Chapter 469

The first leg of the last 16 of the Champions League is a bit depressing for Manchester City fans. It's depressing for the fans to watch their team attack but not get a decent chance. The game has been 20 minutes past, their attack, even has never been able to get too good opportunities, which is also a little stuffy.

Before the game, no one thought that Wolfsburg could be on the pitch of Manchester City, blocking Manchester City so hard to grasp. Faced with such an iron wall, Manchester City fans have an illusion that maybe their own team is not suitable for playing in the Champions League.

For the Champions League, Manchester City fans love and hate each other. Since the Arabs began to inject funds into Manchester City, the progress of Manchester City in the Premier League can be seen with naked eyes. By contrast, their Champions League results have always been a source of regret. They are tough at home and weak at abroad, which makes the media talk about them all the time.

For a team, the result of the Champions League is more important than that of the league, which is the consensus of many teams. No matter how good a team's performance is in the league, it will not be regarded as a big club if it can't win the Champions League. If you look at Arsenal and Manchester City, you can see that. However, although Arsenal's Champions League performance is not good, but at least they enter the knockout match every year. Compared with them, Manchester City's performance is even worse, which makes people helpless.

All the time, Manchester City fans always tell themselves that their team is always not good in the group stage, one is because they always encounter strong teams, the other is because their team is not serious about the weak teams. But now, watching them play against Wolfsburg like this, it's hard for the fans to accept.

Even if they don't play well in the group stage, they still don't play well in the knockout stage. How can Manchester City fans accept that? I can't beat Real Madrid and Barcelona, but now I can't even help Wolfsburg. I've drawn such a good signing, but I can't win all the time. It's too shameful to go on like this.

Their team shouldn't play so badly, they should win. Since one or two attacks can not be effective, then we should continue to attack until it works.

As the game went on, the drum noise around the stadium gradually increased. The fans are cheering for their players, hoping that they can continue to attack and score goals for the team.

Their shouts didn't attract much attention from Wolfsburg players at the beginning: they don't think city will really maintain a strong attack.

A team must have its own ideas about how to attack. Because the fans shout twice and change tactics temporarily, this kind of stupid thing should not be done by professional teams. City coach Pellegrini is also a famous coach in La Liga who has coached Real Madrid. No matter how stupid he is, it's very important for a team to control the change of rhythm. It's not easy for any team to maintain fast attack all the time. Manchester City chose to attack at the beginning, which is that they have a strong confidence in their own strength, but if they continue to attack, then their physical consumption will make them unbearable.

In this regard, Wolfsburg players are very clear, they are also waiting, the opponent's attack is weak, began to shrink, waiting for the opportunity to launch a counterattack. This game, Wolfsburg also played quite well, after their opening defense has been doing very well, did not give the other side too many opportunities, they also believe that the game will follow their wishes.

However, what the Wolfsburg players didn't expect was that Pellegrini didn't want Wolfsburg to play so well.

With the voice of the fans, Wolfsburg players on the field also realized something wrong: maybe it's because of the cheering of the fans, maybe it's because of the tactical problems of Manchester City at home, and the players of Manchester City on the field did not choose to recycle in the cheering. Time goes by, but Manchester City continue to attack, they still have no intention to shrink at this time.

Manchester City's choice excited the fans. Looking at their own team in the face of the opponent did not shrink back, but chose to continue to attack, which makes them all very excited. The cheering voice of the fans at the scene continued, and their morale was growing with the wave after wave attack of Manchester City.

On the pitch, Nasri and Silva instigate the attack again and again. They keep running and passing the football on the pitch, which greatly increases the pressure of Wolfsburg's backcourt. As time goes by, Manchester City's attack hasn't weakened for a while. Wolfsburg are still suppressed in the back, simply unable to launch a counterattack.

