NovelsAlex Chapter 618 Easy Victory
Chapter 618 Easy Victory
Chapter 618 Easy Victory
Chapter 629 An Easy Win
"Two to zero!!! Beautiful!!!"
"The inside shot from Hazard!! Manchester City's left and right sides are completely open!! The two goals are almost identical, but the direction of attack is reversed!! Whether it is Hazard or Griezmann, they can both disrupt Southampton's defense with strong personal abilities, and Manchester City also take full advantage of the personal abilities of the two wingers!!!"
Letkinson applauded City's attack, while his partner Redknapp applauded City's attack as well.
"Coach Gao Bo's tactics in this game are completely designed around the two wingers. Feint one side, and after the defense is attracted, immediately transfer, and the other side is the real killing move!"
"And for this kind of attack, Southampton is really hard to defend, because if they don't focus on defense, the feint side will become the real attack side!"
"Coach Gao Bo has been in office for more than a month, and this is not the peak state of his team. Now I have begun to look forward to what a strong team Manchester City will be after it has truly matured!"
"As expected of a European champion coach!!"
The commentators praised Gao Bo's tactical arrangements. Sometimes, the simple ones are the most effective.
In the stands, Manchester City fans are already singing.
The melody of "Blue Moon" sang over the Etihad Stadium.
Gao Bo was relieved when he saw the second goal was born. His team locked the victory. He didn't think that Southampton could score two goals in the next time and keep Manchester City from scoring.
After Gao Bo celebrated his goal, he turned around and sat back on the coach's bench.
And the next game was as he expected. Southampton basically had no chance. Even if Manchester City took the initiative to slow down the pace, it would be difficult for Southampton to take control of the game.
With two goals in hand, Manchester City's players are full of confidence.
The game time in the first half passed quickly. After 45 minutes, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.
During the intermission, Gao Bo ignored Balotelli who was sitting in the corner of the locker room. If the game lost, Balotelli would undoubtedly be the culprit. Fortunately, the team was strong enough and scored two goals in the first half, helping the team basically secure the victory of the game.
Gao Bo praised the team's performance in the first half, but for the second half, he asked the team to work hard at the beginning and score as much as possible, and then they can retreat back to play defensive counterattacks with peace of mind.
With Hazard and Griezmann in front, Manchester City's counterattack is equally powerful.
On the Southampton side, Atkins was boosting the morale of the Southampton players.
If Manchester City has not been sent off, perhaps Atkins will accept his fate. Anyway, the away game against Manchester City is not the game planned to score points. Southampton wants to relegation, and they cannot expect to score points on these league championship teams. The mutual record between relegation teams is the most important.
But now Manchester City has played one less player, which is undoubtedly a great opportunity for Southampton.Atkins didn't want to pass up the opportunity.
In the second half, Atkins showed his determination!
Before the players from both sides returned to the field, Southampton was about to make a substitution, and Southampton's center Lambert stood on the sidelines.
Gao Bo was still a little emotional when he saw Lambert.
When he was coaching Luton, he still wanted to get Lambert, because he knew at that time that this player who played in the First Division would be fully capable of gaining a foothold in the Premier League in the future.
However, this striker who relies on his height, strength, header, and impact to gain a foothold in the Premier League obviously does not meet the requirements of a wealthy team, but if he wants to play in some low-level league teams with simple and rough styles of play, Lambert's characteristics may have room to play.
"Southampton was ready to make substitutions at the beginning of the second half. It seemed difficult for Atkins to accept that he was easily defeated by his opponent when he played one more player early!"
Letkinson said with a smile.
"But two goals behind, the possibility of Southampton recovering is very small. Hazard and Griezmann's pressure on the defense is too strong. It will be difficult for Southampton to defend one of them, let alone two people on the field at the same time." Redknapp said shaking his head.
He is an expert, so he naturally knows that the two most important fists for Manchester City are Hazard and Griezmann. When these two fists are played alone, Southampton may be able to parry, but when these two fists are used together, Southampton can only focus on one thing and lose the other.
Facts have proved that even replacing a high center forward did not have any good effect on Southampton's offense.
Manchester City's defensive line is very tightly organized, which is the characteristic of Gao Bo's team. It is difficult for Southampton to pass the ball to the frontcourt through the organization of the backcourt and midfield, so they adopted a very simple and rude method-directly from the backcourt. Long pass!
The effect of the long pass is naturally not ideal, and they have to face Manchester City's counterattack after stealing the ball.
Not long after the start of the second half, Hazard counterattacked and drove straight in. When facing the goalkeeper, he kicked the ball on the post and almost scored twice.
However, the fans of Atkins and Southampton have not yet breathed a sigh of relief, and here Griezmann has another chance to fight back.
When Griezmann faced the goalkeeper, he chose a lob shot. This time, Southampton goalkeeper Davies performed very well. He reached out and barely lifted the ball over the crossbar.
The Southampton fans just relaxed a little bit, and the next corner kick made them completely give up.
Eriksson took a corner kick from the right, and it was Kolarov who jumped high in the penalty area with a header!
Kompany in the middle is Southampton's key defense player, but Eriksson sent the ball to the back point.
Kolarov nodded the ball back, and this time Davis had nothing to do.
The football was smashed into the goal!
Manchester City took a three-to-nil lead.
After gaining the lead again, Gao Bo immediately made substitution adjustments.
He put Milner on and replaced Hazard.
To maintain the defensive strength of the midfield, just leave Griezmann in front.
Hazard didn't feel dissatisfied with being replaced, because he also knew that the team now has one less player, and the most important thing is to keep the victory no matter what.
Southampton didn't get any chances in the next game.
The result of the final game was [-]-[-], and Manchester City won the first round of the Premier League in the new season.
Chapter 4 is out, I'm going to sleep, I'm so sleepy.
(End of this chapter)