The more you are a rival, the more you have to pay attention to each other's every move, which is called knowing yourself and knowing your opponent.

Manchester City's Europa League final has nothing to do with the Premier League's four traditional giants, but that doesn't prevent some coaches from setting their sights on it.

At home in Manchester, Ferguson sat in front of the TV with a glass of red wine, while Carlo Ancelotti in London did not. Unlike Manchester United, who have finished the season and who are scheduled to attend the World Cup, have already started planning their holidays after the final round of the Premier League, Chelsea have one last game, the FA Cup final in two days' time, and Carlo Ancelotti has no time to pay attention to it.

Wenger, who is also in London, is ready to watch this game like Ferguson, because Linson will be an opponent that Wenger can't avoid next season, and for Benitez, whose photo is still hanging on Liverpool's official website for the time being, he is almost certain to leave, Linsen is destined to become a thing of the past, so he is really not interested in this game at all.

It's just that whether you plan to watch it, or you don't have time to watch it, or you don't want to watch it at all, I'm afraid the mind is the same, that is, Manchester City is better off losing. The honours of English football? If you can't defend it yourself, then don't talk about any honor.

The start of the game wasn't earth-shattering, but it wasn't anything but dull, at least for the majority of neutral fans who were sitting at the Northern Bank Arena and were hell-bent on watching the two teams on the pitch go to the dark. Because in the first fifteen minutes of the game, both sides contributed five shots on goal, and Manchester City had a slight advantage, one more.

Shots on goal do not equal goals, and shots on goal do not equal the number of goals threatened.

It was the same player who scored twice for Atletico Madrid, Diego Forlan. The Uruguayan star, who had repeatedly played the role of savior, was heavily defended by De Jong from the very beginning of the game. But even so, he still got his chances, but they weren't good, with two shots, one from the front and one from a tight angle that went straight to the corner flag.

City weren't much better, with a Robben cut inside and the ball went straight to a crowd. One was a long-range shot from Vidal, but the ball didn't fly into the sky, but unfortunately the angle was too right. De Gea didn't even stand still to confiscate the ball, but it was a third shot on goal that forced De Gea to make a save, which came from another Uruguayan star on the pitch, Luis Suarez.

Lin Sen asked Suarez to find trouble with Domingos, and Suarez did not forget his task, whether there was a ball at his feet or not, as long as there was an attack, he moved towards Dominguez's defense area intentionally or unintentionally, and just shot on goal. It was he who shook off Dominguez's shot and it was the third battle between the two.

Suarez succeeded twice, was broken once, but was broken once. To be precise, it should be said that it was cut off by the opponent's Assunsan and Domingos teamed up.

Lin Sen on the sidelines has been observing the changes in Domingos's situation, and judging from the current situation, Dominguez is indeed worthy of Flores's expectations of him. Although he lost to Suarez twice in the confrontation, his love is still relatively stable. Of course, Lin Sen didn't expect the other party to collapse completely after one or two failures. There is still a long way to go, and it is destined to be a process that requires patience.

Moreover, although Linson gave the main task to Suarez, Suarez is not the only one who can trouble Domingos, whether it is Robben or David Silva, as long as there is an opportunity, they will put pressure on Domingos, and Linsen is not worried about the other party's repeated defeats, because he only needs once, once is enough.

Faith is something that takes a lot of hard work to build, but if you lose it once, you won't want to recover it in a short time.

Flores didn't know what Lin Sen was planning, but in this game, there were not many tactical options for him.

The opening and closing of the two sides at the beginning may have surprised many commentators and viewers in front of the TV, because Dafan is a heavy game, and the beginning is not cautious, lest a mistake become a thousand hatreds, but in fact, Atletico Madrid seems to be not to be outdone and Manchester City attack, not completely out of self-confidence, Flores knows very well where the biggest capital of Atletico Madrid is.

Although the biggest change he brought after coming to Atletico Madrid was the defense, this did not change the reality that Atletico Madrid's overall attack was strong and weak. It's not the coach's decision, it's the board's decision. Sergio Aguero and Forlan remain Atletico Madrid's biggest supporters. Flores would like the two sides to play "harmoniously", but this is simply not going to happen, because on the cards, Atletico Madrid and Manchester City are still incomparable, except for the striker, whether in the midfield or in the defensive line, Atletico Madrid and Manchester City have a gap.

It is impossible for Manchester City to make peace with Atletico Madrid, so Flores can only press the treasure on the attack.

Sergio Aguero, Forlan, Simao, Reyes, Suarez, Arjen Robben, Bale, David Silva.

