80_80813 "It looks like you're really prepared for this game!" ”

In the middle of the chairman's stand at St. Mary's Stadium, Yang Huan immediately smiled and said to Mubarak when he saw the opposing sides walking out of the players' tunnel.

"That's nature!" Mubarak did not sit in his position, but stood upright, as if he was waiting for the game to start and it would be easier for his team to celebrate after the goal had scored.

Judging from his expression, he is indeed confident.

"You Southampton chased so fiercely, the team made a mistake at home in the last round, lost points, you said, if this round is not competitive, win your Southampton away, we can't keep the second place in the league!"

Yang Huan laughed when he heard it.

In the last round, Southampton defeated Wigan Athletic away, but Manchester City drew 2-2 at home to Liverpool, and directly guided the Saints to catch up with Manchester City, both teams are currently 50 points.

Therefore, in this round, Manchester City's visit to St. Mary's Stadium is also regarded by the outside world as a battle for the Premier League runner-up.

As for Manchester United, Alex Ferguson's side are well ahead of the table with 63 points after an early win over Everton.

It can even be said that I won the league championship ahead of schedule!

"If you have the skills, welcome to St. Mary's Stadium to score points!"

Young Master Huan also said it very arrogantly.

The opponents have come to the door, and if you are cowardly, then you will be really sorry for the team.

Besides, although Southampton is a promoted horse, but now in the Premier League, the points are the same as Manchester City, what is there to be afraid of?

Moreover, Young Master Huan is still quite confident in Southampton's home record.

From Manchester City's starting line-up, you can see Mancini's ambitions for this game.

He's changed!

After a few months of league play, surviving the Christmas Devils schedule and January, and entering February, all teams have problems of one kind or another, and it is no longer worth making a fuss about rotations and changes.

Even, if you don't rotate and don't change the formation, maybe people will scold you for not knowing how to be flexible.

Manchester City played Liverpool in the last round, and when they fell behind in the first half, they changed formation in the second half and started to play a back three, and finally tied the Reds.

Perhaps, Mancini has tasted the sweetness, and this time he is still playing in the back three.

But Manchester City's back three can also be seen as a back five.

Goalkeeper Joe Hart was lined up with Lescott, Vincent Kompany and Zabaleta at the back, with Kolarov and McCone on the wings, with Yaya Toure in midfield, Stroman in the centre and David Silva up front.

The front two strikers were Dzeko at the front, and Aguero lagged behind.

This is a set of formations that can be attacked and defended when they retreat.

The whole world knows that Southampton has the devil's wings of Neymar and Gareth Bale.

Roberto Mancini was able to keep Neymar at bay on the left flank, while Kolarov was able to keep Gareth Bale at bay when he retreated.

In the middle, Lescott and Kompany teamed up to contain Ibrahimovic.

The half-time duel is also three-on-three, with the combination of Stroman, Yaya Toure and David Silva ensuring that no matter what kind of midfield combination Southampton put out, City will at least be invincible.

From this point of view, Mancini is treating Southampton as a team on par.

Bielsa's line-up for this game has also changed.

Neuer was the goalkeeper, David Alaba was a combination of Xavi Martinez, Raphael Varane and Cesar Azpilicueta at the back, Luka Modric, Nemanja Matic and Vidal in midfield and Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gareth Bale in front.

It should be said that Southampton's starting line-up is not too surprising, but it is interesting in the details.

Bielsa seemed to have guessed from the start that City would focus on their own trident, so the responsibilities of the trident were adjusted, Ibrahimovic was still the central defender of the opposition, Neymar pressed very forward, but Gareth Bale was lagging behind.

In midfield, Luka Modric's role is still to link up and organise in midfield, entanglement Yaya Toure when defending, Vidal has gained more freedom in this game, pressing up when attacking and targeting Stroman when retreating.

Nemanja Matic, on the other hand, stood firmly in front of the defence to protect the backline and freeze David Silva.

Southampton also insisted on their usual style of play as always, at the beginning of the game, they launched a fierce press on Manchester City, and also organized and planned many attacks, but Manchester City's defense was in place and did not give Southampton an effective scoring opportunity.

