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Chapter 168 Champions League semi-final

December 4, Manchester, Etihad Stadium.

In Manchester City in April, the weather is still quite cool in the evening.

Wang Yi stood in the player tunnel, and the Real Madrid team hadn't come out yet.

Wang Yi lowered his head, thinking of last year's UEFA Champions League semi-final. In last year's UEFA Champions League semi-final, Wang Yi scored 2 goals, but the Dortmund team Wang Yi played for was still eliminated. The reason is actually very simple. The overall strength is not as good as the opponent Juventus at the time, and the second is that Juventus' experience is too nagging, and the rhythm of the game quickly fell into the opponent's rhythm, which made Dortmund, who is good at playing fast, helpless.

And today's opponent, Real Madrid, the only team that has defended the Champions League after the restructuring of the Champions League, has won three Champions Leagues in four years. This dominance is too strong.

This kind of situation has been pervasive in the Manchester City team recently. Can we win?such emotions.

Wang Yi sometimes doubts, but when he thinks that Manchester City's lineup is not bad, so Wang Yi raised his confidence again.

Before leaving the locker room today, Guardiola didn't say anything about skills and tactics to the whole team, but talked about mentality.

Wang Yi didn't know what other people were like, he only knew that he listened very carefully, and he had to say that if you want to become a top football coach, you have to have a good eloquence, a convincing eloquence.

Guardiola's speech this time was great.

Wang Yi's thoughts returned to reality, Real Madrid's starters came out after a long time.

"Fans and friends, welcome to the first round of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals in the 17-18 season. This is the second match day. The result of the match between Bayern and Roma that ended yesterday was also very surprising. Unexpectedly, Roma drew Bayern 2-2 in the away game. I wonder if there will be any surprises in today's game?"

"The starting lineups of both sides have come out. Real Madrid's starting lineup, the goalkeeper position is Keylor Navas, the defense line from left to right is Marcelo, Varane, Ramos and Carvajal, and the midfielder is The three midfielders of Modric, Kroos and Casemiro have a different starter in the frontcourt. Ronaldo is standing in the center position, with Isco on the left and Vazquez on the right. .Whether Isco will play as a left winger or will retreat to the center to play a 442, we still need to see when the game is played.”

"Manchester City's starting lineup is Ederson in the goalkeeper position, Zinchenko, Laporte, Kompany and Walker in the defense from left to right. There are also three midfielders in the midfield, David Silva, Germany Braun and Fernandinho, the front trident is Aguero, Sterling and Wang Yi. Guardiola is using a four-three-three formation."

Wang Yi walked on the court. At this moment, Wang Yi moved his body, he felt his muscles trembling, he was excited.

Shaking hands one by one, it was Ronaldo again.

When Wang Yi and Ronaldo shook hands, Wang Yi looked up at Ronaldo.

And Ronaldo also took a look at the top scorer in the Premier League.

Choose a side, Manchester City serve first.

Wang Yi and Aguero stood in the middle circle.

Wang Yi took the ball and kicked it to De Bruyne.

Then she returned to her place.

He is directly facing Vazquez. It seems that Real Madrid is indeed playing a three-forward formation.

Benzema was not injured either, so I don't know why he didn't play, Wang Yi was a little curious.

Soon, the ball was at his feet.

In fact, this is an encounter between the two teams. In the 15-16 season, the two teams also encountered each other. However, after two seasons, many faces on Manchester City's side are different.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, has changed relatively little.

Wang Yi didn't mean to test it either. He scored a hat-trick against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League group stage last season. It was only after that game that Wang Yi became famous in Europe.

As soon as Wang got the ball, he dribbled it straight towards Vazquez.

Vazquez was startled, and immediately prepared to defend. He bent over to steal the ball, but he didn't expect Wang Yiyi to come up so directly.

As soon as Wang saw Vazquez making a defensive move, he immediately made plans and directly passed the ball.

It's all about speed.

Vazquez was shorter, but he was very mobile. He was already bent over, and when he saw the change of Wang Yi's feet, he immediately turned around.

Wang Yizhen didn't expect Vazquez to react so quickly. He just wanted to bully Vazquez in his defensive posture just now, and wanted to play such a time difference, but he didn't expect Vazquez to react so fast, he turned around and threw the ball Got it.

Wang Yi rushed up to catch the ball before Vazquez, but Vazquez was really experienced and got stuck in the position. Wang Yi rushed up, and the inertia directly knocked Vazquez down.

"Beep-"

foul.

The referee came over and said a few words to Wang Yi.

"For the first time, I won't give you a card."

Wang Yi was very depressed, it seemed that he was really overbearing.

He turned his head to look at the coach's bench, but did not see Guardiola's reaction.

Turned around and went to press.

If you lose the ball, you have to grab it.

After the re-kick-off, Vazquez handed the ball to midfielder Modric.

Wang Yi saw that it was a little deep, so he didn't continue to move forward.

After taking the ball, Modric took a look and decided to slow down the rhythm.

So he made a pass back, and Ronaldo, who was at the top, saw Modric's pass, and immediately took back some of it. The tacit understanding between them is very good.

Wang Yi didn't continue to press forward, just cruised on the left, while Real Madrid passed in the midfield, and occasionally passed to Isco on the left. Giving the ball to Isco at this time just wants to use his ball-handling ability.

As soon as Sterling saw Isco dribbling the ball, he wanted to grab it.

But Isco turned around in a circle and wiped it away.

Sudden force.

In the previous confrontations on the right, Isco always passed the ball back in the face of Sterling's press, but this time there was a sudden Marseille turnaround.

When Sterling was in a hurry, he reached out and was about to grab it.

But the hand retracted in mid-air.

And Isco just passed by.

Walker looked at it and cursed secretly.

Hurry up and block the position.

And Isco's absolute speed is actually not fast.

Sterling wanted to make up for his mistake, turned around and caught up.

Walker saw that Sterling was going up, so he didn't continue to move forward, but slowly retreated.

Sterling's ability to counter-rob on the spot is very poor. After all, Guardiola has never trained in this area. Wang Yi counter-robbed well because he had systematic training in Dortmund.

Therefore, instead of grabbing the ball, Sterling allowed Isco to pass the ball to Ronaldo in the middle.

When Ronaldo got the ball, he didn't take it too much. After all, the playing styles on the side and the center are completely different, and Ronaldo naturally understands it.

The moment he took the ball, he knocked it to Modric behind him.

Wang Yi watched strangely from the sidelines. Ronaldo didn't look back, he knew that Modric would definitely catch the ball, and the ball was not strong enough.

There is a tacit understanding between the Real Madrid players. This is the biggest feeling of the game for Wang Yi in the first 20 minutes of the first half.

(End of this chapter)