It's a murderous-sounding word, but it's actually quite a scoundrel. Because it is also desperate, why should I die and you live?

Manchester City doesn't want to meet a team like Real Madrid and Barcelona in the first round of the knockout round, even if it's just a possibility, and Inter Milan, who has the same possibility with Manchester City, doesn't want to, this is not fear, if the same question is placed in front of Real Madrid and Barcelona, their answer may not be much more relaxed than Manchester City and Inter, the so-called group first, isn't it just this advantage.

Persimmons, everyone wants to pick a soft pinch. It's human nature.

Compared with Linsen, who is running at the time, it seems that the honeymoon period with Inter Milan has passed, Benitez has had a bad time recently, and the dominance of Serie A in recent years and the sweep of Europe last season have made Inter Milan have extremely strict requirements for this team, in this case, Inter Milan's record of six wins, five draws and four losses in fifteen games so far this season is really not satisfactory to Moratti, let alone the fans.

The pressure of Moratti's silence, the shrill boos of the fans, and the cynicism that the Italian media is best at, it is not an exaggeration to describe Benitez as burnt at this time. And it was in this context that Benitez took his Inter Milan to Manchester, a city he knew very well.

Benitez was as tough as ever in the face of familiar media: it was an important game and City were undoubtedly a good team with a hunger to win. Maybe they will be difficult to beat, but I still have absolute confidence that we will finish top of the group.

Linsen doesn't know where Benitez's confidence comes from, compared to the first leg between the two sides, Inter Milan have not improved their lineup, the midfield hub Motta is still absent, and this time they came to England, there are several injuries in the squad with unknown injuries, one is their main goalkeeper Cesar. The other is Cambiaso, who Mourinho said that whether he can use it well is the standard for measuring the ability of a manager.

The two injuries can be regarded as indispensable characters.

Of course, Benitez is so full of tone, maybe he is setting off smoke bombs with himself, anyway, Lin Sen only thinks that Benitez's words are the truth, and it is always right to be prepared.

On December 8, the final round of the Champions League group stage began, and Manchester City hosted Inter Milan.

When Lin Sen saw Inter Milan's start. He knew that Benitez was still stubborn, because there was no Cesar or Cambiasso in the starting line-up, and even Milito, the top scorer who brought Inter Milan three titles with four goals last season, was not in the starting lineup, and they were replaced by Castellazzi, Muntari, and the French teenager Biabiani who filled his place after Eto'o was pushed up front.

This is definitely not the Inter side of last season, or even the strongest Inter Milan at the moment. Samuel Eto'o may be able to replace Milito, but neither Castellazzi nor Biabiani will be able to replace Cesar and Samuel Eto'o in their respective positions. Not to mention the crucial midfield position.

There was no buffer time at the start of the game, and both well-aimed teams got into the rhythm of the game at once, but this was the City Stadium, not Meacha.

The first strike is that any result other than a win will make this game meaningless for Manchester City. The targeted assist was too late to return to McConn, Zanetti, who had previously filled McConn, failed to beat Bale in terms of speed, and the long-driven Welshman fed Suarez in the middle an assist that only needed a touch to score.

Yes, the formation of the game. Instead of continuing the last away game against Inter, Linson returned to 4231, the only starting striker. Linson opted for Suarez, with Falcao and Adriano on the bench.

In many cases, the formation of a single striker pays attention to a fulcrum, from this point of view, whether it is Falco, who has a keen sense of smell in front of the goal and has an excellent header, or Adriano, who is tall and well-rounded, he is more suitable for a single striker than Suarez, but in this game, Linsen did not plan to ask for a fulcrum, he wanted a striker who could make the opponent's defense uncomfortable.

Because of this game, although he was missing David Silva, he got another important player who is healthy, and that is Arjen Robben. This allows Linsen to abandon the high-flying British style of play and switch to a more refined ground attack, and Bale, Suarez, and Robben can fully support the offensive tasks of the left, center and right.

Of course, there is another reason why Lin Sen did this.

Although the midfield has been attrition due to injury, Inter Milan's back line in this game is complete, of course, this has to deduct the goalkeeper position, from left to right, Zivo, Samuel, Lucio, McConn, although the success of Inter last season cannot be entirely attributed to a certain position, but it is precisely because of such a steel defense line that Inter Milan can reach the top of Europe.

