‘Three goals in four matches’ Gundogan erases David Silva’s shadow

‘Three goals in four matches’ Gundogan erases David Silva’s shadow

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▲ Man City wins 3-1 against Chelsea ▲ Gundogan, 3 shots including first goal & 3 successful dribbling & 1 key pass ▲ Gundogan, made a big success with 3 goals in recent 4 games ▲ Man City, played in Gundogan this season EPL 10 7 wins 3 draws & 5 missed matches 1 wins 2 draws 2 losses

[골닷컴] Reporter Kim Hyun-min = Ilkai Gündogan, who boasts of the recent rising competition, faithfully plays the role of a left meshla, which was a trouble for Manchester City (hereinafter, Man City) after David Silva’s departure, leading the three consecutive victories in the English Premier League (hereinafter referred to as EPL). have.

Man City scored 3-1 in the first half of the EPL round 17 against Chelsea in the 2020/21 season. Along with this, Man City has recently succeeded in raising the ranking from which it once fell to 13th place to 5th place by running undefeated (5 wins, 2 draws) in 7 games including 3 consecutive wins in EPL. What’s even more encouraging is that they played two games less than the other teams, so if they win all of them, they can enter third place arithmetically.

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In the recent rise of Man City, there is a great deal of power. Man City’s biggest concern earlier this season was in the left’mezz’ala’ position that occurred after David Silva left. Here, meshala is a compound word of’mezz’ meaning center in Italian and’ala’ meaning wing. In other words, it is a position term that refers to a player who is located in the center but covers up to the side.

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Man City has mostly used the 4-3-3 formation until last season. Sergio Aguero is in the forefront, Raheem Sterling and Riyadh Marez are in charge of the left and right flanking attacks, and a double playmaker system that places Silva and Kevin De Breiner on the left and right meshalas with Fernanjinyu or Rodri in the defensive midfield It worked.

2017/18 Man City Best Eleven


Man City’s best eleven during the 2017/18 season with 100 points in the EPL history

However, when Silva left for Real Sociedad through the summer transfer market, there was a vacancy in the position. Bernardo Silva showed a slump on the left, unlike on the right, while Phil Foden was established as a flanking striker. As a result, Man City’s reliance on De Breiner has been increasing.

As a result, Pep Guardiola Manchester City’s manager changed to a 4-2-3-1 formation that used Gundogan and Rodry as a double volante (a position term referring to two defensive midfielders). This is a tactical supplement that allows De Breiner to focus solely on attacking while reducing the defense burden. Nevertheless, it was true that the dependence on De Breiner was severe. It was Man City, where Silva’s shadow was largely cast.

Man City 2020/21 early season selection lineup

In this way, Man City had to suffer from poor initial scoring as Silva left and the attack route became somewhat simpler. This can be easily confirmed by looking at the team score. Man City was tied for 13th place with Newcastle United among the 20 EPL teams with 10 points up to the 9th round. This was one of the reasons why Man City fell to 13th place in the team rankings in the 9th round (another reason was the effect of both classic strikers Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus being injured at the same time). Even in the 13th round, it was Man City, which was in the 12th place with 18 points. By the way, through defensive stabilization, Man City was able to gradually raise the ranks by running a 2 win, 2 draw undefeated march from round 10 to round 13.

In the midst of this, Jesus, who had returned from injury, was again withdrawn from power due to a positive Corona 19 response before the 15th round against Newcastle. Aguero was still unable to recover from his normal condition, so he stopped playing for replacement. As a result, Guardiola placed De Breiner as the striker and threw a win-and-break to advance Gundogan to the left meshala.

Manchester City starting lineup vs Chelsea


Manchester City selection lineup against Chelsea

This worked. Gundogan scored the opening goal in the 15th round against Southampton, leading a 2-0 victory. Subsequently, he scored the opening goal again in the Chelsea game, serving as the cornerstone of the 3-1 victory. Along with this, it is the guild that showed off his striking power to score 3 goals in the last 4 games as well as 2 consecutive goals.

In particular, his performance against Chelsea was outstanding. First, in the 17th minute, Phil Foden gave Oleksandr Zinchenko’s cross to the side with a sensuous back foot touch and a turning motion, scoring the opening goal with a sharp right foot shot. It was a touch and shot reminiscent of the legendary Dutch striker Dennis Bergkamp, ​​who was called by elegance.

Man City defeated the baseline with a goal of Gundogan, and three minutes later (20 minutes), he went out to the left flank, and Foden added the goal with a non-stop shot by Breiner’s ground ball. Next, on the 34th minute, in a counterattack chance due to an opponent’s pass mistake, Raheem Sterling pulled the goalkeeper from a one-on-one chance and turned around, and when the attempted shot hit the goal, it was Man City, who caught the goal and scored three goals in the first half.

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Even just before the end of the first half, Gundogan connected Foden’s grounder cross with a sensible heel kick, but this narrowly missed the goal. Although it was not unfortunately not scored, it was a scene that could confirm his genius.

In the second half, Gundogan actively moved to attract the opponent’s defense, helping De Brayner directly or indirectly to make the attack easier. Coach Guardiola began to strengthen the defense by injecting veteran defensive midfielder Fernandinho, excluding Gündogan, in the 30th minute of the second half to arrange physical strength. Although Man City failed to make a scoreless match, allowing a goal around 1 minute (90+1 minutes) of the extra time after the end of regular time, they won an easy victory and ran a 3 straight win.

Gundogan played 75 minutes in this game, leading the attack by succeeding in three shots and three dribbles, the second most numerous among players from both teams. The key pass also recorded one time. Even though the majority of them were aggressive forward passes, the pass success rate was 89.5%, which was quite satisfactory. There was never a single touch mistake, and only once was the number of ownership lost. What’s even more surprising is that the ball competition win rate reached a whopping 75% (normally, even if the ball competition win rate is only 60%, it is on the high side). It is a Gundogan that unfortunately showed off his soccer master-like appearance, just like Silva in Manchester City.

Man City dominated Chelsea by 17-6 in shooting numbers during the Gundogan run. However, when the period was lost, he was slightly outnumbered 1 to 3. In this process, a concession came out. It’s not just this game. Man City has continued their undefeated streak of 7 wins and 3 draws in 10 EPL matches played by Gundogan this season. The win rate is 70% and the number of points per game is 2.4 points. On the other hand, in 5 games where Gündogan missed, 1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses, the win rate is all 20%, and the number of points per game is 1 point, which is less than half of that when Gündogan played. It is only It can be said that it is a grade that can confirm the weight of his team.

Despite his excellent talent, Gundogan’s athletic ability declined sharply due to frequent injuries, and in Man City, he looked somewhat less than expected. In particular, as the dynamism declined, he had to refrain from attacking in limited movement and focus only on pass play. However, this season, he is unfortunately showing off his offensive talent that he showed in the days of Borussia Dortmund. Having scored 3 goals in the last 4 games proves this. It is a Gundogan where there have been no goals in 21 games before. It is not an exaggeration to say that only this season, the fans of Man City are now belatedly witnessing the appearance of Gundogan, who was struggling against Real Madrid in Dortmund.

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