I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 287: The first win of the season! Messi is unstoppable! The strongest mouth cannon in the Premier League! Yang Cheng: Let me take over! [Subscribe]

The outside media and fans don’t know that losing the Community Shield has a huge impact on the Chinese in Bayswater.

The last time Bayswater Chinese missed out on the Community Shield was in 2006.

Because in the 05/06 season, which was the first season that Bayswater Chinese entered the Premier League, Yang Cheng's team won the League Cup and the UEFA Cup, and naturally missed the Community Shield.

Since 07, Bayswater Chinese have won six consecutive Community Shield titles.

But lost to Manchester City this year.

Although everyone, including Yang Cheng, has been emphasizing that the Community Shield is insignificant and is just a charity competition, it is still a bit disappointing to suddenly lose it after winning it for so many years.

What's more, in the past few years, the Chinese players in Bayswater have been successful in the Premier League. Naturally, the players have more pride in their hearts!
This is actually what Yang Cheng intends to cultivate and shape.

What is the arrogance of the strong?

Pride and confidence are a must!
But this is all based on real achievements.

After losing the Community Shield, the Bayswater Chinese dressing room felt a little disappointed.

What's more, now that Lewandowski has transferred to Barcelona, ​​this makes the players even more nervous and uneasy.

This is a center forward who can score fifty or sixty goals for the team in a season!

Losing the Community Shield undoubtedly exacerbated this negative sentiment.

Yang Cheng and the coaching staff also keenly captured the emotions of the players, so after playing the Community Shield, the team began to prepare for the game in a low-key manner.

The club no longer attended any commercial activities, nor did it carry out any publicity or promotion.

The team is very low-key every day at the Brent Training Center, focusing on adjusting their condition and training.

Yang Cheng, the coaching staff, and psychological experts also communicated with the players one by one, trying their best to help the team get out of this negative emotion, but this is obviously not an easy task.

Confidence is something that really needs to be regained through one game after another!

Of course, Yang Cheng never worried that the team would collapse.

The foundation that has been painstakingly laid over the past few years and the confidence that the players have built up cannot be destroyed by just one game.

Otherwise, the Chinese in Bayswater are too fragile!
It’s just that the first round of the league will be played away at the Etihad Stadium, which will be a big challenge for Bayswater Chinese who just lost the Community Shield.

Therefore, Yang Cheng needs the team to return to its best form as soon as possible.

Only in this way can Bayswater Chinese have a chance to escape unscathed from the away game.

At the same time, Yang Cheng also began to conduct in-depth analysis with the coaching staff on the tactics and changes presented by Manchester City after Guardiola took over as coach.

From the International Champions Cup to the Community Shield, Manchester City has played a lot of games.

Many things can still be seen.

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"In the past, when Ancelotti was in charge, Manchester City's offensive tactics were very detailed, well prepared and methodical, but a big feature was the large-scale transfer of the ball."

Brian Kidd analyses Manchester City's past tactical characteristics.

This is actually not only a characteristic of Manchester City, but also a characteristic of the Premier League.

For example, this is the case for teams like Manchester United and Liverpool.

Arsenal is quite special.

Arsenal didn't actually have many long-range passes, most of them were short passes.

The Gunners are different from other teams in one way, that is, when their players get the ball, the first thing they do is not to pass the ball, but to dribble it.

The Chinese in Bayswater focus on passing the ball with one foot, passing first and then leading.

But the Gunners are the type who dribble first and pass later.

If you watch Arsenal's games carefully and see how the Gunners players cooperate, you will find that there are quite a few differences.

Of course, from the fans' perspective, both sides mainly rely on smooth passing and cutting, which is very entertaining.

The large-scale ball transfer was not initiated by the Chinese in Bayswater.

This is how the long passes in the Premier League have always been.

When Manchester United won the treble in 99, Beckham's long diagonal passes from the wing were unparalleled.

If we were to talk about the change that Yang Cheng's Bayswater Chinese brought about, it would be the large-scale horizontal transfer of the ball.

This has become especially important since Toni Kroos joined.

Looking at other Premier League teams, such as Manchester United, although they have Carrick, their long passes are still mainly straight passes and diagonal passes.

Manchester City during Ancelotti's time had a master of passing the ball like Pirlo, and the tactics were also mainly based on diagonal passes forward and long passes forward to find Ibrahimovic.

