super football star

Chapter 876 Everyone is making progress
"Perhaps, before today, there was no grievance between Manchester City and Juventus. However, I can guarantee that after today, there will be another grievance in the Champions League."

England finished at 08:30, the Etihad Stadium, which can accommodate more than 4 people, has already been crowded with people. The blue occupies almost the entire stadium, and only a small part is black and white.

Noisy stadium, quiet locker room, when the time entered No. 40 minutes, Van Basten opened the door of the locker room. For this game, Van Basten told his disciples that he only accepted victory.

As the defending champions, Van Basten and his disciples are aiming for a feat that no team has ever accomplished since the reform of the Champions Cup, that is, defending the title. Therefore, in the first game, they have to play the momentum of defending champions.

Manchester City lineup: 433
Goalkeeper: Joe Hart
Defenders: Clichy, Kompany, Boateng, Zabaleta

Midfielders: De Jong, Yaya Toure, Li Feng

Forwards: Silva, Van Persie, Dzeko

The main players are all out. Of course, if you count Aguero, it doesn’t count. In this game, the injured Aguero sat on the bench. After all, Aguero has been away from the stadium for a month. In such an important game, Van Basten really dare not take risks. Apart from this reason, Aguero can also act as a surprise player.

Juventus:

Goalkeeper: Buffon

Defenders: Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli, Lichtsteiner
Midfielders: Asamoah, Pirlo, Vidal, Marchisio

Forwards: Giovinco, Balotelli

Bonucci is the best central defender in Italy after Chiellini, and Juventus's formation looks like 442, but everyone knows that Conte used to use three backs, and Lichtsteiner and Asamoah are the kind of players who can act as both full-backs and wingers in advance.

As for the striker, there is the unique No. 9 and a half Giovinco in Serie A, and Vucinic is sitting on the bench. Needless to say, the other is Balotelli, who is very familiar with Manchester City.

However, Balotelli's current performance in Serie A is not particularly outstanding. He only scored one goal in three rounds of the league. The Juventus striker is in good condition. Giovinco.

Looking at the lineup of Juventus, Li Feng found that this Juventus team really has a lot of acquaintances, and Li Feng's main opponents in this game are Vidal and Marchisio.

Even the referee is an acquaintance, from Proenza, Portugal. With the whistle of Proenza, Manchester City's Champions League group stage journey this season officially began.

Captain Kompany got the right to kick-off, so the opening attack belonged to Manchester City. Dzeko pushed forward. Van Persie tapped his heel lightly after taking the ball. The ball rolled away from the center circle and came to the feet of Li Feng in the backcourt.

When Balotelli saw Li Feng taking the ball, he immediately rushed over. You know, when he was in Manchester City, Balotelli was quite unhappy about being suppressed by Li Feng, and he was also very jealous of Li Feng's treatment in the team.

Now that he has become an enemy, Balotelli is even more unscrupulous, rushing to Li Feng, trying to break the ball under his feet, but unfortunately, Balotelli is obviously a bit overconfident in doing so.

Even for a defensive player, it is extremely difficult to break the ball from Li Feng's feet, let alone an offensive player like Balotelli, who is notoriously not fond of defense.

Balotelli was tricked by an easy feint. However, Balotelli was not reconciled. When Li Feng tricked him and was about to attack the Juventus half, Balotelli stretched out his hand and fouled Li Feng.

"Hush~~~~" The Etihad Stadium booed all over the sky, but this did not allow the referee to draw a card. After all, the game had just started, and the referee could not immediately draw a card.

But on the sidelines, Juventus acting head coach Carrera was quite annoyed. He jumped up as soon as his butt came into contact with the coach's bench, and then yelled at Balotelli.

"Oh~~~It seems that Carrera can't suppress Balotelli. Look, facing the head coach's roar, the displeasure on Balotelli's face is quite obvious."

The set kick was taken and the game restarted. Li Feng gave the ball to Yaya Toure, who immediately understood what Li Feng meant and used himself as cannon fodder to attract the attention of the Juventus midfielders.

Marchisio, who stopped in front of Yaya Toure, the Italian midfielder is also the only midfielder who has stayed in Juventus since the 09-10 season.

Yaya Toure made a strong attack, and Marchisio resolutely met him, and the two wrestled near the middle circle. Yaya Toure's skills were not bad, but Marchisio was not a vegetarian, so the two entangled for a while, and in the end, neither could do anything to the other.

At this moment, Clichy made a move, Marchisio was attracted by Yaya Toure, and the side defense suddenly became empty, Clichy moved forward decisively, and Yaya Toure split the side immediately.

However, before Clichy took two steps, Lichtsteiner stopped in front of Clichy. With his speed, Clichy wanted to use his own speed to break through his opponent. Unfortunately, the latter's speed was not slow, so Clichy chose to pass the ball.

The cross pass will be in the middle, and at this moment, it appears that the player in the Juventus half has already become Li Feng. It should be said that Li Feng has not stopped, advancing towards the Juventus half.

He raised his right foot, controlled the ball, and then glanced at Vidal not far in front of him. Li Feng has made great progress in the past few years, and now he is vaguely known as the world's number one midfielder.

But Li Feng knew that the guy in front of him had improved a lot. If Li Feng was already the number one midfielder in the world, then Vidal was already the number one midfielder in Serie A.

In the tactical conference room before the game, Van Basten reminded the Manchester City players to be careful of Vidal. This guy not only has a solid and tough defense, but is also extremely decisive in offense. He not only has the skills of South American players, but also has the physical fitness and execution of European players.

Li Feng tried to break through, but Vidal did not give Li Feng a chance. The two sides understand each other, Manchester City understands Juventus, Li Feng understands Vidal, and vice versa.

In this case, Li Feng chose to pass the ball again. Silva was prepared and immediately made a pass. Dzeko and Van Persie rushed into the penalty area at the same time. However, Bonucci finally touched the ball, but Manchester City still won a corner kick. Bonucci made a clearance and flew out of the baseline.

Silva took a corner kick and Kompany won the first point. Unfortunately, Kompany's header was not powerful enough and was too slow when it flew to the goal. It was confiscated by Buffon, and Manchester City's first wave of attack ended.

(End of this chapter)