What ball king, call me ball god

November 12, Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City and Manchester United were ready, gathering in the tunnel and walking out of the stadium.

"The two sides are ready, and this much-anticipated Manchester Derby is about to start. This game will be directed by Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu to bring you live commentary."

"Manchester City's starting lineup. The goalkeeper position is Ederson. The defense line from left to right is Cancelo, Fernandinho, Stones and Walker. The single defensive midfielder is Rodri, and the left midfielder is Rodri. Defender Silva, the right midfielder is De Bruyne, the left winger in the frontcourt is Sterling, the center is Jesus, and the right winger is Bernardo Silva. Today, Manchester City still has some personnel changes Injury."

"Manchester United is playing in a 433 formation today, the goalkeeper is De Gea, and the defense line from left to right is Luke Shaw, De Ligt, Lindelof and Feltman. The single midfielder is Guimaraes, Left midfielder Bentancur, right midfielder De Jong. Front left winger Rashford, right winger Perisic, the single arrow at the top is Link.

The game begins immediately.

In the first half of the game, Manchester City, who played at home, took the lead.

Gabriel Jesus stood in the center circle and kicked the ball directly to David Silva.

Game start.

David Silva approached the center immediately after taking the ball, then flicked his left foot to the outside, and Cancelo had already come up to get the ball.

"Is it so far from the beginning?"

Ten Hag was a little surprised on the sidelines to see that Cancelo had already pressed half-time at the beginning of the game, and even got behind Sterling.

And Guardiola's use of Cancelo in this game will continue to surprise people.

Because soon, everyone discovered that Cancelo had already pressed into the position of a winger in this game.

When attacking, Cancelo took the ball and took it forward, while Sterling immediately lapped the side. Cancelo took the ball to a position only about 10 meters away from the penalty area, and distributed the ball to Sterling on the outside, and Cancelo Luo himself did not return to the defensive position, but continued to stay in the frontcourt.

At this time, Fernandinho moved to the position of left back, and Rodri retreated to the position of left center back.

In fact, it is a 424 lineup.

Very aggressive.

However, Ten Hag must also admit that Guardiola's move caught Manchester United by surprise.

Especially the line of defense on Lindelof's side.

Sterling does not cut inside when taking the ball from the outside, but passes directly. Manchester City has no high point in the middle, but Sterling's pass is not the high point of the pass, but the point outside the penalty area.

In this position, Manchester City has Jesus, Bernardo and Cancelo.

Although Guimaraes has returned to his position to rush to help.

But Sterling's pass was obviously designed, and the ball was looking for Cancelo, who was on the left side of the center.

Cancelo successfully got the ball, and then saw him go forward with the ball and wanted to hit Lindelof. Feltman immediately approached Lindelof and wanted to make a protection, but at this time Sta Tring has gone around Lindelof's side and rear. Cancelo's passing is false, but the pass is true. The ball was passed by Cancelo at a very concealed angle.

Sterling has the ball next to Lindelof and De Ligt is about to grab it.

But Sterling's dexterous touch escaped De Ligt's press.

At this time, in fact, Sterling has already single-handedly.

I saw Sterling shoot with his right foot.

The ball flew to the upper right corner of the goal.

De Gea, on the other hand, pulled the green from the dry land and pounced hard to save the ball from the bottom line.

Less than 5 minutes into the game, in the first contest between the two sides, Manchester City played a wave of fast offense, threatening Manchester United's goal.

This is also something that has been difficult for Manchester United to face in recent games.

Manchester City does have a good offense. Although they lost Aguero as their main shooter, in the days without Aguero, Manchester City was able to score 8-0 in the league. This shows that their offensive strength is still very good. Strong.

So Ten Hag didn't dare to underestimate his opponent, and treated him seriously.

After Manchester City's attack was fruitless, Manchester United will immediately play a fast break.

De Gea got the ball from the ball boy, and then threw the ball to find Luke Shaw on the left. Luke Shaw took the ball forward, and the opponent De Bruyne rushed up immediately.

Seeing this, Luke Shaw passed the ball to the center.

Bentancur took a step back to get the ball, then turned and passed the ball to Guimaraes.

After Guimaraes took the ball, he first dodged the retreating Jesus' press.

Then dribbled forward with the ball.

Rodri rushed up at once, trying to steal the ball.

Guimarães also quickly passed the ball to De Jong on the right.