This tactical style of play of transferring the ball horizontally over a large area is also a unique characteristic and advantage of the Chinese in Bayswater.

But what are the characteristics of Barcelona coached by Guardiola?
The whole world knows it.

Barcelona is a team that has almost no long passes or crosses from the wing.

This is because the efficiency and accuracy of long passes and wing passes are not high enough.

This goes against Barcelona's ball possession philosophy.

The core idea of ​​Barcelona is to seize as much ball as possible.

Therefore, they cherish every possession of the ball, so how could they adopt such an inefficient and error-prone passing method?
"But this season, after coaching Manchester City, we can easily see that Guardiola has made very obvious changes in the attack initiation phase."

"On the one hand, players like David Silva, Verratti, Messi, Pirlo, Yaya Toure and Aguero all give Manchester City the technical foundation to play a passing and possession style of play."

"So, they started to pass the ball continuously and penetrate the opponent's defense through this dense continuous passing. This is very Barcelona and very consistent with Guardiola's coaching philosophy."

"But on this basis, the characteristics of the long-range ball transfer left over from Ancelotti's previous coaching period have also been maintained. Both Yaya Toure and Pirlo have become the starting points for the long-range ball transfer."

As early as when he played for Bayswater Chinese, Yaya Toure had excellent long pass ability.

Not to mention Pirlo.

"We can now basically confirm that Guardiola's tactical philosophy as Manchester City coach is to combine his own ball possession philosophy with Manchester City's wide-range ball transfers and the Premier League's fast-paced offense, a combination of different styles of play."

Fusion!

When Yang Cheng heard Brian Kidd mention this term, he immediately nodded heavily.

This is also how he feels about Guardiola's recent games.

Guardiola has never been one of those managers who stays the same.

On the contrary, he has been seeking breakthroughs and progress.

Coming to the Premier League, he naturally wants to find a way to integrate his football philosophy with the characteristics of the Premier League.

"From the past few games, I feel that Guardiola's team has not done well in this regard, or has not done enough, especially in the Community Shield and the International Champions Cup against Atletico Madrid."

In these two games, the intensity of the games was quite high, the opponents we encountered were strong, and the defensive pressure was also high.

This makes it easy for Manchester City to expose some of the team's current problems and hidden dangers.

"Also, Manchester City's players are not yet sufficiently adapted to this tactical style of play. Problems still easily arise during the coordination process, ranging from the movement of the team's overall formation to the individual positioning, coordination and support of the players."

These are all normal phenomena for Guardiola and Manchester City.

It seems that everyone can see now that Messi has not yet integrated into Manchester City and has not adapted to the Premier League.

It would be strange if one could adapt to the Premier League all at once from La Liga.

Guardiola and Messi are both adapting, and so is the reorganized Manchester City.

This is the opportunity for the Chinese in Bayswater!
It takes a while to adapt.

But the real competition between the two sides will be in the first round of the league, and there is not much time left for Manchester City.

In addition to Brian Kidd, other members of the coaching staff and people from the sports science department also analyzed Guardiola's Manchester City from their respective fields and gave various targeted suggestions and game strategies.

There are still many problems with Manchester City today.

This includes Yaya Toure or Pirlo playing as a single defensive midfielder, or the degree of coordination between the frontcourt players when pressing.

There is also the challenge faced by the backline players when defending high.

You know, whether it was Manchester City before the acquisition by the Abu Dhabi consortium, or Eriksson and Ancelotti after the acquisition, they actually adopted low-post defense.

Manchester City's midfielders and defenders are also familiar with this defensive strategy.

But in order to ensure possession of the ball, Guardiola adopted a high defensive position.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that we can’t play.

Kompany, Chiellini, Jerome Boateng, Savic and Demichelis are all very strong central defenders who are fully capable of supporting Manchester City's defense.

And everyone knows that Guardiola has always had a very strange obsession with central defenders.

Or it should be said that in his tactical system, the central defenders are very exhausted and suffer many injuries.

After listening to everyone's ideas and suggestions, Yang Cheng integrated them and combined them with some of his own ideas. He also formulated guiding ideas for the team to prepare for the first round of the league in the next week.

