There were roars and colorful flags fluttering, and all the applause and praise were directed to Chen Xiaoliang who was hugging his teammates.
Zhan Jun: "Although football is a team sport, this may be one of the best individual performances I have ever seen in football history!"
"You know, this is the Champions League final!"
"Tonight, the soul figures of both teams, Chen Xiaoliang and Haaland, scored two goals. You know, in the 67-year history of the Champions League, there are only three players who have achieved a hat trick in the final, namely AC Milan's famous player Prati and Real Madrid's two legends Di Stefano and Puskas!"
"And tonight, these two extraordinary talents will have the opportunity to create a hat trick!"
Guan Zeyuan: "Today is destined to be a night that will witness history!"
On the field, the players who walked back to both sides of the field have already stood still, ready to restart the ball and continue the game.
Manchester City players were somewhat cautious. They controlled the ball more tightly, even passing it back to the backcourt, and would never give up the ball easily.
Even if we launch an attack to create a shooting opportunity, we must cause a corner kick or a dead ball instead of giving Roma a chance to counterattack.
They also knew that the opponent had exploited the loopholes in their three-center-back formation and waist-back tactics. If they launched an attack blindly before Guardiola made clear adjustments, Roma's frontcourt, which had strong individual capabilities, would once again stage a counterattack.
In the 35th minute, Grealish tried to advance on the left and was blocked by Celik. He passed the ball back to B Silva on the left rib, and then quickly cut diagonally to the left side of the penalty area.
When without the ball, the billionaire's physique and physical fitness are obviously better than Celik's.
After receiving the ball, B Silva made a lob pass back and Grealish accurately received the ball in the penalty area.
This time Mancini came up to block the attack, and Grealish found that the defense in Roma's penalty area had changed. Matic and Gvardiol sandwiched Haaland from the front and back, and Chen Xiaoliang, who had retreated very deep near the penalty spot, was waiting for an opportunity to assist in defense.
Seeing that Haaland couldn't pass the ball, Grealish suddenly leaned to the right, used his right foot to quickly pass the ball back to B Silva who had also entered the penalty area.
Without stopping the ball, B Seat kicked the ball directly towards the far corner and shot a curved shot. Chen Xiaoliang immediately rushed forward and stretched his legs to interfere, but did not have time to touch the ball.
When the ball flew over Haaland's head, the Manchester City striker jumped up and pretended to compete for the header to disrupt Patricio's judgment.
Fortunately, the dense crowd in the middle blocked most of the possible shooting lines. Patricio made an accurate prediction, flew towards the left post, and blocked the ball with his left hand!
"oops!"
The fans on the Manchester City side sighed in unison, and Guardiola put his hands on his shiny head in disbelief.
B Silva's shot was perfect in terms of angle and arc, the only shortcoming was the strength. However, the fact that Patricio was able to save the ball still exceeded many people's expectations.
Manchester City took a corner kick, De Bruyne took the ball from the left, Stones headed the ball near the penalty spot, but failed to hold it down, and the ball flew out of the baseline.
Just as Patricio turned around and asked the ball boy for the ball, Manchester City players quickly retreated and formed their formation at the first opportunity.
Continuously following Manchester City's left and right passes and performing passive defense consumed a lot of energy for Roma's players. In addition, after Manchester City also implemented high-pressure pressing in local areas for more than 30 minutes, they also began to actively slow down. Therefore, in the rest of the first half, Roma had more time to pass the ball in the midfield and the ball possession rate increased by 10 percentage points. At the end of the first half, the ball possession rates of both sides were 38% to 62%.
Manchester City made several more crosses and long shots, but because they were afraid of a counterattack, Stones and Rodri did not press into the penalty area to participate in the attack. Therefore, the results were not good in the situation where they were obviously outnumbered and Haaland was double-teamed.
Chen Xiaoliang became the de facto defensive midfielder during this period, while Matic was basically in the penalty area, like a assisting central defender, helping the two central defenders to double-team Haaland.
