Neymar is bitter!

At halftime, under the comfort of the coach, I finally calmed down a little.

As a result, the second half started behind at the beginning, and this can still be played?

Neymar is well aware that there are countless pairs of eyes staring at him in this game, and if he can't put on a brilliant performance, he will definitely be hacked after the game.

In a hurry, Neymar forgot the coach's advice at halftime, insisted on relying on his personal strength to attack, and ignored his teammates next to him.

Neymar has a lot of individual quality and often uses it to score goals in Ligue 1.

However, this is a Champions League knockout round, not Ligue 1.

His opponents are not those second- or third-rate teams in Ligue 1, but the top teams in today's football!

In the face of such a strong team, it is a bit too whimsical to want to rely on personal strength to beat the other party.

Therefore, Neymar's choice not only did not help the team, but also wasted a lot of time, and during this time, the offensive threat of Grand Paris gradually decreased.

The Parisian fans finally couldn't help it, and when Neymar was once again about to go it alone, they booed their own star of the house.

Hearing the boos from the fans at the scene, Neymar was obviously stunned for a moment.

He never thought that he would be booed by his own fans!

The Manchester City players on the opposite side were also surprised, they had never seen this one after playing for so long.

Are the fans of Grand Paris going to turn against each other?

The only person on the field who is not surprised by this is probably Lin Quan.

After all, in this stadium, even Messi, the king of the ball who won 8 Ballon d'Or awards, has been booed by the fans of Paris, and Neymar is booed, isn't that normal?

The defection of the home fans has caused a lot of damage to the morale of Paris, especially Neymar, who has become a little distracted and his state has further declined.

Taking advantage of the low morale of the opponent and the absence of key players, Manchester City immediately launched a ferocious attack, intending to take advantage of your illness to kill you.

It's a pity that the Paris back line is very solid, Thiago Silva is also worthy of being the world's No. 1 defender, under his excellent play, Manchester City's offensive is very fierce, but it is difficult to penetrate the opponent's defense, and the score has not been further expanded.

Seeing that Neymar was not in form, the coach of Grand Paris also had to shift the focus of the attack to the right side, allowing Di Maria to provoke the attacking beam.

Di Maria didn't disappoint either, as he played brilliantly down the right, almost breaking City's left wing-back Klich.

Klich's defensive ability is actually not weak, but he has a yellow card on his back, and Di Maria is a person who is very good at fake falls, once he is on the road, Klich is likely to receive a second yellow card and be sent off.

This caused him to be less afraid to make moves, and his lack of daring to make moves led to his inability to prevent Di Maria at all.

In the 62nd minute, Di Maria once again made a heads-up success, cutting inside to the middle after forming a breakthrough on the wing.

As he dribbled the ball, he pointed to an open space in the box to signal Cavani to run, but when City's defenders were distracted by Cavani and his movements, he took a decisive shot.

It was a beautiful shot, perfect in terms of power, angle and timing of the shot.

Keylor Navas's vision was blocked when Di Maria shot and he couldn't see the opponent's shot in the first place, which caused him to be half a beat slow to save, and despite his best efforts, he couldn't stop the ball from flying into the Manchester City goal!

Seeing the goal scored, Di Maria ran excitedly along the pitch, running and talking to the fans in the stands.

The fans of Grand Paris immediately gave him warm applause and cheers, they really loved this right-sided angel to death!

Compared with Neymar's transfer fee of 200 million, Di Maria, who only spent 65 million euros in Paris, can be called 'cheap'.

And his performance on the pitch is not inferior to Neymar at all, and even in such a crucial game, he is more trustworthy than Neymar.

This makes many fans feel that Di Maria should be given more firing rights and rely more on him when attacking.

That's exactly what their head coach thinks at this point.

Since the opponent can't limit Di Maria on the wing, then continue to play his advantage at this point, break the opponent's defense from the side, and create more opportunities for the team!

However, Pep Guardiola is not a fool, how could he give his opponent such a chance?

He saw the holes that City had exposed on the flanks and made a decisive substitution.

It's just that, surprisingly, he didn't choose to replace Sagna, a veteran who has been famous for a long time, but chose a young player who is only 21 years old and rarely plays for Manchester City before - Joshua Kimmich!