“In the first round against Manchester City, we will adopt a simple and direct attack, using our quick breakthroughs and advancement to tear through Manchester City’s defense. This will be our biggest advantage in the game!”

In the previous Community Shield, Bayswater Chinese played two games in a row.

He first flew back from Asia, then flew to Nice, France in the middle of the week to play a game before flying back.

It can be said that the players' consumption is very high and their condition is not very ideal.

But now, a week of rest is enough time for the Chinese in Bayswater to adjust the players' condition.

And specifically to the tactical level.

After Lewandowski left the team, Yang Cheng has been focusing on supporting Giroud and Harry Kane.

But the former is more mature, while Harry Kane is still relatively weaker now.

Especially in physical confrontation.

As a center, physical confrontation cannot be bad.

Although Harry Kane, who just turned 20, has performed well, it is too hasty for him to rush into a position now.

Giroud plays as a typical center forward and his tactical role is very obvious.

Yang Cheng's idea is to play to Giroud's advantage, and then use wingers like Gareth Bale, Hazard, Walcott, and even Sterling to intersperse the offense and bring out the offensive advantage of the Chinese in Bayswater.

This is different from before.

In the past, Lewandowski was like an arrow, holding off the opponent's defense most of the time.

After Yang Cheng finished expressing his ideas, he also began to unify the thinking of the coaching staff and various departments.

He believes that this game is a crucial start for the team.

"Winning it will boost our confidence and allow us to look at the new season more positively in terms of tactics and mentality!"

Lewandowski has played for the team for so many years. It would be absolutely self-deception to say that his departure has no impact on Bayswater Chinese, or that the impact is not significant.

Therefore, Yang Cheng is very sure that this battle at the Etihad Stadium is very important for the Chinese in Bayswater.

Of course, it is equally important to Guardiola, Messi and Manchester City.

Isn’t this the strategic significance of strong dialogue?
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As the new season approaches, a strong smell of war gradually spreads across the UK.

The media have also begun reporting on who will be the Premier League champion in the new season.

For example, The Sun invited former England coach Venables to give his outlook on the new Premier League season in his personal column.

The legendary coach is full of expectations for the new Premier League season.

"The joining of Guardiola and the return of Mourinho have made the new Premier League season even more unpredictable!"

Venables believes that in the current Premier League, the teams with the most potential to win the championship are Yang Cheng's Bayswater Chinese and Guardiola's Manchester City.

"There is almost no gap between these two wealthy families!"

"The real test is the countless nuances of the two teams in 38 games throughout the long season, which will ultimately lead to huge differences in the results and determine who will win the championship."

But Venables also believes that the biggest problem for Yang Cheng's team is the impact of losing Lewandowski.

"Losing a super striker who scored more than 50 goals in a single season is an irreparable shortcoming for any team."

"Giroud and Harry Kane will not be able to fill Lewandowski's goal deficit in a short period of time."

Manchester City's biggest challenge is the localization of Guardiola's tactics and Messi's adaptation to the Premier League.

"Judging from the International Champions Cup and Community Shield before the season, Messi is still far from the level he played at Barcelona. Manchester City still needs to further help Messi integrate into the team."

"It's the same with Guardiola, they all need time."

The difference is the length of this period of time.

Venables also believes that while both the Bayswater Chinese and Manchester City are likely to make mistakes, Ferguson's Manchester United, Wenger's Arsenal, Mourinho's Chelsea and Mancini's Liverpool all have chances.

"They are all championship coaches, they all have excellent coaching abilities, and the overall strength of their teams is also very good."

"The competition for the Premier League title in the new season will be unprecedentedly fierce!"

What Venables revealed in his column is the same as Mourinho's.

The new season has not yet started, but Mourinho's classic war of words has already begun.

After returning to the Premier League, Mourinho's performance has been high-profile.

By the way, Chelsea won the Europa League title again last season.

Therefore, in the next European Super Cup, Chelsea will play against Bayswater Chinese.

After arriving in the Premier League, Mourinho gave exclusive interviews to The Sun, Daily Mail and The Guardian.

Before the start of the season, he gave another exclusive interview to Sky Sports.

This is the warm-up session before the Premier League season.

During the show, Mourinho said, "The Premier League in the past five years has been boring and unattractive!"

This feels a bit like saying something shocking.

The madman's first move was a powerful one, and he aimed his spearhead directly at Yang Cheng's Bayswater Chinese.

