After the start of the game, Villarreal, who was playing at home, played quite cautiously, but this cannot be blamed on Villarreal, after all, they have too many injuries now, and the ability of the players is not as good as Manchester City.

On the contrary, Manchester City, who wanted to win, played quite openly, so the first shot of the game did not belong to Villarreal, who had the right to kick off, but to Manchester City.

Borja split the ball after being defended by Li Feng, who lost control of the ball under the trap of Frenkie de Jong and Kolarov.

Offensive and defensive transition, the ball came to Li Feng's feet, this game, Marchena appeared in the position of the back midfield, obviously, this is a tactical arrangement for Li Feng, the last meeting, Villarreal's middle was almost completely exploded.

Although Marchena's strength is good, Li Feng will not be timid, controlling the ball, Li Feng directly sticks to it, and then uses his body to forcibly complete the turn.

Marchena is known for his fiery temper, and after Li Feng bullied him so much, he was naturally angry and sent the first foul of the game, perhaps just the beginning, so the referee did not take out the card.

Set-piece, Yaya Toure pushed, Li Feng immediately passed diagonally after getting it, Silva wanted to break through unsuccessfully, helpless to pass back Kolarov, Manchester City fullback broke into the bottom line under Silva's cover and the cross was broken by the Villarreal defender, and won the first corner of the game.

Kompany, the captain led by example, Kolarov's corner, Kolarov's corner, Kompany completed Manchester City's first goal of the game, which seemed to tell the owners of the Love Song Stadium that this game, Manchester City are determined to win.

In the fifth minute, Manchester City's second shot came as scheduled, this time by Balotelli, who was forced to take a shot by Lopes under the cover of two Argentine centre-backs.

In the seventh minute, Villarreal hit the first shot of the game, a long-range lob, De Guzman received the pass and looked up at the Manchester City goal, and found that Joe Hart was standing a little forward.

As a result, the Villarreal midfielder took off directly near the centre circle on the right, and the ball flew over almost the entire half of Manchester City's goal, and fell unmistakably towards the Manchester City goal.

However, just as the ball was about to fly into the goal, a black glove stopped in front of the ball and pushed it upwards to change its trajectory.

From a tactical corner, De Guzman sent the ball to Borja's feet, who was cut off by Li Feng, who returned to the defense, and Manchester City launched a quick counter-attack.

Li Feng made a long pass and found Balotelli, but Villarreal central defender Musacchio was very decisive and chose to foul directly.

This time, the referee did not relent, directly gave the Argentine defender a yellow card, and then the set-piece Li Feng sent the ball directly into the penalty area, and Balotelli made a fierce header, which was held up by Lopes with one hand.

City were awarded the second corner of the game, and this time, they opted for a tactical corner, with Kolarov passing the ball to Silva, who crossed the middle and sent it to Li Feng just outside the penalty line.

Although Marchena was next to Li Feng, the Spanish midfielder couldn't stop Li Feng's heart to score, so he stopped Marchena behind him and picked up his foot to shoot a long shot.

Although Li Feng's shot was full of power, the crosshairs were still a little off, and the ball did not fly into the Villarreal fans in the end, but was directly mounted on the advertising board behind the goal.

The offense couldn't be played, the defense couldn't be stopped, Villarreal began to use foul tactics, and in the next ten minutes, Manchester City players were brought down many times, because the action was not big, and it was not a foul at a critical moment, the referee only warned.

Such a penalty caused dissatisfaction not only among the Manchester City players, but also among the Manchester City fans and the manager, with nearly 4,000 Manchester City fans sending all the boos to the home team players and the referee, and Van Basten began to put pressure on the fourth official.

Don't forget, Balotelli was still on the pitch, and with an attack from Villarreal, Balotelli chased back to the half-court and took Perez down in retaliation.

Although Perez immediately complained to the referee, the referee just didn't see Balotelli's retaliatory foul, and Balotelli was lucky to not escape. ，

It was Villarreal's turn to quit the fans, and the referee became the least persona grata in the game, with fans on both sides booing the Portuguese golden whistle.

As Portugal's No. 1 golden whistle, Proenca's mental quality was quite good and he was not shaken by the boos of the fans.

Although Proenka was not deterred by the boos of the fans, it was not long before the Portuguese Golden Whistle realized that if he didn't draw his cards, the game was likely to go in the direction he least wanted to.

It was only then that Proenka began to pull out a second yellow card of the game to Villarreal midfielder Mubarak, who brought down Zabaleta who had provided the assist.

However, what happened next was a laughable scene, Balotelli, who saw that the referee finally took out his cards, actually ran to Proenca's side to clap his hands.

Well, this kind of behavior was directly perceived as a provocation by Proenka, so a third yellow card appeared immediately, and even when he received it, Balotelli had a smile on his face.

"Oh~~~ This is Balotelli, he can always do something unexpected on the court, I guess no one can guess what Balotelli will do next except God."

Well, after making sure that he got a yellow card, Balotelli was confused, but fortunately, at this time, the Manchester City players reacted quickly and directly pulled Balotelli, who was about to find the referee's theory.

"Mario~~~" Immediately, there was an angry roar from the sidelines, which directly quieted Balotelli, and then under the pitying eyes of the Manchester City players, Balotelli ran to Van Basten step by step.

On the other side, captain Kompany approached the referee, "Mr. ~~~ Mario definitely has no intention of provoking you" This situation must be explained clearly, otherwise the referee is likely to give Balotelli small shoes.

If it is targeted by the referee, then in this game, Manchester City will definitely be sad, on the football field, there are many such examples.

After being reprimanded by Van Basten, Balotelli pulled his head and ran back to his position quickly, and the game resumed.

It has to be said that playing cards is indeed the best way to reduce fouls, and Villarreal's was immediately honest, and the game finally flowed smoothly. (To be continued.) )