Although Manchester United did not score with their number advantage and home advantage in the first half, the players of Solskjaer and Manchester United were relatively relaxed... The advantages are already obvious!

Back in the home team's locker room, Solskjaer smiled and assigned the team the second half of the task: "Young guys, everyone performed very well in the first half. Although we didn't score, we still had a great advantage overall. Manchester City's offense was completely unable to be played. They could only wait for us to attack on the field. In the second half, we should not be in a hurry. The advantage in numbers and home advantage will allow us to win this game easily! In the second half, everyone can continue to play steadily!"

"Remember, be sure to be steady! Don't put a big push and give the opponent a chance to counterattack. Manchester City's counterattack is still very threatening, and their movement speed is also very fast. As long as we stabilize the situation and score a goal, the victory of this game will be ours!"

Solskjaer's words sound reassuring. Manchester United players don't think there is any problem. When the team has a numerical advantage and home court advantage, there will definitely be goals, but at the same time, it is more important to be prepared for not giving the opponent a chance to counterattack and not allowing the opponent to score goals.

In the locker room of the visiting team on the other side, Guardiola was constantly explaining the team's tactics in the second half: "Young guys, although we have one less person, the game situation is far from the point where we need to raise our hands to surrender. The current situation is much better than we imagined. In the second half... Passing and controlling! Continue to control the rhythm of the game through passing! Let's stop thinking about suppressing the opponent and attacking the opponent's goal. We are just defending and passing and controlling. If you have the opportunity to counterattack, you should play decisively and simply! If you can't hit the counterattack, it doesn't matter if you don't score a goal!"

"Everyone listens well. You must understand one thing, that is, although our situation is bad, a turnaround will also occur. As long as we can hold on to the twenty minutes of the second half and not allow Manchester United to score, they will start to become anxious. Then our chance will come. Do you understand?"

"clear!"

Manchester City players are convinced of Guardiola's words, and they also understand that the key to this game is no longer a disadvantage in numbers, but how to change the opponent's mentality and seize the opportunity to score goals when the opponent's mentality changes.

One goal!

When Manchester United begins to be anxious, Manchester City only needs to score one goal through counterattacks, and then they have great hope of winning the game.

It has to be said that Manchester City's passes, defenses, and those who play in hopeless situations are still very different from those who play in despair.

After the start of the second half, Manchester City players became more active when passing and controlling. Although the formation contraction made them only able to pass and control in their own half, and sometimes they were forced to pass back to goalkeeper Ederson, the ball rights were also in their hands most of the time, and the ball control rate... was rising steadily!

Facing Manchester City's pass control, Manchester United players also performed very calmly. They followed Solskjaer's instructions and would not rush up to grab the ball in the game. Even if they couldn't touch the ball, they were waiting patiently for the opportunity.

After more than ten minutes of stalemate, Guardiola started to substitution again when the game was 60 minutes... Spanish shooter Aspas came on the court to replace Jessus, and Otamendi came on the court to replace Stones.

Passing and controlling tactics actually have very high requirements for players' physical fitness. Players constantly receive passes through running positions on the court, which will inevitably put the players in constant sports. This will naturally consume a lot of physical fitness. The higher the ball possession rate, it means that Manchester City players consume more physical fitness in the game. In this game, Manchester City played one less player, which naturally leads to physical fitness problems in some players in poor physical fitness.

According to Guardiola's idea, these two substitution decisions are actually to enable their players to maintain physical fitness on the court, continue to control the passes and controls, and wait for the game to end... Even a 0:0 score is a good result for "Blue Moon", after all, there are fewer players in the away game!

However, just five minutes after this substitution, an unexpected occurrence...

In the 65th minute, Manchester United completed the backcourt defense. B Fei directly made a long pass, trying to directly find Yang Xiaozhuang in the front to form a single shot to attend the meeting. As a result, after the ball flew over from the middle Lions, Yang Xiaozhuang rushed forward from a slightly right position, but... the ball was intercepted!

As a 30-year-old central defender, Otamendi has a lot of experience as a 30-year-old central defender. He has long known some simple and rough offensive routines of Manchester United. After he came on the court, he has always paid attention to potential hidden dangers in this regard. When the ball flew over, he was ready. After turning around and running back for a distance, he jumped up and pushed the ball to the right back Bellerin.

"Oh! This ball is such a pity! B Fei's passing power is still a little smaller. If he has a higher ability, he will definitely be a threat at Yang's speed."

The commentator is still regretting the team's counterattack just now, and Manchester City's counterattack horn has been sounded...

Bellerin passed the ball to Van der Beck in front, and the Dutch midfielder divided the ball again. Bellerin rushed up to catch the ball, stopped quickly, turned around, and passed the ball back to De Bruyne.

De Bruyne passed the ball directly and gave the ball to Aspas in front!

The experienced Aspas had been paying attention to his teammate's running position for a long time. After receiving the ball, he turned around and passed it with a kick. The ball was passed to the right side of the front... Bellerin rushed up!

The moment he received the ball, Bellerin stopped the ball in front of him immediately, then rushed up quickly, and rushed along the sideline toward the corner flag.

When Luke Shaw caught him back again, it was too late to stop Bellerin directly. He could only run against the inside, preparing to intercept Bellerin's cross, but... it was too late!

Bang!

Near the corner flag, Bellerin kicked the ball very hard and sent the ball to the middle!

Aspas is not a strong center forward. On the contrary, he is only 176 in height. In front of Varane and Maguire, he is like a junior high school student facing a high school student, and his height is at an absolute disadvantage.
Chapter completed!