Chapter 1 Guardiola's Passion

Guardiola was passionately and vigorously pounding on the tactical board, telling everyone when and where they should run.

He couldn't wait to transmit all the standing positions in his head to these players.

Defense!

Defense!

Defense!

Important things must be repeated three times.

He knew the loopholes in the players' positioning best. He had to pay attention to the empty space between the defensive midfielder and the defenders at all times.

Mbappe, Silva, and Lemar created opportunities with their individual combat capabilities, which was unavoidable, but his own defense made mistakes and was caught by the opponent, which was unforgivable!

"Defenders, don't stick to the ball! Strive to pass the ball with one touch! You are facing a group of young men like wolves and tigers. They are full of power and passion!

They will keep pressing on your position! Once the ball is lost, it will cause a fatal mistake!

Pass the ball around to waste their energy!

Find the midfielders, Zhao, De Bruyne, Sterling, Delf!

Fernandinho!

Try not to pass the ball in the backcourt!"

Guardiola's tactics have always been that everyone can pass and receive the ball, the frontcourt, the midfield, the backcourt, and even the goalkeeper.

Obviously today, he doesn't trust the backcourt players very much.

Facing this group of young people from Monaco, he didn't dare to easily let the backcourt players make mistakes.

If the midfield makes a mistake, there is still room for recovery.

Once something goes wrong in the backcourt, it's completely over.

"Of course, if the midfielders want you to cooperate and pass the ball, you can play some cooperation according to the situation on the field."

The backcourt players nodded. Just say that Zhao needs the backcourt to pass the ball. Why do you have to say that the midfielders want us to pass the ball?

De Bruyne basically won't ask the backcourt players to do anything, does Delf dare to ask? Sterling is basically not in the midfield.

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The Manchester City players just nodded, or were expressionless, without any unnecessary movements.

Guardiola ordered them not to speak or make any unnecessary movements.

These players were indeed very tired.

Monaco's fast offensive and defensive speed in the first half was a great test of the Manchester City players' physical fitness.

Fortunately, the Manchester City players usually have plenty of physical training.

Many people think that Guardiola's team plays with possession and control, which has relatively low requirements for physical fitness.

In fact, it is completely the opposite. Physical fitness is the most critical thing for that invincible universe team.

Without physical fitness, it is impossible to achieve total attack and total defense on the court, and it is even more impossible to win all the championships in so many games.

Barcelona's main players rarely get injured, which has a lot to do with their physical reserves. The players will not get injured due to physical problems in the dense schedule.

Fernandinho looked at Zhao Gang. Although he was sweating, his breathing was very steady.

Fernandinho had already discovered this problem. It is understandable that Zhao Gang is young and has plenty of physical strength, but it shouldn't be this abundant.

In the past, Fernandinho thought that Zhao Gang didn't participate in the defense, so his physical fitness was maintained and distributed very well.

Later, Zhao Gang kept retreating, especially in the game against Real Madrid. He sprinted across the entire field, and until the end, he could still run a super long distance, as if his physical strength would never run out.

He never gets tired!

This guy is really a monster.

The second half began, the two sides exchanged halves, and Monaco kicked off.

Bakayoko passed the ball to Lemar.

Lemar seemed to have found inspiration from Zhao Gang's pass in the first half.

Suddenly a long pass, directly found Falcao running to the center!

Falcao, who had been holding back, did not find a good opportunity to score in the final stage of the first half.

This time, he took the ball and directly cut it horizontally. On the edge of the penalty area, he suddenly made a violent shot!

Stones intercepted several shots in the first half and performed bravely. This time, he intercepted quickly again.

Unfortunately, Falcao's sudden shot was too fast and the angle was good, so Stones couldn't touch the ball.

And Bravo stretched his body and flew up with all his strength!

Whoosh!

Falcao's shot was fast and猛, perfectly showing his violent aesthetics!

The football directly crossed the goal line and hit the net!

"goooal!!!" The Monaco commentator roared like crazy.

This start was simply perfect!

Less than ten seconds into the second half, Falcao took the lead in scoring!

This earth-shattering kick is definitely a world-class goal!

The entire stadium instantly boiled!

This is the striker who once played for Atletico Madrid!

Made in Atletico Madrid, must be a boutique!

Tiger, there are only wrong names, no wrong nicknames.

Swift, fierce.

Falcao opened his arms, not celebrating as passionately as before.

As if telling the fans, telling everyone in Manchester City.

This is his home stadium.

Reign supreme!

