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

The referee of the game, Klalovetz, blew the whistle to the beginning of the game.

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

They obviously hope to beat Dortmund at their home court.

Because I lost to Real Madrid in the first group stage, if I want to qualify from this death group, they must defeat each opponent at their home court, otherwise the situation will be very unfavorable to them.

Amid the cheers of home fans, Manchester City continued to attack Dortmund's goal.

Although Dortmund players have some estimates of the situation they have to face at the Etihad stadium, when Manchester City's offense really hit, they still feel that it is a bit beyond their expectations.

Manchester City's fierce attack made the players who couldn't raise their heads. Although they had prepared before the game, the fierceness of Manchester City's offensive still made them feel very difficult to deal with.

Manchester City fans on the Etihad are constantly cheering excitedly to cheer for the team. The fighting spirit shown by the team after the game began made them all very happy.

Mancini, who was on the sidelines, was very satisfied with the team's performance. Although he told his players that he would pounce on Dortmund's goal after the game began and strive for an early goal. However, the team's performance had completely exceeded his expectations.

Why is this?

He turned his attention to the No. 23 Borussia Dortmund on the court.

I have to thank this person for his kick.

Now that he is playing football to greet Manchester City, he 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 the game in response to Zhou Yi's offensive provocation.

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

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Faced with Manchester City's fierce offensive, Dortmund recovered the entire line and defended his 30-meter area.

Weidenfeller kept getting high and low blocks to ensure that the goal was not lost.

During this period, Dortmund fans in front of the TV and in the stands were frightened, fearing that Manchester City's attack would cause the goal to be lost.

Fortunately, Dortmund's defense is still very stable. Although Manchester City's offense is very strong, they did not score.

Fifteen minutes passed, and Manchester City's fierce offensive weakened slightly, just like diving. After staying under the water for a long time, they also need to get up and change their breath.

It's Dortmund's turn to attack this time.

The football was passed to Zhou Yi's feet.

As the core of Dortmund's midfield, it is normal for Zhou Yi to get more balls, but this time, Zhou Yi just got the ball and was hit by Manchester City's midfielder Xavi Garcia, which made him stagger and lost the ball.

Xavi Garcia bypassed Zhou Yi and caught up with football, and Manchester City launched another offensive based on this.

Zhou Yi was a little surprised when he concedes the ball because he didn't hear the referee's whistle, and he thought that Xavi Garcia must have committed a foul this time.

Unexpectedly, the referee didn't think it was a foul!

So he had to chase back and try to intercept Harvey Garcia, but Garcia had already passed the football away. Zhou Yi gave up chasing the ball and returned to his position. At the same time, he looked at Harvey Garcia, but he didn't expect the other party to come over. The two people's eyes met in the air, and Zhou Yi felt that the other party's eyes seemed to spark again.

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

The opponent's players will be more fierce to him, which Zhou Yi himself knew. But what he didn't expect was that the referee's judgment standard was not as strict as he thought.

Perhaps it is because this is at home of a Premier League team?

Although Zhou Yi has never played in the Premier League, he has heard a lot about it. He knows what the style of the Premier League is, physical collisions are common, and the referee will also put a wider judgment on the physical contact.

But the problem is that the referee in this game is not the referee in the Premier League... Perhaps this referee thinks that as a Premier League team, it is normal for Manchester City players to collide with their bodies?

Both German and Chinese commentators were very dissatisfied with Xavi Garcia's ball grab and was not judged for a foul.

Marcel Leif said excitedly: "We can't relax the standards of Manchester City's body just because they are a Premier League team!"

He Ping also said: "This should be a foul! It is 100% a foul! Zhou Yi is no longer the time when he first debuted. His physical strength is the standard of a normal player. If he was staggered, then it cannot be said that it is because he is too thin, right?"

Although the commentators of both countries were unfair about Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi did not bother with the referee.

It is meaningless to focus on arguing with the referee. This is the concept of Zhou Yi.

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As long as Zhou Yi gets the ball, not only Xavi Garcia, but other Manchester City players are also unruly, which makes it difficult for Zhou Yi to control the ball well.

Of course, the referee will not ignore all the collisions of Manchester City players, and will also call Manchester City players fouls, and also show a yellow card to central defender Kompany.

Because Zhou Yi was closely "defended" by Manchester City players, it is difficult to organize a decent offense. So even if Manchester City's offensive slowed down, overall, Dortmund was still hit.

In the process, the television broadcast gave Manchester City head coach Mancini a close-up shot, which seemed to be saying that this was Manchester City's tactical arrangement.

But in fact, this director really wronged Mancini.

Mancini did ask his players to defend Zhou Yi before the game, but he didn't say he wanted the players to use rude fouls to curb Zhou Yi...

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

Isn’t it because of Zhou Yi’s “provocation”?

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

Speaking of this on his lips, Mark Laurenson had a deep expectation for Zhou Yi. He wanted to see what kind of performance Zhou Yi would do under such circumstances.

Because he remembered the Olympic Games again, he wanted to further verify his analysis and guesses.

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In fact, Zhou Yi's performance towards Manchester City is not surprising.

Because he has experienced similar treatment in the virtual space, the only difference is that although the virtual Manchester City players in the virtual space have fierce defenses, they do not foul them. In reality, Manchester City players are like they want to kill him and come to him.

But this difference is not a big deal for Zhou Yi.

He was never afraid of opponents who were deliberately trying to make trouble, because if they didn't put their minds in the game, Zhou Yi had a hundred ways to deal with them.

Although it is a group of death, judging from the fights in the virtual space, Zhou Yi does not think that Manchester City is a very powerful team.

This team was the Premier League champion last season, but the Premier League champion came with some luck. Manchester City had always performed well in the Premier League last season, leading the standings, but he performed poorly in the middle and was caught up by his arch rival Manchester United. If it weren't for Aguero's savior in the last game, Mancini's league champion would have flew away.

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

Compared with Dortmund, Manchester City's experience in Champions League is far inferior. After the reform of the Champions League, Dortmund is still a team that won the Champions League championship. Even Dortmund has reached the knockout stage for two consecutive seasons. The first year is in the quarterfinals and the second year is in the quarterfinals.

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

Some people may have looked up at Manchester City's Champions League trip this season because they almost overturned Real Madrid away in the first group match, and may have become afraid of Manchester City.

But after one contest after another in the virtual space, Zhou Yi knew that this Manchester City was probably not as powerful as people thought... (~^~)
Chapter completed!