armyinform Chapter 812 8 consecutive victories!
Chapter 812 8 consecutive victories!
Chapter 812 Eighteen consecutive victories!
Manchester City reached the semi-finals of the League Cup, and their opponent in the semi-finals was West Ham United!
Not many people think that West Ham United can eliminate Manchester City in two rounds of home and away games!
If it is a single elimination system, West Ham may have a chance.
But with the home and away game system, the possibility of accidents will be greatly reduced, and the promotion of stronger teams will be a high probability event.
Among the odds offered by the gaming company, the probability of Manchester City winning the League Cup has been reduced to [-] to [-]. Behind them is Manchester United, and Manchester United's odds of winning the championship are [-] to [-]!
Of course, the League Cup will not start until two weeks after the New Year!
After this game, the draw for the top sixteen of the Champions League has also ended!
After the round of [-], Manchester City, which won the first place in the group, was lucky, and they drew a team from Russia.
Zenit St. Petersburg!
Not a team from the five major leagues, the only difficulty may be the harsh winter in Russia and the long flight journey!
However, over the years, Gao Bo has also accumulated a lot of experience playing against Russian teams.
They faced CSKA Moscow in the group stage.
In this regard, Manchester City is already familiar with it!
The Champions League round of [-] will be held in February next year, therefore, Manchester City does not need to consider the Champions League for the time being.
Before that, Manchester City will continue to deal with the high-intensity Christmas express season! !
Three days after the League Cup, Manchester City travel to Fulham!
Considering that two days after this game, the team will face Liverpool!
Gao Bo made a relatively large rotation for this game!
The main players didn't play much!
In the frontcourt, Gao Bo formed a lineup of two forwards!
Li Yuanshan and Vardy made their debut!
Behind them, Milner and Wanyama continued to start! !
After all, the League Cup did not consume too much physical energy for Manchester City, and after three days of rest, two energetic midfielders are enough to cope with this game.
On both sides of them, Gao Bo arranged two players with different styles.
Adam White, who is good at breaking through and fast, is placed on the left. His main task is also very simple, shoot from the inside, or pass from the outside!
And on the right!
Eriksson was placed on this road. His task was mainly to connect the team's frontcourt offense and use his excellent passing skills to create opportunities for the two forwards to pass the ball.
Milner and Wanyama are responsible for defending in the middle.
In the backcourt, Maguire and Lescott played, Luke Shaw on the right and Zabaleta on the left!
Manchester City fielded such a lineup away.
surprised some observers.
Because this is the first time such a lineup has appeared in the league.
"Did Gao Bo give up the game?"
In the commentary booth, when the commentators got the starting list of such a lineup, they were all shocked.
"This is for the game against Liverpool two days later, right? Most of the main players are hidden, and even some of the main substitutes are also hidden, so that Benitez can't guess Manchester City's starting lineup!"
"I don't think that Gao Bo gave up this game and won the half-time championship with a complete victory record. This is what all teams have to fight for when they play this role! Therefore, he arranged such a lineup in this game. He thinks that even if Manchester City uses such a lineup to play Fulham away, they can also win!!"
"That sounds a little arrogant!"
"But... they have the capital to be arrogant, seventeen consecutive victories!! Such a record is really terrifying!!"
"No matter what, everything will be known after the game is over!!!"
The commentators in the commentary booth were talking a lot! !
As for Fulham, they did have some ideas when they saw this lineup!
Fulham, who are playing at home, launched a rush attack at the beginning of the game, trying to beat Manchester City with a weak foothold!
After all, Manchester City's lineup is so fresh that it makes Fulham salivate.
Generally speaking, with such a lineup that looks like a temporary patchwork, there is a problem with the tacit understanding between the players.
Before the game, Fulham's coach, the Dutch Muslendin, believed that Manchester City would at least send players like Kaka and Sanchez to play, because in fact, when Kaka gradually regained his form, Manchester City's frontcourt was still very rich.
But unexpectedly, none of the top five stars Kaka, Sanchez, Hazard, Griezmann, and David Silva started this game! !
Even Manchester City did not play the 4231 system that has been fixed since the second half of last season, but put together a 442!
This undoubtedly made Fulham see a little bit of dawn at home and Manchester City!
and so!
Excited Fulham players entered the state at the beginning of the game and launched an attack.
And what is Gao Bo thinking?
It is obviously impossible to say that he doesn't care about winning half the time!
He cares very much! !
However, he does not think that Fulham can pose any threat to Manchester City's lineup.
The reason why he chose not to send Kaka or Sanchez was mainly because after the League Cup, Kaka's muscles were a little fatigued. To be on the safe side, Gao Bo did not intend to send Kaka to play.
At the same time, he does not plan to send his four main attackers in the frontcourt.
Because, two days after this game, we will face Benitez's Liverpool.
For Manchester City, which has won more than a dozen rounds in a row, this game is the final test in the first half of the league.
Gao Bo must deal with it carefully! !
Moreover, after the end of the first half, there is no so-called winter break in the Premier League.
The second half of the league is about to follow.
In the second half, there will be FA Cup and Champions League matches coming one after another!
For Manchester City, which aims to make breakthroughs on all fronts, it is necessary to carefully calculate the physical fitness of the players.
Moreover, Gao Bo carried out a modular task grouping for each position of the team, and then cooperated with the role of the cards.
Although such a lineup may cause problems against some teams with stronger abilities, according to Gao Bo's observation, Fulham does not have such ability!
They press up to attack. That is courting death! !
Sure enough, the 7th minute of the game!
When Manchester City's counterattack quickly through the midfield!
Eriksson is on the right side of the penalty area, at a 45-degree angle, and passes the ball diagonally into the penalty area!
He accurately found the top of Li Yuanshan's head! !
Li Yuanshan header ferry!
Vardy goes forward and shoots with his arch!
The football hit the net! !
A very simple diagonal pass, ferry and in-line cooperation!
Just penetrated Fulham's defense! !
This is the crushing of personal ability!
After Manchester City scored a goal, Fulham's momentum was weakened a lot! !
In the end, with the goals of Vardy, Li Yuanshan and Eriksson.
Manchester City defeated Fulham 18-[-] away and won No. [-] in the league!
After playing this game, the team went to Morocco to participate in the three-day Club World Cup.
Both the champions of the Champions League and the South American Liberators joined the competition in the semi-finals, and Manchester City faced the AFC champion Guangzhou Evergrande in the first game!
In the end, Manchester City easily defeated Guangzhou Evergrande [-]-[-].
In the final, Manchester City defeated the South American liberators [-]-[-] and was defeated by the champions Atletico Mineiro.
Won the Club World Cup trophy! !
(End of this chapter)