Before the start of the second round match with Wolfsburg, Pellegrini once sighed many times that Wolfsburg's luck was really good. The victory of the first round made Wolfsburg play more leisurely in the second round. Because of their advantages, they could play the most troublesome way of fighting back. Their tactics make themselves the most difficult bone to chew, which makes it more difficult for Manchester City to win and makes him spend a lot of time.
However, before the game, Pellegrini never thought that in this game, he would be overcame by his opponent in tactics. Although he praised Wolfsburg before the game, when you think about Manchester City's overall control of the situation in the last round, Pellegrini is full of confidence in his tactical ability. Although he is also a famous coach, in his heart, he always thinks that he is different from magate, who only knows how to train like cattle. He really knows tactics. In this respect, he has the advantage.
He has never believed that Wolfsburg can make any adverse moves in this game. In his opinion, this game is just a game in which Wolfsburg has the advantage and breaks the game by tactics. The opponent's tactical changes are never considered by him.
However, with the start of the game, Pellegrini quickly realized his mistake. When Shahin put the ball straight through city's defence and went to the back, Pellegrini found that he really looked down on his opponent. Wolfsburg this game, obviously does not intend to rely on their own advantage to defend, on the contrary, Wolfsburg in the opening, chose a comprehensive attack, this let Pellegrini did not expect.
He did not expect that Wolfsburg did not choose to defend in this game, but made a strong attack. At the beginning of the game, the expected attack of Manchester City and the defensive situation of Wolfsburg didn't happen. On the contrary, on the pitch, they kicked out the attack situation of both sides. What makes Pellegrini even more depressed is that because the game has just started, Wolfsburg is the home game, they also occupy the advantage in a short time on the court. In the first ten minutes, Wolfsburg was on the court and suppressed Manchester City!
Such a situation, Pellegrini never thought of, when the game began, he soon found out, it seems that this game, his opponent led the nose away.
Because all kinds of signs before the game show that Wolfsburg will defend, his tactical arrangement is completely aimed at the opponents who defend. Now, Wolfsburg has chosen to attack, so the situation is very different. Because they want to open Wolfsburg's door as soon as possible, Manchester City's attack line is a little higher, and their two backs are not in their own position, which makes Manchester City's backcourt also have a large number of loopholes, so that Wolfsburg can easily use them in the attack.
From the left side of the road interspersed to the midfield of pericic, at this time has been in front of the penalty area, easily over Manchester City's back. Because of the open playing style, city's defense didn't play any role at all. Pericic was moving with the ball in the front of the penalty area and staring at him, which was city's defensive line.
This game, Manchester City even in the opening, kicked out of the last moment of the situation: their back interception basically did not work, making Wolfsburg drive straight into.
Fortunately, city's defenders are still very good. In front of pericic, kompani followed suit. Pericic moved in front of the penalty area two or three times, but still did not find a way to break through. Manchester City's defense, in the last link, can do, at least, they are not a stick to break the paper defense.
However, in the face of an opponent with extremely strong attack, the difference is not big whether the attack is made of paper or glass. Especially when the opponent's attack is constant, no matter how good the defense is, it can't guarantee that he doesn't have problems.
In front of the penalty area, seeing that there was no chance, pericic turned around with the ball to control the ball, and then returned the ball to Shahin behind. In the back court of Manchester City, their passing and receiving this time is quite simple, and they are not even obstructed. In the back court of Manchester City, they play with ease.
Because of the strong attack, the midfielders of Manchester City are a little too close to the top. For a moment, they don't have time to recover quickly. This kind of problem also brought opportunities to Wolfsburg. Shahin crossed the ball and gave it to Rodriguez who was on the way to change the ball. Rodriguez received the ball and passed it directly into the penalty area. With a beautiful long cross, Wolfsburg attacked again.
It's no secret that Wolfsburg like to head their opponents because they have two good centers. And in the last game, Wolfsburg suffered a small loss in Manchester City, the header attack is not smooth, it is not news. However, the same problem, Wolfsburg will make a mistake, but will not suffer again.
