Chapter 444 The entire tactic is designed around Lin Quan!

"Martial started a little early!"

"Mata's pass was a little slow!"

"I think this is an offside trap deliberately created by Manchester City's defense, waiting for Martial!"

Fans have different opinions about Martial's offside, but they all feel it is a pity.

Since the start of the game, Manchester United has had very little possession of the ball and even fewer opportunities to attack. The counterattack just now seemed to be a great opportunity, but unfortunately they failed to seize it.

This counterattack failed and made Manchester City alert. It will be more difficult to succeed in the future!

The fans' concerns were right, and Mourinho also had the same concern. He subconsciously moved his butt to make himself sit more comfortably.

On the field, Manchester City did not make too many adjustments after Manchester United's counterattack failed. They still followed the previous tactics, passing, running, attacking and shooting in an orderly manner.

The tempo of the game once again fell into Manchester City's control, just as it did at the beginning of the game.

But what’s different from before is that this time, Manchester City has more offensive means.

De Bruyne, David Silva and Lin Quan frequently switched positions on the field to stretch Manchester United's defense.

The advantage of cross-position switching is that it can easily cause defensive players to lose their positions and become hesitant about who to defend.

Originally, their positions could form an impenetrable defensive line, but through cross-position switching, the defensive players can be mobilized, thereby widening the distance between the two defensive players, artificially creating gaps, allowing Lin Quan and David Silva, who are good at breaking through and dribbling in a small area, to create opportunities.

If the opponent's defenders don't have a strong sense of position or are not focused enough, this kind of mistake can easily happen.

The strength of passing and controlling football lies in the fact that it continuously passes the ball, pulls and mobilizes the opponent's defense, makes the opponent make mistakes, and then seizes the opportunity of the opponent's mistake to launch a fatal blow.

Manchester United players are well aware of this. This is not the first day they have learned about passing and controlling football and they are very familiar with this offensive method.

But even if you know clearly what the other person is going to do, your body may not be able to keep up with the other person's pace.

In the 22nd minute of the first half, Lin Quan again switched positions with David Silva. With the help of the latter's cover, Lin Quan secretly moved the ball sideways, then suddenly started and approached Manchester United defender Smalling in one step.

Smalling was just about to rush forward and put pressure on Lin Quan and David Silva, but he didn't expect the opponents to come up to him and catch him off guard.

Smalling was startled and quickly stopped moving forward. He used his hands and feet to try to prevent Lin Quan from breaking through him. However, Lin Quan's first step was already on the penalty area line. The referee was nearby, so Smalling did not dare to make his moves too obvious.

Therefore, his actions could only play a symbolic role and could not stop Lin Quan at all.

Lin Quan successfully broke into the penalty area!

Seeing the opponent's number 10 dribbling into their own penalty area, all the Manchester United fans at the scene took a deep breath, and they couldn't help but stand up and stretch their necks to look at their own goal:

But please don't score! Lin Quan's scoring ability is obvious to all in the Premier League. Since he joined the Premier League, he has almost monopolized the Premier League's scorer list.

Even though Kane has been in such a strong momentum in the past two seasons, he can only follow behind him and eat dust.

Seeing such a dangerous guy breaking into the penalty area, all the Manchester United players were shocked, and almost all the players nearby rushed towards Lin Quan subconsciously!

We must stop him, don't let him shoot, and don't let him score!

De Gea stared at his national team teammates. He was very clear about Lin Quan's strength and knew that the ball was at the opponent's feet and he could shoot at any time, so he was ready to save the shot at any time!

Seeing all the Manchester United players rushing towards him, Lin Quan glanced at the goal and raised his right leg.

De Gea’s eyes widened. This guy is about to shoot!

Where is he going to shoot? Left or right?

Seeing Lin Quan's leg swing, another Manchester United defender Rojo directly tackled the ball.

However, just when everyone thought that Lin Quan was going to shoot, he suddenly knocked the ball with his half-raised heel and passed the ball back to his teammates without looking at anyone.

After switching positions with Lin Quan, David Silva took the initiative to go to the wing in order to help Lin Quan attract firepower, and took away an opponent's full-back by the way.

In other words, the position where Lin Quan passed the ball was empty, no one was there! Was it a mistake?