Kimmich, under Pep Guardiola's tutelage, is currently capable of playing in three positions: midfielder, right-back and left-back.

Although Kimmich is young, he has a calm and composure that does not match his age.

He has a good positional sense, a very flexible mind, a good sense of the big picture on the pitch and rarely makes mistakes when defending.

On top of that, Kimmich's own physicality is outstanding.

His speed at his feet, his ability to chase back and his speed to turn are all at the top of his game.

When defending frontally, he has a strong ability to intercept and steal, and even if he is passed by the opponent, he can use his strong recovery ability to cooperate with his teammates to form a front and rear package.

When Pep Guardiola replaced Kimmich, Di Maria saw that the other party was a little-known newcomer, so he didn't pay too much attention to it.

But when he tried to break through on the flanks again as he had done before and failed, Di Maria immediately realized that he had hit the iron plate and that this guy was not easy to deal with!

Kimmich played very reasonably, sealing the inside without teammates around him, allowing you to go down the wing.

When there are teammates around him, he decisively grabs up, forcing him to pass back or risk breaking through.

If the breakthrough is successful, teammates can make up for it in time, so that there will be no holes in the defense.

If the breakthrough fails, then City will launch a quick counter-attack on the spot.

Manchester City's strong counter-attacking ability has already been seen on the side of Paris.

So Di Maria was really a little jealous, and she couldn't do anything about Kimmich for a while.

He tried to deliver crosses with the ball, but City defended well in the box and team-mates such as Cavani couldn't find too many good chances.

Di Maria tried a few crosses, but none of them could threaten, and on one occasion he was even confiscated by the goalkeeper and launched a dangerous counter-attack with his hand, almost breaking the goal of Grand Paris.

Seeing that his plan failed, Di Maria decisively changed his strategy.

He was no longer obsessed with breaking through the flanks and began to move his position, run to the middle, and even cross with his teammates.

Young players are often inexperienced and prone to mistakes such as losing position as they follow their markers.

As long as the opponent makes such a mistake, he can find an opportunity to land the fatal blow.

However, to his disappointment, Kimmich had a very good sense of position and did not make the mistakes he expected at all.

After seeing Di Maria leave his defensive area, he decisively handed over the task of defending Di Maria to his teammates, and he went to fill the positions of his teammates, and definitely did not run around.

This made Di Maria a little helpless, this kid is even more difficult to deal with than he imagined!

But now that this guy has left his comfort zone and run into the midfield, Di Maria will naturally not let go of such an opportunity.

After hitting the wall with his teammates, he decisively dribbled the ball to kill Kimmich, who seemed to think that Kimmich was a soft persimmon.

I can't help you on the wing, and when you get to this completely different position in the middle, can you still stop me?

The defense in the middle is completely different from that on the wing, the opponent is so young, Di Maria doesn't think the opponent can have much defensive ability in the midfield!

However, the truth disappointed him again!

Kimmich is a versatile player at the back, and he plays even more easily than full-backs in the midfield position.

Seeing Di Maria rushing towards him, he also rushed towards him without any intimidation.

The number of people in the middle is much denser than that on the wings, leaving less room for players to flicker around, and the slightest sticking to the ball will be caught by multiple people.

It's almost impossible to run at high speed like a wing in the middle!

As soon as Di Maria's side started, he was blocked by Kimmich, and under Kimmich's close pressing, he couldn't break through at all, and it was difficult to even pass.

And just as he was tangled in Kimmich, N'Golo Kante came from the side and slotted the ball away from Di Maria's feet.

This position was very dangerous, Di Maria panicked at the time, and directly reached for Kante, trying to use tactical fouls to prevent the opponent from counterattacking.

However, although Kante is not tall, his center of gravity is very stable, and he was not dragged down in the first shot, and after stumbling, he hurriedly passed the ball.

This ball was found by Lin Quan on the side, but he was interfered with when he passed, and the ball was very fast and the landing point was not good.

The moment the pass was made, Kante was dragged down on the turf, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle, he felt that this counterattack was probably out of play, and the referee should award a foul, and maybe even take out a card.

However, to Kante's surprise, the expected whistle did not blow and the referee signalled for the game to continue, in favour of the attack.

