NOVEL NEXT Football: The butcher in the midfield at the start, the magic bird stunned
Chapter 420 Some people said that the Manchester Derby is not exciting, so Chen Xiaoliang came to a
Chapter 420 Some people said that the Manchester Derby is not exciting, so Chen Xiaoliang came to a world wave
Manchester City corner kick, tactical corner kick, passed to the midfield, continued to pass back and forth and hold the ball firmly.
Why is Manchester United's performance so explosive, but why can't they fully surpass Manchester City in terms of odds?
The reason lies in this, in the control of the scene.
In the Premier League last season and this season, Manchester City's average ball possession rate was 65% and 66% respectively, both ranking first, and this season has also increased by 1%.
Last season, the league averaged 660 passes per game, with a success rate of 88%. This season, the league averaged 672 passes per game, with a success rate of 90%, and they all ranked first.
In the two seasons of the Champions League, among all the teams that finally reached the knockout rounds, Manchester City's ball possession rate was 60.7% and 59.8%, and the pass success rate was 90% and 88%.
In terms of the number of goals scored in the league, Manchester City ranked first with 93 and 88 in the two seasons;
In terms of the number of goals conceded, these two numbers are 33 and 19.
There are only 19 goals conceded this season, which ranks behind Manchester United's 17, and finally has a second statistic, but this is partly because Manchester United missed two games.
Conceding goals in the Champions League, if you don’t count Chen Xiaoliang’s 3 goals and 1 assist in the Champions League final last season, Manchester City only conceded 12 goals in a total of 5 games from the group stage to the second semi-final against Real Madrid.
On the other hand, Manchester United averaged 558 passes per game this season, ranking third after Liverpool, with a ball possession rate of 3%, an increase of 57 percentage points from 53% last season, ranking fifth in the league, lower than Manchester City , Liverpool, Brighton, Arsenal, tied with Chelsea.
The pass success rate is 85%, ranking third, lower than Manchester City and Chelsea.
Therefore, from the perspective of ordinary fans, without analyzing the data, it is still possible to draw the conclusion that "Manchester City's game is basically controlled by Manchester City, while Manchester United's game is always played back and forth" by watching the game. .
The same is true on the field at this time.
In offense, De Bruyne, Seat B, Rodri and others are still skilled and sharp in their penetration and running, while in defense, although from Guardiola's point of view, they have retreated relatively deep, but 4 -5-1's 4 defenders and 5 midfielders are not all standing in the same line in the backcourt. Once Manchester United wants to pass into the offensive third area, or hold the ball in the left and right ribs to create threats, they will still be affected by Manchester City players. Echelon double-teaming and pressing.
Although this group of Manchester City players are no longer able to press the whole court and press high, they are still able to press and double-team in the half court.
Including Harland also retreated to the center circle of his own half time and time again, pressing Casemiro and Lima who were passing and receiving the ball.
In the 31st minute, seeing that the team was unable to enter the penalty area to create an effective threat, Chen Xiaoliang forced himself to get rid of Bellingham who was defending him head-on at a distance of nearly 40 meters from the penalty area, and blasted a violent long shot.
Although the ball is fast and the arc is floating, but this distance, for Ederson, who is worth 4500 million euros and ranks second in the world, the possibility of not being able to catch it is still very low.
He shifted his feet quickly and jumped up after he was in place, but the trajectory of the ball was too floating, and Cesko had already inserted in the penalty area.
To be on the safe side, Ederson finally chose to drag the ball over the crossbar.
"Beep!" The referee Michael Oliver, who whistled the penalty, gave Manchester United a right corner kick.
Although Joe Hart, who was sitting in the back row of the Manchester United bench and was not included in the squad, had a calm face, he couldn't help shaking his head when he saw the ball blasted by Chen Xiaoliang.
This is not a shot, this is clearly a corner kick maker.
Kwa was about to make a free throw, and Maguire, Varane, Casemiro, and Wan Bissaka all ran up.
In the backcourt, Lima, Luke Shaw, and Chen Xiaoliang defended behind.
In order to prevent Chen Xiaoliang from inserting long-range shots, Guardiola specially arranged for Harland to stick Chen Xiaoliang.
Chen Xiaoliang saw this guy coming, and said to him before the kick-off, "Hey, you even sent the big devil to defend me."
