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Volume 1: Become Famous in One Move Chapter 592: Rotation

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    Defeating Bolton in an away game, Manchester City quickly eliminated the shadow of the previous defeat with a victory. However, in this round, both Arsenal and Manchester United performed very tough. Arsenal defeated Chelsea, who had just changed coaches, with one goal.  , consolidating their first position in the league, while Manchester United also defeated Liverpool with a score of 1 to 0 and continued to chase Manchester United with the same points. Chelsea and Liverpool began to fall behind. Chelsea's points are now 34 points.  Already five points behind Manchester City, Liverpool's points are one point less than Chelsea. If this continues, these two teams may have to compete for fourth place in the league

    After winning against Bolton, Manchester City ushered in the League Cup quarter-finals, and their opponent was Tottenham, who had defeated them before.

    Tottenham did not play very well before the start of the season, but their strength will not prevent them from being relegated. Under such circumstances, they are more enthusiastic about competitions such as the League Cup. After all, this is a shortcut to participate in European competitions.

    Tottenham are currently ranked twelfth, with points neither above nor below, so in this game, almost all of their main players will play, and Dick will not be able to let the main players consume too much in this game.  Due to the tightness of the upcoming Christmas schedule, Dick started his rotation at this time.

    Rotation requires a basic foundation. The reason why Dick didn't rotate before was because the team had just pulled together. The coordination is exactly when games are needed to gradually increase. Disrupting the main lineup will only be counterproductive. At this time, after nearly 20 games of running-in,  The coordination between the main players has basically been worked out, so rotation is feasible.

    What's more, one characteristic of rotation is that some key players cannot be rotated - Dick also has such key players. Although Torres is injured, Samuel on the defense and Yaya Toure in the midfield can both  If such players are able to play all the games and are not rotated, the overall framework will not change much.

    In this League Cup match, Dick sent a mixed lineup.

    The goalkeeper is still Hart. Dick will basically not rotate at the goalkeeper position, and Hart now needs games to improve. On the defense, Sun Jihai is deployed at right back, and Irish Hart is played at left back. The center back position  Samuel and Joel Luca partnered, and Haman, Yaya Toure and Vidal were deployed in the midfield. Di Natale was hidden up front, but Ribery and Ashley?  Young and Sturridge partner up front.

    Such a lineup is tactically simpler than usual. Sturridge is at the front, and the two wingers become the main force of the offense. Their dribbling and cross-cutting are the biggest guarantee for Manchester City's offense.  Yatoure and Vidal take turns to attack forward, including Haman, who has a certain ability to attack forward. This tactic seems to be more reliable against Premier League teams.

    Tottenham's fluctuating performance this season is actually related to the fact that they have a large number of young players. Strong local players such as Lennon, Defoe, Darren Bent, and Jenas have made them play very energetically. In addition, they have previously  They had just defeated Manchester City once, so this time at Manchester City's home court, they were still not afraid at all and launched a fast attack from the beginning!

    Such a bold attack achieved good results soon after the start of the game. Only seven minutes into the game, Janus passed directly to the right side of the penalty area. Lennon used his speed to forcefully break through Hart's defense and then sent the ball into the penalty area. Dee  Fu also used his speed to get rid of Joel Luca's defense and pushed the far corner from close to the small penalty area to score!

    Speed, this Tottenham team is quite fast. Although Bell was intercepted by Dick midway, the other players are all fast and agile players, which happen to be somewhat incompatible with Manchester City's defense

    Dick shook his head. This defense line is still not good enough. Sun Jihai is old and slightly weaker. Joel Luca still needs to grow up. Although Samuel has rich experience and excellent strength, it is difficult to deal with this guy.  A quick attack, and then we need to slowly build this defense line.

    But even though they lost the ball, Manchester City will not panic about it. Tottenham's offense is fast, but this also prevents them from slowing down. Compared with the speed, Manchester City's offense will not be much worse than the opponent!

    Ten minutes after Tottenham scored, Manchester City also immediately relied on a quick counterattack to score. Hart made a long pass from the backcourt. Sturridge grabbed the ball in front of the opponent's central defender and pushed it down. Vidal did not receive the ball after receiving the ball.  The ball was passed to Ribery, who was being defended by the opponent, but to Ashley Young. Ashley Young started running wildly with the ball from the right, breaking through to the bottom line before passing the ball into the penalty area.  Turic dragged the opponent's defender to the back point, and Yaya Toure, who followed up in the middle, met the ball and rushed directly to the top to equalize the score!

    After equalizing the score, Manchester City's offense became faster and faster. The two sides sprinted back and forth, and the game was extremely lively.

    Manchester City?The basic offensive routine is to split the sides and hand it over to the two wingers. They create opportunities through breakthroughs and then pass the ball to the center, allowing Sturridge or Yaya Toure and Vidal to complete the final step.  shot.

