Super Storm

Manchester City Stadium, located in the eastern suburbs of the city, can accommodate 47,620 people.

The stadium was originally planned to be used to bid for the 2000 Millennium Olympic Games, but it was later lost to Sydney, Australia. The plan was to abort the baby and change to bid for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

After 2002, the stadium was leased to Manchester City at an ultra-low price as compensation for the demolition of Manchester City ’s old home stadium Maine Road. Manchester City subsequently transformed the new stadium and became one of the most advanced facilities in the Premier League One.

After Thaksin's acquisition of Manchester City, it was once proposed to expand the city stadium to make it the best home stadium in the Premier League, but later it was unsuccessful due to various reasons. The plan for the new stadium has surfaced again.

The wealthy Abu Dhabi consortium not only brought Manchester City a new stadium expansion plan, but also brought a large number of stars, Robinho, Elano, Sabaletta, Wright Phillips, Compa Ni Ruo ...

And the head coach has also changed from the original Swedish Eriksson to the British Mark Hughes. The latter's coaching experience in Blackburn has made him a rising local coach in the United Kingdom. Be optimistic.

So far this season, Manchester City have played in six rounds of the league, three wins and three losses.

It ’s not surprising that they lost to Aston Villa 2-4 away in the first round. Villa Park is the home of the British Devil, and Manchester City have just reorganized. Then they defeated West Ham United 3-0 at home and 3-0 at home. Beat Sunderland by zero to make Manchester City shine.

Two consecutive victories made Mark Hughes' team start to misalign its position, and even tried to attack Chelsea at home. In fact, they did. They did it one hour ahead, but Finally Chelsea pulled three goals in a row, losing one to three.

But soon, Manchester City defeated Portsmouth 6-0 at home, washing the previous round of depression, and the last round was lost to Wigan Athletic 1-2.

Throughout Manchester City's first six games this season, it is not difficult to see that with the addition of Robinho and other strong aid, Mark Hughes' overall strength has been greatly improved, full of competitiveness, and even faint There is a strong team of weather.

But in the strong dialogue that really faces the test, this team is not a cohesive whole.

Mark Hughes's tactical characteristics still continue to be his previous set in Blackburn, brutal and fierce, actively fighting, from the beginning of the game to suppress the opponent, limit the opponent's play, and then pass the midfielder Ability to create an offensive threat.

It has to be said that this style of play is still very effective in the Premier League, especially against teams that are not tightly defended and have weak ball skills, so Manchester City are the team whose Premier League offense is second only to Liverpool this season.

However, once you encounter a defensive and meticulous team, or a team that doesn't make mistakes easily, this style of play will expose serious problems.

After the team came to Manchester and challenged Manchester City away, Benitez and the coaching staff had a comprehensive understanding of Manchester City's overall tactics, and repeatedly reminded players to pay attention, especially under the fierce pressure of opponents. Try to avoid mistakes, but Manchester City's looting is too fierce.

In the face of Liverpool, Manchester City is obviously forced to be more fierce and fiercer than other teams.

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Overall, Liverpool's defensive position is no problem.

The key factor causing the two goals conceded is the player's on-the-spot mistakes. This is inevitable for any head coach and any tactics, because people make mistakes.

The first time happened in the 19th minute, when Wright Phillips made a cross from the right. If he took the ball in the penalty area, Xavi Alonso decisively shoveled the ball out, but the ball was still on the right side of the penalty area. Wright Phillips crosses again.

But this time, Aveloya made a mistake when he made the clearance, and did not directly make the clearance. As a result, after the ball was snatched by Manchester City player Elland, he directly hit the goal and hit the goal.

There are personal factors for Aveloja ’s turnovers, but there is also pressure from Manchester City ’s full-field pressure, which makes Liverpool feel uncomfortable, and this soon made another mistake before the end of the first half.

Gareth Bale made a foul on Wright Phillips at the front of the penalty area when he returned to the defense, giving Manchester City a good free kick in the frontcourt. Garrido calmly hit the penalty and expanded the score for Manchester City.

In fact, this foul by a Welsh player is not necessary, because Liverpool had already completed the offensive and defensive conversion at that time, even if Manchester City was attacked, it would not easily pose a threat.

Sometimes, when a player is oppressed by an opponent on the court, under pressure, it is inevitable that a misjudgment will occur.

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After trailing zero to two, returning from the court to the locker room, Liverpool players looked a bit depressed.

So far this season, they have been playing smoothly, although they have fallen behind, but like tonight, it is the first time that their opponents have led by two goals before the first half.

