Calderon Stadium is hot.

Especially when Simeone appeared on the sidelines, the fans on the scene were particularly excited.

At this stadium, Simeone is very good at teasing the emotions of fans, and he can let this group of fans who like him inject energy into Atletico Madrid at any time under his command.

This is indeed a very charming coach.

The starting list of both sides has finally been released.

It is not difficult to guess the start of Atletico Madrid, who plays at home.

Goalkeeper Aubrak.

This is Juan Fran, Miranda, Godin, and Sikela in the back line.

Midfielders Mario Suarez, Gabi, Arda Turan, and Cork.

On the front line, it is naturally the configuration of Mandzukic and Griezmann.

Of course, there are also many good players on the bench in Atletico Madrid, such as Torres, such as the young demon Saul.

Manchester City, who played away, was in a bit embarrassed in the starting lineup.

Kompany left the game after playing halftime on the weekend, and the central defender partner in this game could only let Demikelis and Mangala take the role.

On both sides are two experienced veterans Sabaretta and Kolarov.

The goalkeeper is of course still Joe Hart.

In terms of midfield, although Manchester City had a fierce battle over the weekend, they still did not rotate at such a critical position.

Yaya Toure, Fernandinho, Nasri, David Silva, Xu Qi.

This is a normal five-man midfield configuration, of course Xu Qi can be in the midfield or the front line.

The single arrow is on the surface Aguero himself.

Of course, although it seems there is only one single arrow, no one will worry about Manchester City's offensive ability.

This is the team with the strongest attack power in the Premier League at present.

Faced with the strongest defense team in the Champions League, there is inevitably a conflict.

The opening overture of the Champions League is still so familiar and exciting.

Accompanied by music, players from both sides enter the court and separate from each other, the game is ready to begin.

Manchester City took the lead in kick-off.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester City wanted to immediately control the situation on the court and start controlling the ball and attacking.

But Atletico Madrid allowed Manchester City to see why they can compete with teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid at the beginning.

From the first second of the game, Atletico Madrid launched a pressing like a mad dog.

It is difficult for Manchester City to complete three-step passes, and there will inevitably be mistakes and ruin the ball.

Atletico Madrid's strategy is to immediately launch a fast attack after grabbing the ball, and fast gunners like Cork and Griezmann will advance and then complete the attack.

And this somewhat old Manchester City defense line seems to be unable to withstand the impact of Atletico Madrid.

At Calderon Stadium, Manchester City fell into a passive position at the beginning of the game.

Quite passive.

Even Xu Qi couldn't control the ball calmly.

Seeing that Manchester City could not effectively attack the attack, Xu Qi began to summon David Silva, Yaya Toure and Nasri.

I hope that all four of them can lean into the middle and that the four of them can complete close contact.

At this time, we must find a way to complete the continuous transmission cooperation to resolve Atletico Madrid's mad dog-style pressing.

In fact, this is a huge challenge for them, and Manchester City's ball control ability is incomparable to Barcelona.

Especially in the past two seasons, Barcelona has had a headache with Atletico Madrid when facing Atletico Madrid.

You know, last season, Xu Qi and Monaco did not meet Barcelona on the way to win the Champions League. Why didn’t they meet Barcelona?

Because Barcelona was eliminated by Atletico Madrid!

If Manchester City can't do better, this game will be too difficult.

In fact, Xu Qi had a premonition before the game that Atletico Madrid would be the most difficult opponent they have encountered.

Indeed, Xu Qi could feel it from the time of the start of the game.

But he was still dissatisfied. He trusted these teammates' ball-handling and passing skills. He wanted to cooperate with each other to produce a chemical reaction.

If the four of them can play the ball together and play Atletico Madrid's pressing players like a monkey, then they can get the lead.

The reason why Aguero was not summoned together was because Aguero was going to play the role of a killer today.

Xu Qi retreated and began to participate in the organization of ball control, so the offensive responsibility of Aguero's single arrow will be even heavier.

If Xu Qi does not retreat to participate in the organization, the team may not even be able to control the ball.

"Atletic Madrid's playing style makes Manchester City very uncomfortable. This Atletico Madrid is indeed very fighting spirit under the leadership of Simeone." He Wei commented.

Of course, TV5 will be broadcast in such a Champions League knockout match.

When Xu Qi played in La Liga, Valencia was the third in La Liga. Although Atletico Madrid had star players such as Aguero and Fran, their results were not stable.

And the current Atletico Madrid team is much more stable than before.

The time of the game has passed...

"Manchester City seems to have been affected by the 4-4 hard battle in the Manchester derby last weekend. The battle in this game is obviously not as good as Atletico Madrid."

The situation is not pleasant.

"Fortunately, although Atletico Madrid is now active, it has not created any good opportunities." He Wei commented.

Sometimes, the commentator's mouth is indeed very effective.

Just said Atletico Madrid had no chance, and then Atletico Madrid got the chance.

At this time, the game had just started twenty minutes, and neither side actually had any chance.

But suddenly, the pass passed by Fernandinho to Yaya Toure was intercepted by Atletico captain Gabi.

Immediately afterwards, Gabi transferred the ball to the feet of Arda Turan on the right.

Arda Tulan was immediately sent forward with his right foot, obviously looking for Griezmann's point.

This is the fastest point on Atletico Madrid's offensive line.

Griezmann quickly inserted forward and buckled Mangala, and passed it directly to Mandzukic who followed.

The Croatian striker rushed forward and shot hard with his right foot, directly shooting through the goal guarded by Joe Hart.

In an instant, the score was rewritten, Mandzukic scored, and Atletico Madrid led by 1-0.

"Atlancia Madrid scored, Calderon is indeed a difficult stadium to overcome. Manchester City is in trouble now." He Wei's voice also became trembling due to nervousness.

When Atletico Madrid took the lead, Manchester City's game became even harder.

Everyone knows that Atletico Madrid is an expert in defensive counterattacks, and Simeone doesn't mind playing defensive counterattacks at his doorstep.

And his fans support him as always.

It's really a hard battle.

Xu Qi shook his head helplessly. Atletico Madrid scored the goal first, which was really difficult to deal with.

Atletico Madrid is not their former opponent, Donetsk Miners. Atletico Madrid really has the opportunity to compete for the championship team.

When Manchester City met Donetsk Miners, many experts were unanimously optimistic about Manchester City.

But when Manchester City met Atletico Madrid, many football experts had no idea what they thought, it was a 50-5 situation.

And if Atletico Madrid scored first, then the possibility of Manchester City's turnaround will become very slim, even only 20%.
Chapter completed!