N-A-A Chapter 174
Chapter 174
Pellegrini suddenly laughed.
Perhaps he believes he is inferior to Mourinho in his tactical understanding of counter-attack.
But his advantage is also obvious, that is, he has Xu Ning and has a better squad than Chelsea.
Came to the sidelines and made a covert gesture to Yaya Toure.
Yaya Toure understood and nodded at Pellegrini.
Subsequently, Yaya Toure's position was adjusted, no longer with the offensive forward attack, but Fernandinho, together with the defender line to maintain the most appropriate main force, building an interception line in front of the back line.
Chelsea fight back and Manchester City can play fast.
And Manchester City's configuration is also more suitable for playing fast attacks.
With Yaya Toure's involvement, the better, the more depth.
But no, in fact, it is the same.
A four-man attack up front is enough to turn the opponent's defense upside down.
In the following corner, Chelsea's tactics were clearer.
Even from corners, Chelsea's two centre-backs did not rush forward.
A few players in the Manchester City penalty area acted as if Chelsea were just dealing with an errand, giving up even the easiest set-piece to score.
You can imagine how determined Chelsea are to hold on.
Oscar's corner kick posed no threat before Demichelis headed out of the City penalty area.
Yaya Toure grabbed the drop from outside the box and quickly distributed the ball to Nasri on the left.
In Manchester City's counter-attacking system, the wing impact of two players, Nasri and Keylor Navas, is the most commonly used and ineffective way to advance.
Of course, the most threatening thing is definitely to counter Xu Ning and get the ball in front.
That's called an unsolvable one!
After Nasri won the ball, he turned and dribbled forward at high speed, directly erasing Eden Hazard, who was not as good as he was defensively.
Soon, however, Chelsea's defensive defender Ramirez stabbed diagonally to block the direction of Nasri's attack.
Nasri did not blindly do it and pushed the ball laterally to David Silva, who received him.
The dexterous Spanish forward turned to meet the incoming ball and swung directly past Frank Lampard, who was trying to grab the ball behind him.
Then, without hesitation, he shoved straight forward and made a surprising cut through the Chelsea defence.
Sergio Aguero came out from Gary Cahill and got the ball alive in the box.
It's like the brilliant anti-offside success of the last game against Schalke 04.
Seeing that Sergio Aguero was about to face Petr Cech single-handedly, but at this moment, the referee's whistle suddenly sounded urgently.
Everyone looked at them incredulously.
Even Aguero stopped, his face full of stunned.
I saw the linesman raise the flag in his hand high.
His meaning is obvious.
Offside!
This time the beautiful positional attack, the reason for the end was actually Sergio Aguero's offside position.
The penalty was applauded by the Chelsea fans.
However, the Manchester City players were not convinced.
Several players surrounded the referee and kept defending and protesting.
How can they be willing to have their goal ended by a misjudgment!
They really don't think it's an offside!
Seeing that his teammates surrounded the referee, and that the Chelsea players had rushed over to help the referee solve the siege, Xu Ning did not choose to move forward again, standing in place and frowning slightly.
Was it offside just now?
His location is good.
Even better than the referee's vision.
But embarrassingly, in his opinion, the ball just now seemed to be really offside.
At the moment David Silva passed, Gary Cahill should have been further away from the goal than Sergio Aguero.
One word couldn't help but flash in my mind - offside trap.
This is probably the trap that Mourinho has carefully laid for Aguero and himself.
As long as the four players in the Chelsea back line have a tacit understanding and are aligned and work together, it is indeed possible to trap Sergio Aguero and himself in an offside trap.
Couldn't help but rub his chin, Xu Ning's expression became a little playful.
Kind of interesting!
The tactics seem to be very targeted!
But is it really useful for yourself?
Xu Ning pulled Aguero over and whispered to him.
"For a while, whether offside or not, you don't catch the ball."
Aguero was very clever, immediately understood what Xu Ning meant, and nodded to Xu Ning very chickenly.
Although the small movements of the two were seen by the Chelsea players, they did not know what Xu Ning and Aguero were plotting, but secretly raised their vigilance.
The two teams then fought fiercely in the midfield, both treating the midfield as a battleground.
You may not need too much possession, but as long as you don't let the opponent pass through the midfield so easily, it is a prerequisite for a successful defense for your own defense.
And in the thirteenth minute of the first half, City's counter-attack once again hit Chelsea's heartland.
After Ye Feng drew Chelsea's defensive centre of gravity with the ball on the right, he shifted the ball to the feet of Nasri on the left with a wide range of lateral long passes.
Nasri stopped the ball and dunked Ivanovic who was on the pitch, then watched the timing and shoved the ball diagonally into the box.
Aguero in the centre is clearly offside.
Chelsea's two centre-backs raised their hands as they returned to the defence to tell referee Sergio Aguero was offside.
The referee has put the whistle in his mouth and is ready to blow the whistle.
However, Aguero did not mean to chase the ball, and gave the ball away with both hands.
Didn't touch it at all!
However, in the next second, everyone couldn't help but be shocked.
Just when they thought that Manchester City's attack would be fruitless this time, Ye Feng suddenly killed like a ghost at the back point.
From the position of never offside, he rushed in front of everyone with the strongest explosive power.
A kick into the Chelsea goal.
There is simply nothing Cech can do to stop it.
The ball, scored.
Everyone's eyes widened, and the scene was silent!
The referee's whistle seemed to hesitate before it was late.
It was only then did the Chelsea players react and then rush to the referee with angry expressions.
They definitely don't accept such goals.
"Sir! Obviously Sergio Aguero was interfering with us in the offside position, so that shouldn't be counted as a goal. "
The boos from Chelsea fans in the stands also seemed to help the players protest.
However, the referee did not hesitate much this time and shook his head directly at the Chelsea player.
Perhaps he had a tangle in his heart before the lack, but since he had already made a decision, he had to cut through the mess quickly.
"Although Aguero was in the offside position just now, he did not have obvious intention to catch the ball and did not touch the ball."
"So it doesn't interfere with you."
"According to the rules, this goal is valid."
The referee's words are righteous and loud!
Although this is Chelsea's home turf, the home whistle will not be scrutinized to a certain extent.
But when it comes to scoring goals, the referee does not dare to be too willful.
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