The city stadium was full, and Manchester City fans filled the stands.

This is the first time Manchester City has participated in the Champions League in recent decades. The last time they watched the Champions League event at home, not many fans, and most of them are already old.

The club organized an event before the game to find witnesses of the last home match of the Champions League. The youngest was a middle-aged man in his fifties. It is said that he was a child at that time and was taken to the Maine Road Stadium by his parents.

Participating in a Champions League game at home is also the long-cherished wish of countless Manchester City fans over the years.

So tonight, when they came to the city stadium, each of them was very excited and very excited.

They firmly believe that Gao Han’s team will not let them down.

Here tonight, Manchester City will usher in an annals of victory!

Manchester City has put all their strength into this game. Many people thought Gao Han would change to play as a four-back in the Champions League, but in fact Gao Han did not adjust and still insisted on the three, four, and three formations.

The goalkeeper is Cech, the defense is Kompany, Xavi Martinez and Mascherano, the midfield is Xavi Alonso, David Silva and Modric are in the center, Kaka breaks in front, and the front trident is Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema and Sanchez.

This is Manchester City's main lineup in the past two seasons, and it is also the strongest attacking formation that the team can currently rank.

Especially Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been in full swing this season and is in very good shape.

Real Madrid is away from home and has a little behind Manchester City. In addition, Mourinho himself is best at defensive counterattack, so they lined up a four-three-one-two formation with three midfielders.

The goalkeeper is Real Madrid's captain Casillas, with Kolarov, Bruno Alves, Albiol and Aveloa from left to right. The three players behind the midfield are Sneider, Gago and Las Diyala, Ozil broke through, Diego Costa and Higuain formed a double striker.

This is also the strongest lineup that Mourinho has been able to line up so far this season, and the midfield will be Real Madrid's weakness, especially the midfield position.

Real Madrid originally considered introducing Arsenal's Fabregas or Gerrard during the transfer this summer to replace Sneider. The Dutch midfielder had once entered the transfer market, but later, with the outstanding performance in the World Cup and the introduction of Fabregas and Gerrard failed, Real Madrid left Sneider behind.

Mid-back Gago was not originally the main player of Real Madrid. Local international Drarede is the core of the midfield who everyone has high expectations. However, last season, Drarede was detected to have a heart problem and had to retire early, resulting in Gago being supported to take the lead, and his performance has always been mixed.

However, Mourinho was obviously mentally prepared for this.

After the game started, Real Madrid's entire formation was kept very tight, with three lines very compact, and at the same time retreating to the front of the penalty area, posing in a very low posture, obviously trying to fight a defensive counterattack.

On the other hand, Manchester City took the initiative to attack after the opening game.

Just one minute into the game, David Silva made a diagonal pass from the penalty area on the left. Benzema failed to grab the ball under the left and right attacks of Bruno Alves and Albiol, which resulted in David Silva's pass being easily obtained by Casillas.

Four minutes later, Kaka dribbled the ball in the middle and broke through to the front of the penalty area, and was closely guarded by Ras Diarra. After falling to the ground, the referee did not whistle and signaled the game to continue, but the ball was still at Manchester City's feet. Cristiano Ronaldo's long shot from 25 meters failed to suppress the ball and was too high.

Two consecutive attacks failed to work, Xavi Alonso and Modric began to stabilize the team's rhythm and no longer rush to attack, but patiently passed in the middle and backcourt, looking for opportunities.

Real Madrid seems to be mentally prepared for this and is not in a hurry to grab the ball, but keeps the overall formation compact and tight.

But once the ball reaches the frontcourt and Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Sanchez and Benzema are at least under the feet of Real Madrid, at least two defensive players will be organized immediately, and it is very organized, one close-up presses and the other assists in defense to avoid falling into a single-handed situation when defending.

It is obvious that Mourinho is very clear that one-on-one, Real Madrid has no advantage at all.

It is this very strict defensive formation, which is three layers inside and three layers outside, that although Manchester City holds the ball, it is very hard to play, and it is difficult to really effectively send the ball to the range.

Even if you occasionally get a secret and seize one opportunity, it will be difficult for players to get a good opportunity.

Mourinho's team is as strict as ever and has excellent physical strength and strong confrontation. What's even more troublesome is that there are many small moves, whether it is forward Diego Costa or central defender Bruno Alves.

This made Manchester City manage the ball for ten minutes after two shots at the beginning, and never creates a threat, and there was no other shot, which shows how tight Real Madrid's defense is.

Until the seventeenth minute, Real Madrid finally made a mistake.

Portuguese central defender Bruno Alves failed to pass the clearance ball far. After Xavi Alonso pushed the ball back to the midfield, David Silva crossed behind the defense line. Benzema successfully counterattacked and killed to the left side of the penalty area and received the ball. After passing the ball back to the penalty area from the bottom line.

