Chapter 567: Confrontation
The time came to 8:45 p.m., the players on both sides walked into the St. Pauli Stadium under the leadership of the referee Scomina, because the home jerseys of both sides are blue, this time Manchester City once again wore the red and black away jerseys, people who don't know still think that this Champions League is an Italian civil war.
Napoli lineup: 343
Goalkeeper: De Sanctis
Defenders: Aronica, Cannavaro Jr., Campagnaro
Midfielders: Dosena, Gargano, Inle, Maggio
Forwards: Hamsik, Cavani, Ravic
It's still a crazy 343, and compared to the previous game, Napoli's squad has only changed one player, with Dosena replacing Suniga.
Manchester City line-up: 442
Goalkeeper: Joe Hart
Defenders: Kolarov, Kompany, Lescott, Zabaleta
Midfielders: Barry, Yaya Toure, Li Feng
Forwards: Adam Johnson, Dzeko, Minaar
Compared to Napoli, Manchester City rotated a lot, Boateng was unwell after the game with Newcastle United, so Van Basten chose Lescott for this game, in midfield, Barry rotated De Jong, and up front, Silva and Sergio Aguero were on the bench.
It's not that Van Basten looks down on Napoli, it's really that Manchester City has a problem with fitness, especially Aguero, the Argentine is not a pervert like Li Feng, and he doesn't need to adapt at all, Aguero's form has declined significantly in recent games, coupled with the toss of the previous international break, Van Basten finally decided to let Aguero sit on the bench.
And even with this lineup, Manchester City will not be worse than Napoli, Adam Johnson and Minal are quite strong, and Napoli doesn't care about Manchester City's lineup.
The first kick-off was Manchester City, who were away from home, and after passing with two feet, the ball came to Li Feng's feet without accident, and after watching Dzeko rush into the hinterland of Napoli, Li Feng rushed directly out with a long pass.
It was clear that it was a premeditated pass, and at the moment of Li Feng's pass, Dzeko immediately turned back, and then grabbed the advantageous position, resisting the header of Cannavaro Jr., and Adam Johnson lifted his foot to unload.
Standing in front of Adam Johnson is the Argentine defender Campagnaro, the Manchester City winger did not stop at all, a push with his left foot, and then an acceleration, Adam Johnson has a good idea and wants to rely on his good explosiveness to wade through Campagnaro,
In fact, Adam Johnson did the same, but after Adam Johnson walked past Campagnaro, a blue figure came out and cut off the ball.
No. 11 Maggio, the switch between attack and defense, after the break, Maggio immediately passed back, De Sanctis kicked the ball into the heart of Manchester City, Cavani pressed Barry, and the ball was headed to Hamsik.
The latter made an instant decision and sent the ball into the Manchester City penalty area with a diagonal pass, and Ravic came out from the left, but there were people in Manchester City who were faster than Ravitch, and Zabaleta, who is also a fellow Argentine, grabbed ahead of Ravitch, made a sliding tackle on the ground, and gave the ball to Joe Hart's feet.
The offense and defense changed hands again, Joe Hart also kicked the ball with a big kick, Li Feng rose to the ground under the attack of two players, and a header was knocked back, and Yaya Toure stepped forward to respond.
Dosena crossed to intercept, Yaya Toure saw this and immediately passed the ball to Li Feng, who landed on the ground, Li Feng was still in the middle of the two, but Li Feng did not let the ball stay at his feet, knocked his heel, and gave the ball to Minal.
The latter was immediately intercepted by Aronica, but by this time, Zabaleta had already rushed up, and after two, Minar passed the ball, and Zabaleta rushed into the box.
Gargano chased back even if he arrived, the passing route was blocked, Zabaleta chose to pass back, Yaya Toure appeared outside the penalty area, received Zabaleta's pass and shot directly from a distance.
"De Sanctis ~~~ corner kick ~~ Manchester City corner kick, super fast-paced offensive and defensive conversion, the game has only been more than a minute into the game, but the two teams have already switched offense and defense twice, this game is too worth looking forward to."
Just when the commentator was still sighing, Manchester City had already taken a corner, Yaya Toure came out of the crowd and blasted the ball towards the Napoli goal, but unfortunately the angle was too correct and was directly confiscated by De Sanctis.
Napoli attacked, but the ball was cut off by Manchester City after the half-time, and Inler's pass was too obvious and Barry intercepted from the middle.
The attack returned to the feet of Manchester City again, Barry sent it forward, Li Feng sent it forward, Adam Johnson stepped through Campaggnaro again and then crossed the high ball, Dzeko carried Cannavaro Jr. to complete a header, but the ball did not hit the goal, but flew directly out of the bottom line.
Although it was less than five minutes into the game, Manchester City's strength was on full display, and it was not just a matter of looking at the best team in Europe.
On the sidelines of the Napoli coach's bench, although Manchester City is quite anti-guest-oriented, Mazzari seems to be unmoved and sits firmly on the Diaoyutai.
Napoli manager, but that doesn't mean Napoli fans will be so calm, after Manchester City held the ball again, the Sao Paulo Stadium suddenly burst into boos.
In the seventh minute, City had their fourth shot of the opening kick on goal, Yaya Toure stepped forward to attract fire for Li Feng, who easily came to the outside of the box and then blasted a powerful long-range shot wide.
If the first ten minutes belonged to Manchester City, then the last ten minutes belonged to Napoli, and in the tenth minute, Napoli scored the first goal of the game.
Nasena broke down the flank until he was intercepted by Zabaleta before passing the ball to Hamsik, who collided with Edinson Cavani in the box.
Skipping it, Lescott and Barry, who returned to the defense, finally pushed in front of the big penalty area, Ravitch shot the line of the penalty area, Joe Hart jumped over, but did not touch the ball, because the ball rolled directly against the post and rolled out of the bottom line.
Manchester City attacked, Li Feng passed the ball to Adam Johnson, who wanted to repeat the old trick, but unfortunately Campagnaro was already prepared, slightly blocked Adam Johnson, Maggio came out from behind, blocked the ball, and Napoli counterattacked.
Maggio passed the ball to Inle, who played a long ball directly from the backfield, Cavani headed the ball wide, Ravic unloaded the ball and crossed the bottom, Hamsik cut in from behind, completed a leap to the top, and hit Joe Hart.
Napoli's attack was not over, Joe Hart drove the goal kick, Li Feng fought for the header again, and returned to Yaya Toure, but Yaya Toure was caught in front of him and the ball was broken.
Gargano burst into the Manchester City half and was chased back by Li Feng, and at the moment when he was overtaken, Gargano split the side, and Dosena used his speed to shake off Zabaleta's cross.
In front of the penalty area, Ravic stretched out his foot before the City defenders, Joe Hart subconsciously flew to pounce, only to save again, because Ravitch's shot grazed the post again. (To be continued.) )