February 19th!

Etihad Stadium!

Manchester City, who are already invincible in England, will face a Champions League opponent, Zenit St. Petersburg, in this stadium!

In his pre-match press conference, Italy coach Luciano Spalletti praised Gobbo's achievements in the Premier League this season.

"More than 20 consecutive wins, this is an amazing achievement, especially in a competitive environment like the Premier League, I think this season's Manchester City will be remembered in the history of the Premier League, playing against such a team at their home stadium, it is false to say that there is no pressure, but Zenit also wants to make a breakthrough in the Champions League!" Spalletti said.

And Brazil's National Hulk is full of confidence that it is a rare opportunity to be able to play against an opponent like Manchester City, and he Hulk will let Manchester City see his strength!

That sounds like a bit of self-promotion.

However, Hulk Hulk has no shortage of suitors from Europe's top five leagues, this guy who is very strong and really looks like the Hulk, has a very terrifying shooting power.

He's very his feet, and it's a very dangerous option for him to shoot from anywhere outside the box.

Before the start of the game, the Etihad Stadium was buzzing.

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

Actually, it's three players.

Defender Witsel!

Arshavin in the midfield position, and Hulk on the right!

These three players are the key players of Zenit St. Petersburg, and they are also the players that Manchester City needs 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 the defense is to defend the opponent's counter-attack.

In the home-and-away knockout system, it is not advantageous to play at home first, and Russia's away game is not an easy away game, so in order to ensure that the team advances to the quarterfinals, the first thing to do is to play the home team well first - to achieve an ideal score as much as possible and completely extinguish the flame of hope that the opponent will turn the tables in the second leg!

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

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

Pressing on it with a big blow, there is a big bite to talk about the momentum of Zenit eating.

Spalletti is a coach from Italy.

Italians are born to defend, and so is Spalletti.

Despite being in Russia, Zenit is actually a dominant attacking team.

But in the Champions League, Spalletti's team broke out of the group stage with its simple and efficient defensive counterattack - in Group G, where Zenit is located, there are three opponents: Atletico Madrid, Porto, and Rapid Vienna, and can beat the Portuguese Super League giant Porto to qualify, Zenit's team certainly has something in itself.

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

What he hopes for most is naturally Manchester City's underestimated opponent, and then one stolen by Zenit away!

If they win away from home, it would be best, even if they are equalized, Zenit will return to their home stadium and take advantage of Russia's harsh climate, and maybe they will be able to knock out the title favourites and reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League in history!

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

The pace of the game is very fast!

In those two minutes, City have had three shots on goal, and each time they have created a very big threat!!

This, of course, made Spalletti unable to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai platform!

The fourth minute of the game!!

Hulk finally got the ball in the front court, but his national team teammate Casemiro was on top of him, and Kolarov grabbed the ball casually!

Manchester City immediately launched a fast attack!

Kolarov passes the ball to Sanchez!

Eden Hazard pulled out of the box and temporarily completed a swap with Griezmann!

Sanchez crosses and finds Hazard!!

Eden Hazard pulled the ball and turned around and sent a straight kick!!

Antoine Griezmann is plugged in against offside!

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

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

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

David Silva shoots straight at goal!

Overnight!!

1 to 0!!

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

"David Silva scores!! The fourth minute of the game!! Manchester City scored!! ”

"Pretty!! Manchester City got off to a dream start! Although Zenit St. Petersburg is calling for wind and rain in Russia, in the Champions League, facing the defending champion Manchester City, the gap between them in strength is too big! ”

"Zenit's resistance lasted only four minutes before it collapsed!!"

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

The cheers in the stands never stopped.

After the goal, David Silva opened his arms and hugged his teammates in front of him.

On the sidelines, Italian coach Spalletti had a grim face.

Falling behind at the beginning of the game was a big test for Zenit.

He took advantage of Manchester City's celebration to call several key players over and ask them to stabilize the situation, and the most important thing at this time is not to concede any more goals!

However, it backfired!!

The fifth minute of the game!!

Alexis Sanchez sent in a well-placed cross from the left!

The soccer ball was worn to the back point!!

Eden Hazard backs up and down the middle!!

Griezmann, who was following in the middle, met the ball with a low shot!

The ball is sent into the near corner of the goal!

Two to zero!!

It couldn't have been a more fantastic start for Manchester City!!

"Two to zero!! Antoine Griezmann scored!! ”

"In just two minutes, Manchester City scored two goals in a row!! Zenit has gone terribly wrong defensively!! In this stadium, Zenit looked too flustered!! ”

'The goal from Antoine Griezmann, the marking in the Zenit penalty area was ineffective, and Hazard was almost unguarded at the back post, and the ball was put back in the middle!! And Griezmann's follow-up shots were also completely unmarked, and the flexible movement of Manchester City's attackers in the front court made the tall Russian defenders unable to keep up! ”

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