"For me, I never felt that the Premier League in the past five years was that exciting."

"Five years ago, we saw that in the 5/03 season, Arsenal won the Premier League title in an unbeaten season. This was unprecedented!"

"We have seen Chelsea win the Premier League title for two consecutive seasons with extremely dominant performances, breaking many historical records!"

"We also saw Ferguson create two different Manchester United teams, which won the league and the Champions League respectively!"

"I think that in the Premier League seasons five years ago, the teams that became champions were all very strong and convincing!"

Mourinho said this, then changed the subject, "But I haven't seen this in the Premier League in the past five years."

The Portuguese madman said that whether or not one can become a champion is the result of the combined effect of many different factors.

Strength and performance are one thing, and whether the opponent makes mistakes is another.

"It's obvious that in the past five years, in the Premier League, even if you are not strong enough, you can still win, which makes the Premier League championship unconvincing!"

Mourinho believes that his arrival will completely change this situation.

"In the past few years, we have seen in Chelsea the problems faced by many traditional Premier League teams."

"But now, I'm here and I have a very good squad, we will get better, try not to make mistakes and become more stable!"

"The championship race will last for 10 months, 38 rounds, so I say, let's take it slow!"

Mourinho believes that there are six Premier League teams this season that have the strength to challenge for the championship.

They are the Chinese from Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Bayswater.

Why is Yang Cheng's team ranked last?
"I don't think an ambitious team would sell a center forward who can consistently score more than 50 goals for the team."

"The most outrageous thing is that after they sold the players, they didn't even recruit any players in a targeted manner. This is very stupid!"

"This issue is bound to explode during the season."

Therefore, for the Chinese at Bayswater, Mourinho believes that the most pragmatic goal is to reach the top four.

This is because the Portuguese madman also firmly believes that the new season of the Premier League will be unprecedentedly intense.

Mourinho's remarks undoubtedly ignited the public opinion field.

In particular, the Portuguese madman's questioning of the Chinese in Bayswater caused a lot of hype among the media and fans.

This is also Mourinho's usual style of play.

Every word he said was a mixture of truth and falsehood.

It seems to make sense when you look at it and hear it, but it may not be the case if you look deeper.

But the Daily Mail, which is close to Chelsea, published a special front-page headline, "The Great Era of the Premier League: Who will challenge Mourinho?"

When Yang Cheng saw this report, his first reaction was, I’m Qu Nimadi!

The Daily Mail is a major newspaper, but how could it be so shameless and unscrupulous as to flatter Mourinho?
When did this guy dominate the Premier League?
Oh, once he returns, he will be the strongest in the Premier League just by talking nonsense?
"I think Mourinho is the most arrogant one among Chelsea players from beginning to end, from top to bottom, from forward to goalkeeper!"

But Yang Cheng only complained in private.

His current goal is to focus on preparing for the first round of the league, so there is naturally no need to engage in a long-distance exchange of fire with Mourinho.

He even speculated that Mourinho saw this clearly, so he deliberately pulled out the Chinese in Bayswater to step on them.

Mourinho doesn't care about the impact on the Chinese in Bayswater. What he cares about is the stimulation and motivation his words will have on Chelsea.

By the way, after Lewandowski went to Barcelona, ​​the Spanish Super League team did its best to warm up and build momentum for Lewandowski.

This makes the Polish center forward the biggest favorite for the European Golden Ball Award, which will be awarded by UEFA this year.

This actually shows the trend very clearly.

UEFA is now trying its best to promote La Liga and step on the Premier League.

It has even reached the point where there is no concealment at all.

Before the first round of the Premier League started, the British media also began to pay attention to the registration lists of the 20 Premier League teams and the predicted starting lineups for the first round of the league.

The results were surprising, and it was discovered that in the predicted lists of the 20 teams for the first round of the league, the proportion of English players was only 3%.

This has once again triggered concerns among British public opinion about the prosperity of the Premier League and England's long-term weakness.

Many people believe that the influx of foreign players into the Premier League has seriously squeezed the living environment of local English players.

You know, this 30% also includes veterans like Terry, Ashley Cole, Lampard, Ferdinand and so on.

What about the new generation?

Among the top six teams, except Rooney, the situation seems to be not very ideal.

