Chapter 483 Guardiola: My son is really amazing!
Manchester City quickly equalized the score, and the situation on the field changed again.
Not only did Manchester United's advantage disappear, but their morale also suffered a considerable blow.
As for Manchester City, after discovering that Manchester United's defense was not as strong as they had imagined, they became more confident in their attack.
So, in the second half of the first half, the situation on the field began to gradually become one-sided, and Manchester City completely kicked around Manchester United's goal.
Lin Quan has always been particular about reciprocity. If Son Heung-min gives him something, he will naturally return the favor.
In the 39th minute of the first half, Lin Quan received a through pass from De Bruyne and successfully made an offside move. Even though he had the chance to score a one-on-one goal, he still selflessly passed the ball to Son Heung-min.
Son Heung-min did not waste the gift from Lin Quan, and easily shot into the empty goal, changing the score to 2:1. Seeing Son Heung-min score, Guardiola was completely relieved.
The most feared thing about the defensive counterattack tactics is falling behind in the score. Once they are in a backward state, they can no longer set up their iron bucket formation. It is meaningless to continue setting up the iron bucket formation, and they must attack.
In order to strengthen the defense, Mourinho selected a large number of players with outstanding defensive abilities. These players can play a limited role in the offense. If Manchester United wants to equalize the score, they need to make substitutions.
But doing so would inevitably weaken their defensive capabilities.
Once Manchester United's defensive ability is weakened, it will be easier for Manchester City to score goals.
Manchester City doesn't mind playing against Manchester United, but the question is, will the opponent dare to do it? Mourinho is called a madman by the outside world. This title is not only earned when he talks nonsense with reporters and other team coaches, but also has something to do with his tactics.
Seeing that the team’s situation was unfavorable, they were doomed to fail if they continued to defend stubbornly.
Mourinho then took the risk and made a decisive change in formation. He started to make substitutions before the end of the first half, replacing two offensive players at once, vowing to strengthen the attack! Seeing the opponent's courage, Guardiola couldn't help but admire it.
With the two main central defenders absent, everyone can see that Manchester City's defense has problems . However, if you think that this will give you an advantage in the offensive battle, then you are underestimating Manchester City's offensive power.
So, after Mourinho made the adjustment, Guardiola was not afraid. He waved his hand and signaled the team to speed up and attack the opponent! Come on, who is afraid of who! Under the instruction of the head coach, the two teams began to attack vigorously.
The game instantly became more exciting, which made the audience who came to watch the game more excited.
The pace of the game became very fast. Maybe a shot from Manchester United was hit by Manchester City in front of Manchester United's own goal in the blink of an eye.
In this fast-paced game, players on both sides will inevitably make mistakes while advancing the ball.
This kind of mistake is also a great opportunity for the other team to seize the opportunity and counterattack.
Both Guardiola and Mourinho are very good at this, so the two teams' competition for the midfield, especially the interception and pressing of the opponent's organizers, were done to the extreme.
On the Manchester United side, Pogba and Mata are Manchester City's main targets.
On the Manchester City side, Kroos and De Bruyne were targeted from all sides.
However, there are still big differences between the two teams.
In addition to De Bruyne and Kroos, Manchester City's striker Lin Quan can also retreat to play the role of organizer.
But Manchester United couldn't find such a person, so although both teams were attacking, it was obvious that Manchester City's attack was more threatening and of higher quality.
Mourinho is not unaware of Lin Quan's organizational skills, but while the team is guarding De Bruyne and Kroos closely, it is unable to allocate more manpower to restrict Lin Quan.
After all, compared with the previous two, it is much more difficult to restrict Lin Quan.
This guy's personal abilities are so strong, his dribbling, breaking through and passing abilities are impeccable.
The key is that he has a very high basketball IQ and a broad vision of the overall situation. When being double-teamed, he can choose to rely on his outstanding personal ability to work alone, or he can pass the ball at the right time.
There are only so many people on the court, and if multiple people double-team one person, it means there will definitely be gaps somewhere else.
If he seizes the opportunity to pass the ball, it would be fatal.
