Football: I can see player entries.

Chapter 319 The Bizarre Style of Burton

At the start of the second half, Li Yanqing used both of Quinn's substitutions immediately.

Murphy replaced Dybala, and Bradford replaced Ibrahimovic.

At the same time, their formation reverted to the more familiar 4-2-3-1.

In fact, if it were a normal situation, Li Yanqing probably wouldn't have made this choice.

While they couldn't out-skill their opponent, the opponent's tactics and techniques were equally ineffective against Burton.

If we just create a few more chances for Dybala, he might be able to score.

However, the grass was rather slippery for this match, and Li Yanqing was worried that the players might get injured.

It's better to replace it.

As for Murphy...

It's okay, he's still young, he can take a few more falls.

In short, Quinn made the right choice.

"I didn't realize this kid had such a talent for coaching."

"He even started explaining his strategies to other players."

Li Yanqing stroked his chin, thinking with a smile on his face.

As the head coach, not only do you not have to direct the game, but now you don't even have to go to the locker room during halftime?

I'm one step closer to realizing my dream of owning a pendant.

Compared to Burton's tendency to make adjustments in their playing style, Guardiola has a completely different approach.

He prefers to decide on the tactics early on, so that the players just need to execute them.

The team has corresponding contingency plans for offense, defense, when leading, and when trailing.

It would certainly seem better to adjust as needed, but the advantage of doing so is that players won't encounter situations where sudden changes are made and they have no idea how to play.

At that moment, Guardiola was staring at the tactics board.

He briefly analyzed Burton's tactics in the first half and was surprised to find that the opponent made four or five minor adjustments in just forty-five minutes.

The most amazing thing is that their players don't seem to feel any discomfort as a result.

"It's hard to imagine that he went even further than Mourinho."

How exactly did the players adapt?

On the other side, Guardiola's assistant walked over carrying his laptop.

"Sir, as you requested, I watched all of Li Yanqing's important games after he took over as Burton."

"I've actually discovered something incredible."

“They make a lot of small adjustments in every game.”

"This approach is completely unlike that of a mature team..."

"Yes." Guardiola nodded.

He didn't know how Li Yanqing did it, but he knew that most strong teams didn't do it that way.

They prefer to practice one or two playing styles before fitting suitable players into this stable framework.

This way, the team's performance can be guaranteed to the greatest extent possible without affecting its strength.

Apart from a few core players who are truly irreplaceable, everyone else can only be considered peripheral players.

But Li Yanqing's approach was different.

Although two lineups are mainly used, the details often change.

Sometimes the attack relies on one point, sometimes on two points, or even on players moving forward from the backfield.

When defending, they sometimes use high-pressure pressing and sometimes man-to-man marking; there doesn't seem to be a fixed method.

But his players were able to adapt most of the time.

This is the most incredible thing Guardiola found.

It doesn't feel like he was coached by Mourinho.

It's more like he learned from veteran coaches like Wenger or Ferguson.

However, before their questions could be answered, they saw Burton's side change two people's signs.

"Sir, they've changed formation."

"It has changed to a 4-2-3-1 formation, which is a formation that Mourinho is familiar with."

"It seems like they're trying to launch a counter-attack; that short striker is pretty fast."

The assistant knew Murphy and knew that he always came on as a substitute striker during counter-attacks.

"Let's wait and see how things go," Guardiola said, still very confident in his tactics.

He only makes minor adjustments to the tactics each year, believing that Manchester City's strength surpasses that of other clubs, both tactically and in terms of players.

In recent years, only Liverpool has broken their monopoly on the Premier League title.

But one notable characteristic of Klopp's team management is that he wastes players.

They often only have a few years of peak performance, after which they need to rebuild the team.

Even if they manage to get these things, he still won't care about them.

Just look at Liverpool this season; they've already started their decline.

Stability has decreased significantly.

On the contrary, Li Yanqing's Burton piqued his interest.

It's also quite stable and doesn't waste players' time.

And most importantly, his framework seems to allow anyone to be replaced, and no one's position can be considered absolutely central.

Even Quinn is not irreplaceable.

In his opinion, players like De Bruyne and Toni Klose can adapt to this position very well, and they do it much better than that young man.

Another point is the quality of the players.

Manchester City's players all have similar playing styles, and their passing ability is good regardless of their position.

Burton was different.

Especially Mangala and Joe Hart, he knew them too well.

It's like temporarily piecing together players of different styles.

But the actual results are quite good.

"Let Aguero take on Manolas more often."

"Now it's his turn to pass the ball, let's see what changes occur."

After hesitating for a long time, Guardiola finally decided to do something.

First, block their passing lanes from the backfield to prevent them from launching quick counter-attacks.

It must be said that Guardiola has a very keen eye for talent.

With the formation compressed so much, Manolas is now the most suitable player for Burton to play the ball out.

Neither Bradford nor Mangala has much of a passing ability.

Joe Hart is all about kicking the ball.

Aguero pushed the ball forward slightly, leaving Manolas with no choice but to pass it to Lars Bender.

Instead of passing the ball to Quinn, the latter delivered a brilliant through ball without stopping it!

"I almost forgot, he can pass the ball too!"

Guardiola suddenly clutched his head. This player usually only took on sweeping duties in the backfield, and he had almost forgotten that he was actually an all-around midfielder!

Trying to steal a chicken but ending up with a handful of rice is...

Meanwhile, on Burton's side, Murphy received the ball and deftly chipped it over the last defender in front of him.

[Single-handed expert] activated!

"Well done!"

"Good job!"

Li Yanqing watched as Murphy, who had just come on, got a one-on-one opportunity and that lobbed shot, which must have been taught to him by Dybala.

At the same time, a childish shout rang out from the sidelines.

"Brother Murphy!"

"Shoot!"