In fact, the bad state of a game did not cause Xu Qi to be dissatisfied by the fans.

After all, it was just a league game, and the team had lost hope of winning the championship, losing that game would not affect the overall situation.

Moreover, Xu Qi is always in excellent condition in the Europa League, so fans still have a very high evaluation of Xu Qi.

Given that Xu Qi has made many achievements in the UEFA Cup, although Lucescu felt that Xu Qi was in a bad state, he still chose to trust Xu Qi.

In the first leg match with Manchester City, Lucescu decided to write Xu Qi's name on the starting roster.

The first round of the two teams will be held at the home court of the Donetsk Miners, which makes the Donetsk Miners attach great importance to the first round of competition.

This is naturally another game that has attracted a lot of attention.

The stadium has already been full.

Manchester City's starting lineup was also revealed very early, and it is almost a complete main lineup.

Goalkeeper Ji Wen

The back line is Richards, Onuha, Kompani, Sabaleta

The midfielders are Dunn, Bridge, Ireland and Ellano

On the front line, Robinho is partnering with young player Sturridge!

When Ellano appeared in the R Stadium, the fans at the scene cheered and booed.

Errano is also a famous Brazilian player. He was once an old player of the Donetsk Miners and once made great contributions to the Donetsk Miners, but he transferred to Manchester City club two years ago.

Such players will naturally arouse some dissatisfaction among the miners and fans in the R Stadium.

Although he has made considerable contributions to the Miners Club, the old people are always old people. In this stadium, except for the miners wearing orange and black jerseys, they are all enemies.

Manchester City seems to be strong, but in fact it does not scare the players of the Donetsk Miners.

They faced Aalborg from Denmark in the quarterfinals and actually scored two to two in two rounds. In the end, they could only use penalty kicks to eliminate this Denmark "weak team".

Such a record is naturally quite unpredictable. This time, facing the Eastern European giants Donetsk Miners, many football experts even expressed their optimism about the Donetsk Miners. In their opinion, Manchester City has no advantage.

The ability of experts to express this view is naturally related to the outstanding performance of the Donetsk Miners Club in the UEFA Cup recently.

In this game, Lucescu arranged William to the bench and planned to play in the second half as a surprise.

Therefore, Lucescu actually arranged the position of the left forward to Xu Qi.

He knew that this was a position that Xu Qi liked very much, and Lucescu also hoped to use such an adjustment to stimulate Xu Qi's state and let Xu Qi recover his state as soon as possible.

The team's starting lineup has also been slightly adjusted from the previous game.

Piatov is naturally the first choice for goalkeeper position

But the player who partnered with Ziglinsky to the central defender became Coochelle, who is also a veteran in the team. He actually didn't start many times this season.

Both sidebacks are still Serner and Rat.

Midfielder Fernandinho, Isinho and Czech midfielder Hubuchmann.

The forerunner Xu Qi is on the left, while Judson is on the right.

The center is still Adriano.

This is somewhat similar to a four-three-three formation, but the two wingers Xu Qi and Judson did not press too much, and were still in the midfield position.

So to be precise, it is a formation of 4321.

In this way, Lucescu is actually an old fry. This is a formation that can advance, attack, retreat and defend. The team naturally needs stronger attack power at home, but there are obviously not many attacking players in this formation. The three midfielders are basically defense-oriented, but there are actually hidden secrets in this.

If you want to play tricks on the offensive end, you need to look at Fernandinho's performance in very good condition recently.

Fernandinho has excellent round-trip capabilities and a large coverage area, so Lucescu hopes to use Fernandinho's abilities to connect the frontcourt.

It is precisely for this reason that Judson was arranged to the right.

After the game started, Manchester City still seemed relatively conservative. In fact, Manchester City did not have any advantages in the midfield. Their idea was very simple, using Sturric and Robinho to play defensive counterattacks.

The ball in the midfield was basically controlled by the Donetsk Miners.

Xu Qi also tried to get himself excited during the game and try to appear very positive.

When the team was attacking, when left back Lat came up, he also actively ran to the middle to respond.

However, this does not mean that his condition has returned.

After Fernandinho dribbled the ball in the midfield, he passed the ball to Xu Qi who was slightly left in the middle.

However, just when Xu Qi stopped the ball, he seemed to be a little inadequate and stopped the ball a little far away from him.

Helplessly, Xu Qi could only chase the ball quickly and even made a flying tackle.

However, on the other side, Manchester City central defender Kompany also stretched out his long legs and directly kicked the ball out!

Then, Xu Qi, who was flying over, closed his feet, but still shoveled Kompani in the first place.

Therefore, Xu Qi just came out and touched the ball for the first time, and took the initiative to apply for a yellow card because of his mistake.

Such an opening also stunned the miners and fans at the scene. Is this still the Xu Qi who keeps bringing surprises?

Why does such a stop-off stop so much?

In the last league game, Xu Qi received a yellow card. In this game, Xu Qi received another yellow card in the Europa League.

Xu Qi's condition in these two games has not improved, but his level of receiving yellow cards has improved.

In fact, yellow cards are not the key. After stopping the ball at the critical position, you will get the ball slightly inside and you will enter Xu Qi's range. Originally, fans wanted to see Xu Qi bend his bow and take an arrow to shoot a curved ball.

As a result, Xu Qi actually stopped the ball and finally applied for a yellow card for himself!

Judging from the touch of the ball at the beginning, Xu Qi is obviously still in the trough of his condition.

In that case, why did Lucescu choose to let him play?

The live broadcast director seemed to realize something at this time. The camera gave Xu Qi a moment of close-up and then gave the close-up to Lucescu's expressionless face.

There was no joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness on his face, but obviously, he was not satisfied with Xu Qi's performance just now.

At this time, even fans will wonder why Xu Qi should be placed in this position? If William appears in this position, what will William do?

Some people will also ask secretly whether Lucescu is a little too superstitious about Xu Qi. Xu Qi is just a young player who has just joined the team and played a few good games. If he performs well, he will inevitably expand.

When his condition is ups and downs, he should make some blows instead of continuing to trust and use blindly.
Chapter completed!