Harland's original nickname was "Magic Buu", who looks exactly like Buu in Dragon Ball, but after coming to Manchester City last season, he made a big splash and shocked the football world. 1.8 million euros ranked second in the world, so he evolved from a devil to a big devil.
Harland grinned: "Be careful I ate you."
The two were joking, but their eyes were always focused on the restricted area, and they turned their heads to observe other people around them from time to time.
Kwa was about to kick off, and Harland said again: "By the way, have you eaten a hamburger since then?"
At this time, Kwa has already kicked the ball into the penalty area.
Chen Xiaoliang: "Eat, I feel sick just thinking about it!"
Speaking of the word "spit", Kwa's corner kick has been pushed out of the penalty area by Stones, and the B seat who followed him sent a long pass to the frontcourt.
Harland instantly started to run forward, and Lima, who was lagging behind, wanted to stop him, but when the two of them touched, Lima was knocked away by Harland who started at high speed like a paper man.
Chen Xiaoliang immediately chased after him, stretched out his left finger to Lima and pointed to the penalty area, signaling him to retreat and return to his position as soon as possible, and Harland came to defend himself.
In terms of speed, Chen Xiaoliang is faster. In terms of balance ability in high-speed running, the two are equal. In terms of strength, they can be said to be the strongest two in football today. When they collided for the ball falling in front of them, Harland Also relying on the advantages of height and weight, it has a slight advantage.
"Good guy!"
Chen Xiaoliang was taken aback. Even if he faced Lukaku, who was as strong as a rhinoceros last season, he did not lose.
He knows that this is not just a matter of tonnage, otherwise Maguire would be invincible in the world, and more importantly, it is the use of muscle explosiveness and the use of confrontation skills.
Haaland caught up with the ball on the inside on the right, and there are still about 10 meters away from the penalty area line.
Chen Xiaoliang walked around from his left side and came in front of him.
The Manchester City players in the backcourt are sprinting forward at full speed, ready to respond to Haaland, and Haaland is not going to confront Chen Xiaoliang too much here, he also knows Chen Xiaoliang's defensive ability.
The longer the delay, the greater the chance of losing the ball.
Harland, whose dribbling ability is not very good, chose the simplest and most direct method. He moved the ball forward with his left foot and rushed forward.
Chen Xiaoliang immediately caught up.
Seeing Chen Xiaoliang approaching, Harland put up his left hand, and used the left side of his body to push Chen Xiaoliang again.
This time Chen Xiaoliang also made preparations, and at the same time exerted all his strength to push Harland.
The two collided one by one, and at the same time lost their balance and staggered a few steps, but both adjusted back and did not fall.
Fans from both sides in the stands exclaimed "Wow". In the bench, young players like Ganaccho and Menu opened their mouths wide, amazed at the strength of the two and the fierce confrontation.
Haaland regained control of the football, already on the right near the edge of the penalty area.
Chen Xiaoliang was still standing in front of him.
Harland passed the ball back, and Kyle Walker, who was following up, received the ball, and passed it back to Rodri, who was following up in the middle, and Rodri distributed it to the left side. A through pass was sent from the left, and seat B, who succeeded in anti-offside, received the ball and passed it vigorously across the goal. Bellingham, who followed in the middle, outflanked the goal. Lima, who retreated, cleared the ball out of the penalty area.
Menu on the bench couldn't help leaning forward and asked De Gea: "Brother David, did the captain succeed in defending the ball just now?"
De Gea shrugged: "Half and half."
Menuu asked again: "How to say it specifically?"
De Gea: "He prevented Harland from going directly offside to the goal, avoiding the formation of a direct shot opportunity, but he failed to destroy Harland's dribbling, so that Haaland successfully held the ball to the depth The area creates opportunities for teammates who come in behind to create threats."
Menuu: "Oh, that's it..."
Lindelof on the side said: "This is called you Brother Chen, so he can carry Harland hard while running. If it were someone else, the two kicks just now would have been knocked over."
Despite this offensive spark, the coaches and players on both sides of the game seemed afraid to let go.
The undefeated record has become a huge psychological pressure. No one wants their undefeated record to be broken by the biggest rival, or the rival in the same city, in the derby.
上半场很快结束，曼城控球58%比42%占优，曼联以射门5比3、射正3比2占优。
Compared with the 3-3 goal battle between the two teams at the Etihad Stadium in the first half of the season, the first half of this game can be said to be quite boring.
