Messi was so scared that he cried when he maxed out his header talent at the start of the game

Chapter 539

AC Milan's equalizer did not dampen Manchester City's fighting spirit. Etihad's thunderous slogans played to their advantage at home.

All Manchester City players understood this very well.

Today, they are not fighting alone, but carrying the expectations of countless Blue Moon fans in the stands and in front of the TV.

After the game was reopened,

Manchester City showed a more active desire to attack.

Especially when they got the ball.

They chose to speed up the pace further.

They reduced dribbling.

They increased passing and cutting.

Such changes gradually achieved results.

But Manchester City only slightly improved their possession of the ball and saved some of the situation.

Facing AC Milan with a solid defense.

They wanted to get a truly threatening shooting opportunity.

It was still difficult.

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The game came to the 46th minute.

In the injury time, Manchester City made their last attack.

After Su Fei received the ball in the middle circle, he passed it back to Modric behind him.

Modric pushed the ball forward, passing it to Su Fei in a two-on-one match.

Modric sent the ball to Su Fei's feet after he crossed the center line.

However, AC Milan reacted quickly.

Kaka and Seedorf immediately changed direction in tacit understanding and launched a double-team attack on Su Fei.

Su Fei poked fiercely.

Send the ball out from the gap between the two people who were about to form a closed defense.

Then he used his body to open the way violently.

Pushed Seedorf away.

Rushed through the two people.

However, this was only the first line of defense in AC Milan's midfield.

Pirlo on the second line of defense and Su Fei rushed to the ball at the same time.

An extremely exaggerated scene appeared!

Pirlo, who was relatively more advantageous, ran in both directions with the ball.

On the contrary, Su Fei, who was being chased by the ball, got the first step to touch the ball.

The moment Su Fei approached the ball.

He twisted his body and passed the ball to Cassano who was advancing on the left.

Cassano passed the ball with his heel.

After passing it to Modric behind him, he moved to the side.

Modric sent a precise long pass from the left, and the ball passed AC Milan's left midfielder Gattuso.

Cassano stretched his foot in time when the ball was about to roll out of the sideline.

He pulled the ball to stop the car.

"Manchester City's passing and cutting cooperation in this round is very good!"

"Successfully broke through AC Milan's midfield defense!"

"This idea is fine!"

"To fight with fewer people against more people, we still need to rely on blitzkrieg!"

"If we play a positional war with AC Milan."

"The ending can only be like the first round against Barcelona, ​​being beaten to death."

"Look at this ball."

"What will Cassano do."

On the court, Cassano, who successfully stopped the ball, was approached by Gattuso who was chasing him.

Gattuso, known as the "midfield meat grinder".

With thick hair and a big beard, he looks like a tough guy, and his playing style is as tough as his appearance.

Cassano is about the same height as Gattuso.

But their body types are not at the same level.

Facing Gattuso, Cassano certainly wasn't stupid enough to seek physical confrontation.

Instead, he pulled the ball and faced the middle sideways.

After avoiding Gattuso's foot steal.

Then he made a fake move of turning forward after dribbling the ball, first deceiving Gattuso's center of gravity.

Then he sent a high cross from the sideline.

Su Fei was closely guarded by Pirlo in the frontcourt.

He jumped violently and successfully touched the ball.

"Bang!"

Headed the ball.

He sent the ball to Knight who was advancing on the right rib.

Knight accelerated while dribbling the ball.

He entered the penalty area.

Stuart on the side of the court couldn't help but stretch his neck, his eyes full of expectation, and countless Blue Moon fans in the stands also had the same expression.

But Knight, who dribbled into the penalty area.

He didn't even get a chance to kick.

Maldini bumped into him, grabbed him, and then kicked the ball hard.

He sent the ball out of the danger zone.

Beep! Beep——

With the referee's whistle, the half ended, and Manchester City finally failed to return to the locker room and score the second goal.

Ancelotti on the side of the court.

Relieved.

Waved to the players to leave the field quickly and enter the player tunnel.

This tactical master.

There are too many things to say, and the team needs to make adjustments in the midfield in many places.

On the other side.

Stuart regretted it, and quickly adjusted his expression and hugged every player who left the field.

"Let's go, gentlemen."

"We've done well, now it's time to replenish our energy."

"Keep up the form you just played in the second half, I think I can treat everyone to pizza again today."

The old man knew that he could not beat Ancelotti in tactics, so he simply changed his strategy.Strategy, starting from mentality.

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Stuart Pearce did not have a brilliant resume like Ancelotti when he was a player.

In 1978, when 16-year-old Pearce set foot on the road of professional players, he was rejected by Queens Park Rangers.

He was forced to become a member of the youth training of a second-tier league team, Stoneweed.

In the first few years of Stoneweed, in order to make a living, Stuart had to work part-time as an electrician and cement mason in addition to training.

But five years later.

With his own efforts and sweat, Stuart won the favor of Coventry, a top league team at the time.

And in the two seasons of Coventry, he successfully established himself in the top league, and then transferred to Nottingham Forest, where he spent his 12-year career as captain.

After that, he was displaced, Newcastle, West Ham United, and finally ended his last career in Manchester City.

There is no doubt.

Stuart does not have a super football talent, otherwise his career would not have been in a weak Premier League team.

During his time as a player, he never helped the team win any championship. The closest one was the FA Cup final in 1998 when he represented Newcastle.

But it is precisely because of this experience that Stewart.

can think about problems from the perspective of every player in the team.

Since he served as the head coach of Manchester City in the past two seasons, he has maintained a good relationship with every player in the team.

Even Stewart is very clear.

His understanding of football and his ability to read the game are definitely inferior to most of the current Manchester City players.

But in addition to the atmosphere in the locker room, Stewart's best work is to understand clearly.

Who to put in the starting lineup on the court and who to resolutely focus on as the absolute core of the team can win.

In this regard.

Stewart and a certain bass coach in the basketball world in later generations have a lot in common.

So.

When Manchester City made a speech at the halftime adjustment of this game, Stewart emphasized only one point.

"We must create more frontcourt touches for Su."

"Maybe when playing against other teams, many of you can rely on your personal abilities to break through and even score."

"But today our opponent is AC Milan."

"The fact is that they can do better than us in terms of personal ability and passing and controlling."

"But it doesn't matter."

"We have Su!!"

"I need you to reduce all unnecessary dribbling and passing attempts in the second half."

"You must do it."

"Whenever there is an opportunity to pass the ball to Su, decisively send the ball under your feet!"

The Manchester City players who listened carefully showed a firm expression.

Everyone.

They all agreed with Stuart's speech.

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