Manchester City, for their part, chose to report to the local police and lodge a protest with UEFA.

With a two-pronged approach, the Kievans had to rein in a bit, at least for the next night.

It's just that being so disturbed by them has had a great impact on Manchester City's pre-match preparations.

On the day of the race, the weather was not good, the sky was gray, there was no sun, and it looked like it was going to snow at any time.

"The temperature in Kyiv is relatively low these days, and it may snow during the game!"

The assistant coach said to Guardiola worriedly.

"Well, what does the weather forecast say?"

Guardiola glanced up at the sky and sighed in his heart.

If there is an extreme situation of snow during the game, it will be really bad for Manchester City.

"The weather forecast says there is a high probability of snow, more than 70%!"

With a 70% probability, there will basically be a snow battle.

According to UEFA regulations, it is possible to postpone the match in the event of extreme weather such as heavy rain or snow.

But I was afraid that the snow would not be big enough to meet the criteria for postponing the race.

In that case, City's state will be affected by the snowy weather, and once the snow in the field becomes slippery, it will obviously be a disadvantage for Manchester City, who are more adept at attacking on the ground.

Despite the bad weather, the match attracted a large number of fans.

The number of Manchester City fans accompanying the visitors was small, just over 1,000, with the rest all being home fans.

Dynamo Kyiv's home stadium is not large, it can only accommodate 16,900 fans, and because it is not a professional football stadium, the stadium is separated from the stands by a ring of runways, so the sound of fans cheering on the stadium does not have as much impact on the players on the stadium as a professional football stadium.

However, when the Manchester City players stepped onto the pitch, they were shocked.

There were two very different scenes on Lobanovski's pitch:

On one side is a group of shirtless and shirtless men, the leader is sweating vigorously beating the drums, and the hundreds of people in the back line are lined up, rhythmically clapping and chanting and holding up the home team's scarf.

Although the number of people is small, it is particularly eye-catching.

On the other side, a group of fans found a large number of fireworks from somewhere and lit them in the stands.

The orange-red flames and the smoke filled the flames that made the stands on this side seem to be on fire, and they were particularly crazy.

City's players don't seem to have seen anything like it, especially the shirtless fans who braved the wind and snow to cheer them on.

Just looking at it, I feel cold, and I don't know how this group of crazy people persevered!

"Hehe, those guys in Manchester City were scared by us, brothers work harder, let these cowards see the blood of our Ukrainians!"

Seeing that the Manchester City players were frequently throwing their eyes on them, these crazy fans became even more proud, beating drums and shouting harder.

"Is this the Dynamo Kyiv fans, it's crazy enough!"

Guardiola sat in the coach's seat and subconsciously wrapped himself in a down jacket.

This swishing cold wind blows on the body, even if you wear a down jacket, you feel a little chill, not to mention the players who play in shorts and shorts on the field?

If you don't warm up your body thoroughly, you may get injured from cold frostbite or muscle stiffness when you play.

Playing in such temperatures, the risk of injury is very high.

I don't know how the players in the Ukrainian Super League and the Russian Super League persevered?

……

At 9:45 p.m., with the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

Despite a good warm-up, the players quickly cooled down during the time they returned to the dressing room from the pitch.

So at the beginning of the game, Manchester City's players still had some scruples, and they didn't dare to move too much, and they played a little restricted.

Their opponents obviously expected this, so after kick-off, they decisively launched a big attack on Manchester City, seemingly trying to take advantage of the fact that the Manchester City players were not fully in shape, playing a wave of rushing to try to break Manchester City's goal.

The idea of the Dynamo people in Kyiv is very good, and the execution is very resolute.

However, Pep Guardiola had anticipated this kind of attempt from his opponent and took precautions in the tactics he had formulated before the game.

After discovering that the opponent really started to attack, Manchester City immediately shrank their formation and defended solidly.

Dynamo Kyiv didn't have a lot of positional strength, and with City's all-out defence, their attack didn't create too many good chances.

