Chapter 488: Demons

It's false to say that I'm not worried, the atmosphere in the stadium feels very depressing, the main thing is that this is Galatasaray's home stadium, not Manchester City's home stadium, if it's at the Etihad, it is estimated that Wang Dalong will not feel this way, on the contrary, they will feel very safe.

It doesn't get much scarier than this away game.

In the dressing room, Pep Guardiola has been encouraging everyone to relax and prepare for this game, but his psychological counselling may have had the opposite effect, Guardiola did not let the players relax, but made the players feel more nervous.

Before the start of the game, everyone was praying......

The atmosphere was obviously wrong, and even Guardiola was a little nervous, as he walked around the command area as soon as the game began, looking a little restless.

Galatasaray's team is a Turkish giant, and there are actually many star players in the team, but they are all a little older. In their backline, the right wingback is the old Brazilian defender McConn, the left back is the Japanese Yuto Nagatomo, and the forward is the French striker Gomi, these three are still very familiar to fans.

In the first round of the Champions League, Parma played a 3-3 draw with Galatasaray here, which shows that Galatasaray's team is extremely strong at home and they are capable of scoring goals at home. Parma are a very defensively good team in their own right, and they have scored three goals each, so you can imagine how strong they are in attack.

The centre-forward Frenchman Gomi is the top scorer in the Turkish Super League this season, and although he is 33 years old, he is still full of impact.

Galatasaray's coach lined up with a 4231 formation and looked like he was going to fight Manchester City to the fore. On their own home turf, they have nothing to blame for doing so, Manchester City are only in England, in Turkey, they may not be able to do it, and the strong dragon will not be able to overpower the snake after all.

Therefore, Guardiola is also very pragmatic, also discharged a 4231 lineup, stability is overwhelming, not to mention winning Galatasaray here, play a good game first.

The striker played on Gabriel Jesus this time, Aguero was thrown to the bench by him, and in midfield, Wang Dalong played in central midfield, David Silva on the left and De Bruyne on the right.

In terms of midfield, Guardiola chose Yaya Toure and Fernandez, and on the back line, Otamendi is still leading the attack, and it seems that Guardiola is still full of confidence in Otamendi.

Before the game, it was expected that Manchester City would win comfortably away from home, and at the beginning of the game, it seemed to mean that such a result was coming.

At the start of the game, Galatasaray kicked off first, and Gomi quickly passed the ball back to the heart of the Manchester City team.

They weren't in a hurry to attack, but kept the ball in central midfield and fell to their feet.

Buzzing outside the stadium, the Turks seemed to be excited, cheering on their team from the start of the game, and the Manchester City players did not dare to press too hard, and for a while they were not used to the opponent's home stadium.

Manchester City are looking for some stability.

Wang Dalong is guarded by Galatasaray's two backs, Wang Dalong doesn't know them, these are just two nobodies, but it doesn't mean that their defense of Wang Dalong is bad, on the contrary, Wang Dalong felt the pressure from these two people, they clinged to Wang Dalong tightly, not leaving an inch.

Maybe they are really afraid of Wang Dalong, they are not in a hurry to attack, but advocate the whole. As the game progressed, Manchester City gradually moved forward, but Galatasaray did not back down, but played against Manchester City.

Mai Kong and Nagatomo Yu, who were connected to the left and right sides, both pressed up. The latter was not at all reckless in the face of De Bruyne's breakthrough, carefully following De Bruyne to the bottom line and forcing De Bruyne out of the line.

Galatasaray's goal kick was very fast, the goalkeeper boldly kicked the ball to the right back McCann, McCone seemed to be the same as when he was young, after taking the ball, he flew up on the right side, and this flight flew directly over the half, Silva who played left winger in this game did not expect the speed of the old Brazilian defender to be here or fast, and he did not react at once, and was passed by the aging McConn.

McCone continued to drive the ball straight in, and when he faced Walker's top tackle, he took the first step to cross and Gomi leapt high down the middle, flipped Otamendi over and then headed home with ease.

