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At the Etihad Stadium, Blue Moon fans ushered in the most critical battle of the season.

Revenge battle.

In the Champions League final last season, Manchester City defeated Real Madrid by an unexpected 0:3, which is also an extremely rare complete defeat score in the Champions League final.

This season, Manchester City, whose lineup has been luxuriously upgraded, is superior to Real Madrid in terms of player value and average age.

On the front line, Guardiola formed a flexible technical trio with Mahrez, Jesus and Foden.

In the midfield, De Bruyne, Rodri, and B-seats are in a triangle position.

The back line uses Stones, Laporte, Ruben Dias and Zinchenko as a four-back defense system.

The goalkeeper is Edson Moraes.

"Riyad, are you nervous?"

Although he is a Manchester City winger who has experienced many battles, Mahrez still unconsciously lowered his head and rubbed his nose in such a critical game.

This detail was also captured by former teammate Rossi.

"how come!"

Mahrez smiled awkwardly and stepped forward to hug him.

"To be honest, I really don't want to be your opponent."

Rossi smiled and said meaningfully: "Today, I will be merciful!"

After a brief exchange, Rossi walked up to Mendy and whispered: "Be careful later, Manchester City will focus on our right wing."

Mendy was taken aback, and obviously didn't believe it, how could Rossi be sure that the opponent must be attacking the right.

"This guy, Riyad, keeps rubbing his nose when he's nervous. To make him so nervous, he must have been assigned the main offensive task."

Rossi's explanation was reasonable, and Mendy nodded, feeling that it was always right to be careful.

The referee Istfan Kovac from Romania, the referee of the game, under his leadership, players from both sides stepped onto the court.

In Real Madrid's starting lineup, except for Casemiro, who was in poor condition after recovering from injury and was replaced by Valverde, other positions are unbeatable.

It is worth mentioning that the only shortcomings in the lineups of both sides are on the defensive end.

Manchester City's two main full-backs Cancelo and Kyle Walker are out due to injuries.

Real Madrid's main defensive midfielder Casemiro sat on the bench.

How to deploy tactics and make up for loopholes has become the focus of the game between the coaches of both sides.

Benzema and Ruben Dias guessed coins in the center circle, and Real Madrid kicked off first.

After the referee blew his whistle, there was booing in the Etihad Stadium, trying to interfere with Real Madrid's pass.

Due to the absence of Manchester City's two main full-backs, Guardiola had to arrange Mahrez and Foden, who have strong ball-holding abilities, at the winger positions to strengthen ball control in the frontcourt.

At the same time, they make up for the lack of oppression with their active running.

In just 1 minute, Manchester City will put the focus of the siege on the left guarded by Mendy and Modric.

From the moment he got the ball, Mendy felt the opponent's strong desire to attack.

When he came to receive the ball in the ribs, he also walked into the encirclement set up by Manchester City.

Around him, there are 4 Manchester City players.

Remembering Rossi's reminder, Mendy didn't dare to hesitate for a moment, and passed back to Abala directly, and pointed to the other side, signaling him to pass the ball to the weak side.

But Alaba, who received the ball, didn't know whether it was nervous or something, and passed it back to Mendy next to him.

But he actually passed a high ball, and unexpectedly hit Mendy in the head.

Suddenly playing with fire in the backcourt caused Real Madrid's defense to immediately tighten up.

The Manchester City players seized on this mistake, and the two quickly scrambled to get the ball back and handed it to Mahrez.

Mendy knew that he had a sharp breakthrough. After establishing his position, he defended his breakthrough route to the baseline.

After Mahrez saw that the bottom breakthrough line was completely locked, he chose to pull horizontally and walk towards the middle.

Cross replaced Casemiro as the deep-lying midfielder, but his defensive awareness was still lacking.

When Mahrez began to cross the middle, he did not rush up immediately, but stood in a row with the defensive players to keep the defense intact.

But in this way, the space outside the penalty area was completely used by Mahrez, who calmly started to pass.

Foden, who was playing from behind, penetrated Real Madrid's penalty area from his ribs. After stopping the ball with his chest, he volleyed.

Right back Carvajal was attracted by Zinchenko and did not move in immediately. As a result, Foden had no way to stop the ball when he stopped the ball and shot.

At such a close distance, even Courtois, who was as strong as Courtois, failed to react and save. He could only spread his hands towards the defense line after being scored, and tilted his head and sighed.

