I brush achievements in football

"Is there a lot of pressure recently?" Ji Ya suddenly asked when shaking hands with Mancini.

"Okay, why do you ask?" Mancini replied.

"Oh, it's nothing, I just want to say, I've never felt pressure, ahahahahaha." Ji Ya said.

Although Mancini seemed gentle and gentle as a coach, he was a hot-tempered player in his player days, otherwise he would not quit the national team if he disagreed with him. kicking...

Fortunately, Ji Ya let go of his hand immediately: "Just kidding, I also want to lower your pressure, remember to behave well next time."

Mancini nodded with a wry smile. In fact, he didn't feel too much pressure. The Arabs were generous with their money, and they basically didn't interfere with the team in the middle of the season. Even if he was to be fired, it would be after the end of the season.

But if this game is lost, this season may really be over.

So he still sent a strong starting lineup in this game, the goalkeeper Hart, the defense line is flanked by Zabaleta and Clichy, and the central defender is partnered by Harvey Garcia and Les Scott. Midfielder Yaya Toure and Barry partnered in the middle, with Nasri and David Silva on the wings, Aguero as the attacking midfielder, and Dzeko as the center forward.

Southampton's starting line-up was unchanged.

Kiya's evaluation of Manchester City's starting lineup is-Mancini is taking it for granted again.

It is completely taken for granted that the central defender uses a defensive midfielder to partner with a bomb, and transfers a pure shooter like Aguero to play the midfielder.

If it was Ji Ya, even if he changed his formation to play double forwards, he would not do so.

But it's normal to think about it. Aguero is still Manchester City's top scorer, and Dzeko has scored five goals in the last six games. He is in the hottest state. Mancini is reluctant to put anyone on the bench, so You can only use such a lineup that seems to have the best of both worlds.

However, on the football field, sometimes it seems to have the best of both worlds, but in fact it is not reliable.

From the beginning of the game, Southampton kept pressing in the midfield, pressing Yaya Toure and pressing Barry.

Yaya Toure is the core of Manchester City's offense, and Barry is the brain responsible for distributing the ball. Pressing them is tantamount to fundamentally disrupting Manchester City's offensive rhythm.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of pressing is actually not very useful. Firstly, Yaya Toure's technique is very good, and it is useless against his pressing. Secondly, when Barry takes the ball, there is often a strong player by his side. Defensive midfield protection, last season was Joey Barton, this season is Harvey Garcia.

But now Button has transferred and left, Garcia has been transferred back to play central defender, and Yaya Toure is not in good condition because he just returned from the Africa Cup of Nations.

That's bad for Barry.

Only 7 minutes into the game, Vidal interrupted Barry's ball with a beautiful tackle in midfield, then he dribbled forward and passed the ball into the penalty area after approaching the penalty area. Benteke leaned on the ball after receiving the ball. Lescott turned around and shot a ground ball. Hart made a wonderful save and blocked the ball with one hand. However, Ronaldo followed up and scored the goal immediately!

Southampton fans burst into huge cheers!

After leading by one goal, Southampton did not stop attacking. They continued to press in the midfield, interfering with Manchester City's offense.

Manchester City can only rely on the breakthroughs of Nasri and David Silva on the two wings to create some opportunities, or directly kick a long pass behind them, allowing Dzeko and Aguero to create some opportunities.

But after all, it is difficult for such an opportunity to really cause huge troubles for Southampton.

Southampton's offensive threat is getting bigger and bigger.

Manchester City's defense is not very good. Most of the time, Kompany is used to support the facade. Now that Kompany is gone, the central defender partner of Lescott and Garcia is sometimes eye-catching.

When the game progressed to No.20 and two minutes, Benteke and Ronaldo made a beautiful two-for-one cooperation, broke into the penalty area, and then took a decisive shot in the penalty area before Garcia made up for it. The ball stuck to the ground Flying to the far corner of the goal, Hart flew to save again and blocked the ball with one hand, but the ball rolled to the feet of Mkhitaryan who followed into the penalty area. The Armenian easily kicked up a supplementary shot and scored the ball again The door of Manchester City!

"Two to zero! Southampton extended their lead! These two goals are exactly the same. They both completed shots in the penalty area and were saved by Hart, and then the follow-up player scored a follow-up shot... Manchester City's defense in the penalty area is like False! Hart has worked hard enough, he blocked the opponent's threatening ball twice, but he couldn't do anything for the second follow-up shot! Lescott is like a headless chicken, and Garcia is also very active in running , but from a midfield background, he obviously doesn’t have a good sense of position in the penalty area! Where have Manchester City’s money been spent over the years? Can’t they just buy one or two more reliable central defenders?”

The commentators complained about Manchester City's performance, but they are indeed worthy of complaints. During this period, Manchester City was suppressed by Southampton like a relegation team. Although Kompany was missing, it would not be like this.

It can only be said that in terms of state, Manchester City's overall state is indeed not very good.

But Manchester City does have a lot of good players.

Under such passivity, they still got back a point in the first half. In the counterattack, Zabaleta passed the ball to David Silva. Silva made a beautiful breakthrough from the wing and then made a pass. When Aguero missed, Dzeko followed up with a volley shot and scored the sixth goal in the last seven league rounds-the recent victory of Manchester City was continuously promoted by Dzeko's goals-this is true Not an exaggeration at all.

It is a pity that this goal cannot change Manchester City's passivity.

Only 3 minutes into the second half, William made a pass from the wing, and Benteke received the ball again in the penalty area, and then easily pushed the shot from a close corner. Hart could do nothing this time, and the ball went into the net!

For Lescott, who was invisible again, Mancini finally couldn't bear it anymore. Without Kompany by his side, Lescott was like an amateur player.

He replaced Lescott with Kolarov. Although Kolarov's main business is to play as a full-back, he is 1.8 meters [-] tall, and he is not bad as a central defender.

His appearance temporarily stabilized Manchester City's defense, but in the end Manchester City still lost the game. In the remaining time, both sides failed to score. Southampton defeated by a score of [-]-[-]. Manchester City, Manchester City's gap behind Southampton has widened to six points, and Manchester City is ten points behind Manchester United. With [-] rounds left in the league, not to mention that there is absolutely no chance, but the hope is very slim...

"When you play Manchester United, you have to perform better." Ji Ya said to Mancini after the game.

Mancini could only smile wryly.