The strongest blade in football

Chapter 145 Victory is in hand Moyes (4000 words chapter)
The game started, and with the whistle of the referee, the bench fell silent instantly.

It was an important game and the Manchester City Stadium was packed.

This is the last league game before Christmas. Manchester City fans are looking forward to a pre-Christmas championship. No one wants to miss this historic moment.

The last time Manchester City topped the top-flight table over Christmas was in 1929, and this time around, they only need to get past Everton to do it again.

The team is approaching the peak of history step by step, and everyone from fans to players firmly believes in this.

However, Everton coach Moyes does not want to be the background board.

While chewing gum, he observed the Manchester City players on the field, showing a mysterious smile, and felt that this away game was not as difficult as he imagined.

Everton double-killed Manchester City last season and won 6 of the last 5 encounters, including nearly 3 away games against Manchester City.

There is no doubt that Moyes is the proper sufferer of Manchester City, and Everton's goal in this game is also to take all three points.

Moyes is not a blindly arrogant person. His self-confidence comes from a full study of his opponents.

His good helper assistant coach Steve Round spent a lot of time studying Manchester City's game and figured out all Mancini's routines. In this game, Everton has made the most reasonable tactical arrangement .

Steve has always been trustworthy. He was one of the first video analysts in England and has been working on game video analysis since the 90s.

Even in the era when there was only a simple dual-cassette video recorder in the past, every Sunday morning, Steve would shut himself in the office and cut out the technical and tactical highlights of the game frame by frame in the most primitive way. .

Then, complete the identification and statistics of various data with the naked eye, and make a technical and tactical briefing to the team's assistant coach.

Moyes hired him as an assistant coach in the first two years, and the team's record has gradually stabilized. They have entered European competitions twice in three years, and they are already considered a proper quasi-strong team in the Premier League.

After getting Manchester City's starting lineup before the game, Moyes felt stable.

Mancini was in the same lineup again, and offensive players such as Adam Johnson, Wang Nuo, and Balotelli did not start.

In this game, Steve made suggestions to Moyes and made two changes to the team formation.

On the left side, Osman replaced Pirna, and his front partner Cahill's Saha was replaced by Anichebe. With the overall formation of 442 unchanged, he mainly attacked Manchester City's right side.

Because David Silva was asked by Mancini to go to the middle to support David Silva in the recent game, so Baines has more opportunities to take advantage of.

Baines' offensive ability has always been talked about by people, and he is also happy to charge forward, never needing to be mobilized.

I have to say that Moyes is also quite a chicken thief. In the pre-match press conference, he slammed Manchester City and directly said that Everton will play a defensive counterattack in this game.

Actually?He was playing a pre-emptive abacus.

After the game started, the process of the game was almost exactly the same as what Moyes deduced in his mind.

At the beginning of the first half, Baines continued to make waves on the right side of Manchester City, helping Everton to turn away.

In the 4th minute, he made a pass from the left, Anichebi successfully contained Kolo Toure, and the unguarded Cahill headed forward and directly broke through the gate guarded by Joe Hart.

In less than 5 minutes, the Australian hit the flagpole at the corner flag and Everton got off to a fantastic start!

Manchester City's performance was terrible next, exactly the same as they were quickly scored by Newcastle at the beginning of the season, and they immediately became a fragile team.

Mancini's pre-match tactic is to win steadily, which makes the players on the field not unified after conceding a goal accidentally.

Attack immediately or stabilize the situation first?
The players on the pitch had different ideas, which created a split in the formation.

Mancini's on-the-spot adaptability is really mediocre. The sudden loss of the ball made Mancini at a loss. He just frowned and kept talking to the coach's bench, looking anxious and did not give the players any help.

And David Silva still did not stick to the right, frequently ran to the center to assist Barry and Milner, and inserted into the ribs to attack.

Such behavior is tantamount to a double-edged sword.

On the one hand, it has indeed strengthened Manchester City's forward penetration and attack intensity, and on the other hand, it has also provided Everton with a lot of space on the left.

In the 18th minute, Yaya Toure made a precise pass, and Silva volleyed half-volley with his left foot on the left side of the penalty area, which was hit by goalkeeper Howard.

Everton took the opportunity to launch a quick counterattack, sending the ball upfield and to the left in just a few passes.

After Anichebi got the ball, he immediately made a cross from the left. Cahill grabbed the spot again.

Joe Hart fought hard to save, but it didn't help.

The ball went in again!

