Chapter 558 What Is the Team Brain?

"Manchester United, playing away from home, is in trouble. After 25 minutes, their attack has not found the rhythm and direction, and the goal is penetrated by the opponent first...Manchester United has always been good at playing when they are leading. How will they perform when they are ahead..."

The commentator who supports Manchester United is very worried about Manchester United, and even can't help but think of an experience six years ago.

That season, with only 6 rounds left in the league, Manchester United had an 8-point advantage over Manchester City. It seemed that Manchester United's championship was just a matter of time. However, with Manchester United's upset loss to Wigan Athletic, leading Everton 4-2 but allowing the opponent to score 2 goals in a row but only getting 1 point, and the derby gave Park Ji-sung a very high tactical position but eventually lost. Losing 8 points in 4 rounds quickly disintegrated Manchester United's points advantage, and Manchester City finally won the Premier League championship with the advantage of goal difference.

If Manchester United loses the game away today, it is not impossible to be reversed by Manchester City again.

Although Manchester United's performance this season is perfect, Manchester City's performance is also very outstanding. In 31 Premier League games, they got 81 points, averaging 2.61 points per game, which means they can get 99 points at the end of the season.

This score is enough to win the championship in any other league.

Facing such a strong opponent, if Manchester United makes too many mistakes, it is entirely possible to be reversed.

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Seeing the goal, Guardiola also jumped up from his seat, raised his arms and cheered, while Mourinho next to him looked annoyed.

Manchester City showed everyone who watched this game another kind of defensive counterattack. They did not shrink in their backcourt waiting for the opponent to attack, and then counterattacked in the gap behind the opponent. Their defense was very active, and Manchester City players were actively stealing from the frontcourt to the backcourt, which made Manchester United players very uncomfortable. They had no space to play freely on the court, and the effectiveness of the game would be greatly reduced.

After taking the lead, Manchester City did not attack in one go, but continued to stick to their "defense counterattack", relying on midfield interception and restriction of Bruno. Once Manchester United was paralyzed, they would immediately use sharp attacks to hit their vital points.

Bruno found that Manchester City's players paid attention to the severity of fouls. Although they fell on some balls and the opponent did foul, they were not enough to get a yellow card.

It seems that this is what Coach Guardiola told them in advance...

Damn, after two seasons, I have really been studied by the opponent!

Despite this, what else can I do? I can only continue to seek opportunities in the gap between three people.

Bruno doesn't believe that he can't find such an opportunity, and he doesn't believe that Manchester City's players can maintain that state from beginning to end in a 90-minute high-intensity game...

Wait? Maintain high intensity from beginning to end for 90 minutes?

Bruno suddenly thought of one thing, that is, can Manchester City's defense always maintain such compactness and tacit understanding? Is it really possible?

He didn't believe that there were such players and teams in the world who could play a 90-minute game without making any mistakes or loopholes.

If there were, it must be that the pressure he put on the opponent was not enough.

He was only concerned with the three defensive midfielders of the opponent, how could he forget this point?

It was too narrow-minded to only focus on three people...

Bruno continued to seek a breakthrough, and seemed to want to commit a foul, but when the opponent rushed over, he suddenly passed the ball to Kante's feet beside him, and then he stopped and turned around and ran in another direction.

Mkhitaryan thought he was going to continue to receive the ball, so he followed him closely.

Bruno gestured to Kante behind him, asking him not to pass the ball to him. As for who to pass it to, it was Kante's own business, and he had no control over it.

Otherwise, why would Bruno recommend Mourinho to buy Kante to partner with him? The two of them have that kind of special tacit understanding, and you can know it without saying it.

Kante saw Mkhitaryan following Bruno, so he knew that the ball could not be passed to him, so he turned around and passed the ball to Gundogan on the other side.

Gundogan kicked the ball directly, and Harry Kane almost won the ball, but Kompany got the ball first.

Corner kick!

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Taking advantage of the dead ball, Bruno called several teammates around him.

He couldn't call all the team members to his side to give instructions, so he could only tell a few people first and then pass it on.

"We need to improve our offensive rhythm." He said to everyone, "Sorry, we didn't find the rhythm before, it was all my fault. Now we have to change this situation. My pass will be very fast, so everyone needs to cooperate with me."

"That's good!" Harry Kane clenched his fist and shouted, "Speed ​​is still suitable for us! You don't have to say it, Bruno, we are used to fast football, ha!"

Others also agreed.