In the second half, the momentum of seeking stability and trying not to concede the ball was still not broken. The two sides' offensive strength was always limited, and the speed of returning to defense was fast. This made Manchester United's most proud counterattack impossible at all. typed out.
In the 61st minute, Manchester United took a free kick on the left side of the frontcourt. Luke Shaw took an in-spin ball. Casemiro fought for the top from behind the penalty area. The ball went straight to the right side of the goal, but was blocked by Ake who was guarding the goal line. Out of line.
In the 65th minute, De Bruyne quickly sent a free kick in the middle circle. The B seat and Bellingham played a two-for-one cooperation. The Portuguese star made a curved kick 1 meter outside the penalty area. Livakovic turned sideways Failed to save, but thankfully the ball missed the post.
In defense, Chen Xiaoliang, who needs to delay to cover Lima's midfielder position, did not advance much in this field, and mostly intercepted and pressed Manchester City's midfielder from the midfielder position.
Starting from the 70th minute, Ten Hag made a substitution first, and replaced the players on the field with five players, Ganacho, McTominay, Dalot, Benzema, and Luke Thomas.
Guardiola, who never liked large-scale substitutions at Manchester City, also sent Alvarez, Foden, Kovacic and Glarish to play.
Although the substitute players were full of energy and fought fiercely after coming on the field, especially in the last 10 minutes of the game, the two teams played a wave of offensive climax like a decisive battle, but the harder the attack, the more focused the defense was. The score of 0 to 0 was maintained until the end.
In the rest of the 32nd round, Liverpool 1-1 Newcastle, Chelsea missed the opportunity to chase points, and drew 2-2 with Brentford in the away game, while Arsenal was also in the away game, beating Burnley at the bottom with 4 goals.
积分榜上，曼城82分依旧排第1，曼联少赛两场积80分排在第2，利物浦少赛一场积75分仍列第3，切尔西70分排在第4，但只领先少赛一场、排在第6的阿森纳3分。
Newcastle ranked fifth with 69 points, and the prospects for the championship and fourth place are still tragic.
No matter how many disappointed fans expressed their dissatisfaction with the 0-0 draw, they thought they had been deceived, and even said that they had wasted time and effort watching a tacit match, but the coaches of the two teams began to sum up almost immediately after the game From the tactical layout of both sides.
Facts have proved that tonight's league game is indeed just an appetizer in the third round.
Three days later, on April 4, the two teams met again at Old Trafford, and the main course was officially played.
Manchester United's starting formation has not been adjusted. It is still offensive 4-2-3-1 and defensive 5-2-3. The difference is that the right winger has been changed to Dalot. Varane and Maguire's center The defender combination became Lindelof and Lima, and Timber and Casemiro were placed in the midfielder position.
Manchester City is still a 3-2-4-1 offensive formation, Akanji, Dias, Ake three central defenders system, Rodri midfielder, Stones midfielder, but Glarish and B seat back. When it came to the starting left and right wingers, De Bruyne and Kovacic partnered to start the central midfielder, and Harland was still at the forefront.
Good guy, the same venue, almost the same formation and starting lineup, the fans who claimed to be "cheated and never watch such ugly football again" in the last game probably never dreamed that the changes came so quickly and so violently.
This is the knockout stage of the Champions League. There is no home and away goal system in the two rounds. The competition is who scores more goals and concedes fewer goals.
Unlike the league, keeping a tie and staying unbeaten is acceptable to the psychology, morale, and goals of both sides.
Moreover, there was no match for more than half a year. Through the mutual testing in the last game, the coaching staff and players of the two teams have also accumulated a lot of experience and arranged new targeted arrangements.
这3天里，加上上一场比赛的3点训练值，陈小亮一共获得了15点训练值（63→78），就缺2点就能再升1点属性。
However, considering that there will be a game almost every 1-2 days, although physical strength can be recovered automatically, the accumulated fatigue of muscles, joints, and ligaments, as well as the need to relax and rest psychologically, made Chen Xiaoliang not forcefully practice for another two hours. Go make up 80 points.
At the beginning of the game, under the call of the coach and the support of the fans, the two teams played a confrontation that shocked the football world.
It's just that Ten Hag was standing on the sidelines, while Guardiola, who was sent to the stands for angering the referee in the last game, was in the stands behind the bench and let assistant coach Carlos Vicens replace him Use lion roar to spur players.
