Chapter 1227 The starting of the Community Shield Cup
Chapter 1227 The starting of the Community Shield Cup
When Manchester City, which has glory and the Champions League champion, intends to go all out in the transfer market, few teams can withstand their offensive. Money and honor are their two weapons. When these two weapons are wielded at the same time, it is almost invincible.
Players who come for money get money, and players who come for honor also have honor to look forward to.
So although Manchester City's signings this season are not strong, they still attract many players.Benitez receives calls from several agents almost every day, and the content of the calls is naturally to recommend their players.
If there happens to be a player that Benitez has been following, then talk about it.If it is a player that Manchester City does not need temporarily, Benitez politely declines.
The matter of transfers and signings suddenly became so easy.
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At the same time as Manchester City's transfer, the team's training did not relax.In late July, the team ended the physical training phase and began to enter technical and tactical training.
Manchester City's main tactic is defensive counterattack, which everyone knows.
They have speed players like Rong Guang and David Silva, and they are good at counterattacking.
To Benitez's pleasure, Kaka performed well throughout the physical training phase. It seems that he has really recovered from the image of a groin injury.
Now that there is another Kaka, it is even more necessary to insist on defensive counterattack.
The only thing Benitez has to consider is how to make Kaka and Manchester City's original offensive lineup coexist.It would be too wasteful to just use the current Kaka as a substitute. His speed, technique and experience can all help the team.
If Kaka is in Real Madrid, he will be a substitute, and Benitez will not be unwilling.
It's different now.
How to make Kaka and Sneijder coexist?
It stands to reason that Manchester City won the league championship and the Champions League last season, which shows that there is no problem with the existing lineup and style of play, and they should not be replaced if there are no accidents.
But Benitez believes that if Manchester City does not make any changes, it will not be so easy to win in the new season. The opponents are not idiots, and they will continue to study Manchester City's tactics and make targeted countermeasures.At that time, Manchester City can't always rely on glory to win the game, can it?
Now Kaka's joining is an opportunity for Manchester City, an opportunity for change.
If done well, City will level up and become even better.
But if it is not done well, the system may crash, and it will return to before liberation overnight...
In this regard, Benitez has to make a choice. Should he choose a more conservative approach and continue to use the tactical system and staffing of last season to play in the new season; or make changes and take some risks?
Benitez chose to take a risk.
The next step is how to do it.
How can we put Kaka into this tactical system?
Benitez began to consider this issue during the team's physical training stage.
Thinking about it, he set his sights on Gareth Barry.
As the team's main defensive midfielder, Barry is diligent both on the defensive end and on the offensive end. He is a comprehensive midfielder who is dedicated to his duties in defense, and he can also organize and dispatch in offense.
In Manchester City's tactics, he is mainly responsible for connecting the midfield and the backcourt. The ball from the backcourt is handed over to him, and he then transfers it to the midfield.His long ball is also an option when the team launches a counterattack.
Barry is not one of the biggest names in the Manchester City squad, but he is functional.
However, Barry is not without weaknesses. Being able to attack and defend well can be said to be comprehensive, but it can also be said to be mediocre.In terms of defensive ability alone, he is not as good as his partner Matuidi in the midfielder. Matuidi has very good physical fitness and excellent running ability. As a black man, his physical fitness is his strength. He can run all over the field, from his own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area, and he can be seen in any corner of the court.
Defensively, Matuidi is a very difficult opponent.
And since the second half of last season, Matuidi has increased his participation in the offense. His excellent physical fitness and enthusiasm for daring to advance make him often become an attack point that disrupts the opponent's defense in the final stage of the game.
So in fact, the roles of Matuidi and Barry have begun to overlap.
Under such circumstances, Matuidi, who is younger than Barry, naturally has an advantage.
In terms of offense, although Barry can also assist and score goals, but in terms of offensive ability, he is like Sneijder.
In addition, Barry, who is already 30 years old, will increase his age and injuries will increase accordingly. It is reasonable to let him rotate.
Barry's ability allows him to serve as a rotation player without reducing the team's strength too much.
Benitez didn't even have to explain to Barry why he was in the rotation and not someone else.As a head coach, it would be ridiculous if he didn't even have such a little power.
After Barry left the main lineup, Benitez did not intend to change the formation, which is still 4231.
