The Etihad Stadium was like a pot of boiling water that reached its boiling point after Mendieta's penalty.

After a depressed summer, after experiencing the change of team management, the fans who were in a roller coaster mood gradually settled down in their hearts at this moment, and their cheers reached their peak at this moment.

Accompanied by the excited long sound of the live DJ, "Goal-Goal-Goal-GO......"

The cheers of the fans seemed to make the stadium shake as well......

The players on the field felt such cheers, and their hearts were quite uneasy, and they were completely excited. And among this group of players, Mendieta's heart is the most unsettled.

"Such cheers...... Mendieta muttered to himself as she walked towards her own half. He remembered the state he had just been celebrating with his teammates, and this long-lost feeling made his body start to get excited like an electric shock.

Mendieta's goal sent Martin O'Neill's heart to the bottom. He took advantage of the time for the Manchester City players to celebrate, called Barry to his side, and told him to use Mendieta as a breakthrough to open up the situation in the middle.

When Mendieta scored, Wang Xuan's celebration was also quite exaggerated. His celebratory action of jumping up and spinning after sprinting on the sidelines also attracted special attention from the camera.

Andy Gray complained: "The king's celebration is really exaggerated, but I am afraid that such a move can only be done by a young man like him!" If Lippi were to make such a celebratory move, I am afraid that he would have to dodge his waist. ”

It is not surprising that Wang Xuan made such an exaggerated celebratory gesture, all his ease before the start of the game was just a disguise, in fact, his heart was very nervous. And Mendieta's goal just now released all his nervousness at once. If it weren't for the fact that he was still carefully controlling his emotions, he might have cried with excitement......

Brian and Ruben also participated in the celebration, but after the celebration, their views of Wang Xuan also changed. Although Mendieta's goal just now was a penalty, from the previous close defense of Elano and Bobby, to Elano's long pass to sweep the ball into the gap, and then Robinho received the ball and broke through, and finally won the penalty, this series of processes were all expected by Wang Xuan when he arranged the tactics before the game.

All this is enough to show that Wang Xuan's business level is not the slightest problem. And this is enough to change Ruben and Brian's attitude towards Wang Xuan. Brian even remembered the new bet with Wang Xuan before the game, but after seeing Wang Xuan's arrangement work wonders, he no longer had much hope of winning the bet, but at this moment he felt that even if he lost, it seemed that there was nothing unacceptable.

Wang Xuan came to the sidelines again after celebrating, continuing his previous posture. Aston Villa's attack, on the other hand, was more targeted, with their formation slightly folded and they began to focus on the middle of the pitch in an attempt to open a gap from Mendieta.

With Milner's position closed in the middle, Elano naturally moved to the middle. He's been guarding against Aston Villa for a long time, but he's underestimating Martin O'Neill's madness. Because it's not just Milner who comes to the middle of the wing-back, but Ashley Young as well. In doing so, they piled up four players in the middle in an attempt to completely penetrate Manchester City in the middle.

Manchester City have little attacking power on the left, but they are not to be underestimated on the right. Wang Xuan also only expected before the game that Aston Villa would let Milner go to the middle, so that they would not suffer at least in terms of numbers in the middle. But he didn't expect Ashley Young to come to the middle lane as well. It seems that Martin O'Neill decided that Mendieta was a soft persimmon and wanted to beat Mendieta in a short period of time to form a goal and equalize.

Martin O'Neill was betting on Manchester City to score an equaliser before they could break down their right flank.

Wang Xuan didn't have much worry on his face, but the others didn't think so.

Brian walked up to Wang Xuan worriedly and said, "Does the king want to replace Mendetata?" "He really doesn't have much faith in Mendieta.

Wang Xuan directly refused: "No need, they will pay the price for underestimating Mendieta." ”

Martin Taylor apparently agrees that Martin O'Neill has made a good move, "It's only been 30 minutes and there's still a lot of time left for Aston Villa. After conceding the goal, Aston Villa changed their formation decisively and tried to break through Manchester City in the middle. Judging by Mendieta's previous performance, this is a good move. ”

"Manchester City have always been dominant on the pitch and the king should replace Mendieta so that they have absolutely no way to take Manchester City until Martin O'Neill can't think of a better way." Andy Gray Dao.

As soon as Andy Gray finished speaking, Fernandes received a yellow card for a vicious tackle. He immediately shouted: "Fernandes has received a yellow card, which is already a very dangerous signal for Manchester City, it shows that their central defense is very tight!" ”

Aston Villa took advantage of it, but they also left a big gap on the right. Wright Jr. broke down the flank, and Benjani headed in a cross that grazed the woodwork and flew off the line. The goal also sent the Aston Villa players out in a cold sweat. However, Martin O'Neill still appears to be more confident and believes his side will be able to score before Manchester City.

It was a lively time and the teams from both teams were threatened several times. Such a game is obviously enjoyable for the fans, but the players of both teams are clearly reluctant to continue this kind of scene. They all want their teams to score goals as soon as possible to upset the balance. Otherwise, once the opponent breaks the balance first, the next game will be very difficult to play.

As a veteran, Mendieta has long been keenly aware of the crux of the matter. He knew that now he had to step up and upset the balance. He could feel that he was in good shape today, and after so much getting used to it, he was gradually finding the feeling of playing.

"Gotta do something!" Mendieta said secretly in her heart.

He has never been a defensive player, he was once known as a "wide midfielder", and his control of the pace of the game and accurate passing are his forte. He can't help Fernandes and Elano defensively, but he clearly has his own ideas.

Mendieta's position was a little further back, and he retreated directly to the back line, where he was ready to organize the attack.

Kompany intercepted Barry's pass near the box and was about to kick the ball out of the danger zone when he saw Mendieta asking for the ball not far away. Kompany flickered but gave the ball to Mendieta.

Wang Xuan's eyes lit up when he saw Mendieta's actions, and he whispered to himself: "Finally, it's started!" ”