In 27 seconds, Manchester United, who kicked off first, hit the right side. Chen Xiaoliang caught the ball to attract the two defenders and pushed the ball straight to the right side. The crossbar caused at least [-] people in the Old Trafford stadium to make a gesture of regret.
Then just over a minute later, Stones pressed on, received a direct pass from De Bruyne on the left side and passed to the back of the penalty area. Seat B followed up with a volley and was caught by Livakovic, who has been in good form recently. save.
With his recent outstanding performance, Livakovic's value has risen from 1200 million euros when he moved to Manchester United to 2200 million euros, and this price is enough to help him rank among the top 20 goalkeepers in the world.
Manchester City took a corner kick on the right, De Bruyne took it, Harland immediately rushed forward, and Lindelof followed closely.
However, De Bruyne's corner kick flew to the penalty spot. Stones jumped up and competed with Casemiro for the top. The top of Stones' forehead immediately touched the top of Casemiro's head. Collided in the air and fell to the ground at the same time.
Livakovic jumped forward, picked up the ball steadily, then shook off Harland who harassed him, and threw the ball to the left outside the penalty area!
Kewa, just now seeing that the defense in the penalty area is no longer a serious problem, he immediately started to move forward. At this time, the ball happened to come, and he immediately accelerated after receiving the ball!
Today, in order to ensure the interspersed attack on the right, Guardiola did not use Kyle Walker, who is very fast and physically online, which greatly increased Kwa's confidence.
Akanji rushed over, and he immediately went inside.
Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, offensive players can change positions at will according to the defensive position, and if the right central defender goes to the left at will, who will fill the position of the right central defender?
It was precisely because Kewa cut inward to the middle and took away Akanji, Chen Xiaoliang crossed and began to run forward from the left rib.
The scene immediately formed a two-on-four situation between Chen Xiaoliang and Kewa, facing Akanji, Dias, Ake and Rodri.
Kwa continued to advance towards the top of the penalty area, and Akanji dribbled the ball to the right as he approached him.
Dias had nothing to do, seeing that Chen Xiaoliang was approaching the left side of the penalty area, he had to move to make up for it.
At this time, Dalot had already inserted from the right, and Kwa took it to the right of the top of the arc and pushed the ball to Dalot.
Ake, who wanted to close the door with Akanji, immediately turned around and rushed towards Dalot.
Dalot made a through pass to the front left, and then passed the ball back to Kwa, who was still pushing forward, and also passed Ake who came up to block him through two passes and one pass.
Kwa, who ran to the baseline at high speed, caught the ball and turned around, swung his right leg back, and Akanji, who had followed him all the way here, fell to the ground and shoveled forward to intercept.
Kwa rubbed the ball with his right foot, and the ball flew directly over the body of Akanji who was intercepted by the sliding tackle and flew to the penalty area!
But the pass was a bit small, and Chen Xiaoliang, who was pushed towards the penalty area by Dias, found that the ball probably reached his waist, and it was impossible to use the top of his head.
In a fleeting moment, he leaned against Dias on his back in the small penalty area to keep his balance, and made a half-turn with his left foot on the ground, and then rubbed the heel of his right foot against the cross from Kwa!
The ball bounced on the ground and then rolled to the left of the goal. Edson fell to the ground immediately, but the shot from a distance of less than 2 meters made his quick reaction a step behind.
The ball rolled into the gate of Manchester City in a panic!
Lou Yichen: "Pretty!!!"
"Wow!!! No one expected that the last game was a zero-block game, and the game was dull and boring, but from the first minute of this game, the two sides played against each other!"
"A heel shot in the process of going forward quickly and scored! The 777 combination, which has shown its prowess in the Champions League last season, once again shines in the Champions League semi-final!"
Liu Yue: "In the pre-match prediction voting, the two teams were mainly focused on Xiao Liang and Harland as to who could score goals, and the voting was also very detailed, with headers, long shots, There were grab points, penalty kicks, and even free kicks, but I didn’t expect Xiao Liang to surprise the fans who stayed up late to watch the game. With such a heel goal, Manchester City’s defense was caught off guard.”
Lou Yichen: "That's right! Dias has defended very well. If it weren't for this kind of shooting action, Xiaoliang might not have the space to shoot if he kicked from the front, or he would be destroyed by Dias in advance!"