Walcott has to compete with Hazard, Joe Hart has to compete with Ter Stegen, Gary Cahill has to compete with Benatia, and Arsenal's Wilshere also has to compete with Gourcuff, Fabregas and Arteta.

Many media believe that England is not without excellent players.

But in the fierce competition like the Premier League, England's outstanding players do not get enough opportunities to train in games.

This has also led many media and fans to call for further restrictions on foreign players.

However, this move was opposed by Premier League head coaches, club executives and even the Premier League.

There are many public opinions like this, but I haven’t seen any that can really make waves yet.

But it was in this wave that Yang Cheng led the team north to Manchester.

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August 8th afternoon, Etihad Stadium, Manchester.

In the first round of the 13/14 Premier League season, Bayswater Chinese challenged Manchester City away. As the first game of the new season, both Guardiola and Yang Cheng attached great importance to it.

After a week of rest, both teams sent out their main players.

Manchester City started with a 433 formation.

Goalkeeper: Joe Hart;

Defence: Leighton Baines, Kompany, Jerome Boateng and Zabaleta;

Midfield: Pirlo in the back, with Yaya Toure and Verratti in front;

Forwards: David Silva, Aguero and Messi.

Although, there have been rumors that Guardiola is dissatisfied with Joe Hart and wants to replace him with Ter Stegen.

But in fact, apart from a few appearances in warm-up matches, Guardiola arranged Joe Hart to start in both the Community Shield and the first round of the new season.

This is somewhat of a helpless move.

As Manchester City's main goalkeeper in the past few years and England's number one goalkeeper, Joe Hart's performance is often criticized, but his status is there.

It is obviously not appropriate to replace Joe Hart with Ter Stegen all at once.

Guardiola also had to make some compromises in this matter.

Bayswater Chinese also made some adjustments to the starting lineup.

Goalkeeper: Courtois;
Defense: Marcelo, Thiago Silva, Pepe and Piszczek;

Midfield: Javi Martinez in the back, with Toni Kroos and Modric in front;
Forwards: Gareth Bale, Giroud and Walcott.

Compared with the Community Shield, Yang Cheng made adjustments in three positions.

Marcelo returned from injury, Javi Martinez replaced Matic, and Walcott replaced Hazard.

There is no need to say much about the left back, this is a normal phenomenon.

Although Javi Martinez committed a key foul when defending Messi in the Community Shield, he did a good job of freezing Messi during the rest of the game.

In terms of defensive ability, Javi Martinez did perform better.

As for the substitutions in the frontcourt, it was mainly because Yang Cheng adopted a different tactical strategy in this game.

His game strategy is to play fast and take a simple, direct approach to attack in order to break through Manchester City's defense.

In this case, the combination of Gareth Bale, Giroud and Walcott is obviously more suitable.

However, Yang Cheng still brought Hazard over and put him on the bench.

When necessary, the Belgians can also play and perform effectively.

Both teams were targeting their opponents and also fielding their strongest lineups.

It was also the debut for Messi and Guardiola after they landed in the Premier League.

This has made the first round of the new Premier League season attract worldwide attention!
The English Football Association also specially arranged Howard Webb to referee this game, which can be said to be an ace configuration!
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With Howard Webb's whistle, Giroud kicked the ball to Gareth Bale amid the cheers of 4 fans at the Etihad Stadium, officially starting this key battle.

Yang Chengzhu stood on the sidelines and saw Manchester City players quickly moving forward and rushing towards the backcourt of Bayswater Chinese.

After the kick-off, the Bayswater Chinese quickly passed the ball to the back line.

Marcelo made a long diagonal pass from the left and accurately found Giroud in the frontcourt.

The French center forward headed the ball directly, trying to get it behind the defense line for Gareth Bale to chase.

But the Welshman was disturbed and started slowly, and Jerome Boateng, who returned to defense in time, took the lead and passed the ball back to goalkeeper Joe Hart.

The front trident of Bayswater Chinese pressed quickly and organized counterattacks.

Manchester City's midfield and backcourt also quickly retreated to respond.

After the opening, Yang Cheng's team took the initiative and did not let Manchester City control the ball. Instead, they took the initiative to attack and cut off Manchester City's organization and ball control through pressing and oppression.

This is also the countermeasure discussed by Yang Cheng and the coaching staff.