In the first six rounds, Liverpool only lost a total of two goals. Unexpectedly, they lost two in the first half today. This made many players feel uncomfortable and even panicked.

Many people raised their heads, looked around the dressing room, and sighed secretly.

Yang Yang is not here!

I do n’t know when it started. Yang Yang ’s role in this Liverpool is becoming more and more obvious. Everyone ’s dependence on him is also increasing, so that when the team ca n’t open the game, or is at a disadvantage, it will Think of him.

There are thousands of people in the dressing room. Before this game, the team played smoothly. There will definitely be many people who did not say anything on the surface, but they secretly slandered in their hearts. More power.

For example, his right to fire freely, for example, he does not need to put pressure on his opponent.

As players of the same team, who does n’t want to get such privileges?

But why is it Yang Yang?

But now, they are all beginning to realize that in the past, the team has been able to play so smoothly, and Yang Yang's role is so great.

In this game, Liverpool still ranks four, three and three, the goalkeeper is Reina, the back line is Aurelio, Skotel, Carragher and Aveloa, and the midfield is still Mascherano and Xavi · Alonso's double midfielder, Gerald rushing forward, Crouch and Kuyt of the Trident in the frontcourt.

It is to replace Yang Yang on the left with Gareth Bale.

But this change made Liverpool very passive on the court, and even Gareth Bell made a mistake, giving the opponent a chance to direct a free kick, causing a second goal.

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The Welsh man sagged his head and sat silently.

At the end of the first half, Yang Yang came to the side of the court to comfort him and encouraged him to continue to inspire in the second half, but when he walked into the player tunnel, he saw the coach Benitez and assistant coach Yesterdam in What was there talking to Yang Yang.

The two coaches haven't returned to the locker room until now. I don't know if they are telling Yang Yang.

Gareth Bale raised his head and glanced at the locker room door. He was worried, and later he would see the two coaches walk in with Yang Yang pushing the door open.

This is not surprising, because he knows how badly he played in the first half.

Sabaletta played very well when he was in La Liga, and there was a Michaela Richards next to it. Gareth Bale did not expect that he would be forced to face such an embarrassment when facing these two opponents. End failed to play an effect, and also made a mistake when actively retreating the defense, causing a second goal drop.

He was guilty, terrified, and uneasy.

Everyone in the locker room knew his mood at the moment, and many people were even dissatisfied with his performance in the first half, because Liverpool would be in a much better position if they didn't drop the second ball.

Therefore, apart from the older brothers such as Gerrard and Carragher, no one came to comfort him.

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Just when the locker room fell into silence, the door of the locker room was pushed open from the outside.

Gareth Bale looked up and saw Paco Yesterdam and head coach Rafael Benitez walking in one after another.

The door opened and closed, but the Welshman kept watching the door.

Finally, it never opened again.

This made Gareth Bell suddenly relieved.

Yang Yang did not come!

But it doesn't make sense. From the performance of the first half and the situation where the two coaches talked to him during the halftime, it seemed like he was going to arrange for him to replace the field. Why didn't he come in?

Benitez and Yesterdam summarized the team's performance in the first half. He was satisfied with the team's overall defense and also understood the player's mistakes. I hope everyone can get up and play in the second half. Continue to encourage.

The team's tactics in the second half are mainly focused on two points, one is the offense on the wing.

Benitez believes that the team's side attack in the first half did not play a characteristic, especially the traditional left offensive advantage.

"Wright Phillips repressed our full-back on this side, with Sabaletta, Compagni, and Michaela Richards on this side, which will indeed give us a bigger attack on the left. Pressure, but I believe that we should play more aggressively and more aggressively. "

The Spanish coach also mentioned Manchester City's physical fitness, thinking that Manchester City's first half fight was very fierce, which will inevitably lead to problems with their physical fitness in the second half, so Liverpool will have to make a fuss about this.

"We should play more aggressively and be more aggressive. Manchester City ’s physical fitness will definitely be a problem, and this is our opportunity to take the initiative to attack. This is the case on the left and the right. Even we can do a little in the middle. article."

"Undoubtedly, after the introduction of multiple reinforcements, Manchester City's overall strength in the frontcourt is indeed good, but their back line is still very weak, and Kompany is not suitable for playing the midfielder, Michaela Richard. The combination of Iz and Dunn ’s central defenders is also not reliable, these are our opportunities. "

Subsequently, the coaching staff rearranged the tasks for everyone.

After finishing this, it's almost time to return to the court.

Before going out, Yesterdam came over and smiled and encouraged Gareth Bell, hoping he would continue to cheer.

"Yang Yang told us that he still believed in your strength and performed well in the second half."

After listening to Gareth Bell, he realized.