Guardiola jumped up and down angrily. During the halftime break, which lasted fifteen minutes, he emphasized defense for ten minutes.

Is this what happens at the start?

The defense is like paper!

"Falcao! Scores twice! Monaco takes the lead again! Manchester City should respond!"

"Falcao's personal ability helped Monaco score another goal. Now the pressure is completely on Manchester City. They have to find a way to restrain Falcao and Mbappe. These two people are like Monaco's sharp knives, piercing Manchester City's defense.

While doing a good job in defense, they also have to strengthen their offense, because they are now behind."

Otamendi and Fernandinho were a little frustrated, and the entire defense was a little at a loss.

This is too incredible, too fierce.

Manchester City kicked off again in the center circle. Jesus glanced at Zhao Gang again for a while, and still didn't seem to have any expression.

Since you are not in a hurry, then I am not in a hurry either.

After receiving the ball, Zhao Gang did not pass it back, nor did he force a pass forward.

Bakayoko cooperated with the retreating Mbappe and began to try to grab Zhao Gang's pass.

Zhao Gang still didn't pass the ball.

His choice is very different from before.

In the past, he would cooperate with his teammates, run into open space, and move forward.

This time, he chose to go it alone.

Under the siege of two people, Zhao Gang turned continuously, the ball was at his feet, and his center of gravity kept shaking, like a loach, shaking the two people from side to side.

"Zhao Gang is still dribbling the ball! What is he going to do? His ability is indeed very strong, but it doesn't seem to be of much use. This is in the center line..."

He the Poet was a little confused.

Even if you shake off two people like this, you can only show off, and it won't have much effect on Manchester City's attack!

The fans watching the game didn't know what Zhao Gang was doing.

The Manchester City fans sat in front of the TV, staring wide-eyed.

Oh no, is he competing with the opponent's players?

That's what they were afraid of. Once this happens, the mentality will be out of balance and something big will happen!

Zhao Gang was facing two people's siege, Fernandinho quickly responded, but he didn't pass it out in the first time, Falcao had already gone ahead to cut off the passing route!

Fabinho saw the opportunity and rushed over to prepare for a siege.

As a result, before he could get there, Zhao Gang had already squeezed out of the two people's defense and rushed in Fabinho's direction!

Mbappe turned around twice, almost fell to the ground, and hurriedly adjusted his center of gravity to continue chasing.

Fabinho was preparing to besiege forward, so he didn't leave enough space to stop Zhao Gang.

Zhao Gang poked the ball, and the person rushed past Fabinho's right side.

Fabinho subconsciously split his legs to intercept, but Zhao Gang was gone!

Fabinho almost did a split, hurriedly supported the lawn, got up, turned around and wanted to chase again, but it was too late.

"Continuous breakaways, like passing through stakes during training! There are not small loopholes in Monaco's defense! Mbappe and Bakayoko didn't grab the ball!"

"Fabinho gave everyone a performance of a split, the visual effect is very good, but it's not very useful!"

"Zhao Gang is still moving forward!"

Delf was running to meet him, Sterling and De Bruyne opened up the distance, watching Zhao Gang's position while rushing forward.

Jesus was stunned for a moment, realized Zhao Gang's forward route, and rushed to the right, leaving the center open.

The Monaco players watched as Zhao Gang rushed up along the center. Helplessly, they could only give up De Bruyne and Sterling and approached the center one after another.

The people on both sides could only hope that the people in the front and middle fields would come back to stop him!

Raggi and Glik quickly approached.

Based on their experience, Zhao Gang had continuously passed Mbappe and Bakayoko in the midfield, and also teased Fabinho.

Now he is excited and may not see his teammates and sprint all the way forward!

The two quickly took action, preparing to compress Zhao Gang's space.

As a result, Zhao Gang, who had just seemed to be stubborn, pushed the ball with the outside of his foot and directly gave the ball to Delf in the open space!

Raggi was slightly stunned for a moment, eh? What's wrong with this kid? Isn't he going to continue dribbling the ball to show off?

After Delf got the ball, there was a lot of open space in front of him, and he took two steps forward.

The center back can only quickly fill the position, and the teammates in the front court have returned to support!

Just hold on for two or three seconds!

Zhao Gang, who was inserting forward, and Jesus, who was supporting him, rushed into the penalty area at the same time.

Glik gritted his teeth and held back Zhao Gang, preventing him from catching the ball.

Seeing Zhao Gang reaching out, Delf kicked the ball into the penalty area!

The football rotated into the penalty area.