Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

On the Leipzig bench, coach Machi spread his hands helplessly.

The team lost the ball too early!

How could this back point be missed?

The Leipzig fans who traveled with the team to Etihad also sighed.

Originally, they thought they would defend the first half first and then attack in the second half, but they were scored in the first 5 minutes!

Grealish, who scored his first Champions League goal since joining Manchester City, did not celebrate too much. After waving to the Blue Moon fans near the corner flag area, Shaker followed Chen Chen and Rodri back.

Grealish walked to the center circle while chatting with Chen Chen. He said that he would help Chen Chen score his first Champions League goal since joining Manchester City today!

Time quickly came to the 11th minute.

Ruben Dias immediately went forward to find Rodri after getting the ball.

Rodri saw Chen Chen in front of him on the left asking for the ball, so he immediately passed the ball to him.

Tyler Adams rushed up to press!

Just after Chen Chen passed him, the American midfielder pulled Chen Chen down.

Because of the destruction of favorable opportunities, the referee gave a yellow card penalty instead of a verbal warning!

Adams was very difficult to understand!

It was only more than ten minutes after the start of the game and he was given a card?

Nkunku and Laimer went up to the referee to argue, but the referee on duty today, Kovac, ignored them.

This Kovac is not the "scientist" Kovac of Bayern.

A Romanian and a Croatian, far from it.

The communication was fruitless, and Leipzig had to accept the referee's decision.

However, looking at the expressions and cursing of the Red Bull players, it seems that they are not satisfied with the referee's decision this time.

Manchester City got a set piece in the front field on the left side.

After a while, Chen Chen stood at the penalty spot to take the penalty.

In fact, De Bruyne could have tried this ball, but Ding Ding's left foot is not as strong as Chen Chen's, and it should be noted that Chen Chen was not injured by the opponent's foul this time, and his foot strength was still online.

"Bang!"

The football was hung in the penalty area!

Leipzig's right back Mujere and Rodri, who had made a forward run, jumped together to try to head the ball!

French international Mujere did head the ball, but he headed it off!

By mistake, the ball was sent into his own net!

Own goal!

Gulacsi in front of the goal was stunned.

Then the Hungarian goalkeeper angrily slapped the post!

I not only have to defend the opponent, but also you!

What a sin!

Seeing the goal appear again, Guardiola clapped his hands and walked back to the bench from the sidelines, and then Guardiola clapped his hands to greet his assistants one by one.

Leading by two goals in the first fifteen minutes, this kind of Tianhu start was something Guardiola had not expected before the game!

In this way, perhaps after the start of the second half, the team can immediately make substitutions and adjust, save the main players' physical strength, and prepare for the subsequent league games!

However, things did not go as planned, and the thing Guardiola least wanted to see happened!

In the 19th minute.

Chen Chen was tackled by Angelino who came diagonally when he was dribbling forward!

The Spaniard's extremely dangerous stud action caused dissatisfaction among the Blue Moon players!

Grealish, who was close, was the first to rush up and grabbed Angelino's collar and cursed.

Then Ferran Torres, who was also a Spaniard, or more precisely, Ferran Torres who had played for the Spanish U21, also ran over to question Angelino!

Zinchenko couldn't stand it the most.

The Ukrainian came up and pushed Angelino down!

Angelino sat on the ground!

The situation on the scene got further out of control!

The referee Kovac blew the whistle to signal the players on both sides to calm down, and asked the security personnel and staff of each team to come up and separate the players from both sides.

Guardiola on the sidelines was very angry!

For him, for Manchester City, Chen Chen's health must be more important than a Champions League game!

Manchester City with him and Manchester City without him are simply two different teams!

Manchester City's team doctor rushed into the field to treat him.

Chen Chen fell to the ground with his calf in pain!

Chen Chen's dribbling and passing skills are very strong, but he can't stand others wanting to rush at him!

The team doctor first took out a cooling spray (a gas used for sprains and pain relief, commonly known as ethyl chloride) to spray on Chen Chen's calf wound.

Then the ankle and the instep.

After that, the team doctor immediately conducted a more detailed examination.

[Ding! It is detected that the host is suffering from an injury. Do you want to use the injury recovery potion? ]

The system sounded.

Chen Chen remembered that he had received a recovery potion before, so he immediately answered "yes" with his mind!

The recovery potion given by the system was very effective, at least now Chen Chen's pain was gone.He lost a lot, and he estimated that he could stand up.

Of course, it is unlikely to continue playing football.

Because the system also noted that this medicine can only accelerate the recovery of injuries such as soft tissue contusion or strain, and cannot achieve 100% recovery. His injury still exists.

Chen Chen needs further auxiliary treatment.

At this time, the team doctor also made a substitution gesture to the sidelines. At the same time, the referee Kovac showed Angelino a red card!

In addition, Zinchenko who pushed and Laimer who spoke rudely were both given yellow cards.

The red card did not make Guardiola happy.

Seeing the team doctor make a substitution gesture, Guardiola's hanging heart finally died!

De Bruyne returned from injury, but Chen Chen was injured again!

When will these supercars roar together once?

There was a deafening booing at the Etihad scene! The Blue Moon fans were very intolerant of the actions of the Leipzig players!

This situation also caused widespread discussion on social platforms.

Not only Manchester City fans, but also fans of other teams are condemning this behavior!

After all, the probability of a player that everyone likes and supports getting injured on the field is not 100%, but it is definitely impossible to be zero!

Chen Chen was carried off on a stretcher.

The system gave an estimated time for Chen Chen to recover from the injury. Chen Chen, who originally needed to rest for two months due to this injury, will now miss at most two weeks of the game.

In other words, Chen Chen will miss the next two league games and one League Cup game, but he will most likely make his comeback debut in the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain.

Chen Chen was directly carried to the medical center in an ambulance, and Guardiola signaled his assistant Domingos to go and see.

When the game entered the halftime break, Domingos sent a message to Guardiola.

After seeing the message, Guardiola was relieved.

Because sports health recovery experts judged that Chen Chen had an ankle sprain.

Angelino first touched Chen Chen's calf, then stepped on Chen Chen's ankle and instep, causing an ankle sprain.

According to preliminary estimates, Chen Chen needs 2-3 weeks of recovery time.

In order to protect the injured part, sports health recovery experts put plaster on Chen Chen and equipped him with crutches.

Just like when Rodri participated in the Golden Ball Awards in 2024.