There are also many stories between Manchester City and Chelsea this season. Before the start of the season, the community shield warm-up match Manchester City 2-0, easily won the new Surrey. Chelsea beat Guardiola's unbeaten gold medal at home this season. Since then, Manchester City has been depressed several times, losing points in the league match between Crystal Palace and leicester city, and Liverpool seized the opportunity to overtake the top spot. Manchester city generals will resist the pressure and continue to chase points after the new year. He found the ground 6-0 against Chelsea and temporarily occupied the first place in the league with the goal difference advantage. Although Chelsea entered the next round without bloodshed in the Europa League, the team's recent state is really unstable. Since the new year, I have lost three Premier League away games in a row and scored 12 goals. The FA Cup lost 2-0 to Manchester United at home, which once caused the head coach Surrey to have a class crisis. This final is the fourth time that the two teams have met in various competitions this season, and it is a decisive victory without fault tolerance. According to the latest news from British media, Chelsea Football Club is already preparing for Surrey after class. Once he loses in the Carling Cup, Surrey may be fired immediately. At present, the pressure on Surrey will be much greater than that on Guardiola.
Both teams are facing the problems of the state and physical reserve of the third-line players. Manchester City just beat Schalke 04 hard away, leading by two rounds, one more day off than Chelsea. Chelsea played one more FA Cup game than Manchester City, losing all the main players, which had a great impact on morale. However, Chelsea's Europa League basically adopts a rotating lineup, and the main players are all staying for the weekend's final, which is even. In terms of injuries between the two teams, Chelsea goalkeeper Parker is said to have some hamstring injuries, so he is not sure whether he can play at the weekend, but personally, Parker's injury is not serious and should not affect the Carling Cup final. The staff in Manchester City are very neat, and Mendy, who has been injured for a long time, has resumed training. However, not playing for a long time will have an impact on his state. It is doubtful whether Guardiola will send Mendi to start.
The same blue main color and the same ball control make people look forward to the weekend showdown between the two Premier League giants who also rely on oil capital to enhance their status. Personally, from a technical and tactical point of view, Chelsea's staffing and overall tactics are not as good as Manchester City's, especially Manchester City's combination of wings and ribs, which made Chelsea suffer a lot in the second leg of the league. Sanet and Sterling, wingers, have both speed and skill. Behind them are the organizations of De Braune and David Silva, and in front of them is aguero, who was full of form after the Chelsea game. This short center may be a nightmare for Chelsea fans. Guardiola used an unusual combination of 32,465,438+0 double waist and double front waist in the Champions League. Fernandinho and Gundogan are partners, and the frontcourt De Braune and David Silva are in series. In fact, it is a slightly modified 343, but the effect is not ideal. Guardiola should use the more familiar 433 to deal with the Carling Cup final, so De Braune and David Silva are bound to be substitutes, and Sane and Sterling may start together to strengthen the variety of front-court attacks and attacks.
Surrey's platoon may be able to guess "433", unchanged for ten thousand years, only a few people. If Pedro's illness doesn't improve, William will turn to the right, with midfielder kovacic Cantor Iorgi Neo, backcourt Azpirikuta, Rudiger and David Luis lined up. It is no accident that the left-back will be Marcos Alonso, and the most worrying thing about this defensive combination is the speed and defensive position choice of the left-back, while the right-back is not small in physical fitness and state. If both sides choose 4-3-3, the position of midfield delay will become the key target of opponents, and the competition in midfield is extremely fierce. Relatively speaking, Chelsea and Manchester City have little problem with the backcourt ball. Chelsea's main problem is the lack of change in attack, which is easy to be confined to the periphery and can only pass the ball ineffectively. Manchester City is worried that Chelsea will shrink moderately and fight back like they lost to Stamford Bridge in the first round, so that Manchester City's offensive firepower cannot be exerted. Chelsea used to be known for its solid defense. Recently, the defense has become a paper paste. In the face of Manchester City, it may be more realistic for Surrey to choose a low-key defensive counterattack. In the Europa League, Chelsea tried Kantor's moderate retreat and kovacic's double defenders to intercept the ball, which gave Kantor more chances to steal the ball in midfield and played much better on the wing. This new tactic may reappear in the Carling Cup and become Chelsea's secret weapon.