Chapter 368 Continuously Causing Tragedies, Guardiola’s Midfielder Tactics Shocked Europe!

After the start of the second half, Chelsea fans quickly discovered that the opponent had made substitutions.

Kroos comes on, replacing Fernando.

This substitution was expected by the Chelsea people. Manchester City's offense is now unfavorable, so they naturally need to make substitutions to strengthen their offense.

However, when the second half of the game started, they discovered that this substitution did not seem to be that simple.

Cross's position is not in the midfielder, but in the frontcourt, but Manchester City still has two midfielders in the formation.

What's going on?

After a closer look, it turned out that Zabaleta moved forward and moved into the defensive midfielder position, while Manchester City's four defenders became three central defenders.

What kind of strange formation is this?

3241?

Not to mention that Chelsea fans couldn't understand, even Mourinho on the sidelines was a little confused.

Is Guardiola starting to tidy up again?

Let Zabaleta, a full-back, play as a defensive midfielder. Only he can think of this idea! ?

Mourinho couldn't see through Guardiola's tactical intentions, so he decided to take another look.

After experiencing several offenses and defenses, he noticed that Manchester City used a pure three-back formation when attacking, but when defending, Zabaleta's position would retreat and return to his defensive formation. Manchester City was still in a defensive formation. Back four.

This change gave Manchester City one more person in the midfield when attacking, and the increase in the number of people had a significant effect on improving Manchester City's offense.

In the 59th minute, Manchester City launched an attack on the left side of the frontcourt. Lin Quan received the ball and volleyed with his left foot, causing Courtois to miss. Aguero finally seized the opportunity and cleverly extended his foot to score the goal. Door.

Manchester City took the lead again and the score became 2:1!

This goal lost the Chelsea people's temper, and the opponent's offense was just good.

Before Lin Quan shot, they had already found multiple shooting opportunities. If Courtois and Chelsea's defenders hadn't been focused and intercepted Manchester City's offensive again and again, they would have conceded the goal long ago.

Mourinho frowned. He was sure that Guardiola was working on a new midfielder.

However, he had no idea how to break the opponent's tactics.

"Good cum, Kun!"

"Thank you, you created the opportunity, I just missed it!"

After scoring the goal, Aguero's mood improved a lot.

The pressure and psychological burden on his body was also swept away. Sure enough, the forward wanted to prove himself by scoring goals.

Mourinho was still thinking hard about countermeasures, but on the court, Chelsea players desperately attacked Manchester City after falling behind.

In the 62nd minute, Matic was hooked from behind by Navas while dribbling the ball near the wing, and Navas received a yellow card.

The foul in this position seems inexplicable, because it is still far away from Manchester City's goal, and Navas does not seem to need to foul at all.

But after Navas fouled, Mourinho noticed that Guardiola on the sidelines not only did not blame him, but also applauded.

Mourinho's instinctive feeling is that there seems to be a problem with Manchester City's wing defense?

However, before he could make adjustments, Manchester City scored again!

In the 67th minute, Navas made a pass from the wing. Lin Quan leaned on the defender and scored the ball with a half-turn upside-down golden hook.

The goal was so difficult that even the Chelsea players who were defending him did not expect that he would complete the shot in this way.

Not only did they not expect it, Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois also had no expectations.

Until the football flew in front of him, he waved his arms randomly, but this was obviously of no avail.

Stamford Bridge was in an uproar, and some Chelsea fans subconsciously wanted to applaud Lin Quan's wonderful goal.

However, when they raised their hands, they realized that it was the opponent's player who scored the goal!

"Fuck, no one can stop this guy from scoring goals?"

Chelsea fans were extremely frustrated. Not only did Lin Quan score another goal, he also scored twice.

He is simply a pain in the ass of Chelsea, and he gets extra excited every time he plays against Chelsea!

"Damn it!"

After seeing Lin Quan's goal, Mourinho was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but kick the pillar of the coaching bench.

The Chelsea players sitting on the bench were startled and subconsciously moved their buttocks, trying to get away from the angry coach.

