Manchester City had 6 wins and 2 draws in the previous 8 rounds, remaining undefeated and in very good condition. Currently, they are ranked second in the Premier League and their strength is not bad.
Moreover, Manchester City has a very gorgeous attacking combination, including Aguero, Carlos Tevez, Balotelli, Nasri, David Silva, Yaya Toure and Milner, etc.
The strength of the Manchester City people is naturally very strong, and at this time, the Manchester City people are desperately pursuing their first Champions League victory in the club's history. In this game, the Manchester City people naturally went all out.
Therefore, outside media reporters are so optimistic about the Manchester City team and believe that the Manchester City people will win without a doubt.
Munich 1860 is in a bad situation recently. No one has scored a goal. What can you do to compete with Manchester City?
Hernandez declared in a high-profile manner, "Manchester City will win this game!"
September 27, 2011, Munich, Germany, Allianz Arena.
What will be played here today is the second round of Group A of this season’s UEFA Champions League group stage. The two teams are the home team Munich 1860 and the visiting team Manchester City. The starting lineups of both teams today are as follows.
Home team Munich 1860, head coach Tong Yi, formation 442
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Back four from left to right Sandro, Campbell, Otamendi and Walker
Midfield four from left to right Perisic, Nainggolan, Matic and De Bruyne
Double forward Costa and Griezmann
Visiting team Manchester City, head coach Mancini, formation 4231
goalkeeper joe hart
Back four from left to right Clichy, Lescott, Kompany and Richards
Double defensive midfielder Chris Barry and Yaya Toure
Front three from left to right Nasri, Milner and David Silva
Lone striker Aguero
Obviously, this formation surprised Tong Yi. Mancini still seemed a bit conservative. He actually put so many generals on the front line on the bench. This made the scene and TV
The fans in front of the machine also didn't understand.
Why can't Manchester City be bolder?
Dzeko, Tevez and Balotelli are such powerful forwards, but you don't use them? Isn't it a waste of resources to let them sit on the bench?
This is too luxurious!
Hernandez was shocked when he saw this starting lineup. How could it be possible?
Your ranking formation made Wenger cry when he saw it, and Ferguson was sad when he saw it. So many great generals on the front line are not used, and they are used as mascots?
You have to know that both Arsenal and Manchester United are very eager to introduce high-quality forwards.
Especially Dzeko, this is a player who once attracted Arsenal and Manchester United to pursue him.
In the winter when Dzeko transferred, Manchester United was even very close to Dzeko. Because Sir Alex Ferguson had had enough of the dashing Berbatov, he was very dissatisfied with Berbatov's non-sweating style of play on the court.
, I have long wanted to replace it.
Ferguson valued Dzeko and planned to use Dzeko to replace Berbatov of.
At that time, Manchester United had already contacted Dzeko, and the two sides were very close to reaching a cooperation.
It's a pity that Manchester City suddenly intervened, not only raising the offer, but also offering a higher salary to Dzeko. Then, Dzeko gave up Manchester United and went directly to Manchester City.
Although in the first half of the season, Dzeko's performance after joining the team was very disappointing to the team and fans. Dzeko seemed to have lost himself in the rainy days in Manchester and could not find his golden goal in the Bundesliga.
efficiency.
In the half-season when he joined Manchester City, he played 15 times in the Premier League, but only scored 2 goals and assisted 2 goals; he played 2 times in the English FA Cup, scoring 2 goals and assisting 1 time; in the Europa League
He played 4 times in the cup and scored 2 goals. He played 19 times in total and scored 6 goals and 5 assists.
This cannot satisfy Manchester City fans and coaches, after all, they spent a lot of money.
More importantly, Dzeko wasted a lot of opportunities in the game.
This makes everyone think that he is not suitable for the Premier League.
But after the start of the new season, Dzeko's performance is still very good, which can even be described as amazing. Especially in the third round of the Premier League this season on August 28, the team played against Tottenham Hotspur.
It was his big four that allowed Manchester City people to see his offensive power.
This makes Manchester City fans full of expectations for Dzeko.
But later they discovered that Dzeko was gradually lower in the playing order, and even had to compete with the young Balotelli for the position of substitute in the rotation.
Moreover, this was despite the conflict between Tevez and Manchester City coach Mancini.
If Tevez didn't make a fuss about transferring and leave Manchester City and give up late, it is impossible to say that Dzeko, Balotelli and others would even be behind Tevez in the factory draft.
Did you see that Manchester City started Aguero in this game, while Dzeko and Balotelli were both on the bench.
No wonder Ferguson was sad when he saw it. His favorite center actually wanted to compete for a first substitute position with his arch-rivals and was unwilling to come to Manchester United.
How abominable!
Of course, it’s not their fault that Dzeko and the others were put on the bench, it’s just that their competitors are too strong.
Aguero transferred to Manchester City this summer. He started as a substitute. Who knew that in the first round of the Premier League, Aguero came on as a substitute in the 60th minute and then surrendered 2 goals?
The amazing result of 1 assist helped the team defeat Swansea 4-0.
Aguero then gradually got more game time, slowly pushing Dzeko and Balotelli to the bench. In the fourth round of the Premier League, Aguero also played a hat-trick.
Magic, showing amazing abilities.
