midweek game, the team was almost packed.

From the importance of the fans to this game, we can also see the importance of Manchester City to this game.

Last season, Aston Villa was the Premier League champion and Manchester City was the league runner-up.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people, before the Arab consortium took over, the Manchester City team, which was a traditional mid-lower team in the Premier League, was able to get the runner-up in the Premier League after only a few seasons of growth. This is a very good result. .

However, the Manchester City people do not think so.

They were in excellent form last season, and the whole team thought it was a great pity that they could steal the league title from Aston Villa.

Of course, the winner is king, Aston Villa's champion is clean, and Manchester City can't blame anything, it's just the winner.

However, one thing is certain. After the failure of last season, Manchester City is very clear up and down:

For Manchester City to rise and dominate, it must kill the current overlord Aston Villa.

Specifically, or the most realistic first step is to directly defeat the opponent in the game against Aston Villa.

This is the first step to build the confidence of the team and the players!

First, defeat the opponent in a direct duel, and then win the final victory in the long season.

Manchester City and Aston Villa still have several rounds to meet in the league. This time they met in the ‘first round’ of the League Cup, and Mancini saw it as a good opportunity to defeat Aston Villa:

He was eager for Fang Jue to send some substitute players to give up the League Cup.

For the first time defeating Aston Villa, Mancini is not picky about eaters, he is looking for results that can boost morale.

Regardless of whether it is the main lineup of the defeated Aston Villa, kill the opponent first.

Only if you get the body of the other party first, and then you will be in love for a long time, you can get the heart of the other party.

Therefore, in this League Cup game, the Manchester City team took a sigh of relief and wanted to play Aston Villa in the game.

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In the Manchester City team, the most vigorous fighting spirit is their Argentine striker Aguero.

Last season was Aguero's first season with Manchester City.

The Argentine teenager scored a goal and assisted.

It can be said that the performance is quite outstanding.

The domestic media in Argentina also lamented that it is a pity that such an outstanding Aguero did not bring Manchester City a championship.

Aguero himself felt it was a pity.

After the game began, Aguero was eager to try, he was eager to lead Manchester City to defeat Aston Villa.

Last season, Manchester City's record against Aston Villa was a two-to-four loss at home and a two-to-two away game. He hopes that Manchester City will face Aston Villa's invincible history and rewrite it under his leadership.

However, after the game started, Aguero found himself in trouble.

Today Fang Jue did not arrange Senderos to mark Aguero. The taller Senderos turned slowly and would be more embarrassed when facing the agile Aguero.

Thiago Silva is responsible for marking Aguero today.

Silva is a very comprehensive central defender. He is good at defensive position selection. Although his height is average, he bounces well and does not suffer from high altitude. The recovery speed is excellent among central defenders. He turns very fast and is very flexible. The central defender.

It can be said that with the introduction of Thiago Silva, Aston Villa's defensive ability has greatly increased in the face of flexible forwards.

Yaya Toure sent a through ball in midfield.

Aguero just turned around with the ball, and Silva put it on.

Aguero wanted to speed up to throw away the opponent, but Silva got stuck firmly.

Aguero found that he could not go around and was always stuck by Thiago Silva.

In the end, he could only choose to pass the football to Dzeko who came over.

Then Dzeko suffered a loss when fighting Senderos. The football was touched off the sideline by Dzeko, and even a frontcourt touchline was not given to Manchester City.

Fang Jue couldn't help laughing when he saw these two contests off the court.

What Fang Jue admired most about Silva is that Silva has a strong ability to read the game.

This is a smart player, he can predict the direction of the opponent's pass, which gives him enough time to put pressure on the receiver in advance.

Take this successful defense as an example. When Yaya Toure passed the ball, Silva made a successful prediction and he approached Aguero ahead of time.

When Aguero took the ball, he put pressure in advance, forcing the opponent to be unable to move forward and could only choose to pass the ball.

And Senderos' cooperation over there was also very tacit and successfully prevented Dzeko.

Senderos used his body to fight Dzeko, while Silva used experience and pre-judgment to target Aguero.

Fang Jue is very satisfied with this pair of center-back partners, very confident.

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Subsequently, Aguero took the ball several times to face Silva, but failed to form a more effective attack.

He knew he was in trouble.

The height of this defender is not high, but he has strong confrontation ability and flexibility, and he has done a good job of anticipation and card position.

He tried to force a breakthrough with speed. Thiago Silva's selection was very good, and he retreated, and then suddenly fought up and squeezed the football away with his body.

On Aston Villa's bench, Nesta is also applauding Silva's excellent defense.

Silva is considered Nesta's direct disciple.

This kind of position selection and fighting is a good thing for Italian defenders, and both Maldini and Nesta are good at this.

Silva's side by Nesta has improved almost every season.

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Journalists in the media booth were also discussing the duel between Aguero and Thiago Silva.

Obviously, Aguero's performance against Silva today was not good, and he did not take advantage of the ball several times.

Manchester City's offense is hindered, and on the defensive end, they are suffering from Aston Villa's impact.

The attack group led by Ibrahimovic continues to attack and find the holes in Manchester City's defense.

Fang Jue’s tactics before the game pointed out that the team specifically attacked Nastasic’s defensive area today.

Compared to Kompany, the 19-year-old central defender seems to be more bullied.

In the 29th minute, Aston Villa finally broke the deadlock.

"Lewandowski——!!! Beautiful stealing! Aston Villa scored a goal!"

"Ibrahimović's contribution to this goal is not small, he took the ball over Nastasic, forcing Kompany to come to help defend, Lewandowski was empty! Aston Villa took a one-to-zero lead away!"

Fang Jue applauded from the sidelines.

Ibrahimovic took the ball. Nastasic was obviously not tough enough. He was squeezed directly by Ibrahimovic. He was about to enter the penalty area, and Kompany could only help defend.

Ibrahimović immediately divided the ball, Modric did not delay, and directly separated the football Ha Mei hoisted the football into the penalty area, Lewandowski beat Sabaleta head The goal is successful.

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After the goal, Lewandowski was very excited, he ran to the sidelines and high-five the coach Fang Jue.

"Well done, Robert." Fang Jue laughed, complimenting the proud disciple.

On the other side, Mancini gritted his teeth uncomfortably.

Nastasic's playing style was soft, and was retreated by Ibrahimovic's strong impact. A gap was opened and the gap in the defense was enlarged.

Ibrahimovic.

Mancini stared at his former favorite at Inter Milan and came to Aston Villa. This arrogant guy actually retreated willingly and became an offensive organizer.

How did Fang Jue convince this proud guy?