i want to be king

Chapter 1013 Battle at Wembley

With the referee Dodd's whistle, Su Dong in the center circle quickly kicked the ball to Sanchez, who directly passed back to Kompany's feet in the defense.

This is Manchester City's strategy after the opening, and they want to be steady.

Liverpool's front trident was the first to press towards Manchester City's defense, but the midfield and defense were still concentrated on the center line and their own half-court area, which also showed Liverpool's caution.

Only three players were put into the frontcourt press. Needless to say, the effect is basically impossible to grab, especially Gerrard did not follow Busquets back to press forward, causing Suarez to have to turn back and forth between the two Manchester City central defenders and Busquets.

After turning back twice, Suarez also gave up.

Nima, the competition has just begun, so tormenting people, are you embarrassed?

The two wingers, Bellamy and Downing, also slowed down their pressure and chose to retreat, moving closer to the midfield.

In the unnamed game of the final, both teams started cautiously, testing their opponents.

Manchester City patiently controlled the ball, controlled the rhythm, and was not in a hurry to attack. Liverpool interfered in the frontcourt and focused on defense in the midfield and backcourt. They were unwilling to invest in pressing forces for fear of affecting the level of defense.

It is not difficult to see from this that Dalglish is still quite afraid of Manchester City.

The first shot of the audience took place in the first minute of the game, a pass from Toni Kroos. After Su Dong stopped the ball and passed Skrtel, he shot directly and kicked a long shot of about 1 meters.

This shot did not hold down the ball, it was a little too high.

Su Dong kicked this shot, more to boost the morale of the team, and at the same time suppress the morale of the Liverpool players.

Obviously, after Liverpool was attacked with a long shot, their mentality became more cautious, which directly led to a stalemate in the following period of time, and neither side could get another chance to shoot.

Both teams are testing each other, infiltrating each other, patiently waiting for the opportunity to present itself.

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"The game was very intense, but both sides were more cautious."

"The unnamed game in the final, I believe that all fans watching this game should have such mental preparations."

"Manchester City now has a very high ball possession rate, which has exceeded [-]%. Most of them are patiently playing in the backcourt and passing the ball forward when they find opportunities. However, most of the players in the frontcourt are mainly protecting the ball, trying to keep the ball. "

"Liverpool is reducing their forward pressure. Even Bellamy, Suarez and Downing are actively retreating to defend in the midfield. Once the ball is lost, they immediately retreat across the board. They are very firm. Dalglish is obviously afraid of Manchester City's counterattack immediately after stealing the ball, and Liverpool's defense is indeed very solid."

"This is Manchester City's manager, Pep Guardiola."

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Guardiola didn't notice that he was being caught in a close-up by the live broadcast camera. He went straight to the sidelines and kept gesturing to the players on the field, and occasionally shouted twice to remind the players to pay close attention to the changes in the situation.

Manchester City's players basically understand what Guardiola means, that is, to stabilize.

In the five major leagues in Europe, when any team wants to strictly defend, it is very difficult to break through, which is why the iron barrel formation has become a worldwide problem.

By passing and controlling the ball, Manchester City has controlled the ball and rhythm of the game, which means they have taken the initiative. Naturally, they don't want Liverpool to be too conservative. It is best to press out and attack Manchester City, but this is unrealistic.

Dalglish's attitude is to pay attention to defense, while Manchester City's strategy is to patiently control the ball near the center line, patiently look for opportunities, pass and catch the ball, and players run without the ball to pull the opponent's defense line, and see if they can create a defensive gap, and then attack.

The reason why they chose the center line is that they don't want Liverpool's formation to be compressed too tightly. If it is compressed too tightly, it will become an iron barrel formation. If it is really necessary to attack, it will be very troublesome.

Therefore, Manchester City always pass forward when they find opportunities. After the frontcourt players get the ball, they pass back to reorganize if they have no chance.

Guardiola's gestures and shouts on the sidelines are actually reminding the players of their positions.

Does Liverpool know?

Yes, Dalgliesh knew it all the more.

To use an inappropriate metaphor, the possession of the ball is the carrot that Manchester City hangs in front of the Liverpool donkey.

Do you want Liverpool?
Who doesn't want to?
As long as it is a team that wants to win, who doesn't want the ball?
Only when the possession of the ball is won, can there be a counterattack and a chance to score a goal.

Keep it up all the time, okay?

It's not impossible, but the question is, who can guarantee that their defense will not make mistakes under the repeated pulling and penetration of Manchester City?

Especially when Manchester City still has a top scorer like Su Dong.

Blindly guarding, not daring to fight back when there is a chance, isn't this slow suicide?
To a certain extent, the game between Manchester City and Liverpool is whether this carrot will be eaten by Liverpool.

