The City Stadium was packed, and Manchester City fans filled the stands.

This is City's first Champions League competition in decades, and the last time they watched a Champions League match at home was not many fans, and most of them were already old.

The youngest was a middle-aged man in his fifties, who was said to have been a child who was taken to Maine Road by his parents.

Playing a Champions League match on their home turf has been a long-cherished dream of countless Manchester City fans for years.

So tonight, when they came to the City Stadium, each of them was very excited, very excited.

They are convinced that the Alpine team will not let them down.

Here tonight, Manchester City will have a victory that will go down in history!

Manchester City did their best in this game, and many people thought that Gao Han would change to a back four in the Champions League, but in fact, Gao Han did not adjust and still insisted on the three, four, and three formations.

Goalkeeper is Petr Cech, Vincent Kompany, Xavi Martinez and Mascherano at the back, Xavi Alonso in midfield, David Silva and Luka Modric in the middle, Kaka up front and Cristiano Ronaldo, Karima and Alexis Sanchez up front.

This is City's main squad for the past two seasons and the strongest attacking formation the team has been able to field at the moment.

Cristiano Ronaldo, in particular, has been scoring goals this season and is in very good form.

Real Madrid is playing away from home, and the strength is a little behind Manchester City, and Mourinho himself is best at defending and counter-attacking, so they have a four-three-one-two formation with three backs.

The goalkeeper is Real Madrid's captain Casillas, the back line is Kolarov, Bruno Alves, Albiol and Arbeloa from left to right, and the three laggers in midfield are Sneijder, Gago and Las Diarra, Ozil is up front, and Diego Costa and Higuain form a double striker.

This is also the strongest squad that Mourinho has been able to field so far this season, and the midfield will be Real Madrid's weakness, especially in the midfield position.

Real Madrid originally considered bringing in Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas or Gerrard in the summer transfer this year to replace Sneijder, and the Dutch midfielder was once on the transfer market, but then with the excellent performance in the World Cup, coupled with the unsuccessful introduction of Fabregas and Gerrard, Real Madrid kept Sneijder.

Defender Gago was not the main force of Real Madrid, and the local international De La Reid was the core of the midfield that everyone had high hopes for, but last season De La Reed was diagnosed with heart problems and had to retire early, resulting in Gago being supported to the top position, and his performance has been mixed.

However, Mourinho is clearly also mentally prepared for this.

After the start of the game, Real Madrid's entire formation was very tight, the three lines were very compact, and at the same time retreated to the front of the penalty area, putting on a very low posture, obviously to play defensive counterattack.

On the other hand, Manchester City is in its own home stadium, and it took the initiative to attack after the opening.

Just one minute into the game, David Silva crossed diagonally from the left side of the box, and Benzema couldn't get the ball under the left and right of Bruno Alves and Albiol, resulting in David Silva's pass being easily collected by Casillas.

Four minutes later, Kaka broke through to the edge of the penalty area with the ball in the middle, was closely marked by Las Diarra, and the referee did not blow the whistle after falling to the ground, signaling the game to continue, but the ball was still at the feet of Manchester City, and Cristiano Ronaldo's long-range shot from 25 meters away failed to suppress the ball and went high.

After two successive attacks failed to work, Xavi Alonso and Luka Modric began to stabilize their team's tempo, no longer rushing to attack, but patiently passing through central midfield, looking for opportunities.

Real Madrid also seems to have been mentally prepared for this, and is not in a hurry to grab the ball, but to maintain the overall formation of compact and tight.

But once the ball is in front of the field, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Sanchez and Benzema, Real Madrid will at least immediately organize two defenders to get close, and they are very organized, one close pressing, one to help defend and avoid falling into a solitary situation when defending.

It is clear that Mourinho knows very well that Real Madrid have no advantage at all when it comes to one-on-one.

It was this very tight, three-layered defensive formation that allowed City to play very hard despite possession of the ball, and it was difficult to really effectively get the ball into range.

Even if you miss an opportunity once in a while, it is difficult for a player to get a good chance to get a good foot.

Jose Mourinho's side were as disciplined as ever, with excellent physical strength and, to add to the headache, a lot of small moves, from striker Diego Costa to centre-back Bruno Alves.

This allowed Manchester City to take two shots in the opening period, but in the following ten minutes, although they controlled the ball, they were never able to create a threat, and there was no more shot on goal, which shows how tight Real Madrid's defense is.

It wasn't until the seventeenth minute that Real Madrid finally made a mistake.

Portuguese centre-back Bruno Alves' clearance ball failed to pass far, after Xavi Alonso pushed the ball back into midfield, David Silva picked up behind the defensive line, Benzema successfully countered offside, hit the left side of the penalty area after receiving the ball, and returned to the penalty area in front of the bottom line.