    Mourinho, who returned to Portugal, was also watching this game. He couldn't help laughing after seeing this - wasn't this the tactic he first used at Chelsea?  Dick, this guy is really not polite, you can just use it

    But having said that, there is no sure-win tactic, only tactics that suit you. Manchester City¡¯s lineup has wingers with excellent skills who can break through, a center who can hold up in front, and two centers with very good forward penetration ability.  On the field, this tactic is indeed very suitable. Although it is only a weakened version of Chelsea's offensive mode, it also has considerable power!

    To make matters worse for Tottenham, in the 28th minute of the game, Tottenham defender Zokora fiercely tackled Vidal in the midfield and was directly shown a red card by the referee and was sent off. Ten men against ten.  One-man Tottenham began to be forced to retreat to defend, and the gap at the front of the penalty area began to become larger

    In the 39th minute, Manchester City took the lead after continuous attacks. It was another beautiful midfielder. After Ribery broke through, he passed the ball to Hart who came forward to assist. Hart passed the curved ball with his left foot.  Arriving at the edge of the penalty area, Vidal, who followed up, took the ball into the penalty area, and then kicked off the goal immediately, giving Manchester City the lead!

    With the numerical advantage and the score advantage, Manchester City seemed much easier to play in the second half. Dick replaced Ribery with Ireland, which increased the midfielder's possession of the ball. When the game reached the 82nd minute  , Manchester City played a beautiful counterattack. Ireland went straight behind Tottenham's defense. Ashley Young successfully reversed the offside, dunked the ball past the attacking goalkeeper Robinson and then pushed the shot into the empty goal. Three to one, Manchester City defeated Tottenham.  , head high and enter the semi-finals of the League Cup!

    "I am very satisfied with the effect of the rotation system. Manchester City's players have proven that they are all top players. In a game with a dense schedule like the Premier League, I need to mobilize the abilities of all players But I still have an opinion. England  Only five substitutes can be used in a game. After all, in modern football, with so many games, there are naturally more substitutes. It is a waste to only bring sixteen people into the squad.  I hope that the bench can be expanded to seven or more. After all, there is no need to follow the old and meaningless rules.¡±

    After leading the team to the semi-finals, Dick began to make a fuss, but in fact his proposal could be said to be proposed by all head coaches. Before him, many coaches in the Premier League had already made such a request, but  The Football Association, which has been dragging its feet, has always said it wants to study it, but it has never been able to produce any results.

    This time the Football Association once again stated that it would study it. At this time, the League Cup semi-final matchups were also announced. After Chelsea eliminated Liverpool, they ushered in a weaker opponent. Their semi-final opponent was Everton.  , and Manchester City led by Dick met Arsenal. The League Cup semi-finals were a two-leg contest. This was also the most powerful opponent Manchester City encountered in the League Cup this time. If they want to win a championship, then  At this time, Arsenal must be defeated in order to win the League Cup.

    The League Cup championship is not that easy to win, especially when the strong teams have basically not been eliminated this season

    Dick continued to use his rotation system. In the next eighteenth round of the away game against Aston Villa, the main lineup he sent had a huge change compared to the previous game. Goalkeeper Hart, defender  Richards, Kompany, Cahill and Barnes, midfielders Barton, Yaya Toure and Parker, and the strike partners were replaced by Ribery, Sturridge and Di Natale.

    In this game, Parker, who had rested for a week, performed very well. He took over the entire Manchester City offense in the midfield. When Yaya Toure and Ribery were both a little tired, his performance allowed  Manchester City's offense became stronger, and Sturridge received a cross from Barnes who provided an assist in the 11th minute and scored with a header in the penalty area, breaking the deadlock for Manchester City first!

    "Sturridge's second goal! Two goals in two consecutive league rounds! I don't know if Sturridge will become Manchester City's main force in the next game, but for the young Sturridge  Things are great now! Keep going, Daniel! You will have a bright future!¡±

    The commentator shouted in a voice full of emotion. It has to be said that they still prefer local players

    But at this time, Sturridge did show his value. In terms of tactical role, he can largely make up for the losses caused by Torres' absence.The city is extremely important!

    Aston Villa wanted to equalize the score at home, but Manchester City's defense in this game was much stronger than in the previous game. Although Samuel was put into the rotation by Dick, Kompany and  Cahill's two tall central defenders are still very strong in head-on confrontation. Aston Villa does not have any outstanding fast forwards. There is no problem behind them, and there will be no problem in defending them head-on.

    Shortly after the start of the second half, Parker used a forward move to complete Manchester City's second goal. Manchester City defeated their opponent 2-0 at home. After losing to Tottenham, they quickly won two consecutive games and continued to be closely behind Arsenal.  to catch up - and after the New Year, these two teams will take the lead in playing against each other in the League Cup. Everyone is also looking forward to this game.

    When the final whistle sounded, Dick waved his fist. He was very satisfied with these two rounds of the league, because most of the players showed quite good condition when rotation began. Such performance,  Only then can we compete for the championship!
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