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The game on the field continued under the urging of the referee, while a ridiculous scene was taking place on the sidelines.

Schalke 04 coach Slonka saw Guardiola walking towards the fourth official resolutely, and hurriedly chased him, shouting the few English words he knew.

"Hey! Bro! Bro! My Bro!"

"NoNoNo!!"

"Sorry! Sorry!!"

But Guardiola ignored him at all, and directly explained the situation to the fourth official, and pointed to the water bottle under his feet.

"I have reason to suspect that this is a malicious interference or even harm. The water bottle just flew over my nose!"

The fourth official looked at Slonka who was apologizing frantically next to him, and actually guessed the reason for the incident, which was probably not intentional.

But the behavior is a fact, and seeing that Guardiola's attitude is so firm, he had to convey what happened on the sidelines to the referee through the intercom without any emotion.

So.

During the dead ball phase, the referee trotted to the side of the court, took out a yellow card from his pocket, and showed it to Slonka.

"Scheiße!!"

Slonka cursed, and returned to his previous fierce expression, glaring at Guardiola.

Guardiola glared back.

"Congratulations!"

The Spanish coach's Yin-Yang skills have been initially revealed.

The scene of Slonka receiving a yellow card was seen by all the fans and players on the field because it happened to be a dead ball phase.

The players of both teams were confused, especially the players of Schalke 04.

What's going on?

They were playing a game here, and there were no controversial penalties. Why did their head coach receive a yellow card?

Although the Manchester City players were also confused.

But after all, it was not Guardiola who received the yellow card, but the head coach of the opponent. Although curious, they did not get too entangled.

In the ESPN live broadcast room, due to the problem of the broadcast camera, the cause and effect of this incident were not clear.

When the camera was pointed at the sidelines.

Slonka had already received a yellow card, and then returned to his own bench cursing.

"The referee showed a yellow card to the Schalke 04 coach..."

"Yeah."

"We don't know what happened on the sidelines just now, but Slonka did get a card."

"Today's game is really interesting."

"Schalke 04 took a penalty kick at the beginning, and Manchester City goalkeeper James saved the penalty. Now it's just the third minute of the game, and Schalke 04 coach got a yellow card again..."

"All kinds of magical things seem to be mixed in this game."

-【Hahaha, although it's inexplicable, I feel comfortable. It's better to give the Schalke 04 coach another yellow card, two yellows become one red, and send him to the stands. 】

-[I have changed my opinion of the referee. He really calls fouls, no matter which team you are from... I blamed him wrongly for the yellow card he gave Slonka just now. He definitely didn't buy it! 】

-[If things keep going like this... I feel like these two teams are going to fight on and off the field today? 】

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This episode did not affect the progress of the game on the field. After the penalty kick at the beginning, Schalke 04's offensive has been very fierce, and they want to use a real goal to make up for the regret of the penalty kick.

But after Manchester City quickly adapted to Schalke 04's offensive tactics, they no longer gave the opponent the opportunity to easily send the ball out of the midfield.

The two full-backs joined the wingers to attack from the wing, which was Schalke 04's main offensive method since the beginning of the game today.

Such offensive tactics just make up for the defect of Schalke 04's lineup without left and right midfielders, and also allow the two defensive midfielders to focus on the offense and defense of the middle. They occupy the middle when attacking, can cooperate with the transfer between the sides when advancing, and can quickly respond to Manchester City's counterattack when retreating.

Manchester City's response strategy is also very simple.

Since you like to play on the wing, I will focus on the wing defense. Cassano and Balotelli both chose to retreat to the side on the defensive end, cooperate with the defense of the side, and at the same time put pressure on the two Schalke 04 full-backs who advanced.

As for the middle, it was left to Su Fei to carry out the first check. Then Rakitic and Modric in the rib area waited for an opportunity to move, and could pull the side to make up for the defense or shrink the middle at any time.

Finally, there is the "wall" in the backcourt formed by Toure and MartinezMartinez doesn't need to say much. Although Toure made his Champions League debut, Guardiola never made any distinction between the main players and substitutes in normal training.

Even if you are a substitute, you must run until I am satisfied with your offensive and defensive positions in the training match. Only such players can be worthy of "plug and play" in the heart of the Spanish young coach.

10 minutes.

20 minutes.

30 minutes.

In this way, half an hour passed in the situation where Schalke 04 attacked and Manchester City defended.

In this half hour, Manchester City's attack was mostly launched with long passes to counterattack. Although no goals were scored, it also further consumed the physical strength of Schalke 04 players.

Because facing those counterattack long passes.

Even the three Schalke 04 forwards in the frontcourt had to run back desperately.

In other words.

In this half hour, Manchester City has been gathering strength and waiting for an opportunity. This is actually one of Guardiola's pre-match tactical arrangements. After studying the videos of Schalke 04 since the new season, the Spanish coach found that Schalke 04's style this season is very similar to that of a Premier League team...

Yes, it is Arsenal, which is strong in attack but weak in defense!

In other words.

Guardiola is sure that Schalke 04 will play offensive football and will continue to increase the rhythm of attack after the opening. Even Schalke 04's 4-3-3 formation today is within Guardiola's speculation.

The only thing that exceeded Guardiola's expectations was the penalty kick at the beginning.

But James saved the penalty.

The penalty kick did not change the score... It doesn't matter!

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On the sidelines, Slonka kept shouting at the players, trying to get the players who ran desperately on the field for 30 minutes to burst out some of their potential.

"Pull to the side!!"

"Run!"

"Don't stop!"

He didn't notice that on the other side, Guardiola looked down at his watch and saw the Schalke 04 players who stopped to breathe from time to time on the field. He came to the side of the field and clapped his hands.

Took a deep breath.

Shouted.

"Switch! Let's go!!"

This was the signal for the switch of offensive and defensive tactics agreed upon by Guardiola and Manchester City players before the game.

Manchester City's attack has just begun!

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