In the 46th minute, as soon as the 1 minute of stoppage time was up, the referee Marciniak blew the whistle and both sides entered the locker room with a score of 2-2.
Zhan Jun: "I wonder what the three of you think of the first half of the game? Based on the performance of both teams today, who do you think will be the final champion?"
Zhang Lu: "Today's game was actually played very conservatively, just like the finals of previous major tournaments, but both sides had a player with very strong personal abilities."
"Except for Manchester City's first goal, which was a typical Guardiola-style back-and-forth build-up, and finally Kyle Walker passed the ball to Haaland in front of the goal, which was a goal that people like to say on the Internet, the other three were all created opportunities."
"In the second half, the two teams will definitely maintain the momentum of one team attacking and the other team defending, and will continue to attack around the two core players, but Mourinho was the first to make changes. Obviously, Manchester City did not make changes and could only use a more conservative retreat to prevent Xiaoliang from creating space."
"It all depends on how the two teams in the midfield adjust further. But rationally speaking, I think Manchester City has a better chance. Whether in terms of player ability, tactical richness, or diverse attacking points, they are at least one level ahead of Roma. But emotionally, I definitely hope Xiaoliang wins the championship. Hehe, there is no need to say more about that."
Fan: "I agree with what Coach Zhang said, but I am not a commentator tonight. I am just a fan who participates in and shares this game. I am not a coach and I have no relationship with these two teams. I am speaking from my emotional perspective. I firmly support Xiaoliang to win the championship."
"I usually don't care who wins or loses when watching European games. What does their win or loss have to do with me? It's mainly about the inside story. Outsiders just watch the excitement and say all day long that they like this and don't like that... We who work in this industry still look at the inside story, but today is different. I will support Xiaoliang wherever he is, even though I haven't met him yet. It's the same reason as when I was in Crystal Palace, some fans would also support Crystal Palace. This is national sentiment."
Guan Zeyuan: "From the perspective of e-sports, Xiaoliang tonight clearly had the feeling of carrying the whole game. In our game, it was like the other four teammates were pushing the troops, but he was able to chase and kill two or three opponents all the way. He passed the ball, organized, defended, scored, and even motivated his teammates and called on the fans. He was almost omnipotent."
"But I just saw some comments from Messi fans who said that Xiaoliang is indeed very comprehensive and his growth rate is incredible, but he is not yet able to score like Messi by dribbling past several players. This statement also sparked heated discussions in the comment section. I saw many fans arguing about it."
"In fact, I don't think it matters. Everyone has his own football style. Haaland and Mbappe have their own ways of playing. Messi and Ronaldo are also two completely different people. Xiaoliang is not the second someone else. Just like the inside shot just now, some people say he is like Robben, and some say he is like Adriano. In fact, he doesn't need to be like anyone. He is the first Chen Xiaoliang."
"We can't judge whether he is great by whether he can score goals like Messi or Ronaldo. We should all see that he is proving how great he is in his own way."
"As for who to pick, I have the same idea as Zhang Zhi. Rationally, it's Manchester City. They have very capable players on the bench, such as Gundogan, Foden, Mahrez, Laporte, and Alvarez. On the Roma side, except for Pellegrini and Cristante, the others like Malacia, El Shaarawy, Zalewski, etc. are relatively inferior in ability."
Barrage:
[Starting to be crazy about Manchester City]
[Guardiola: Please stop talking]
[Is anyone going to copy Messi? Is Messi that easy to copy? ]
[I am Ronaldo, the king of the Champions League, okay? 】
…
In the Roma locker room, many players rarely showed signs of fatigue during the half-time break.
Especially the 34-year-old Matic, the melee with Haaland almost exhausted his physical strength. When he was on the court, he only felt that the power he could exert was getting smaller and smaller, while the target next to him was running around like a Golden King Rabbit with inexhaustible energy.
Mourinho thought about it and unexpectedly replaced Matic with Ibanez early.
