359: Let’s see, is this really surprising?

Today’s starting lineups for both sides are as follows:

Home team Manchester City, head coach Guardiola, formation 433

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Back four from left to right Mendy, Otamendi, Stones and Walker

The three midfielders from left to right are Jingdong’an, Rodri and Fernandinho.

Three forwards from left to right: Sterling, Jesus and De Bruyne

Visiting team AC Milan, head coach Tong Yi, formation 3412

Courtois

Back three from left to right Romagnoli, Diaz and Akanji

Midfield four from left to right Davis, Joan Armene, Goretzka and James

Single attacking midfielder Pellegrini

Double forward Haaland and Lautaro

At the beginning of the game, both teams played very proactively. Manchester City's style of play was more focused on running and frequent changes of positions in the frontcourt. The positions of De Bruyne and Sterling were also not fixed, especially It's De Bruyne. His position is very flexible. He pushes forward and retreats back and forth, which indeed creates a lot of trouble for AC Milan's defense.

Fortunately, before the game, Tong Yi made special arrangements for the players based on De Bruyne's characteristics, which prevented De Bruyne from showing his due strength.

The Manchester City team seems to have discovered this, so the offensive side is more biased towards Jingdong'an and Sterling, with frequent attacks. Especially sending the football to the feet of Sterling in the frontcourt, allowing Sterling to attack AC Milan's defense.

However, ten minutes of the game passed, and Sterling did not create many opportunities.

Many people can see that Sterling has some problems in this game. He doesn't make many breakthroughs with the ball. This is a big difference from the past. Today, he did try to break through many times after holding the ball, but he did not really start to break through. After trying, he immediately passed the football!

Seeing this, Tong Yidu frowned slightly. Is this because Sterling has low morale and is in poor condition today, or is this a deliberate decision of Manchester City's overall tactics?

Tong Yi is observing.

Guardiola on the sidelines frowned slightly, his face looking a little ugly.

In this game, he actually has very high requirements for Sterling, asking him to hold the ball more and break through, attracting the opponent's defense to this side, and then De Bruyne and the others will have more space. Only then can it give AC Milan a more deadly threat.

But so far, there have been few breakthroughs from Slint's side.

Even Mendy's attack with Jingdong An and pressing up was somewhat hindered.

In these ten minutes, Manchester City has controlled the situation, but there are not many opportunities to truly create a threat.

Too much football comes to Sterling's feet, but Sterling either passes back or crosses the ball and rarely breaks through with the ball. This resulted in their Manchester City team not being enough of a threat to AC Milan's goal, and Jesus in the middle had to frequently drop back to catch the ball, a bit far away from the goal.

Guardiola was not satisfied with the team's performance during this period.

Although they were playing at home, they seemed to have the situation under control.

The Manchester City fans at the scene were quite satisfied. After all, they had defeated AC Milan 1-0 in the first round. Even if they got a 0-0 draw in this game, it was their Manchester City team that advanced.

What's more, it is their Manchester City team that is in control of the situation now, and the initiative is in their hands.

If this game continues like this, it will be their Manchester City team that advances.

Manchester City fans were satisfied and sang with excitement.

There are even some Manchester City fans who are madly criticizing AC Milan and mocking AC Milan. They all shouted that AC Milan had no chance in this game, so AC Milan people should surrender quickly. The victory in this game must belong to their Manchester City team.

The AC Milan fans at the scene were very nervous. They really did not perform well after the game started and had almost no chance. If this game continues like this, AC Milan may really lose to Manchester City.

This is not going to work!

The AC Milan fans immediately roared in unison, cheering for their players, hoping that they would work hard as soon as possible and win this game!

If AC Milan don't win this game, they will really be doomed!

AC Milan fans have been cheering for the players and calling on them to strengthen their offense and give it a try.

He can't just watch time go by. The less time there is, the more dangerous they are!

Even the AC Milan fans in the stands were shouting Tong Yi's name, asking Tong Yi to think of a way quickly. It won't work to continue playing like this!

However, Tong Yi is still sitting firmly on the coaching bench and seems to have no intention of changing.

This makes Milan fans very anxious and nervous!

Is there really nothing you can do?

On the other hand, Guardiola doesn't think so. He has been asking Manchester City players to engage in the game seriously and put pressure on Milan. He hopes that the team will continue to play like this, otherwise if the AC Milan people are given a chance, there may be danger!

With a bang, Rodri in the midfield suddenly made a long diagonal pass, accurately sending the football to the feet of Sterling in the space.

Sterling immediately faced AC Milan defender Akanji.

All the media reporters at the scene immediately roared loudly, "Attack him, attack him, run over him!"

The Manchester City fans were very enthusiastic and loud.

And Sterling, who is holding the ball, is also moving forward in small steps, preparing to break through. His eyes were fixed on Akanji in front of him, and then in anticipation, he suddenly passed the ball back and passed the football to Mendy who followed.

All the Manchester City fans were immediately disappointed!

After holding the ball, Mendy quickly went down and then made a curved pass, passing the football to Jesus who was advancing.

Many Manchester City fans saw their eyes darkened when they saw this. What threat does this offense pose?

Sure enough, the football was directly pushed out by Diaz in the penalty area and accurately targeted Goretzka's feet.

How can Jesus compete with Diaz?

Even if he competed with Diaz, he still couldn't compete with Courtois!

The ball was very close to the goal. Even if Dias couldn't hit the ball, there was a high probability that the ball would be picked up by Courtois who jumped up. That's why Manchester City fans are so desperate.

This offense really poses no threat at all!

Many people at the scene stared at Sterling with eyes filled with hatred for steel!

It's really a pity.

If Staley had played more proactively today, Manchester City would have already taken the lead in this game.

