super football star

Chapter 531

The last time Manchester City faced a Spanish team dates back to 39 years ago. The opponent was the Bat Corps Valencia. The game ended in a draw.

Although Villarreal has played against English teams more times, the results are hard to compliment. Basically, there are more losses than wins.

Time flies, and on the night of October 10, European time, the Etihad Stadium, with more than 18 people, was already overcrowded.

Although the Manchester Derby is a few days later, Manchester City fans still have great enthusiasm for this game. They can hope that the team will go to Old Trafford with victory.

The referee in charge of law enforcement for this game is from the Czech Republic, and his name is Kralovitz.

Manchester City lineup: 433
Goalkeeper: Joe Hart
Defenders: Kolarov, Kompany, Boateng, Zabaleta
Midfielders: De Jong, Yaya Toure, Li Feng

Forwards: Silva, Dzeko, Aguero

Although the Manchester Derby will be a few days later, Van Basten did not hide the slightest thing about this game. All the injured players appeared on the field, which can be said to be the main force.

Villarreal lineup: 451
Goalkeeper: Diego Lopez
Defenders: Katara, Gonzalo, Marchena, Zapata
Midfielders: Bruno, Carney, Borja, Perez, De Guzman
Forward: Rossi

Although the lineup is 451, Villarreal's lineup is not conservative. The midfielders are all offensive players. In fact, the update is 433. Garrido knows very well that Villarreal has no way out.

Therefore, Villarreal launched a strong attack from the very beginning, playing against Manchester City, and achieved results quickly.

When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Villarreal launched an attack. Carney passed the ball across the midfield and was intercepted by Li Feng.

Immediately, he led a pass back, and Perez stepped forward, with two fists and four hands. With the cooperation of Perez, Carney passed Li Feng and rushed to the hinterland of Manchester City.

Although De Jong's defense was timely, he couldn't hold back the opponent's crowd. As soon as the game started, almost all of Villarreal's midfielders rushed into Manchester City's half.

Wonderful passing and cooperation, almost all of which were kicked out with one kick. In this way, Villarreal scored into Manchester City's penalty area, then went in, and finally the leading striker Rossi completed the shot.

Joe Hart proved just how good he really is, sending the Etihad Stadium into a frenzy with a world-class save from Rossi's shot from close range.

The striker delighted the fans with goals, while the goalkeeper delighted the fans with incredible saves. At the moment of Rossi's shot, Joe Hart jumped up and took Rossi's foot with both hands to hit the goal.

Although Joe Hart is talked about by the fans for his incredible saves, it is impossible for him to perform like that throughout the game. Otherwise, he would not need to be a goalkeeper, just become a god.

Manchester City launched a counterattack, Joe Hart kicked the goal, Li Feng headed back, Yaya Toure started to move forward with the ball, Li Feng also turned back and rushed into the hinterland of Villarreal.

Passing the ball, since Villarreal used the pass to tear apart Manchester City's defense, Manchester City naturally had to fight back. Yaya Toure pushed obliquely to Li Feng, Li Feng split to Kolarov, and the latter kicked forward.

The ball came to Silva's feet, the Manchester City winger crossed it back to Li Feng, Li Feng made another diagonal push and sent it into the penalty area, but Dzeko didn't have any angle, and was stubbornly blocked by Gonzalo.

So it was still a pass, Dzeko sent the ball to the right, Aguero broke out, threw away Katara, and pushed a shot from the small penalty area.

"Oh oh~~ beautiful, both teams have completed a wonderful attack, even the same attacking style, passing, constantly using the pass to tear apart the opponent's defense, Villarreal's attack finally forced Joe Hart to make a world-class save, and Manchester City's attack also allowed Diego Lopez to make a save that was no less than Joe Hart's. It can also be seen from this that Spain is really jealous in terms of the goalkeeper position." Lopez blocked Aguero's push At that time, the commentators praised the two teams one after another.

Manchester City won the first corner kick, and the ball belonged to Manchester City. Villarreal's defense line, the two central defenders are only in the early 180s, and the tallest right back Zapata is only 187. One can imagine the lack of prevention and control.

It's just that it was Boateng who got the first spot. Although Boateng is tall and even bounces very well, his header is not Boateng's forte. Unsurprisingly, the ball deviated from the goal and flew out of the baseline.

Villarreal re-attacked, but when Carney just crossed the midfield, the ball was cut off by Li Feng, and then Li Feng pushed back and sent the ball to De Jong.

Li Feng also didn't expect that his intercepted pass back actually caused Manchester City to concede the ball. The ball came to De Jong's feet, but before De Jong passed the ball, a yellow figure rushed towards him, and a sliding tackle broke the ball that had just reached his feet.

De Guzman, the Dutch midfielder steals the ball and immediately sends the ball to Rossi in the penalty area, who shakes Kompany to complete a strong shot.

It was still Joe Hart, Joe Hart flew again to block Rossi's shot, but Joe Hart just blocked it, the ball was still in Manchester City's penalty area, but the ball flew from the left to the right.

Carney, just when Zabaleta rushed to bounce the ball to the right, but soon, Zabaleta was desperate, because a yellow figure arrived in front of the ball faster than him.

"GOAL~~~ The goal is scored, Villarreal, the first to break the deadlock is Villarreal in the away game, Carney, Villarreal's midfielder is one step faster than Zabaleta, with a low shot, and the ball is directly sent to the goal. It is only 5 minutes since the start of the game."

"From the beginning of the game, Villarreal used offense to declare their determination to win the game. In 5 minutes, Villarreal took an unexpected lead. Perhaps the yellow submarine will usher in the first victory of the Champions League."

After Carney's goal, the entire Ittihad became the home of Villarreal's fans. Although Villarreal only had thousands of fans in this game, at this moment, these thousands of fans completely overwhelmed the more than 4 fans of Manchester City.

But you can't blame Villarreal fans for being so crazy, because this goal was Villarreal's first goal in the group stage. In the first two games, Villarreal lost two 2:0.

(End of this chapter)