Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 480: Advance to the quarterfinals with a big score!
Although they lost miserably at home, Dynamo Kyiv did not completely give up hope of advancing to the quarterfinals.

They arrived in Manchester three days in advance and rented Manchester United's training base. They also inquired about some information about Manchester City from Manchester United and even asked Manchester United for some experience in dealing with Manchester City.

Obviously, Dynamo Kyiv has ideas for this game.

However, Manchester City's preparations are also very complete. Guardiola rotated in advance, allowing most of the main players to get sufficient rest, specifically to prepare for this game.

For this game, Manchester City is determined to win.

And they not only have to win, but they have to win beautifully to improve the team's status before the next stage of the Champions League knockout rounds.

In this case, no matter who is drawn in the quarterfinals, Manchester City will not be afraid.

However, Manchester City's luck seems to be somewhat unlucky.

Just over 5 minutes into the game, Kompany was injured in a fight.

Guardiola had to passively use a substitution place and replaced him with Rudiger.

This is not the first time Kompany has been injured. Kompany was injured once in the last game of the League Cup final.

Fortunately, it was nothing serious that time and I recovered after a week of rest.

But this time, he was seriously injured and might not be able to recover in a short time.

Only 5 minutes into the game, the team lost their captain, which was undoubtedly a huge blow to Manchester City.

Fortunately, Rudiger has grown very quickly this season. He has played a lot in the cup and also made many substitute appearances in the league. There is no problem with his own condition.

Rudiger quickly found his form after coming on the field and teamed up with Van Dijk to freeze the opponent's forwards, causing Dynamo Kyiv's plan to take advantage of the chaos to attack in vain.

However, Manchester City's bad luck is not over yet!

In the 23rd minute, Manchester City suffered another heavy blow. Another starting center back, Van Dijk, injured his knee while fighting with Buyarski and fell to the ground.

On the sidelines, Guardiola suddenly stood up from the coaching bench when Van Dijk fell to the ground.

isn't it?
Two main central defenders were injured at once. Are you so unlucky?
Manchester City's team doctor hurriedly came on stage with a medical kit. After examining and communicating with Van Dijk, he made a substitution signal.

Although Guardiola had some preparations in mind the moment Van Dijk fell to the ground.

But when he saw the substitution gesture from the team doctor, he couldn't help but cursed secretly and kicked away a mineral water bottle on the sidelines.

Damn it, Van Dijk is also injured, how can this be fun?
He glanced back at Manchester City's bench, where two defenders were currently sitting.

One is the veteran Demichelis, who is very old and has played a significant reduction in appearances this season.

The other person is Kimmich, a young defender that Manchester City hired from Stuttgart.

Kimmich is only 21 years old and plays the full-back position. His height of 1 meters is not enough to support him in the central defender position.

So Guardiola thought about it and finally let Demichelis play.

The opponent lost two generals one after another, and both were very critical central defenders.

This gave Dynamo Kyiv a lot of ideas!
They naturally know the strength of Manchester City's two main central defenders. Kompany is a long-established top central defender in European football, and is the double captain of Manchester City and the Belgian national team. There is no doubt about his personal strength.

Although Van Dijk is only a young player, his strength and potential as a central defender are something that no one dares to underestimate.

Some outsiders even predict that as long as Van Dijk continues his outstanding performance at Manchester City, then he will hope to compete for the world's number one central defender!
The absence of these two defensive backbones will definitely have a huge impact on Manchester City's defense.

If Dynamo Kiev wants to reverse the situation and advance, what they need is goals, and now their opponent's defense has undergone major changes. Isn't this an opportunity given to them by God?

The people of Kiev, who felt that they had been blessed by God, were full of confidence, as if this was their home stadium, and launched a fierce attack on Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City's morale was indeed affected by the injury of two people, and their state in the first half was not good.

But their opponents' arrogant behavior completely angered them.

This is the Etihad, the famous home stadium of the Devils in Europe.

This should be a nightmare for all teams, not a place for you guys to show off!

As a result, the Manchester City players, who were aroused to fight, quickly recovered and began to launch a fierce attack on Dynamo Kiev.