Seeing Lin Quan's action, Xiaozhu, who had already returned to the penalty area line, couldn't help but think so.

However, just as he thought so, a blue figure rushed towards him like lightning and kicked the football hard.

Bang! With a loud bang, the football flew towards Manchester United's goal like a cannonball.

De Gea was shaken by Lin Quan's assumed pass just now, and when he tried to save someone else's shot, he was half a beat slow.

With a swish, the football flew into the goal and made an intimate contact with the net.

After trying for more than 20 minutes, Manchester City finally broke through the opponent's goal.

The score also became 1:0!

The goal scorer is - Toni Kroos!

After scoring the goal, Teacher Tony spread his arms, a bright smile on his face, and ran happily along the field.

It feels great to score a goal at Old Trafford! No wonder Lin was so enthusiastic when he played against Manchester United! Kroos' goal made Mourinho unable to sit still. When Lin Quan passed the ball to Kroos with his heel, he stood up from the coaching seat.

The defensive midfielder inserted and shot? I was fooled! This guy didn't arrange a striker because he had such a plan! On the surface, the opponent seemed to have no striker, but in fact Manchester City had a striker, and that was Lin Quan!

Although he is not a center, he plays a role similar to that of a center.

He can break through, dribble, shoot and pass. He can serve as the team's offensive fulcrum when he goes forward and as the team's organizational core when he retreats.

The best part is that Lin Quan's position is not on the front line, which means he doesn't have to fight with the defenders. Not only does he have more offensive space, but he also saves a lot of physical energy.

Although he knew that Lin Quan was very important to Manchester City and was the core of Manchester City's offense, he did not expect Guardiola to be so crazy and develop an offensive tactic that almost entirely revolved around Lin Quan.

Isn't he afraid that Lin Quan will be in poor condition and perform poorly? Guardiola smiled and applauded Chris who scored the goal and the players who participated in the attack. This tactic was indeed tailor-made for Lin Quan, and it was a step further on the basis of the original strikerless formation! He wanted to see where Lin Quan's limit was and whether he could bear his expectations of him and the responsibility of the entire team?

At present, it seems that Lin Quan's performance is completely trustworthy and even exceeds his expectations.

I wonder what surprises this kid can bring me in the next game? The reason why Guardiola arranged his troops in this game is to implement his consistent strategy of seeking stability in the league.

Outsiders thought that he would do something weird every time there was a crucial match, but actually this time he was not doing anything weird.

It can be seen from the fact that he used three defensive midfielders that he did not intend to give Manchester United any chance in this game.

The three defensive midfielders are meant to completely lock down Manchester United's midfield and not give them any chance to counterattack. Tactics such as the offside trap specially designed for this purpose are also based on these.

Of course, you can't win the game just by relying on defense, the best you can do is a draw.

If we want to win the game, it still depends on whether the forwards can score goals!

After withdrawing the main striker, Guardiola actually doesn't know whether Manchester City's offensive system in the frontcourt can continue to operate, and whether it can tear through the opponent's defense under the opponent's dense defense.

But now, he is no longer worried about this problem.

After falling behind in the score, Manchester United should not be able to continue to retreat and defend, right?

When that time comes, the three defensive midfielders that I arranged will really come in handy!

He wanted to see how Manchester United could organize an effective attack under Manchester City's terrifying midfield control. Mourinho was also worried about this problem. The opponent's three-back tactical system was indeed a bit unreasonable.

Kroos is okay, the key is the other two, Kante and Fernandinho, who are defensive midfielders.

How to break through their interception? The score behind changed the atmosphere of Old Trafford, and even the cheering became much quieter.

The morale of Manchester United fans and players was greatly hit. If they lost again this time, it would be their sixth consecutive defeat against Manchester City! So, after the restart, they almost didn't need Mourinho to stand up and shout, they immediately launched an attack in a hurry.

Seeing that the team finally stopped defending and began to actively attack, the morale of the fans at the scene was slightly boosted. They began to shout loudly again to cheer for the players.

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There is only the Red Devils who die standing, but there is no Manchester United who lives on his knees.

If it weren't for the Red Devils' previous poor record, the Red Devils' fans would have been fed up with Mourinho's defensive approach at Old Trafford!