On the coaching bench of Manchester City next door, after Guardiola saw Lin Quan's goal, he hugged his head in disbelief and opened his mouth into an 'O' shape.

"Torrent, did you see it? Did you see Lin's goal just now?"

Guardiola grabbed the assistant coach's arm excitedly, looking incoherent.

Torrent said in his heart, I saw it, damn, could you please let go of your hand, it hurts me so much!

Lin Quan's goal boosted the morale of the Manchester City players. They originally had doubts about Guardiola's new tactics and did not dare to let go during the attack. Now they have completely dispelled their concerns.

And having dispelled their worries, they allowed Chelsea people to see how terrifying Manchester City was with full firepower.

Manchester City's offense was stronger in the second half, and they frequently attacked Chelsea's goal.

Chelsea were oppressed and could only stay in their own half to defend solidly. They wanted to attack, but they couldn't attack at all.

In the 76th minute, Manchester City made the first substitution, with Lampard replacing Fernandinho.

The last time at the Etihad Stadium, Lampard scored a key goal after coming on, shattering the Chelsea people's dream of taking away victory.

This time, at Stamford Bridge, I wonder what surprises this former Blues player can bring to everyone.

In the 78th minute, Milner received a pass from Vass and turned his head to attack the goal, but was pushed over the crossbar by Courtois.

A minute later, Manchester City took a corner kick. De Bruyne tried a long shot from the outside. The football hit the post and bounced off the baseline.

In the 80th minute, Mourinho also used up his last substitution.

He replaced Willian with Drogba. Drogba was once Chelsea's blessing player and he helped Chelsea win many championships.

Seeing the veteran come on the stage, the Chelsea fans at the scene stood up and applauded.

Drogba went to the Chinese Super League after leaving Chelsea, originally planning to go gold hunting.

As a result, he was unhappy with Shenhua's unpaid wages. When he returned to Chelsea again, he was already 37 years old.

The 37-year-old Warcraft still has a very strong physical fitness.

In the 82nd minute, Chelsea launched a quick counterattack after completing the steal. Drogba received the ball and squeezed away the defender. When he was about to dribble the ball towards Manchester City's goal, he was knocked down by Lampard who rushed up from the side.

The referee showed Lampard a yellow card, and Lampard took the initiative to pull up Drogba who fell to the ground and apologized to him.

Drogba patted his butt and seemed unconcerned.

Everyone has their own priorities. There is nothing wrong with Lampard's foul just now.

It's just that two old teammates who once fought side by side turned into enemies when they returned to Stamford Bridge again. This scene still made the fans feel very sad.

Things are impermanent!

In the final stage of the game, both sides failed to create better opportunities. In the end, Manchester City defeated Chelsea 3:1 in the first game at Stamford Bridge.

This score is exactly the same as the one at the Etihad Stadium in the first half of the season, and even the game process is similar.

After beating the Blues twice, Manchester City finally caught up with them in the standings.

The two teams currently have exactly the same points, and there are still 15 rounds left in the league, after all two direct contests between the two sides have been played.

Who can have the last laugh in the championship battle depends on their stability in the league in the final stage.

And stability has always been the strength of Guardiola's team!

After the game, major media outlets paid tribute to Guardiola and his team, praising their outstanding performance in this game.

In particular, Guardiola's substitutions and formation changes in the second half were regarded by the outside world as the finishing touch in Manchester City's victory over Chelsea.

As for Mourinho, who lost, his life was much more difficult.

The big talk he made in front of the major media before the game turned into a boomerang and landed on his own head.

Not only that, according to rumors, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich was very dissatisfied with Mourinho. After losing to Manchester City, the two had a very unpleasant exchange and it is said that there was a fierce quarrel.

Although this news is not true, based on the outside world's understanding of Abu's temper, everyone feels that this matter is close to home.

Abramovich is famous for being impatient, and Mourinho is also known for having a high opinion of himself.

It would have been difficult for these two people to get along well together.

In addition, Mourinho has never been the most ideal coach in Abramovich's heart. His white moonlight is Guardiola next door, not Mourinho.

This will probably become more prominent after Mourinho loses to Guardiola again.

