90. Zlatan, let's win the Champions League together (Part I)
Although it is already April, the night in the UK is still very cold, and the temperature of around 7 degrees makes most of the fans at the Etihad Stadium, who are more than 50,000 people, wear their jackets, but there are still some fans who are not afraid of the cold wearing the home team's short-sleeved jerseys.
The second leg of the quarter-finals of the European Champions League started at 7:45 p.m., and although it was late, the stadium of more than 50,000 people was almost full, and even a stand was mostly composed of visiting fans in green jerseys.
Qiansheng and Mino Raiola sat in the stands with a good angle of view, and the view in front of them was good, and there were not many shadows blocking the view under the light.
This is the second time that Qiansheng has watched the Champions League game live, and it is also the first time to see the style of the big man Zlatan Ibrahimovic on the field.
With the whistle of the referee Carlos Caballo from Spain, the visiting team Paris Saint-Germain kicked off first.
Paris is a 532 formation in this game, the double strikers are Ibrahimovic and Uruguayan striker Addison Cavani, at the beginning, the home team Manchester City unexpectedly gave up the ball, mainly pressing high, the two back Fernando and Fernandinho continued to grab and sweep the midfield, compressing the midfield space of Paris for a short time.
In the middle of the midfield, only Thiago Motta and Adrian Rabiot's Paris were pinned down by Manchester City's three midfielders, and Paris boss Laurent Blanco had to let Ibrahimovic and Angel Di Maria take turns dropping back to receive the ball to secure possession in the middle and relieve the pressure in midfield.
In the 16th minute, Paris won a free kick from the left in front of the penalty area, and Ibrahimovic took a powerful curling kick into the goal, and the ball was lifted over the crossbar by Joe Hart. Qiansheng teased Ibrahimovic's goal to Raiola: "Zlatan's free kick level is like this? β
Raiola gave him a blank look, you didn't shoot a strong free kick last time, but you scored, Zlatan didn't, if you want me to praise you for being better than him, just say it.
In the 22nd minute, Grant De Bruyne and David Silva combined to kick the wall on the left, De Bruyne received the ball from Silva and went straight to Sergio Aguero on the left side of the box, and Aguero's shot from a tight angle went wide of the left post.
One minute later, Manchester City broke the ball in front of the field and counterattacked, Aguero took a long shot from outside the penalty area, and the ball went wide.
In the 30th minute, Sergio Aguero burst into the box and was tackled by the attacking Kevin Trapp, Caballo awarded a penalty and showed Trapp a yellow card.
Blanco went to the sidelines and shouted at Serge Aurier, who had made a mistake in his pass that was intercepted by Fernandinho and played straight to Aguero to create the penalty.
Paris's midfield was far from as fluid as usual, and the key point was that the Ivory Coast right-back was rough in terms of controlling the tempo and short passes, and on 40 minutes he made a mistake in the front of the penalty area, and JesΓΊs Navas laughed at the gift, and shot from the top of the box from a distance, but fortunately it was missed.
Qiansheng laughed when he saw it, pointed to the honest Oriye on the field and said, "Mino, is this guy here to cheat his father?" β
Raiola saw the angry Parisian fans not far away, and quickly pulled down Qiansheng's hand.
In the 44th minute, Motta was replaced by Brazilian winger Lucas after a strained injury in almost no confrontation, leaving Paris with a stretched midfield position, adding to the woes of Paris. Blanco was not in a hurry, decisively changing the formation of 4123 and strengthening the wing.
Paris also reverted to a back four, with Marquinho playing in the back and Aurier in central defence, with Rabiot and Angel Di Maria forming a double midfield.
Soon, at the end of the first half, when Ibrahimovic left the field, he glanced at the stands and saw Qiansheng waving at him, a smile appeared on the corner of the Swede's mouth, but soon, he strode into the passage with a black face.
Because Qiansheng pointed to himself with his left hand, then stretched out four fingers, pointed at Yibu with his right hand, and then made a 0 gesture with a playful expression on his face.
Raiola sat aside with a wry smile, and it was clear that Ibrahimovic did not score in this game, and it was incomparable to his last senior in the league, which obviously meant that as a striker, Ibrahimovic was not as good as him.
It's hard to imagine how much trouble these two guys would have caused if they were on the same team.
Hehe, it's rare to have a chance to see the big guy eating deflated, Lao Tzu is very cool! Qiansheng touched his chin and thought proudly.
In the second half, Brazilian winger Lucas activated Gregory van de Wiel and Sherel Maxwell, who were not very active in the first half due to the narrow space on the wing and the lack of troops, and soon in the 48th minute, Lucas helped Paris to get another free kick on the left side of the penalty area, which was still taken by Ibrahimovic, but another powerful shot was saved by England international Joe Hart, who was very good in this game.
Qiansheng shook his head again and again, Ibu likes to make miracles too much, and the power of the shot ball is hit, and the angle of the shot is not tricky, and he still can't score the goal. This is also the reason why Qiansheng, who likes to shoot dead corners, scores more goals.
In the 50th minute, Ibrahimovic found Maxwell on the left, Maxwell passed a low ball to the goal, Lucas outflanked the ball and scored, but the linesman raised the flag to signal that Maxwell was offside, and the goal was invalidated.
City also gave the colour, and in the 53rd minute, Fernandinho distributed the ball to Fernando at the edge of the box, and Fernando took a long-range shot that was blocked by a defender in the box. In the 60th minute, Manchester City won a corner kick on the right, the ball was passed into the box, Aurier leaked the header, and Fernando's header went wide.
Aurier, who switched to centre-back in the second half, hesitated to anticipate a high ball and almost caused problems for vice-captain Thiago Silva, but Blanco, who couldn't bear the Ivorians, finally replaced him early and replaced him with Argentine striker Javier Pastore and compatriot Di Maria in midfield, Marquinho returned to central defender and Rabiot dropped back to play in the back.
Seeing Raiola's worried face, Qiansheng asked curiously, "Mino, what are you worried about?" β
"Paris is going to lose."
"Why?"
"The midfielders were weak and the defence was weak, and the biggest drawback of Paris's change of formation was that Zlatan's space to retreat was blocked by his team-mates, so he had to go up to the front of the formation to create space for his team-mates, but in doing so he was wasting Zlatan's excellent organisational skills. Zlatan isn't very good at getting up to the front of the formation, you see, how many touches did he have in the game? How many shots were there? Apart from two free kicks, there were no shots on goal. The weakness of the defense in the midfield position has led to a large number of long-range shooting opportunities for Manchester City, and if this continues, Paris will concede goals sooner or later. β
This fat man is so eye-catching, and there are a large number of world-famous agents in Qiansheng.