Chapter 474 Guardiola: Manchester City cannot live without Lin!

Manchester City chose to call the local police and protest to UEFA.

Thanks to the two-pronged approach, the people of Kiev had to restrain themselves a little, and at least they stopped making trouble the next night.

However, being so disturbed by them had a great impact on Manchester City's preparations before the game.

On the day of the competition, the weather was not good. The sky was gray and there was no sunshine. It looked like it was going to snow at any time.

"The temperature in Kiev has been relatively low these days, and it may snow during the game!"

The assistant coach said to Guardiola worriedly.

"Well, what does the weather forecast say?"

Guardiola raised his head and glanced at the sky, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

If the extreme situation of snow really occurs during the game, it will be really detrimental to Manchester City.

"The weather forecast says there is a high chance of snow, over 70%!"

There is a 70% probability that there will basically be a snow battle.

According to UEFA regulations, games can be postponed in the event of extreme weather such as heavy rain or heavy snow.

But I'm afraid the snow won't fall hard enough to meet the criteria for postponing the game.

In that case, Manchester City's state will be affected by the snowy weather. Once snow accumulates on the field and becomes slippery, it will obviously be disadvantageous for Manchester City, which is better at ground attack.

Although the weather was not good, the game still attracted a large number of fans to watch the game.

The number of Manchester City fans traveling with the away team was very small, only about 1,000, and the rest were all fans of the home team.

Dynamo Kyiv’s home court is not large, it can only accommodate 16,900 fans, and because it is not a professional football stadium, there is a track between the stadium and the stands, so the impact of the fans’ cheering on the players on the stadium is not professional. The size of a football field.

However, when Manchester City's players stepped onto the pitch, they were shocked.

Two completely different scenes appeared on Lobanovskyi Stadium:

On one side was a group of burly men who took off their shirts and shirts. The leader was sweating profusely and beating the drum vigorously. Hundreds of people behind them lined up in a direction, clapping and chanting rhythmically and holding high the home team's support scarves.

Although the number of people is not large, they are particularly eye-catching.

On the other side, a group of fans found a large number of fireworks from nowhere and lit them in the stands.

The orange-red flames and the diffuse smoke made the stands on this side seem to be on fire, making it particularly crazy.

It seems that the Manchester City players have never seen such a scene, especially those shirtless fans who are not afraid of the wind and snow and cheer loudly.

Just looking at it makes me feel so cold, and I don’t know how these lunatics persist!

"Haha, those guys in Manchester City were scared by us. Brothers, try harder and show these cowardly cowards how bloody we Ukrainians are!"

Seeing the Manchester City players frequently casting glances at them, these crazy fans became even more proud, beating the drums and shouting even harder.

"Are these the fans of Dynamo Kyiv? They are indeed crazy!"

Guardiola sat on the coaching bench and subconsciously wrapped his down jacket.

The whooshing cold wind blew on my body, even if I was wearing a down jacket, I still felt a little bit chilly, not to mention the players wearing shorts and shorts on the court to play football?

If the body is not warmed up thoroughly, once the game is played, it is likely to be injured due to low temperature frostbite or muscle stiffness.

The risk of injury when playing football in these temperatures is very high.

I don’t know how the players in the Ukrainian Super League and Russian Super League persisted?

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At 9:45 minutes in the evening, with the referee's whistle, the game officially started.

Although they had fully warmed up before, the players' bodies quickly cooled down as they returned to the locker room from the court.

Therefore, at the beginning of the game, Manchester City's players were still wary and did not dare to move too much, so they played with some restraint.

Their opponents had obviously expected this, so after the kick-off, they decisively launched a large-scale attack on Manchester City. It seemed that they were trying to take advantage of the Manchester City players before they were fully in the state to launch a wave of attacks in order to win. Beat Manchester City's goal.

The Dynamo Kiev people had a good idea and were very determined to execute it.

However, Guardiola had already anticipated his opponent's attempts and had taken precautions in the tactics he formulated before the game.

After discovering that the opponent had indeed started to attack, Manchester City immediately shrank its formation and stabilized its defense.