Upon seeing this, Guardiola immediately adjusted his tactics and asked the players to speed up the pace of the game and fight against the opponent.

Since the back line is not as stable as before, let's use offense to solve the problem!
As long as we always score more goals than our opponents, it doesn't matter how many goals we concede!
The suddenly accelerated pace caused both sides to make mistakes. Steals, counterattacks, and counterattacks became the main theme on the court.

In such a rhythmic attack, both teams got many shooting opportunities.

In the 36th minute of the first half, De Bruyne suddenly shot a long shot in front of the penalty area, but due to slippage under his feet, the ball missed the goal slightly.

Two minutes later, Lin Quan's low shot into the penalty area was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper with his legs.

Dynamo Kyiv also got a lot of opportunities. In the 33rd minute of the first half, Dynamo Kyiv passed a low pass into the penalty area from the right. Yarmolenko responded, and Buyarski's follow-up attack from the center was missed by Navas. Block out.

Although the score on the field was still 0:0, such an exciting and passionate attack still made the fans who came to the scene and sat in front of the TV watching the game hooked.

In the era when utilitarian football was prevalent, ordinary teams usually chose to retreat and defend when they encountered strong teams, making the game very embarrassing.

There are really fewer and fewer offensive games like this, especially when there is a huge gap between the opponent's strength and Manchester City, but they still have the courage to take the initiative to attack at Manchester City's home court.

No matter whether Dynamo Kyiv can win in the end, the courage to show off the sword is worthy of praise!

In fact, this is a mistake by the fans. In their eyes, Dynamo Kiev is weaker than Manchester City, so they consider it an underdog.

But Dynamo Kiev is also a well-known giant in the Ukrainian Super League, and they don't think they are weak.

Both teams were very aggressive offensively, but unfortunately they were unlucky and neither team scored in the first half.

In the second half, the game changed sides and the two teams had no intention of stopping.

It is impossible for Manchester City to set up a bus at home to face a weak team, and Dynamo Kiev, which is lagging behind, has only one path left in Huashan. Since they cannot sit still and wait for death, they can only bite the bullet and continue to attack.

So the two sides continued to attack.

In the 58th minute, Manchester City got a good free kick at the front of the penalty area. Lin Quan discussed it with Cross and De Bruyne. Cross stepped aside and Lin Quan and De Bruyne both stood on the football field. Front.

The opposing players all set off alarms in their minds, both of them were very good at free kicks.

De Bruyne's elevator ball was magical, and Lin Quan's free kick was weird and changeable.

No matter who takes the penalty, it will be a huge test for the goalkeeper.The referee blew the whistle and the two men started running at the same time. The difference was that De Bruyne feinted and stepped over the ball without touching it.

The real penalty kicker was Lin Quan. With the help of De Bruyne's cover, he aimed at the upper left corner of the goal and chose to hit the goal directly.

The opponent's goalkeeper used all his strength to leap high, and barely touched the ball with his hand. He slightly changed the direction of the football, causing the ball to go over the crossbar and fly out of the baseline.

When the Manchester City fans at the Etihad Stadium saw the trajectory of the ball, they raised their hands to celebrate. Unexpectedly, the opponent's goalkeeper made a brilliant save and actually saved the ball.

This made them all sigh and hold their heads in frustration.

The opponent's goalkeeper was also very excited. He could save the No. 1 goal in the world. He could brag about this for the rest of his life!

However, there is a saying that great joy brings sorrow. Just when the goalkeeper was complacent, Manchester City scored.

In the 59th minute, Manchester City took a corner kick. Lin Quan passed the ball to the back point. The veteran Demichelis, who came on the bench, overwhelmed the opponent's defender and headed the ball into the goal with a dragon-tailed header.

The opponent's goalkeeper had no reaction to the goal. It was too close and he had no time to make a save.

Demichelis, who scored the goal, rushed to the sidelines excitedly, kissing the Manchester City emblem on his jersey as he ran.

Demichelis' contract with Manchester City will expire this summer. Although Manchester City wanted to renew his contract, Demichelis refused.

He has played very little time this season. Staying in the team has done little to help the team except hindering the newcomers' success.

