Chapter 186 Manchester City’s Tactical Weakness
Swansea City Club was founded as a young team in the 1st team. The name of the city Swansea means 'Swan River Estuary' in English, although there is no river called 'Swan' here. If you ask the local Aboriginal people, they will tell you that Bristol Bay was formerly called the Swan Sea. But swans cannot live in the sea, no way!
Therefore, the nickname of the Swansea team is called Swan. Judging from the team logo, it is still a black swan.
In June of this year, Swansea Club was acquired by a consortium led by Jason Levene, co-owner of Major League Soccer team Washington D.C., and Steve Kaplan, executive vice president of NBA team Memphis Grizzlies. A lot of expectations came from a team that had been tepid since its inception.
In the 2012-13 season, under the leadership of Danish coach Laudrup, Swansea defeated Bradford from the English League Two at Wembley Stadium 5:0 and won the League Cup that year. This was also The final with the largest score in the history of the League Cup is also the only significant championship trophy that Swansea has won in its 100 years of existence.
In February 2014, Laudrup parted ways with Swansea, and team captain and 35-year-old defender Garry Monk became the head coach.
Two years later, in January this year, Swansea was trembling just one point above the relegation zone. Coach Monk was sacked, and Italian coach Guidolin took over, leading the team to a successful landing at the end of the season. .
This year Guidolin's coaching career has traveled around the Apennines. It feels like he has coached all the mid- and lower-tier Serie A teams and is a veteran in the coaching world.
Two days ago, Swansea lost to Manchester City 1:2 in the League Cup. To be honest, Guidolin didn't care, nor did Guardiola who won the ball. Neither of them sent their main players. After all, the Premier League is the highlight. .
When the big American boss comes, there will naturally be some meeting gifts. In the transfer summer window that just passed, Swansea, although not as good as those giants, still acquired many famous players, including the 31-year-old former Bilbao and Juventus of Spain. Center Llorente.
In addition to the original team's Polish goalkeeper Fabianski from Arsenal, South Korean midfielder Ki Sung-woon, Iceland forward Sigurdsson, and England international Jack Kirk, Swansea still has a few roles.
Manchester City shot Aguero to the sky today. Tintin and Sterling are on the wings, with Gundogan, Silva and Fedora in the midfield. As for the centre-back combination, it seems that Guardiola still favors Stones and Otamendi the most. Two Bensanya and Kolarov.
Neither Kompany nor Zabaleta were on the field, and the captain's armband was given to David Silva.
Zhuo Yang did not come two days ago due to an ankle injury. Before today's game, coach Guidolin made a special trip to greet and hug him, welcoming Zhuo Yang to White Rock Stadium.
During Zhuoyang's three years at AC Milan, Guidolin coached Palermo. The two were actually not familiar with each other.
In the years when Guardiola, Mourinho, Klopp, Simeone, Conte, Enrique, Tuchel, Zidane and other new generation coaches of the Mesozoic era were rampant in the world, Ji led Leicester City Winning the Premier League championship has brought great confidence to the veteran coaches who were oppressed and breathless.
Especially a traditional Italian coach like Guidolin walks with wind.
Swansea is also a team that plays with a sea breeze. The 18-year-old Sigurdsson is like a refreshing breeze in today's era when little kids are causing trouble.
After the opening, the two small men Routledge and Britton on the two wings crossed the line several times and then crossed the ball. It was frightening to watch. Fortunately, Stones was unambiguous today and Bravo also attacked in time. Manchester City narrowly managed to survive. Swansea's three goals.
The wind continues to blow, but flying birds are never afraid of the wind, especially flying birds.
Diernandinho was the first to attack. He passed a diagonal pass from the left side of the frontcourt across the court. During this time, he passed through countless Swansea people who could keep up with their eyes but could not keep up with their focus and focus. The football arrived accurately. At the right end of the court is the foot of French veteran defender Sagna.
There is an old man in the family. Sagna swings his leg and passes to Aguero in the penalty area.
Ah KUN and Boss Mei must be in true love, because he has also begun to grow a beard, starting from the beginning of the season, and now the lower half of his face is growing rapidly.
Aguero turned his back and carried the ball to the side and behind with his left foot. After making a small circle like a top, he left the two central defenders Amat and Vanderhorn behind him, like two fools.
A volley shot from a small angle to the far post, Fabianski barely made a save and it was 1:0 for Manchester City.
To be honest, not to mention the striker, Manchester City's current midfielder Feiniao, Tintin, Gundogan, and Silva, no matter how they are matched with three or three, the strength and efficiency are not as good as those of Pep Guardiola's Habaib, and the full-back's offensive and defensive ability. It is not as good as Basadan's second master Alves, Coffee, and Abidal.
In Guardiola's style of play that focuses on passing, cutting and moving in a small area, it is common for players to intervene with the ball. However, in this style of play where everyone intervenes to support, being hit and counterattacked is a headache.
For this reason, Guardiola has a "five-second counter-attack rule", which means that everyone can counter-attack as soon as possible after losing the ball. This is also the reason why Manchester City can obtain many high-threat frontcourt ball rights.
However, such an interception rule comes at the expense of disrupting the midfielder's position, so the effectiveness of midfielder interception also decreases. Once the interception fails, there is an immediate danger of being counterattacked.
In order to solve this problem, Guardiola's style of play has a very classic routine called the full-backs retracting, that is, the left and right full-backs move closer to the center circle, playing the role of a pseudo midfielder. This not only strengthens the control of the midfield, but also gives up the defense of the wings to a certain extent.
Therefore, Guashuai's team has extremely high requirements for the ability of full-backs.
However, the current full-backs of Manchester City are indeed first-class, but they are not necessarily suitable for Guardiola's tactical thinking. They often can take them in but cannot release them, leaving their own wingers often empty.
Today, Swansea is a team that has always been very good at launching attacks from the wing. It can even be said that they don't know anything except the wing. They pass from the bottom corner and the Swans are not ordinary.
In the 13th minute, Routledge made a pass from the right. Otamendi and Jack Cork competed for the top of the penalty area. He won and pushed the ball out of the penalty area. He couldn't bear the balance and fell to the ground.
Manchester City's entire back line pressed outwards, creating an offside trap for the opponent, completely forgetting that Otamendi was still getting up from the ground at the end.
The midfield position was chaotic, and Sigurdsson snatched the ball out of the circle, and he took the football back with his instep. Otamendi got up and jumped up, so Llorente who received the ball was not offside.
Sagna had a chance, and he and Llorente had a 50-50 chance of getting the ball. But turning around and retreating was like stepping on a puddle of watery shit, which was inexplicably a big backward split.
Llorente followed the ball, turned and volleyed.
With such a powerful strike from close range, Bravo was even more frustrated than Fabianski just now, 1:1.
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