At the front of the penalty area, when Rodriguez passed the ball, pericic chose to insert it at this time. In the penalty area, Gao shunyao also sped up at this time, trying to get rid of kompanyi's defense and get into the middle of the two defenders. For a moment, there was a mess in the forbidden area of Manchester City, and at the same time, at the far point of the forbidden area, manzuki had already made an encirclement. Facing the flying football in the air, he jumped up and headed the ball to the goal!Inside the penalty area, Wolfsburg's players opened up space for manzuki Chira by cooperating with the orderly movement, and this time, in the face of flying football, manzuki has no reason not to reach. In the last game, he didn't score in attack, but in this game, he obviously has to make up for his regret.
The football was so fast that Hart was in no hurry to save. Football net, the opening just 15 minutes, Wolfsburg scored their first goal!
The whole stadium has become a sea of joy. On the court, Gao shunyao and manzuki clapped high fives to celebrate their attack. Of course, their attack was not a whim. It was an attack method they came up with after a long time of research.
Only they know that against Manchester City, Wolfsburg's main energy is not on how to study defense, but on how to study attack. It is precisely because of their research that we have the goal now.
The match with Bayern is just a smoke screen. Of course, it's not right to just say smoke screen. After all, Wolfsburg worried about their lack of physical strength. In that game, they could adjust their lineup and play with defensive Counterattack Tactics, not only to confuse the opponent, but also to save physical strength.
However, through that game, Manchester City will have the illusion that Wolfsburg will fully defend in this game, which is also one of Wolfsburg's main ideas. In that game, Wolfsburg won a 0-0 draw in exchange for the whole game. After such a game, people will naturally think that Wolfsburg wants to do so in the next game. But one of the biggest purposes is to confuse Manchester City, Wolfsburg in the Champions League, did not want to rely on sticking to the existing advantage to win.
Bundesliga team in the face of the Premier League team, the home game performance is not good. Wolfsburg are very clear about this, they also understand that there is a big gap between their team and Manchester City. In this game, Wolfsburg has an advantage, but how long can we hold on to the advantage? Wolfsburg is not sure. Therefore, Wolfsburg are more inclined to attack and try to score goals in their own home court to further expand their advantages than to fight for a 0-0 or 0-1 match by their own defensive stability and win over their opponents.
They knew from the beginning that Wolfsburg didn't have a big advantage over Manchester City, so that they could kill each other without any offensive efforts in the game. Manchester City's attack is strong, not only Pellegrini knows, Wolfsburg also knows, passive defense attitude is too negative, Wolfsburg can't gamble. From the beginning, what they want is to take the initiative to attack, rely on home advantage, and strive for goals.
However, even at home, it is not easy for Wolfsburg to score a goal against Manchester City. There is no doubt that city are much better than Wolfsburg. Manchester City's two back midfielders are of high standard. It's not easy to break their defense. If you want to score goals, the most important thing is that you can't let them keep on defending. If you want to let them attack, Wolfsburg will have a chance. This is the most important thing.
It's not easy to say. Manchester City's strength is stronger, tactical command is not bad, want to let the other side in accordance with their own rhythm, not so easy. In fact, when the two teams met in the last game, Manchester city basically controlled the rhythm of the game. If it wasn't for the unexpected goal, the final result of the game was not so easy to say. In this game, if Wolfsburg want to win, their most important thing is to let their opponents lose their rhythm. If they want to do that, it is also very important to do a good job of guidance before the game.
Because want to let Manchester City attack, so before the game, Wolfsburg blindly make a false appearance, show that they want to defend in the game. It is also in order to let the opponent be deceived, they even do not hesitate in the game with Bayern, so that Manchester City believe that Wolfsburg's choice will be to defend.
However, when the two teams finally met, Wolfsburg finally showed its fangs and claws. After the opening round of fast attack, early to win the goal, is also equal to let them, early to lay the foundation for victory.
Wolfsburg led Manchester City 1-0 in the opening 15 minutes. Big score 3-1, Manchester City's backwardness is more and more obvious. What's more, city found out in the first 15 minutes that their established tactics had no effect.
Their tactics are completely wrong. Wolfsburg didn't want to defend at all. Therefore, they are also completely passive in the tactical arrangement.
The score fell behind, the tactics were wrong, the morale dropped, the away game - the goal of Manchester City gathered almost all the disadvantageous factors, they stepped into the trap of Wolfsburg step by step, and now, Wolfsburg began to close the net.