After being eaten, Liverpool seized the ball and seized the opportunity to score, and Manchester City lost.

If Liverpool wanted to eat carrots and caused a mistake in their defense and was caught by Manchester City, then Liverpool would lose.

Both Guardiola and Dalglish are very aware of this, so they are not aggressive, they are very cautious and seek stability.

This kind of competition is very fierce, both sides are full of gunpowder, but they are also very restrained and cautious, and there is no movement that should not be done.

The game was also in this fierce and flat rhythm, and 10 minutes passed.

Except for Su Dong's long shot at the beginning, the two sides didn't even have a shot.

But whether it is the [-] fans in Wembley Stadium or all the fans around the world squatting in front of the TV to watch the game, they can easily feel the tension and intensity conveyed by this game.

It's as if two top martial arts masters are fighting with swords, either they don't make a move, or they will be fatal if they make a move.

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No. In the 12th minute, the second shot of the audience appeared, and it was still a long shot.

Sanchez from Manchester City, after dribbling the ball horizontally on the right side of the penalty area, he suddenly turned to the penalty area and took a long shot. As a result, he missed the bottom line of the court, and there was still a lot of distance from the goal.

This attack also allowed Manchester City to gradually increase their offensive efforts.

After ten minutes of testing, Manchester City tried to put more pressure on Liverpool and wanted to create more opportunities.

Liverpool retreated into their own half, but Gerrard also strengthened the suppression and interference of Busquets.

In the 16th minute, Liverpool suddenly completed a steal in front of the 30-meter area of ​​their own side. After successfully intercepting the pass from Toni Kroos, they quickly launched a counterattack and directly sent a long pass to Bellamy.

Liverpool's winger moved forward at the fastest speed on the wing. After stopping the ball, he happened to meet Zabaleta who returned to the defense in time in the penalty area.

Although the right back of Manchester City is not as offensive as Marcelo, he has always been diligent. When it is time for him to come back, he is always in the first place, which is much more reliable than Marcelo on the left.

After stopping the ball, Bellamy went straight to Zabaleta. The two faced each other. Bellamy opened a gap, crossed the ball into the penalty area, and found Suarez.

The Uruguayan striker stopped the ball before Kompany, faked and spiked the ball continuously in the penalty area, and relying on his personal ability, he created a gap in Kompany's body and kicked the goal directly.

Kompany is not a vegetarian either, limiting Suarez's shot angle, and Courtois just blocked this angle, so Suarez's shot looks like it hit Courtois directly in the arms.

Rao was an opponent, and he was at the forefront, but Su Dong secretly applauded Suarez's shot.

Not to mention anything else, as far as this personal ability is concerned, there is absolutely no second place in the Liverpool team.

Even in the Premier League, there are really not many players with Suarez's ability.

Su Dong called out teammates such as Toni Kroos and Busquets, and signaled the team to stabilize the defense in the midfield and retreat appropriately towards the goal.

This looks like Manchester City was terrified after being attacked by Liverpool and wanted to give up some space to Liverpool, but it also has another meaning, that is, to let Liverpool taste the sweetness, it is best to press forward.

After the counterattack after stealing the ball, Liverpool scored the first shot, and then began to press and intercept more actively near the center line. In the No. 201 minute, they completed the steal again and kicked out a counterattack again.

After receiving the pass from Henderson, Downing directly hit the gap behind Marcelo exposed after he advanced.

After Pepe threw Suarez to Kompany, he ran to the outside of the penalty area to help Marcelo. At the same time, he saw the opportunity and directly entangled Tangning.

The Liverpool winger tried to break through Pepe but failed, and could only barely pass the ball. But on the right side of the penalty spot, Downing's pass was intercepted by Busquets who retreated in time, and passed to the unguarded Toni Kroos.

Suddenly, the situation turned around. Liverpool, which was fighting back, was suddenly intercepted by Manchester City and formed a counterattack.

As soon as Toni Kroos stopped the ball, he looked ahead and sent a long pass directly.

The football accurately crossed more than half of the field, crossed the halfway line, and fell directly behind the Liverpool defense.

Su Dong rushed forward at the fastest speed, competing with Daniel Agger for speed. He just came from behind and grabbed ahead of Daniel Agger. He stopped Toni Kroos's long pass in front of him. After blocking Daniel Agger's body with his whole body, he forcibly threw away the Liverpool central defender and continued to sprint forward.

Seeing that he couldn't stop Su Dong, Daniel Agger wanted to stop Su Dong, but Su Dong dodged him again, lost his center of gravity, staggered and almost fell, and completely lost the chance to stop Su Dong.

Skrtel has been dragged at the back of the queue. Seeing that Daniel Agger couldn't stop Su Dong, he rushed over to help defend immediately, and both entered the right side of Liverpool's penalty area with Su Dong.

(End of this chapter)