Pellegrini took advantage of the dead ball to call Zabaleta over and admonish him.

Zabaleta nodded repeatedly, and then Simeone noticed that City's attacking routine was starting to change.

When their two midfielders get the ball, they don't choose to pass the ball directly to the frontcourt players if they don't have a particularly good chance to play it, but instead give the ball to the two full-backs and let them handle the ball.

Such an option gave City a better chance to attack, with Atletico's players having a hard time pressing the two full-backs in the first place, giving them more space to handle the ball.

After getting the ball, Manchester City's full-backs are safer than passing the ball directly from the back, whether they dribble up to assist, or play a two-to-two with the back to get past Atletico Madrid's pressing players, and then pass to the front.

As a result, City's attacking threat began to increase after Manuel Pellegrini made such a change.

In the 52nd minute, Fernandinho broke the ball and passed it to Zabaleta, who ran a few steps with the ball and passed the ball to Fernandinho before the opposing player could press it.

Fernandinho then passed to Lin Quan, who attracted the opponent's pressure and passed the ball to Aguero.

The ball took a zigzag on the right flank of Manchester City and eventually came to the feet of the strikers.

These passes were played very quickly, and even though the Atletico players had increased their speed to the extreme, they still couldn't keep up with the speed of the football pass.

At this time, after Aguero received the ball, only Atletico Madrid's defender Godin was left alone.

On his right side, Lin Quan was speeding towards Atletico's penalty area after completing the pass, and David Silva on the left was doing the same.

Atletico's defenders are also rapidly retreating, and the two sides are staging a race to the death!

"Dangerous, City's attack from the flanks has played with speed, and Atletico's defence is under great threat!"

On the commentary seat, the commentators from various countries subconsciously raised their tones.

City's attack looked unremarkable at first, but once up front, it immediately showed a formidable threat.

There was a three-on-three situation in the frontcourt, and most of Atletico's players could not rush back to defend at the first time because of the high pressing.

Although City do not have a numerical advantage, all three of their players are very good individually.

The smaller the number of people, the lower the power of tactics, and the importance of individual strength becomes more and more prominent.

Therefore, seeing this attack of Manchester City, Simeone's heart beat wildly, and he had a bad feeling!

Atletico defender Godin stealthily bumped into Sergio Aguero while defending, trying to squeeze him away and snatch the ball from his feet.

He was the last defender, so he didn't dare to sabotage City's attack with a foul that was too obvious, and if he did, he would have to get at least a yellow card, or even a red card and be ejected.

Aguero stumbled and passed the ball to Lin Quan before losing control of the ball.

As soon as Lin Quan received the ball, he felt someone rushing from behind his side.

Without looking back, he could have guessed that it would have to be Atletico Madrid's full-back Philippe.

Lin Quan didn't give the opponent a chance to collide with him, he quickly dribbled inward and slashed towards Atletico's penalty area.

Philippe had to follow and lean towards the middle, and Godin, seeing Aguero's pass, immediately gave up on him, handed him over to another defender, Miranda, and rushed towards Lin Quan, intending to wrap him up with Philippe.

In a three-on-three situation, the defending side is certainly passive, but it is not completely impossible.

After all, there is only one football, as long as it can interfere with the ball carrier and force him to make a choice, the defending side can free up his hands and cover the object of his pass.

Especially in this situation where he has the ball in the middle, once he passes the ball, there are a lot fewer options for the wide players who receive the ball.

Either shoot straight at goal or pass to the middle, or from one wing to another, but it takes longer and the defender has plenty of time to get into position.

Moreover, Atletico's players are retreating across the board, and if the three men in front of Manchester City can't finish the attack quickly, their threat of rapid attack will drop by one point for every second of delay.

After a few seconds, it will evolve into a positional battle, and with Atletico's defensive ability, it really reaches the stage of positional warfare, then they are not worried at all.

So, after forcing Sergio Aguero to pass the ball, the situation turned in Atletico's favour.

As long as Godin and Philip can stop Lin Quan, even if they can't cut off the ball from his feet immediately, as long as they can delay him a little and buy time for their teammates, they can basically defuse this round of Manchester City's counterattack.