So, it’s not that Mourinho doesn’t want to deal with Lin Quan, but he really can’t do it.
When he was at Inter Milan, he could arrange Zanetti to limit Messi, but at Manchester United, he couldn't find such a suitable candidate. If he could find one, he would have used it long ago! Failure to limit Lin Quan means that Manchester United will suffer a great loss in the attack.
Although they held on in the first half and did not concede the third goal, shortly after the start of the second half, Lin Quan assisted Jesus to score another goal, changing the score to 3:1. At the Etihad Stadium, when Manchester City took a two-goal lead, it basically sentenced Manchester United to death.
Although Guardiola used up his third substitution very madly and brought Lingard on to continue strengthening the attack.
But it was still in vain. On the contrary, Sane, who came on as a substitute for Manchester City, scored another goal in the 85th minute of the game, setting the score at 4:1!
Manchester City won another Manchester derby victory, which is their seventh consecutive victory over Manchester United.
This made the Red Devils fans wail. If this continues, Manchester United might have a psychological shadow on Manchester City!
Mourinho was in a bad mood after losing the game by a large margin away from home. After the game, he left the field early without waiting for Guardiola to come over and shake his hand.
He has had a lot of troubles recently. After losing this game, one can imagine how much trouble he will face in the next press conference.
But this cannot be blamed on others. Who told him to argue with reporters every now and then and make enemies everywhere?
After the game, Mourinho's helpless expression on the sidelines and the photos of him being overwhelmed by media reporters after the game attracted heated discussions from countless fans.
"Alas, Mourinho feels different, not like before!"
Some fans sighed when they saw that Mourinho had white hair on his temples and was far less energetic than he was when he was at Inter Milan and Real Madrid.
How glorious was Mourinho back then?
He led Porto, a team that no one was optimistic about, to win the championship. After traveling to England, he led the Blues to challenge the Red Devils' dynasty and won two Premier League championship trophies in the highly competitive Premier League.
Although he was dismissed due to his poor relationship with Abramovich, after he went to the Apennines, he returned with a group of veteran players from Inter Milan and completed the incredible feat of winning the treble.
With two Champions League trophies in hand, he has become a top coach in football, just like Guardiola.
How proud was Mourinho when he was invited by Real Madrid to visit the Bernabeu and take over this galactic battleship?
However, the turning point of everything started from the moment he took over the coaching position of Real Madrid.
The failure at Real Madrid was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. From then on, Mourinho's magic disappeared all of a sudden.
During his second term at Chelsea, his coaching record was lackluster, with Chelsea suffering defeats in the cup, league and Champions League.
After joining Manchester United, he only had a brief moment of brilliance at the beginning of the season, and then he continued to decline.
At this time, Manchester United has already fallen out of the championship group in the standings, and even its place in the Champions League next season is not stable, and it needs to fight hard with Tottenham, Arsenal and Liverpool.
If Manchester United fails to win any of the four major titles, or even the Champions League, will Mourinho be fired again and change to another team? Frequent changes of teams are not a good thing for both players and coaches.
It takes time to perfectly integrate one's own tactical concepts into the team, but in today's increasingly impetuous football world, many teams often do not give coaches so much time. Once the results fail to meet their requirements, they will act quickly and let the head coach, who is most likely to be blamed, get out.
Being fired frequently will lead to worse and worse coaching results, a vicious cycle, and eventually loss of job or even disappearance.
Seeing Mourinho's anxious look, people naturally think of another person who was once as famous as him - Guardiola.
Compared with Mourinho, Guardiola's career after leaving Barcelona was not very smooth. His one and a half years coaching experience at Bayern was definitely not successful.
But Guardiola has long since gotten out of the predicament. Now under his leadership, Manchester City's performance is booming. Not only has he ushered in the second spring of his career, he may also break through the peak of the Dream Three Dynasty and create a more glorious dynasty.
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Comparing the two sides, people can't help but feel sorry for Mourinho.
"It's a pity that Mourinho doesn't have as good luck as Guardiola. If his son could be as good as Lin Quan, the result would probably be completely different!"
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Guardiola did not refute the outside world's claim that he succeeded by having children, but responded with a smile: "I am very lucky to have met geniuses like Messi and Lin!"
