This is not the first time Manchester City met Lyon in the Champions League, nor is it the first time that Glory met Lyon in the Champions League.

Rongguang participated in the Champions League for the first time when Werder Bremen was at the 2004-2005 season, and in the quarter-finals, Werder Bremen met Lyon.

At that time, Werder Bremen was considered a dark horse because of his performance in the group stage.

At that time, Lyon was already the overlord of the Ligue 1 League. Their long-term participation in the Champions League allowed them to accumulate rich experience in the Champions League, and their performance in the Champions League should not be underestimated.

As a result, Rongguang led Werder Bremen to eliminate the Ligue 1 overlord 3:0 at home, 1:1 away, and a total score of 4:1.

Then in the quarter-finals, Rongguang and Werder Bremen were eliminated by Kakao AC Milan.

That was Rongguang's first experience in the Champions League and the knockout round of the Champions League.

From then on, he began his own path to dominate the Champions League.

Later, after transferring to Manchester City and helping Manchester City return to the Champions League again after 40 years, Manchester City met Lyon again in the quarterfinals.

This time Manchester City beat Lyon 2:0 at home, 1:0 away, and a total score of 3:0.

Glory has never lost to Lyon.

He scored four goals in total after meeting Lyon four times.

Rongguang has great experience in defeating Lyon.

Maybe I don’t have any experience, because he doesn’t deliberately prepare anything against Lyon, the opponent. He treats almost all opponents equally. You are my opponents, so I will defeat you.

Manchester City's first leg was a away challenge to Lyon. For Lyon, if they don't want to be eliminated by Manchester City or by Glory, they will definitely win this game.

Of course they know it's difficult, especially with Manchester City's current state.

When they first met Manchester City in the Champions League, they only had to hold on to one glory.

But now, they not only have to defend glory, but also Ibrahimovic and Kaka.

This really makes their defensive forces a little short of their limits...

But no matter what, they could only bite the bullet and go.

In fact, in the whole of Europe, many teams do not want to meet Manchester City, because encountering it is a headache.

In fact, when Lyon was drawn out to be with Manchester City during the draw ceremony of the Champions League quarterfinals, many managers of other teams were relieved and finally there was no need to meet them in the quarterfinals.

As for what to do next, they haven't thought so much about it.

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In the away game against Lyon, Manchester City sent the strongest lineup, and all the main players, as long as they are not injured or sick, will be on the table.

Lyon attaches great importance to this game, and Manchester City also attaches great importance to this game.

Maybe even pay more attention to Lyon.

Of course, Benitez knows the current situation in Manchester City. The competition is fierce in the league and there are still multiple fronts in the League Cup and the FA Cup.

So in order to reduce the burden a little, the best way is to try to decide the winner in one game in two-round home and away game, kill the suspense, and make the second round of the game directly turn into a "warm-up match".

So in the first leg, even if it was Manchester City's away game, Benitez asked the players to do their best and must win the game.

After the game started, Lyon launched a fierce offensive against Manchester City with his home advantage.

It’s not that they don’t know that Manchester City will play defensive counterattacks, but that they have no other way except to attack like this.

If they don't attack, they will be a dead end for them. Manchester City can completely accept a 0-0 draw away, but Lyon will never accept being tied 0-0 by the opponent at home.

In this case, it is actually easy for Manchester City to fight against Lyon.

So in the 23rd minute, Manchester City once again attacked and threatened Lyon's goal. If Ibrahimovic hadn't shot and slipped out of the goal, Manchester City would have already led the way at that time.

However, Manchester City did not let their supporters wait too long. Just eight minutes after Ibrahimovic missed the shot, Manchester City finally scored a goal in the 31st minute!

The goal was not the trident, but the centre-back Godin. Using a corner kick, he jumped up and threw the football into the goal.

Godin's corner kick broke the game deadlock for Manchester City and also added thrill to the game.

After conceding the ball, Lyon's offense became even more fierce.

The opponent has scored a away goal, and if they don't do anything, it's really over.

But Lyon's crazy attack did not achieve the effect they wanted.

On the contrary, before the end of the first half, Manchester City counterattacked and conceded the ball again.

This time the goal was Glory.

This is also his eighth goal in the Champions League this season.