In fact, before the game, he let the 24-year-old Brazilian defender watch in detail the video of Stones playing as a waist defender edited by the analysis team. Of course, several defensive midfielders with good defensive abilities such as Matic and Cristante also watched it. This led to the tactical changes of Matic frequently retreating to the penalty area to double-team Haaland and Chen Xiaoliang filling in for him in the defensive midfielder position.
However, in the order expected by the players, Cristante should play before Ibanez.
Mourinho's starting point of consideration is also very simple, that is speed. Compared with Cristante, although Ibanez's passing ability is slightly worse and his defense is also rough, he has fast speed, good physical strength, and good ability in close confrontation, which can make up for Mancini's weakness of slow turning.
But this inevitably means that Chen Xiaoliang will have to give him more space in the defensive midfielder position.
Mourinho hadn't asked yet, but when his eyes moved to Chen Xiaoliang, Chen Xiaoliang answered him: "I'm fine, I have plenty of energy."
Even though he said this, the players could see that their captain's breathing was much more intense than usual while he was sitting there.
Mourinho warned the team that Manchester City will definitely make changes in the second half, and these changes will be unpredictable. There may be changes in formation or active changes in personnel. In short, no one can guess, so the team must ensure sufficient patience.
Tonight it's all about willpower.
In addition, he repeatedly emphasized that as long as the team still has room for substitutions, if any player feels that he cannot keep up the physical strength, he must inform the team immediately.
"Because there is no room for error tonight."
As for the attack, Mourinho did not make any arrangements. At this point in the game, it was no longer possible to make on-the-spot adjustments to determine whether or not a goal would be scored, or how many goals could be scored. He could only rely on the players under his command to create killing intent.
For the first time, Chen Xiaoliang felt that 15 minutes passed so quickly, just like an office worker who is woken up by the alarm clock in the morning. He wanted to sleep a little longer, but he knew that as long as he closed his eyes and opened them again, he would subjectively feel that only 5 minutes had passed, but objectively 2 hours might have passed.
When Roma returned to the field 3 minutes in advance, Manchester City players had not yet come out.
As a detail-oriented person, Guardiola asked all the players to shut up as soon as he entered the locker room, then scribbled and wrote on the tactical board, clearly explaining the summary of the first half and the adjustments for the second half to everyone, and like a teacher, repeatedly confirmed with the players whether they understood.
Manchester City players entered the stadium in the last 15 seconds. Chen Xiaoliang looked and saw that, at least in terms of the lineup, they did not make any adjustments.
In the second half, Roma kicked off, and Cesco kicked the ball directly to Gvardiol, and the game clock started running again.
Manchester City still did not press high, but Haaland and Grealish pressed forward a bit and slightly harassed the ball-holding players in Roma's backcourt.
Mourinho anticipated this during the halftime. What Manchester City feared most was Roma's counterattack, especially the speed of Chen Xiaoliang's advancement. Therefore, in the second half, they were likely to give up controlling the ball under overall high pressure and choose a more pragmatic position.
Zhan Jun: "From the current position, Manchester City seems to have returned to the 4-2-3-1 mode. Stones returned to the central defender position and partnered with Diaz as a double central defender, while Akanji changed from right central defender to right back. The defensive midfielders became Kyle Walker and Rodri, but it is not clear whether B Silva will play as the right forward or let De Bruyne move over."
Zhang Lu: "Both of them have played as right midfielders many times under Guardiola. De Bruyne's advantage is passing. On the right side, he can pass the ball accurately from a long distance behind him, and he can also send accurate crosses in the frontcourt. But B Silva is better at dribbling on the wing, so both styles of play are possible and not surprising."
"But Kyle Walker has never played as a defensive midfielder, has he? Has he played as a defensive midfielder this season?"
Zhan Jun flipped through the densely packed information he had prepared: "Probably not. This season he basically played as a right back, and occasionally played as a right midfielder."
