Vol 4 Chapter 166: Manchester City's defense problem

Lost goals in the second half can explain some of Manchester City's problems, and also explain Guardiola's desire for a goalkeeper who fits his system.
In the 57th minute, West Ham’s 22-year-old Democratic Republic of Congo left-back Masuyacu used a few emergency stops in Zhuo Yang’s opinion that the rhythm is very poor, and outdid Manchester City’s captain and right back Sabale today. The tower crosses.
The line was very close to the penalty zone line, Otamendi stepped backwards and glided with a header to clear the siege, but he came up. West Ham forward Michael Antonio took off from the left back, Frenchman Clichy, and shook the far post to score 2:1.
Zhuo Yang was quite impressed by Pablo Sabaletta. The second round of the World Cup group match last year, the Chinese team played against Argentina. This guy started the game and played right back. The Chinese team finally lost 3:4. Zhuo Yang had a hat-trick. Boss Mei only scored one, but he won in stoppage time.
Sabaletta has played for Manchester City for the ninth year. In the year Zhuo Yang moved from Milan to Barcelona, ​​he moved from the Spaniard to Manchester and became a Manchester City deputy.
He was just thrown by Masuyacu in the penalty area and caused a cross. It is not a big mistake, mainly because of Manchester City's mistakes in air defense tactics.
Nicholas Otamendi, who came to the top, is also Argentine, 28 years old this year. He is known to be at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, when Otamendi played right back under Maradona.
In the quarter-finals against Germany, the right road guarded by Otamendi became a highway at 3 o'clock in the morning. Piggy and Podolski did what they wanted on his side. In the end, Argentina lost 0:4 and the Germans had three advances. The ball was launched from behind Otamendi.
Otamendi is a central defender, young + cameo + opponent old spicy, so that he lost his face that day wandering in the Atlantic Ocean. Had it not been for that game, he would have gone to Real Madrid or AC Milan in the summer of 2010.
In the end he went to Porto that summer, but since then, Otamendi has been away from the Argentine national team, and the Brazil World Cup has not taken him. However, in the 2014-15 season after the World Cup, Otamendi made all the strikers miserable in La Liga and Valencia, was named the best central defender in La Liga that season, and was then bought by Manchester City for 45 million last year.
In terms of personal abilities, frontal defense and air defense are Otamendi’s strengths. He shouldn’t be brave just now, but just like Clichy was riding from behind at this moment, the goal was mainly Manchester City’s defense against Guardio. Pull jerky understanding of tactical thinking.
Guardiola's team, the defense has never been known for air defense, just as the front is not based on heading. All opponents' crosses that fall within 12 yards will be handed over to the goalkeeper to attack. The defenders must protect the second fall and be prepared for the first counterattack.
Otamendi's position is reluctant, and Clichy is at a loss. The root cause is that goalkeeper Caballero did not come out.
In this way, we can understand the importance of a goalkeeper who fits his tactical system to Guardiola.
Otamendi is an excellent central defender, but not a mainstay. He needs to have the same outstanding partners around him, such as the German Mustafi of Valencia, such as Manchester City captain Kompany.
The 29-year-old Vincent Kompany was in the Champions League semi-finals of the 2015-16 season in May of this year. Manchester City played against Real Madrid in the second round. He injured his thigh muscles without confrontation in the opening 8 minutes and was recuperating. So far, the European Cup has not even been completed in the summer.
After losing the ball, Guardiola replaced Stones with Serbian defender Kolarov.
The 22-year-old John Stones transferred from Everton this summer for £47.5 million. The defender is worth second only to Ponpon Luis in the history of the Premier League. Guardiola replaced Stones not because of his bad performance, but just to change Otamendi's partner.
The 31-year-old Alexander Kolarov was born in Lazio in Serie A. Zhuo Yang played against him when he was in AC Milan. This is a very good full-back, and he has been a full-back for a lifetime.
Guardiola came to Manchester City. After the first training session, he said to Kolarov: I think you can play as a central defender.
Thus, Kolarov became a central defender.
Although Zhuo Yang has not yet resumed football training, his football vision does not need to be restored. After watching the game for more than ten minutes, he understood Guardiola's struggle with the defense, especially the central defender.
Kompany, Otamendi, Kolarov, including Stones, they are all excellent, but this excellence has a ceiling. Regardless of personal ability or pairwise match, in Zhuo Yang's previous football journey, these four Manchester City must be ranked last.
Castel Madi Rock de las + Pompon, AC Milan Nesta + Maldini, Barcelona Puyol + Pique, Real Madrid Shui Ye + Pepe, these combinations have their own shortcomings, but the overall strength is still beyond There are many defensive lines for Manchester City.
Manchester City is not short of money, but a good central defender cannot be bought with money. Guardiola is in trouble and can only hope that the 33-year-old Bravo can make up as soon as possible.
It is not that Gua Shuai and Zhuo Yang are demanding. In order to complete the leap from a strong team to a rich team, a pair of classic central defenders can greatly reduce the difficulty of the game. The central defenders that Zhuo Yang has cooperated with before are all classics that can be recorded in football history.
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The 2:1 score made the atmosphere of the city stadium a little nervous. Manchester City had two consecutive victories at the start of the new season. In order to continue the good momentum, Guardiola replaced Nolito with the 31-year-old Spanish veteran Navas in the 75th minute.
Navas was born in Seville and is a standard Western-style right winger. From height to technical characteristics, Zhuo Yang has an impression of him.
Only one minute after playing, Navas took the ball on the right side, and immediately looked for Aguero on the other side.
Akun had a sharp heart, but the Danish defender Winston Reid was so strong behind him that he could not withdraw and turn around.
Especially in the second half, Aguero played a bit impatiently. In the first two rounds, Manchester City won two consecutive victories, he scored 3 goals, and Manchester United's Ibrahimovic temporarily ranked first. Before the game, Aguero said that he would compete with Ibrahimovic for the top scorer of the season, which was tantamount to an invitation to fight.
In fact, Aguero is not a loyal person in scoring. After joining Manchester City for six years, he has only won the Premier League Golden Boot once. He was so anxious to declare war because he felt the pressure of Zhuo Yang to join.
A healthy Zhuo Yang can make anyone in any position a substitute, except the goalkeeper.
Aguero's invitation to play is also a subconscious behavior to indicate the status of the team~EbookFREE.me~ But there is no goal today, and now the chance is good, but he was so angry with such a third-rate guard.
Aguero turned around with a elbow and hit Reid's cheek severely. Winston Reid fell to the ground as if he had been truncated.
Amazingly, the referee Andre Marina did not see Aguero's move at all, he just signaled West Ham to open the backcourt.
Aguero didn't play cleanly, and he almost broke his toe when he played against Chelsea. But Aguero's luck is very good. He has never had a red card in the Premier League for six years, which is much cleaner than Zhuo Yang.
It is estimated that Guardiola can't stand it anymore, and then he replaced Aguero with Brazilian midfielder Fernando Regus. As he walked down, Akun was a little unhappy.
Stirling was the winner today. He received a through ball from Silva in 90+3 minutes. After the goal was kicked past West Ham Spanish goalkeeper Adrian, he stabbed the goal at a zero angle to lock the score at 3:1.
Manchester City started the new season with a three-game winning streak. Zhuo Yang thinks Sterling is good, at least it looks good now.