"2 minutes, Manchester United 1-0! Now I believe that fans who have not stayed up late to watch the game will still question the passion and excitement of the Manchester Derby!"
(End of this chapter)
Manchester City corner kick, tactical corner kick, passed to the midfield, continued to pass back and forth and hold the ball firmly.
Why is Manchester United's performance so explosive, but why can't they fully surpass Manchester City in terms of odds?
The reason lies in this, in the control of the scene.
In the Premier League last season and this season, Manchester City's average ball possession rate was 65% and 66% respectively, both ranking first, and this season has also increased by 1%.
Last season, the league averaged 660 passes per game, with a success rate of 88%. This season, the league averaged 672 passes per game, with a success rate of 90%, and they all ranked first.
In the two seasons of the Champions League, among all the teams that finally reached the knockout rounds, Manchester City's ball possession rate was 60.7% and 59.8%, and the pass success rate was 90% and 88%.
In terms of the number of goals scored in the league, Manchester City ranked first with 93 and 88 in the two seasons;
In terms of the number of goals conceded, these two numbers are 33 and 19.
There are only 19 goals conceded this season, which ranks behind Manchester United's 17, and finally has a second statistic, but this is partly because Manchester United missed two games.
Conceding goals in the Champions League, if you don’t count Chen Xiaoliang’s 3 goals and 1 assist in the Champions League final last season, Manchester City only conceded 12 goals in a total of 5 games from the group stage to the second semi-final against Real Madrid.
On the other hand, Manchester United averaged 558 passes per game this season, ranking third after Liverpool, with a ball possession rate of 3%, an increase of 57 percentage points from 53% last season, ranking fifth in the league, lower than Manchester City , Liverpool, Brighton, Arsenal, tied with Chelsea.
The pass success rate is 85%, ranking third, lower than Manchester City and Chelsea.
Therefore, from the perspective of ordinary fans, without analyzing the data, it is still possible to draw the conclusion that "Manchester City's game is basically controlled by Manchester City, while Manchester United's game is always played back and forth" by watching the game. .
The same is true on the field at this time.
In offense, De Bruyne, Seat B, Rodri and others are still skilled and sharp in their penetration and running, while in defense, although from Guardiola's point of view, they have retreated relatively deep, but 4 -5-1's 4 defenders and 5 midfielders are not all standing in the same line in the backcourt. Once Manchester United wants to pass into the offensive third area, or hold the ball in the left and right ribs to create threats, they will still be affected by Manchester City players. Echelon double-teaming and pressing.
Although this group of Manchester City players are no longer able to press the whole court and press high, they are still able to press and double-team in the half court.
Including Harland also retreated to the center circle of his own half time and time again, pressing Casemiro and Lima who were passing and receiving the ball.
In the 31st minute, seeing that the team was unable to enter the penalty area to create an effective threat, Chen Xiaoliang forced himself to get rid of Bellingham who was defending him head-on at a distance of nearly 40 meters from the penalty area, and blasted a violent long shot.
Although the ball is fast and the arc is floating, but this distance, for Ederson, who is worth 4500 million euros and ranks second in the world, the possibility of not being able to catch it is still very low.
He shifted his feet quickly and jumped up after he was in place, but the trajectory of the ball was too floating, and Cesko had already inserted in the penalty area.
To be on the safe side, Ederson finally chose to drag the ball over the crossbar.
"Beep!" The referee Michael Oliver, who whistled the penalty, gave Manchester United a right corner kick.
Although Joe Hart, who was sitting in the back row of the Manchester United bench and was not included in the squad, had a calm face, he couldn't help shaking his head when he saw the ball blasted by Chen Xiaoliang.
This is not a shot, this is clearly a corner kick maker.
Kwa was about to make a free throw, and Maguire, Varane, Casemiro, and Wan Bissaka all ran up.
In the backcourt, Lima, Luke Shaw, and Chen Xiaoliang defended behind.
In order to prevent Chen Xiaoliang from inserting long-range shots, Guardiola specially arranged for Harland to stick Chen Xiaoliang.
Chen Xiaoliang saw this guy coming, and said to him before the kick-off, "Hey, you even sent the big devil to defend me."
Harland's original nickname was "Magic Buu", who looks exactly like Buu in Dragon Ball, but after coming to Manchester City last season, he made a big splash and shocked the football world. 1.8 million euros ranked second in the world, so he evolved from a devil to a big devil.
