Chapter 943: For the First Time in Forty Years
While the players from both sides were still making final preparations in their dressing rooms, the City fans in the stands were singing and warming up for the game.
Benitez was right, to say that the inexperienced should be Manchester City fans.
For this first Champions League group game, Manchester City fans are the most important.
In their eyes, this is very memorable.
So each of them showed up in the stands with a sense of being in the spectacle, and the frenzy of the Manchester City fans was magnified tenfold in this game.
But it's also good, it creates a very frenetic home atmosphere for this game.
But for some, this isn't necessarily a good thing.
In the press gallery, some journalists from Germany shook their heads when they saw the scene.
"In the first Champions League game, there was such a frenzied home atmosphere, although it will bring some pressure to Bayern Munich, but more pressure is on Manchester City......
"That's right, with the experience of the Bayern Munich players, they are used to facing such fanatical fans away from home. But if City themselves don't look good, such a frenzy will instead become a burden that crushes them......"
"For a Manchester City player who is playing in the Champions League group stage for the first time, such a frenetic home atmosphere is really not good......
The German journalists were talking.
The atmosphere at home continued to heat up, and reached its first climax when the list of players from both sides was broadcast on the live broadcast.
When the names of the Bayern Munich players were played, the Manchester City fans were a little quieter.
When the names of the Manchester City players began to be read out, the cheers from the crowd came one after another.
Every Manchester City player received the most enthusiastic welcome here.
Of course, the most popular of them all, the one who gets the most cheers, is Glory.
WHEN RONGGUANG!!'S NAME WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED BY THE LIVE DJ, MORE THAN 40,000 FANS IN THE AUDIENCE COLLECTIVELY CHANTED: "ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ”
The sound was nothing less than a volcanic eruption up close.
In the eyes of Manchester City fans, Glory is the key figure in their Champions League victory, and as long as he plays normally, then Manchester City beat Bayern Munich, it is entirely possible.
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While the fans were building momentum for the game, players from both sides were already in the hallway, waiting to be led out by the referee.
The Manchester City players and the Bayern Munich players were supposed to be enemies, but before the game, the Manchester City captain was greeting some Bayern Munich players with a friendly attitude, and he didn't see what it was like to be a Champions League game at all.
Rongguang and Schweinsteiger, Lahm, and Van Bitten all said hello, and they all seemed very happy to see Rongguang take the initiative to greet them.
When he got to Ribery, Glory said to Ribery as usual, "Hi, Frank. ”
Ribery looked at Rong Guang and smiled a little reluctantly: "Okay, Rong." ”
"Come on, Frank." After saying hello, Glory said one more word.
He patted Ribery on the shoulder and left.
At the same time, Glory noticed a gaze, and he turned his head to follow it, and found Robben.
The Dutch 'Peter Pan' was greeting Sneijder, but when he spoke to Sneijder, his eyes were not looking at his former team-mate, but at himself.
After discovering that Rongguang looked over, he did not look away, but chose to continue to look at Rongguang.
Rongguang noticed that he was looking at him, smiled at him and nodded, which was considered hello, and then walked back to his place.
Soon Sneijder also said goodbye to Robben and returned to his team.
Robben turned his gaze back to Glory, and he was deeply impressed by the smile of Glory just now.
He could see that it was not an arrogant smile, nor a provocative smile, it was an ordinary smile.
It looks harmless to humans and animals.
Don't look at Glory has been famous for a long time, but Robben has never played against Glory, and when he was at Chelsea, he never met Glory in the Champions League.
Neither on or off the field, Robben has never touched glory.
In fact, it was only after he came to Bayern Munich that he heard the name of Glory so densely for the first time.
Because at Bayern Munich, there is always talk of glory. Especially the fans of Bayern Munich and the media in Munich, for example, in the case of Ribery, he has heard the name of glory countless times.
These people say that glory is super powerful, Bayern Munich with glory and without glory are completely two grade teams......
It also made Robben curious, and he really couldn't wait to be honored on the court for a while and see how good he really was.
Is it as powerful as the legend says, or is it in vain?
Is it true that such a mild-mannered person is so powerful?
How much of what the media says is an artistic exaggeration?
