Soccer Card System

Chapter 713 Guardiola's First Move

Chapter 713 Guardiola's First Move

Chapter 725 Guardiola's first move

The anxious scene lasted until the 10th minute before the game changed.

In the 10th minute of the game, Manchester City began to organize an offensive.

Griezmann dribbled the ball laterally and passed it to Dzeko who came back to catch the ball!

After Dzeko stopped the ball with his chest, he pushed the ball forward with his right foot, ready to hand the ball to Kaka who was going forward.

Seeing that Kaka was about to wipe away from Hummels, in desperation, Hummels had no choice but to reach out and pull Kaka, preventing Manchester City from this quick attack.

But his foul got him a yellow card in the 10th minute of the game.

It is very detrimental to Manchester United's defense that the central defender gets the card so early!

Guardiola on the sidelines is also very dissatisfied with this chapter of yellow cards.

However, he was not dissatisfied with Hummels' foul, but dissatisfied with the referee Clattenburg.

He believes that this foul is definitely not enough for a yellow card, because Hummels' actions are not big, and he is not the last defensive player except for the goalkeeper.

Moreover, this is Manchester United's home court after all, why not give a verbal warning first, and give the home team's central defender a yellow card if he comes up?

Could this be the Etihad Stadium?

Guardiola was very dissatisfied with Clattenburg, the referee of the factory game.

But then there was something that made him even more dissatisfied.

Just 3 minutes after Hummels' foul, Manchester United got a chance to counterattack.

Manchester City first passed the ball forward from the wing, but when Dzeko, who retreated to respond, turned around to catch the ball, Ferdinand grabbed it one step ahead of time and stabbed the ball away!

The football fell to Modric's feet!

Modric passes the ball forward to Nani on the wing!

After Nani got the ball, he played a two-for-one match with Rooney, and then moved laterally to catch the ball and prepare for a long-range shot, but Fernandinho quickly made up the position, making Nani's idea of ​​​​a long-range shot come to nothing.

So he planned to pass the ball back to Modric and continue to organize the offense.

As a result, he jumped up with the ball and the football hit the arm of Manchester City midfielder Casemiro who was about to pinch him.

Then you immediately raise your hand to signal that the ball was fouled by Casemiro for handball!

And the referee did blow his whistle to stop the game.

Casemiro opened his arms, indicating that the ball hit his hand, the ball was hit by the hand, not the hand.

But the referee didn't listen to his explanation and signaled Manchester United to take a free kick!

At the same time, he did not give Casemiro a verbal warning, nor did he give a card.

This made Guardiola blow his hair.

The Manchester United fans in the stands were also very dissatisfied. For a while, Old Trafford was booed everywhere.

Guardiola in front of the coach's bench turned directly to the fourth official, shook his head and waved his hands, and complained loudly: "Isn't this a card?"

The fourth official pressed his hands down to signal Guardiola to calm down.

But how can Guardiola calm down.

He continued to wrestle with the fourth official on the issue.

"Guardiola seemed very excited. It was only 13 minutes into the game and Guardiola seemed too excited."

"This game is too important for Manchester United. If they don't win at home, the league championship will depend on Manchester City's face. It's no wonder Guardiola is so penny-pinching."

"This may also be related to the mentality of both sides. After all, Guardiola has never won Gao Bo, so he is extremely eager for victory, but he should adjust his mentality to avoid mental imbalance."

While the commentator was talking, Guardiola was still arguing with the fourth official.

And other Manchester United coaches also yelled at the sidelines to express their dissatisfaction.

In stark contrast to them is Manchester City's coaching bench.

The coaches of Manchester City were all sitting in their seats, watching the stadium calmly, and often turned their heads to chat with the people next to them.

As the leader who has been leading the league, Manchester City's mentality is probably better than Manchester United, which has been catching up.

In the end, Casemiro didn't get a yellow card either.

When Pogba came to take the free kick, it went directly over the crossbar. Oblak didn't even make a save, and just watched the football fly out of the baseline.

Manchester United got nothing from this attack.

The telecast gave a close-up of Guardiola on the sidelines.

Guardiola in the camera shakes his head slightly, looking very helpless.

In the shot, white cotton wool began to float down from the sky.

It's snow!

It's still cold in England in early April.

Snow fell from the sky, and Guardiola, who was wrapped in a towel, fixed his eyes on the height of Pogba who had just hit a free kick.

In general, Guardiola is still a head coach who believes in the whole and believes in the advancement of overall tactics.

But at some point, he will also choose to trust the team's personal ability.

Especially, when facing high waves.

He has lost seven times, it can be said that he has been defeated repeatedly.

Of course, it can also be said that it has been defeated repeatedly!

Gao Bo didn't design any secret weapon for Manchester City, but Guardiola, who was at a psychological disadvantage, prepared a lot for this game.

First up is Pogba.

Pogba was very active in this game.

He was very excited, because before the game, Guardiola gave him a very important task: he will be the focus of the team's offense!

That's right!

Even if Manchester United has Modric and a superstar like Rooney, Guardiola also puts the focus of this game on Pogba.

If you want to talk about it, the current Pogba is just a young player who has just been able to play the main role in the team. Although he has performed well this season, he still wants to go to Shengyuan for the role of "frontcourt core".

Let alone Modric and Rooney, even Pedro and even Thiago are more qualified than Pogba.

But it happened that Guardiola arranged for Pogba!

What he values ​​is naturally Pogba's ability in one-on-one.

In this game, Manchester United was in a stalemate with Manchester City, creating an advantage locally.

Overall stalemate, partial attack.

This is Guardiola's thinking in this game.

And he believes that his first ultimate move, placed on Pogba, may have unexpected effects.

The game continued to be stalemate, but Manchester United gradually began to have some offensive.

In the 18th minute of the game, Pogba took the ball on the left side of the front court.

With other players held back, Pogba got past Casemiro one-on-one before bringing in a shot from the edge of the box that forced Oblak into a save.

This was the first goal shot of the game.

In general, in the first ten minutes of the game, Manchester United, which started the home game, had more advantages. Their ball possession rate was higher than that of Manchester City, and they scored more times in the 30-meter area of ​​Manchester City.

In addition to the controversial penalty at the beginning, it can still be clearly seen that this is indeed Manchester United's home court.

In the face of Manchester United's offensive, Manchester City is not in vain.

On the one hand, they continued to stalemate with Manchester United in the midfield, and on the other hand, they also began to actively look for opportunities to attack.

However, so far, Manchester United's defense is not bad, and it is difficult for Manchester City to find opportunities to counterattack for a while.

And Gao Bo also saw something from Pogba's shot, but he is not sure yet.

Pogba?

Gao Bo stroked his chin and thought.

(End of this chapter)