Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

After returning to Manchester, Messi quickly got into training. After all, the boss gave him such great support, so we should repay him. A few days later, the players who participated in the national team also returned to the team one after another. As expected by Yang Luo, these players were tired like dogs. Fortunately, the next game was an away challenge to Charlton, and the opponent was not so strong. In this game, Yang Luo let Messi start the game, and Messi did not live up to his trust. In the game, he helped the team beat the opponent 1-0 with an assist. However, he was shoveled by the opponent at the last moment of the game. In order to protect him, Yang Luo still replaced him. He is not fully grown yet, and is still very vulnerable in the current Premier League style of play.

Fortunately, he is not seriously injured, just a simple foot contusion, and he will be fine after a few days of rest.

After playing Charlton, Manchester City ushered in the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals.

This game was played at Manchester City's home stadium, so they can rest and wait.

And because Manchester City used a rotation lineup in the game against Charlton, their main lineup got a good rest.

This is undoubtedly very beneficial for this game.

But Juventus...

Head coach Capello brought a very rigorous style of play to their team, which made them very difficult to beat.

Of course, this is a more euphemistic statement.

In fact, their conservative and vulgar style of play is a headache for any opponent.

In theory, this kind of opponent is the most difficult for Manchester City, because they will piss off these young people.

So Yang Luo and Tuchel seemed to have a headache in the pre-match preparations.

However, after careful consideration, they decided to remain unchanged in the face of change.

Before the game, many experts expressed their views on this round of confrontation.

Most people think that this round of confrontation will be a very tense confrontation, and it is also a collision of two styles.

As for the result, most people are more optimistic about Juventus.

After all, teams with strong defense are very popular in the knockout stage.

And as a world-famous coach, Capello has too much experience in the Champions League.

On the contrary, Manchester City's coach is still a rookie...

This may have a decisive impact on the result.

When Yang Luo saw these predictions, he couldn't help but sneer: "Only Tuchel may be a little worse than Capello, but with me, he is a little better than Capello."

Bernstein on the side raised his eyebrows: "Who gave you such confidence?"

Yang Luo straightened his chest: "Let me ask you, is the victory over Real Madrid our masterpiece? Did we arrange the tactics improperly? Has Manchester City lost since we took over?"

Bernstein thought about it and shrugged: "You are loud, you are right..."

Soon, time came to the day of the game.

In this game, Manchester City's starting lineup is Cech, Maicon, Stam, Distin, Evra, Xabi Alonso, Essien, Ronaldinho, Robben, Ronaldo, Tony teacher.

The starting lineup of Juventus is Buffon, Zebina, Cannavaro, Thuram, Zambrotta, Camoranesi, Appia, Emerson, Nedved, Ibrahimovic and Piero.

When Yang Luo saw Ibrahimovic, he immediately remembered how he rejected him.

Reject Manchester City to join Juventus?

I hope he will not regret his choice!

At this moment, the referee blew the whistle to start the game.

At the beginning of the game, Juventus put on a posture of standing firm and letting you attack.

The key is that they can make everyone except Ibrahimovic retreat to the half court.

This set of iron bucket formation at the beginning really gave Manchester City a headache.

Moreover, Capello did not care about Juventus's face as a wealthy family. His goal was very clear, that is, to get a draw at the Manchester City Stadium and then return to his home court to end the battle!

Under this guiding ideology, Manchester City's offense was difficult to operate.

Because of Appiah and Emerson's retreat, the two inward wingers had little space, so Yang Luo made a gesture and asked Robben and Ronaldo to switch positions immediately and become traditional bottom wingers.

Since Cannavaro and Thuram are 1.75 meters and 1.85 meters respectively, they are definitely not as good as Cannavaro in headers.

Teacher Tony has an advantage, so he decided to use the most primitive method and start to cross the ball from the bottom!

At the same time, the two full-backs should also actively join in and be ready to support at a 45-degree angle at any time.

So, in the next game, a beautiful landscape began to appear on the field.

Manchester City began to cross the ball desperately. No matter whether it was Maicon or Ronaldo, Robben or Evra, as long as there was a chance, they would send it to the penalty area, letting Teacher Tony fight with a group of defensive players, while Ronaldinho and Xabi Alonso were cruising at the top of the penalty area, ready to grab the second point at any time.

In the 25th minute, after receiving the pass from Ronaldinho, Robben used his speed to flash a cross space, and he passed the ball before Zambrotta blocked it.

And Teacher Tony in the middle jumped high, overpowered Thuram, and headed the ball!

But Buffon reacted very quickly and saved the ball!

Buffon is at his peak now, and ordinary balls can't pass his ten fingers at all!

And this was the first time that Manchester City shot on target!

Juventus' defensive strength can be seen.

But Manchester City also tasted a little sweetness through this attack. They continued to increase the intensity of crosses, striving to achieve qualitative change from quantitative change.

In the 37th minute, this time it was Maicon who got a cross opportunity at a 45-degree angle, and he sent it into the penalty area without hesitation!

This time Cannavaro learned from the last lesson. He first interfered with Toni's jump through some hand movements, and then let Thuram jump before Toni, so as to take advantage of the high altitude!

Sure enough, Teacher Toni was a step late, allowing Thuram to head the ball out first!

But outside the penalty area were Ronaldinho and Xabi Alonso!

Ronaldinho leaned on Appia to unload the ball beautifully, and he easily dribbled it and flashed out of the shooting space!

Emerson saw that it was not good, and quickly stepped across to prepare for blocking.

But Ronaldinho's move was a feint. He suddenly flicked the ball sideways and passed it to the unattended Xabi Alonso!

Xabi Alonso adjusted a step and chose to shoot from a distance!

The ball was powerful and went straight to the dead corner of the goal!

But unfortunately, it still couldn't get past Buffon!

He stretched his body and directly saved the ball from the bottom line!

And Manchester City missed another chance to score!

In the end, until the end of the first half, the score did not change, and the two sides were tied at zero to zero!

According to statistics, Manchester City sent as many as 20 crosses in the first half, which was a veritable cross contest!