Everton took a two-goal lead in less than 10 minutes of the away game!
And their total number of shots is only two!

Moyes waved his fists excitedly in the command area, and hugged Ron De, who was smiling happily beside him. In his heart, this victory was almost in his pocket.

Manchester City was almost beaten.

As Everton made another victory, Manchester City fell into a huge disappointment at home, and there was a brief pause in the continuous cheering and singing.

Wang Nuo sat on the side of the bench and could clearly hear the swearing of the audience in the front row next to him.

Fortunately, Manchester City, who were two goals behind, finally unified their thinking and began to attack in an all-round way, and the situation on the field gradually recovered.

But this is far from enough. Under the training of Moyes, Everton has played a very good defensive counterattack.

In the rest of the first half, Manchester City had a hard time attacking, but Everton seized the opportunity and played two extremely threatening counterattacks in a row.

On one occasion, Zabaleta's brow bone was broken during the fight, the Argentine returned to the dressing room to bandage, and Mancini let Boateng warm up and prepare to play.

Fortunately, after being bandaged, Zabaleta came back unharmed, a false alarm.

Otherwise, there will be one less substitution, and it is unknown whether Wang Nuo will be able to appear in the second half.

During the intermission, Mancini couldn't control himself at all. He almost vented all the emotions that had been accumulated throughout the first half.

Mancini is a superstitious person, and he attaches great importance to this game. In his opinion, the championship before Christmas is the first condition for the championship of the season.

He usually doesn't talk much, but this game was uncharacteristically, he came in front of everyone to communicate!
He gave advice to almost every player, telling everyone what the problem was in the first half and how to play, without asking everyone's thoughts.

Think about it, 15 minutes, minus the round trip time, the time left for Mancini is pitifully small.

Mancini's accent is very strange, occasionally mixed with two Italian words, Wang Nuo felt that it was difficult for his teammates to understand.

Even before the players entered the field in the second half, Mancini still did not stop.

He stood at the corner of the stairs leading to the players' tunnel, grabbed the disciples who came out, and repeated what he had just said.

Made the Everton players who came out of the visiting dressing room on the right laugh.

Distin, who had been in Manchester City for several years before, made a joke with Ashton, the equipment manager who stood against the wall and waited helplessly for Mancini to pass.

"What is he talking about? Haha, can you understand me?"

Ashton leaned his bald head against the wall, looking hopeless.

In fact, the psychological reactions of many Manchester City players are similar to Ashton, and they did not listen too much.

Wang Nuo also felt that the boss was a little lost on the point. He missed the coach Boloni at Standard Liege very much. He could always use 1234 to clearly explain the arrangements and precautions for the second half.

Of course, the complaints belonged to the complaints, and when the boss finished his busy work, Wang Nuo ran to ask if he could play with a shy face.

This time Mancini returned to his aloof look, and made a classic Italian pinching gesture towards Wang Nuobi, that is, five fingers gathered together with the fingertips pointing up.

This gesture can express almost any meaning in Italy, Wang Nuo looked confused, but luckily the boss has language attached.

"You warm up as soon as possible, this game must strengthen the offense."

Perfect, this is the answer Wang Nuo wanted.

So, he ran to warm up at the beginning of the second half.

It is easy to get injured in winter, and it is very necessary to keep physical activity. Wang Nuo has a hunch that he will get at least 25 minutes of playing time in this game.

The score is so far behind, the boss must think of a way in advance, right?

He also warmed up with Balotelli and Adam Johnson, maybe they also have the same idea.

While they were warming up, while observing the ongoing second half of the game, anyone could see that the offensive strength on the field was obviously not enough to tear through Everton's defense.

Everton defended hard, and the two-goal away advantage made Moyes solid. He replaced the young full-back Coleman, who was strong and defensive, and replaced him with the more stable Hibbert.

Time flies, and Mancini is anxious on the sidelines, throwing gloves on the ground casually.

The audience on the sidelines began to spontaneously organize and sing the song "Super Mario", and some fans were shouting the names of Wang Nuo and Adam Johnson.

Originally, Wang Nuo did not have such a big name, but his wonderful goal in the last round of the Europa League made him also sought after by the home fans.

Wang Nuo has been active for a long time. He is in good condition and full of strength, waiting to be called at any time.

At this moment, Manchester City set off a wave of fast break climax.

Yaya Toure took the lead, passed two people in a row with his long legs, and almost became a striker. He broke through and distributed the ball. Tevez received the ball in a good position.

It was almost a one-and-a-half one-and-a-half, and Wang Nuo was ready to celebrate outside the sideline.

