Just three days after playing the league against Atletico Wigan, Manchester City welcomed the first game of the 2011-2012 Champions League group stage.

Manchester, 15 September 2011.

Thousands of empty alleys.

The whole city is watching this game.

Manchester City face their first opponent in this season's Champions League, Napoli.

With more than an hour to go before the start of the game, there was already a crowd of black people outside the Etihad Stadium in Manchester. They are all Manchester City fans waiting to enter the stadium. Manchester City fans were enthusiastic about the game.

Two police officers stood next to their police cars, watching the crowd of fans move past them. One of them heard a loud noise in the air and looked up at the sky, where a helicopter was circling in mid-air.

It's a helicopter rented by Sky TV, which will focus on Manchester City and Napoli on the first matchday of this season's Champions League group stage.

"......Attention, attention, the Napoli fans are coming. The walkie-talkie rang.

"Roger, receiving. ”

A group of Napoli fans were walking towards an entrance to the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, and the group of fans seemed to have drunk too much and behaved a little arrogantly, and some Napoli fans raised four fingers at the Manchester City fans, meaning that Napoli would kill Manchester City 4-0 in this game.

"Hey, hey, the ****s of Manchester, this game will give you a taste of the power of the Italian hot dog. A drunken fan shouted.

"Neapolitan bastards, go back. ”

"Don't be too arrogant!"

"Yang Fan will help us teach you a lesson!"

Seeing that there was a possibility of a clash between the fans of both sides, security personnel rushed out to separate the two sides and get several obviously drunk Napoli fans into the police car to sober up.

When Manchester City's bus arrived at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, there was a cheer outside the stadium.

Yang Fan opened the windows of the car and made a 'V' gesture to the fans to symbolize victory, which drew a frantic burst of whistles and cheers.

"Yang, teach the Neapolitans a good lesson!"

"Yang, it's up to you!"

"Blue Moon!

The Sky TV reporter gave the camera a close-up of Yang Fan, and the face of the flag star, who was pinned on by Manchester City fans, was a confident smile, and this confidence seemed to spread, blowing away the uneasiness in the hearts of Manchester City fans.

Another figure in the spotlight on Manchester City's buses is Sergio Aguero.

This game is also a very interesting game for Aguero, because he is the son-in-law of the Argentine football king Maradona, and what Maradona means to Napoli, everyone on the earth knows that Diego Maradona is the god of Napoli.

Sergio Aguero and Giannina started around 2007, not long after Sergio Aguero's move to Atletico Madrid, and although he was on the move for a record price, he was far from a first-list star. Maradona was angry when he heard that his daughter was in love...... I want to kill Aguero.

Maradona belongs to the kind of father who dotes on his daughter very much, but is not very rational, it is said that because he did not take good care of his daughter because he was a young man, he especially wanted to make amends. For Maradona, whoever falls in love with his daughter is equivalent to a cabbage that has been raised for 18 years being arched by a pig......

At that time, this relationship was quite sensational, when the Argentine newspaper "Ole" first broke a photo of Aguero and Giannina kissing at the door of the discotheque, and then the relationship between the two was exposed.

At that time, there was also a poll on the website, asking who everyone would support Maradona's daughter to fall in love with, which was also heartbreaking...... At that time, it was Aguero's good friend Messi who was far ahead in the vote, because of the story of fans becoming the son-in-law of the old football king in YY......

In other words, Argentine fans are still relatively simple, if some fans with bad fun vote, Messi and Aguero should be together......

Fortunately, Aguero later played a famous game and was recognized by his father-in-law. At the beginning of 2009, Aguero and Giannina's son Benjamin was born, and the young man is cute and cute, and he is very popular with the football king. At this time, Aguero was 20 years old and Giannina was 19 years old.

The Neapolitans have more than once dreamed of Aguero coming to play in Naples, and they believe that the son-in-law of the football king came to play in Naples, which is the perfect successor and inheritance.

Moreover, I am afraid that Aguero did not expect that after his transfer to Manchester City, the opponent in the first game of the Champions League was Napoli. That's a coincidence.

Manchester's Etihad Stadium was packed.

When the Manchester City players played, the whole stadium ushered in a small **, and in the stands, a huge No. 10 jersey belonging to Yang Fan swayed in the night breeze. Catch someone’s eye.

The big screen in the stadium has already shown the starting lineups of both sides for this match.

