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Chapter 134 Taking Manchester City as a warm-up opponent
In the 27th round of the league, the opponent is Chelsea at the top of the list.

Due to Chelsea's participation in the Champions League, the start of this round of games has been postponed.

The 12-day window period gave Pearson time to adapt to new tactics.

The team refused to open to the outside world and conduct closed training.

The running-in problem that the Pearson team was worried about was completely dispelled after the third day.

Rossi is too adaptable.

The long pass attack is the signature counterattack of the Leicester City team. Pearson wants to give full play to Rossi's support ability in the center and improve the quality and speed of the team's counterattack.

If it is a positional battle, take advantage of Rossi's counter-run and suddenly enter the penalty area.

Or pull the side, attract the defense, and create space for teammates.

In short, Rossi is not uncomfortable with the new tactics at all, and he has a good understanding with the team.

Pearson was very satisfied with the results of the new tactics, and Rossi's performance far exceeded everyone's expectations.

At £[-] a week, it's worth it.

But Ewell was still concerned.

No matter how well the tactics go in training, it's not the same thing as a game.

The head coach of Manchester City is the "Chilean engineer" Pellegrini.

After leading the team to win the Premier League last year, the team structure is more stable.

Now ranked second in the standings, six points away from the leader Chelsea.

Pellegrini pursues a controlled technical style of play, using passing to enrich the team's style of play and changes.

He has no confidence in whether Leicester City can seize the only chance to fight back.

After a week of training, the players took a short day off to Manchester on the team bus.

In order to be able to prepare for the game, Leicester City arrived one day earlier and rented a venue near the hotel for joint training.

This kind of "pomp" also attracted ridicule from the Manchester City team.

This is not playing in the Champions League. Players have to take a day off to adjust the physical fatigue caused by the journey.

The distance between the two places is only 160 kilometers, and the bus journey is only 2 hours. Leicester City not only rented the field one day in advance, but also rented the field for training. I don’t know, I thought it was an important game.

Regarding the "absurd" behavior of Leicester City, the British media is not surprised.

The team chairman Vichai Vichai once let a private jet land in the middle of the court after the team lost, and walked away, becoming a media laughing stock.

For this "rich and powerful" team, it is not worth mentioning in the eyes of fans.

At [-] o'clock on Wednesday night, Manchester City's Etihad Stadium was packed, although it was only a second-to-bottom game.

In this year's Champions League, although Manchester City reached the top 16, they encountered the "cosmic team" Barcelona.

In the first round, Manchester City lost 1:2 to Barcelona at home, and in the second round away, the situation is not optimistic.

In the league, they fell behind Chelsea again, and were eliminated in the fourth round of the FA Cup. It is very likely that all four will be empty this season.

The pressure on Pellegrini is no less than that of Pearson.

The head coach of a wealthy team must prove himself with a championship.

Sometimes the weight of the championship is too light, and it is not enough to guarantee the handsome position.

Facing Leicester City, which is at the bottom of the standings, most of Manchester City's main players started.

The goalkeeper is Joe Hart.

The back line is followed by Kolarov, Mangala, Demichelis, Sagna.

The midfield is David Silva, Fernando, Yaya Toure, Keylor Navas.

The strikers are Aguero and Boni.

On the bench, there are Milner, Dzeko, Zabaleta, Kompany and Chelsea "magic lamp" Lampard, who was exempted from visas last summer, which can be described as a luxurious lineup.

Leicester City, using a regular 4-4-2.

Goalkeeper No. 32 Schwarzer.

The defense line followed by Konchesky, Upson, Morgan and Danny Simpson.

The midfield is Schlupp, Cambiasso, Drinkwater and Mahrez.

On the front line is Rossi's partner Vardy.

In the locker room, Pearson once again emphasized the tactical play of tonight's game, but in the eyes of the players, what he saw was nervousness and uneasiness.

This is not a sentence or two of pre-match mobilization that can dispel players' concerns.

He dared to use Manchester City as an opponent to adapt the team's new tactics.

This is not crazy, it is suicidal.

"Tomorrow we may be in the newspaper." Rossi said with a smile: "I want to behave better, or I will be sprayed to death."

A joking joke caused roars of laughter in the locker room.

Regardless of the outcome of this competition, it is destined to be hyped by the media.

Instead of shrinking from the competition, it is better to attack vigorously, at least in front of the family, you will not lose face.

At this time, the referee team notified the players of both sides to line up in the player channel and prepare to enter the field.

Rossi is in the bottom No.2 position of the team, and the Manchester City player standing next to him is Aguero.

This former European golden boy has long faded his superficial sharpness, and his calm eyes reveal a murderous look of determination, which makes people shudder.

"Ro, hello!"

Perhaps sensing that Rossi was staring at him, Aguero greeted him with a smile.

Rossi was surprised that the Manchester City star actually knew his name.

Maybe Rossi himself doesn't know that his reputation in the British Championship has spread to the ears of the Premier League teams.

"Nice to meet you."

Rossi thought to himself, after the game, I took the initiative to exchange jerseys with him, not knowing whether the other party would agree or not.

Under the leadership of the referee, the two teams stepped onto the field amidst the cheers of [-] fans.

The captains of both sides guess coins in the middle circle.

Off the court, Pellegrini, with calm and wise eyes, looked at Rossi who was warming up in the middle circle.

As one of the representatives of pass control football, he likes players with strong ball control attributes very much, and Rossi naturally came into his sight.

However, the team has many stars, all of whom are playing in their prime, and in the winter window, they introduced the standard king Boni for 3200 million euros. Rossi can only stay in the scope of investigation.

The game started and Manchester City kicked off first.

After Pellegrini entered the team, he deliberately washed away the strong defensive counterattack color of the former head coach Mancini.

Silva, Ferdenando, Yaya Toure and other technical midfielders ensure the team's midfield control.

Unlike Guardiola's pass control, Manchester City's player position does not have the obvious blurring of Barcelona's position.

Players are still in their own positions and try to give full play to their own characteristics.

This kind of Manchester City has less rapid counterattack and more stability in control.

Stable and achieved the Premier League champion last season.

Under the organization of midfielder Silva, Manchester City played very steadily, passed the ball smoothly, and patiently looked for opportunities.

In contrast to Leicester City, Pearson requires players to actively grab the ball in order to pressure the opponent's forward pass.

Under such circumstances, Yaya Toure retreated to a deeper position, as the dispatcher of the backcourt, grasping Manchester City's offensive defense.

The deeper the Manchester City defense line is, the longer the opponent's formation will be, and the easier it will be to create gaps between the defense lines.

In the 5th minute, Leicester City rushed up, causing a disconnection in the midfield. Yaya Toure caught the opportunity and sent the ball to Silva's feet.

The Spanish midfielder used his dribbling ability to break through Drinkwater's defense and pass the ball to Navas on the wing.

Manchester City only used one pass to transfer the ball from the strong side to the weak side of the opponent's defense.

The Leicester City team panicked instantly.

Navas took advantage of his speed, first ate Schlupp raw, and then successfully passed the ball to the goal under the interference of Konchesky.

Had it not been for the goalkeeper Schwarzer to hit the ball out, the winter transfer mark Wang Boni would have attacked the goal with a header.

Although this attack did not form a goal, the offensive line was clear, and the Leicester City team had no defense at all.

The Manchester City player, who saw this, seized up and beat him hard.

For a while, Leicester City's defense looked chaotic.

Pearson in the rest area became angry and rushed out.

"What's going on, where are your eyes going?"

(End of this chapter)