Vol 7 Chapter 46: Targeted tactics

For Manchester United, the momentum in the stands is not lost, but it only smoothed the contest between the two sides outside the field, but actually returned to the field. In terms of situation and technical and tactical levels, the Red Devils faced significantly more challenges than their opponents.
Although the top position is now within reach, the premise is that they must first ensure that the game will not lose at least, otherwise the gap between Manchester City and the two points will be instantly opened.
This tests the tactical arrangement of the two head coaches at the technical and tactical level.
From this perspective, Van Gaal has no advantage compared to Pellegrini in the coaches opposite.
In this era when defensive counterattacks gradually replaced all-attacks and all-defense and began to pursue offensive efficiency, Van Gaal is still holding the old style of Dutch football, which is obviously somewhat rigid in tactics.
His formation and tactics can even be guessed by the media, that is, 3-4-3, the main players are not injured, Van Gaal can even hold this set of lineups to deal with third-line combat.
Pellegrini's nickname is "engineer"-he can, like an engineer, carefully craft Manchester City's tactics against different opponents. As long as he coached Villarreal, his technical and tactical attainments have been recognized by the industry.
In the face of Van Gaal's three-back system, Manchester City have set out a 4-1-4-1 formation. Goalkeeper Joe Hart, Compagni and De Miquelis partnered with a double centre-back, Argentina international Sabaletta started left-back, right-back is Sania, the only "beast waist" Yaya Touré in Manchester City Naturally, it is arranged at the most important trailing gate position.
Pellegrini still believes in Yaya Touré. It seems that he feels that Zhou Tiancheng has been crushed to no avail...
In fact, this is not the case. The real highlight of Pellegrini’s starting set is in the frontcourt. Argentine golden boy Aguero, who has always been the team’s starting arrow, was pulled to the left. On his side, Spanish midfielder David Silva, Belgian midfielder De Brauné and French winger Nasri assisted him in the offensive. The top arrow was Montenegro forward Jovitic.
If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. Van Gaal also noticed that the opponent's formation meant a different tactic. Therefore, he emphasized again in the locker room: "If you can reach their restricted area, don't take a step back, even if this is their home field, we must form a suppression!"
Manchester City is now the only team in the Premier League to play like Barcelona, ​​pursuing transmission and control, and the frontcourt is also a small forward.
Although Jovitić, who started this game, has a height of 1.84 meters, but in this game he only plays a role in the back line.
Van Gaal wanted Zhou Tiancheng to take the ball in the midfield to suppress Manchester City's midfielder, but Pellegrini started to grab the ball from the Manchester United defense.
The two sides really started to confront each other. Aguero’s position was not a wing player at all. Both he and Nasri were moving to the middle. Jovitic scattered the running position to contain Evans. Manchester City’s forced grabs centered on three central defenders. Smalling.
As soon as Smalling received the ball, Aguero and Nasri approached from both sides at high speed, ignoring his height and size, and aimed at the direct sliding shovel under his feet.
Smolin is definitely a good player in defending the high-altitude ball head-on. He is one of the best in the entire Premier League. However, he has not been part of the top European central defender, and it is difficult to gain a foothold in the England team. It is enough to prove that his advantages are outstanding, and the disadvantages are as prominent.
The biggest disadvantage of the traditional British halfback is that it is as strong as a cow and as rough as a dog. Even Chelsea's legendary central defender Terry can't escape such a problem, and Smolin's characteristics are more obvious.
Seeing two legs sliding towards him, Smalling didn't have the ability to do like Zhou Tiancheng, calmly dunked the ball, and then quickly took the ball out of the two. Big men like Zhou Tiancheng are phenomenal throughout the Premier League.
The choice made by Smalling in a hurry was to get the ball out of the sideline with a big foot. He didn't even dare to pass De Gea back. He was not sure, and he was worried about mistakes.
Five minutes before the opening, Manchester United's midfielder didn't even have a decent chance to get the ball. Manchester City pressed up to siege, almost all pressed at the forefront of Manchester United's penalty area and won consecutive out-of-bounds.
It doesn't seem like a big deal, but in fact this forced Zhou Tiancheng and Fellaini to recover. Manchester City's formation has been pushed to the frontcourt as a whole.
It's not a big deal to change the momentum, so the reason why Van Gaal began to become uneasy on the coach seat is that Zhou Tiancheng and Fellaini both contract back, which is a huge blow to the quick counterattack in the frontcourt.
But Zhou Tiancheng had no choice. He didn't come back to help Fellaini, he could only be an audience in the midfield, Manchester City is really a team that can control the ball at his feet.
But even in the opening few minutes, even he felt very angry. In front of himself, Smalling faced the siege or a big foot directly to the backcourt and rolled out of the sideline.
Zhou Tiancheng walked over and looked at him half-jokingly and asked, "Chris, am I a puppet in your eyes?"
Smolin froze for a moment: "Of course not, Zhou, you are the one who controls the audience~EbookFREE.me~ Oh, so..." Zhou Tiancheng smiled: "I just saw you as a big foot I kicked it out and I didn’t see it in front of you. I thought you thought I was useless."
Smalling was a little embarrassed: "Week, I will try my best."
From a bystander's perspective, Carragher's analysis of the situation on the field is very thorough: "Manchester City is obviously more proactive with the momentum of the home court. Pellegrini's tactics seem to be working. robbing Chris Smalling It is definitely more reliable than forcing Zhou, and Yaya Touré can also be a lot easier."
Yang Cheng shook his head gently next to him: "I'm afraid not?" When Manchester United's offensive was pushed over, could Yaya Touré stand up before he could know if he had grown."
"So, man, what do you think?"
Carragher looked at him like this, this was his intention to give Yang Cheng a problem, but Yang Cheng coughed and replied: "Shall I tell the truth? Jamie, this is Manchester Derby. If Manchester City fans find you, Not my responsibility!"
This was Yang Cheng's words, which made Carragher laugh.
Yang Cheng can understand what he meant. He has seen it once. All senior fans now know what the position of Sky Sports’ Chinese rookie commentary is.
However, Manchester City fans actually liked Yang Cheng more than two points. At least this guy who supports Manchester United still has a lot of thoughts in his mind. It is not too exciting to talk.
And what is the psychology of Van Gaal on the court at the moment?
There was a lot of pressure and it was clearly targeted tactically.
Either he can only pray for players on the field... It is better if Zhou Tiancheng can solve the situation in front of him. For the first time, he was not angry about the simultaneous withdrawal of Zhou Tiancheng and Fellaini.
Otherwise, all of his layout before the game will have to be overhauled.