Champion’s Heart

After all the things that should be done, the players on both sides stand in their own positions, waiting for the game to start.

The referee of the game, Kralovitz, sounded the whistle at the beginning of the game.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester City players launched an aggressive attack on Dortmund's goal.

They obviously hope to beat Dortmund at their home court.

Because they lost to Real Madrid in the first group match, if they want to qualify from this group of death, then they must beat each opponent at their own home, otherwise the situation will be very detrimental to them.

In the cheering of home fans, Manchester City continued to attack Dortmund's goal.

Although the Dortmund players have estimated their situation in the Etihad arena, when Manchester City's offense really hit, they still felt that they exceeded their expectations.

Manchester City's fierce offensive overwhelmed Dortmund's players, and some of them could not lift their heads. Although they were prepared before the game, the Manchester City's offensive still made them feel very difficult to deal with.

Manchester City fans on the Etihad Stadium continued to cheer for excitement to cheer for the team. The team's fighting spirit after the game started made them very happy.

On the sidelines, Mancini was very satisfied with the team's performance. Although he told his players, he would pounce on Dortmund's goal after the game to fight for an early goal. But the team's performance has completely exceeded his expectations.

Why is this?

He turned his attention to Zhou Yi on Dortmund on the court on the 23rd.

Thanks to this man's foot.

Now that he has played football to say hello to Manchester City has been considered an offense by all Manchester City players. No one likes to be offended, so angry Manchester City players have to go all out to defeat Dortmund in response to Zhou Yi's offense.

In Mancini's opinion, Zhou Yi's previous approach was very stupid no matter what the purpose was.

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Facing the fierce offensive of Manchester City, Dortmund recovered across the board, all staying within their own 30 meters area.

Weidenfeller continued to move up and down to ensure that the goal was not lost.

During this time, Dortmund fans in front of the TV and in the stands were frightened to watch, fearing that Manchester City's attack would cause a goal loss.

Fortunately, Dortmund's defense is still very solid, although Manchester City's attack is fierce, but did not score.

Fifteen minutes later, Manchester City's violent offensive has weakened slightly, just like diving, and you need to get up and change your breath after staying underwater.

At this time it was Dortmund's turn to attack.

Football was passed to Zhou Yi's feet.

As the center of Dortmund's midfield, it's normal for Zhou Yiduo to take the ball, but this time Zhou Yi just got the ball and was hit by Manchester City's midfielder Harvey Garcia. He stumbled under his feet and the ball was also lost. .

Harvey Garcia bypassed Zhou Yi to catch up with football, and Manchester City launched another offensive accordingly.

Zhou Yi was a little surprised when he lost the ball, because he didn't hear the referee's whistle-he thought Xavi Garcia was definitely fouled this time.

Whatever the referee doesn't think this is a foul!

So he had to chase back, trying to intercept Xavi Garcia, but Garcia had already passed the football. Zhou Yi gave up and went back to chasing the ball, but returned to his position. At the same time, he looked at Xavi Garcia. He did not expect the other party to look over. The eyes of the two met in the air, and Zhou Yi felt the other party’s eyes. It seems to spark again.

This feeling is the same as what he felt before the game started.

Opponent players will be more fierce towards him, this is Zhou Yi himself clear. But what he did not expect was that the referee's punishment scale was not as strict as he thought.

Perhaps it's because this is the home of a Premier League team?

Regarding the Premier League, although Zhou Yi has never played, he has heard a lot. He knows what the style of the Premier League is, physical collision is commonplace, and the referee will also loosen the penalty for physical contact.

But the problem is that the referee of this game is not the Premier League referee... Maybe the referee thinks that as a Premier League team, Manchester City players' body collisions are normal?

Both German and Chinese commentators are dissatisfied that Xavi García has not been convicted of this foul.

Marcel Leif said with excitement: "You can't just relax against Manchester because they are a Premier League team!"

He Ping also said: "This should be a foul! One hundred percent is a foul! Today Zhou Yi is no longer just when he debuted. His current physical strength is the standard of a normal player. If he is stumbled, how could he Can't say it is because he is too thin?"

Although the narrators in both countries were unfair for Zhou Yiming, Zhou Yi did not struggle with the referee.

It is meaningless to focus on arguing with the head referee. This is Zhou Yi's philosophy.

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Next, as long as Zhou Yi takes the ball, not only Harvey Garcia, but other Manchester City players are also welcome, which makes it difficult for Zhou Yi to control the ball.

Of course, the referee will not turn a blind eye to all the collisions of Manchester City players, and will also blow Manchester City players fouls, which also shows a yellow card to center defender Compagni.

Dortmund's side is difficult to organize a decent offense because Zhou Yi was closely guarded by Manchester City players. So even though Manchester City's offensive has slowed down, in general, Dortmund is still under pressure.

In the process, the TV broadcast to Manchester City coach Mancini a close-up shot, it seems to be saying that this is Manchester City's tactical arrangement.

But in fact, this time the guide was really wronged Mancini.

Mancini did ask his players to strictly guard Zhou Yi before the game, but he did not say that players should be used to contain Zhou Yi with rude fouls...

Such a big defensive action is actually the players' own choice. Why do they do this?

Isn't it because of Zhou Yi's "provocation"?

Mark Lawrence said: "Zhou Yi was "specially treated" by Manchester City players in the game. He was targeted. It is difficult to say whether he was targeted because he was the core of Dortmund or the "provocation" before the game. No matter what the reason is, it may be a severe test for Zhou Yi now."

Saying so in his mouth, Mark Lawrence has an expectation of Zhou Yi deep in his heart-he would like to see what kind of play Zhou Yi will play under such circumstances.

Because he remembered the Olympic Games again, he wanted to further verify his analytical guess.

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In fact, Zhou Yi was not surprised by this performance of Manchester City.

Because he has experienced almost the same treatment in the virtual space, the only difference is that although the virtual Manchester City players in the virtual space are very fierce in his defense, they are not fouled. In reality, the Manchester City players are like they wished to kill him and rushed at him.

But this difference is not a problem for Zhou Yi.

He was never afraid of opponents who were deliberately looking for things, because if they did not put their minds in the game, then Zhou Yi had a hundred ways to deal with them.

Although it is a group of death, from the perspective of those in the virtual space, Zhou Yi does not think Manchester City is a very powerful team~www.wuxiaspot.com~This team was the Premier League champion last season, but that Premier League The champion came with some luck. Manchester City have been able to perform well in the Premier League last season, leading the standings. As a result, they performed poorly halfway and were caught up by rival Manchester United. If it weren’t for the last match of Aguero’s Savior, Mancini, the league champion, probably flew.

Manchester City's team started to participate in the Champions League after the restructuring last season, but the group did not qualify.

Compared with Dortmund, Manchester City's Champions League experience is far from the same. After the Champions League restructuring, Dortmund is also the team that won the Champions League anyway. Even today, Dortmund has also reached the knockout rounds for two consecutive seasons. The first year is the quarterfinals and the second year is the quarterfinals.

How could such an experience be comparable to this Manchester City today?

Some people may have overturned Real Madrid in the first group stage because of Manchester City, and have a look at Manchester City's UEFA Champions League tour this season. Perhaps they have also feared Manchester City.

But after one battle after another in the virtual space, Zhou Yi knows that this Manchester City is probably not as powerful as people think... (to be continued.)