In the locker room of the home team at Etihad Stadium, Mark Hughes is also making careful arrangements for the game.

Although Manchester City is a strong team in the Premier League in Europe's top league, he has not underestimated the Donetsk miners from Ukraine.

In the last game, Manchester City actually underestimated the opponent more or less in the away game and did not perform at its true level. This time when they returned to home, they were certainly bound to win!

"Based on their performance in the last game, their Judson and William are both players with excellent personal abilities. These two players must be limited. Moreover, Fernandinho has a very large coverage area in the midfield and has very strong support for offense. This guy also needs to focus on guarding." Mark Hughes kept transmitting to the players how to deal with role-based players in the opponent's array.

"Their team has recently suffered injuries, which is good news for us. When we attack, we must keep rushing to their right side!" If Mark Hughes looked at the team's ace Robinho, who is a good player on the left side, and Mark Hughes naturally hopes that Robinho can support the offense on the left and break through the opponent's right side.

From beginning to end, he did not mention Xu Qi's name. Judging from Xu Qi's performance in the last game, this young man from China is not worth mentioning at all.

Even, he is not as good as Sun Jihai, who has played for Manchester City before.

"Serna is a very high-level right back. In this regard, Sabaleta needs to assist Robinho on the offensive end."

Mark Hughes's arrangement of troops is still very targeted. He has not even considered the candidate for the opponent's right forward. After all, the opponent should only have the option Xu Qi at the moment, and Xu Qi's ability is probably not very good.

If a Chinese media reporter heard Mark Hughes's straiting troops here, he would probably feel some contempt for Mark Hughes.

This guy didn't say that at the previous press conference. After all, there were a lot of Chinese media at the press conference, and they asked Mark Hughes about Xu Qi.

Mark Hughes said this at that time: "I know Xu Qi, he is a very outstanding player. He will cause us a lot of trouble, and we will also find ways to deal with it. The Donetsk Miners have many outstanding talented players. We know them very well and know their level, so we will not underestimate the enemy. We will defeat our opponents through our 100% effort and advance to the semi-finals."

Moreover, the titles on many domestic websites read similar to Mark Hughes: Xu Qi is a genius and will cause us big trouble to attract the attention of netizens.

Obviously, Mark Hughes was just perfunctory reporters from China at that time. When he was really deploying troops, he did not mention Xu Qi's name at all.

In fact, Mark Hughes cannot be blamed for this. After all, Xu Qi's performance in the first round was indeed not very good. Even if he had a kick that threatened Ji Wen's wonderful shot, Mark Hughes believed that the kick was just a fool, and Xu Qi was not worth worrying at all.

In this game, Manchester City's starting lineup had almost no adjustments to the previous round of the game. At only two points, the forward young player Sturric did not play, and the Ecuadorian striker Philippe Kessedo played.

Kesedo is actually a very young and talented forward. He is not as tall as Sturridge, but he still has a strong impact on the front line.

Obviously, in the last game, Mark Hughes felt that the Donetsk Miners' defense line was two tall defenders, and it was difficult for Sturric to gain advantage in the confrontation. This time he chose to send Kesedo, who did not rely much on his physical confrontation.

There is another point, I don’t know why, Manchester City’s starting goalkeeper was replaced by Joe Hart today, instead of Jiwen, who performed bravely in the last game.

The adjustment of Manchester City goalkeeper's key position before the game may change the situation of the game.

The Etihad Stadium was already full at this time, and the players from both sides also entered the stadium with music.

This game still attracted the attention of a large number of domestic fans, and many domestic media like to hype these topics. One side is a team played by Chinese players, and the other team is a team played by Chinese players.

After all, Sun Jihai, who once played for Manchester City, is also known as the most successful overseas player in Chinese football history, while Xu Qi has great hope of becoming a more successful overseas player.

After all, Xu Qi is an attacking player, so it is easier to show unforgettable performances.

The players from both sides shook hands one by one.

After seeing off the cute little caddie who accompanied him on the court, Xu Qi shook his head and looked around the Manchester City players.

"You can't be cowardly. You're in good condition, come back!"

Manchester City took the lead in kicking off. Judging from the total score, Manchester City is the backward side. They naturally want to pursue a goal as soon as possible. One-to-zero is the score that can ensure they advance.

The Donetsk Miners were also happy to see Manchester City take the initiative to attack, and Xu Qi stayed honestly on the right side after the opening to assist Serner in defense.

The progress of the game is not surprising. Manchester City is at home after all, and the offense is very impressive.

Robinho's condition at the beginning of this game was much better than in the last round. Facing Serner's defense, Robinho shook Serner away with a very fancy bicycle Gala ball and rushed straight into the penalty area.

Xu Qi quickly made up for defense. Robinho was indeed quite strong. Facing Xu Qi who made up for defense, he had another flexible tap.

"He wants to spike the ball!" Xu Qi judged Robinho's premeditation right at the first time, but Xu Qi was still a little slow at the moment of his legs, "Oops!"

Seeing that he could not touch the ball, Xu Qi quickly closed his legs and could only watch Robinho flash past him.

“Too fast!”

However, Robinho did not rush over, but fell directly into the penalty area.

"Shh"

The referee's whistle sounded immediately.

"Damn, I'm cheating me, this guy is so stupid!" Xu Qi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, then hooked his hands and made a diving move. Obviously, he told the referee Robinho that this was a diving move.

However, the referee did not think that Robinho was pretending to fall, but instead blew up Xu Qi's foul. Fortunately, this was on the penalty area line, and the referee did not give Manchester City a penalty.

Free kicks on the penalty area line.

When Xu Qi saw the referee's decision, he rolled his eyes and shook his fingers. He was obviously dissatisfied with the penalty. However, since the judgment had been made, what else could he say?

When Robinho got up, Xu Qi looked at Robinho with a deep meaning, but Robinho walked aside as if nothing had happened.
Chapter completed!