rpbooks Chapter 239 Manchester City
Chapter 239 Manchester City
Chapter 239 Manchester City
Zidane and his coaching staff.
"You should play more long-range shots. Manchester City's main goalkeeper Joe Hart's ability to save long-range shots is average. It is due to the shape of his hands, but it is more of a habit during training, so when he faces long-range shots from the opponent Sometimes judgment becomes problematic.”
"Manchester City's defensive ability is very poor this season. One of the big loopholes is Otamendi, who is reckless, easy to foul, and steals the ball. These are his shortcomings. I don't know why Manchester City paid a big price for such a player. Players, it is estimated that Guardiola will definitely buy a new central defender next season, and it is estimated that it will cost a lot of money. It is hard to find a good central defender now."
Real Madrid's defensive coach said.
Zidane was contemplating, looking at the information in front of him. At this time, the video of Manchester City's game was playing on the opposite TV.
"Their main full-back combination is Sagna and Clichy. Neither of them is the kind of offensive and defensive players. They both have obvious shortcomings, especially with the increase of age and injuries. The performance of the season has been in a straight line, and Kompany can support the defense alone, but he also suffered a lot of injuries this season."
"So you see, it's no wonder their results are so poor this season. They are fourth in the Premier League and Manchester United are competing for the top four."
"What about the midfield?"
"It is estimated that there will be a combination of double midfielders Fernandinho and Fernando, which is their common combination this season, and then it is estimated that it will be De Bruyne, with Silva and Navas on both sides, and Aguero as the forward. , this is the starting lineup they have used the most this season."
"One of the big reasons for their poor ranking this season is the poor defense and the poor assists of the two full-backs. As a result, Manchester City's two wide offensive powers have not been able to play. We can definitely start from here."
"Also, their offensive ability this season should not be very good."
"Yes, their wing attack is limited, that's the main point, but we still have to pay attention to three players, one is David Silva, a Spaniard, I believe there will not be more people who are familiar with him, and then Aguero, the top striker in the Premier League, should not be underestimated. Finally, De Bruyne is really a very comprehensive midfielder. He must be restricted."
"No matter how comprehensive, can Modric be as comprehensive?"
Zidane laughed.
In his mind, De Bruyne is really good, but at this point, Zidane thinks that Modric is the strongest midfielder in the world, and he thinks Modric is a midfielder who can win the Ballon d'Or players.
As for De Bruyne, he is really good, but he has no honor, and Qiufeng's technical ability has not yet fully matured. Maybe it will be good in a few years.
After the members of the coaching staff discussed it, Zidane was finally asked to make the decision.
after the decision.
The Etihad Stadium in a few days.
Manchester City's home ground.
This is the first time in Manchester City's history that they have entered the semi-finals of the Champions League, and it is also Manchester City's best result in the Champions League so far.
For Manchester City, which has long dominated the Premier League, only the Champions League can support their ambitions at this stage.
Therefore, the number of fans present has crowded the Etihad Stadium, so that there are not many tickets for the fans of the away team of Real Madrid, and there are not many tickets for the fans of the away team.
Wang Yi stood in the player tunnel. To be honest, he was very familiar with many players on the opposite side.
Especially Aguero, I competed with him for the Premier League Golden Boot for a while last year.
Zidane looked at the bench on the other side, where the Chilean engineer Manuel Pellegrini was sitting, and the two had shaken hands and hugged just now.
For Pellegrini's current situation, Zidane can only express sympathy. During the season, he was told that he would leave at the end of the season, and another coach would replace him.
In this way, the team was brought to the semi-finals of the Champions League, the best result in team history.
And the person who took over from him, Guardiola, did this kind of thing before when he was going to Bayern Munich. When Heynckes was still in charge, he directly announced that he would take over next season.
At that time, he was criticized by many famous German media for not showing enough respect to the old coach Heynckes.
While in Germany, Guardiola has changed his formation many times in the key games of the Champions League knockout rounds.
No, in the match between Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid that just ended the day before, he changed again, and was directly defeated by Saul with a goal in the first and second half.
Beheaded by La Liga teams for 3 consecutive seasons.
After the first leg of the semi-final, I don’t know if it was because of Guardiola’s departure at the end of the season. After the first leg of the semi-final, Ribery and Robben, who were not sent to the field, both fired in the media Spray directly to Guardiola's impromptu change.
In fact, Zidane has a deep understanding. Guardiola's traditional art skills, when it comes to important games, he must change the formation, change to a formation that he would not play at all, and then the players will also be pulled to positions that they have not played before.
One of the most important reasons why Zidane has always looked down on Guardiola is that Zidane believes that modern football must have someone in the team to do the dirty work, while Guardiola stubbornly believes that as long as the ball is Everyone in the team must be able to play the ball, even the goalkeeper.
Zida thought in his heart that when Guardiola arrives at Manchester City next season, the first thing to do is to replace Joe Hart, because he has no ability to play.
Not to mention Guardiola's traditional skills, the midfielder plays as a defender, the full-back plays as a midfielder, the fullback changes to a central defender, and the winger pulls the center.
These operations of changing the player's position are indeed a bit good.
But there have also been things that directly changed the top b2b Martinez to a decent central defender.
Of course Martinez is good as a central defender, he was also temporarily played as a central defender in La Liga before, but when you fix him in the central defender position, that top b2b midfielder is transformed into a pretty good one central defender.
At that time, it is not good to be a midfielder, and the central defender is not considered top-notch.
Guardiola also has high requirements for defenders.
The key point is that you have high requirements. It is of course good to win the championship, but the team that took over the Triple Crown was beaten 5-0 in the first season, and was beaten by Barcelona in the second season. Aten has suffered the worst defeat in his career. Now in his third season, he was beaten 2-0 away by Atletico Madrid.
Zidane knows what this means, which means that Bayern Munich has no way to come back when they return to the Calderon Stadium.
Zidane can confirm.
As for today's game.
Zidane can only say that he sympathizes with Pellegni, but I'm sorry, he will lose the game.
The first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final at the Etihad Stadium officially began.
(End of this chapter)