Before the official start of the Champions League, if before Manchester City's game against Wolfsburg, the Wolfsburg players from top to bottom only regarded victory as the ultimate pursuit, then Manchester City's players seem to pursue more. Before the match against Wolfsburg, the British media had already been building momentum for Manchester City early. Many media outlets were boasting before the game that this was a year for Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea rebuilding, Liverpool Arsenal was not worried, and this year's Manchester City was destined to rise. In the eyes of the media, Manchester City will achieve a huge harvest this year, and in the Champions League, Manchester City must have a breakthrough.

Perhaps as a team that has repeatedly failed in the Champions League in recent years, Manchester City has believed from the beginning that they must be the winning side, and before the game starts, it is a little too careless to think about how many wins they will win to qualify, but Manchester City themselves have never thought that they are wrong, in their opinion, when they meet Wolfsburg, victory is a must. A team that I haven't heard much about is an opponent

In the eyes of Manchester City, a team like Wolfsburg has never been an opponent they should pay attention to, although this team played Arsenal last year, played Manchester United this year, and played quite well, but in the eyes of Manchester City, this year's Manchester United is already a joke, and Arsenal has always been only its own academy team, defeating them, does not necessarily mean that the strength is very strong. Especially since it's just a matter of the group stage, who will give their all to the knockout stage of the Champions League in the group stage, and why are they on a par with themselves

Although City themselves have never played in the knockout stages of the Champions League themselves, they are confident that their players will play well in the knockout rounds. When they heard that their opponent was Wolfsburg, Manchester City thought about it, in addition to the question of who the opponent would be in the next round, they were more concerned about the game against Wolfsburg. In the end, how to play can make people more satisfied.

In this regard, Manchester City's team can be said to have an idea early.

A team that wants to show what they are capable of. The best thing to do is to attack, it's a self-evident thing. The mercury attack, the confusing coordination, the tactics of completely suppressing the opponent at the back, and finally accompanied by a beautiful big score: in the eyes of Manchester City. Against a weak team, if you can play at a completely dominant level when playing at home, then after a game, people can know who is the real boss. From the very beginning of the game, Manchester City had already set the tone of the game, and from the very beginning, they were ready to completely bring down Wolfsburg with their attack.

And that's what they did. Not long after the start of the game, Manchester City's attack was launched from Kolarov.

As a left-back for Manchester City. Kolarov has always been a player with very obvious characteristics, this player is relatively lacking in defensive ability, and as a full-back, his defensive ability seems to be at the level of a colander. However, this player has a good ball intelligence and has a good pass, which also allows him to shoulder important offensive tasks on the pitch. As an offensive starting point, he could not be more suitable. On the pitch, the Wolfsburg players were frustrated after the start. When he stepped back slightly, Kolarov also keenly grasped the opportunity, and his attack also followed.

Standing at the back of the pitch, Kolarov opted for a long pass. As a wide player. Kolarov's speed is not particularly advantageous. He knew that even if he plugged in quickly, he might not be able to have a good impact. In contrast, his long passing level can be said to be quite good, and this long pass directly from the back field sent the ball through the midfield.

Yaya Toure above midfield. He knew what he was thinking from the moment he made a pass, and in midfield he was quick to plug in. When the football was in front, Yaya Toure had already run to the landing point, he turned sideways and used his shoulder to unload the ball at once, and then immediately made a diagonal pass to the feet of Nasri on the wing, completing an offensive clearance.

Manchester City's attack, the effect is obviously quite good. Kolarov made a long pass directly, and Yaya Toure made a diagonal pass and sent the ball directly to the vicinity of the penalty area. And in this position, Nasri has already got the football, and one of their attacks is almost the last pass.

With such an attack, any team can be proud of it. It's just a pity that Manchester City's attack is still a little too anxious. When the ball was passed to the wing, Nasri got the ball at his feet, but before he could run, Rong was already close to him.

