Seeing the ball cleared by Kompany from the sideline, a huge sigh sounded at the Light Stadium, and at the same time, Cardoso slapped his head with a dull look on his face. If he hadn't hesitated just now, he didn't want to dunk the opponent's goalkeeper and shot directly, he might have become the team's hero at this moment. [［    ?[

However, on the court, the bears and heroes are often just a moment. Manchester City's strong strength this season has made Cardoso unconfidence, so he thought of a more secure way to send the ball into the net. However, this idea made him miss the opportunity to help the team score goals.

On the sidelines, Van Basten was not shaken by Benfica's creation of an excellent scoring opportunity. After seeing his opponent finally unable to suppress the attack, a smile even appeared on Van Basten's face.

Van Basten has confidence in his disciples. As long as the opponent just attacks, he will definitely win in the end. Manchester City spent almost a season to prove this.

Manchester City's madness this season is not a blow. As for now, almost all the teams that dare to play against Manchester City have become corpses.

In the 35th minute, Benfica once again intervened in the attack, and even the two full-backs crossed the half. The final pass in this game came from right back Pereira, but his pass was directly cut off by Kompani.

Manchester City took advantage of the situation to launch a quick counterattack. Kompany scored the ball and passed it to Boateng. Boateng made a straight pass from Yaya Toure, and the latter found Li Feng with another kick.

Li Feng did not stick to the ball, and passed it with a kick, sending the ball into Benfica's penalty area. Dzeko once again pushed the ball to Silva on the left from Benfica's two central defenders.

The latter stopped and then pulled out a volley before the ball landed. Unfortunately, Benfica's goalkeeper seemed to be ready and flew with both hands to catch Silva's shot.

In two minutes, Benfica made another strong attack. Vitsel inserted into the middle, Aimal moved across the right, and another cooperation on the right. Pereira, Aimal and Gaitan performed a wonderful communication.

Aimal made a diagonal pass from the right, Gaitan hit the heel outside the penalty area, Pereira, who inserted it, pushed the ball horizontally, and Cesar, who moved to the middle, shot a long shot, which once again tested Johart's reaction.

"Benfica's offensive is very strong, and they actually suppressed Manchester City in an all-round way." Just as the commentator shouted, Benfica completed another attack.

It's still on the right side. Gaitan is worthy of being a player who was rumored to be attracted by Manchester United. His breakthrough on the wing was indeed extremely sharp. In addition, Kolarov was originally a full-back with strong offense and weak defense, so Manchester City was indeed seriously exposed on the left side.

Fortunately, Kompani and Boateng are relatively powerful. Under Kompani's defense, Cardoso did not get many opportunities, and in the following time, Boateng began to consciously move left to assist in defense.

In the end, Gaitan's cross ended with Manchester City's clearance. Although he received a corner kick later, Joe Hart directly took the ball off.

In this way, time will pass forty minutes without realizing it, reaching the last moment of the first half, and Manchester City also got the best chance of the first half, a chance to score a free kick from the corner from the right.

However, as the commentator said, Manchester City did lack a little luck. Li Feng's free kick passed the wall and even passed Arthur's ten fingers, but the goal post saved Benfica again.

In the 43rd minute, Benfica ushered in the last shot of the first half, a powerful shot from Emar's left side of the penalty area line, which was also Aimal's first shot in this game.

From this we can also see how tight De Jong defended Aimal in the first half. This time, Aimal and Cesar were able to get the shot.

The first time Jave Garcia got into it, in this game, Jave Garcia's task can be said to be the heaviest, because the Manchester City player who faced him was Li Feng.

Witsel made a diagonal pass, and Jave Garcia was blocked by Li Feng in the penalty area. The latter passed Emerson back, and the Brazilian full-back passed the pass across the middle. Aimal and Cesar crossed the position, and threw away De Jong and shot directly missed.

In stoppage time, Manchester City also ushered in the last shot in the first half, which came from Li Feng's long shot. Also, this was Li Feng's first long shot in the sports game in the first half.

Judging from Li Feng's performance in the whole first half, in today's game, the Manchester City core who performed well in the past did not seem to be very excited. This is also the most important reason why Manchester City's offensive was not as strong as Benfica in the first half.

The last shot came from the cooperation of Li Feng, Silva and Dzeko. Li Feng was still divided into the side in the middle. Silva broke through on the left and passed through Dzeko in the penalty area.

Manchester City's left-wing defense was exposed, but when attacking, Silva and Kolarov were in another situation, in layman's terms, it was a state of mutual explosion.

Although both Benfica's central defenders are comparable to Dzeko, they are obviously inferior to Dzeko in terms of flexibility, which is why Dzeko has always had some advantages in this game.

After receiving Silva's pass, Dzeko turned around and hit, but still did not get any chance to shoot. Louis was blocking it, and the goalkeeper behind him was also eyeing him, so Dzeko sent the ball outside the penalty area. Li Feng made a heavy gun from behind, and the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar.

The referee then blew the whistle to the end of the first half. Although Benfica did not lead, Benfica's fans were quite excited because judging from the performance of both sides in the first half, Benfica still had a certain advantage.

You should know that Manchester City is the most popular team in Europe this season. It has been true since the beginning of the summer. Manchester City's 130 million pounds not only gave Li Feng the throne of the world's number one value, but also made Manchester City show the limelight. Moreover, as the season progresses, Li Feng and Manchester City's performance has made the entire world football world shine.

The original doubts have long been gone, but now there are already many praises, because Li Feng's arrival not only enhances Manchester City's strength and increases Manchester City's fame, but is even about to earn his transfer value back.

Unlike Benfica fans' excitement, Manchester City fans have a hint of worry on their faces. At this moment, many fans even cursed the FA in their hearts. Obviously, most Manchester City fans believe that the big reason for Manchester City's performance in the first half is the unreasonable schedule.
Chapter completed!