Seeing that Manchester City had been prepared, the coach of Dynamo Kyiv couldn't help but sigh.

After seeing that the players could not penetrate the opponent's defense and shot three or four times, but failed to form a threat, he decisively ordered the offensive to be stopped.

At this time, the game time has reached the fifteenth minute, and after the first fifteen minutes of the game, the body of the Manchester City players has gradually moved.

It was at this time that the opponent changed his style of play and no longer launched a mad dog-style attack like before.

As a result, Manchester City began to push back and try to launch a counter-attack on their opponents.

In the 17th minute, Manchester City launched a quick counterattack after the ball broke off in midfield, and Son Heung-min dribbled down to the bottom and hit a cross in front of the goal.

Gabriel Jesus, who was making his first start for Manchester City, was disturbed by a defender and was a little slower to flank in front of goal, and although he handed over his body and stretched out his foot to complete the tackle, his foot did not touch the football and the ball slid past the goal.

Lin Quan at the back post also didn't touch the ball, and Manchester City missed a great opportunity to rewrite the scoreline.

Although the players missed the opportunity, Guardiola still gave the players a round of applause.

He had a hunch that as long as City continued that form, it was only a matter of time before they scored.

The coach of Dynamo Kyiv also apparently sensed that something was wrong, so he immediately ordered his players to strengthen their defense and scramble.

And their way to strengthen the defense is very simple and rough, that is, - foul!

In the 22nd minute of the game, Manchester City attacked again, and Son Heung-min was tackled by the opposition full-back when he dribbled the ball on the wing.

The other party didn't know whether it was intentional or accidentally kicked down Sun Xingmin's leg, and Sun Xingmin rolled on the ground several times in pain holding his leg.

Seeing the tragic situation of their teammates, the nearby Manchester City players immediately stepped forward and surrounded the culprit, trying to get justice for their teammates.

Is this here to play football?

It's clearly here to kick people!

Not to be outdone, the opposing players saw that their teammates were being besieged, and immediately rushed over and confronted the Manchester City players.

Seeing that a scuffle was about to break out between the two sides, the referee hurriedly blew the whistle and gave a yellow card to the foul Kiev player, and at the same time used the yellow card to warn the players on both sides who had just pushed and shoved.

The referee's timely decision stopped the imminent large-scale clash between the two sides.

But the anger between the players of the two teams was completely uncontrollable.

In the ensuing game, the movements of the players on both sides became bigger and bigger, and if you shovel me, I will definitely retaliate.

However, such a scuffle is obviously beneficial to Dynamo Kyiv, and Manchester City's momentum that is just about to rise has been forced to be pressed like this.

The chaotic situation made it difficult for City's ground offensive to organise.

The opponent's ferocious movements and concerns about injuries made City's players hesitate to attack.

In the stands, the fans of Dynamo Kyiv shouted loudly and mocked the Manchester City players.

"What a bullshit Champions League winner, I think that's it!"

"Hehe, we won this game, Manchester City's morale is already chaotic, and they are playing out of order!"

On the sidelines, Guardiola frowned.

Such a scuffle was not good for Manchester City, but the players' minds were already overwhelmed by anger by this time, and his shouting and adjustment did not have a good effect.

I can only hope that we will adjust at half-time, and until then, I just hope that no one gets hurt.

According to Murphy's Law, the more you are afraid of something, the more it will happen.

Just as Guardiola was thinking in his heart that no one should be hurt, someone on the pitch was immediately injured!

In the 31st minute, Kyiv Dynamo's full-back Gamash put a tackle in a scramble with Lin Quan, and the two fell to the ground one after another.

Pep Guardiola swooped up from the dugout and looked nervously at the pitch.

At this moment, there was nothing else in his mind.

What games to win or lose, what knockout tournaments to advance, all of them were put aside by him.

At this moment, he only has one thing in his heart: How is Lin Quan?

No way?

Lin wouldn't get hurt at such a critical time, would he?

Manchester City can't do without him now!

Manchester City, which is already full of wounded soldiers, if there is no Lin Quan, I really can't imagine what it will become?