[GOAL! ! ! ! 】

[Manchester City got off to a dream start in the first minute and a half of the game! 】

[Mahrez assisted Foden to score! 】

[This is also the two major problems of Real Madrid's defense that we have been talking about before the game! 】

[First, with Casemiro's absence, the defense loses an effective barrier! 】

[The second is the issue of Real Madrid's air defense! 】

[Manchester City's goal just now was to catch Real Madrid's two fatal problems! 】

[Mahrez is too relaxed at the front of Real Madrid's penalty area! 】

[1:0! 】

[Man City leads at home! 】

[By the way, this goal also created the fastest goal in the Champions League semifinals! 】

【It’s also quite interesting! 】

[Real Madrid’s defense is often recorded as the fastest goal scorer! 】

This goal also lit up the Etihad Stadium.

The fans excitedly waved the blue and white flags in their hands, and the surroundings of the stadium suddenly rolled like waves, and the momentum was monstrous.

Ancelotti put Kroos in the deep midfield position today, which is risky in itself.

So Valverde, who has strong running ability, was placed next to him to escort him.

But Kroos is not a defensive midfielder after all, and the timing of choosing to go forward and grab is not well grasped.

In the past, he rushed forward rashly, and was protected by Casemiro with strong defensive coverage behind him.

Now it is necessary to balance offense and defense, and the timing of the grab is even more uncertain.

In addition to the opportunity to grab, Cross does not have the ability to cover a wide range of defense.

Once an emergency occurs, he cannot make a reasonable choice in an instant like Casemiro.

In the 10th minute, less than 8 minutes since the last goal, when Manchester City fans were still immersed in the joy of scoring, Manchester City's offensive struck again.

De Bruyne took the ball on the right rib, swayed Valverde's defense laterally, and kicked a cross.

Kroos, who was behind the midfielder, did not move laterally for the first time, and put pressure on the opponent with Valverde.

Only then did De Bruyne have the moment when he swayed inside, and had the opportunity to cross.

In the penalty area, Jesus leaned his back against Militao, took advantage of the characteristics of his body to turn around quickly, pulled the ball around and shot quickly.

[GOAL! ! ! ! ! ! 】

[Manchester City scored again! 】

[Jesus scored a goal for Manchester City in the 10th minute! 】

[Manchester City now leads Real Madrid 2:0! 】

[This is definitely beyond everyone's expectations! 】

[I thought it would be a fierce competition! 】

[I didn't expect that after the start of Manchester City, the strong offensive ability of the strikers quickly knocked on Real Madrid's goal! 】

[This is the real dream start! 】

Off the court, Guardiola clenched his fists and roared in a low voice, as if he was venting his anger for the final defeat to Real Madrid a year ago.

But An Pang on the side was expressionless, crossed his hands on his chest, and calmly watched everything that happened on the court with familiar o_O eyes.

The results of the first 10 minutes of the game have confirmed that the tactics he arranged before the game were a failure, and Real Madrid must adjust immediately.

But before An Pang communicated the deployment, not long after the kick-off, Manchester City grabbed the ball again and launched a counterattack.

After the B-seat swayed Militao cleanly in the midfield, he sent a deadly through ball to Mahrez on the right rib.

Faced with an almost one-on-one opportunity, Mahrez faced Mendy's interception and chose to shoot from a small angle and hit the near upper corner of the goal.

The Manchester City fans behind the opposite goal saw the net tumbling, thought the ball had scored, and jumped up from their seats excitedly.

Then Mahrez told them with the expression of looking up to the sky and holding his head that the ball hit the side net.

Just 2 minutes later, Manchester City continued to get opportunities on the right.

Faced with a half of the ball, Mahrez stabbed the ball forward lightly, avoided Mendy's interception, entered the penalty area to form a single shot, and pushed the far corner.

Although the ball pierced Courtois' ten fingers, it was rejected by the post.

Manchester City missed another great chance to score.

After consecutive missed goals, Guardiola was very angry and ran away on the spot.

Although it is leading 2:0 now, facing a team like Real Madrid, it is necessary to attack with the Thunder and make the opponent doubt their lives.

If both goals are scored, they can lead 4:0, then Manchester City can almost lock a ticket to the final.

But Mahrez's shot allowed Real Madrid to escape from the door of death.

No, it is two calamities.

And it was this missed opportunity that made Manchester City's original spear, which was extremely sharp, dull.

Real Madrid had to continue to use the weakest shield to resist the impact of Manchester City.

At this time, the game had only started for less than 15 minutes.