But once the ball fell to the feet of Manchester City, the blue moon was still unable to threaten.

Under Southampton's high-intensity pressing and targeted pressing, it was difficult for Manchester City's ball to move effectively and quickly move the ball into the midfield.

David Silva saw that his team-mates behind him could not effectively pass the ball to his feet, and in order to get rid of Matic's defence, he had to choose to leave Matic's defensive zone and drop back deeper to receive the ball.

But then the midfield and the front field were torn apart.

Therefore, once the ball reached the feet of Manchester City, Manchester City desperately tried to slow down the rhythm, but as soon as Southampton pressed and attacked, Manchester City easily lost the ball, and the field was very passive.

Even, judging from the opening period, Southampton had an overwhelming advantage.

Seeing this scene, Mubarak looked embarrassed and depressed.

I said I was going to cause some trouble for Southampton, but why was I forced to be so wolfish as soon as I came up?

Southampton played so aggressively after the opening, but what about Manchester City?

It's been a few minutes, and I haven't even had a chance to enter the big forbidden area, how did you do it?

"Don't be nervous, don't rush, take your time!" Yang Huan said with a smile.

The pace of Manchester City is really slow enough!

For Southampton, what they like to do most is to play fast and slow.

"Young Master Huan, it's useless to have an advantage, you have to score a goal to count!" Mubarak was depressed, but his mouth was hard.

Just kidding, we're passive, but we can keep it.

In the away game, it was St. Mary's Stadium again, and it was a retreat to hold on.

But as soon as Mubarak's words came out, I saw that Harvey Martinez and Neuer were shouting and gesturing at their teammates, as if calling on their teammates to move around and not go to a dead end.

The ball fell to Javi Martinez again, who raised his right hand high and signaled for his team-mate to hold on.

Seeing Dzeko come up and press, the Spaniard played the ball to Nemanja Matic.

Nemanja Matic didn't wait for Aguero to get close and played the first pass to the right.

Raphael Varane stepped forward, received the ball and then stepped forward, with right-back Cesar Azpilicueta behind him stepping down the middle to fill in for him.

As soon as Varane moved forward, Vidal also rushed forward, and Modric retreated to respond.

As soon as the ball reached Modric's feet, the Croatian took two steps back to get rid of Stroman and then split to the right.

As soon as Gareth Bale received the ball, Kolarov leaned in immediately.

But at this time, the Welshman's position was close to the wing, far from the penalty area, and he could not threaten the goal at all, so Kolarov did not follow closely, for fear of being eaten by Gareth Bale with speed.

Who doesn't know that the speed of the Welsh wings is a nightmare for all defenders in the Premier League?

But Gareth Bale saw that he was not pressing, and after stopping the ball, he glanced at the big penalty area.

I rubbed it, and the black pressed a piece, all of which were sky blue jerseys.

With Vidal up front and Neymar near the penalty spot, two players caught the attention of the defenders.

Hey, what about Ibrahimovic?

Rear point!

Gareth Bale picks up his left foot and crosses with a left foot.

The ball arced and fell into the penalty area.

Mubarak still looked calm in the stands, and when he glanced around, he saw that there were at least seven Manchester City defenders inside and outside the penalty area, while Southampton had just four.

Seven defenses and four, absolute numerical superiority, if you can't hold it anymore, then there will be a problem!

But when Gareth Bale's cross fell into the penalty area, Mubarak's eyelids jumped.

"Fuck, how did you miss Ibrahimovic?"

Yang Huan laughed on the side.

On the pitch, players often can't see the big picture, and can only react according to their instincts.

When they saw Gareth Bale about to pass the ball, Vidal and Neymar were in the front and middle of the two dangerous areas, the first reaction of the defenders who did not have a clear marking task was to follow up and hold on!

In that moment, they didn't think about it, not about who they had missed.

Because when the head coach assigns defensive tasks, he will arrange a special person to mark a certain player of the opposing team.

For example, Kolarov is going to see Gareth Bale, or Kompany is going to keep an eye on Ibrahimovic.

