On the court, Mandzukic crossed his hands on his hips and glanced anxiously at the time on the scoreboard.

The minutes are in the final minutes, and with stoppage time included, there really isn't much time left for them.

In this game, Mandzukic appeared to work extra hard and even desperately.

For others, it could just be a normal Champions League group game.

But for Mandzukic, this is his battle for revenge against Guardiola!

Last summer, because of a feud with Guardiola, Bayern was sold to Atletico Madrid at a low price by Guardiola.

The beam of the two is also concluded!

Maybe it's fate, maybe it's providence.

Just this summer, Mandzukic chose to leave Atletico Madrid, and shortly after joining Juventus, his team was drawn with Pep Guardiola's Manchester City.

After learning the time of the match against Manchester City, Mandzukic has been carefully preparing for this game.

He wants to take revenge on Guardiola in front of fans all over the world, and proves with his actual actions that it is Guardiola who has no eyes and that it is a mistake to give up on him!

Mandzukic had a good idea and was hard enough to get the game started.

But in this game, Manchester City's defensive intensity was terrible.

The opposing two centre-backs were like two towers, tall and strong, and he didn't take advantage of them at all.

Even if he tried his best, he still couldn't get too good a chance to score.

That assist for Alvaro Morata was already a stroke of great luck.

As for him stepping up and scoring Manchester City's goal to become a savior, this kind of plot seems hopeless at the moment.

However, Mandzukic was obviously very unwilling to return like this.

Therefore, even if the game time came to injury time, he still gritted his teeth and rushed into the Manchester City penalty area again, and fought hand-to-hand with Manchester City's two tower-like defenders.

Dybala was very clever and after seeing Mandzukic attract fire up front, he used his cover to ambush at the edge of the penalty area, and as long as his team-mates could pass the ball to his feet, he could shoot and deal with a lot of space.

It's just that it's not just the backline that's strong, it's their midfield.

Juventus did not take advantage of the strangulation in midfield, and several attempts to pass the ball to the frontcourt players ended in failure.

Seeing the clock tick by, the game was coming to an end.

Dybala had to drop back to catch the ball, and at this point, Cuadrado finally took the ball out and handed it to his feet.

Fernandinho rushed at him as soon as possible, and N'Golo Kante also came in front of him to block his breakaway line.

Dybala was on the bench but he had clearly seen his teammates being tackled and intercepted by N'Golo Kante, and he didn't dare to fight hard with the opponent.

So before the two of them could surround him, Dybala immediately passed the ball out.

Alvaro Morata was able to get on the spot before the defenders were in good sense and drove him into the box.

Seeing the ball flying towards the penalty area, Mandzukic immediately realized that this could be his last chance for this game.

So, he shook off Van Dijk's interference, kicked the ground hard, and rushed towards the spot where the ball landed.

"Stop him!"

Seeing that Mandzukic was about to grab the landing point, Navas in front of the goal immediately shouted to his teammates.

Mandzukic was a great header and he often helped Bayern goals with his headers when he was at Bayern.

In the face of such an air bully, he must not be given a comfortable opportunity to head the goal.

Van Dijk plays with his brain, he knows you can't foul in the box, but only physical contact can affect the opponent's balance and ruin the opponent's shot.

So, he quickly rushed to Mandzukic and jumped with Mandzukic's body.

If Mandzukic is running for the ball, then Van Dijk's move is completely for people.

Of course, he still looked like he was going for the ball on the surface, at least his eyes were always looking at the ball, and he just glanced at Mandzukic a few times with his spare eyes.

Under the influence of Van Dijk, Mandzukic's body balance has been greatly affected, and his head-shaking action is somewhat deformed.

But even so, the ball flew straight to the goal.

However, with Van Dijk's interference, the quality of the ball he pushed out dropped a lot, and Navas was well prepared, he easily saved the ball and defused Juventus' attack.

Seeing that his shot failed to break through the Manchester City goal, Mandzukic was very angry.

He raised his right hand to signal to the referee that Van Dijk had committed a foul, but Van Dijk looked innocent and signaled that he was defending normally.

The referee glanced at the two of them, but said nothing.

He was very close to the position just now, so it was clear that in the process of scrambling for the header, Van Dijk did not move in his hands, did not push or pull Mandzukic, and there was no malicious foul attempt at all.

Not only that, but after Mandzukic completed the header, Van Dijk even helped him to prevent him from accidentally falling when he landed.

How could such a good player with good conduct be fouled?

The referee felt that Mandzukic probably missed the opportunity to score, so he was annoyed, right?

It's just that no matter how angry you are, you can't take your anger out on others?

Besides, winning and losing is a common thing, and it's not a shame to lose to Europe's strongest team at the Etihad Stadium.

With such preconceived notions, coupled with Van Dijk's clean movements, the referee ignored Mandzukic's protests.

After the end of stoppage time, he blew the whistle quickly for the end of the game.

In the end, after a hard-fought battle, Manchester City beat the visiting Juventus 2-1 at their home stadium.

Both teams showed a high level of tactical literacy and combat ability in this game, and the process of the game was exciting enough for the fans who came to watch the game live and in front of the TV to enjoy a wonderful game.

After this game, Manchester City got off to a good start.

For Juventus, losing to Manchester City in the first game of the group stage was certainly a bit of a disadvantage.

But with an early finish to the defending champions, the rest of their schedule will be much easier.

And the strength shown by Juventus in this game made the outside world think a lot of highly of them.

Some Old Lady fans even feel that although their team is still proud to lose, although they have lost, judging from the strength they have shown, it seems that it is not difficult to fight out of the group stage.

If the two teams can advance together, maybe there will be another day in the knockout round or even the final stage.