In this case, it is better to leave Manchester City in style and go to a better place to retire.

Although Demichelis did not play for Manchester City for a long time, most of the honors in his career were won at Manchester City.

So he still has feelings for Manchester City.

Considering his salary issues and his contribution to the team, he decided to leave Manchester City.

Demichelis felt that he still had some gas in the tank and did not want to retire prematurely.

The bad weather in Manchester is not a very comfortable place for an old player like him with old injuries.

He missed the sunny beaches of the Iberian Peninsula, and his former club Malaga happened to have ideas for him, so Demichelis planned to return to Malaga to retire.

Malaga is ranked in the middle of La Liga, with no European war tasks and no pressure to relegation.

If he goes to play here, his playing time is guaranteed and there is not much performance pressure. For a 36-year-old veteran like him, it is a very good choice.

Therefore, Demichelis's celebration is actually telling Manchester City fans his choice.

After seeing Demichelis's actions, the fans in the stands stood up one by one and spontaneously applauded him.

Three years ago, when Demichelis joined Manchester City at the age of 33, he faced some doubts from the outside world.

Even many Manchester City fans had objections to him. These fans believed that he came to Manchester City to retire. At that time, Manchester City still lacked major honors. What they wanted more was someone who was young and strong and could contribute to the team. Young players.

I don’t want this kind of veteran who is about to retire!

However, in the first season that Demichelis joined, he changed the outside world's perception of him.

He is really not here to provide for old age. Although he is old, his sword is still young. When Manchester City's defense was weak, he made several key saves and saved the team.

Demichelis definitely contributed to Manchester City's two Champions League trophies.

For such a meritorious player, when he leaves, Manchester City fans are not only reluctant to part with him, but also wish him well.

The first goal has come, can the second one be far behind?
After breaking the deadlock, Manchester City's frontcourt players seemed to have found a shooting target.

In the 61st minute, Lin Quan passed the ball in front of the penalty area to Son Heung-min who was on the right. The latter made a strong diagonal shot in the penalty area, and the ball hit the left goal post and bounced into the net.

2: 0!

The total score became 5:1!

Manchester City sealed the victory and also got a ticket to the Champions League quarter-finals.

Dynamo Kyiv, who were lagging behind by a big score, still did not give up their attack. Even if they knew that there was no hope of promotion, they did not want to admit defeat.

At the 82nd minute, Dynamo Kiev had their best chance.

Rudiger made a defensive error, allowing the opponent's forward to complete the turn and form a single shot.

However, Navas made a great save and saved his opponent from close range.

This save completely destroyed the opponent's morale. In the next 10 minutes, Dynamo Kyiv's players never found a chance to threaten Manchester City's goal.

In the end, the score was fixed at 2:0. Manchester City doubled their opponents and advanced to the quarterfinals.

This game is not the focus of this round, but the number of viewers watching this game is very large. It is only slightly less than the game between Barcelona and Arsenal at home. It is the second largest number of broadcasters in this round. the match of.

The reason why there are so many spectators watching this game is entirely because the two teams played offensive football in this game, which made the game full of entertainment.

Judging from the post-match technical statistics, both sides only completed 39 shots in the entire game.

Among them, Manchester City contributed 21 times, and the opponents also completed 18 times.

Judging from the number of shots, the two teams are evenly matched, and the gap is not that big.

However, in terms of the number of shots on target, Manchester City had a total of 8 shots on target, while the opponent only had 4 shots, which was double the difference.

This also proves that although Manchester City is missing two defense generals, their defense in this game is still quite good.

Although the opponents had many shots, most of them failed to pose a threat, and the offense was lackluster.

In terms of ball possession rate, Manchester City's advantage is not big, the ball possession rate is only 52%, and the opponent's ball possession rate reaches 48%.

This is a quite remarkable number. Few teams, even wealthy teams, lag so little behind in possession rate when facing Manchester City.

It can be seen from these data that Dynamo Kyiv is indeed not a weakling!

It's a pity that they were unlucky and met Manchester City.

If we meet other weaker teams, we may still have a chance.

(End of this chapter)