As a result, the Argentine kicked the goal and hit the billboard two meters away from the goal, which is outrageous.

This time, Mancini finally couldn't help it, and cursed on the sidelines.

He gave Tevez the captain's armband before, with the intention of easing the relationship, but Tevez was obviously in poor form in this game, and he had to act decisively if he should be replaced.

So, in the 67th minute of the second half, Mancini made a substitution adjustment.

And two at a time.

Under Adam Johnson's complex eyes, Wang Nuo and Balotelli stood next to the fourth official.

This time, it was no longer a counterpoint adjustment. No. 7 Milner and No. 32 Tevez were replaced, and Wang Nuo and Balotelli appeared at the same time again.

The team's formation has also become 442. Of course, including Silva, who has the premise of position, can also be regarded as 433. The striker combination of the Europa League against Juventus reappeared.

With the appearance of Wang Nuo and Balotelli, Moyes's smile immediately subsided, and he yelled twice. Jagielka, Baines and Fellaini all realized the reminder of the head coach and nodded from a distance. answered him.

Moyes did not underestimate the two geniuses of Manchester City at all. This is also due to Steve's reminder that he carefully analyzed their game videos.

Let's not talk about Balotelli, he is the winner of the Golden Boy Award!
The Chinese Wang Nuo is also in the position of A- in the threat level ranking of Premier League forwards marked by Steve!
Although this guy has only scored two goals in the Premier League this season, he has a strong individual combat ability. The goal against Juventus a few days ago also made Moyes applaud.

Therefore, Moyes estimated Mancini's substitution plan before the game and made corresponding arrangements.

When Wang Nuo and Balotelli are on the field at the same time, Baines will recover some more appropriately, and Fellaini will reduce the frequency of inserting, focusing on Wang Nuo, who is also from Standard Liege.

Jagielka, on the other hand, needs to pay more attention to Baines' replacement.

Moyes looked at his watch, there were more than 20 minutes left, leading by two goals, the game was sure to win!

After his debut, Wang Nuo ran to Balotelli to remind him, "Remember to pass the ball to me! I will pass it to you too!"

Balotelli grinned and showed his big white teeth, "No way, I don't, you have one more ball than me!"

Wang Nuo knew that Balotelli was talking ironically. Balotelli is not alone in playing football... at least a little more selfless than him.

Manchester City's substitutions have achieved immediate results. The combined power of Balotelli and Wang Nuo is much stronger than that of Carlos Tevez, who is not in good shape. .

The difference is that Wang Nuo's speed is faster and his small skills are better, while Balotelli's foot frequency is slightly slower, but his shooting skills are better, especially long-range shots.

When these two guys are complemented by David Silva, Yaya Toure and Wright-Phillips, the frontcourt picture becomes quite violent.

At first Mancini was worried that after Milner went off, the hardness of Manchester City's midfielder would be lost, but after a few minutes of the game, he was completely relieved.

Everton couldn't even make it through halftime, and Moyes himself reduced his offensive investment and increased his defensive efforts.

Manchester City's frontcourt players led by Wang Nuo and Balotelli turned Everton's defense upside down.

In most cases, Silva is the one holding the ball, trying to pierce Everton's defense through a small range of cooperation in the ribs, but sometimes, the direct sparks between Wang Nuo and Silva are also very good. violent.

In the 75th minute of the game, after Silva got rid of Rodwell's tackle, he suddenly attracted the pincer attack of Osman and Phil Neville.

Seeing that Jagielka and Distin were also a little distracted, Wang Nuo immediately realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Wang Nuo quickly waved to Silva, regardless of whether he noticed it or not, he immediately turned around and passed Fellaini quickly.

The destination of his movement is the small area between Fellaini and the two central defenders. At the moment, there is almost a blank area. If he can get the ball there, it will be a great threat.

The question now is whether Silva can detect Wang Nuo's intentions and pass the ball before Osman and Phil Neville pinch.

This is a test of a player's observation and footwork.

But Wang Nuo knows that Silva's way of playing football is unimaginable to other players, and he has proved this more than once in training.

So he ran without hesitation, without even turning his head to look.

He just used his peripheral vision to pay attention to the pass that will appear diagonally ahead, and to guard against Fellaini's pursuit from the side.

After one breath, Wang Nuo's active running position was rewarded, and the football just came to the space directly in front of his vision!

Silva sent him another high-quality pass!

After Wang Nuo received the football, he was not far from the goal!
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