"Then it's settled, we pass and run fast, and use our speed to tear open their defense!"

Everyone agreed loudly.

Everyone else left, but Bruno stopped Rashford. He had something to say about this corner kick.

"Marcus, don't kick the ball directly to the front of the goal. Their central defenders have excellent air defense capabilities."

"You mean the tactical corner kick?" Rashford asked.

Bruno nodded and said, "Give me the ball, I'll organize the attack, we'll make a quick attack in the 30-meter area!"

Rashford thought Bruno's words were interesting, and he laughed.

Rashford ran to take a corner kick, but Bruno didn't run with him, but stood on the ribs, a certain distance away from the corner kick area.

He didn't want to be too obvious and let the other side see through his intentions.

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Manchester City's goal was crowded, and Bruno didn't go in to join in the fun.

Rashford didn't pass the ball there either, he swept the ball directly to the outside of the penalty area, and it fell at Bruno's feet.

Watching the ball fly towards Bruno, Fernandinho bypassed Kante who blocked him in the penalty area and rushed towards Bruno.

Bruno saw Fernandinho and pretended to shoot, which attracted Fernandinho to fly to block the eye, but he suddenly dribbled the ball, dribbled past the Brazilian midfielder, and then passed the ball again without waiting for other Manchester City players to surround him!

Instead of passing the ball to the wing, he passed it through!

The ball passed under the feet of two Manchester City players on the ribs, and at the same time, Mbappe made a diagonal cut to break through Manchester City's overall forward defense!

"A beautiful counter-offside!"

"Bruno finally passed a good through ball!"

"Wow! Beautiful! Really beautiful!"

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The commentators exclaimed loudly.

When Mbappe received the ball, there were still Manchester City players raising their hands to indicate that the opponent was offside, because they did not expect Manchester United to attack so quickly and resolutely this time.

After receiving the ball, Mbappe turned to face the goal and shot directly!

The ball was saved by Ederson, and it was another corner kick!

"Wow! Manchester United finally has a chance to threaten Manchester City's goal!"

The Manchester City fans in the stands exclaimed loudly, and they almost thought that their team's lead was about to be lost.

Mbappe held his head with both hands, regretting that he missed this great opportunity.

"In the duel with Manchester City's three midfielders, Bruno finally won a round!" Lineker, who gradually turned into a "Bruno fan", really valued Bruno's personal performance.

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Fernandinho stood up and looked at his Brazilian national team teammate Ederson, who was a little embarrassed, and knew that he was fooled by Bruno.

Football is so unfair. No matter how many times the offensive players are blocked by the defensive players, the praise the defensive players deserve will not be as big as the offensive players who occasionally break through the defensive players.

When Manchester United took a corner kick again, Fernandinho did not retreat to the penalty area, but stayed beside Bruno.

Bruno still stood in the position he stood before, but this time Rashford did not kick the ball to him, but passed it directly to the front of the goal.

Rashford is not a brainless person. Seeing that Bruno was trapped in the opponent's key defense, he still implemented the previous tactics.

Although Rashford's cross found the Manchester United player, Maguire headed the ball high, and Manchester United's offensive ended here.

Although there was no goal, Bruno and his Manchester United teammates gained confidence through this attack.

Manchester City's defense is not completely flawless. When they face Manchester United, which suddenly changes its rhythm, they will also have some unexpected loopholes.

"Let's do it!" Manchester United's players encouraged each other.

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Guardiola couldn't sit still for the loopholes in the defense just now. He rushed to the sidelines and was furious about this defense.

"What the hell are you doing? Don't give him that chance!"

He soon found out that it was not that their players were not strong in defense, but that Manchester United became active. They seemed to be about to find the right track.

Bruno passed the ball as soon as he got the ball, then ran quickly, continued to receive the pass from his teammates, and then passed it quickly.

Not only him, but other players around him were like this, passing and running quickly.

Manchester United, which suddenly became active, made Manchester City's players unable to adapt for a while.

"Bruno received the ball, pass it! Kante! Mbappe! Bruno! Rashford! Shaw... Bruno! Harry Kane - missed the shot!"

"Bruno passed the ball without stopping, Mkhitaryan fouled him! Referee Martin Atkinson whistled to stop the game! He gave Mkhitaryan a verbal warning, but Manchester United players were not satisfied. They thought Mkhitaryan should have received a yellow card for this foul!"

"Manchester United's performance suddenly improved, which was related to Bruno's activeness. Could it be that he found a way to deal with Manchester City's midfield?"