Before the Champions League final, most of the rational people will come to the conclusion that who can win the championship Manchester City one side. Guardiola has fixed the starting line-up and is no longer alive. The power of pudding connection is so powerful that it can eat people. The FA Cup of the Premier League is the triple champion.
Who will stand on Inter's side... Egg prediction video, Pippo Inzaghi's victory rate against the bald head coach, the law of Croatian players winning the Champions League, the curse of Toure's agent, and Mhitaryan's attitude towards Pandev.
In a word, it is called metaphysics.
This may explain the strength gap between the two sides, but also explain some expected changes in the starting lineup.
Compared with the previous semi-finals, Man City did not choose Walker, and Inter did not choose Mhitalan. On the one hand, they have the consideration of injury, on the other hand, they also judge the situation.
Guardiola let the back line return to the way it was before Aker was injured. Most of them also took into account that Inter's counterattack did not depend on the speed of the flank, and it was not necessary to have Walker back. Inzaghi still chose Brozovic at the back to push forward Charhanolu. Most of them also know that the final must be defensive, which requires pressure and physical strength.
But when the game started, the situation deviated from people's expectations.
It is obvious that Inter have done their homework for the final and have targeted Manchester City from the whole to the part.
——On the overall level, implement the three word policy: strength! Upper strength! Upper strength! The next leg should never hesitate. If there is no confrontation, we should take the initiative to find a confrontation. If we cannot get over it, we should also pull it down.
——Different situations at local level shall be handled differently. In the face of such central link ups as Jingduoan, Rodriguez and Stones, the two forwards will also come back to help defend.
——In the face of such wingers as Glalish and seat B, Dumfries and Dimarco marked the ball one-on-one. Keep a safe distance near the restricted area and fight and retreat. Close to the sideline and don't turn around.
In the whole first half, the tactical execution of the Inter players for these arrangements can only be described in four words: tight fit.
As for Manchester City, their strength and public opinion are dominated by me.
Inter's defensive strategy of attacking in the middle and marking people on the side is not new to Manchester City. Following the routine that Guardiola practiced and the way he played in the Premier League, they soon began to deal with it.
On the left, Debrouane and Jingduoan went to help Glalish at the same time, hoping to penetrate behind Dumfries through a small range of passing and cutting. On the right side, seat B starts to withdraw away from the restricted area and take the ball to see if it can attract DiMarco out, and then give the outside line in front of him to Stones.
Yes, people who are not familiar with Manchester City may think that Guashuai is alive and well. Stones can only play a good central defender at the back, but how can he become a winger. However, as Manchester City fans all know, he went to the weak side to become a "winger". The team has been training for more than a month in order to break the dense defense and open up space.
However, these tactically sound operations have not yielded any decent results.
You can say that the referee's whistle is relatively loose, and the hand to hand game is somewhat restrained against the style of Manchester City. In other words, the Istanbul Stadium is flooded too much, and the resistance of passing the ball close to the ground is large. The inertia brought by the sudden stop is like skating.
But we have learned since childhood that all these things are regarded as excuses in the eyes of outsiders. The next step is to let you find reasons from yourself. The "reason" for Manchester City players is that their wives are too nervous.
How nervous? Everyone in the middle and back court is afraid of mistakes, and their movements are stiff and stiff. Rodriguez, Kyodoan and Akanji made unforced mistakes in turn, and Edson's long cross flew out of the sideline, leaving fans around the world puzzled: Ah! No one was hurt and fell to the ground?
In the front court, the mentality of the attacking players becomes more and more impatient. Seat B is always unable to pass people and starts to turn around. Debrouane's choice of passing shots has become unreasonable, while Harland missed the only good opportunity in the first half. In the process, the tension of Manchester City was concentrated: he wanted to make efforts in advance, and finally quietly.
To make matters worse, Debrouane was injured again in the Champions League final, which reminded Manchester City fans of some unhappy things.
To make fun of it, the substitute Foden is good at taking the ball in the middle and making a breakthrough. He can create some breathing space with the helpless Harland.
It is worth consoling that at least one Hemisphere member of Manchester City showed his due level in the first half.
Half of them are Glalish. When the whole team was out of shape, he was the only one who kept his pace and calm. It was true that those years were not in vain. Unfortunately, under the penalty scale of encouraging confrontation, when the rocker breaks down, it is not necessarily a foul to blow, and if it is blown, it will not give cards, which greatly reduces its lethality.