When the time comes, Juventus can get back to Manchester City!

After the match between Manchester City and Juventus, another group stage was played at the same time.

Sevilla, winners of the last Europa League, beat Borussia Mönchengladbach cleanly 3-0 on their home turf.

They also surpassed Manchester City by virtue of three goal difference and temporarily topped the group.

In the other groups, Real Madrid and Paris in Group A both comfortably beat their respective team-mates, and Cristiano Ronaldo once again scored a hat-trick in the Champions League.

However, two of his hat-tricks were penalties, which made the gold content of this hat-trick drop a lot.

Compared with Real Madrid's momentum, Barcelona's luck is much worse.

In the away game against Roma, they were the first to score and were reversed.

What's worse is that the substitute Raphinha, who came on the bench, had to be carried off the field on a stretcher after only 1 minute because he was tackled behind the back of Roma warrior Nainggran, resulting in a serious knee injury.

Barca's morale was also greatly reduced as a result, and the departure of Neymar led to a decline in the attacking power of Barca's forward line, and they never scored again, and finally had to accept the result of the draw.

Barcelona, which was still in full swing last year, seems to have encountered a series of troubles at the beginning of the season this season.

This makes the outside world a little pessimistic about their future in the Champions League.

While the media in La Liga are worried about the prospects of Barcelona, the media on the Premier League side are also sighing.

As for the reason why they sigh, it is actually very simple.

Arsenal and Manchester United both lost the first leg, and both of them lost to teams weaker than them, which can be described as a series of upsets.

"Jose Mourinho doesn't seem to know how to attack again, his team is losing out on the lack of attacking firepower.

As for Arsenal, Arsene Wenger's luck was so bad, Oxlade-Chamberlain's own goal in the opening period, Giroud's uncalm first half turned two yellows into one red, and their situation on the road turned sharply.

But even so, in the face of the weakest opponent in the group, the Gunners should not simply surrender.

Failing to win away from home would be a huge disadvantage for them to qualify from the group. ”

"Maybe, this season we can only count on Manchester City as a team!"

Although in the first round of matches, Chelsea also won 4-0.

But the Premier League media don't seem to be very reluctant to mention Chelsea, and it's simple:

Chelsea have beaten a weak opponent and the Israeli side have no presence in Europe, so there is nothing to be proud of in beating such a belly.

Second, Chelsea's own league situation is already precarious, and they will have to make a choice between the league and the Champions League if they are to retain their Champions League place this season.

Chelsea could certainly abandon the league and focus on the Champions League.

But with their current state, even if they qualify from the group, I am afraid they will not go far.

Therefore, no one dares to pin their hopes on this Blues.

Thinking about it this way, Manchester City, which can fight and fight, seems to have become the only trustworthy object!

"Good thing we have Manchester City!"

The British media and newspapers finally caught a little comfort.

But if Manchester City is eliminated one day, then they will only have to wail collectively!

……

After playing in the Champions League, Guardiola breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.

So he began to work hard, and in the sixth round of the Premier League, he advanced the position of N'Golo Kante to central midfield, trying to develop his attacking attributes.

This adjustment cost Manchester City dearly, and at the end of the first half, the score on the field was 1:2, and Manchester City, who were playing at home, actually fell behind.

This made the fans who came to the scene feel very incredible, what happened to Manchester City?

Champions League sequelae?

Compared with the confusion of Manchester City fans, the fans of the Hammers gang were collectively excited.

West Ham United's record this season has been quite good, especially when they have faced the top clubs, who have won back-to-back games.

In the opening game of the Premier League this season, West Ham United beat Arsenal 2-0 away, sending a little shock to the fans of Arsenal.

In the second round, they played at home against Leicester City.

After scoring two goals in the opening game, West Ham continued to attack the opponent, with possession exceeding 70% at one point, almost kicking around Leicester City's goal, and also pulled a goal back.

If it weren't for the Hammers' players who were unfortunate enough to be sent off with a red card, they might have been able to upset Leicester City's big dark horse.

However, this defeat did not deal much damage to the Hammers, in the fourth round of the Premier League, West Ham United visited Anfield, they defeated Liverpool with a score of 3:0, successfully captured Anfield, and sent a little shock to Klopp, who was on the Premier League stage for the first time.

If West Ham United can win this game smoothly, then they have already defeated three of the five giants of the Premier League, and they can definitely be called giant killers!

However, Manchester City is not a fish belly that everyone rubs.

Aware that N'Golo Kante was not comfortable in the central midfield position, Pep Guardiola decisively abandoned the attempt in the second half, putting N'Golo Kante back in a central midfield position.

And in the 65th minute of the second half, he replaced Aguero, a regular striker who returned from injury.

Sergio Aguero was very active when he came on, and his attacking group with the likes of Lin Quan, Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva caused a lot of problems for West Ham's backline.

In the 72nd and 78th minutes of the second half, Sergio Aguero and Lin Quan scored in quick succession to help the team reverse the score, and finally defeated the Hammers 3-2, defending their home stadium and extending Manchester City's winning streak to six games.

Although the team won in the end, Guardiola's mood after the game was a little unpleasant.

He still seems to be immersed in the failure of Kante's transformation and can't extricate himself!

"Sure enough, it still doesn't work?"

Pep Guardiola regrets that it would be great if he could really develop this attribute of N'Golo Kante!

"Why did you make Kante like that? Wasn't Yaya Toure the type of player before? But when he's on the team, I don't think you like to use him very much! ”

Lin Quan is a little incomprehensible to Guardiola's stubbornness, and people's energy is limited.

Kante is strong in defense, so just let him play to his strengths, why force him to do what he is not good at?

(End of chapter)