Seeing that Manchester City took the initiative to give up the space in the midfield to allow Roma to fight a positional battle and there was no room for counterattack, Cesco no longer had to wander around on the left side, but returned to the penalty area and interspersed between the two central defenders.
Gvardiol passed the ball to Spinazzola on the left, and the Italian left-back pushed forward without encountering any resistance before crossing the half-court.
When he crossed the center line, B Silva had already run past and was waiting in front. It looked like he should play as right winger in the second half, and De Bruyne would play as attacking midfielder.
Chen Xiaoliang rushed over to respond, and Spinazzola kicked the ball diagonally.
Chen Xiaoliang was about to turn around after receiving the ball when Kyle Walker had already arrived. He first used his hands and feet to harass him as he received the ball with his back to the goal, preventing him from turning around quickly. Then, after he dribbled the ball sideways to get rid of his close defense, he took the initiative to create a distance of more than 2 meters between him and him.
It seems that this guy is not a defensive midfielder, he is specifically targeting me.
In the case of returning to the four-back formation, even if the flank is penetrated, there are still two central defenders and inward-moving full-backs to fill the position, so whether or not to have two defensive midfielders is not so crucial.
Chen Xiaoliang also expected that Kyle Walker would defend him at all costs until he got a card or ran out of energy, and Guardiola would then replace him with another player to continue his task.
He had encountered such things several times in previous games.
Kva retreated on the left side, Chen Xiaoliang lobbed the ball over, and then moved forward to the top of the penalty area.
Kwa received the ball and challenged Akanji. After the halftime break, both of them had recovered some energy and physical strength. At this time, their concentration and reaction ability returned to a very good state again.
Kva first passed the ball inside, and Akanji stepped back sideways to block him. Kva immediately passed the ball with his right foot to his left foot and sprinted towards the baseline. Akanji seemed to have guessed his move and still stepped back sideways to block him.
Just as Akanji's retreating foot was raised but had not yet landed on the ground, Kwa hooked the ball he had just pushed past with his left foot, reached it back, and broke through to the inside again!
Although Akanji caught up, he was half a step slower this time.
Kwa made a strong attack and Akanji leaned over to take the blame. At this time, the two were outside the penalty area. As long as they didn't trip him or stretch out their hands or legs, even if they bumped into him and knocked him down, it would at most be a warning.
In terms of speed, dribbling, change of direction and flexibility, Kvart is very outstanding, but his body seems to be relatively thin, his confrontation ability is not very good, and he cannot be regarded as the fastest in terms of absolute speed.
Being closely guarded by Akanji, he was forced to sprint towards the penalty area from a diagonal line and then dribble the ball horizontally towards the middle, trying to shake off Akanji with his speed, but the result went against his will. Not only did he fail to shake him off, but he was instead pressed by Akanji's body, making it increasingly difficult for him to dribble the ball.
Kva simply kicked the ball with his right foot and wanted to pass it to Cesco in the penalty area, but Akanji saw through his intention, took a step forward and stretched out his left leg to block the ball.
The ball bounced back and flew towards Chen Xiaoliang who was running towards the middle.
Kyle Walker, who was following him, became anxious and immediately accelerated to try to intercept the ball before Chen Xiaoliang.
Chen Xiaoliang didn't give him any chance and directly shot a 38-meter long shot at the falling ball!
Today's game is all about taking advantage of every possible opportunity to try and shoot!
The ball kicked out with the instep did not have an obvious arc, but suddenly fell when approaching the goal!
Ederson was so startled by the falling ball that he jumped up immediately, raised his arms and pounced upwards!
"Bang!"
The ball went slightly over the crossbar and hit a camera held upright by a cameraman behind the goal...
Suddenly, the lens and the body of the camera shattered into pieces as if they were hit by a hammer, and the tripod on which the camera was mounted was also broken by the instantaneous pressure.
At this moment, countless people shouted in front of the screen: "Fuck..."
The director was so kind that he even switched the screen to the camera that suddenly "died" and played the last scene it saw before it died...