Manchester City players do not have enough tacit understanding at the moment, nor do they have a deep enough understanding of Guardiola's tactics, and their coordination is still a bit unfamiliar.

In this case, applying pressure can force the other party to expose more problems.

Yang Cheng was not worried at all that Guardiola's team would pass the ball behind them.

Although Aguero and Messi are both good players, Thiago Silva and Pepe are also very fast in returning to defense.

And the facts have proved that Yang Cheng and the team's opening tactics were effective.

In the first five minutes of the game, Manchester City found it difficult to organize a threatening attack facing the visiting team's tactical style.

In the 6th minute, when Yaya Toure was trying to advance from the midfield, Modric took the lead and poked the ball to the right side while defending closely.

Piszczek quickly moved forward and kicked the ball to Walcott.

When the little tiger stopped the ball on the right side, he took advantage of the situation, turned around and started, shook off Leighton Baines, and quickly caught up with the football that was passing by him.

Kompany was always on the lookout and quickly got back on defense, but Walcott got there first and sent a diagonal cross with his right foot.

The ball hit Kompany who was lying on the ground to make a tackle, and changed direction slightly, but still fell to the top of Manchester City's penalty area.

This was originally intended to be a header for Giroud, but at this time, the French center forward had to change his strategy after a quick run forward.

Jerome Boateng caught the landing point of the football, fell out, and slid to the ground, trying to tackle the ball out.

Goalkeeper Joe Hart also left the goal and rushed out of the small penalty area and headed straight for the top of the arc.

But what was unexpected was that Giroud was tall and had long legs. He took the lead and volleyed the ball with the inside of his left foot to the right side of the penalty area.

Jerome Boateng missed the ball and Joe Hart was also shocked.

On the contrary, Giroud rushed over quickly after taking the ball.

Although Joe Hart reacted quickly and turned around to rush over, Giroud was one step ahead and caught up with the ball on the right side of the penalty area, and pushed the ball with the outside of his left foot.

The ball flew past Joe Hart and into the unguarded goal behind him.

"The ball went in!!!"

"Just 6 minutes into the game, a left-footed shot from French center forward Giroud!"

“Bayswater Chinese got off to a fantastic start!”

"Just 6 minutes and we're leading 1-0!"

Giroud rushed to the right side immediately and celebrated the goal with Walcott.

On the sidelines, Yang Cheng also clenched his fists excitedly and clapped and cheered for the players.

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In front of the home team's coaching bench, Guardiola shook his head helplessly and walked back to the coaching bench.

"Jerome Boateng shouldn't have fallen to the ground and made a tackle just now!"

If Kompany's first tackle was to try to get the ball out of the sideline, which was a very common defensive action, then Jerome Boateng, as the last defensive player, fell to the ground to tackle before the ball even hit the ground, which was a bit too rash and sloppy.

"This player has always had this problem in defense. He often falls to the ground to make tackles. This is a big problem." Assistant coach Domenech Torrent was also speechless.

He even felt that Jerome Boateng was more like a central defender who had not undergone defensive training in recent years.

"If he had chosen to get close, stick to Giroud and block Giroud's left foot, the situation might not have been worse."

but now……

Torrent was at his wit's end.

"Joe Hart didn't grasp the timing of his attack." Guardiola also felt helpless.

Joe Hart is more of a goal-line goalkeeper, and attacking is indeed not his forte.

Moreover, his footwork is not very good.

This is also why Guardiola decided to sign Ter Stegen when he coached Manchester City.

The German goalkeeper has excellent footwork and passing ability.

But if you want to replace your country's number one goalkeeper with a foreign one, the process is obviously not a simple matter of a few words.

"I think we still need to strengthen Joe Hart's passing, and also train Jerome Boateng's defense, especially his bad defensive habit of falling to the ground all the time, which must be adjusted!"

Torrent's suggestion made Guardiola nod frequently.

But he also clearly realized that losing this goal at the beginning would still have some negative impact on Manchester City.

So, Guardiola quickly walked to the sidelines, clapped continuously, and called on the players to remain calm and patient.

In ball control tactics, patience is the foundation.

Without patience, you can't control the ball well.

In football matches, in order to build up such patience, a lot of training is often required, as well as the test of actual combat and the endorsement of results.