Currently, it is temporarily ranked first in the Champions League scorer list.

Like in the league scorer list, almost no one feels that this position of glory can be taken away by others.

Messi threatened Rongguang last season, but in the final, Rongguang completed a reversal with a hat trick.

Now Rongguang has long surpassed Raul on the Champions League historical scorer list and has become the number one.

Judging from his age and status, he may keep the record of the Champions League historical scorer list at a very high number during his career, and this record may never be broken...

Including his goal against Lyon, the current Glory is already 84 goals in the Champions League, which is thirteen more than Raul's 71-goal record.

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After Glory scored, Lyon seemed very panicked.

Fortunately, the first half ended not long after, otherwise they might have lost three goals in the first half...

But it's actually similar to probation.

It was just a fifteen-minute delay.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Manchester City's tactical strategy of defensive counterattack did not change, and Lyon, who was two goals behind, had to attack again.

The result is... In the 69th minute, Kaka assisted David Silva in a quick counterattack, and Manchester City took the lead 3:0!

"... This game has completely lost suspense... Manchester City led Lyon 3:0 away. Regardless of the victory or defeat, it is only said that Manchester City has scored three away goals. This alone is enough to make the next game lose suspense..."

The commentators said that there was no suspense in the next game, so Manchester City's offense was much slower than before.

But the slow pace does not mean that Manchester City will not play defensive counterattacks. As long as there is enough room behind Lyon's defense, I believe Manchester City will not be polite.

It slowed down because Lyon didn't dare to attack more heavily. Now he was three goals behind. If he had a large army attacked, how many goals would he have conceded by the end of the game?

Too many goals lost are too exaggerated, and it will be a devastating blow to Lyon's morale.

So Lyon decisively gave up the idea of ​​attacking fiercely.

Lyon is not in a hurry, and Manchester City is not in a hurry.

They began to slowly deal with Lyon.

At the same time, Benitez began to substitution, and he gradually replaced the main player and allowed the substitute to come out.

But the glory did not move.

Even if Kaka, David Silva and Ibrahimovic have all gone down, as long as the glory is not moved, Manchester City can still threaten Lyon by defensive counterattack.

Facts prove this.

Compared to the three who continued, Lyon was actually more afraid of glory.

So glory has always remained on the court, and Lyon never dared to attack with all his might.

Until three minutes after injury time, they suddenly put down all their concerns and launched a fierce attack on Manchester City.

But facing Manchester City's impregnable defense, their counterattack is useless.

In the end, Manchester City defeated Lyon 3-0 away and won the first victory of the two rounds.

At the same time, he scored three goals away.

Such results made the media say after the game that Lyon has been kicked out and Manchester City became the first team to be confirmed to advance to the quarterfinals.

This remark hurts Lyon very much, but in the face of such a reality, Lyon's fans have nothing to say.

They also knew in their hearts that just because of the two teams in such a state, it was really hard to expect Lyon to reverse the away game in the second leg...

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The Champions League ended, and there was no league on the weekend, but a FA Cup game.

Manchester City, who eliminated Liverpool, met a weak opponent this time, Brighton from the English Championship.

To deal with this opponent, you don’t even need to send all the main players.

So Benitez took a rotation in this game, replacing most of the players who participated in the mid-week Champions League.

Despite this, Manchester City, who was half-main and half-substitute, defeated Brighton 6-1 at his home court, and Rongguang completed a hat-trick in this game. After only three games in the FA Cup, Rongguang had six goals. With six goals, he temporarily ranked first in the FA Cup scorer list.

Six days later, when the 26th round of the Premier League starts in full swing, the match between Manchester City and Blackburn will be postponed because on February 24, Manchester City will compete with Cardiff City for the League Cup championship at Wembley Stadium!

In addition, three days after this game, on February 29, Rongguang will appear in the Chinese team's home game against Jordan.

That was the last game of the top 20 in the World Cup Asian Qualifiers.

Rongguang must finish the League Cup final and flew directly to China that night. The 27th **** will arrive in China. Then there is no time to make a time difference and it is impossible to adjust its state. He will directly play in the national team match on the 29th.

After the game, they flew back to Manchester, England to prepare for the league match on March 3rd. Manchester City will host Bolton at home.

It's like a flying man...
Chapter completed!