Fortunately, the cameraman reacted quickly and jumped to the left as if he saw a shell coming. At this time, looking at the machine on the ground, it looked like it was torn into pieces, and he felt distressed and frightened...
Chen Xiaoliang quickly raised his hands to apologize to the cameraman, and turned to gesture to Forti on the sidelines, and pointed at the cameraman. His meaning was very clear. He wanted to see if anyone was hurt, and he would compensate him with a machine...
While everyone else was surprised by this little accident, Guardiola had no time to care about other things. He just kept yelling at Kyle Walker, repeatedly stretching his palms forward and making side-cutting gestures like cutting noodles with a knife. Kyle Walker nodded, but did not dare to look at his head coach for a long time.
Fan: "It seems that Guardiola should have asked Kyle Walker to stay close to him, to use his body when necessary and to foul when necessary, without hesitation. The ball just now was a little high, but the quality of the shot was very good. Even if Ederson pounced on him, he would not dare to catch the ball directly with his hands. Either the ball went out of bounds for a corner kick, or Cesco could have taken the opportunity to make up the shot."
"From Manchester City's perspective, they cannot give Chen Xiaoliang any chances. Of course, the same goes for Roma. They cannot give Haaland any more chances."
Chen Xiaoliang retreated to his own half and turned to Kwa and said:
"Calm down, Xiao Ke. You're too anxious. Now it's easy to guess what you're going to do next, as if it's written on your face! Don't forget to use your fake moves more often!"
Kwa nodded. Although he hadn't made any outstanding performance so far, he really wanted to prove himself.
Needless to say, this is the Champions League final. Even if it is a friendly match, an opponent like Manchester City is strong enough. Only by winning against their players can the value of his 85 million euros be truly demonstrated.
In the next ten minutes or so, although Manchester City still had a significant advantage in ball possession, as soon as the offense and defense changed and the ball came to Roma, they would retreat significantly, preferring to give up the midfield to Roma to organize a positional battle rather than giving them the opportunity to counterattack.
It seemed that Manchester City had lost the control of the field as they had in the first half, but this made Mourinho on the sidelines very uneasy. He loudly reminded the defense several times not to press too hard. However, in the organization of positional warfare, since the defensive midfielder and central midfielder need appropriate positions to ensure the movement of the ball, the back line cannot be dragged too far back. In this way, the three lines are too far apart and the offside line is too deep. Once Manchester City gets the ball, they can make a long pass across most of the field and directly hit the heart of Roma without worrying about being offside, while the players in the frontcourt have to run a long distance to get back to their own penalty area to participate in the defense.
But we can't stop them from pressing forward, as 8 Manchester City players have retreated, and the 4 players in the front court alone are obviously not enough, unless there are 4 Maradonas or 4 Chen Xiaoliangs.
Moreover, Mourinho, who is well versed in Italian football, is obviously familiar with a sentence:
What is Italian football? It means the game is yours, the victory is mine.
He has complete confidence that his defensive counterattack can restrain Guardiola's passing and control, but when the bald guy no longer sticks to passing and control and starts playing football with changing rhythm, this obviously puts high demands on the players on the Roma field to judge the situation.
Originally they only needed to defend and then counterattack, but now they need to press forward, need to judge how much to press forward, and need to return to defense quickly from a long distance.
Whether the full-backs or defensive midfielders should be put on the field cannot be explained in a few words.
This is not a sign that Manchester City has lost control of the field, but rather a disguise before they prepare to make the final move.
In the 59th minute, Chen Xiaoliang felt that Kyle Walker was beginning to run a little too hard. After all, he played as a right midfielder in the first half and ran up and down the right side of the road many times, which consumed a lot of his physical strength.
Chen Xiaoliang felt tired at 56 minutes, and his legs felt sore, so he decisively used the physical recovery card (3→2)
At this moment, he looked to the sidelines and saw that Kalvin Phillips, the English midfielder who Manchester City had bought from Leeds United for 49 million euros, had finished warming up and was ready to play.