Kante's ball was a bit fast and the pass was not very accurate, so Lin Quan had to slow down and wait for the ball to fly over.

The opposing full-backs realised it was a good opportunity and rushed up from behind, intending to sabotage the goal from behind.

Lin Quan had a premonition that someone was sticking up behind him, so when the ball flew over, he stopped and picked up, picked up the ball, and then quickly turned around, and passed the opponent with a rainbow in a chic way.

There was an uproar at the scene, and the fans of Grand Paris were dumbfounded.

The opponent's star is too handsome, right?

His fullback didn't expect the opponent to use this trick at all, and he was stunned in place!

Therefore, Lin Quan's passing this time is not only chic, but also very practical, which is fundamentally different from Neymar's performative rainbow pass.

Seeing Lin Quan make such a handsome move, even the fans of Grand Paris couldn't help but want to applaud him!

"Well lived!"

On the sidelines, after Guardiola saw Lin Quan's treatment, he couldn't help but admire.

This kid can always create some unexpected surprises for himself on the field.

Lin Quan passed the opponent's fullback, and in front of him was a large open field, allowing him to gallop freely.

"Stop him!"

Seeing that Lin Quan was menacing, Thiago Silva immediately commanded his teammates to come forward to intercept, not seeking to succeed in stopping Lin Quan, but only to slow down his advance speed a little and win time for other teammates to settle down and defend.

Lin Quan was obviously well aware of this, so when the opponent rushed over, he used an extremely fast croquette to pass the intercepting player and rushed to the front of the penalty area of Grand Paris.

This position was already within Lin Quan's range, but he didn't rush to shoot, but dribbled into the penalty area.

Thiago Silva hardened his head and rushed towards him with his hands behind his back, not giving him space to shoot.

Lin Quan didn't seem to see his brother and daughter-in-law in front of him, and in the process of moving with the ball, he glanced at the goal and the goalkeeper's position and then shot with his feet.

Thiago Silva felt a chill in his crotch, as if something had gotten through.

When he looked at it again, he was stunned to find that the ball under Lin Quan's feet was gone.

This guy actually wore his own gear!

He was anxious and angry, and a nameless fire burst out.

However, it was not only his brother and daughter-in-law who were pierced, the goalkeeper of Grand Paris Trapp has been guarding against Lin Quan to play the near corner, but he had no time to adjust in the process of moving, and Lin Quan completed the crotch piercing again, and the ball finally rolled into another gate after drilling through two small doors in a row!

The ball is in!

2：3！

Manchester City once again took the lead on the road, and by this time the game was 80 minutes away!

Time is running out for Grand Paris!

In the final stage of the game, Grand Paris launched a wild attack desperately, but unfortunately their shot was either missed by themselves or blocked by the goalkeeper, and in the end, they still failed to rewrite the score.

In the end, Manchester City won the game away from home and took the lead in the two-legged contest.

Although the one-goal lead may not seem like a big advantage, Manchester City have taken the lead while also holding three away goals.

In the era when away goals had not been eliminated in the Champions League, the advantage of these three goals was too great!

In the next leg, Grand Paris will have to score at least two goals at the Etihad Stadium to qualify!

However, the Etihad Stadium is originally the home of the devil, and it is extremely difficult to capture here, let alone Manchester City with a clean sheet, which is simply impossible!

Therefore, after the first leg, the outside world generally looked down on Paris, and there were very few people who felt that they could reverse Manchester City.

As another highlight of this game, the battle between Lin Quan and Neymar also ended with Lin Quan's victory.

In this game, Lin Quan made a pass and a shot, and also instigated a goal, and his performance was very good.

On the other hand, Neymar, except for one hit to the post, had almost no outstanding performance at other times, and was completely invisible on the field.

This made many fans in Paris dissatisfied with Neymar, thinking that the team had lost 200 million euros!

And those who were optimistic that Neymar could be compared to Lin Quan and Messi before the game stopped talking at this time.

The war report may lie, but the front does not.

Through this game, it is clear that the gap between Neymar and Lin Quan is clear, and he still has a long way to go if he wants to be promoted to the level of Lin Quan and Messi!

(End of chapter)