However, the referee decided that Gomi had fouled the ball first, and that he had pushed Otamendi with his hand, so the goal was invalidated.

The decision immediately drew boos from the fans at the scene, and there were all kinds of invective. Such a voice resounded throughout the audience, and everyone heard it clearly.

At that moment, Wang Dalong felt that he and his teammates were like gladiators in the Colosseum, completely in a passive arena for people to slaughter, and he even wondered if he would have such thoughts at this time.

It takes courage to dare to score a goal from a home team, and although Gomi did commit a foul, it may not be the result if a different referee blows it.

Then, Galatasaray's players chased after the referee and protested, surrounding the referee. It was clearly to put more pressure on the referee. However, the referee still insisted on the original decision and dispersed the protesting players.

But the fact that there was such a situation at the beginning means that the game will not be peaceful......

Soon, in the 12th minute of the game, there was another controversial decision on the field. Silva broke through on the left and hit the edge of the box, but McCone brought Silva down, and Gabriel Jesus, who played as a central striker, protested that it was a foul, but the referee was indifferent and continued to signal the game.

Galatasaray attacked on the right, but Yaya Toure reported for the old man, snatched the ball from the edge of his own penalty area, and then immediately handed it to Wang Dalong's feet.

Wang Dalong's start was quite fast, maybe he had already prepared for the sprint?

He shook them off with a swift croquette, as the two midfielders came up, and then he immediately fed Gabriel Jesus with a scalpel-like through ball.

Gabriel Jesus was so fast that he was not afraid of Galatasaray's defenders, and as a result, he managed to dribble into the box, and one of the opposing centre-backs had to reach out and send Jesus to the ground.

Gabriel Jesus fell on the turf and didn't get up, looking like a penalty? Even Wang Dalong can see it more realistically.

But the referee directly raised his hand and signaled the game to continue, and there was no intention of awarding a penalty.

At this point, there was a temporary silence in the stands.

Guardiola jumped on the sidelines, his mouth immediately yelling.

"It's not a penalty?"

"How could this not be a penalty!"

He was annoyed and angry, and turned to go to the fourth official to protest, but when he saw the white expanse of Turks on the field, he instantly gave up such a protest.

Xindao is that he didn't consider this extreme situation before coming here, to protest that there is a bird, people are clearly blowing the home whistle, and the controversial penalty in favor of the Manchester City team at the beginning is just an illusion, how can the referee not blow the home whistle at someone's home stadium?

As soon as he finished thinking about it, Galatasaray's long ball went into the Manchester City penalty area, Gomi leaned on Otamendi and forced a turn, and the ball landed right on his chest.

However, when Gomi threw his leg to shoot, he chose to go down.

Toot –

The referee's whistle blew and his left hand was directed to the penalty spot in the penalty area for Manchester City.

My day,

Is this a penalty?

Wang Dalong felt that his eyes were not looking, the referee really awarded a penalty, Otamendi had a small hand movement, but certainly did not pull down Gomi......

Seeing all this, as long as the hearts of those who are on the side of Manchester City are cold.

Gomi took the penalty himself, and he was pulling the ball out of the instep of his foot, only for Eder to save.

In the end, Galatasaray actually led Manchester City 1-0 in the 14th minute.

"God, why does this game look a little hanging? Can Manchester City walk away with victory in this stadium? Why don't I believe it! Lineker sat tremblingly in the live stands commentating on the game.

"The referee is too biased, this penalty can be awarded, which means that in the penalty area, all physical contact can be considered a foul. He was able to award Galatasaray a penalty like that, and did he dare to award it to Manchester City like that? Obviously, it's not possible and we can't hope for him, but what if City are behind now? ”

Otamendi is trying to express his apologies to his teammates, and in several games in a row, Otamendi has become a key figure in the team to concede goals, and this one is no exception, of course, this time he was indeed wronged, because it was really not a penalty, but a penalty that did not exist.