Today, the line of defense is still the same, but it is not necessarily steel. Sometimes, without that breath, you can change a lot of things, just like the starting point of the goal, if McCone is not so big, then Bale may still be able to break through, but it will definitely not be that easy. As for Suarez, the opponent's central defender Lucio has a nickname that is sometimes derogatory and sometimes praised, which is Lu Xiangqian.

The centre-backs have a forward consciousness, which is not a bad thing in itself, Manchester City's Vincent Kompany also has this habit, which can temporarily increase the number of midfielders from a good point of view, defensively can defuse the threat outside the penalty area, and can also pass in a timely manner in attack, but everything is good and bad, if the central defender can do the midfield casually, then, there is no need to distinguish what position is so clear. If, in the "forward", the offensive and defensive transitions, or worse, the situation ball is broken from his feet, then it is very likely that he will face the disadvantage of defending more with less.

And the goal just now, the reason why Suarez was able to score the ball easily, Bale's good pass is certainly a reason, and Lucio's failure to return to defense in time is also a reason, otherwise, Lucio plus Samuel, Suarez no matter how good his skills are, it is impossible to score so easily.

After taking the lead, Linsen, who was sitting on the bench, turned his eyes to Benitez who was standing on the sidelines, and the Spaniard at this time was calling McConn who was passing in front of him, and he didn't know what he was explaining.

Although he knew that Benitez was mostly calculating his team, Lin Sen was not worried, frankly speaking, before the game, he did not dare to be too optimistic about this game, Inter Milan is not last year's Inter Milan Lin Sen knows, but Manchester City in the league is not equal to Manchester City in the Champions League, otherwise, there will be no so-called Champions League experience. But after the game started, he calmed down.

Because his eyes told him that unlike Manchester City who went to the Meazza last time, today's Manchester City is on the right track, or rather, today's Manchester City is the Manchester City in that league. On the contrary, Inter Milan's form is worse than last time, except for Eto'o, almost half of the team is not in the best form.

Inter Milan's poor form actually does not need Linsen to verify with "eyes", the last four games, Inter Milan lost three games, this is not counting the previous Champions League loss to Werder Bremen, and among these three defeats, one is still a Milan derby with unique symbolic significance.

One good and one bad.

The goal is nothing more than an affirmation for Lin Sen's calmness.

Speaking of which, Benitez, who is recognized as a master tactician, seems to be copying his style of play in the previous team every time he takes office, when he first arrived at Liverpool, he tried to build Liverpool into a Valencia of the Premier League, and now to Inter Milan, one of the things he has done the most since he took office is to try to turn Inter Milan into the Liverpool of Serie A, but this time, he forgot one point, that is, Serie A, not the Premier League.

Inter Milan tried to fight back, but under the combined strangulation of the three midfielders of Manchester City, Yaya Toure, Vidal and Xavi Martinez, Sneijder was still too busy to take care of himself, Muntari, who tactically needed to play the role of "Xavi Alonso", made frequent mistakes, and the other midfielder, Zanetti, was more like a universal patch, spending most of his time filling in the gaps, let alone attacking. These midfielders can't be connected in tandem, and the two sides of Pandev and Biabiani are fighting separately, and the effect can be imagined.

Towards the end of the first half, Inter Milan suffered another blow.

This time, Bale solved the battle alone, almost exactly the same as the first goal, with McCone assisting, Zanetti filling in, and Bale destroying Inter's defense on the right side, only this time Bale did not pass, because unlike before, this time Suarez was targeted by Samuel, and Lucio did not lose his position.

The score became 2-0, and on the field, Manchester City had an absolute advantage.

Andy Gray read out the first half of the game at halftime: seven to three shots, six to six passes and four to six to possession...... It may not be a one-sided number, but it clearly did not meet the expectations of the fans, and it seemed to be in response to that expectation, with Inter scoring just five minutes into the second half.

The man who scored, the most in-form Inter player on the pitch, Samuel Eto'o.

In a corner, he keenly caught the ball and hit it.

However, Eto'o's goal did not wake up Inter Milan, and soon, Manchester City scored a third goal, from Yaya Toure, and this goal also ended the suspense of the game.

Although in the final stage of the game, Benitez successively replaced Milito and teenager Coutinho to strengthen the attack and try to save the defeat, but in the end, they still had to accept the situation of starting high and going low in the Champions League group stage, and after qualifying for two rounds in advance, they lost a couple of consecutive games and ceded the top of the group to Manchester City. (To be continued......)