I don't know when the Manchester derby has become a game of Chang Wei beating Laifu unilaterally. In the past three seasons, Manchester City and Manchester United It has played seven times, with an impressive 6-1 record and 21-8 goals. In addition to Manchester City's nine consecutive victories and United's eighth ranking, the game seems to have won or lost before the start.
Fortunately, the United side is not without good news. For example, Lima and Varane finally got together again after a season of intermittent injuries. For example, Gua Shuai has an old problem of "inexplicable self transformation to strive for industry dominance" in the cup competition... commonly known as "whole work".
In this game, Gua Shuai's old illness broke out again.
First, he abandoned Ruben Dias and Akanji and started with Stones. Xiaoshi started only once in 19 games after March this year, and his central defensive combination with Aker will be the first time in 2024.
Secondly, he abandoned the winger, and Glalish and Doku came on as substitutes together. The only one with winger attribute was seat B, which was also held at the back of the midfield.
So Gua Shuai thought: since Manchester United must put on the bus, I will use two of the best central defenders to free up the attack power of the back waist. The no winger play method will attract the opponent's defense to the middle. Then, Gwadiol and Walker mentioned high positions as wingers. In this way, there are also side attacks and many people in the middle. This is a wonderful brain circuit, It must be able to shine the light of the bald man on the opposite side.
However, Gua Shuai's tactics sound good, but the underlying logic cannot stand scrutiny. To put it bluntly, he is using the stable method of castrating wingers and central defenders to improve the attack power of the guards and the back waist... You have to use straws to cut meat without knives, big brother, what are you trying to do?
More troublesome is that this operation just hit Tenghage's muzzle. In this game, Manchester United used to play Canacho and Rushford on the defensive side, B Fei and McTomina suddenly became bridgeheads. Oh no, the formation of the bridgehead waist turned out to be 4-2-2-2 when we saw Manchester City attacking on the side. If Manchester City wanted to penetrate the middle of the road, they would have to cross the four defense lines of Manchester United. It was more difficult to meet with Ronaldo once than to learn from the west.
Generally speaking, Manchester City is not afraid of such a super bus. High position pressing+left and right dispatching+rib penetration can break the defense. But the problem is that if these weapons want to work, they must be based on high running, and the Manchester City players in this game... are drunk.
Yes, Manchester City got it Premier League After four consecutive championships, the whole staff went to a Greek restaurant to celebrate, and the wine was still strong. In the whole first half, the whole team was slow to run, and various unforced errors occurred frequently. Every ball stopped as gingerly as holding chopsticks to hold tofu.
In the face of the incomprehension of Manchester City, it is enough for Manchester United to do just one thing well: make a basic task list for everyone. You just need to do your own thing well, and do not need to play too often.
For example, give up high position pressing to ensure that everyone will not lose their position; For example, the whole game of Wanpizaka almost didn't last half of the game, and it was extremely strong to avoid weaknesses; For example, the ball right in the back court should be handled by Martinez and Onana as much as possible. Those without diamond should stay away from porcelain; For example, when Amrabat only needs to defend, the World Cup special edition iron waist can return in a limited time.
This kind of responsibility list defense once made Manchester City start to hit the big game on the side, but every time they failed in the big game, the result was disastrous, because as we said earlier, Manchester City castrated the stability of the winger and central defender to improve the attack power of the guard and the back waist, and your shields were piled up in the front court, so when Manchester United hit back, the defense line would be empty
Roderie can't come back, Walker can't come back, Manchester City can only face the bleak life with their underpants without the protection of the back waist. It's not easy for Gwadiol to catch up with him, but he has a little bad misunderstanding with Ortega. So in the 30th minute, after a series of Man City's operations of leaking people and balls, there was only one empty goal left in front of Ganacheo.
Moreover, after losing the ball, Manchester City did not have the energy to play. Nine minutes later, Manchester City conceded the second goal. It was the side that fought back, or the middle court was out of touch with the back court. Between the two lines, there were three red devils who had no defense. The middle court's defense speed was full of a leisurely old man walking. So, Menu received the selfless goal from B Fei and copied his age of 19 years and 36 days into the history books, becoming "60 years old FA Cup The youngest English player to score in the final.
Before half time, Manchester United were two goals ahead of Manchester City. This result must have been unexpected for both fans and coaches. So after 2-0, Tenghage and Guardiola Almost at the same time, they began to drink water tactically - with different mentality, but they pretended to be calm.
