Messi was so scared that he cried when he maxed out his header talent at the start of the game

Chapter 720

"Our attack is terrible... Mario, can you tell me what's going on in your head right now?"

"Boss! I want to play!"

"Boss! I..."

Mandzukic and Balotelli stood up at the same time, looked at each other, and looked at Guardiola at the same time. Guardiola waved at Balotelli and rubbed his forehead.

Balotelli sat down unwillingly, and Manzukic continued.

"Boss... To be honest, my head is a little messy now... Every time I want to squeeze into the penalty area, they will double-team me, and there will be some small movements with their hands..."

"Enough."

Guardiola interrupted Manzukic's complaints impatiently, his eyes full of disappointment, and his eyes began to wander back and forth between Benzema and Balotelli.

Finally.

He still looked at Benzema.

"Karim, you can warm up in the locker room now. I need you to replace Mario in the second half."

Su Fei, who was eating a banana, noticed that Balotelli's head drooped even lower. As for Mandzukic, he hugged his head with a look of annoyance, because he knew he had messed up this opportunity.

After confirming the substitutions for the second half, Guardiola began to explain the tactical adjustments for the second half.

"We must increase some confrontation."

"They are very fast, very flexible, and have good defensive coordination. We are not at an advantage in this regard."

"Play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses."

"This is very important."

"Their middle... Silva is very flexible, but he is very thin. We need to create more opportunities for Su to hold the ball in the middle, like this..."

As he said, Guardiola began to move the pieces on the tactical board, and everyone listened carefully, including Mandzukic who was replaced. But Balotelli seemed to be still immersed in the pain of not being able to play, with his head down.

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In the home team's locker room, Flores was beaming with joy and passion.

"This is the best half we have played since the start of the new season."

"Believe me, as long as we can maintain this state in the second half, we will be invincible!"

"Defense is still the most important."

"Our current record is 1 win and 1 loss, we can accept a handshake with them."

"But they are different, they are under a lot of pressure, they want to score and take the victory away from here."

"So."

"We can seize their defensive loopholes exposed by their impatience and then launch a counterattack."

"This is our core idea for the second half!"

The players of Valencia showed expressions of approval, which gave Flores more confidence.

He felt back.

Just like the season when he first took over the team in 2005, the atmosphere in the locker room was very united and the players were very obedient.

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After the 15-minute halftime break, the players on both sides returned to the court with different expressions.

The cheers at the Mestalla Stadium continued.

The huge Valencia flag was waved back and forth by fans on the main stand.

The ESPN live broadcast room also switched back to the commentary station from the advertising interface.

"Beep!"

"With the referee's whistle!"

"Manchester City and Valencia exchanged halves and continued the second round of the Champions League group stage."

"Yeah."

"Manchester City replaced Mandzukic with Benzema as the center forward. This substitution was within my expectations. Mandzukic's performance in the first half was very bad and he wasted several opportunities."

"Valencia."

"No substitutions have been made for the time being."

"After the game resumed, Valencia was still very patient, passing the ball back and forth between the midfield and backcourt to avoid Manchester City's high-pressure tactics."

On the court, Valencia's midfielder Albelda received the pass, stopped the ball and observed the position of his teammates.

David Albelda is an atypical "La Liga player". He is a well-known tough guy in La Liga, with a strong body and strong defense. Fans like to compare him to Gattuso of Spain.

He was the main defensive midfielder and captain of Valencia's 2002, 2004 La Liga and 2004 UEFA Cup titles.The core of Valencia's defense is also the converter of Valencia's offense.

Benzema, who came on as a substitute, was very active.

He rushed to Albelda who was holding the ball.

But such a head-on rush was obviously difficult to threaten Albelda.

Before Benzema approached him, Albelda calmly sent a long diagonal pass to his teammate Joaquin on the right.

Last summer, Joaquin transferred to Valencia for 25 million euros, becoming the most expensive player in Valencia's history. He was once rated as "the best right winger in Spain" by Portuguese legend Figo.

"Valencia still wants to make a move from the wing."

"Joaquin started dribbling after receiving the ball."

"Flying on both wings."

"It has always been one of the core tactics of Valencia's active attack."

"On this point."

"Valencia and former Chelsea coach Mourinho's football philosophy coincide with each other."

"Defensive counterattack with flying on both wings!"

"Here it comes!"

"Knight stepped forward to block Joaquin."

"Joaquin's high-speed dribbling cut The ball changed direction, trying to pass Knight, but Knight reacted quickly, turned around and chased him! "

"Joaquin failed to get rid of Knight!"

"He was forced to pass the ball to his teammate Silva who followed behind him!"

"Beep!"

"Su Fei rushed to Silva, and the huge impact of the demon knocked the thin Silva over!"

"The referee blew the whistle, indicating that this was a foul..."

On the court, Silva covered his shoulder with a painful expression and slowly climbed up. The stands of Mestalla Stadium booed.

"Huh!"

La Liga fans obviously couldn't accept such a fierce confrontation intensity, thinking that Su Fei was a malicious foul.

Su Fei had a blank expression.

Just stood in front of Silva and continued to give him psychological pressure. The opinions of the opponent's fans were not important to Su Fei. What Su Fei needed was to listen to the content of Guardiola's midfield adjustments.

Increase confrontation and put pressure on the Bats!

Yeah.

The effect is still good.

For example, the look in Silva's eyes when he looks at him now is full of fear. Su Fei believes that next time Silva faces the pressing of Manchester City players, he should be more cautious.

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