After the Community Shield match, Guardiola's tactics can be said to be very clear.

Manchester City's problems were also exposed.

There are many hidden dangers that Guardiola cannot solve in a short period of time.

In this game, Yang Cheng adopted targeted strategies to address these issues.

This gave Guardiola a headache.

Even a little worried.

……

The game continues.

After scoring the goal, Bayswater Chinese had no intention of quitting.

The opposite of.

Giroud's goal gave the Chinese players in Bayswater confidence.

At the very least, let them see that Yang Cheng's starting tactics are effective.

In this situation, although the players of Bayswater Chinese were playing away, they took the initiative in the game.

The two teams had equal ball possession, but after stealing the ball, the Chinese in Bayswater quickly counterattacked and played at high speed. Often two or three passes would directly threaten the defense and even the goal.

This style of play gives Manchester City a lot of headaches.

They may not even have had time to organize a counterattack before the Chinese in Bayswater had already launched a counterattack.

For example, in the 19th minute, after Walcott intercepted the ball from Leighton Baines in the frontcourt, he first pretended to pass it straight to Giroud who was making a forward run, but in fact he suddenly dribbled the ball, got rid of Leighton Baines' counter-attack, and made a horizontal pass.

Gareth Bale took a long shot directly from the left side of the arc.

But slightly off.

Just one minute later, after another steal on the left side of the team's midfield, Marcelo made a straight pass.

Gareth Bale used his speed to break through Zabaleta on the left, then went down to the left side outside the penalty area and made a left-foot pass near the left corner of the small penalty area.

Giroud quickly moved forward and headed the ball into the far corner.

As a result, the header was slightly off target again.

Compared with the Community Shield a week ago, Bayswater Chinese played more targeted in this match, and the players' condition and the team's overall performance on the field were also better.

This meant that Manchester City was unable to create any threatening attacks after the opening.

And in the 22nd minute, the ball was intercepted near the midfield.

Modric dribbled the ball away from Yaya Toure and passed it to Giroud outside the arc.

The French center forward had his back to the direction of attack, and after stopping the ball, he turned and faced the left sideline.

At this moment, the ball was on Giroud's left foot. The defensive player was blocked on the right by the French center forward and was unable to stop Giroud from sending a straight pass with his left foot.

After Gareth Bale shook off Zabaleta, he quickly moved forward to the left side of the penalty area. Facing Giroud's through pass, he did not stop the ball and pushed the ball directly into the far corner with his left foot.

The ball traveled in a straight line, hit the inside of the goal post and bounced back.

Although Joe Hart missed the first try, he quickly fished the ball out from the goal line.

Manchester City players also started to make a fuss, thinking that the ball did not go in.

But the referee Howard Webb was very observant and ruled that the goal was valid.

2 is better than 0!

Manchester City players began to protest, but Howard Webb reminded them that the Premier League officially implemented the Hawk-Eye system starting from the new season.

As long as the ball crosses the line, the referee's watch will immediately be alerted.

"From the slow-motion replay, we can see that the ball did go in!"

"In the 22nd minute of the game, Bayswater Chinese once again made a quick counterattack, with Giroud assisting Gareth Bale to score a goal!"

"This was Bayswater Chinese's seventh shot in the first 22 minutes."

"Manchester City have only had two shots on goal so far."

"It should be said that from the performance since the start of the game, we can see that Bayswater Chinese's starting tactics are more successful and more targeted."

"Guardiola's team did show some problems."

"Of course, this is not a big problem. After all, Manchester City has just been reorganized and it is Guardiola's first time coaching a Premier League team."

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After taking a 2-goal lead, the Chinese in Bayswater still showed no intention of stopping.

In the 28th minute, the team created another opportunity.

Modric quickly moved forward and when he received the pass from Giroud, he was pulled down by Pirlo who returned to defense in time.

The Manchester City midfielder was shown a yellow card.

After the opening, the Bayswater Chinese maintained a fast-paced attack and high-intensity pressing and oppression all the way, but after 30 minutes, they gradually began to slow down the pace.

After all, we have 2 balls in hand.

But at this time, Manchester City began to take the opportunity to stabilize possession of the ball.

After 30 minutes, Manchester City's possession rate increased rapidly.