The pressure is on Lin, if he is stopped, then Manchester City's attack will fail, and Atletico Madrid, who are on guard, will not give them such a chance again.

I'm afraid the game will fall into the same stalemate as before!

But if he can make a breakthrough and get the attack done, it could change the game forever.

At this moment, almost everyone's eyes on the Stadium of Light were on Lin Quan.

Everyone is waiting for him to make a choice!

In the stands near the stadium, Guardiola's family widened their eyes and stared intently at Lin Quan's every move.

Although he didn't play on the pitch, Guardiola still developed a sense of empathy.

Thinking of the huge difficulties and pressures that Lin Quan was about to face, he couldn't help but sweat for Lin Quan.

In the box, Mendes, Ronaldo and Mourinho also stopped talking and looked at the pitch together.

There was a hint of anticipation in Mendes' eyes, he had already heard of Lin Quan's famous name, and he was full of curiosity and desire for the youth that had only suddenly emerged in football in recent years.

It's a pity that I couldn't recruit him last year, otherwise I would have two of the three most successful players in football today!

Seeing Lin Quan running on the field, Ronaldo remembered that when he was in the World Cup qualifiers the year before last, he watched the match between Spain and France in the hotel lobby.

That was the first time he noticed Lin Quan.

In just two years, this guy has grown from an unknown junior to such a height.

Let Ronaldo himself feel a huge pressure!

If he can lead the team to win this game, he may have a chance to win this year's Ballon d'Or, right?

Mourinho didn't have so many ideas, he just observed Lin Quan's every move with an appreciative attitude.

Last year, in order to bring in Lin Quan, Mourinho collected many of his videos and did a lot of research on his playing style.

Therefore, among the three people present, Mourinho may be the one who knows Lin Quan best.

However, after a year of baptism in the Premier League and the Champions League, he feels that Lin Quan's style of play has changed a lot.

During his time at Werder Bremen, he was a pure attacker, with a lot of attacking power on the pitch and a penchant for shooting from the flanks.

But after arriving at Manchester City, thanks to Manchester City's strong offensive firepower, Lin Quan's appearance on the wing has decreased, and the number of such dribbles and shots has also decreased a lot.

He spent most of his time in the shadow striker and midfield positions, taking on a lot of playmaking work.

And now, he appeared on the wing again, and it seems to be back to the early days, which makes Mourinho very sure that Lin Quan will definitely choose to pass these two defenders this time!

Sure enough, seeing Godin leaning over, Lin Quan quickly judged the other party's intentions.

Want to wrap me?

It's a good idea, but it's coming too slowly!

He quickly assessed the distance between himself and the two defenders as he moved with the ball, with Philip about a metre away and Godin two metres in front of him.

It's a very small space for the average player, and it could be a chance to touch the ball.

But for Lin Quan, this space is already spacious.

He flicked the ball sideways to the left, as if to lean towards the middle.

Godin and Philip both subconsciously followed and made adjustments, but after seeing the opponent's movements, Lin Quan handed the ball to the left and made a breakthrough from the left side.

Godin hurriedly turned around and reached out to pull Lin Quan, not giving him a chance to pass himself.

However, Lin Quan's move was still a feint, and Godin was obviously deceived!

Seeing that his teammates were deceived, Philip secretly said that it was not good, he didn't dare to wait any longer, and immediately pushed Lin Quan hard from behind, wanting to use tactical fouls to stop the attack before he entered the penalty area.

Although he is likely to receive a yellow card for this action, a yellow card is a very good result compared to conceding a goal.

However, Lin Quan seems to have anticipated Philip's move.

When he started to push people, Lin Quan had already passed the ball.

And at the moment when he completed the pass, Lin Quan felt a huge push from his back.

Instead of being pushed down, he staggered forward with the thrust.

It all happened in a flash of light, Aguero had just passed the ball out, and within two seconds, the ball was back.

However, after Aguero received the ball, another Atletico defender, Miranda, had already rushed up.

He still doesn't have any space to shoot, but Aguero has already formed a tacit understanding with Lin Quan.