"Diego Forlan tries to shoot from distance...... Too reluctantly! He hadn't even had time to get rid of Frenkie de Jong, a shot like that couldn't possibly pose a threat to City's goal, and it was already the Uruguayan's third shot on goal, and he had all the shots in the whole Atletico Madrid team alone......"

For commentators, it is always considered a great challenge to narrate a final, because everyone knows that there is no good game in a big game, and dullness is the most likely theme of the game. And the dull game is also the most important for the commentator's skill, because there is not much for the commentator to arouse the enthusiasm of the audience, A passes the ball to B, and B passes the ball to C...... There is nothing wrong with such unnutritious commentary, but if it is always in such a tone, not to mention the audience, even the commentator himself will be drowsy, and at this time, the commentator must create the topic by himself, and this topic must be able to attract the attention of the audience, and not detach from the game itself, a game is 90 minutes, and may even be 120 minutes, which shows how rare a good commentator is.

From this point of view, today's game is simply not difficult for an "old fritter" like Andy Gray, because the two sides are not conservative at all, and in the words of many people, this is a rare and good-looking final.

Although, so far, the first half is about to pass, the two sides still have not scored -

The referee's whistle blew and Platini rose from his seat.

At the end of the first half, the score was 0-0, which was probably the most frequent score of all finals.

As a spectator, Platini had to admit that the first half had him a lot of fun, with both sides looking for opportunities to score and not opting to retreat to the defence. As UEFA president, he is ostensibly neutral on the pitch, but psychologically he is undoubtedly more supportive of Atletico Madrid, for the simple reason that City's rise is almost antithetical to the policies he is pursuing.

Spend 200 million in a season? This season has just ended, and Manchester City have all but ignored the Financial Fair Play Act announced by UEFA last year and officially enacted this year. Of course, UEFA can't take Manchester City this year, but what next?

Platini left the live camera with an elusive smile, but Lin Sen, who stood up from the coach's seat, did not have the heart to pay attention to Platini's thoughts in the stands at this time, and he sat in the coach's box throughout the first half, and the 0-0 result was not the best, but he was satisfied enough.

Because, he has already touched the other party's pigtails. Towards the end of the first half, Dominguez received a yellow card.

It started when Suarez teased him with a crotch piercing and then he dropped Suarez to the ground.

That was the biggest takeaway of the first half and a big problem for Linson to throw at Flores now.

The yellow card for the centre-back is like a ticking time bomb.

There is still half of the game, this time bomb, are you dismantling? Or not to dismantle it?

Demolition, the central defender is not a position that can be changed if you want to, and if you don't get it right, it's a bigger time bomb. If you don't dismantle it, you don't know when this time bomb will explode.

In most cases, the manager will generally choose to continue to trust his centre-back, because although two yellows turn into one red, in fact, the interval between a yellow card and a red card is not as simple as a yellow card, and the referee needs to consider many factors before issuing a red card. However, the issue is not as simple as the fear of a red card, and Linson believes that if Flores knew his intentions, then he would definitely replace Domingos.

If Atletico Madrid's defence is compared to a wall, Manchester City have been bombing for 45 minutes, and Dominguez is undoubtedly the place where the most shells have fallen, intentionally or unintentionally. So, the real question is whether Domingos, who has become the main attack direction of Manchester City, will arouse Flores' vigilance.

The answer is no.

Because at the start of the second half, Domingos was still on the pitch.

So, sometimes a goal seems to be accidental, but conceding a goal is inevitable. Fifty-seven minutes into the game, Manchester City finally knocked on the door of Atletico Madrid.

Robben cut inside on the right, Atletico Madrid's defense was tightly guarded, Robben, who couldn't find the angle of the shot, chose a through pass, Bale, who was inserted at high speed on the left, did not be greedy, but passed the ball again and passed the ball to Suarez near the penalty spot, and the closest to Suarez was Dominguez.

The position is in the penalty area, which is the first obstacle.

The yellow card on his back, that's the second obstacle.

The tension that finally appeared, which was the third obstacle.

Every obstacle stiffens Domingos' movements, so Suarez almost easily shook Dominguez away and faced the younger De Gea on the other side.

When the shot is in the penalty area and no one is directly interfering with the person who shoots, it is no longer the goalkeeper who can stop the goal, but luck.

But right now, luck isn't on Atletico Madrid's side. (To be continued......)

PS: After the revision is completed, I still want to revise and modify, but I have to break the update if it goes on like this, so it is sent out.