De Jong broke through coolly from the right and galloped to the center with the ball. His threat is self-evident.Manchester City's players are also well aware of this, and they are always vigilant about De Jong's actions.Fernandinho was originally a rock in the central defender's position, but as soon as he saw De Jong holding the ball, he immediately approached and tried to interfere with De Jong's holding the ball.

Without even thinking about it, De Jong passed the ball violently.Although there was no one at that position, De Jong knew the tacit understanding between himself and Lin Kedi, and firmly believed that Lin Kedi would run in that direction.

In fact, Lin Kedi rushed to the direction of the pass like a cheetah, cleverly grabbed the ball before Stones was about to move laterally, accurately intercepted the ball, and then rushed into the penalty area as if he had entered no one's land.

Fernandinho saw that Lin Kedi had opened up the perfect shooting angle, and he secretly screamed in his heart. It was too late to return to the defense, because at this time, Lin Kedi had already flicked the ball to the right and pulled the ball away. The angle is about to shoot.

However, Stones knew that it was too late to move laterally at this time, so he moved decisively to the right, trying to block the left half of the goal as much as possible, leaving the other half to Ederson.

Lin Kedi, who had widened his angle, didn't have much room.

After Lin Kedi opened up the angle, he found that he could only hit the close angle.

Lin Kedi found that the probability of scoring a goal was not high, but he had already reached this position and had no choice but to shoot, so he shot.

Ederson stretched his arms and saved the ball to the baseline.

The quality of Lin Kedi's shot was mediocre, the angle was too small, and the opponent was already prepared.

But there is some consolation in that it was a corner kick.

So around the 10th minute of the first half, Manchester United won the first corner kick of the game.

There are indeed not many high points in Manchester City's penalty area, and Stones mainly went to mark Link.

Fernandinho is marking Rashford, and Cancelo and Walker are also marking Manchester United players respectively.

But Manchester United does have more high points than Manchester City. For example, De Ligt and De Jong have entered the penalty area. This has brought a lot of uncertainty to Manchester City's defense.

The corner kick was taken by Bentancur.

Bentancur takes the ball.

It was the near corner. Link shook off Stones, and suddenly rushed to the near corner. With the potential energy of the impact, he jumped up and flicked the ball towards the goal.

The speed of the ball was very fast. Link's header changed the direction of the ball.

The ball flew towards the near corner of the goal, and Edson sensed the direction of the ball, stretched out his hand and slanted upwards, trying to push the ball out of the goal.

But it is already too late.

The ball has flown into the goal.

1:0.

Manchester United took the lead in the 11th minute.

It was Lin Kedi who scored the goal with a header.

"This is Link's first goal against Manchester City, and it is also the 16th consecutive game with a goal!"

After scoring the goal, Lin Kedi rushed to the corner flag area, jumped up and waved his clenched fists heavily, and when he landed, he excitedly hugged Bentancur who passed the ball.

The Manchester United players all hugged each other.

Guardiola rubbed his chin on the sidelines, thinking about something.

Ten Hag on the other side saw the ball entering the net, and the referee pointed his finger to the middle circle before returning to his seat and sitting down in peace.

The Manchester United players were celebrating until the referee came to remind them that the celebration was too long.

The Manchester United players scattered back to their positions and waited for the re-kick-off.

After the re-kick-off, Manchester City did not rush to play a fast break, but instead conducted it step by step.

When Manchester United saw that Manchester City was conducting, they immediately pressed forward with high pressure.

But Manchester City's pass control is the kind of orderly chaos that Director Zhang Lu said. In many cases, the direction of the ball passing may not even be known to the passer before it is passed, because the players in the frontcourt of Manchester City are not in the same place. If you stop and run, pass to whoever has a better position. This is already the consensus of Manchester City players.

And such a pass and control method is indeed difficult to press.

Because the passing route is not fixed.

On the one hand, Manchester City are in no rush to move forward.

On the one hand, Manchester United's high-pressure press can't work for the time being, so they have to press the players themselves.

So the first half of the game passed in such a rhythm.

But suddenly, when Manchester City was passing and controlling the football, David Silva made a sudden pass and found Sterling in the frontcourt. At this time, Lindelof stood forward and Sterling Lin Youyou got behind Lindelof, and David Silva was waiting for this opportunity, and sent it out with a precise kick.

Sterling successfully got the ball, led it forward, flicked his right foot, and opened his posture to shoot directly.