So who will replace Barry?
Ned, of course.
Originally playing Sneijder as a midfielder, Benitez intends to let his position retreat, changing from a midfielder to a central midfielder, which is roughly the same as Barry's position.
It's not a midfielder, but it's not far from the midfielder. This position allows Sneijder to schedule and organize offenses in the play.A more rearward organization of offense allows Sneijder to avoid most of the opponent's defensive players and calmly control the ball.
The delay of the core of the organization has long been one of the trends in world football today, and Benitez is not original.
Therefore, the adjustment of this tactic is not difficult to understand, nor is it difficult to implement.The main thing is to see if Sneijder is willing to delay.
After all, he has been playing the front midfielder before, and he must be more used to the front position.
Benitez is not too worried about this.
Tell Sneijder that if you don't accept this arrangement, then go to the bench and see if Sneijder accepts it...
After Sneijder's position retreated, the position of the midfielder could be vacated for Kaka.
Although Kaka plays the front midfielder, he is not responsible for organizing the offense. His task is the same as that of Rongguang.
He and Rong Guang ambushed behind Zlatan Ibrahimovic and suddenly attacked, which was more concealed and made it more difficult for the opponent to guard against.
At the same time, Kaka and Rongguang can also assist Ibrahimovic to score.
Ibrahimovic, Rong Guang and Kaka, this is Manchester City's real offensive trident.
Coupled with Sneijder and David Silva, this offensive combination is simply terrifying and trembling.
Of course, so far this has only stayed on Benitez's tactical board and has not become a reality.
To realize this idea, a lot of training is needed.
This is what Benitez does during technical and tactical training.
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The new season of the Premier League kicked off on August [-]th. Manchester City's opponent in the first round of the league is Swansea, which is not a strong team, and Manchester City is playing at home. It is not a big problem to win this opponent.
But before that, they have to play a Community Shield.
As the league champions, they are challenging last season's FA Cup champion Stoke City.
Last season's FA Cup, Stoke City defeated Bolton 1-0 in the final and won the FA Cup.
For the Stoke City team, this is enough honor for them to be happy for a summer.
However, this made this season's Community Shield match lose suspense.
Many people think that it is impossible for Stoke City to beat Manchester City in the Community Shield.
For Benitez, the lack of opponents in the Community Shield match just gave him a chance to test his tactics.
After more than half a month of hard training, what has the team achieved?
The Community Shield is a great testing opportunity.
So in this game, Benitez did not use the rotation lineup, but made the most of the main players!
When he announced the starting lineup in advance the day before the game, everyone found that Manchester City is really bound to win this game.
Although the gold content of the Community Shield Cup is not as good as that of the league and the FA Cup, it is still a champion.
Most importantly, everyone found that Kaka appeared in the starting lineup!
Since Kaka joined Manchester City, speculation about his future in Manchester City has not ended.Many people think that Kaka should still be a substitute when he goes to Manchester City.It won't be any different than when he was at Real Madrid.
Because it is really hard to imagine how Kaka can squeeze into the already perfect Manchester City's main lineup.
In this summer, Manchester City has not sold a main player from last season, and those who left are all substitutes or marginal figures.
They retained all the main players who won the Champions League, so why does Benitez treat Kaka specially?
It is not good for Kaka to replace anyone.
So when Kaka came to Manchester City, he had to start from the bench.Whether he can become the main force next depends on his performance in games and training.
Of course, based on his performance in Real Madrid, it is almost impossible for Kaka to become the main player in Manchester City...
Unexpectedly, in the Community Shield game, Kaka actually started the game.
If it is said that Manchester City sent all substitutes, then Kaka's starting lineup can't explain anything.
However, except for Kaka, everyone else was basically the main force last season, only two positions were different.At centre-back, Godin replaced Lucio and left-back Alba replaced Barnes.
However, everyone can guess the changes in these two positions.
Lucio's state has declined, and Godin's performance in the first two seasons has been stable whether he came off the bench or replaced the injured Kompany in the starting lineup, and there are many outstanding works. It is normal to get the main position this season.
Alba performed well in Valencia, and Benitez once coached in Valencia. He specially recruited Alba. Naturally, he did not let the new Spanish left-back play as a substitute.
The only thing that surprised and puzzled everyone was Kaka's starting lineup.
(End of this chapter)