They achieved this through a lot of movement, complex interchanging runs, and so on.
This is also why, whether it was Villa, Fabregas, or David Silva, these excellent players all showed clear signs of maladaptation or even mistakes after joining Manchester City.
They still needed some time.
But definitely not a whole season.
Because the Manchester City system is established, it is much quicker for others to integrate.
Last season was from scratch, and it must have taken at least a season to achieve some success.
The seventy-first minute.
Baggio and Lahm worked together on the wing, with Lahm winning a corner from the opposition.
Deng Kai took the corner.
Portsmouth's players won the header and pushed the football out of the penalty area.
But in the next moment, the Buffalo Essien brutally fired the football back with a long-range strike.
The ball grazed Ribery's face and hung in the dead corner of the opponent's goal.
Ribery broke out in a cold sweat.
Shit!
