Marseille manager Eliebaup is already an old man who is almost 60 years old, he is a veteran of French football, he once led Bordeaux to win the league title, but his career has not been smooth in recent years, and Marseille's choice of him as manager after Deschamps is still a more questionable decision.

Fortunately, Marseille is not ashamed under his leadership, and this season they have reached the Champions League from the qualifying round.

Bao Pu doesn't speak English, Wen Sheng has good French, the two met in front of the camera, Wen Sheng greeted Bao Pu in French, which also caused Bao Pu to be surprised.

"You speak French very well! Wen! ”

"I'm going to go to France in the future!" Wen Sheng joked.

Bao Pu also smiled happily, obviously Wensheng is unlikely to go to France to mix, hey, it seems that it is not certain, at least Paris Saint-Germain still has hope to invite Wensheng.

The exchange between the two was brief, and both sides quickly returned to their respective positions.

As the Champions League march plays, Kompany and Marseille captain Mandanda lead their team-mates onto the pitch.

Marseille's home stadium, the Stade Velodrome, can accommodate more than six fans, and they chanted the team anthem under the guidance of the live host in an attempt to put pressure on the Manchester City side.

Of course, this is useless, Manchester City has seen a lot of devils at home, not to mention the teams in the Premier League, they have been to the Bernabeu, Allianz, West and other football temples in Europe, and those places are not at all worse than here.

And today's weather is quite good, giving people a feeling of relaxation.

Manchester City's starting XI is 4231, Navas in the goalkeeper position, Milner, Savic, Kompany, and Hills in the backline, Casemiro and Kroos in the midfield, attacking midfielders Silva, De Bruyne, Nasri, and Dzeko in the forward.

The choice of central defender Wen Sheng still chose a more stable combination, using Savage and Kompany, after all, the two have worked together for several seasons, and Albiol is more experienced than Savic and slightly stronger, but he and Kompany have only begun to have partners this season, Wen Sheng is a little worried about their tacit understanding, Kompany is a person with strong defensive aggression, and if he does not wipe his ass in time, he may leave trouble, which requires his teammates around him to understand his habits.

On the Marseille side, there is also a 4231 formation, goalkeeper Mandanda, defenders Nkouru, Morel, Mendes, Vanney, midfielders Imbula, Roma'o, attacking midfielders Payet, Balbuena, Andreayo, and striker Gignac.

The match was the first meeting between Manchester City and Marseille in the Champions League and the first meeting between the two teams in history.

Wensheng's team has studied Marseille's tactics, and it is obvious that Marseille is a more offensive team in the league, but this is not particularly significant for Wensheng, and it is difficult to say that Marseille will remain unchanged in the Champions League.

Wen Sheng is confident that Manchester City's fierce defensive ability is a point that Marseille has to scruple about, you say that your offensive ability is good, but in case you can't beat Manchester City's defense, you just wait to be broken by Manchester City's attack!

Six games in the group stage, no matter how strong or weak each game will be to try to get points, Marseille is weaker than Manchester City, and their most likely expectation is that it is good to get a point on Manchester City.

But who can say for sure whether Marseille is crazy or not.

Wen Sheng simply made two sets of plans, of course, the most important thing for Manchester City is to play the football he wants, Wen Sheng will not pursue a big score in this game, what he wants is control!

In the past, when he was coaching Crystal Palace, Wen Sheng would occasionally rush to a high position, that was because Crystal Palace had a bad reputation, it was not a wolf, and it was easy to take advantage of other people's loopholes, but now the situation of Manchester City is obviously different, Manchester City is a wolf, the draw is out, the group knows that the wolf is coming, everyone is guarding against you, it is really not easy to take something by surprise.

The referee from Portugal, Ben Clensa, blew the whistle for the start of the match, and the fans cheered.

Popp is really a bit of a cow, Manchester City took the lead, Marseille immediately offered a high pressing strategy, their fighting attitude is very positive, a little conservative, and Manchester City is not nervous under the pressure of the opponent, the flow of the backfield is still presentable, but there is still a lack of accuracy in handling the ball, especially Navas, his long pass is a little inaccurate.

"Marseille started with a very positive press!" Joon was a bit surprised, he was more convinced that Marseille would also tend to be conservative at home, after all, Manchester City are a behemoth for them.

"They're a good strategy!" Mr. Li likes to watch the excitement, and Marseille's approach is likely to speed up the pace of the game, and it will be more fun for everyone to attack the past.

"Now we have to look at the performance of Kroos, who is worth £35 million! He was more of a midfielder at Bayern Munich, and at Manchester City, he was able to fill the void for Toure! ”

"Toure is more face-to-face than him, last season Toure was a very good boy at the back and controlled the ball, Kroos was a little worse defensively!"

Before Old Man Li finished speaking, Kroos gave the opponent a set-piece in front.

"Look, he didn't stand in this defensive position, and his defensive movements were not standardized! Actually, there was no need for this foul to happen! ”

In the fourth minute, Kroos sent a foul at the back, Marseille were awarded a set-piece in front, and Mendes got on the ball to complete the attack, but the threat was almost non-existent.

Wen Sheng stood on the sidelines without saying a word, Marseille's high pressing at the beginning made Manchester City a little deflated, but he was not in a hurry, he still trusted him very much in defense, as long as Kroos slowly found his form, the problem would be solved.

The players on Manchester City's side control the ball is not smooth, and they are not forced, Marseille's side is a little pressed by Manchester City's kicking, but Marseille really doesn't have many ways to attack, the wings try to break through, but it is always difficult to use personal ability to create killing, the routine is basically dead, and Gignac is difficult to do his job in Marseille with the ball, Kompany sees him firmly.

"Marseille is missing variation in this attack! It's hard to get the ball into the box! This Gignac is not doing well! Old man Li commented.

"I couldn't break in the middle, there were too many mistakes in crosses from the wing, but fortunately they retreated very quickly, otherwise it would be difficult for Manchester City to seize the opportunity! Manchester City dominate the Premier League not just in attack! Brother Jun commented with a smile.

"And defense!" Old man Li picked it up.

As he spoke, Marseille gave City a chance to counter-attack.

In the 8th minute, Marseille made a mistake in the front cross, after Kompany cleared the ball, Casemiro grabbed two points successfully, passed the ball to Kroos in the case of losing his balance, Kroos turned around with a beautiful stop, got rid of it on the spot, and then diagonally squeezed De Bruyne's right side, De Bruyne caught up with the ball and ate Ruud van Nistelro, but De Bruyne's pass later was a little problematic, he took Dzeko as Aguero, a diagonal pass, although he avoided the Marseille central defender, but Dzeko's speed was not fast, and he couldn't stab the ball before Mandanda attacked, and in the end nothing was formed even once.