Chapter 842 Dream Start

February 19!

Etihad Stadium!

Manchester City, which is already an invincible player in England, will face a Champions League opponent at this stadium, Zenit St. Petersburg!

Before the game, at the press conference, Italian coach Spalletti praised Gao Bo's achievements in the Premier League this season.

"Winning more than 20 games in a row is an amazing achievement, especially in a competitive environment like the Premier League. I think Manchester City this season will be remembered in the history of the Premier League. Against such a team at home, it would be a lie to say there is no pressure, but Zenit also wants to make a breakthrough in the Champions League!" Spalletti said.

The Brazilian National Hulk expressed confidence that it is a rare opportunity to fight against an opponent like Manchester City, and his Hulk will show Manchester City his strength!

This sounds like a bit of self-promotion.

However, the Hulk Hulk has no shortage of suitors from the five major European leagues. This guy is very strong, looks like a Hulk, and has a very terrifying shooting power.

His feet are very hard, and letting him shoot from anywhere outside the penalty area is a very dangerous option.

Before the game, the Etihad Stadium was full of people.

And when Gao Bo got the starting list of Zenit St. Petersburg, his eyes were also on several major players.

It's actually three players.

Back midfielder Witsel!

Arshavin playing in the attacking midfielder position, and Hulk on the right!

These three players are the key players of Zenit St. Petersburg, and they are also players that Manchester City need to focus on when defending.

Of course, this is only something that Manchester City players need to pay attention to at certain moments, and in fact, the tactics arranged by Manchester City in this game naturally cannot be defensive.

Manchester City will still dominate the attack at home, and the main job of defense is to defend the opponent's counterattack.

In the home and away elimination system, it is not beneficial to play at home first, and Russia's away game is not an easy away game.

Therefore, in order to ensure that the team will advance to the quarter-finals, the first thing to do is to play the home game well first - to obtain an ideal score as much as possible, and to completely extinguish the hope of the opponent's comeback in the second round!

Before the start of the game, Gao Bo asked the team like this!

So, as soon as the game started, Manchester City dominated the attack right away! !

Press it hard, and in one bite, you can tell the momentum of Zenit eating.

Spalletti is a coach from Italy.

Italians are naturally defensive, and so is Spalletti.

Although in Russia, Zenit is actually a dominant attacking team.

But in the Champions League, Spalletti's team broke out from the group stage with simple and efficient defensive counterattacks - in Group G where Zenit is, there are Atlético de Madrid, Porto and Vienna Rapids. An opponent, and able to beat the Portuguese super giant Porto to qualify, the Zenit team, of course, has something in itself.

Therefore, in the face of Manchester City's pressing attack, Spalletti was not surprised, he was even a little bit happy.

What he hopes most is, of course, that Manchester City underestimate the enemy, and then Zenit steals one away!

If it is won on the road, it is the best, even if it is equalized, Zenit will return to his home court and take advantage of the harsh climate in Russia, and may also be able to eliminate the championship favorites and reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League historically!

However, Spalletti just sat in the seat for two minutes before he had to get up and stand on the sidelines, looking anxious!

The pace of the game is going very fast!

In these two minutes, Manchester City has shot three times, and each time has created a very big threat! !

This of course makes Spalletti unable to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai!

The fourth minute of the game! !

Hulk finally got the ball in the frontcourt, but he was hit by his national teammate Casemiro, and Kolarov grabbed it and took the ball away!

Manchester City immediately launched the fast break!

Kolarov passes the ball to Sanchez!

Hazard pulled out from the penalty area and temporarily completed a swap with Griezmann!

Sanchez crosses and finds Hazard! !

Hazard turned the ball and sent a straight game! !

Griezmann plugs in for offside!

Under the interference of logarithms, Griezmann staggers, and the Russian defender is still very good at using his body!

However, the deft Griezmann stumbled and stabbed the ball to the other side!

The football fell to the feet of David Silva, who was waiting on the right side of the small penalty area!

David Silva shoots directly!

All at once! !

One to zero! ! !

Manchester City took the lead in the fourth minute of the game! !

"David Silva scored!! Fourth minute of the game!! Manchester City scored!!!"

"Beautiful!!! Manchester City has made a fantastic start! Although Zenit St. Petersburg is making waves in Russia, in the Champions League, facing the defending champion Manchester City, the gap between them is too great!"

"Zenit's resistance only lasted for four minutes, and then it was declared disintegrated!!!"

In addition to the commentator from Russia, other commentators have sang the praises of Manchester City's goal.

The cheers in the stands never stopped.

After scoring, David Silva opened his arms and hugged his teammates in the frontcourt.

On the sidelines, Italian coach Spalletti looked grim.

It was a big test for Zenit to fall behind at the beginning.

Taking advantage of Manchester City's celebration time, he called several major players over and asked them to stabilize the situation. The most important thing at this time is that they can't concede any more goals!

However, it backfired! !

The fifth minute of the game! ! !

Sanchez sent a just-right cross from the left!

The football is worn to the back point! ! !

Hazard then pointed the arch and put the ball to the middle! !

Griezmann, who kept up in the middle, took a low shot against the ball!

The football is sent to the near corner of the goal!

Two to zero! !

This could not have been a more fantastic start for Manchester City! !

"Two to zero!!! Griezmann scored!!"

"In just two minutes, Manchester City scored two goals in a row!! Zenit's defense has a big problem!! In this stadium, Zenit seems too flustered!!!"

"The goal from Griezmann, Zenit's man-marking in the penalty area is useless, Hazard's back point is almost unguarded, and the ball is returned to the middle!! And Griezmann followed up and shot , is also completely unmarked, Manchester City's frontcourt attackers move flexibly, making the tall Russian defenders unable to keep up!"

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