In the whole first half, the ball control rate of Manchester City and Manchester United was 74% - 26%. Just looking at the statistics, you would think that the 45 minutes must be basically the direct stroke of Ronaldo Onana, but in fact, Manchester City only had one half time
At this moment, we have to review the tactics of Manchester City with the spirit of professional afterthought. The side road of self abolishing martial arts and the middle road of out of state let Manchester City attack and defense out of control; Without wingers to attract firepower, Foden and Ding Ding had to retreat more to get the ball, leaving Harland alone in the United restricted area. As we all know, once the elements of Debrane's failure+being closely pressed+the whole team falling into position are gathered, Harland will become a tiger like cat, which looks scary on the surface, but is actually a slag that can be solved with a laser pen.
Therefore, Guardiola corrected himself at the beginning of the second half.
In 46 minutes, Akanji and Doku replaced Kovacic to stabilize the defense line and offer a sharp edge. In the 56th minute, Alvarez replaced Debroune. Since the midfield was out of order, he would directly add his head to the front line.
The good news is that after Doku came on the court, he quickly mixed up the whole defence line of Manchester United. There were turning and passing, stopping and dividing the ball, and forced shots. Doku's low pass in front of the goal in 54 minutes and Harland's cross beam in 55 minutes were dividends after the tactical adjustment. The bad news is that ten minutes after Doku's outburst, Wanpisaka, the man who expanded his coordinate system with a tackle, reappeared in the Jianghu, blocking Doku's route to the bottom.
In this case, Doku could only choose to return to a corner of the restricted area: to drive the ball all the way, attract defense, speed up to the limit, look for teammates, and then find that... everyone stood still, some looked up at the moon, some looked down and ate melon seeds.
Compared with Manchester United's three armed forces, Manchester City seems too leisurely. In the whole game, it seemed that Doku was the only one whose soul and body were online. Other Manchester City players played at the level of Big Brother. They either saw the position clearly, or could not calculate the speed, or could calculate the right force and the wrong time. This mode of operation reminds me of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle... The momentum and position of microscopic particles cannot be determined at the same time.
——In the 64th minute, Alvarez got the chance to shoot in front of the goal. He spent 3 seconds thinking about which foot was his habitual foot.
——In the 69th minute, seat B put his strength out of the court, and Evans was fouled before a minute.
Although the ball that Harland fell was suspected of being a penalty kick, and although Doku recovered a goal for Manchester City 80 minutes later, the morale and luck gradually fell to Manchester United as time went by, and Manchester City was unable to recover.
At the moment of the final whistle, Lima picked up Tenghage and joined the celebration army
After all, the title is too precious for Manchester United.
The lowest ranking of the Premier League in nearly 20 years, the possibility of not being able to compete in Europe, the defense line with full wounded soldiers, and the rumor that "no matter win or lose, there will be a change of coach" have all pushed Manchester United into the lowest ebb of public opinion. Before the game, B fee even sent a letter to Manchester United fans to boost their morale. He said:
"I know we didn't meet everyone's expectations."
"But now that we have arrived at Wembley, please support us again."
"Your captain, Bruno Fernandez."
Fortunately, they did it.
After this battle, Tenghage became the second head coach to defeat Guardiola in the final of major domestic cup matches (excluding the Community Shield), and the first was Mourinho. The last player under the age of 20 who scored in the FA Cup final of Manchester United was Ronaldo in 2004. Twenty years later, another young talent under the age of 20 decided to play, and this time there were two.
Some people say that the FA Cup is an important step for scientific Baoteng, and some people say that the championship may make Manchester United hesitant to change the coach. But in the world of football, the most important thing is not the past, but what will happen next.
At least, this season's Manchester United has proved to the world that they can be defeated, but cannot be looked down upon. All teams that don't take them seriously will roll over on them, such as Liverpool before and Manchester City this game.
In these obviously weak games, Manchester United has played more discipline and ability than expected. The constant running of B fee, the timely insertion of Menu, the long lost oblique pass scheduling of Rushford, and the repeated sprint of Canacho
In the last ten minutes of the game, there was a firm look in the eyes of the whole United team: the world was raining cats and dogs, and everything was still alive. If I want to achieve more, I can only carry more.
Obviously, in the season of Yidi Jimao, guard became the only belief of this wave of red imps. In many cases, this belief will enable children to quickly understand the truth that many people need to understand in life:
"Who are we?"
"Who are we going to be?"
Then, in a flash
Complete transformation and grow up.