As for playing with such fear. After all, the advantage of this to zero is really not big. AC Milan had a little better luck and could have evened the score.

It's no wonder that Manchester City fans and Guardiola are very nervous.

"Defense, don't let them counterattack quickly!" Guardiola immediately roared loudly on the sidelines, reminding Manchester City's defensive players.

At the scene, the Manchester City fans were even more nervous, roaring crazily, putting pressure on AC Milan while cheering for the Manchester City players. Call on them not to give the damn AC Milan people a chance and not to let the other side launch a quick counterattack.

After receiving the ball, Goretzka immediately wanted to turn around and launch a quick attack, but De Bruyne rushed over quickly, giving Goretzka no chance to quickly launch a counterattack.

Obviously Tong Yi understands De Bruyne, and De Bruyne naturally understands Tong Yi's tactics!

So he was ready in the morning and came to block Goretzka as soon as possible.

Obviously, he arrived very timely. Goretzka could not move the ball forward at all. The Manchester City fans at the scene were very excited and immediately clapped and cheered non-stop.

Goretzka had already expected it. He had no intention of making a long pass in the first place. He immediately pushed the football to the side.

The football rolled quickly towards the feet of James on the wing.

James immediately moved forward quickly with the ball. Seeing the defensive player rushing towards him, he immediately played a wall-kicking one-two with the retreating Pellegrini. Then he quickly moved forward and received the ball on the wing. On to football.

After receiving the football, he directly passed the ball and rushed past Mendy, who was a little reckless, and caught up with the football!

Suddenly, all the Manchester City fans at the scene were extremely frightened.

This is AC Milan's first attack in this game, and it looks very threatening!

The Manchester City fans at the scene were very worried.

Perhaps it is precisely because this is AC Milan's first attack of the game that Manchester City's defensive players are not easy to defend. It also led to Mendy's recklessness. Normally Mendy would not make such a mistake. Unexpectedly, there was a problem in the first attack against AC Milan today.

Of course, Mendy cannot be entirely blamed. The other defensive players of Manchester City were also relatively reckless or a little too excited. That's why James and Pellegrini completed a two-on-one attack so easily.

Therefore, taking control of the situation and attacking wildly from the beginning of the game still caused some trouble for the Manchester City people.

Guardiola's brows tightened when he saw this. He immediately waved his hand and directed the Manchester City players to defend!

The Manchester City players thought that James was going to pass directly from the wing. Who knew that James, who had passed Mendy, directly cut inside with the ball and quickly entered the Manchester City penalty area!

Manchester City's central defender Otamendi immediately stepped forward to meet him. He blocked James's inward cut and was full of pressure. He wanted to push James back.

Unexpectedly, James stepped on the bicycle quickly, then suddenly changed direction and rushed towards the bottom line.

Otamendi immediately changed and rushed forward quickly. He did not want to steal the ball immediately, but still blocked the inward line, preventing James from getting close to the Manchester City goal, and did not give James a chance to directly threaten the goal. .

Otamendi's defense is very sophisticated and precise, which makes Guardiola very satisfied when he sees it on the sidelines.

But the Manchester City fans at the scene were still very nervous and full of worries.

After all, the ball is still under the control of AC Milan, and more importantly, it has entered the Manchester City penalty area. Their worries will not be alleviated if football is played continuously.

The Manchester City fans immediately roared wildly and cheered for the Manchester City players.

Mendy also rushed back quickly at this time, trying to guard James from behind.

Seeing this, Guardiola frowned slightly on the sidelines. At this time, Mendy should be leaning towards the middle to block James' inverted triangle return line. Won't you expose this line when you guard?

Danger, very dangerous!

And at this time, AC Milan's forward Lautaro rushed over quickly and came up to receive James' inverted triangle return pass.

Very dangerous!

The Manchester City fans in the stands saw this dangerous line. Many people complained about Mendy. Mendy was too trusting and wanted to block AC Milan's offense. .

Is this putting the team in danger now?

There were many Manchester City fans at the scene who were very dissatisfied with Mendy's defense, but at this time they still roared excitedly and cheered for the players.

At this time, they will not boo, let alone hold back the defensive players.

At this moment, James immediately swung his legs and made a pass back in an inverted triangle. Otamendi in front of him reacted immediately and quickly retreated closer, preparing to block the inverted triangle return line.

Unexpectedly, the moment he moved, James kicked the football!

But this did not pass the football back in an inverted triangle, but rubbed it. The football immediately flew upwards, flew quickly in front of Otamendi, and then quickly flew towards the back point!

This was a bit of a pick-up pass, as the football flew upwards rapidly and passed Otamendi's defense, without giving Ederson a chance in front of the goal. Even at this time, it was difficult for Ederson to take off or destroy the football when he lifted it up. The ball was passed very cleverly.

The football flew towards the back post, and all the Manchester City fans in the audience screamed in horror.

At the back post, Haaland rushed up quickly, jumped high in front of the goal post, overwhelmed Stones who jumped in front of him, and hit the football hard with his head.

The football shot quickly towards the empty goal.

Although Ederson rushed over crazily in front of the goal and made the save immediately, it was too late. He could only watch the football flying into the Manchester City goal as it brushed against the goal post.

The whole place was dead silent!

All Manchester City people were silent at this moment, and they were all mourning for their heirs!

The fans of AC Milan were also very shocked, staring at all this without reacting.

They really didn't expect that the team would score in their first attack. This surprise really came a bit unexpectedly!

Then the AC Milan fans roared excitedly and screamed excitedly. Their crazy look really made the Manchester City fans at the scene itch with hatred. Even some Manchester City fans couldn't hold it back and began to yell and curse, venting their depression and dissatisfaction!

In the 14th minute of this game, AC Milan, playing away from home, unexpectedly took the lead against Manchester City and evened the total score!