The more mortal antagonist you are, the more you need to pay attention to the other person's every move. This is what is called knowing oneself and knowing one's enemy.

Manchester City's UEFA Cup final has nothing to do with the four traditional giants in the Premier League, but this does not prevent some coaches from turning their attention here.

At home in Manchester, Ferguson sat in front of the TV with a glass of red wine on time, but Ancelotti, who was far away in London, did not. Because Manchester United had ended the journey of this season, after the last round of the Premier League, except for the players who needed to participate in the World Cup, the rest of the players have begun to plan their vacations, while Chelsea is different. They have the last game, which is the FA Cup final two days later, and Ancelotti has no time to pay attention to it.

Wenger, who is also in London, is preparing to watch this game like Ferguson, because Linson will be an opponent that Wenger cannot avoid next season and even next season. For Benitez, who is still on Liverpool's official website, he is almost certain to leave, and Linson is destined to become a past tense, so he has no interest or necessity in this game.

However, no matter what you plan to watch, or have no time to watch, or don't want to watch at all, I'm afraid the mind is the same, that is, Manchester City is better off losing. The honor of English football? If you can't defend it yourself, then don't talk about honor.

The start of the game was not earth-shaking, but it was definitely not dull. At least, it was definitely a good start for most neutral fans who were sitting at the North Bank Athletic Stadium and were determined to watch the two teams on the court kill the sky and dark. Because in the first fifteen minutes of the game, both sides contributed five shots, and Manchester City had a slight advantage, and once more.

Shooting is not equal to the goal, and the number of shots is not equal to the number of times that threaten the goal.

The same player who completed two shots for Atletico Madrid was the same player, Diego Fran. The Uruguayan star who had played the role of saviors has been defended by De Jong from the beginning of the game. But even so, he still got a chance, but the chance was definitely not good. He shot twice, shot head-on by the plane, and shot a small angle straight to the corner flag.

Manchester City was not much better. Once Robben's inward shot was cut, the ball was directly given to the audience. Once, it was a long shot from Vidal, but the ball did not fly to the sky, but unfortunately the angle was too straight. De Gea even stood and confiscated the ball without moving. The third shot just happened forced De Gea to make a save, and the shot came from another Uruguayan star, Suarez, on the field.

Linson asked Suarez to find trouble for Domingos. Suarez did not forget his mission. No matter whether there was a ball under his feet or not, as long as there was an attack, he would move towards Domingos' defense zone intentionally or unintentionally, and the shot just now was exactly what he had shot after shaking away Domingos. This was the third contest between the two.

Suarez succeeded twice, but was cut off for a while, the time he was cut off. To be correct, it should be said that he was broken by the opponent's Asongsang and Domingos.

Lin Sen on the sidelines have been observing Domingos' emotional changes. Judging from the current situation, Domingos is indeed worthy of Flores' expectations for him. Although he lost to Suarez twice in the confrontation, his emotions are still relatively stable. Of course, Lin Sen does not expect the opponent to collapse completely if he fails once or twice. It is still a long time, and this is destined to be a process that requires patience.

Moreover, although Linson handed over the main task to Suarez, it was not just Suarez who could cause trouble for Domingos. Whether it was Robben or David Silva, they would put pressure on Domingos whenever they had the chance. Linson was not worried that the other party would fight again and again, because he only needed once, and once was enough.

It takes a lot of hardship to build something like faith, but as long as you lose it once, you will never recover in a short period of time.

Flores didn't know Linson's plan, but for this game, there were not many tactical choices.

The opening and closing between the two sides may have surprised many commentators and the audience in front of the TV, because in most major events, the start of the game is cautious and afraid that a mistake will lead to eternal regret. But in fact, Atletico Madrid, who seems to be unwilling to be outdone, is not entirely out of confidence. Flores knows very well where the largest capital of this Atletico Madrid is.

Although the biggest change he brought after coming to Atletico Madrid is defense, it cannot change the reality that Atletico Madrid's overall offense is strong and weak. This is not decided by the coach, but by the card. Aguero and Fran are still the biggest reliance of Atletico Madrid. Flores hopes that both sides can play "harmoniously", but this is impossible to happen, because on the card, Atletico Madrid and Manchester City are still incomparable. Except for the forward line, there is a gap between Atletico Madrid and Manchester City, both in the midfield and in the defense line.

Manchester City cannot make money with Atletico Madrid, so Flores can only put treasures on the offense.

