After all the things that had to be done were done, the players on both sides stood in their positions and waited for the game to begin. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The referee of the match, Krárowicz, blew the whistle for the start of the game.

From the start of the game, Manchester City's players launched a menacing attack on the Dortmund goal.

They are clearly hoping to beat Borussia Dortmund on their home turf.

Because they lost to Real Madrid in their first group game, they will have to beat every opponent on their home turf if they are to qualify from this group of death, otherwise the odds will be very bad for them.

Amid the cheers of the home fans, Manchester City continued to attack the Dortmund goal.

Despite the Dortmund players' anticipation of what they would face at the Etihad Stadium, they felt a little more than they expected when City's attack did hit.

Manchester City's fierce attack pressed Dortmund's players a little to raise their heads, and although they had prepared before the game, the intensity of Manchester City's attack still made them feel difficult to deal with.

Manchester City fans at the Etihad Stadium cheered on the team with excited cheers. They were all delighted with the fighting spirit of the team after the start of the game.

Mancini, who was on the sidelines, was pleased with his team's performance, although he told his players to pounce on Borussia Dortmund after the game to get there early. But the team's performance has completely exceeded his expectations.

Why is that?

He set his sights on Borussia Dortmund's No. 23 Zhou Yi on the pitch.

Thanks to this man's kick.

Now the fact that he played to greet Manchester City has been considered an offense by all the Manchester City players. No one likes to be offended, so the angry Manchester City players will have to go all out to beat Borussia Dortmund in the game in response to Zhou Yi's offensive provocation.

In Mancini's opinion, Zhou Yi's previous approach was very stupid for whatever purpose.

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In the face of Manchester City's fierce attack, Dortmund recovered all the lines and stuck to their 30-meter area.

Weidenfeller continued to make high and low blocks to ensure that the goal was not lost.

During this time, the Dortmund fans in front of the TV and in the stands were terrified to watch, for fear that Manchester City's attack would cause the goal to be conceded.

Fortunately, Dortmund's defense was still solid, and although Manchester City's attack was fierce, they did not score.

Fifteen minutes passed, and City's fierce attack weakened slightly, as if diving, and you need to get up and breathe after staying underwater for a long time.

This is when it is Dortmund's turn to attack.

The football was passed to the feet of Zhou Yi.

As the core of Dortmund's midfield, it is normal for Zhou Yi to take the ball more, but this time Zhou Yi just got the ball, and was hit by Manchester City's defender Xavi Garcia, hitting him stumbling under his feet and losing the ball.

Xavi Garcia bypassed Zhou Yi to catch up with the football, and City launched another attack.

Zhou Yi was a little surprised when he lost the ball, because he didn't hear the referee's whistle - he thought that Xavi Garcia must have committed a foul.

How did the referee not think it was a foul!

So he had to chase back and try to intercept Xavi Garcia, but Garcia had already passed the ball away. Zhou Yi gave up chasing the ball again, but returned to his position, and at the same time he looked at Harvey Garcia, but he didn't expect the other party to also look over, the eyes of the two people met in the air, and Zhou Yi felt that there seemed to be another spark in the other party's gaze.

It was the same feeling he felt before the game.

The opposing player will be a little more fierce towards him, which Zhou Yi himself knows. But what he didn't expect was that the referee's penalty scale was not as strict as he imagined.

Maybe it's because it's the home of a Premier League team?

Regarding the Premier League, although Zhou Yi has never played, he has heard a lot. He knows what the style of the Premier League is, physical collisions are commonplace, and the referee will also be more lenient in the punishment scale of physical contact.

But the problem is that the referee of this game is not a Premier League referee...... Perhaps the referee felt that as a Premier League team, it was normal for Manchester City players to collide physically?

Both the German and Chinese commentators were unhappy that Harvey Garcia's steal was not ruled foul.

Marcel Leif said excitedly: "Just because Manchester City are a Premier League team, they can't relax their standards on their physical impact!"

He Ping also said: "This should be a foul! 100% is a foul! Today's Zhou Yi is no longer when he first debuted, his current physical strength is the standard of a normal player, if he is knocked to the ground, then it can't be said that his body is too thin, right?"

Although the commentators of both countries were upset about Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi did not dwell on this issue with the referee.

There's no point in arguing with the referee. This is Zhouyi's philosophy.

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Next, as long as Zhou Yi gets the ball, not only Harvey Garcia, but other Manchester City players are also unceremonious, which makes it difficult for Zhou Yi to control the ball well.

Of course, the referee will not turn a blind eye to all the collisions of the Manchester City players, and will also whistle the Manchester City players for fouls, including showing a yellow card to the centre-back Kompany.

Dortmund's side was tightly "defended" by Manchester City players because Zhou Yi was difficult to organize any decent attack, so even if Manchester City's offensive slowed down, on the whole, Dortmund was still pressed.

In the process, the television broadcast gave Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini a close-up, as if to say that it was City's tactical arrangement.

But in fact, this time the director really wronged Mancini.

Mancini did ask his players to be strict with Zhou Yi before the game, but he didn't say that he wanted the players to contain Zhou Yi with rude fouls......

Such a big defensive move is actually the choice of the players themselves. Why would they do it?

Isn't it because of Zhou Yi's "provocation"?

Mark Laurence said: "Zhou Yi was given 'special treatment' by Manchester City's players during the game, he was targeted, and it is difficult to tell whether he was targeted because he was the heart of Borussia Dortmund or if he was targeted for 'provocation' before the game. But no matter what the reason is, now is probably a severe test for Zhou Yi. ”

Saying this, Mark Laurenson has an expectation for Zhou Yi deep down - he really wants to see what kind of performance Zhou Yi will play in such a situation.

Because he was reminded of the Olympic Games, he wanted to further test his analytical guesses.

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In fact, Zhou Yi is not surprised by Manchester City's performance.

Because he has already experienced similar treatment in the virtual space, the only difference is that the virtual Manchester City players in the virtual space defend against him, although fierce, but not very foul. The real Manchester City player is coming at him as if he wants to kill him.

But this difference is not a big deal for Zhou Yi.

He has never been afraid of opponents who are looking for trouble, because if they don't put their minds on the game, then Zhou Yi has a hundred ways to deal with them.

Although it is the group of death, judging from the encounters in the virtual space, Zhou Yi does not think that Manchester City is a very good team.

This team won the Premier League last season, but that Premier League winner came with some luck. Manchester City were in good form in the Premier League last season, leading the table, only to be caught up by arch-rivals Manchester United in the middle of the process. If it weren't for Aguero's savior in the last game, Mancini, the league champion, would probably have flown away.

Manchester City has been participating in the restructured Champions League since last season, but did not qualify from the group.

Compared to Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City's Champions League experience is far behind. After the restructuring of the Champions League, Dortmund is also the team that has won the Champions League, even now this Dortmund team has reached the knockout round for two consecutive seasons, the first year is the quarterfinals, and the second year is the top four.

How could such an experience be comparable to this Manchester City team today?

Some may have a high view of Manchester City's Champions League journey this season because they almost toppled Real Madrid away in the first group game, and may have feared Manchester City.

But after one battle after another in the virtual space, Zhou Yi knew that this Manchester City team may not be as strong as people think...... (To be continued.) )