Football nukes: a pound buys a club

Chapter 380

After the quarter-finals of the Champions League came to Lisbon, they all carried out training and field activities.

This has actually turned the Champions League into a tournament system.

Since this game uses a single-round elimination system, there is very little room for error for each team.

Zhang Chong is also very cautious. Facing Guardiola's Manchester City this time, he still sent all the main players on the field.

Since they have played against each other too many times, they don't have any secrets from each other, and he also wants to remain unchanged.

But when Guardiola's starting lineup came out, Zhang Chong was a little dumbfounded.

what?

Three backs?

In this game, Guardiola formed a 3142 formation, goalkeeper Ederson, three defenders Walker, Stones, Laporte, midfielder Rodri, midfielder four-man Cancelo, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Mendy, forward Mesias and Jesus.

This is a formation that Guardiola has hardly adjusted. This directly appeared in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, which really puzzled Zhang Chong.

Of course, this is also Guardiola's basic operation, and he will work as soon as he arrives in the Champions League.

This is also an important reason why he has not won the Champions League since leaving Barcelona.

Zhang Chong remembers that on the original timeline, he lost to Lyon in the 2020 Champions League.

That was Lyon, No.7 in Ligue [-]!

But he has also improved, at least this game did not go to the happy boy.

And Zhang Chong likes coaches who work hard.

With an unfamiliar formation in a game of this level, the team will definitely make mistakes in passing and receiving.

Mistakes mean counterattacks.

And who is the best counterattack team in the world?

M's Real Madrid?

No, no, it's Bury with Mbappe, Traore and Harland!

After the referee blew his whistle, the game officially started.

In this game, Zhang Chong still put the defense line very forward, using the line of Mbappe, Chen Ming and Traore to cut the connection between Rodri and the midfield line.

However, as the game progressed, Zhang Chong discovered that Guardiola's formation is still mysterious.

His beauty lies in the switching of the positions of Walker, Laporte, Cancelo and Mendy.

When attacking, Walker and Laporte will press up and become the actual three midfielders, increasing the thickness of the midfield.

When defending, Cancelo and Mendy will retreat to form a five-back system to increase the number of people in the defense.

This makes Manchester City appear to be invulnerable.

But everything has advantages and disadvantages. Although he can solve the loopholes in the lineup through rotation, if there are too many rotations, loopholes will always appear.

Especially the moment when the offense and defense switch.

And Zhang Chong wanted to seize this moment.

No.207 minutes, after Rodri got the ball, he was about to pass the ball to Cancelo, but Cheng Sichu suddenly stepped forward and broke the ball!

In an instant, the offensive and defensive momentum was reversed!

And Cheng Sichu was also very keen to spot the fighting opportunity, he quickly passed the ball long and straight to Harland!

At this time, Walker and Laporte are retreating rapidly, and Stones is the only one on the defensive line to mark the Norwegian clown boy!

While looking at the direction the ball was coming from, Harland blocked Stones with his body and successfully stopped the ball!

And he took advantage of the opportunity to lead the ball, and with one step of his long legs, he flashed a shooting angle!

He glanced at Edson's position, and directly chose to volley with his left foot to the far corner!

Edson quickly went to the ground, but still failed to catch the ball!

The football hit the inside of the post and bounced into the goal!

One to zero!

This ball was Cheng Sichu's resolute execution of Zhang Chong's order, and the time difference when the center back retreated to hit them directly after stealing the ball.

Sure enough, immediate results!

Zhang Chong applauded with satisfaction on the sidelines, indicating that the ball was passed well and the shot was beautiful.

And Guardiola was also aware of this problem, so he asked Walker not to continue to press on the midfielder when attacking, and was ready to help defend Harland at any time.

Since Haaland is a left-footed player, his dribbling direction will be biased to his left side, so Walker, as a right central defender, must undertake this task of assisting defense.

And Zhang Chong's tactics naturally couldn't work again.

But now Bury is the leading side, he just needs to wait for Manchester City to come out and hit him to counterattack!

Sure enough, Guardiola began to set the premise of the formation, and Laporte also stood more close to the midfielder.

But although they have a very long time in possession of the ball in the midfield, they lack a person who can directly speed up and break through the opponent's formation.

Mesias has the ability to tear the defense line at a certain moment, but how could Zhang Chong let him catch the ball easily?

Zhang Chong arranged for Ruben Dias to entangle him one-on-one, and used Kanter and Rice to block De Bruyne on the midfield line, preventing him from passing the ball to create threats.

In this way, the football cannot be transported to Mesias' feet at all!

And this ebb and flow, Manchester City's offense was blocked, and Bury's counterattack came!

In the 40th minute, De Bruyne's attempt to pass through was interfered by Kanter. In the end, his strength was a little weak, and Ashraf, who was recovered to the middle, cut off early.

Ashraf did not choose a long pass, but directly dribbled the ball forward!

Because Harland was caught in a pincer attack at this time, he wanted to use his dribbling to break in and tear open the gap in Manchester City's defense!

And Mendy also stepped forward to press for the first time, making him unable to handle the ball comfortably.

But Ashraf feigned a shot, then accelerated directly, and rushed to the front field!

Although Mendy is in good physical condition, Ashraf is faster!

At this time, Traore took two steps to the middle and suppressed Laporte!

In this way, there is an open field in front of Ashraf!

And Mendy's speed couldn't match him at all, and he was quickly pulled away by him!

So without hesitation, he took the ball directly to kill near the penalty area!

And Rodri is desperately approaching this side, preparing to intercept him.

But at the same time, he also gave up his custody of Chen Ming.

Ashraf found the opening in an instant, so without hesitation, he passed the ball directly to Chen Ming in the middle!

After receiving the ball, Chen Ming adjusted two steps, and directly chose to take a long shot!

The ball was extremely fast and went straight to the dead corner of the goal!

Edson felt bad when he saw the ball coming, he quickly adjusted his steps, and then got up to save!

It's a pity that the quality of the ball is too high, he can't touch it at all!

The football flew past his fingertips and hit the net hard!

Two to zero!

Bury extends the lead!

Zhang Chong excitedly high-fived with the coaching staff.

Now, Guardiola is a bit difficult to deal with.

Fortunately, there is still time, and Guardiola still has a chance to adjust.

So at halftime, he made a decision.

That is to change the formation back to four backs!

This also negates his tactical arrangement at the beginning of the game in disguise!