When Calvin Phillips comes on, he will most likely do the same as Kyle Walker and entangle himself within the half court. It will then be difficult for him to rely on running to deplete the opponent's physical strength.
At this time, he came to the right side to receive Dybala's pass and started to move forward quickly.
This time, Dybala did not withdraw the ball immediately, but kept wandering around Ake.
Unlike Kva, Cesco and others who practice with him every day, the tacit understanding between Chen Xiaoliang and Dybala comes entirely from the high degree of compatibility between their understanding of football.
Obviously Dybala saw Kyle Walker harassing Chen Xiaoliang. Once he ran inward and into the defensive area of ​​​​midfielder Rodri, Ake would inevitably double-team Chen Xiaoliang together with Kyle Walker.
So he kept moving forward beside Ake, ready to receive the pass from Chen Xiaoliang at any time, so that Ake would not dare to leave him behind.
Grealish wanted to harass Chen Xiaoliang from behind, but Chen Xiaoliang stepped on the accelerator and he was thrown out before he could see the number on the rear of the car. He stepped on the brakes and gave up the chase.
Guardiola had asked assistant coach Enzo Maresca to confirm the substitution arrangements with the fourth official. At this time, watching Chen Xiaoliang breaking through on the wing, he was anxious but there was nothing he could do.
Chen Xiaoliang kept moving forward, Kyle Walker chased him, Dybala and Ake kept pulling forward, Ake tried to counterattack Chen Xiaoliang several times, but was worried that if he moved, Chen Xiaoliang's ball would immediately be passed to him from behind.
After running more than ten meters to the wing, he was about to enter the offensive third zone. Diaz in the penalty area saw the trouble on the wing, took the initiative to block Dybala and stood inside, shouting "Ak!".
Now, Ake was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins. He suddenly stopped and changed direction and pounced towards Chen Xiaoliang.
Ake's eyes were full of Chen Xiaoliang, but Chen Xiaoliang's eyes were not filled with him.
He swung his right foot back, and the junction of the left side of his right big toe and the inner instep accurately hit the bottom right side of the ball. Suddenly, a white arc rose from the ground and headed into the penalty area!
Stones, who played as a central defender in the second half, looked at the direction of the ball and wanted to fill Diaz's position, but Cesco, who was next to him, ran to the penalty spot!
A central defender cannot let go of the opponent's main center forward in the penalty area under any circumstances, and Stones followed him closely.
Just as he moved forward, Diaz also felt something was wrong, as if Chen Xiaoliang was waiting for him to be lured out by Dybala, and he was thinking of turning around and returning to the small penalty area.
But the cross came instantly, leaving them no time to make up their mind.
Unlike a group of people with their backs to the goal, Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson can see it clearly!
Just when a group of people were just looking at the defensive targets in front of them, Kva suddenly went from the left side of the penalty area, quietly went around behind Stones and got in front of the goal!
In the blink of an eye, Chen Xiaoliang's ball fell, and Kwa rushed forward, stretched out his right foot, jumped lightly and prepared to shoot!
When Ederson discovered him just now, he followed him and now with his arms and legs spread out, he covered him like a big net!
Zhan Jun: “Shoot!”
"Oh! He was rushed out!"
“But the two collided with each other, and the Roma players in the penalty area raised their hands to indicate that there was a foul!”
"The ball bounced to the top of the arc, and Rodri passed the ball forward with a long kick!"
"Cesco and Dybala were still signaling to the referee that it was a foul, but the referee ignored it!"
"The ball was taken away by Haaland with his back to goal!"
"All Roma players are chasing back to their own half!"
"Haaland passes to De Bruyne behind him!"
"De Bruyne...pass the ball behind him..."
"Beautiful! Haaland turned around instantly after passing the ball, withstood the pressure from Mancini on the left side, rushed forward and received the ball!"
"Mancini..."
"Mancini..."
"Mancini fell down! He couldn't keep up with Haaland, and couldn't even hold him back with his hands!"
