Chapter 574: Kant's Attack

"Press him, and before De Bruyne is replaced, focus on attacking him, breaking him down and causing him to make forced errors."

Mourinho said.

"We can accept a draw." He smiled. "It would be better if we could sneak away and take away three points."

The locker room burst into laughter.

The second half started quickly, and Manchester City coach Guardiola made decisive adjustments. He replaced David Silva with Aguero.

Manchester City's formation has also been changed. Sterling, Jesus, Aguero, and Sane form a four-forward forward. Bernardo Silva moves back to form a team with Fernandinho and De Bruyne. Midfield.

It's obvious that Guardiola is really going to fight Manchester United.

Faced with Guardiola's adjustment, Mourinho also immediately made targeted adjustments. Kante sat in the middle, Fellaini and Herrera's sweeping defensive area was enlarged to support the wing, while Gundogan's position was slightly smaller. Drop back and be ready to support the three defensive midfielders at any time.

This adjustment immediately curbed Manchester City's newly launched offensive.

Guardiola glanced at Mourinho from a distance with some irritation. This bastard's tactics were extremely conservative. Is this guy really satisfied with the current score and not thinking about counterattack at all?

No matter how unhappy Guardiola is, the fact is that this is the case. Manchester United behaved very conservatively, and Mourinho seems to be really focused on keeping the 1:1 score and is satisfied.

This is also related to the current situation. The 3:0 win at home in the first round gave Manchester United a huge advantage. This gave them more tactical options in this game and gave them the confidence to set up a bus to defend in the away game. .

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"Mourinho and Manchester United can accept a draw from the Etihad away game," Sun Jihai said. "With a draw with Manchester City, Manchester United can advance to the final with a big win in the first leg."

"In fact, even if they lose, even if they lose by a score of 1:4, Manchester United will advance. The advantage they gained in the first round at home is too great, especially if they did not give Manchester City an away goal, which is quite So they beat Manchester City by 4 goals," Zhan Jun added.

At this time, the camera showed a close-up of the fans in the stands. A hot blonde female fan yawned widely and was about to fall asleep.

"The game was very dull, and the fans almost fell asleep." Zhan Jun shook his head and said, "This game was broadcast live in nearly 180 countries and regions around the world, but this dull scene may disappoint the fans."

The game was dull, but Mourinho was very comfortable sitting there. He felt happy when he saw Manchester City repeatedly returning without success, especially when he saw Kanter stopping Manchester City's attack. He clapped and nodded with a look of satisfaction.

The director deliberately gave him a close-up, believing that this would make Manchester City fans dislike this person even more.

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The game has gone on for sixty minutes, and the score on the field is still 1:1.

Among the commentators from various countries who broadcast the game live, some commentators have already criticized Mourinho's conservatism.

Mourinho cannot hear these criticisms, and even if he hears them, he will not pay attention. His job today is to lead Manchester United to the Champions League final, not to please the media and commentators.

Moreover, having been a coach for almost 20 years, Mourinho has a deep understanding of the coach's working environment. You don't have to pay attention to some gesticulating voices. As long as you can lead the team to win, as long as your coaching performance is excellent, in the end, those criticisms will Your people will come to praise you and become your pet peeves. Even if they still harbor the intention of punishing you and criticizing you one day, as long as you keep winning and leading the team to achieve outstanding results, they will have no choice but to take advantage of you. praise you.

Mourinho got up from the coaching bench, came to the sidelines and whistled.

It was like the starting gun sounded, and Manchester United suddenly stepped up their pressing in the midfield.

A few minutes later, Gundogan and Fellaini teamed up to steal the ball from De Bruyne's feet. Manchester United suddenly launched a quick counterattack. Gundogan passed the ball through the ball. Bruno pulled the ball and passed the ball into the penalty area. Harry Kay En headers the goal.

The ball was bravely saved by Ederson, but the ball did not completely leave the danger zone. Otamendi failed to kick the ball far when he made the clearance. Luke Shaw, who followed up, directly shot the ball from a long distance. The ball touched the post and went out of the baseline. He was shocked. It made Manchester City fans break into a cold sweat.

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"This is obviously a premeditated counterattack." Zhan Jun said, "De Bruyne has played too many games this season, starting 35 Premier League games, 8 games in the Champions League, and also played in the League Cup and FA Cup. After playing 7 games, the total number of games has reached 50, which is second only to Bruno among all Premier League players.”

"But De Bruyne's physical fitness can only be regarded as average. He is not like the type of Bruno who can't run to death. He has had physical problems many times in games recently. Mourinho must be aware of this. This is to take advantage of the situation." As De Bruyne's physical fitness declined and he had no chance to be replaced, he suddenly stepped up the pressure and tried to steal a counterattack opportunity. "

"They almost succeeded..." Sun Jihai said with lingering fear.