Now, Aguero firmly puts Dzeko on the bench.
Of course, when playing as a double forward, Aguero often partners with Dzeko. However, Mancini is a relatively conservative head coach, even if
The team has such a luxurious striker, but he still chooses a lone forward more often, so outstanding forwards such as Dzeko and Balotelli are forced to the bench.
This really makes Wenger and Ferguson envious.
Even when Tong Yi saw such a lineup, he was envious.
Mancini! With so many outstanding forwards, you still play as a lone striker. What a luxury.
In today's game, Mancini did not start with a double forward, but a single forward. This is enough to show that Mancini is conservative.
Seeing this, Tong Yi felt that this game was their opportunity.
Tong Yi immediately stretched out his hand to signal the Munich 1860 players to strengthen their attack, to invest more troops in the counterattack, to be faster and more decisive.
The players of Munich 1860 nodded one after another to show their understanding.
Not long after the game started, Tong Yi discovered that the Manchester City players seemed to be more nervous than their Munich 1860 players. It could be seen that the Manchester City players were under a lot of pressure. They were concerned about the history of the team.
The first Champions League victory is very important to me and I am very eager for it.
On the contrary, this caused them to behave abnormally.
To be honest, Tong Yi's heart skipped a beat when he saw Manchester City's starting lineup. Manchester City's paper strength is really very strong, especially their attacking ability in the midfield and frontcourt.
.This will definitely bring a very big threat to Munich 1860, and even make the players of Munich 1860 helpless.
However, Manchester City's current performance is very poor.
The Manchester City team's front line was pressed very far back and adopted a defensive posture.
Seeing this, Tong Yi understood that Mancini was really too conservative.
This is giving Munich 1860 a chance!
If Manchester City attacks with all their strength from the beginning of the game, Munich 1860 may not be able to stop the opponent's attack. Yaya Toure, David Silva, Milner, Nasri and others are all
He is a good offensive player, and he is also good in offensive organization, especially Silva.
These people plus a top forward Aguero, if they attack without hesitation, even if their Munich 1860 defense is good, they may not be able to intercept the winner.
It's a pity that Mancini was too conservative. They adopted a defensive posture and waited for the opportunity to counterattack.
It seems that it is because Mancini is from Italy.
Of course, Tong Yi also felt that Mancini was slightly overestimating Munich 1860. This was because he misjudged the strength of Munich 1860. Therefore, Mancini put Manchester City into a passive position in this game.
To be honest, Manchester City is not as good at defending as Munich 1860, nor is it as good at pressing as Munich 1860.
Therefore, when they give up their strong point of attack and choose to defend and counterattack, they have actually lost the game.
Moreover, in this game, the players of Munich 1860 were in very good condition, and every one of them seemed to be here. As if at the peak, the offensive passing ideas were very clear, and there were occasional flashes of inspiration. The offense was played smoothly and made Manchester City's defense exhausted.
Seeing this, Mancini frowned.
He didn't expect that Munich 1860's offense would play so smoothly!
He is now full of doubts, isn't it said that Munich 1860 is a team that is good at defense? Why are they so sharp and powerful in offense?
Just now, Munich 1860 forward Costa's shot from the penalty area line almost missed the goal they were guarding, which shocked him.
Danger, really too dangerous!
In the 29th minute of this game, Munich 1860 played a very smooth and sharp attack.
After passing the ball continuously, De Bruyne suddenly made a diagonal pass and pushed the football from the gap to the feet of Griezmann in the penalty area.
Griezmann fired a shot from close range, blasting the football towards the Manchester City goal.
The football hit the ground quickly and headed toward Manchester City's goal.
Fortunately, Joe Hart reacted quickly and quickly got down to the ground and stretched his legs to block the football. Defender Captain Kompany immediately made a big kick to make a clearance, and the football quickly flew out of the penalty area and landed at the feet of Nainggolan.
Seeing no one within five meters of him, Nainggolan thought of what coach Tong Yi said to them in the locker room before the game: "It's okay. If you see Hart, just give me a kick. Come on."
Foot long shot!”
Nainggolan felt that this was officially the best time, and he decided to give it a try!
Nainggolan immediately took the ball and quickly took two steps forward, and then suddenly shot from a position 36 meters away from the goal.
The football shot straight towards the upper right corner of the goal.
Joe Hart made a quick sideways dive, but unfortunately he didn't touch the football at all.
The football flew quickly into the Manchester City goal.
World wave!
Nainggolan scored a world wave!
The entire Allianz Arena was in an uproar, and this kick aroused the passion of all the home fans at the scene.
The whole stadium felt like it was on fire.
Manchester City people were dumbfounded!
Of course, what stunned them the most was that in the 19th minute of the second half, De Bruyne suddenly shot angrily from a position 31 meters away from the goal. The ball soared towards the Manchester City goal like a discharged cannonball.
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This is almost the same angle as Nainggolan's long-range shot in the first half.
Joe Hart immediately jumped out.
It's a pity that he still didn't touch the football, and the football hit the Manchester City goal hard.
It’s true that God has blessed us with love. God is also old, and he saw Hartmon kick him!
Joe Hart becomes regent!
In the end, in this game, Munich 1860 defeated Manchester City 2-0 at home with two world-beating goals and won their second victory in the Champions League.