Guardiola is a person who reached the peak as soon as he debuted. When he just debuted as a coach, he met a genius like Messi and created the Dream Three Dynasty with a group of geniuses in La Masia.
Guardiola is very strong, but without Messi, his coaching career at Barcelona would not be so successful.
According to Guardiola, it was Messi who brought him to a height that did not belong to him, making him think that success was very simple.
It was not until a series of failures after leaving Barcelona and Messi that he gradually realized that such success was just accidental.
Without Messi, many of his tactics and ideas could not be perfectly executed. Others simply could not meet his requirements. Only a true genius could complete the tasks he assigned.
But Guardiola is so lucky. Lin Quan's sudden rise means that he won't have to worry about these troubles soon.
Although the current Manchester City has not yet reached the most perfect form envisioned by Guardiola, as long as Lin Quan is there, that is enough.
All he has to do is to build the team around Lin Quan, the cornerstone of the team! Therefore, when the outside world says that he is lucky and relies on his son, he is not only not angry, but also proud of it.
Who says my son is so awesome!
If you have the ability, you can give birth to such a great son!
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Manchester United lost to Manchester City. Apart from Manchester United fans, the most disappointed people were Leicester City fans.
I had high hopes for Manchester United, but who knew that Manchester United would be so vulnerable to attack? Now, with only 7 rounds left in the league, they are still 9 points behind, and their hope of winning the championship is very slim! However, things that make Leicester City feel desperate are still to come! In the 32nd round of the league, Manchester City visited Bournemouth.
In the first half, Lin Quan scored two goals in fifteen minutes to secure the victory. De Bruyne scored directly from a free kick. Before the final whistle, Demichelis scored a header in front of the goal. Manchester City defeated their opponents cleanly 4:0 and won three consecutive victories.
Although Leicester City tried their best and beat Southampton 1-0 again at home, the gap between them and Manchester City has not been narrowed.
There are only six rounds left in the league, and Leicester City, who are still 9 points behind, only has a theoretical hope of winning the championship.
Fortunately, the Champions League quarter-finals are about to begin. Manchester City, affected by the Champions League, is likely to lose points in the league due to poor performance on multiple fronts.
This is Leicester City's last chance. If they miss it, they can only watch Manchester City defend the title without any way to do anything.
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On April 4, Manchester City set off immediately after the league game and headed to Paris to prepare for the Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain three days later.
Manchester City was lucky as they drew the schedule of playing away first and then at home.
This schedule is favorable for them. They don't even need to win away from home. As long as they can score away goals and don't lose by a big margin, they will have great hopes of advancing when they return home.
Of course, if they can beat their opponents away from home, they will naturally have less pressure in the next round.
However, with Guardiola's advance warning, the players did not become arrogant.
Although Paris Saint-Germain is a French Ligue 1 team, its own strength is not weak. This game is also played at the opponent's home court, so the game will definitely be difficult to play. They must prepare for the worst.
As two-time Champions League winners, Manchester City is currently very famous in Europe and even the world. In addition, the team has a large number of stars, especially superstars like Lin Quan.
As a result, they met many fans who came to pick them up at the airport. Many of these fans were Chinese. Some of them were students studying in France, and some were tourists visiting the place. After learning that Manchester City was coming to play in the Champions League, they made a special trip to pick them up at the airport.
The purpose of these people was very clear, they were here for Lin Quan, which could be seen from the fact that they were holding various banners and slogans welcoming Lin Quan.
When he saw these people, Lin Quan was surprised and moved.
So he took the initiative to walk over and take photos with these people, signed autographs for them, and gave them a few jerseys as gifts.
Lin Quan's enthusiasm also exceeded the fans' expectations. They didn't expect that the other superstar could be so approachable. They were all very excited. After getting the autographs and gifts, they couldn't help showing off in the group and on the Internet.
This made some other people who got the news but didn't come for various reasons regret it! If they had known that Emperor Lin was going to give gifts and autographs, they would have come no matter what. If they missed this opportunity, they might not have such a good opportunity next time!
(End of this chapter)