If Manchester City had seriously prepared for the battle against Wolfsburg before the game, they would have known that Wolfsburg had done quite well defensively in the past, even when facing top teams such as Bayern and Real Madrid. Wolfsburg's players did have to retreat after the opening, but this retreat does not mean that they have lost all their combat ability, on the contrary, stabilizing the line and starting to shrink the defense is also one of the common tactics of Wolfsburg.

Wolfsburg have never been averse to counter-attacking, on the contrary, they have played like this a lot against strong teams. In the face of such a defense, Manchester City may have broken the opponent's defense if they had thought about it in detail, but it would be extremely difficult for such a sloppy attack to succeed.

Nasri is on the wing and has such a problem. In the face of Rong's defense, he dunked the ball left and right twice, trying to get rid of it, but it didn't seem to work at all. Rong's defense is like kraft candy, clinging tightly to him and refusing to relax in the slightest, and in front of him, it is not so easy to find a chance to pass.

For Manchester City's fast through ball forward advance, Wolfsburg really couldn't intercept it.

But defending around the box, they did a good job. After getting rid of it twice to no avail, Nasri also noticed that in the penalty area, the two defenders of the opposing side had already surrounded Dzeko at this time, even if he got rid of the opponent, this pass was probably useless.

Seeing this, Nasri also gave his heart down, and he took the ball to the middle and rushed straight over. Since the pass is not good, it may have a certain effect by relying on your own breakthrough to the middle to disrupt the opponent's defense.

Nasri's feet sped up and he ran towards the middle, but Rong behind him didn't let go of him, but still followed him closely. In the midfield, the two defenders of Wolfsburg quickly moved forward, at the front of the penalty area, and became a solid human wall, and Gustavo in the midfield also retracted together at this time, and the four of them together formed a flanking situation against Nasri.

Such a tight defense made Nasri helpless for a while: technically speaking, Nasri is not a player who likes to break through and walk inside, and when he plays like this, he is rarely able to form a tacit cooperation with his teammates. In his tactics at Manchester City, he is more active on the side, and after cutting inside, he prefers to hit the goal directly, or a simple kick to end the game, but this game, Wolfsburg is obviously aimed at his characteristics, neither let him cross calmly on the side, but also do not give him the opportunity to cut inside to hit the goal, which is ready to suffocate him alive.

This kind of play is really targeted. Although Nasri now knows very well that the most important thing he should do is to seek cooperation with Dzeko in the penalty area and let him find an opportunity to shoot, but at this time, he is under siege, and he does not have the ability to find Dzeko. The combination in the penalty area is not something that everyone can play well, especially Manchester City's current one-striker tactics make it difficult for Nasri to find a combination, so he can't find a chance at all.

In the face of the upcoming game, the team that has prepared carefully can make a lot of targeted arrangements, which can often make the weak defeat the strong, which is a truth that has been verified in many games.

However, even so, Nasri was not blocked. Surrounded and intercepted by four people, he could only use his feet violently, accelerated his pace again, forcibly exceeded the defensive range of Naldo and Kjaer, ran from the left to the right, and then took advantage of the defense not to keep up, and suddenly turned and shot the goal, kicking the ball out

Even if it was a four-person siege, he still managed to make a bloody way, but the problem was that the angle of the shot after the breakthrough could only be said to be very poor. Nasri's shooting skills were not bad, but they were not so good that there was no problem with any tricky angles, and this shot was rushed to the foot and the angle was a little too positive, and he was directly saved by Benaglio.

With the sighs of the fans, Manchester City's attack was blocked by Wolfsburg. Nasri had a look of regret, but in fact, he knew in his heart that even if the ball was not fully held, Manchester City would have no hope of a second attack. Because his inside run was too far, Manchester City's offensive line was already in chaos, Dzeko was stopped behind him, and he couldn't insert it at all, even if the ball was out of his hands, Manchester City had no chance.

Their tactical set-up was designed to completely disrupt City's attack from the start. And they did it really well.

City's attack was good, but in front of Wolfsburg, they seemed to hit a wall. Who wins and who loses in this game, I'm afraid it's not so easy to separate. To be continued.