At this moment, seeing the Red Devils' players launching a fierce attack on the opponent in their home court like the old Red Devils under Sir Ferguson, countless Red Devils fans became excited!

This is the right thing to do. This is the Red Devils team they are familiar with! No reversal, no Red Devils!

What's the big deal about falling behind by one goal? They have seen situations where they fell behind by many goals and then turned the tables!

Manchester United is the team with the most comebacks in the history of the Premier League, and staging super comebacks seems to be the Red Devils' forte.

For the slow-starting Red Devils, falling behind at the start simply showed that they had not yet fully entered the game.

Once they are able to muster the courage and bravery in the face of adversity, the opponent's lead will be insignificant in their eyes!

However, the Red Devils fans seem to have forgotten that the Red Devils at Old Trafford today are no longer the Red Devils they were familiar with.

They did launch a counterattack, and the momentum was indeed huge.

However……

They couldn't even get past Manchester City's midfield! When Manchester United launched their attack, Kante became the brightest star on the field!

With his strong running ability and excellent interception awareness, he became a hurdle for Manchester United players, making it difficult for them to cross the line.

Mata, Schweinsteiger, Herrera, Schneiderlin...

Countless Manchester United players fell in front of Kante, so much so that when these players saw Kante, they wanted to take a detour.

Kante has become the nightmare of all midfielders! Kante's strong interception and stealing ability means Manchester City has many more opportunities to counterattack.

When Manchester United's formation was very tight, it was difficult for them to exert their offensive threat.

But at this time the opponent took the initiative to attack, and the stage for Manchester City's front attack group to perform immediately became much larger!

In the 38th minute, Kante intercepted the ball and passed it directly to De Bruyne, who moved to the other wing.

After receiving the ball, David Silva cut inside, attracted the attention of the goalkeeper and defenders, and then passed the ball to Lin Quan who was in the middle.

Lin Quan accelerated and dribbled into the penalty area, facing De Gea who calmly shot to the right side of the goal.

De Gea fell to the ground but was a beat too late to save the ball and could only watch helplessly as the ball rolled into his own goal again.

2:0!

The Red Devils fans were singing loudly, but their singing was interrupted by this sudden goal.

There was silence for two seconds, and then there were boos and curses everywhere.

Manchester United fans were furious. Why did the opponent score the goal instead of them? They were clearly attacking, but why did the opponent score the goal?

Manchester City broke through their defense and scored a goal with just one counterattack, causing countless Red Devils fans to break their defense on the spot.

"Don't panic, it's just a small game, only two goals. Believe in our players, we will be able to play it back!"

Someone tried to comfort his companions, saying that the Red Devils had experienced big disadvantages before, and it was only two goals, what was that? However, this time, fewer people echoed him than before.

For a top team like Manchester United, there is still a chance if they are two goals behind, especially when it is still early in the game.

But their opponent is Manchester City!

Although we don't want to admit it, Manchester City is now the strongest team in the entire Premier League.

For such a strong team, it would be difficult to catch up even if they were only one goal behind, let alone two goals.

Especially when the opponent arranged three defensive midfielders, they couldn't even get through the midfield! How easy is it to reverse the opponent? In the coaching booth, Mourinho's expression was already quite solemn.

He glanced angrily in the direction of Manchester City's coaching bench. Guardiola not only learned his three-midfielder system, but even his counterattack tactics were exactly the same as when he was in Real Madrid.

Simple and efficient passing, each pass is passed forward, and the frontcourt players all spare no effort to run towards the opponent's goal at the fastest speed, not giving the opponent's defensive players time to get into position.

This simple and efficient counterattack tactic, once successful, can often create a goal within ten seconds.

Just like Manchester City's attack this time, from the moment Kante intercepted the ball and passed it to the moment Lin Quan shot it in, the entire attack process probably only took seven or eight seconds.

The time was so fast that except for the players who were defending behind, other players of Manchester United had no time to replay, let alone stop the opponent.

It can be said that Guardiola used Mourinho's tactics to defeat him!

So, is this a mockery of me?

Mourinho's eyes flashed with anger! Are you telling me that you, Guardiola, can not only pass and control the ball, but also counterattack, while I can only counterattack?

(End of this chapter)