Manchester City starting line-up (4-4-2): 1-Joe Hart/5-Zabaleta, 28-Colo Toure, 4-Kompany, 22-Klich/34-De Jong, 19-Nasri, 42-Yaya Toure, 21-David Silva/16-Aguero, 10-Yang Fan;

Napoli line-up (3-4-3): 1 De Sanctis - / 6 - Aronica, 14 - Campagnaro, 28 - Paolo Cannavaro, 23 - Gargano, 18 - Zuniga, 88 - Inler, 11 - Maggio / 17 - Hamsik, 22 - Ravic / 7 - Cavani;

The result of the coin guess was that Napoli got the serve.

After decades or even hundreds of years of precipitation, each team will form its own fixed style and style of play through the use of various techniques and tactics and the accumulation of games. In Serie A alone, Juventus are looking for stability, Milan are looking for control, Roma are looking for passion, and Udinese is fighting back to the end. As for Napoli, they have maintained a consistent strategy of tough defense and efficient counter-attacking since they were promoted to Serie A in 2007. Napoli's counter-attacks are sharp, efficient and tough, and it seems that every counter-attack can pose a threat to the opposition, especially for the traditional powerhouses, this almost brutal style of play is fearful, and its style is quite similar to that of Liverpool under Benitez. Although the formations of the two teams are different, their styles are extremely similar, with simple and lethal attacks and fierce and tenacious defenses. It can be said that this style of play has a very good practical effect when playing against strong teams, but the fly in the ointment is that the ability to attack tough battles is slightly insufficient, so the record is not particularly stable.

There has always been a point of view, that is, the temperament and style of a team are closely related to the local cultural environment. Napolitans are bold, fanatical and bohemian, as has been the case in Napoli in the last three years, and in the Maradona era, and Liverpool is in a similar situation, so there are plenty of football hooligans in both cities. Of course, this is just a digression, but this is precisely the best reflection of the style of both teams, the ruthless characters that no one wants to meet. Ravich, Cavani, Inle, Zuniga and Maggio are all tough guys, like Gerrard, Carragher, Garcia, Kuyt, Alonso, who will never admit defeat.

There are two types of change: one is to actively change, and when the management is not satisfied with the team's long-term results, they will choose to change the head coach to improve the team's results. Each coach has his own set of tactical system, although the formation may be the same as the predecessor, but for the use of some players there are still some differences, just like some emphasize offense, some people like to defend; And for both reasons for the transformation, Naples has both.

Mazzari embraced the 352 tactic, which is also the dominant formation of Napoli in the past two years, when they finished seventh in the league and third in Serie A last season. Although Napoli was all the rage during the Maradona era, their glory days were short-lived, with only four seasons left until this summer, when they were promoted to Serie A again in the summer of 2007. Mazzari led Napoli to such a result, which was already a surprise.

In Mazzari's Napoli 352 formation, Maggio and Zuniga have super attacking ability and can form a good echo with the frontcourt players. In defence, the three-centre-back system moves as a whole, supplemented by a large sweep of the double midfield.

Napoli's attacking soul is Slovakian star Hamsik, who has played for Napoli since their promotion to Serie A. Hamsik's toughness, energy and running aggressiveness make him a perfect fit for Napoli's temperament along with Edinson Cavani and Ravic. As a result, he has been at home in Napoli's 352 defensive counter-attacking formation, and has even scored in double figures for both goals and assists in seasons, where he has grown into a superstar and the future captain of Napoli. Hamsik didn't have a pretty little technique, and he didn't play in a decent way down the right flank. What he needs is some space to sprint, and once he is allowed to sprint, he is extremely threatening.

At the beginning of the game, Napoli launched a very fierce attack on the road, and the fierceness was completely beyond the expectations of the Manchester City players. This also made Manchester City very passive from the start.

Mancini seemed completely unaware of this passive situation. Seeing the team completely suppressed by Napoli on the pitch, he couldn't sit still, walked to the sidelines, and shouted at the players to stop panicking and defend well.

However, the effect of such shouting was minimal, and the level of the manager, as well as the pre-match tactical set-up, Mancini was completely wrong in his pre-match judgment, believing that the attacking power that Manchester City have displayed in their last three games will make Napoli fearful. In this game, Napoli will be more cautious at the beginning, and at this time, Manchester City can take the opportunity to press out and attack, strive to score quickly and break the deadlock on the field.

It's just that I didn't expect that Napoli's tactics were completely different from Mancini's prediction, and they pressed all the lines at the beginning and launched a fierce attack on the Manchester City team's goal, which caught the Manchester City team off guard.

Manchester City's previous four consecutive wins did not make Manchester City's players dizzy, but made their manager Mancini dizzy.

