Chapter 2174: Does Manchester City not want to score? It's because they can't score!
"Beep beep~"
The first half of the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, which was quite intense but had few shots, ended with the referee blowing the whistle to end the first half.
In the last five minutes of the first half, both sides were very cautious and looked ahead and behind when attacking.
They are all very afraid of losing the ball.
Of course, at Manchester United's home ground, it is acceptable for Manchester City to enter the locker room one goal behind.
Manchester United fans did not have the same sense of excitement as before from the big win, and as the first half ended, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s really nervous!
After all, there is no fan who doesn't want his team to win the Champions League.
Although Ye Chen had won two consecutive Champions League titles with Chelsea and Sevilla before, Ye Chen is also the only player in the world to have won five consecutive Champions League titles, and in different teams.
The difficulty is self-evident!
But Manchester United fans are now afraid of accidents...
What if it breaks here?
This year's Champions League is more difficult than previous years. If Manchester United can still top Europe this year, then this year's Manchester United will be called the strongest Manchester United!
It is not weaker than Ferguson's Manchester United in the past, and may even be stronger.
After all, with the return of Ronaldo and the presence of the king of football Ye Chen, the attacking power has been maximized.
Even though the defense is slightly inferior to that of the days of Vidic and Ferdinand, the offense is enough to make up for the gap!
In the locker room, the coach doesn't need to spend time encouraging the players, he can just directly explain the tactics for the second half.
With Manchester United defending stubbornly and the midfield overcrowded, Guardiola found a new way - to intensify breakthroughs!
In fact, Manchester City was just unlucky, otherwise the score would be 1-1 instead of falling behind.
Fifteen minutes passed in the blink of an eye.
The fans did not want to miss any minute of the game and returned to the stadium early.
Players from both sides washed their faces and returned to the court in high spirits.
Ye Chen jumped twice and took two deep breaths.
The more important the game is, the more you need to suppress your heartbeat and face the challenge in the calmest state.
"Beep!"
The second half of the game officially began, with Manchester City taking the lead.
With the ball, Gundogan took the initiative to move to the wing, looking for a passing opportunity.
But after seeing De Bruyne retreating to defend, he had no choice but to pass the ball back to Walker behind him.
Walker had many opportunities to get the ball in this game, but the problem was that Manchester City had no players in the middle to score.
When there is no way to pass the ball, you can only go through the middle more often.
Just then Messi came over to meet the challenge and immediately dribbled the ball in his direction.
But Walker didn't pass the ball. Instead, taking advantage of everyone's attention being on Messi, he decisively passed the ball to Sane on the left.
"Oh!"
Sane's movements are very fast.
After adjusting accordingly, shoot directly.
But De Gea didn't need to save the ball at all, as it flew out of bounds.
The game resumed the situation of the first half, and Manchester United midfielders B Ronaldo and Rice received yellow cards respectively.
Including Pepe, the central defender, who also received a yellow card for not being able to keep up with Sterling's pace.
But seeing that Manchester City could not break through for a long time, Guardiola had to start making rotations.
Replace David Silva with B Silva and replace Sterling with Jesus.
It’s not that we don’t want to use Aguero, but Aguero, like Wang Chu, is on the injury list.
This way Messi returned to the right side which he was more familiar with.
But seeing such changes, Ancelotti also responded accordingly and continued to make substitutions.
Herrera replaced the young player Rice who had a yellow card.
Herrera, who was at full health, began to target Messi, while the remaining players performed zone defense, giving no chance to other players.
After this adjustment, Manchester City still could not change the situation.
On the contrary, during the repeated transmission process, Manchester United had several opportunities to counterattack!
Left back Otamendi wanted to pass the ball to Gundogan, but the ball was quickly intercepted by Ye Chen who retreated to midfield.
After getting the ball, Manchester United launched a counterattack.
"Boom!"
Ye Chen did not dribble the ball himself, but passed the ball to Ronaldo who was moving to the right.
But Ronaldo has just started.
The retreating Otamendi hooked Ronaldo's legs directly...
"Snapped!"
Ronaldo fell to the ground.
The referee Brich was about to blow the whistle, but Damian behind him quickly moved forward, grabbed the ball, and ran to the right.
Otamendi had already slowed down, but when he saw Brich making a gesture with his hands raised, he immediately realized that something was wrong and hurriedly chased back.
But in fact he was thinking too much!
With no one marking him, Damian made a long cross.
Want to find Ye Chen.
"Oh!"
Too much strength!
It fell directly to the back point.
De Bruyne sprinted forward and caught the ball, while Stones on the back line blocked the passing route.
De Bruyne also gave up the idea of crossing the ball, pushed the ball to the bottom line of the left penalty area, and shot low with his left foot.
"Snapped!"
But Ederson, who was leaning against the near post, quickly fell to the ground to resolve the crisis!
Although there was no goal, the fans still felt very nervous.
It’s just that some neutral fans are unhappy, especially those who don’t know much about football.
Seeing both sides committing fouls repeatedly and no threatening attacks, some even felt that Manchester City was playing badly or acting out a script.
Does Manchester City not want to score?
They can't get in!
Manchester City players began to get anxious as they saw the time enter the 65th minute.
And they also realized that it would be difficult for Messi to perform well in such an adverse situation.
I simply stopped looking for Messi and reduced his presence.
Maybe this way Messi will have more opportunities...
69 minutes 53 seconds.
Otamendi, the left back, passed the ball to Gundogan.
Gundogan made a straight pass to find B Silva, who then sent the ball directly into the penalty area near the center circle.
Pepe had a yellow card and didn't dare to commit a foul.
So much so that Jesus, who had just come on the field, found an opportunity!
While sprinting, his eyes are also predicting where the football will land.
"Oh!"
Jesus made an unexpected choice.
Direct volley shot——
The football turned into a cannonball and flew to the left side of the goal!
De Gea in front of the goal attacked quickly, compressing the shooting angle a lot.
In order to get around De Gea, Jesus could only pursue the angle.
Of course, at such a close distance, De Gea was powerless!
next second...
"Duang!!!"
The football turned into a cannonball, hit the outside of the post hard, and bounced out of the bottom line!
"F**k!"
Angry Jesus couldn't help but swear!
Guardiola on the sidelines also covered his head.
The opportunity has come, but I can’t seize it, what can I do?
Ancelotti realized that something was wrong and replaced two players.
First, Ake replaced Pepe, and then Valencia replaced Damian...
Both of them came on stage with new instructions.
Manchester United is going to attack in the last 20 minutes!
81 minutes 45 seconds.
Valencia threw the ball directly from out of bounds to Herrera who came over to receive it.
Herrera didn't stop the ball and kicked it to Ye Chen who was retreating.
Ye Chen took the ball and stuck to Fernandinho.
But Ye Chen did not run towards the penalty area, but ran back instead, putting distance between him and him.
Manchester City midfielder B Silva wanted to intercept Ye Chen, but Ye Chen made a lightning-fast and handsome pull of the ball and passed him in almost the blink of an eye.
Seat B was stunned for a moment.
This scene seems familiar...
He was teased like this during a training match in Sevilla in the past!
However, this is not the time to be absent-minded. Ye Chen quickly changed direction and pushed the ball one step into the left penalty area.
Ye Chen turned around and quickly swung his legs, shooting with his left foot!
"boom!"
Ye Chen's left foot had a close contact with the football.
One meter before the penalty spot, the football instantly flew to the left side of the goal.
Ederson in front of the goal was concentrating and bent over to save the ball.
"call!"
When the football flew over, he pounced like a cheetah...
Ps: No predictions today!! Brothers, adjust and wait for the five major leagues!!