It was obvious that the pressing pressure of the Chinese at Bayswater slowed down slightly, and the space they had to get the ball improved, and their passing and ball-control abilities were released.

From the 30th to the 40th minute, in just 10 minutes, Manchester City's ball possession rate was as high as 6%.

In the past few years, except when facing Barcelona, ​​the Chinese team in Bayswater has basically never suffered such a disadvantage in ball possession.

But in the 41st minute, Toni Kroos made a long diagonal pass from the left to the right side of the penalty area.

Walcott quickly moved forward between two defensive players on the right flank, without stopping the ball, and passed the ball directly to the front of the goal with his right foot.

Giroud headed the ball in front of the small penalty area, but it hit Joe Hart directly and was blocked by the Manchester City goalkeeper.

Before the end of the first half, Gareth Bale also made a cross from the left.

But Giroud's shot from the top of the arc in front of the penalty area was just too high.

In the end, the first half ended with Bayswater Chinese leading by 2 goals.

"From the performance in the first half, Bayswater Chinese created more chances, but Giroud's ability to seize opportunities and his efficiency in shooting and scoring are still far behind Lewandowski."

"If it was Lewandowski, the game would have been over in the first half!"

The second half started with a change of sides.

Manchester City still wanted to control the ball, but the Chinese in Bayswater seized the opportunity and launched a counterattack at a fast pace.

Especially Giroud.

In the 51st minute of the second half, Walcott made a straight pass and Giroud shot in front of the small penalty area, but Kompany flew to block it.

Just one minute later, Gareth Bale and Giroud made a one-on-one pass and scored a goal.

As a result, the French center forward missed the one-on-one shot near the penalty spot.

What else can I say?
Yang Cheng almost had the urge to go crazy.

If possible, he would like to say to Giroud: Get off, let me take over!

From the course of the game, Bayswater Chinese continued to create offensive opportunities.

And they are all threatening shooting opportunities.

For example, in the 57th minute, Walcott broke through on the right and made a cross, and Giroud headed the ball from the edge of the small penalty area, but it went wide again.

Everyone can clearly see that the Chinese in Bayswater's ability to create shooting opportunities is no different from the past.

Maybe even better.

The real problem lies in the efficiency of shooting and scoring.

When the game reached the 60th minute, Manchester City made a substitution.

Thiago replaced Pirlo.

At this time, Manchester City's midfield became Yaya Toure falling back, with Thiago and Verratti in the middle.

In the 67th minute, Messi suddenly seized an opportunity. After receiving the pass from Verratti, he suddenly started, dribbled the ball through the defense of Marcelo and Javi Martinez, and broke into the right side of the penalty area.

Thiago Silva stuck to Messi in time, leaned his body against the Argentine superstar, and tried to kick to stop Messi from shooting.

As a result, Messi moved too fast and Thiago Silva kicked Messi down.

The Argentine superstar fell in the penalty area.

The entire Etihad Stadium erupted in warm applause.

Howard Webb saw the situation clearly and awarded a penalty.

Messi set up the penalty himself, slowly stepped back, took a run-up and kicked the ball into the goal guarded by Courtois.

1 is better than 2!

This goal also completely ignited the fire of hope for Manchester City.

Afterwards, Blue Moon began to launch continuous attacks.

Especially in the 72nd minute, Messi dribbled past three players and forced his way into the penalty area, unstoppable.

The final shot was saved by Courtois who made a timely move.

In the 78th minute, Messi dribbled into the penalty area again. This time he received the ball from the middle and suddenly broke into the left side of the penalty area. When he had physical contact with Piszczek who returned to defense in time, he fell in the penalty area.

But this time, Howard Webb refused to award a penalty.

Seeing Messi shining, Yang Cheng immediately made adjustments, strengthening the freeze on Messi by making substitutions and adjusting tactics.

This suppressed Manchester City's offensive again.

In the 81st minute, Gareth Bale's header from the left side of the small penalty area hit the crossbar and bounced back into the penalty area.

In the 85th minute, Modric made a forward run, received a pass from Giroud and then made a straight pass.

Walcott broke into the right side of the penalty area, received the ball and had a one-on-one opportunity, then calmly shot the ball into the net.

3 is better than 1!

This score remained until the end of the game!
Bayswater Chinese beat Manchester City 3-1 away and won their first victory of the new season!

(End of this chapter)