Manchester City cannot relax after defeating Arsenal.

The devilish schedule has just begun now.

Pellegrini's original idea was that it would be best if he could win the game with Arsenal at the lowest cost. At least he would lock in the victory in advance and let Xu Qi come down to rest early.

However, the reality is that Arsenal is much harder to deal with than he thought, and in the end, Xu Qi started to make efforts in the final stage before taking Arsenal off.

After defeating Arsenal, they set off immediately, returned to Manchester for a short rest, and prepared to go to Munich!

The first leg of the Champions League group stage is about to begin.

In the e-group where Manchester City is located, their first opponent is Bayern Munich, the hardest to play.

After the team had just fought with Arsenal in London, and then faced the stronger Bayern Munich away, even Pellegrini himself felt that there was little hope of getting points.

However, this game is still the first match of the Champions League, and a good start is still a relatively important thing, so Pellegrini naturally wants to hope that the team will win this game as much as possible.

Allianz Stadium.

Xu Qi has been here many times, and Bayern Munich is his old rival.

Of course, after Guardiola began coaching Bayern Munich, Xu Qi had no experience in playing against Bayern Munich.

Speaking of which, the Bayern team that used to be different from the current Bayern team. Xu Qi's record advantage at that time did not have much reference value now.

However, Xu Qi is also different from him before. He has become stronger and more dominant in the game.

Before the game, major bookmakers were slightly optimistic about Bayern Munich, who played at home. Both teams have now achieved complete victory in the league and are in a very good state.

Guardiola's Bayern Munich is obviously more overall control, while Manchester City relies more on Xu Qi's personal performance.

Manchester City is not without good news. The Robery combination, which Bayern Munich relies most in recent seasons, may not be able to play today. Ribery is absent due to injury, and Robben is also said to be injured and may not be able to play.

Of course, Bayern Munich has an outstanding new player this season, which is Xu Qi's teammate Douglas Costa, who was once a teammate at the Donetsk Miners.

The two are expected to face off in this game.

Allianz Stadium has long been occupied by Bayern fans, and a small group of Manchester City fans seem to be weak.

As players from both teams entered the court, the starting list of both sides had been announced long ago.

For Bayern Munich, goalkeeper Neuer naturally has no doubt.

On the defense line, Rafinia, Boateng, Benatia and Bernat were successively.

In the midfield, Alaba, Ram and Xavi Alonso also have a very heavy configuration.

In the frontcourt, although the combination of Robben and Ribery did not start, Douglas Costa did not appear in the start.

In fact, Bayern Munich's bench is very deep, including Thiago and Pizarro, who did not make it to the start.

This time Guardiola chose Goze, who performed well in the World Cup, to serve as the starter.

The other two attackers are Thomas Muller and Lewandowski, who had a fight with Xu Qi last season with Dortmund.

Manchester City's lineup has undergone new changes, with David Silva and Aguero both sitting on the bench this time.

The goalkeeper is naturally Hart.

On the back line, right-back Sania, signed from Arsenal, appeared in the technique.

The central defenders are in the configuration of Kompany and Demikelis, while the left side is Krish.

The two full-backs were basically Arsenal's full-backs a few years ago.

In the midfield, Nasri appeared on the left and Navas was on the right.

In the middle is the configuration of Yaya Toure and Fernantinho.

Dzeko was in the center position, while Xu Qi was behind Dzeko.

Judging from the lineup, both teams seem to hit the stronger players in the middle and both want to gain an advantage in the midfield competition.

Guardiola was already standing on the sidelines, looking very calm, and casually patted the substitute player walking towards the bench.

Pellegrini did not get up, but sat on the bench and carefully analyzed the possible trends of the game.

Finally, the game began.

Both sides regard their opponents as the biggest opponents in this group, and they are both teams in the top four odds list, and they also know each other very well.

At the beginning, there was no temptation, and the real sword and gun were started directly.

In fact, Bayern Munich's tactics are not difficult to guess, after all, their coach is Guardiola.

Guardiola's tactics are actually one kind. He just evolved his own tactics to the extreme.

However, since he can be called the coach with the highest winning rate in football today, he naturally has his own excellence. Manchester City lost control of the game at the beginning.

Bayern Munich has stronger control this season than last season.

Many people are speculating that if Bayern Munich and Barcelona play one game, then who will get a higher ball possession rate.

It is said that this season's new Barcelona coach Enrique does not like pure ball possession tactics, and he has left his mark on Barcelona.

From this point of view, Bayern Munich has likely become the team with the strongest ball control ability in the world.

So it is understandable that Manchester City is at a complete disadvantage in possession of the ball at the beginning.

However, although Bayern Munich's midfielder is mainly responsible for control, Muller and Lewandowski, who are sieging the city, are not small players. They not only have excellent skills under their feet, but also have strong high-altitude bombing capabilities.

Compared with Barcelona a few years ago, this Bayern Munich team has not been delicate enough, but the attack line is more three-dimensional.

As a former Bayern Munich player, Manchester City's central defender Demi Kelis was severely challenged at the beginning of today.

Five minutes into the game, Lewandowski staged a header bombing on his face. Fortunately, the ball was too straight and was held in his arms by Hart.

However, this goal shocked Demikelis and broke out in a cold sweat. After all, he was already relatively old, and he still struggled to fight against the strong Lewandowski.

Fortunately, there was Kompani's help beside him, which also made him feel a little confident.

Especially on the offensive line, they also have Xu Qi, the most popular star in football today, so he is even more at ease.

After all, victory in the game is the most important thing. He is not worried that he will be defeated. As long as he does not drag his back too much, Xu Qi in front will definitely bring surprises to the team.

Demikalis discovered that he had already trusted this guy shortly after he was a teammate with Xu Qi.

They once fought as opponents in La Liga, but in the end Xu Qi's performance impressed him.

Now they have become teammates, Demi Kelis feels that such teammates are the most trustworthy. Even Aguero and even Messi of the Argentina national team have never given him such a trustworthy feeling.
Chapter completed!