"Mr. Golden Ball encountered tenacious resistance, and Atletico Madrid's defense was very successful. They completely blocked Xu Qi's action!" The commentator from Madrid seemed quite excited at Calderon Stadium.

This old commentator is already a loyal Atletico Madrid who has been playing for more than fifty years.

Before the game, he said that he had watched the ball for so many years, but had never seen a player like Xu Qi who made him feel scared.

Even Messi and Ronaldo have never made him feel scared.

Now, he was almost trembling in his commentary on the game, and he was also afraid that Xu Qi would do something to turn the situation around in an instant.

But at present, Simeone's team has increased the hardness of defense to the extreme.

Atletico Madrid's defense is unbreakable!

"Godin is the best defender in the world, and Miranda is the second in the world! This is the strongest defense line in the world!" the old commentator said proudly.

Bang!

Xu Qi shot from a long shot outside the penalty area, and Oblak resisted and dragged the ball out of the crossbar!

"Obrac is the best goalkeeper, just like, Atletico Madrid's goalkeeper is always so outstanding. There were de Gea and Courtois, and now we have Oblack!"

The young Oblak saved Xu Qi's shot, which was indeed very good. After all, he is the goalkeeper with the highest transfer fee in La Liga history.

At Calderon Stadium, cheers were heard one after another.

Atletico Madrid today is different from the Atletico Madrid team Xu Qi was in Valencia. Atletico Madrid is not afraid of any powerful team.

Not to mention Manchester City, Real Madrid has not won Atletico Madrid in many consecutive games in recent seasons.

During Xu Qi's period in Valencia, Atletico Madrid was ridiculed as a gift boy for Real Madrid...

The game continued, Atletico Madrid played a very excellent defense while leading by 1-0, and their counterattack efficiency was also very high.

Manchester City has never seen a team with such a style of play in the Premier League, but there is really no one who can execute tactics to the level of Atletico Madrid.

This is a team with very strong execution.

As we watched, the first half also came to more than ten minutes in the second half.

Manchester City is in a relatively slow pace overall and cannot adapt to Atletico Madrid's fast pace at all.

However, the cooperation between Xu Qi and teammates such as Yaya Toure, David Silva, Nasri and others also began to become familiar with each other.

After getting the ball, the four men began to become more proficient in running and receiving without the ball.

Immediately afterwards, Manchester City's midfield began to show more and more shots and quick passes.

Manchester City has also been continuously passing and possessing more and more balls.

Until, thirty-nine minutes.

After Xu Qi and Yaya Toure completed continuous cooperation, Xu Qi made the ball, and Yaya Toure followed and pushed the straight line to look for Aguero.

After Aguero let the ball pass and entered the penalty area, he got a nearly one-on-one opportunity.

"nice shot!"

Aguero has an opportunity to kill his old master alone.

However, Aguero pushed the ball with his right foot. Although the ball bypassed Oblak, it hit the post and bounced back.

This can be regarded as the first excellent scoring opportunity for Manchester City since the opening game.

After this good opportunity to score, Manchester City gradually found confidence and began to make a fuss about ball possession.

Technical players such as Xu Qi also began to play a role at this time, and Atletico Madrid's players are not perpetual motion machines, and their physical fitness is also limited. During the last period of the first half, the situation was finally controlled by Manchester City.

Xu Qi has excellent psychological quality. He controls the ball calmly and passes his teammates continuously and directly resolves the siege of m·Suarez, Gabi, Tulan and others.

Then, before the end of the first half, Xu Qi accelerated and fought against Godin and broke into the penalty area.

Xu Qi's body is indeed strong enough. Even if the Godiner is tall and strong, Xu Qi is not afraid.

When Xu Qi was in La Liga, Godin was still playing for Villarreal, and Xu Qi and Godin also faced each other head-on. Godin's defense was not as good as it is now, but Xu Qi still had an absolute advantage.

After breaking into the penalty area, Godin wanted to use his long legs to break the ball out.

However, while Godin stretched out his feet, Xu Qi pulled the ball backward, causing Godin to fall to the ground alone.

Then, Miranda rushed over, and Xu Qi threw the ball on his heel like a juggling, and sent the ball to his left.

Aguero once again led Xu Qi's pass, won, shot hard, and close corner!

Bang!

As soon as he came into the Internet, Aguero succeeded in killing his old master!

One to one, the score equalized.

Aguero did not express his celebration, and looked expressionless. Xu Qi was the first to rush over and hold Aguero in his arms.

Then, a group of Manchester City players rushed over and congratulated Aguero.

“Beautiful job!”

"If you scored three goals against Atletico, would you celebrate?" Xu Qi suddenly asked in Aguero's ear.

"Don't, you'd better get in a few more." Aguero shook his head.

Aguero spent much more years at Atletico at Atletico than Xu Qi spent in Donetsk miners.

He also has a deep friendship with Atletico Madrid.

Now, Simeone on the sidelines seemed excited. He shouted loudly to his players. He was a little dissatisfied with Goding's confused move to Xu Qi.

But he was helpless. After all, Xu Qi's personal ability was too strong. If Godin had not played, Xu Qi could have found an opportunity to shoot by himself.

No matter how you look at it, Atletico Madrid's ability to let Xu Qi control the ball calmly in front of their penalty area is a big defeat.

But there is no way. Now Manchester City's ball control ability has improved, and Atletico Madrid's pressing has become less and less restrictive. Next, it's Simeone's turn to have a headache.

But the good news is that there are less than five minutes left before the end of the first half. If this continues, Atletico Madrid can use the halftime break to ease.

Manchester City scored a away goal. In this case, Atletico Madrid must win at home.

This away goal is indeed a bit scary.

Back at halftime, Atletico Madrid re-started.

Now, Manchester City is not in a panic to attack. They are very calm in their half and begin to find ways to stop Atletico Madrid's positional attack.

It has to be admitted that even if Atletico Madrid fights, they are quite routine.

The offensive ability of this team is by no means their shortcomings.

This team is a very aggressive team, but it was covered up a lot by the terrifying attack power of two other super giants in La Liga.

In just three minutes, Griezmann's long shot, Turan's volley, and Mandzukic's header all threatened Manchester City's goal.

It seems that Atletico Madrid is actually very likely to directly give Manchester City a fatal blow and surpass the score again.

Joe Hart and other Manchester City defensive players performed well, and even if Kompany was not there, Mangala and Demikalis' performance was satisfying.

Manchester City withstood Atletico Madrid's final counterattack in the first half.

Finally, the referee blew the whistle to the end of the first half, announced the end of the first half, and entered the halftime break.
Chapter completed!