De Gea immediately used Guanyin to sit on the lotus and blocked Sterling's shot with his feet.

And Sterling's shooting skills are well known in the world.

De Gea has already used his finishing skills, and Sterling's shot can only be blocked by De Gea with his feet.

However, the kick was only blocked by De Gea from the penalty area.

Fortunately, Feltman was still outside the penalty area. As soon as he saw the ball coming out, he immediately went to get the ball, and then drove a long pass forward.

Feltman intended to drive the ball out of his own half.

Unexpectedly, I made a mistake.

It drove to the left and right of the middle circle, and Lin Kedi had already retreated to defend.

When he saw De Gea blocking the ball out of the penalty area with his feet, he had already withdrawn from the defensive position and walked forward.

As soon as Feltman got the ball, he rushed to the center line immediately.

When Feltman got the ball and passed it out, Lin rushed out of the center line and got the ball before Stones, Manchester City's last defensive player, and then made a single-handed goal!
"Lin Kedi is single-handed! The ball is stable!"

Just like Zhan Jun excitedly explained, as long as Lin Kedi gets the single-handed goal, the hearts of the fans will be at ease.

Because Lin Kedi's single-handed kick goal rate is very high, this time Lin Kedi dribbled the ball forward at high speed, and reached a position more than 20 meters away from the goal. In the usual free kick position, Lin Kedi saw Edson. He didn't attack, so he shot unceremoniously.

In fact, the distance is so far, the accuracy of shooting is generally not guaranteed.

But Lin Kedi had a feeling in his heart at this moment, if he shot the ball, it would definitely score!

Then, Link Kedi shot the ball, and the ball roared like a cannonball.

The momentum was heavy, and Edson tried his best to pounce with one hand. Although his left hand had already touched the ball, he failed to change the line of the ball at all. The force exerted on the ball was too great, and it flew straight into the net.

2:0.

"The goal is scored again! Lin Kedi scored twice!"

In the first half of the game, Manchester United opened the situation with a set kick and a fast break when they did not have an advantage at the beginning.

The score is now 2-0.

Manchester City should be in a hurry now.

But until the end of the first half, although they had two shots, they failed to hit the goal.

In the second half, the game changed sides and fought again.

Guardiola replaced Sterling with Mahrez in the 60th minute.

And once Mahrez came on the field, it did have an effect. His breakthrough on the wing was actually on par with Sterling.

But Mahrez's inside cut is much stronger than Sterling, and the choice after the inside cut is also much more serious than Sterling.

In the 71st minute, Mahrez received a pass from David Silva in the frontcourt. Mahrez, who was originally on the outside, suddenly changed direction. After shaking Feltman, he did not choose to cross, but the right With a flick of his foot, he took a step forward and moved laterally to the front of the penalty area.

Lindelof originally wanted to sit in the penalty area to block Mahrez's shot.

But Mahrez turned to the left, and Lindelof moved in this direction. Suddenly, Mahrez's center of gravity changed, to the right, and Lindelof could only follow to the right, but suddenly the ball under Mahrez's feet went to the right. The previous trip was still to the left.

Lindelof wanted to quickly turn to his right side when the center of gravity was already on his left side, and falling to the ground was the only possibility.

Then, Mahrez shot with his left foot.

The ball flew into the upper left corner of the goal.

Manchester City pulled one back.

2:1.

There are still 20 minutes left before the end of the game, and it seems that Manchester City is likely to equalize the score.

But in the following time, Manchester United strengthened their defense, especially on Lindelof's side. Ten Hag replaced Lindelof, who made many mistakes in this game, with Smalling, and then replaced Matic. Bentancur was replaced, Matic and Guimarães were used to form a double midfielder, and then De Jong played as a midfielder, and the two wingers retreated to the position of the winger, leaving Link alone at the front.

This is a formation changed to 4231, and the offense and defense are more balanced.

So in this way, Manchester United's defense on the right side has finally stabilized.

Manchester City's desire to storm this side also fell through.

Then, in the 85th minute, Ten Hag replaced Feltman with Dalot. Feltman was more stable defensively than offensively, but today Manchester City is mainly attacking this way, so his physical consumption is also higher than usual. Many, Ten Hag saw that his physical fitness had declined severely, so he replaced Feltman to be on the safe side.

The referee blows the whistle to end the game.

The score was finally fixed at 1 to 2, with the home team Manchester City ahead. (end of this chapter)