Harland grinned: "Be careful I ate you."
The two were joking, but their eyes were always focused on the restricted area, and they turned their heads to observe other people around them from time to time.
Kwa was about to kick off, and Harland said again: "By the way, have you eaten a hamburger since then?"
At this time, Kwa has already kicked the ball into the penalty area.
Chen Xiaoliang: "Eat, I feel sick just thinking about it!"
Speaking of the word "spit", Kwa's corner kick has been pushed out of the penalty area by Stones, and the B seat who followed him sent a long pass to the frontcourt.
Harland instantly started to run forward, and Lima, who was lagging behind, wanted to stop him, but when the two of them touched, Lima was knocked away by Harland who started at high speed like a paper man.
Chen Xiaoliang immediately chased after him, stretched out his left finger to Lima and pointed to the penalty area, signaling him to retreat and return to his position as soon as possible, and Harland came to defend himself.
In terms of speed, Chen Xiaoliang is faster. In terms of balance ability in high-speed running, the two are equal. In terms of strength, they can be said to be the strongest two in football today. When they collided for the ball falling in front of them, Harland Also relying on the advantages of height and weight, it has a slight advantage.
"Good guy!"
Chen Xiaoliang was taken aback. Even if he faced Lukaku, who was as strong as a rhinoceros last season, he did not lose.
He knows that this is not just a matter of tonnage, otherwise Maguire would be invincible in the world, and more importantly, it is the use of muscle explosiveness and the use of confrontation skills.
Haaland caught up with the ball on the inside on the right, and there are still about 10 meters away from the penalty area line.
Chen Xiaoliang walked around from his left side and came in front of him.
The Manchester City players in the backcourt are sprinting forward at full speed, ready to respond to Haaland, and Haaland is not going to confront Chen Xiaoliang too much here, he also knows Chen Xiaoliang's defensive ability.
The longer the delay, the greater the chance of losing the ball.
Harland, whose dribbling ability is not very good, chose the simplest and most direct method. He moved the ball forward with his left foot and rushed forward.
Chen Xiaoliang immediately caught up.
Seeing Chen Xiaoliang approaching, Harland put up his left hand, and used the left side of his body to push Chen Xiaoliang again.
This time Chen Xiaoliang also made preparations, and at the same time exerted all his strength to push Harland.
The two collided one by one, and at the same time lost their balance and staggered a few steps, but both adjusted back and did not fall.
Fans from both sides in the stands exclaimed "Wow". In the bench, young players like Ganaccho and Menu opened their mouths wide, amazed at the strength of the two and the fierce confrontation.
Haaland regained control of the football, already on the right near the edge of the penalty area.
Chen Xiaoliang was still standing in front of him.
Harland passed the ball back, and Kyle Walker, who was following up, received the ball, and passed it back to Rodri, who was following up in the middle, and Rodri distributed it to the left side. A through pass was sent from the left, and seat B, who succeeded in anti-offside, received the ball and passed it vigorously across the goal. Bellingham, who followed in the middle, outflanked the goal. Lima, who retreated, cleared the ball out of the penalty area.
Menu on the bench couldn't help leaning forward and asked De Gea: "Brother David, did the captain succeed in defending the ball just now?"
De Gea shrugged: "Half and half."
Menuu asked again: "How to say it specifically?"
De Gea: "He prevented Harland from going directly offside to the goal, avoiding the formation of a direct shot opportunity, but he failed to destroy Harland's dribbling, so that Haaland successfully held the ball to the depth The area creates opportunities for teammates who come in behind to create threats."
Menuu: "Oh, that's it..."
Lindelof on the side said: "This is called you Brother Chen, so he can carry Harland hard while running. If it were someone else, the two kicks just now would have been knocked over."
Despite this offensive spark, the coaches and players on both sides of the game seemed afraid to let go.
The undefeated record has become a huge psychological pressure. No one wants their undefeated record to be broken by the biggest rival, or the rival in the same city, in the derby.
上半场很快结束，曼城控球58%比42%占优，曼联以射门5比3、射正3比2占优。
Compared with the 3-3 goal battle between the two teams at the Etihad Stadium in the first half of the season, the first half of this game can be said to be quite boring.
In the second half, the momentum of seeking stability and trying not to concede the ball was still not broken. The two sides' offensive strength was always limited, and the speed of returning to defense was fast. This made Manchester United's most proud counterattack impossible at all. typed out.
