Chapter 1011: Recognizing Reality
Broke through the glory of Sissoko and went straight to the penalty area.
Leon seemed ill-prepared for Sissoko to let Glory break through so lightly.
They were stunned for a moment before they rushed to glory.
But they overreacted.
All eyes are only glory, but the other Manchester City players are ignored for the time being.
After breaking into the penalty area, Rongguang was not greedy, he was keenly aware of the opportunity in the middle, so he pushed the football to the middle.
What Berbatov had to do was very simple - slow down during the run, question his body position, then turn the ankle of his right foot outward, swing his right leg against the football and sweep it from the outside in!
The ball rolls into the goal just before Lloris pounces on him!
“2:0!! Manchester City were two goals ahead in the 27th minute of the first half! ”
There was another storm in the commentary seat.
"Rong's breakthrough is so beautiful, his movements to shake off Sissoko are so clean and neat that Sissoko has no way at all! After breaking through from this point, Lyon's defense collapsed! The next goal from Dimitar Berbatov was a natural ......"
"Do you know why a lot of players want to be teammates with Rong? Just because playing football with Rong is really easy and enjoyable! All you have to do is run to your position and wait for the goal! After the goal, Berbatov was the first to run to hug Rong, as it should be! Because 90% of the credit for this ball is honored! When Lyon was waiting for the battle and there were no obvious holes in the backline, it was Rong who tore a hole in his personal ability, which caused the collapse of the Lyon defense! ”
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The Stadio Gerrand fell silent again after the glorious goal, this time more than the first to lose a goal.
Obviously, everybody knows what it means to concede two goals before the first half is over.
In other games, being two goals down in the first half basically meant that Lyon lost......
What's more, they are facing Manchester City, who are good at counter-attacking after taking the lead?
This game, many people have already foreseen the end - the ending that is not so pleasing to Lyon fans.
And in the bars in Manchester, the cheers were even louder. Manchester City fans seem to have seen City progress to the quarter-finals.
Who will we face in the quarter-finals?
It doesn't seem like it's a lot of fun to play with Leon......
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Ali Sissoko sat on the ground in a daze, watching the Manchester City players celebrate their goal for the second time.
He never thought that he would be shaken away by him when he met Rongguang...... In front of him, he didn't even have the strength to fight back!
It's not right, it's not right...... Something must be wrong......
I'm a player that AC Milan fancies, I shouldn't be so weak!
Sissoko was puzzled, but unfortunately no one came to answer him...... Lyon's players are as frustrated as scarecrows, frustrated by the reality. In such a situation, who has the heart to comfort Sissoko?
Besides, if Sissoko had been a little more calm and less light in the face of glory, maybe this goal would not have happened. His teammates complained a little about Sissoko, so how could they come to comfort him?
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After City comfortably took a two-goal lead, the game was in full swing for City, attacking when they wanted and slowing down when they wanted.
And what about Lyon?
Although they were at their home stadium, they gave their family a two-goal lead less than half an hour into the game, and they seemed to be blinded all of a sudden, completely losing the desire and fighting spirit to continue playing.
In the game, they appear to be very negative.
Not only them, but the Lyon fans in the stands were also quite silent.
The so-called terrible home atmosphere was also not created.
It's a joke.
Morale is such a wonderful thing, when you have the upper hand, your morale is like a rainbow, it seems that no difficulty can bother you, how you play in the game, luck and opportunity are all on your side.
But when you fall behind, you fall to the bottom in an instant, all the advantages of the past are gone, the exact opposite of when you had the upper hand, no matter how hard you try, the advantage is not on your side, even luck. Opportunities that would normally seem easy to grasp can then become a mess......
The first half was over and City were unable to score again, but everyone knew Lyon was finished.
Sissoko, in particular, was almost the target of Manchester City's attack, and Sissoko's appearance after conceding two goals was like a lost soul.
Not to mention the glory, David Silva has come a few times, and he has been very wolf.
He seems to have lost confidence all of a sudden, and is always prone to overreacting against Manchester City players.
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At the end of the first half, players from both sides walked off the pitch.