Seeing that the opponent's core was suspected of being injured, the fans of Dynamo Kyiv sang happily as if they were celebrating the New Year!

"Haha, that's great, we killed the opponent's core, we won this game!"

"Hehe, I don't know how that kid is injured, if he is seriously injured and can't make it to the next game, hehe, maybe we can beat Manchester City away from home in the next leg!"

"Beating Manchester City home and away, this is a task that the top giants like Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich have not been able to complete, I didn't expect that one day we would have hope to complete it!"

Of course, they have reasons to be happy, everyone knows how important Lin Quan is to Manchester City, if he is missing, the strength of this Manchester City team will at least be discounted.

In that case, Dynamo Kyiv has a much better chance of winning at home!

At the thought that they could knock out the defending champions and reach the quarterfinals, Dynamo Kyiv fans were thrilled to set off firecrackers to celebrate!

Compared with the elated Kyiv fans, Manchester City fans have already raised their hearts to their throats.

Lin Quanke must not have anything to do, Manchester City can't live without him now!

Many Manchester City fans have even begun to pray for Lin Quan, hoping that he is okay!

After the players of both teams fell to the ground, the team doctors of both teams immediately came on the field.

Unexpectedly, on Manchester City's side, after being examined by the team doctor, Lin Quan was fine, and soon limped to his feet with the support of his teammates.

The Manchester City fans were all relieved to see this, while the fans of Dynamo Kyiv were disappointed.

"That guy Gamash, haven't you eaten? Why didn't you scrap this guy! ”

"It's really useless, I can't even do this little thing, I don't think this Gamash needs to stay in the team!"

However, they didn't seem to notice that Gamash, who was scolded by them, was lying on the ground at this time and couldn't get up!

To be on the safe side, Pep Guardiola asked Lin Quan to be temporarily examined on the sidelines for further detail, and did not immediately let him return to the pitch to continue playing.

He only felt lucky in his heart now, fortunately Lin Quan was not injured, if he was really injured, then he really didn't know what to do!

Thinking of this, Guardiola thought, why don't you just replace Lin Quan?

It doesn't matter if you lose this game, there is still the home field anyway.

Lin Quan's health is more important than anything else!

Just as Guardiola was thinking about this, on the pitch, the team doctor of Dynamo Kyiv made a substitution gesture.

After being examined by the team doctor, they decided that Gamash could no longer hold on and had to be left for treatment.

This is the first player to go off the pitch injured in this game, and it is also his own man, which makes the arrogance of the Dynamo Kyiv fans in the stadium subside a lot.

This script is not right, why are it our people who are hurt?

It was obviously Garmash who went to knock down the other party's people just now, why was he the one who was injured in the end?

"I see, it must be that this kid Gamash committed a big foul just now, and he felt that there was no way to escape the referee's punishment, so he used this trick to try to fool around?"

"Well, it's very likely, the foul just now does look a bit bad, he didn't tackle the ball, but kicked it firmly on the opponent's ankle, such a foul, being shown a yellow card is considered light, and if it is not good, it will be expelled from the game with a red card, and if UEFA investigates it after the game, it is likely that there will be an additional ban!"

If Gamash could hear the discussion from his own fans, he would probably cry.

He wasn't pretending, but was really hurt.

As for his own initiative to foul, why he was injured in the end instead of the other party, even he couldn't figure it out.

I only felt that the kick just now was not a human leg, but an iron plate, and the force of the shock made him feel like his bones were going to break!

Although Gamash left the field injured, the referee did not intend to let him go.

The referee showed a yellow card to his back when he was being helped down, which was just a yellow card, and it could be regarded as mercy on his subordinates.

If he is fine after the tackle and Lin Quan is injured, the referee will likely show him a red card.

But even if there is no direct red card, it is very disadvantageous for Dynamo Kyiv to retire so early.

However, at this moment, flakes of snow drifted in the sky.

The snowy weather predicted in the weather forecast is finally here!

(End of chapter)