The game was decided entirely on the tactical setup of both coaches, with Guardiola remaining true to form and Soskaya being more targeted, but admirably
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The defense was really focused and completely shut down
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offensive
home team's
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Lining up in 433, De Bruyne is back in the midfield with Rodri and Gundogan, B. Silva is back on the bench, no change in the back line, and Jesus, Sterling, Mahrez in the forward line.
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Here we have a 4231 with Martial up front, Rashford on the left, Bruno Fernandes in the center, James on the right, Fred at the back, McTominay, and no changes in the back line.
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Luck was very much on his side, producing just 33 seconds into the opening period
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The foul gained 12 yards and Rashford was broken up trying to break through with the ball on the left, in the back Martial picked up the ball and moved across along the line of the box, but he was inside the line in the box, the
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Multiple players were guarding him, at which point Jesus was in too much of a hurry and went straight over to grab the ball and ended up tripping Martial, which was clearly inside the line, and the referee called a 12-yard penalty, which was punted in by Fernandes
It turned out to be the goal that decided the game as
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Originally set on defense, a lead right out of the gate is simply too good to be true.
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immediately went on defense, and the
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Didn't see this coming at all, it was a bit of a mess actually, and it took them almost 15 minutes to slowly find a sense of control of the ball
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The biggest kill now is what Guardiola has arranged, moving right back Cancelo forward to the back to strengthen the pivot of the passes from the waist, Cancelo will occasionally go up to what amounts to a free man on the right side, a change that has allowed
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Putting together an insane 21-game winning streak in all competitions, but Soskia has also been watching this move for months, and he used a very simple approach to the
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It was to dominate the counterattack of Rashford on the left, and James on the right retreated from the defense at the outset, while the
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s players kept the formation close in this game to near perfection, hardly ever being pulled apart at all, the
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Build a wall around the center and utilize the four attackers in the
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Pull back when the ball is in your hands to stop
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Start the conduction at the back waist position, so that the
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The back six basically didn't have to come out and do damage, and Bruno Fernandes would even drop back to the back end and actually
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It was a seven-man defense with four backs and three backs for most of the game, and as long as
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I'm going to the wing.
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McTominay on this side of the ball would immediately move into the line of scrimmage to add to it, turning the entire linebacker line into five men, just not allowing the
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Able to cut in easily from the side
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Getting into a spot of trouble in this situation, it was going to be an attack to take a one-point lead and then a full retreat on defense
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But after De Bruyne came back, the original Guardiola's arrangement of the formation, by Rodri, B.Sliva and Cancelo three in the waist pass, Gundigan forward to the front waist of the forward attack is very effective, but after De Bruyne came back, B.Silva sat back on the bench, the middle of the steal weak, then Gundagan and De Bruyne two instead of easy to coordinate who should be inserted into the situation, the two of them are not easy to coordinate who should be inserted into the situation. Gundagan and De Bruyne had a hard time coordinating who should be on the ball.
In fact, if you maintain the original formation, then perhaps the situation will be better, because Gundigan in the original formation has become the main scorer, successfully replaced De Bruyne's position, and he still belongs to the more inclined to the positional battle, De Bruyne in the speed of the offense is more powerful, and now the two men at the same time on the field, the overall running position has become a little awkward, you can feel the two men are not to steal who wants to go forward, but to let their teammates go forward, but this tacit understanding is not dealt with more mutual courtesy. You can feel that the two are not stealing who wants to go forward, but in the teammates to go forward, but this tacit understanding is not handled well, mutual courtesy of some, the result made the
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Instead, the front position is a bit empty.
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It took 15 minutes to take control of the game, and then the first half saw
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Starting to have a takedown, though
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This side, whether it's Maguire, Lindelof, or Henderson in goal, are very focused and consistently block shots that
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Jesus' performance was poor, I don't know if it's because of his poor form or because of his own mistakes in the opening match that led to the loss of points, in any case, he was quite disoriented throughout the match, on the contrary, Zinchenko was in good form at the back, and several times he came up to the goal and felt that he was a threat!
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Start pressing.
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when
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Starting to switch from passive defense to counterattacking, Bruno Fernandes returned to the back of the defense and passed directly to the front, aiming to force
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The center backs up, and the
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The pass position has been looking for Rashford, which means targeting the
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The right side of the field is designed to hit the void in the right back after Cancelo's move up to the front.
Things have come to a head, but Guardiola has no choice but to strengthen his right side attack as soon as possible, hoping to bring the
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Press back, though.
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Having become very experienced with this kind of counter-attack, one of Rashford or Martial would have been able to rush forward anyway.
This situation began to intensify in the second half, with
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The score had to be chased and as a result the space at the back was increasing and at the 50 minute mark
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Henderson threw the ball to the left in front of the goal, Luke Shaw took the ball on the left and then accelerated the ball to the front, easily shaking off Cancelo who came forward to steal the ball, he drove to the outside of the penalty area, and gave the ball to Rashford, who was defended by two defenders, and bounced the ball back to Luke Shaw, who had already rushed to the 17-yard box. Luke Shaw had already reached the 17-yard box, and he stopped the ball for a moment to see if he could get a good look at the ball and shoot it through the net.
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The centerback's cross is straight into the far corner of the net.