Theoretically speaking, as long as everyone has implemented the defensive task, basically no one will be missed.

But this is just a theory, and it can't stand the rapidly changing situation.

When Gareth Bale's cross crossed the front post, crossed the middle and fell to the back post, Kompany, Lescott and others turned around and looked at Ibrahimovic with a smiling look on his face.

At this moment, they must be saying in their hearts, it's over, they've been deceived!

And Ibrahimovic is smiling proudly, hehe, as soon as we change positions, you will be dizzy!

This goal, my brother laughed!

Behind Ibrahimovic, McCone was desperate to stop the Swedish center, even going so far as to foul him.

But once the Swedes started, like a heavy tank that couldn't be stopped, rushed to the edge of the small penalty area, aimed at the ball landing, and gently pushed with his right foot.

The ball went past Joe Hart and into the goal!

In an instant, the entire St. Mary's stadium exploded!

The passion of more than 30,000 fans burst out in an instant and swept the entire stadium!

Mubarak slapped himself the forehead, "What's the matter?" How so? ”

In the case of seven defenses and four defenses, with an absolute advantage in numbers, there was such a low-level mistake as leaking people?

Could it be that this group of defenders of Manchester City are all eating dry food?

Yang Huan applauded Ibrahimovic's goal with a smile and applauded Gareth Bale's accurate left-footed cross.

Who says the Welsh can only score, only speed?

At the very least, his left-footed free-kick, his left-footed cross, is still quite powerful!

"Do you know why?" Yang Huan smiled and looked at Mubarak with a sad face.

"Because your tactics are so mechanical, and even the players' positions and runs lack of change, it is easy for people to figure it out and use it!"

Gareth Bale's precise cross did play a key role in the goal just now, but the off-ball runs of Ibrahimovic, Vidal and Neymar were also crucial.

Before the Welsh could pass the ball, Neymar ran down the middle, Vidal rushed forward, and the Swede deliberately fell behind and ran to the back post.

This caused problems for City's defence.

If the original arrangement is followed, Kompany and Lescott will definitely follow the Swede to the back post, Zabaleta will follow Neymar to the middle, and Yaya Toure will follow Vidal back to the penalty area and hold the front point.

But when the problem was, Kolarov was worried about being forced to break through and did not get close, which made Yaya Toure worry that Gareth Bale would cut inside with the ball, so he stayed at the front of the penalty area to protect, Zabaleta followed Neymar, but could only follow behind the Brazilian and could not prevent Neymar from receiving the ball.

And Kompany and Lescott didn't even follow Ibrahimovic altogether.

Because the situation at that time was that Southampton's most threatening attacking method was Gareth Bale dribbling horizontally to Neymar, which was quite a threatening attacking routine.

After all, Gareth Bale cut inside with the ball on the right and suddenly hit the goal, but his special move this season!

Especially considering Neymar, once he gets the ball in the big penalty area, then Manchester City is done.

In addition, Yaya Toure did not follow Vidal, so Kompany and Lescott's first reaction was to freeze Neymar and Vidal, so there was no way to follow Ibrahimovic.

The Swede reached the back post and easily held McCone down with his body to open the scoring.

The whole process of scoring goals, which is complicated and tedious to say, is actually very fast-changing and full of changes.

Southampton were the attacking side, and they had rehearsed this kind of combination before the game, so they were more skillful in implementation.

Manchester City, on the other hand, is passive on the defensive, unable to anticipate the enemy's opportunities, and can only be passive everywhere.

But it's important to have a manager.

As an Italian coach, Mancini's tactical literacy is not a problem, but he is too mechanical, the overall tactics are not flexible, and he lacks adaptability.

As a result, his teams have often struggled to achieve good results in Europe, where tactics are more tactically targeted.

This is not without reason.

Yang Huan thought of this, looked at the sidelines again, and found that Bielsa, who had been squatting to direct the game, suddenly stood up, shouted at the players in the stadium, gestured wildly, and immediately laughed.

It is clear that the Argentine madman sees the loopholes and weaknesses of Manchester City!

"Bless yourselves, brother!".