Soccer Card System

Chapter 645 Reassurance

Chapter 656 Reassurance
Gao Bo naturally wanted to win this game, or at least he couldn't lose this game.

Although the first and second teams in the group both qualify, they are treated very differently in the draw. Gao Bo doesn't want to meet the favorite teams of the Champions League in the round of [-].

Therefore, in order to get the first place in the group, the first thing is not to lose to Real Madrid.

Of course, the bottom line in Gao Bo's heart is that he can't lose, and he can accept a draw, but of course he can't say this to the players.

Before the start of the game, Gao Bo always emphasized that to win at home, to lock the group No.1 with one victory!
Of course, there are many ways to win. Now Manchester City has a very big advantage, and Gao Bo can't afford to play against Real Madrid at home.

He intends to continue to use the tactics of the away game against Real Madrid. These days the schedule is intensive, and the team has entered a relatively tired morale, and now it is about to enter the Premier League express season in December. Even if Gao Bo has a physical card, he cannot squander the team's physical fitness at will.

In the case that he can relax a little, he will not let the players pay more physical price.

Anyway, Real Madrid must attack. Manchester City can accept a draw, but Real Madrid cannot.

Therefore, it is enough for Manchester City to play a good counterattack.

Brake statically, strike late, and reduce the consumption of players as much as possible.

Of course, Ancelotti can also guess this point, so in the pre-match preparations, in addition to emphasizing the offensive aspect, what he cares most about is the containment of Manchester City's counterattack points.

"Even if you pay the price of a foul, Hazard and Griezmann can't easily charge up!"

Ancelotti said this before the players went on the field.

The lights of the Etihad Stadium are bright, and under the deafening cheers of the fans, the sound seems to make the lights vibrate!
It's just that Manchester City didn't score a goal now. What makes Manchester City fans so excited is that Khedira received a red card in less than 10 minutes of the game!
Yes! !
Khedira accumulated two yellow cards and was sent off by a red card!

"Facing Hazard's breakthrough, Khedira slowed down! His foot tripped Hazard!!! Yellow card!! The referee unceremoniously showed him a second yellow card. Before that, he had already received a yellow card for a tactical foul on Griezmann! In this way, Khedira was sent off with a red card!!"

"In less than 10 minutes of the game, there was a major change on the pitch. Khedira received a red card, and Real Madrid played away with ten players!"

"Khedira and Real Madrid players surrounded the referee. Khedira kept begging for mercy, but it was useless! He had committed two tactical fouls! Facing Manchester City's counterattack, Real Madrid had already fouled several times. In addition to Khedira, Ozil and Xavi Alonso both received yellow cards!!"

The commentators talked a lot, while Gao Bo was smiling and high-fiving each other with his assistants.

"Great job, Aiden!!"

Gao Bo gave Hazard a thumbs up on the field.

At the beginning of this game, Real Madrid did not hesitate to use fouls to prevent Manchester City's counterattack.

When Khedira received a yellow card, Gao Bo asked Hazard and Griezmann to take the ball to attack Khedira. The German midfielder was a little dizzy by the breakthrough of the two forwards of Manchester City. At the moment he stretched his feet, he seemed to have forgotten that he had already carried a yellow card on his back!

The current situation couldn't be better for Manchester City.

No matter how Real Madrid adjusts, they have one less player on the field.

Manchester City continued to stick to their defensive counterattack strategy, and if Real Madrid wanted to attack, they had to draw people from the backcourt. As a result, their defensive strength was even weaker.

Gao Bo is not worried that Real Madrid will not attack-Real Madrid is definitely not willing to be second in the group.

Ancelotti looked at the chaotic situation on the field.

He knew that this game was basically cold for Real Madrid.

Manchester City made up their minds to defend, and it became more and more difficult for Real Madrid, who played one less player, to break through the opponent's defense.

From the process of playing against Manchester City in these two games, Ancelotti can clearly feel the difference between this Manchester City and last season's Manchester City.They have an oppressive defense in the midfield, and the two lines of defense are linked with each other to block the space.

All these let Ancelotti see the shadow of Italian football, and this is also the defensive style of Gao Bo's team, from Luton to Atletico Madrid to Manchester City.

The head coach from China must have done a very thorough study of Italy's defense in order for his team to organize such a defense.

And if you want to break through such a defensive system, even with 11 players, it is very difficult for Real Madrid in peak form, let alone Real Madrid with one less player now?
In fact, this is also the case. In the 203rd minute of the game, Manchester City's counterattack came!

Real Madrid intercepted by Manchester City midfielder.

Casemiro and Milner surrounded Özil, causing Özil to make a pass error and was successfully intercepted by David Silva.

After that, he quickly passed the ball forward. After Khedira was off the field, Real Madrid's midfield defense could only count on the team commander Harvey Alonso who was dragged to the end!
How could Harvey Alonso take care of such a wide court alone?

David Silva's pass went to the other side, where Griezmann took the ball and faced the defender directly!

Griezmann cuts inside and Hazard runs diagonally.

The pass is just right!

Hazard turned around and passed the ball to the other end, and Griezmann also hit the ball!The quick counterattack made it too late for Real Madrid's defense to react!

Casillas rushed over, but how could his speed catch up with Hazard's passing speed.

Therefore, Casillas in the air can only look desperately at the football flying into the goal!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!!!! Griezmann!!! Antoine Griezmann!!!!"

Letkinson, the commentator of Sky TV in England, let out a long cry and penetrated from the TV screen!

In front of the TV, all Manchester City fans jumped up!

They cheered!

In the stands, everyone embraced together, only shouting "Aww".

In a bar in Manchester, the sky blue Manchester City fans held their glasses high and sprinkled the fine wine into the air, as if the whole Manchester was filled with the delightful aroma of the wine.

Isn't it the first place in the group? What's the big deal?
Many Manchester United fans curled their lips in disdain.

Indeed, qualifying from the Champions League group stage is nothing to Manchester United. They have always been strong competitors in the Champions League.

But this is not the case for Manchester City. Every breakthrough they make in the Champions League is a historic breakthrough!

The group qualify.

Group first qualifying
Even reached the quarterfinals!
Manchester City fans looked at the players celebrating on the pitch and looked forward to the team's future in the Champions League this season.

And this goal also gave them a reassurance.

The team leads by one goal and kicks one more player. This game is stable!

(End of this chapter)