Cristiano Ronaldo shook off Arbeloa's entanglement, smashed into the box and calmly pushed the ball into the Casillas goal, sending the entire city stadium into a complete frenzy.

The referee's whistle blew, but instead of a valid goal, it signaled for a foul on Cristiano Ronaldo.

The referee's decision seemed to have caused a lot of controversy, with boos erupting from the stands at the City Stadium. ”

The captains of both sides stepped forward to negotiate, and the referee seemed to signal Cristiano Ronaldo to have a foul on Arbeloa when he started. ”

"Let's look at the slow-motion replay of the game, Cristiano Ronaldo starts ......"

"Well, here, it seems that when he broke free from Arbeloa's defense, his hand made contact with Arbeloa's body, and Arbeloa fell to the ground, and the referee should have been fouling the Portuguese when he started. ”

"Let's look at it from another angle. ”

"Indeed, the hand did touch Arbeloa's shoulder, but it seemed that it was just breaking free and not using force, and Arbeloa was somewhat suspected of deceiving the referee this time, but the referee seemed to have decided that Cristiano Ronaldo had committed a foul in front, so the goal was invalidated. ”

"The whole city are very unhappy about this. ”

'But we have to say that the game has just started and City need to be calm now. ”

"It's very common in the professional league where both sides go to great lengths to win the game. ”

'Well, we saw the two teams get back into play and the referee gave Real Madrid a set-piece chance. ”

However, Cristiano Ronaldo was unhappy with his penalty, and three minutes later, when he entered the box from the left side and competed with Albiol for a header, the referee whistled for a foul again, and in a fit of rage, he kicked the ball straight into the stands.

This uncool move also brought him a yellow card.

Gao Han also jumped up directly after watching it from the sidelines.

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"Hey, Cristiano, are you crazy?"

Gao Han asked very puzzled on the sidelines.

"Running to get a yellow card for no reason, is it fun?"

The Portuguese knew that they were in the wrong, and lowered their heads, not daring to look at Gao Han, let alone talk back.

"Calm down, think with your head, understand?"

Cristiano Ronaldo nodded, signaling that he understood.

Gao Han then turned around and walked back to the coach's seat, and after standing still, he heard Sergio Garcia sneering.

"Mourinho also fought hard in this game, it has been more than ten minutes since the opening, there has not even been a shot on goal, and the possession rate has been reduced to the limit, less than 30 percent, you say he ......"

'He's trying to curb our possession. Brian Kidd sighed.

"If you expand the defensive area, you can still hold up in the first half, but in the second half you have to disarm, so he just went to the extreme, narrowed the defensive area to 30 meters, kept the three lines compact, reduced the range of the players, and once our attack came in, immediately used high pressure pressing, so that we could not create a threat. ”

This set of tactics was considered in La Liga, but it is said that the chairman Florentino felt that the use of three midfielders was too conservative and did not fit the identity of Real Madrid, and as a result, he lost 0-5 at the Camp Nou, resulting in a heavy defeat away from home, and only now has it used to deal with Manchester City.

Gao Han is also a big man on the sidelines, and the most difficult thing in the world to crack is the iron bucket formation, especially for the iron bucket formation trained by Mourinho, who is good at defense and tactical discipline, it is simply a nightmare for all teams.

"It's not completely out of the question. Gao Han pondered for a while and said.

"Then you can only attack. Brian Kidd suggested.

"As the saying goes, no matter how tight Real Madrid's defense is, as long as we continue to put pressure on them, they will definitely show their flaws, but we have to watch out for their counter-attacks. ”

Gao Han set his sights on Diego Costa and Higuain, two strikers, both of whom have a considerable role in counter-attacking, especially Diego Costa, if Real Madrid seize the opportunity to counterattack, with Mourinho's efficiency, then Manchester City will be really dangerous.

Therefore, Gao Han quickly spread his thoughts to the pitch, making it clear to all Manchester City players that the manager wants them to continue to maintain the attacking pressure on Real Madrid, but at the same time beware of the opponent's counter-attack.

With Xavi Alonso, Luka Modric and David Silva, and even Kaka, the benefits of having players like them on the pitch are obvious, and that is that if there is anything that goes into the cold, convey it to them, these players can quickly put it into practice.

Xavi Alonso and Luka Modric, in particular, were two players who firmly helped City control the midfield and the tempo of the game, organising and orchestrating a wave of attacks.

But Real Madrid are also monolithic, defending very tightly, every player is very focused in the game, running extremely aggressively, allowing City's attacks to come to naught time and time again.

Mourinho is as if he has built an impregnable wall in front of Real Madrid's goal.

made Gao Han almost wonder, is it the combination card effect of the iron wall and steel wall that has reacted on Real Madrid's body?

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