In the 61st minute, Manchester United took a free kick on the left side of the frontcourt. Luke Shaw took an in-spin ball. Casemiro fought for the top from behind the penalty area. The ball went straight to the right side of the goal, but was blocked by Ake who was guarding the goal line. Out of line.
In the 65th minute, De Bruyne quickly sent a free kick in the middle circle. The B seat and Bellingham played a two-for-one cooperation. The Portuguese star made a curved kick 1 meter outside the penalty area. Livakovic turned sideways Failed to save, but thankfully the ball missed the post.
In defense, Chen Xiaoliang, who needs to delay to cover Lima's midfielder position, did not advance much in this field, and mostly intercepted and pressed Manchester City's midfielder from the midfielder position.
Starting from the 70th minute, Ten Hag made a substitution first, and replaced the players on the field with five players, Ganacho, McTominay, Dalot, Benzema, and Luke Thomas.
Guardiola, who never liked large-scale substitutions at Manchester City, also sent Alvarez, Foden, Kovacic and Glarish to play.
Although the substitute players were full of energy and fought fiercely after coming on the field, especially in the last 10 minutes of the game, the two teams played a wave of offensive climax like a decisive battle, but the harder the attack, the more focused the defense was. The score of 0 to 0 was maintained until the end.
In the rest of the 32nd round, Liverpool 1-1 Newcastle, Chelsea missed the opportunity to chase points, and drew 2-2 with Brentford in the away game, while Arsenal was also in the away game, beating Burnley at the bottom with 4 goals.
积分榜上，曼城82分依旧排第1，曼联少赛两场积80分排在第2，利物浦少赛一场积75分仍列第3，切尔西70分排在第4，但只领先少赛一场、排在第6的阿森纳3分。
Newcastle ranked fifth with 69 points, and the prospects for the championship and fourth place are still tragic.
No matter how many disappointed fans expressed their dissatisfaction with the 0-0 draw, they thought they had been deceived, and even said that they had wasted time and effort watching a tacit match, but the coaches of the two teams began to sum up almost immediately after the game From the tactical layout of both sides.
Facts have proved that tonight's league game is indeed just an appetizer in the third round.
Three days later, on April 4, the two teams met again at Old Trafford, and the main course was officially played.
Manchester United's starting formation has not been adjusted. It is still offensive 4-2-3-1 and defensive 5-2-3. The difference is that the right winger has been changed to Dalot. Varane and Maguire's center The defender combination became Lindelof and Lima, and Timber and Casemiro were placed in the midfielder position.
Manchester City is still a 3-2-4-1 offensive formation, Akanji, Dias, Ake three central defenders system, Rodri midfielder, Stones midfielder, but Glarish and B seat back. When it came to the starting left and right wingers, De Bruyne and Kovacic partnered to start the central midfielder, and Harland was still at the forefront.
Good guy, the same venue, almost the same formation and starting lineup, the fans who claimed to be "cheated and never watch such ugly football again" in the last game probably never dreamed that the changes came so quickly and so violently.
This is the knockout stage of the Champions League. There is no home and away goal system in the two rounds. The competition is who scores more goals and concedes fewer goals.
Unlike the league, keeping a tie and staying unbeaten is acceptable to the psychology, morale, and goals of both sides.
Moreover, there was no match for more than half a year. Through the mutual testing in the last game, the coaching staff and players of the two teams have also accumulated a lot of experience and arranged new targeted arrangements.
这3天里，加上上一场比赛的3点训练值，陈小亮一共获得了15点训练值（63→78），就缺2点就能再升1点属性。
However, considering that there will be a game almost every 1-2 days, although physical strength can be recovered automatically, the accumulated fatigue of muscles, joints, and ligaments, as well as the need to relax and rest psychologically, made Chen Xiaoliang not forcefully practice for another two hours. Go make up 80 points.
At the beginning of the game, under the call of the coach and the support of the fans, the two teams played a confrontation that shocked the football world.
It's just that Ten Hag was standing on the sidelines, while Guardiola, who was sent to the stands for angering the referee in the last game, was in the stands behind the bench and let assistant coach Carlos Vicens replace him Use lion roar to spur players.
