Then, fans began to look forward to the upcoming UEFA Cup match.

Espanyol travels to Manchester City.

"Stone is doing well, but the Premier League is the biggest test of his strength."

'Playing Manchester City away is something to show you.

'A small man like him probably doesn't have much advantage in playing with Manchester City. Physical confrontation, speed is a problem, and the Spaniard's overall strength is not as strong as Manchester City. ”

"The strength of European upstart Manchester City this season has increased unabated, and after Mansour became the owner, I feel that the strength has increased a lot. It's a pity that Sun Jihai went to Sheffield United, otherwise you can see the Chinese derby, if Sun Jihai still appears in the right-back position of the Manchester City team, it will be opposite Wu Sanshi. ”

The 30-year-old Sun Jihai did not choose to renew his contract with Manchester City this summer, but went to Sheffield United on a free transfer, and did miss the encounter with Wu Sanshi.

"It's not bad now, Zabaleta is against Wu Sanshi, and the two of them had a good relationship when they were in Spain. But because of this, I'm more worried about Sanshi, Zabaleta knows everything about Wu Sanshi. ”

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The Spaniards arrived in Manchester on Tuesday night.

To Wu Sanshi's surprise, there were also Chinese fans who welcomed him here, and dozens of Chinese fans surrounded him at the door of the hotel.

This surprised his club teammates.

"Hey, I thought he was a superstar, he has fans in the UK. We were abroad before, and no player had ever been surrounded by fans. ”

"I'd love to have a Chinese hukou book."

"Shouldn't I consider becoming a Chinese citizen?" Dani Harker stood not far away and watched, joking.

Now in Spain, their popularity is not as high as Wu Sanshi, I have to say that as a striker, a striker born in a Chinese household register, he is born with too much advantage.

However, Manchester City fans are not interested in Wu Sanshi.

Jiang Han, who came to Spain with the Espanyol team, interviewed a few Manchester City fans. Of course, he first took Sun Jihai out to get closer.

"Hey, do you miss the Chinese Sun?"

"Sun, yes, we miss him, but now that he's gone, I wish he was here."

"And do you know Stone?"

“stone？ I know him, I've seen about him in the Manchester Evening News today, he looks like a good player, but I don't think he can pose any threat to City. I'm not underestimating stone. ”

The fan then gave specific examples, "Who is the best player to play in Spain?" Messi, Messi has not been able to play here, and other small players are even less optimistic. ”

"It's hard for players who aren't in size to succeed in Asia, especially attacking players, and defensive players like Sun are even more popular. So is Park next door. ”

'I'm not worried that we're going to lose because we have a star like Robinho in our squad and we can play a good UEFA Cup.'

Another fan said: "We have Zabaleta, Zabaleta will definitely get Stone, he knows Stone well, Manchester City has a great squad this year, both offensive and defensive hoarding a lot of good players, the club's goal is very clear." ”

'It's time for City to show the world.'

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At noon on Wednesday, Zabaleta followed Mark Hughes to a press conference, and Zabaleta also made a point of mentioning Wu Sanshi.

"I have a good relationship with Stone and I love playing with him. He's the kind of guy who always has a chance to score. ”

"It's going to be a wonderful matchup today."

"I'm going to keep an eye on him, he's been on the top for a while and I think I'm going to frustrate him......"

'He has to know that this is England, not Spain, this is the most intense league in the world, full of brutal confrontations.

Subsequently, Wu Sanshi also responded to Zabaleta at a press conference.

'Pablo is a world-class player and we miss him and wish him all the best and a great season at Manchester City. But forget it for today, haha. I'm not worried about Pablo's defense against me, I know him well. ”

"Maybe he's the one who cries at that time?"

The confident Wu Sanshi will not worry about Zabaleta now, but Zabaleta may have forgotten that Wu Sanshi can not only play on the left, he can also play on the right. He could have swapped places with Callejon.

However, Manchester City's right side is not easy to attack, because there is England international Bridge on the right side, and he is also a very strong guy, which is not easy to deal with, it depends on how Valverde arranges it.

Before the game, Spinach were not optimistic about Espanyol either, and they offered a handicap for this game with Manchester City conceding a goal at home, and it looked like Espanyol would definitely lose.

In terms of over/under, it is 2/2.5 goals, and the attack of both sides is still worth looking forward to.

As for the players who are the most favored to score in this game, they are Robinho, Bellamy and Sturridge.

All three players are from Manchester City.

Wu Sanshi came in fourth.

It can be seen how optimistic Spinach is about Manchester City.

Judging from the starting lineups announced by both sides alone, Manchester City's stars are indeed a lot brighter......

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16:30 p.m., Manchester City Municipal Stadium.

The 55,000-capacity stadium was packed to capacity, and Manchester City fans were looking forward to the new season, especially in the UEFA Cup.

"Good evening, fans, fans,"

"Welcome to CCAV5's live stream of the first round of the UEFA Cup group stage, Manchester City at home to Espanyol."

"This is the first time this season that we have live-streamed a UEFA Cup game for everyone. In the previous qualifiers, we didn't get the broadcast rights, so we couldn't see the Espanyol game. But from today onwards, we will be able to tune in every game. ”

"Wu Sanshi is still starting today, and he may play against his old team-mate Zabaleta, which is a very exciting highlight."

"Of course, I think Mishi might play on the right side, avoiding the familiar Zabaleta, and it's better to play against Bridge than against Zabaleta?"

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Zabaleta waited early outside the dressing room and when he saw the Espanyol players come out, he walked over and hugged his former team-mates one by one, and it seemed that he still had a lot of affection for his former club.

After all, the Spaniards were his first stop on his way to Europe.

When facing Wu Sanshi, Zabaleta put her hand on his arm.

“stone，stone，stone.”

"Don't cry your nose today."

"Give you a taste of what it means to be the best defense in the Premier League."

"You have to be mentally prepared not to cry."

“……”