One is Dias. The first half of Inter's defense can be said to be flawless, but the counter attack was not very successful. After all, their counterattack does not rely on wingers and speed, but on double centers Zheke And Rautaro fulcrum stake, coupled with the midfield, especially Barrera's large-scale running forward. In this game, Dias controlled the first point of the long pass very well, and basically did not give Inter the chance to compete for the second point.
In this way, the game entered the second half 0-0. In the second half, with the passage of time and the decline of physical strength, it will become more and more difficult to maintain strict tactical implementation, and accidents will also increase.
what's more, Lukaku Here we go.
Well, in fact, replacing Dzeko with Lukaku in about 60 minutes is basically the routine operation of Inzaghi in the second half of this season. Dzeko is responsible for consuming the defenders in hand. Lukaku, who has impact but can't be a pile, is responsible for harvesting the rear hand. The so-called "Taro Peikaku, no one can prevent".
Besides, they are themselves.
Objectively speaking, Lukaku's appearance did bring more opportunities for counterattack, and his impact also made the tense Manchester City defense more embarrassed. But a few years later, when people think of Taro and Kaku in this game, it is estimated that most of them are the dramatic effects of those games.
First, Akanji misjudged his teammate's return pass and gave Rautaro a single shot at a small angle for nothing. However, Lautaro seems to have switched back to his own version of the World Cup... Boss Mei, who stayed up late in Beijing, put down the phone in his hand, and Guardiola, who knelt down on the sidelines, stood up again.
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Lautaro missed his best chance, and Inter suffered the most painful blow ten minutes later. Akanji, who had made a mistake before, sent a straight shot through the ribs. Dimarco, who had been performing well, failed to respond in time this time. Seat B's cross seemed to have a handball problem, and in a few seconds when the Inter team was distracted, Rodriguez scored.
This is a goal that decides the Champions League this season, and may also be the most important goal in Rodriguez's career.
Football is like this. You may perform very well in the rest of the game, but if you lose your mind in a moment, it will go up and down. Maybe you are the last step away from becoming a hero, but the luck of black humor surges forward and turns into a hapless brine egg.
Inter, who were behind in the score, launched a counter attack, which was characterized by a large forward pressure in the formation, mainly by passing the middle. The two best opportunities in these crosses were met by Lukaku.
In 70 minutes, a sitcom was staged in the restricted area of Manchester City. It was Ronaldo's cross and was cleared by his teammate's header. Dumfries headed the ball in again, and Akangi leaned on Lukaku and kicked it empty. Di Marco got a great opportunity to head the ball, but the first one dropped and hit the crossbar, and the second one hit the king of pestle piles.
No one expected that this story could be reprinted.
In the 88th minute, Ronaldo sent the cross again and the substitute Gosens headed the ferry. The ball flew over Akanji's header again, and Lukaku, who was unmarked, shook his head in situ... and hit Edson's knee.
Really, I think if there is a lucky attribute in the player's ability value, the average value of Lukaku and Akanji should be 50. One is 0, the other is 100.
At the end of the game, the two goalkeepers rejected other scores than 1-0. Onana confiscates Foden's single push shot, and Edson makes a high resistance. Oh no, it's more like a Magneto who attracts shots.
Inter lost the final, but also received a lot of applause. Everyone knows that their lineup is a little short, but in this game, they showed excellent Italian defense tactics and played a situation that can be said to be close. Compared with all kinds of strange and flirtatious products in recent years, this scorched earth battle is the "nameless game" familiar to old fans.
While Manchester City won the first Champions League in the team's history, Guardiola completed the great cause of three trophies for the second time in two different teams.
Admittedly, you can say that Manchester City played badly in the final. They are really too nervous to be themselves.
However, this emotion stems from the excitement and anxiety before the creation of history. It has been 15 years since Mansur bought the team. It has been seven seasons since Guardiola came here to build his ideal team.
During this period, countless funds were poured in, which expanded the global reputation and won enough championships. But some people will always say that if they don't have the Champions League, they just don't have the foundation.
If there is no foundation, create foundation. Today, the name of Manchester City was engraved on the Big Ear Cup for the first time. All the tension will become the capital that will not be tense next time.
Congratulations to Manchester City! Champions League 2022-23!
The Premier League, the FA Cup, and the European Championships!
