At 6:30 p.m. on September 3, the Manchester City bus drove from the hotel to the In-Neckar Arena.

Hoffenheim fans all the way.

After driving into the field, Li Chuanqi did not give an interview to the media and went to the locker room with his teammates.

Pep Guardiola is once again the focus of reporters' interviews.

Of course, what reporters are most concerned about is whether Li Chuanqi will play tonight?

As for the starters...... They thought it was unlikely, after all, there were injuries.

And also consider the Premier League top spot battle at the weekend.

"No comment!"

After Guardiola said this to reporters, he walked straight to the dressing room.

Nima ...... No comment, are you worthy of our people waiting here?

Journalists are unhappy with Pep Guardiola.

Soon after, the Hoffenheim bus arrived.

The young and handsome coach Julian Nagelsmann became the subject of a scramble of media reporters.

At just 32 years old, Nagelsmann has become one of the few "youngster" managers in football today with his outstanding coaching record.

In the 2017-2018 season, Nagelsmann led Hoffenheim to achieve a magnificent transformation, and "Huocun" finally won the third place in the league with a record of 15 wins, 10 draws and 9 losses, and participated in this season's Champions League.

This summer, Nagelsmann became the manager of many big clubs, including La Liga giants Real Madrid, but the German coach eventually turned down Real Madrid's offer and chose to stick with it.

The reporter asked him what he thought of Li Chuanqi's injury.

Nagelsmann replied: "I don't care about anything other than us, we're focused on being ourselves. ”

Is this avoiding the important and trivial?

Journalists did not believe what Nagelsmann said.

'Man City are a strong team, they have a lot of good players, and even if Lee doesn't play, it doesn't affect them much.

Nagelsmann looked at the reporters and said: "We know that if we do our best, anyone can beat it, so I'm more concerned about our own form. ”

On his team's form, he said: "It's a good situation, the players have confidence in this game, they are hungry to win in the Champions League and I am hungry for the first win in the Champions League. ”

A reporter asked: "If Lee were to appear in the starting list, would you adjust your deployment?" ”

Nagelsmann thought for a moment and said: "I don't know if Lee is injured or not, so when we deploy before the game, we will set up the tactics according to his start.

So, you ...... this question"

Nagelsmann shrugged and said, "So there is no such thing. ”

Seeing that he was willing to talk about Li Chuanqi, the reporters asked: "What kind of player is Li in your mind?" ”

Nagelsmann regretted what he had just said, took a deep breath and said: "Everyone knows what kind of player Lee is, two Hercules Cups, two Champions Leagues, such a player, can you still question his ability?" ”

A British journalist asked: "When Lee was just making his debut, Beckenbauer once commented on him, thinking that he could not be compared to Messi at all. A few years have passed, and Lee has been successful in football, even more successful than Messi in terms of results......"

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Beckenbauer is a monument to German football, Nagelsmann interrupted reporters, saying: "You just said, it was Lee who had just debuted, and at that time Messi was in full swing, and it is completely understandable that Mr. Beckenbauer made such a judgment."

If it were now, I'm sure he wouldn't have said such a thing. ”

Nagelsmann did not speak astonishingly, he inherited the rigor and low profile of the Germans.

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After nearly forty minutes of warm-up, the players from both sides returned to the locker room.

During the whole warm-up process, both Hoffenheim fans and coaches were observing Li Chuanqi's state.

Hoffenheim coach Nagelsmann exchanged views with the tactical coach from time to time.

"No problem...... I think Lee can definitely play tonight! ”

"I even thought he would be in the starting lineup!"

Manchester City fans breathed a sigh of relief, and their worries were swept away.

"Damn, it's a smoke bomb!"

Hoffenheim fans scolded, damn it, is it necessary? Interesting?

The group of reporters is also hotly discussed:

"Smoke bombs, smoke bombs are being set off all over Manchester City!"

Nima...... Is this called an ankle injury? The explosion is more powerful than anyone else, and I have an ankle injury! Fool it! ”

Almost everyone thinks Manchester City are setting off smoke bombs, but is that really the case?

Fifteen minutes before the game, the media got the starting lists of both sides, and they found that Li Chuanqi was not in the starting list!

They found Li Chuanqi's name on the bench list.

What does that mean?!

Could it be that Lee really ...... Just recovered from injury...... Or is it not completely healed?

So Pep Guardiola didn't give him a chance to start?

Or is Pep Guardiola going to put the smoke bombs to the end?

Or is it...... To fight Liverpool for the top spot?

Reporters are full of questions, not knowing what kind of medicine is sold in Guardiola's gourd.

At this moment, players from both sides have lined up and are ready to enter the field.

The Hoffenheim players were visibly relieved that they had not spotted Li Chuanqi in the Manchester City ranks, and a flash of joy quickly flashed in their eyes.

However, they soon returned to nature, and some even despised themselves in their hearts: is it necessary? Lee, like us, is a human being, both two-legged, even if he starts, what can he do?!

Led by the referee, the players from both sides walked out of the players' tunnel and were greeted by tsunami cheers and thunderous applause.

"Lee didn't make the starting lineup?!"

"Not really!"

The cheers and applause from the Hoffenheim fans were even louder.

"It doesn't matter if you start or not, Pep Guardiola is ready to put Lee on the pitch in the second half to finish the game!"

"Well, it must be so! He's just recovered from injury and shouldn't be able to play the whole game, so instead of starting him, it's better to let him come off the bench to decide the outcome! ”

'You don't need him for this game, the other players can handle it, his main task is the big game against Liverpool at the weekend!'

Manchester City fans comfort each other.

"Drop! ……”

At eight o'clock, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game.

The match between Manchester City and Hoffenheim has officially begun!

Amid the shouts of the home fans, Hoffenheim launched a fierce attack on Manchester City!

Just 45 seconds into the opening game, Hoffenheim midfielder Demirbay sent a precise through ball, and winger Belfodil successfully countered offside!

Belfodil calmly scored with his left foot against Ederson and Hoffenheim scored with a blitzkrieg!

1 to 0!

Holy, what's going on?!

Hoffenheim fans turn the In-Neckar Arena into a sea of delights!

No way......

Manchester City fans were completely dumbfounded, the game had just started, and Manchester City was down 0-1?

German media reporters were quite excited, and the German national TV commentator mocked: "Could it be that Manchester City thinks it is too easy to win, so they want to make it more difficult for themselves?"

Come on, Hoffenheim! It's up to you tonight to end City's winning streak!

What others can't do, you do! ”