Cristiano Ronaldo threw away Aveloa's entanglement, entered the penalty area and calmly pushed the ball into Casillas' goal, completely stumbled into carnival.

The referee's whistle sounded, but it was not that the goal was judged to be valid, but that Cristiano Ronaldo was fouled in front.

"This referee's penalty seems to have caused great controversy, and boos sounded in the stands in the city court."

"The captains of both sides came forward to negotiate, and the referee seemed to be signaling Cristiano Ronaldo to have a foul on Aveloa when it was started."

"Let's look at the slow-motion replay of the game, Cristiano Ronaldo starts..."

"Hey, it's here. It seems that when he was breaking away from Aveloya's defense, his hands had contact with Aveloya's body. Aveloya fell to the ground. The referee should have pushed the person to foul when he was punishing the Portuguese to start."

"Let's look at it from another perspective."

"Indeed, the hand did touch Aveloa's shoulder, but it seemed that she just broke free and threw it away without force. Aveloa was somewhat suspected of cheating the referee this time, but the referee seemed to have determined that Cristiano Ronaldo had committed a foul, so the goal was invalid."

"The whole city is very dissatisfied with this."

"But we have to say that the game has just begun and Manchester City needs to calm down now."

"In the professional league, both sides can be said to be doing everything they can to win the game, and this situation is very common."

"Okay, we see the two teams back to the game, and the referee gave Real Madrid a set piece opportunity."

But Cristiano Ronaldo was very dissatisfied with the punishment he received. Three minutes later, he broke into the penalty area from the left and competed for a header with Albior, and was once again fouled by the referee. In anger, he kicked the ball directly into the stands.

This unsatisfactory move also brought him a yellow card.

Gao Han jumped up after watching it on the sidelines.

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"Hey, Cristiano, are you crazy?"

Gao Han asked in confusion on the sidelines.

"Is this fun to run to get a yellow card for no reason?"

The Portuguese knew that they were in the wrong, lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Gao Han, let alone talk.

"Calm down, think with your brain, do you understand?"

Cristiano Ronaldo nodded and signaled that he understood.

Gao Han then turned around and walked back to the coach's seat. After standing still, he heard Sergio Garcia sneer.

"Murinho has also fought hard in this game. It has been more than ten minutes since the start of the game. He has not even shot once, and his possession rate has been reduced to the limit, less than 30%. You say he..."

"He's trying to curb our possession," sighed Brian Kidd.

"If the defensive area is expanded, the physical fitness in the first half will be expected to be strong, but in the second half, he will have to disarm, so he simply does it more extreme, narrowing the defensive area to a 30-meter area, keeping the three lines tight, reducing the players' running range, and once our offense enters, we will immediately adopt high-pressure pressing, so that we cannot create a threat."

This tactical style was considered to be used in La Liga, but later it was said that Chairman Florentino felt that using the three midfielder was too conservative and did not meet the identity of Real Madrid. As a result, he lost 0-5 at the Camp Nou Stadium, resulting in a disastrous away defeat. It has only been taken to deal with Manchester City now.

Gao Han was also very impressed on the sidelines. The most difficult thing in the world is the Iron Barrel Formation, especially the Iron Barrel Formation trained by Mourinho, who is good at defense and tactical discipline. It is simply a nightmare for all teams.

"It's not that there is no chance at all." Gao Han said after pondering for a while.

"Then you can only attack hard." Brian Kidd suggested.

"As the saying goes, one secret, no matter how tight the defense of Real Madrid is, as long as we continue to put pressure on them, they will definitely reveal their flaws, but beware of their counterattack."

Gao Han set his sights on the two forwards, Diego Costa and Higuain. Both players have a great role in counterattacks, especially Diego Costa. If Real Madrid seizes the opportunity to counterattack, with Mourinho's efficiency, Manchester City will be really in danger.

Therefore, Gao Han quickly conveyed his ideas to the court, so that all Manchester City players could clearly know that the head coach asked them to continue to maintain the offensive pressure on Real Madrid, but at the same time, they should be wary of the opponent's counterattack.

With Xavi Alonso, Modric, David Silva, and even Kaka, the benefits of such players on the court are obvious, that is, if anyone has any ideas to convey to them, these players can quickly implement them.

Especially Xavi Alonso and Modric, the two players firmly helped Manchester City control the midfield and the rhythm of the game, sorting out Manchester City's midfield in an orderly manner, organizing and planning waves of offensives.

But Real Madrid is also a solid piece of iron, with a very tight defense. Every player is very focused in the game and runs extremely actively, making Manchester City's offense come back again and again.

Mourinho was like a brick wall built in front of Real Madrid's goal, unbreakable.

Gao Han almost doubted whether the combination of iron walls and steel walls had a reaction on Real Madrid?
Chapter completed!