Manchester City's choice also surprised Wolfsburg. 20 minutes have passed and they are still attacking, which is very abnormal in itself. The opponent does not pay attention to the rhythm change so much, but seems to be hot blooded and desperate. It's really surprising. Such a fast-paced attack has been maintained, the physical consumption is very terrible, and their rhythm is also easy to have problems, if they can not get the goal, then this game, they are completely looking for their own death.

Such an approach should not be written by a master tactician at all. Even the average coach should know that it doesn't work. Pellegrini's practice is a little puzzling. If the attack goes on like this, Manchester City players can't stand it.What on earth does he want to do?

Wolfsburg don't know what city think. In their view, affected by the fans, it is just a matter of brain fever, which should not appear in a famous coach. What's the point of this? In this regard, Wolfsburg players also have a lot of confusion.

The other side is definitely not a fool, so his game arrangement must have a certain intention. What's his intention? This is what opponents should pay attention to. Wolfsburg at the beginning of this confused, however, with the progress of the game, Pellegrini's tactical intentions, but also gradually in front of the Wolfsburg players completely revealed.

This tactic itself was beyond Wolfsburg's expectation. Originally, Wolfsburg's tactical planning should be to survive the opponent's fierce attack at the beginning of the game, and then launch their own counterattack while the opponent shrinks and stabilizes the rhythm. But Manchester City's attack has never stopped, their counterattack can not start, their game situation is quite passive.

This situation, let Wolfsburg players seem to capture some problems. It seems that before Manchester City can not hold, Wolfsburg may not hold.

Manchester City's attack, has been quite fierce, they are constantly looking for opportunities, trying to break the Wolfsburg gate. Maybe it's because they have been counselled in the Champions League for too long. This time, the home court suddenly loses its power, and their fans are all excited and constantly cheering, which brings great morale to Manchester City and makes the attack of Manchester City more powerful.

Under their constant attack, Wolfsburg's defense line is indeed in danger - defense is a matter that needs to be handled carefully with every detail. A little loophole may lead to defense failure. Especially when the opponent's attacking players are at a high level, this is even more obvious.

With Wolfsburg's contraction, Manchester City have been over half-time, in the front court, their players continue to strengthen the attack, and in the 30th minute, they almost seized the opportunity to break the door.

This time, yayature got the ball in the middle of the field, then chose to plug in with the ball again. His fierce push directly attracted Gustavo's defense. After being watched, he gave the ball to Silva. Silva got the ball and gave it to Nasri easily. On the side, Nasri returned the ball to Kolarov.

Wolfsburg attack is very good, Manchester City is obviously aware of it, but they also use their own skilled cooperation, constantly tearing the back line. The cooperation of the four players in the front court has made the back defence have loopholes. At this time, it's their turn to attack the goal.

After Kolarov on the flank inserted the ball, he seized a good opportunity on the left side and gave the ball to Dzeko in the penalty area with a long pass.

In the penalty area, Dzeko accelerated two steps to get rid of keyar's mark. Although he was tall, his sense of opportunity made him run pretty well. After shaking off the marker, he smashed the ball at his feet and got rid of naldo's interception. Wolfsburg's line of defense was completely removed by him in less than three seconds. Then, he shot and shot the ball towards the goal!

The angle and strength of Dzeko's shot are excellent. If benalio didn't put it down in time, Wolfsburg would be broken by the opponent at this time. Obviously, although Manchester City's attack is a bit rampant, the effect is absolutely good.

Manchester City players choose to attack, perhaps not confused. The bigger reason is to rest assured about the offensive ability of your team. Compared with Wolfsburg, their lineup is better, they have good substitutes, and they believe that they can break Wolfsburg's gate without waiting for their physical exhaustion.

Compared with the regular play, maybe the fierce attack has more advantages for them. The strong team plays the weak team, did not use the good lineup thickness and the home court superiority, that is sorry oneself.

Their idea is not unreasonable, to attack instead of defending, to make full use of their home advantage and personnel advantage, this is Pellegrini's tactical planning. With Manchester City's better team depth and better home momentum, they want to completely kill Wolfsburg in this game.