Manchester City can concede those three points away from home as they have already picked up six points and will not have a headache at all to qualify. However, if Manchester City drop this game, it will mean that Parma and Ajax will be behind Galatasaray, especially Parma, the team that Wang Dalong cares about the most.

What if Manchester City lose away to Galatasaray? He's definitely not going to say yes, it's not just for City, it's for him and Parma.

So after this penalty, Wang Dalong calmed down a lot, even if the referee blew the home whistle, he couldn't let Galatasaray take advantage.

He doesn't believe that the referee can blow them several penalties all the time? Such a dark world does not exist, and UEFA will not turn a blind eye......

However, although the darkness is not really that terrifying, the Galatasaray itself has strength.

Under the deafening cheers, they played more and more bravely in the subsequent game, Wang Dalong's teammates still couldn't let go of the kick, and even De Bruyne seemed a little hesitant, which is not their usual style and style.

Are they all scared?

After Galatasaray failed to attack again, Wang Dalong got the ball again, at this time, he needs to stand up, and not just rely on his teammates, the current teammates are unreliable.

At least at the very front, he needs to do more.

Galatasaray's two midfielders pounced on him again, he gave the ball to Silva on the left, and then ran forward himself, easily missed the back of Liang Ming, and then Silva went all the way down to the heart of Galatasaray with two midfielders, until the big penalty area, Silva finally got the ball back at his feet.

He continued to change direction at the edge of the penalty area, trying to get rid of them, but there were more and more people in front of the big penalty area, and he couldn't find space to shoot at all, but he didn't give up and still controlled the ball tightly at his feet. In the end, Galatasaray's players were all back in defense, and he had no chance to do so, so he had to pass the ball back to Yaya Toure, and then he walked back, Yaya Toure saw his intentions and handed the ball back to his feet.

Even if Yaya Toure had just come with a long-range shot, it would be useless, because the ball couldn't fly into the box.

Wang Dalong walked back with the ball, and Hernandez passed twice, and the opponent's two backs followed, but except for the two of them, everyone else retreated to defend in the big penalty area!

It's so resolute, and the tactics are executed quite resolutely!

Wang Dalong took the ball to the right with the outside of his right foot, forced acceleration in front of the two midfielders, and immediately flashed a gap on the right side, and then he quickly handed the ball to De Bruyne, who continued to sprint in a straight line, and De Bruyer understood it and passed a through ball.

This through ball seems to have a lot of power, but it is still not too fast for Wang Dalong.

At this time, unless Bale is called out by the Galatasaray club, no one can catch up with Wang Dalong's speed, Wang Dalong just cleaned up the Korean Son Heung-min last week, and this time it is the turn of the Japanese Nagatomo Yuto!

Nagasomo You dragged his bulky body to chase Wang Dalong, but he didn't even touch the corners of Wang Dalong's clothes. Wang Dalong tore apart Galatasaray's defense from the right side!

However, he himself has already gone down to the bottom line. He pulled his right foot slightly, the ball obediently returned to his feet, and then he continued to rush to the front of the big penalty area line with the ball, facing a central defender of the opponent, he stepped on several bicycles in a row, and then smashed the ball to the bottom line again, and the opponent stumbled or barely kept up with Wang Dalong's rhythm.

It's just that Wang Dalong deliberately waited for him, and deliberately slowed down the speed of smashing the ball and changing direction!

When the body of the central defender swung to the bottom line, Wang Dalong buckled with his right foot and pulled with his left foot, and the person and the ball entered Galatasaray's big penalty area.

At that moment, Wang Dalong could choose to shoot.

However, he didn't!

He played the ball down the middle because he saw a hungry Gabriel Jesus.

He believed Gabriel Jesus could get his hands on the ball first, so he did.

So everyone thought he would shoot, but he chose to pass the ball, and he didn't shoot when he was close to goal, but handed the ball to Jesus, and the goalkeeper's attention was focused on him, but he didn't expect Jesus to kick an empty goal.

The score was equalized!

"Ah, that demon!"

"He'll be cursed to die!"