In 27 seconds, Manchester United, who kicked off first, hit the right side. Chen Xiaoliang caught the ball to attract the two defenders and pushed the ball straight to the right side. The crossbar caused at least [-] people in the Old Trafford stadium to make a gesture of regret.
Then just over a minute later, Stones pressed on, received a direct pass from De Bruyne on the left side and passed to the back of the penalty area. Seat B followed up with a volley and was caught by Livakovic, who has been in good form recently. save.
With his recent outstanding performance, Livakovic's value has risen from 1200 million euros when he moved to Manchester United to 2200 million euros, and this price is enough to help him rank among the top 20 goalkeepers in the world.
Manchester City took a corner kick on the right, De Bruyne took it, Harland immediately rushed forward, and Lindelof followed closely.
However, De Bruyne's corner kick flew to the penalty spot. Stones jumped up and competed with Casemiro for the top. The top of Stones' forehead immediately touched the top of Casemiro's head. Collided in the air and fell to the ground at the same time.
Livakovic jumped forward, picked up the ball steadily, then shook off Harland who harassed him, and threw the ball to the left outside the penalty area!
Kewa, just now seeing that the defense in the penalty area is no longer a serious problem, he immediately started to move forward. At this time, the ball happened to come, and he immediately accelerated after receiving the ball!
Today, in order to ensure the interspersed attack on the right, Guardiola did not use Kyle Walker, who is very fast and physically online, which greatly increased Kwa's confidence.
Akanji rushed over, and he immediately went inside.
Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, offensive players can change positions at will according to the defensive position, and if the right central defender goes to the left at will, who will fill the position of the right central defender?
It was precisely because Kewa cut inward to the middle and took away Akanji, Chen Xiaoliang crossed and began to run forward from the left rib.
The scene immediately formed a two-on-four situation between Chen Xiaoliang and Kewa, facing Akanji, Dias, Ake and Rodri.
Kwa continued to advance towards the top of the penalty area, and Akanji dribbled the ball to the right as he approached him.
Dias had nothing to do, seeing that Chen Xiaoliang was approaching the left side of the penalty area, he had to move to make up for it.
At this time, Dalot had already inserted from the right, and Kwa took it to the right of the top of the arc and pushed the ball to Dalot.
Ake, who wanted to close the door with Akanji, immediately turned around and rushed towards Dalot.
Dalot made a through pass to the front left, and then passed the ball back to Kwa, who was still pushing forward, and also passed Ake who came up to block him through two passes and one pass.
Kwa, who ran to the baseline at high speed, caught the ball and turned around, swung his right leg back, and Akanji, who had followed him all the way here, fell to the ground and shoveled forward to intercept.
Kwa rubbed the ball with his right foot, and the ball flew directly over the body of Akanji who was intercepted by the sliding tackle and flew to the penalty area!
But the pass was a bit small, and Chen Xiaoliang, who was pushed towards the penalty area by Dias, found that the ball probably reached his waist, and it was impossible to use the top of his head.
In a fleeting moment, he leaned against Dias on his back in the small penalty area to keep his balance, and made a half-turn with his left foot on the ground, and then rubbed the heel of his right foot against the cross from Kwa!
The ball bounced on the ground and then rolled to the left of the goal. Edson fell to the ground immediately, but the shot from a distance of less than 2 meters made his quick reaction a step behind.
The ball rolled into the gate of Manchester City in a panic!
Lou Yichen: "Pretty!!!"
"Wow!!! No one expected that the last game was a zero-block game, and the game was dull and boring, but from the first minute of this game, the two sides played against each other!"
"A heel shot in the process of going forward quickly and scored! The 777 combination, which has shown its prowess in the Champions League last season, once again shines in the Champions League semi-final!"
Liu Yue: "In the pre-match prediction voting, the two teams were mainly focused on Xiao Liang and Harland as to who could score goals, and the voting was also very detailed, with headers, long shots, There were grab points, penalty kicks, and even free kicks, but I didn’t expect Xiao Liang to surprise the fans who stayed up late to watch the game. With such a heel goal, Manchester City’s defense was caught off guard.”
Lou Yichen: "That's right! Dias has defended very well. If it weren't for this kind of shooting action, Xiaoliang might not have the space to shoot if he kicked from the front, or he would be destroyed by Dias in advance!"
"2 minutes, Manchester United 1-0! Now I believe that fans who have not stayed up late to watch the game will still question the passion and excitement of the Manchester Derby!"
(End of this chapter)
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