In the face of Napoli's onslaught, Manchester City were not only fully passive, but they also lost sight of the attacking attack that had been praised by fans and the media in the first four rounds.

Under the pressure of Napoli, the defenders are keeping the football away from their own penalty area, and as for the efficiency and routine of counterattacking, they can't see it at all for the time being.

Joe Hart had just shot a long-range shot from Hamsik. Kompany pushed the football out of the penalty area, Zabaleta just stopped the ball, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Ravitch who came up to scramble, and he quickly kicked the football to the front court with a long pass.

"Long pass! It's very much in line with the style of Manchester City in the past!" the commentator quipped. Manchester City's current performance makes them shake their heads, facing Napoli, who have won four consecutive games in the Premier League, and Manchester City, who have scored crazy goals, are too passive, and can even be said to be a little humiliating.

When the football arrived in the front court, Yang Fan **** stopped the ball, and he used his skills to control the football a little. Manchester City were suppressed by Napoli from the start, and the game was always at the pace of Napoli's game.

At this time, Manchester City must stabilize and slowly turn the situation back.

Inle comes up to grab the ball.

Yang Fan protected the ball, leaving Inler powerless. Just when he was about to foul, Yang Fan passed the football out, and the target was Aguero, who came up to pick up.

When the team is fully passive, Manchester City can only rely on the individual ability of the stars, as well as the cooperation and support between several stars.

Between Yang Fan and Yaya Toure and Aguero and David Silva, more cooperation must be sought.

After receiving the ball, Sergio Aguero took advantage of the situation and began to dribble the ball along the wing.

Sergio Aguero is quite fast, and Napoli's defender on this side is Maggio, who is also a fast player.

Aguero saw that Yang Fan had penetrated into the front court and was about to pass the ball, but at this time, Maggio had already made up for the defense, and a tackle shoveled the ball out of the sideline.

A Manchester City counter-attack was ended in this way.

Mazzari, who was on the sidelines, smiled when he saw the scene off the pitch. Everything was expected by him, although Manchester City won four consecutive games in the first four rounds of the Premier League, but this will also make Manchester City proud, they will be a little arrogant, and Napoli is going to take advantage of Manchester City's arrogance to try to catch Manchester City off guard.

Mazzari studied the footage of Manchester City's recent games, and also watched the footage of Manchester City's last season, and he found this attribute of Manchester City, this team is a little stronger than ever, but, after all, it is a team that piles up money, if you can catch them off guard, there is still some effect.

He asked Napoli to put pressure on Manchester City from the start, just to create a sense of passivity and pressure on Manchester City, so that the team would panic, and now it seems that it is true.

If the initial pressure was the first step in Mazzal's tactics, the second step was to cut off the link between the rest of the City players and Yang Fan.

The situation on the field is good, Mazzarri is quite satisfied, but the only headache for Mazzali is that Napoli has been besieging for nearly fifteen minutes and has not scored.

In the face of Napoli's onslaught, De Jong was the most noteworthy performance among Manchester City's defenders. He was originally focused on defense, and in the face of a passive situation, he did not panic. This is also the most important reason why Napoli have not scored for the time being.

Another attack of Napoli, Maggio finally got rid of De Jong's defense, but he didn't even dare to take a single step, De Jong's defensive experience is very sophisticated, Joe Maggio knows that as long as he is half a beat slow, he may be re-entangled by De Jong.

After getting rid of De Jong, Jomago looked ahead and sent a through ball.

Ravitch received the football, did not stop the ball, and directly knocked the football sideways.

Edinson Cavani catches the ball.

Pull the ball, turn around, lean on Kompany, who came up to defend him, Cavani knew that Kompany was marking Hamshik just now, and now Kompany has come to defend himself, which means...... Hamshik there, empty!

Without the slightest hesitation, Cavani immediately passed the ball out.

"Hamshik! he's unguarded!" Lineker jumped!

Hamshik was already bent his bow and arrow, and he faced the rolling soccer ball and volleyed directly!

The shot was powerful and fast, and City's goalkeeper Joe Hart fell to the ground to save the ball, but still couldn't touch the football, which had already swept past him and flew into the net behind him before he was completely on the ground.

“goooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaal！”

"It's - Hamsik! He's scored!"

"A beautiful kick of the world wave!"

"Napoli have finally turned their advantage into goals! 1-0! They are ahead of Manchester City away!"

The Etihad Stadium in Manchester, which had been noisy just now, fell silent at this moment, followed by loud boos.

Amid the boos, Hamshik yelled in celebration of the goal. His passionate celebration also ignited the enthusiasm of the Napoli fans.

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