Ali Sissoko hung his head, and if there was a crack in the ground at this time, he would not hesitate to get into it and never want to come out again.
He felt that his performance in the first half was nothing short of catastrophic.
If the managers of those European giants saw him like this, I am afraid they would not consider buying themselves at all, right?
The thought of this made Sissoko want to cry.
At this moment, a large hand pressed on his shoulder.
"What's wrong with you, Arlie?" It's Captain Chris.
Sissoko also thought the captain was annoying before the game, and joked that he was too nervous.
But now that he turned his head to see Chris's face, Sissoko's expression was ugly.
"Isn't it that I'm too weak, Captain?"
When Chris heard him say this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted to why Sissoko asked that.
He shook his head, "No, you're not weak, Ali. You're strong, otherwise you wouldn't be our main left-back. But alas, today you ran into a stronger opponent...... There's nothing to be discouraged about, the people in this world who can defend him one-on-one...... Not much. ”
Chris is actually still telling Sissoko that his glory is very strong, but Sissoko has no intention of laughing at the captain now.
On the contrary, he completely and unconditionally agreed with the captain's evaluation of Glory!
That's right, it's definitely not that I'm too weak, but Rong is too strong!!
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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and Lyon's table improved, but Manchester City were still in control, they were smart and did not get carried away because of the huge advantage in the first half, and they still played cautiously in the second half.
Resolutely play defensive counterattacks.
As a result, Lyon basically has no chance.
They didn't dare to press too hard because then City's counter-attack would be a direct threat to their goal.
Lyon only attacked like crazy in the last ten minutes.
However, City's backline was already very solid by then, and they withstood Lyon's onslaught and held a two-goal lead until the end.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the score was fixed at 2:0.
"It's over! Manchester City beat Lyon 2-0 away! It was a result that many people did not expect before the game. Everyone thought that the two sides should be evenly matched in this game, but they didn't expect Manchester City to beat Lyon so easily away from home, which can almost be said to be bloodless! ”
"With a 2-0 win away to Lyon and two away goals, Manchester City could almost have declared them in the quarter-finals!"
"As a team that is playing in the Champions League again after 40 years, Manchester City's 'debut' is very good!"
The Manchester City players rushed onto the pitch and hugged their team-mates on the pitch to celebrate their goal.
Lyon, on the other hand, was stunned, and many of the fans in the stands even left the stadium with their heads down......
As for Ali Sissoko, no one cares at all......
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In his post-match press conference, Pierre was somewhat unconvinced and said that his team did not lose to Manchester City, but to glory.
'What's the difference between us and Manchester City? The only difference is that they have glory and we don't. Yes, it's that simple! ”
Benitez, on the other hand, praised the team's watch, and he did not give any additional praise to Rongguang, he did not even take the initiative to mention Rongguang's name, and he only responded when reporters asked about Rongguang's name.
Reporters asked him what he thought of Pierre's remarks.
Benitez was expressionless: "Football has always been a collective sport, Manchester City can win must be inseparable from every Manchester City player, Rong is naturally a member of Manchester City." I'm happy for the team to win. ”
If you only listen to what Benitez says in the press conference after each game, you will definitely feel that his relationship with Glory is very average.
Because he seldom takes the initiative to praise glory.
This is completely different from when Rongguang played for Bayern Munich, and Magath's praise of Rongguang made the media wonder if Rongguang was his illegitimate child.
However, the relationship between Rongguang and Benitez is indeed very ordinary, limited to a working relationship. Outside of work, there is no communication or interaction between them.
It's not just glory, it's the rest of City's players and Rafael Benitez.
Benitez has no intention of being friends with any Manchester City player, and he didn't come here to find friends. That's why he never shows up in front of the players in his private time. Except for training, no one knows where he is and what he does.
Rafael Benitez's style of conduct has made other City players reluctant to approach him.
Thinking that even Glory doesn't have any special treatment with him, and if he doesn't look good, he will be criticized mercilessly, so why should other people imagine that they will talk and laugh with Benitez?
Manchester City eventually left Lyon with a win and two away goals and returned to Manchester. They can focus on the league for a while, because the league is very competitive......