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When the referee team came out, finally the players from both sides were able to play.
The Champions League theme song "Champions League" was also played at the scene.
This music was first released after the 1992 Champions League restructuring, so this is the first time that Manchester City's home stadium has played the Champions League theme song!
When many Manchester City fans heard this music, they couldn't help but burst into tears - they couldn't even think about this day! I didn't expect it to become a reality!
In the midst of the tearful crowd, Kieren Reiswell frowned, his expression not very happy.
He doesn't care what it is the first official Champions League game in forty years...... If Manchester City just went home to play six group games in the Champions League...... That's too sorry for a player like Rong, right?
He thinks City should have more to do in the Champions League, but that idea looks hard to come true right now.
It's bad luck to be in a group with teams like Bayern Munich and Real Madrid......
It's been half a month since he returned to his home in Manchester from Esces.
In the past half a month, he has lived a very chaotic life.
After training for so long in the professional team, he has become accustomed to the daily training life.
He has always been aiming to be a professional footballer.
Now he didn't have to train all of a sudden, and after telling him that he wasn't fit to be a professional player, he fell into confusion.
I can't find my purpose in life.
After so many days of being idle at home, he only came out today to watch Manchester City's home game against Bayern Munich, along with his dad Kieren.
Old Reswell was worried that his son would be suffocated at home, so he simply took this opportunity to let him come out for a break.
Kieren Reiswell was surrounded by his father, and at this moment, like everyone else around him, burst into tears as soon as the music started.
Kieren Lacewell pouted.
He then turned his worried gaze to the players on both sides who had already played, and finally he landed on Robben.
Before the game, the media had already said that this is Bayern Munich's best player right now, and the biggest threat to Manchester City.
Killen still knows a lot about Robben's strength, and he knows that what the media says is true.
It wasn't an easy game for Manchester City.
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Maybe Manchester City fans are particularly excited about this appearance ceremony, but Rongguang didn't think it was a big deal, he didn't take this ceremony seriously at all, the Champions League, he had participated in four consecutive seasons before the injury, in these four seasons, except for the season when he was injured and only played six group games, the other three seasons, Rongguang was the top scorer and best striker in the Champions League.
So for him, the Champions League has long lost the mystery of his initial participation.
Manchester City's current captain is Dutch defender Van Bommel.
He moved to Bayern Munich after Ballack left the team.
When he was in Barcelona, he had gradually lost his position, but he didn't expect that after coming to Bayern Munich, he not only played the main team, but also became the captain.
After shaking hands, exchanging flags and picking edges, Glory returned to his team, losing the pick but getting the kick-off.
In his mind, this is much more important than picking sides.
Players from both sides then took their positions and the game was about to begin.
The Manchester City Stadium, which had always been noisy, suddenly fell silent, and this silence suddenly came, and it was a little uncomfortable......
Everyone held their breath and waited for the referee's whistle to blow.
For Manchester City fans, every detail of the first Champions League game in 40 years is imbued with a religious ritual-like sacredness......
But when Rongguang stepped on the football, his eyes were calm.
The TV broadcast gave him a close-up at this time, wanting to see if the glorious expression of facing the old master again would be more colorful.
Let them down.
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In this silence, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game.
Glory gently rubbed the soccer ball under his feet forward, and then he ran diagonally to the right, where he knew best.
Robinho followed the ball he kicked and passed it back, and after that, he also ran diagonally to the left wing.
Berbatov, who was guarding the center circle, did not receive the ball, but rushed straight to the middle.
The football fell to Sneijder.
Sneijder continued to pass the ball back.
And so the game begins!
"Audience friends! Audience friends! In the 2009-2010 UEFA Champions League group stage, the first group stage of Group A officially kicked off! Manchester City is at home to Bayern Munich, because of the relationship between Glory and Bayern Munich, this game has attracted much attention! ”
The Manchester City Stadium, which had been quiet before, erupted in loud cheers, and the flashing lights flashed, turning the stands almost into a brilliant galaxy.
Manchester City fans began to cheer loudly for their team.
In the cheers, Kieren Reisvel still pursed his lips, he was not too optimistic that Manchester City could win this game, and he felt that a home draw with Bayern Munich would already be a victory......
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