Dynamo Kyiv's positional warfare strength is not strong. Under Manchester City's all-out defense, their offense did not create very good opportunities.

Seeing that Manchester City was well prepared, the coach of Dynamo Kiev couldn't help but sigh.

After seeing that the players could not penetrate the opponent's defense and shot three or four times without posing a threat, he decisively ordered to stop the offensive.

At this time, the game time has reached the fifteenth minute. After the first fifteen minutes of the game, the bodies of the Manchester City players have gradually started to move.

Just at this time, the opponent changed his style of play and no longer launched a mad dog-like attack like before.

So Manchester City began to gradually push back and try to counterattack their opponents.

In the 17th minute, Manchester City launched a quick counterattack after stealing the ball in the midfield. Son Xingmin dribbled the ball down and hit the goal with a cross.

New aid Jesus, who made his first start for Manchester City, was interfered by the opponent's defender and was a little slow in outflanking the goal. Although he handed over his body and stretched his feet to complete the tackle, his feet did not touch him. Football, the ball slides past.

Lin Quan, who was at the back point, also did not touch the ball. Manchester City missed this excellent opportunity to change the score.

Although the players missed this opportunity, Guardiola still gave the players applause.

He had a hunch that as long as Manchester City continues this state, scoring goals will only happen sooner or later.

The coach of Dynamo Kiev obviously felt something was wrong, so he immediately ordered the players to strengthen their defense and fight.

And their way to strengthen their defense is very simple and crude: foul!

In the 22nd minute of the game, Manchester City launched another attack. Son Heung-min was tackled by the opponent's full-back while dribbling the ball on the wing.

The opponent didn't know whether the kick was intentional or accidentally knocked down Son Heung-min's leg. Son Heung-min rolled around on the ground several times holding his leg in pain.

Seeing the tragic situation of their teammates, the nearby Manchester City players immediately stepped forward and surrounded the offending players, hoping to seek justice for their teammates.

Is this here to play football?

He's obviously here to kick people!

The opposing players were not to be outdone. When they saw their teammates being attacked, they immediately rushed over and confronted the Manchester City players.

Seeing that a melee was about to break out between the two sides, the referee quickly blew the whistle and gave the Kiev player a yellow card for the foul. At the same time, he also used yellow cards to warn the players from both sides who had just pushed.

The referee's timely penalty stopped the large-scale conflict that was about to break out between the two sides.

But the anger between the players of the two teams could not be suppressed.

In the subsequent games, players on both sides became more and more aggressive. If you tackle me, I will definitely come back with revenge.

However, such a melee is obviously beneficial to Dynamo Kyiv. The momentum that Manchester City was about to gain was abruptly suppressed.

The chaotic situation made it difficult to organize Manchester City's ground attack.

The opponent's fierce actions and concerns about injuries made Manchester City players hesitant when launching an attack.

In the stands, Dynamo Kiev fans shouted loudly and laughed at the Manchester City players.

"What a bullshit Champions League champion, that's all I think!"

"Haha, we will definitely win this game. Manchester City's military morale has been messed up. They are playing out of order!"

On the sidelines, Guardiola frowned.

Such a melee was very detrimental to Manchester City, but the players' minds were already blinded by anger at this time, and his shouting and adjustments did not have a very good effect.

We can only hope that we can adjust properly during the halftime break. Before that, we just hope that no one will get injured.

According to Murphy's Law, the more you fear something, the more likely it will happen.

Just as Guardiola was thinking that no one should be injured, someone was immediately injured on the court!

In the 31st minute, Dynamo Kyiv's winger Gamache shoveled Lin Quan during a fight, and both fell to the ground.

Guardiola suddenly stood up from the coaching bench and looked towards the court with a nervous look on his face.

At this moment, he had no other thoughts in his mind.

Winning or losing games, advancing to the knockout rounds, were all put aside by him.

At this moment, he only had one thing on his mind: How is Lin Quan?

No way?

Lin won't be injured at such a critical time, right?

Manchester City cannot lack anyone now!