" Haaland enters the penalty area!!!"
“ One-on-one shot!!!”
"Gvardiol rushed over to block the shot!!!"
"Haaland shoots!!!"
"It's a goal! Hat trick! The fourth hat trick in the history of the Champions League was completed by the Norwegian striker and Manchester City striker!"
"Remember his name, Erling Haaland!"
Guan Zeyuan: "Mancini couldn't bear it. He really tried his best, but he really couldn't bear it."
Fan: "There is no other way. I said it in the first half. This kind of game and this kind of opponent really made it difficult for him. It is really not easy for Mourinho to lead the team to the Champions League final with this kind of defense. It is a miracle in itself."
"Of course, there is also the issue of luck in the draw. The other two Premier League teams we faced, Liverpool and Chelsea, were also in a mess this year, one worse than the other. If it were the Red Army and the Blue Army from two or three years ago, this Roma team might not be able to beat them."
"The main problem is still in defense."
Zhan Jun: "Haaland is worth 170 million euros, De Bruyne and B Silva are both worth 80 million, and Grealish is currently worth 70 million. The total value of these four people is 400 million! It's really a 400 million absurd!"
Fan: "What about Rome?"
Zhan Jun: "Xiaoliang's market value was updated two months ago and is still 150 million euros. Mainly due to the public release clause, his transfer price is unlikely to be higher than this figure."
"Dybala 30 million, Kwa 85 million, Cesco 55 million, the four of them add up to 320 million euros."
General Fan asked in disbelief: "Roma's front four is worth 320 million?"
After receiving a positive response from Zhan Jun, he exclaimed: "This is terrible. I looked at the value of the 11 players in today's starting lineup, 460 million. What does this mean? The other 7 people together are only 140 million. Manchester City's starting lineup is worth 750 million. After deducting the 400 million of the 4 frontcourt players, the other 7 people together are 350 million. So the gap is not in the frontcourt, but all in the backcourt."
"To put it bluntly, Roma fans should not feel uncomfortable, these are two different levels of teams."
Guan Zeyuan: "For the 140 million euros among these seven people, we also have to consider that Gvardiol accounts for 75 million euros... That means the other six people only account for 65 million euros... The average per capita is 10 million euros."
Zhang Lu: "The key is not only the ability, Guardiola has also taken the initiative to change. Today, it can be seen that he really wants to win, and he actually played a defensive counterattack! When he was in Barcelona, ​​if 70% of the ball possession rate could not win the game, he would definitely pursue 80% of the ball possession rate and resolutely use the passing and controlling tactics to resolve the battle."
Fan: "This is a ruthless move. It increases the number of defenders in the backcourt, making it difficult for Roma to attack. This way, Xiaoliang will have to move forward. Once Xiaoliang moves forward, the backcourt defense will be ignored, and then Haaland will focus on Mancini's attack."
Guan Zeyuan: "It's like Tian Ji's horse racing, and he uses his superior horse to beat the inferior horse on the other side."
Haaland, who completed a historic hat trick, did not sit still. He rushed to the stands and hugged the fans of his team to celebrate!
Mourinho had no choice but to let Smalling replace Mancini, but when the latter left the field, he still went up to give him a hug and said a lot of comforting words.
He would not have any blame on the players who gave their all.
On the Manchester City side, Foden and Kalvin Phillips also replaced Grealish and Kyle Walker respectively.
After celebrating and making substitutions, Cesco was ready to kick off. It was already the 62nd minute.
After Manchester City scored, Chen Xiaoliang pulled away the over-excited Kvaer and negotiated with the referee Marciniak , but received a very clear reply that Ederson hit Kvaer due to inertia after catching the ball and there was no subjective deliberate collision.
In and out, from almost taking the lead again to being reversed by the opponent again, Roma still had 30 minutes left.
Chen Xiaoliang knew the importance of time to Roma at this moment. He was ready to take over the team's offense and defense at the same time, and put all his physical strength, ability, accumulation and belief into the last 30 minutes!