Manchester City launched an offensive after the start of the second half, but faced Mourinho's adjustment and response, it was quickly curbed. Manchester City's offensive gradually weakened, and the two sides once again fell into a stalemate.

There were loud boos in the stands of Etihad Stadium. Manchester City fans were very dissatisfied with the current situation of the game. The game was dull now. The score was 1:1, and the total score was 1:4 behind. The fans could not see any advantages or possibility of Manchester City scoring for the time being, and their mentality became impatient.

Of course, the boos in Etihad Stadium at this time can also be understood as their strong dissatisfaction with Manchester United's conservative tactics.

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The camera turned to the bench of Manchester City. Mkhitaryan, who had finished warming up, returned to the bench. Assistant coach Arteta was explaining the tactics to him.

At this time, on the court, Fellaini and De Bruyne were entangled again. The two Belgians fell to the ground together.

I have to admire Fellaini for being a smart ghost. Before falling to the ground, he poked the football first, and Herrera got the ball.

The referee on duty, Felix Brüch, raised his hand to signal the two people to stand up, which meant that no one had committed a foul, so don't talk about anything, and the game will continue.

"Counterattack, counterattack, Manchester United's counterattack opportunity."

After receiving the pass from Fellaini, Kante did not pass the ball to Bruno or other players as usual. He suddenly chose to dribble forward.

Kante's move caught Manchester City's midfield off guard. Throughout the game today, if Fellaini and Herrera occasionally pressed forward, Kante would stay in his own half, at most pressing forward a few steps, and then retreat after passing the ball. He never dribble forward in a straight line, so Kante suddenly dribble forward, and no Manchester City player came up to intercept.

Kante dribble forward.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines and saw this scene, and he was also excited. He clapped his hands quickly and muttered: Go! Go! Go!

In Manchester United's usual tactical training class, Mourinho sometimes let Kante suddenly advance. The main consideration is that Kante rarely presses forward. Such a sudden press can sometimes have a miraculous effect!

As for when to press forward, Mourinho left it to the players to decide based on the situation on the field.

So this time Kante's sudden forward movement was a tactical drill, but it was Kante's own judgment and choice to move forward at this time.

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"Kante dribbled the ball forward, and Manchester City's midfield did not intercept it at all... Fernandinho, he came up to intercept and rushed over." Zhan Jun clenched his fist and shouted.

Fernandinho came up to intercept, but this interception was more symbolic. Kante, who was not good at passing, pushed the ball forward, accelerated himself, and just passed it.

"Fernandinho let Kante go, and he turned to defend Bruno." Sun Jihai said. After seeing Fernandinho's symbolic block, he did not chase Kante, but immediately rushed to Bruno. Experience told him that Kante would not continue to dribble the ball, he would choose to pass the ball, and Bruno, who was closest to Kante, was obviously a dangerous person.

Mourinho clenched his hands, pursed his lips and looked at the court, motionless, his eyes seemed to be flashing.

"Harry Kane retreated, he was ready to meet Kante... Otamendi came up, he was guarding against Kante's pass, good job, Kante!!!" Zhan Jun shouted loudly.

Kante pretended to pass the ball to Harry Kane, which was the most correct choice in everyone's eyes. Everyone knows that Kante's characteristics are daring to fight and dribble, and dribbling and shooting are really not his strong points.

To be honest, this time he was able to dribble the ball all the way for such a long distance and passed Fernandinho, which has made many people open their mouths in surprise.

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Otamendi immediately stretched out his foot to block Ekante's pass, but he didn't expect Kante to move the ball forward, suddenly speed up and squeeze Otamendi away, and continue to move forward.

Otamendi was shocked and turned around to chase.

At this time, Bruno and Gundogan were sprinting.

"Pass the ball!" Mourinho clenched his fists and shouted loudly to the field.

At this moment, Bruno attracted Fernandinho and Laporta, and Gundogan was empty.

"Make up! Make up!" Ederson shouted loudly, and Kyle Walker rushed towards Gundogan.

"Pass the ball!" Zhan Jun shouted, "Open space - Walker makes up - Kante - he - shoots? !!!!!!!"

Zhan Jun's eyes widened, with a look of doubt in his eyes. He saw Kante raised his right foot, but he didn't pass the ball, but shot!

The Manchester United midfielder suddenly kicked and shot when he was nearly 30 meters away from the goal!

No one expected that he would choose to shoot, and the shot was so decisive.

The football took off into the air and flew towards the goal suddenly, bringing a gust of wind.