Manchester City, which is already full of wounded soldiers, if Lin Quan is missing, I really can’t imagine what it will be like?

Seeing that the opponent's core player was suspected of being seriously injured, the fans of Dynamo Kyiv all started singing with joy as if they were celebrating the New Year!

"Haha, great. We have killed the opponent's core. We will definitely win this game!"

"Haha, I don't know how that kid's injury is. If he is seriously injured and can't make it to the next game, hehe, maybe we can beat Manchester City in the away game next round!"

"Double beating Manchester City at home and away. This is a task that top giants such as Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Bayern have not been able to complete. I never thought that one day we could actually hope to complete it!"

Of course they have reasons to be happy. Everyone knows how important Lin Quan is to Manchester City. Without him, Manchester City's strength will at least be reduced by half.

In that case, Dynamo Kyiv has a greater chance of defeating its opponent at home!

The fans of Dynamo Kyiv were so happy that they wanted to set off firecrackers to celebrate!

Compared with the jubilant Kiev fans, the Manchester City fans have their hearts in their throats.

Lin Quan must not let anything happen to him. Manchester City cannot live without him now!

Many Manchester City fans have even begun to pray for Lin Quan, hoping that he will be okay!

After the players on both sides fell to the ground, the doctors of both teams immediately came on stage.

Unexpectedly, on Manchester City's side, after being examined by the team doctor, Lin Quan was fine and soon limped to his feet with the help of his teammates.

Seeing this scene, the fans of Manchester City all breathed a sigh of relief, while the fans of Dynamo Kyiv looked disappointed.

"That guy from Gamache, didn't you eat? Why didn't you destroy this guy?"

"It's really useless. He can't even handle this little thing. I don't think this Gamache needs to stay in the team anymore!"

However, they didn't seem to notice that Gamache, who they had yelled at, was lying on the ground unable to get up!

To be on the safe side, Guardiola asked Lin Quan to temporarily undergo further detailed inspections on the sidelines and did not immediately let him return to the court to continue the game.

He only felt lucky now. Fortunately, Lin Quan was not injured. If he was really injured, then he really didn't know what to do!

Thinking of this, Guardiola thought, why not just replace Lin Quan?

It doesn't matter if we lose this game, we still have home court anyway.

Lin Quan's health is more important than anything else!

Just as Guardiola was thinking about this, on the court, the team doctor of Dynamo Kyiv made a substitution gesture.

After examination by the team doctor, they believed that Gamache could no longer persist and had to be taken off the field for treatment.

This was the first injured player in this game, and he was one of his own. This made the arrogance of Dynamo Kyiv fans in the stadium fade a lot.

This script is wrong. Why are our people injured?

It was clearly Gamache who tackled the opponent just now, so why was he himself the one who was injured in the end?

"I understand, it must be that the kid Gamache made a big foul just now. He felt that there was no way to escape the punishment of the referee, so he used this trick to try to get through?"

"Well, it's very possible. The foul just now seemed a bit bad. He didn't tackle the ball, but he kicked the opponent's ankle firmly. Such a foul is considered a light one even if it is shown a yellow card. If you don't do it well, you will be expelled with a red card. If UEFA investigates after the game, they will probably be suspended as punishment!"

If Gamache could hear the discussion of his own fans, he might cry.

He wasn't pretending, he was really hurt.

As for his own initiative to commit a foul, why he was the one injured in the end and not the opponent, even he himself couldn't figure this out.

He just felt that the kick he just kicked was not a person's leg, but an iron plate. The force of the rebound made him feel like his bones were about to break!

Although Gamache was injured and retired, the referee did not intend to let him go.

The referee showed him a yellow card as he was being helped down. It was just a yellow card, so it was considered merciful.

If he was fine after the tackle and Lin Quan was injured and retired, the referee would probably show him a red card.

But even if there is no direct red card, it is very disadvantageous for Dynamo Kyiv to lose one person due to injury so early.

However, at this moment, patches of snowflakes began to appear in the sky.

The snowy weather predicted in the weather forecast has finally arrived!