After receiving the ball, he did not choose to shoot, but sent a straight stopper, and Lin Quan completed a collision with the wall.

After staggering and running a few steps, Lin Quan, who finally regained his balance, just entered the penalty area, and received a pass from Aguero.

Courtois finally determined who would be responsible for the final goalkeeper, so he no longer had any hesitation and immediately rushed out of the goal, spread his arms and pounced on Lin Quan.

There is no doubt that this is a single knife.

So Courtois can't count on any of his team-mates, he has to rely on his own quality to stop the opponent's shots.

But can you do it yourself?

He had studied Lin Quan's single-knife success rate before the game, and the conclusion he came to made him feel desperate!

Lin Quan's single-knife success rate is more than ninety percent, and there may not be one mistake in ten times!

Therefore, once it falls into the passive 1v1 link, it has actually proved that Atletico's defense has failed!

Courtois struggled to meet the challenge, but he didn't have much confidence in himself.

However, the Atletico fans at the scene, including the members of the Atletico Madrid coaching staff on the sidelines, all pinned their hopes on him at this moment.

They hope that Courtois can pull off a miracle and help the team to defend the door again and defuse this crisis, as they have done in the past!

However, the stimulus didn't appear!

Lin Quan saw Courtois attacking, came to a man to divide the ball, and easily passed him.

Courtois hurriedly stretched out his leg to intercept, but was a step too slow and could only watch in despair as the ball slid past his side.

After passing Courtois, Lin Quan took a look at football.

After confirming that the ball would roll into the Atletico goal, he didn't waste time to make up the shot, but spread his arms and ran along the bottom line of the pitch!

Rumble!

The sound of the Stadium of Light exploded like a depth charge, and the whole stadium was thrown into a frenzy.

Countless Manchester City fans cried with joy and hugged each other excitedly!

We're ahead!

Finally kicked the ball into the damn goal!

On the sidelines, Manchester City's coaching staff rushed out one by one after seeing the one-man go to the meeting and help the team open the scoring.

On the sidelines, they ran excitedly, hugged, and waved their fists in celebration.

Pellegrini slipped and almost fell as he ran out, but the old man didn't care at all, and excitedly threw himself at his colleagues and assistants, hugging them in celebration.

In the stands near the stadium, Guardiola felt his heart tug when he saw Lin Quan being fouled by the opponent's defender, stumbling and almost falling.

He, like many fans, thought that Lin Quan would lose his balance and fall into the penalty area, thus missing this opportunity.

However, Lin Quan did not fall, but stood up tenaciously, passed the opponent's goalkeeper at the last moment, and sent the ball into the goal!

These things are easier said than done!

The opponent's defender must have used a lot of strength to push just now, and it was already very difficult for Lin Quanneng to maintain his balance.

And the opponent's goalkeeper saw the right time to attack in time, giving Lin Quan a very short time to react and adjust.

In such a short period of time, even if the average player can receive the ball, he has no time to adjust, either the hasty shot is destroyed by the opponent's goalkeeper, or he simply does not even have a chance to shoot, and is defused by the goalkeeper who attacked in advance.

But none of this happened!

Lin Quanhe completed the two things of adjusting the balance and completing the shooting in an instant.

And the last moment was too easy.

Courtois certainly didn't expect the opponent to finish the shot in such a way out!

Thinking of this, Guardiola had a smile on his face, and the unhappiness of being clean sheets by Atletico Madrid in the previous two games also dissipated a lot.

Hey, I can't break the door, but my son can!

He's avenging me!

In the box, after Mendes saw this goal, the three couldn't help but secretly say in their hearts that they played well.

Ronaldo couldn't help but sigh in his heart, if this ball were his own, it would not be better than him, and even, he may not be able to complete the goal.

Mourinho took the lead in applauding, this kid really didn't disappoint himself, and even did better than he imagined!

In this game, Atletico Madrid is afraid that it will be difficult!

Mendes also applauded, and his eyes at Lin Quan became more enthusiastic.

Lin Quan is only 18 years old, Ronaldo is 29 years old, if Lin Quan can be recruited, he can have the top players in football in the next ten years!