Therefore, outsiders speculate that if Chelsea's record fails to meet Abramovich's requirements, he will most likely fire Mourinho in anger.

After all, he has done this kind of thing before, and many famous coaches have been fired by him.

Ranieri, Mourinho, Ancelotti and others are all victims!

It is not something that is incomprehensible if Mourinho is fired again.

But if Mourinho is fired again, where will he go next?

Chelsea's troubles can naturally only be left to the Chelsea people to worry about.

After winning the first-place match against Chelsea, Guardiola was in a good mood and gave the players three days off so that they could have a good rest.

Being eliminated from the League Cup and FA Cup one after another turned out to be a good thing for Manchester City.

Before the knockout rounds of the Champions League begin, they have no other games to play for the time being.

The current game rhythm of the Premier League is one game a week. This game rhythm makes the Manchester City soldiers feel very comfortable. There is no longer the danger of being drained of physical energy and being on the verge of injury at any time.

Guardiola also took this opportunity to start instilling his tactical concepts into the players, trying to complete the transformation of Manchester City.

On February 7, the 24th round of the Premier League started, and Manchester City faced Hull City at home.

This game is very disparate, with Manchester City at the top of the table and Hull City third from the bottom.

Before the game, the outside world was not optimistic about Hull City.

However, the result of the game exceeded everyone's expectations.

In the first half alone, Hull City conceded 5 goals due to Manchester City's crazy attack.

Lin Quan completed a hat-trick in the first half. He didn't play for a minute in the second half and was pushed to the bench by Guardiola.

Aguero's condition is also getting better day by day. In this game, he scored one goal in each half and scored twice.

In the end, Manchester City beat Hull City 8-0 at home, giving their opponent the most painful defeat in the team's 111-year history.

On the other side, Chelsea, who lost at home, was in a sluggish state when facing Aston Villa away from home.

In the first half, Aston Villa led Chelsea 1:0 with Okre's goal. The confused Blues did not launch a desperate counterattack until the second half under the leadership of Hazard. In the end, they reversed the opponent with difficulty and won the title. Victory, barely keeping the same points as Manchester City, without being opened up by Manchester City.

But the state of the two teams is obviously very different!

Hull City left heartbroken, and the devil Manchester City caused another tragedy in the away game.

In the 25th round of the Premier League's away game against Stoke City, Manchester City bloodbathed their opponents 7:1, scoring 15 goals in two games, and their offensive firepower topped the five major leagues, shocking the entire European football world!

People have noticed the terrifying power of Guardiola's new tactics in attack!

For the home team, Arnautovic, who transferred during the winter break, helped Stoke City score a face-saving goal.

After this game, the friendly meeting between old teammates such as Lin Quan, De Bruyne and Arnautovic turned into a complaint meeting for Arnautovic.

He has just arrived, and he is very ambitious and wants to discuss with his two old teammates and let them see his progress and growth.

As a result, Manchester City scored 7 goals in a row, which scared the children out of their wits!

Is this the intensity of the Premier League?

terrible!

Mom, I want to go back to the Bundesliga!

"Your header skills have not fallen behind. You can actually beat Van Dijk and score a goal. It's not easy!"

When he was at Werder Bremen, Lin Quan was deeply impressed by Arnautovic's header. Stoke City didn't have a good chance in this game, but this guy just relied on his excellent header to beat several What was not a good opportunity almost turned into a goal, and in the end, he scored a goal when Manchester City's defense was lax.

This is indeed commendable!

"Is that guy very strong? I think he is just a newcomer!"

Arnautovic didn't know Van Dyke, so he didn't react much to Lin Quan's praise.

"Yeah, very strong!"

De Bruyne nodded seriously.

Lin Quan joked: "I think you can buy a newspaper tomorrow and cut out the picture of you beating Van Dijk to score and keep it well. In this case, when he becomes famous in the future, you can take out the photo of today's goal and it will definitely be I’ll be proud and proud!”

On the bus back to Manchester, Van Dyke, who was listening to music on headphones, suddenly sneezed.

The Dutchman rubbed his nose, feeling a little strange?

Did he catch a cold after taking a shower after the game?