Aguero, Fran, Simon, Reyes, vs. Suarez, Robben, Bell, David Silva.

"Diego Fran tried to shoot from a long time... it was too difficult! He had not even had time to get rid of De Jong. Such a shot could not pose a threat to Manchester City's goal. This was the third shot of the Uruguayan. He completed all the Atletico Madrid team alone..."

For commentators, commenting on a final is always considered a huge challenge, because everyone knows that there is no good game in the competition, and dullness is the most likely main theme of the game. A and dullness also foster the skill of the commentator, because such a game itself does not have much to arouse the audience's enthusiasm, a passes the ball to b, b passes the ball to c... Such non-nutritional commentators are not wrong, but if there is always such a tune, let alone the audience, even the commentator himself will be drowsy. At this time, the commentator must create the topic by himself, and this topic must attract the audience's attention and not deviate from the game itself. A game is ninety minutes, or even one hundred and twenty minutes, which shows how rare an excellent commentator is.

From this perspective, today's game is simply not difficult for "old fried dough sticks" like Andy Gray, because both sides are not conservative at all. In many people's words, this is a rare and beautiful final.

Although, so far, the first half is about to pass, and both sides still have no goals.

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The referee whistled, and Platini stood up from his seat.

At the end of the first half, the score was zero to zero, which is perhaps the most common score in all finals.

As an audience member, Platini had to admit that the first half was very enjoyable, and both sides were looking for opportunities to score goals and did not choose to shrink and defend. As the chairman of UEFA, he was neutral on the surface of the two teams on the court, but psychologically he undoubtedly supported Atletico Madrid more. The reason is very simple, because Manchester City's rise is almost opposite to the policies he is implementing.

Spend 200 million in a season? In the just-concluded season, Manchester City almost ignored UEFA's fiscal fairness bill that was officially promulgated this year. Of course, UEFA has no choice but to defeat Manchester City this year, but what about next?

What Platini left for the live broadcast was an irrational smile. Lin Sen, who stood up from the coach's seat, had no intention of paying attention to Platini's thoughts in the stands at this time. He sat in the coach's seat throughout the first half. The result of zero to zero was not the best, but he was already satisfied enough.

Because, he had touched the opponent's braid. As the first half was about to end, Domingos received a yellow card.

The cause was that Suarez teased him with a crotch, and then he put Suarez on the ground.

This was the biggest gain in the first half and a big problem Lin Sen is now dumping Flores.

The yellow card of the central defender is like a time bomb.

There is still half of the game. Do you remove this time bomb? Or don't?

When dismantling, the central defender is either a position that can be changed if you want to change. If you can't do it well, it's just a larger time bomb. If you don't dismantle, you don't know when this time bomb will explode.

In most cases, the head coach generally chooses to continue to trust his central defender, because although the two yellows turn into one red, the distance between the yellow cards and the red cards is actually not as simple as one yellow card. Before the red card is played, the referee still needs to consider many factors. However, the current problem is not just the hidden worries of the red card. Lin Sen believes that if Flores knows his intention, he will definitely replace Domingos.

If Atletico Madrid's defense is compared to a city wall, Manchester City has bombed for forty-five minutes, and Domingos is undoubtedly the place where the most intentional or unintentional shells have fallen. So, the real question is whether Domingos, who has become Manchester City's main attack direction, will arouse Flores' vigilance.

The answer is no.

Because at the beginning of the second half, Domingos was still on the court.

So, sometimes scoring a goal seems accidental, but conceding a goal is inevitable. After 57 minutes of the game, Manchester City finally knocked on the door to Atletico Madrid.

Robben cut inward from the right, Atletico Madrid was ready for defense, and Robben, who could not find a shot angle, chose a straight pass. Bale, who was inserted at high speed on the left, did not greedy for me, but passed the ball again, passing the ball to Suarez near the penalty point, and Domingos was the closest to Suarez.

The location is in the restricted area, which is the first obstacle.

The yellow card on his back is the second obstacle.

The tension finally emerged, this was the third obstacle.

Every obstacle would make Domingos' movement stiffer, so Suarez almost easily shook Domingos away and faced the younger De Gea.

When the shooting position appears in the small penalty area and no one directly interferes with the shot, what can prevent the goal from happening is no longer the goalkeeper, but luck.

But now, luck is not on Atletico Madrid. (To be continued, please search for Piaotian, novels are better, updated and faster!
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