"Boys, there's no way back!" Manuel Pellegrini glanced up at his players, who could feel a little disappointed after a frustrating first half, with a serious lack of confidence for the next 45 minutes.

'If we don't equalise in the second half, then our Champions League campaign this season will be over! An opportunity like the Champions League doesn't come easily, and for many of you, it's the best chance to prove your worth, and there are countless fans around the world watching it! ”

"The strength of the opponent is very strong, how strong is it?!" Pellegrini smiled wryly and asked the question as if to himself, "I don't think they are weaker than Real Madrid and Barcelona!" Maybe they might make the cut, but this is the Rose Garden and we should give them a little bit of colour! I don't know if the bunch on the other side is a bunch of arrogant guys, but at least we should tell them that we're not dark horses all the time and that we can do a lot. ”

"What will we become, the initiative is on you, do you want to tell yourself to be willing or unwilling?!"

Pellegrini spoke in a very kind tone, but it felt like a certain decisive meaning, and he did not continue to say this, as he himself said, what the final result of this game will depend on the players themselves, and the key to whether the tactics can work at this time lies in the players themselves.

"Fight for honor!" Veligthong shouted with his arms raised, and the players shouted in response.

How did the English media "Manchester Evening News" ridicule Malaga before the game?!

That's how they describe Malaga as a "League of the Frustrated"!

"Manuel Pellegrini was sacked after just one season after leading Real Madrid to a record 96 points; Saviola came to Barcelona with the halo of South American footballer of the year, and his performance was not bad, but he was still swept away by Barcelona; As for Santa Cruz, the thing he regrets the most at this moment is choosing Manchester City for money, right?! , this team in Malaga is now full of frustrated people! But they are no longer as brave as they once were! ”

The game restarted, and the disappointed ones in the eyes of the Manchester Evening News immediately put pressure on Manchester City's side after kick-off, Wen Sheng and the team had expected it, the old routine, not not retreating, slowing down the attack speed of Malaga, and making them fall into the confusion of positional warfare.

But this time it was different, Malaga no longer played as slowly as in the first half, and the pass was very fast.

After looking at it for a while, Wen Sheng had an understanding.

"This is to create a switch between offense and defense!" He gave his own judgment.

Málaga's team is quite weak in the positional attack, Manchester City's defense does not have many holes, and Málaga's stars have not been able to have a flash of brilliance, Pellegrini hopes to make more use of the timing of the transition between attack and defense, how to create the timing of the transition between attack and defense?!

Slow positional attacks are not good, ineffective and difficult to loosen up City's formation, speed up the tempo, make the passing a little faster, play a little faster, exchange the ball a little more frequently, Pellegrini thinks his team can get the opportunity to switch between attack and defence.

Then at this time, the opportunity for Malaga may also come, and they can also engage in on-the-spot counter-robbery and on-the-spot counterattack.

When Wen Sheng pondered the connotation, Malaga was really good, and he was caught off guard by Manchester City, and Kompany made a reckless robbery, allowing Saviola to almost break through the door of Manchester City.

In the 49th minute, Isco had a flash of inspiration, and his teammates understood a one-two cooperation, Zabaleta was not in time, so that Isco got a direct shot opportunity, Navas had a chance to perform, and Isco took the near corner shot in his arms.

The City players did fall for Manuel Pellegrini, always trying to counter-attack whenever Malaga conceded a quick cross in front, while Silva and De Bruyne gradually changed their position, they dropped back less and there was always one man left on the flank, trying to catch the opponent's counter-attack.

The slightly impatient Manchester City also conceded the ball quickly, the so-called quick counterattack is not so easy, the players of Malaga spared no effort in the second half of the run, the completion rate is very high, it can be said that Malaga is using relentless running to make up for some tactical shortcomings.

They did a very good job, with several counter-attacks successfully intercepted by them, and with the lack of recovery up front, the space for City's backline to leak a little more.

Fortunately, Wen Sheng was very clear about the task of the midfield position in the pre-match tactical set-up, and did not allow Milner and Melo to press too much.

"Control the ball, don't be impatient, slow down and take your time!" Wen Sheng yelled at his players on the sidelines, pressing his hands down to signal his players to slow down.

After Manchester City's adjustment, Málaga pressed very hard in the high post, and Wen Sheng was worried about mistakes in the defence, allowing Van Dijk to deal with the ball decisively.

Navas's role is reflected, he can control the ball in the goalkeeper position, the ability to shoot a ball is much stronger than Hart, and the psychological quality is also good.

Manchester City does not have obsessive-compulsive disorder in terms of control, and it is really impossible to control it, so it passes forward, but Wensheng also seems to be too cautious, and there are not many troops invested in the frontcourt, and after Silva and De Bruyne and Nasri are recycled, it is not so easy for the frontcourt to actually play a counterattack.

Wen Sheng didn't care about this, he was Gou, but what did it matter, as long as he could win two rounds of the game, even if the number of shots on goal in this game was in the single digits.

Manuel Pellegrini was unlucky to meet a coach like Wen Sheng, who didn't talk about tactical ideals, and he started to make substitutions, using Santa Cruz and so on, but City remained unmoved.

Malaga tried to speed up the game, Manchester City tried to slow down the game, you pressed high post, I used goalkeeper tactics, you fouled to stop me from counterattacking, I really had to deliberately hold the ball for a while and let the referee give you cards.

Spanish TV commentators have criticized Manchester City's shameless tactics, but what can be done?! At the pre-match press conference, Wen Sheng said unashamedly that we don't need criticism, because criticism is useless and meaningless for us.

Ninety minutes is not too much, too little is not too much, but the game was ultimately reduced to a 0:0 by Manchester City.

Manchester City have an absolute advantage in controlling the ball, but to the dumbness of many commentators, Manchester City and Malaga only completed 8 shots each in this game, what kind of standard is this?! Far below the daily standard of both teams!