Chapter 486 3:2 defeated Paris Saint-Germain!
Neymar was in a bitter mood!
During the halftime break, he finally calmed down a little with the comfort of the coach.
As a result, they fell behind at the beginning of the second half. How can they play like this? Neymar knew very well that countless eyes were watching him in this game. If he didn't show an outstanding performance, he would definitely be criticized after the game.
In a hurry, Neymar forgot the coach's instructions during the half-time break, and insisted on relying on his personal strength to launch the attack, ignoring his teammates beside him.
Neymar has strong personal strength. In Ligue 1 games, he often uses his personal strength to score goals.
However, this is the Champions League knockout stage, not the French Ligue 1.
His opponents are not those second- or third-rate teams in Ligue 1, but the top teams in today's football world!
Facing such a strong team, it is a bit too unrealistic to want to defeat the opponent by relying on personal strength.
Therefore, Neymar's choice not only did not help the team, but also wasted a lot of time. During this period, Paris Saint-Germain's offensive threat was gradually decreasing.
The Paris Saint-Germain fans at the scene finally couldn't help it, and when Neymar once again tried to fight alone, they booed their star player.
Neymar was obviously stunned when he heard the boos from the fans at the scene.
He never expected that he would be booed by his own fans!
The players from Manchester City on the opposing team were also very surprised. They had been playing football for so long but had never seen such a scene.
Are Paris Saint-Germain fans going to turn against the team?
Probably the only person on the field who didn't feel strange about this was Lin Quan.
After all, in this stadium, even Messi, the football king who has won eight Ballon d'Or awards, has been booed by Paris Saint-Germain fans. Isn't it normal for Neymar to be booed?
The defection of the home fans dealt a big blow to Paris Saint-Germain's morale, especially Neymar, who became a little absent-minded and his condition further deteriorated.
Taking advantage of the opponent's low morale and key players being out of form, Manchester City immediately launched a fierce attack, intending to take advantage of the opponent's weakness to kill them.
It's a pity that Paris Saint-Germain's defense is very solid, and Thiago Silva is worthy of being the world's best defender. With his outstanding performance, Manchester City's attack was fierce, but it was difficult to break through the opponent's defense, and the score was not further expanded.
Seeing that Neymar was not in good form, the Paris Saint-Germain coach had to shift the focus of the attack to the right and let Di Maria take the lead in the attack.
Di Maria did not disappoint him. He attacked on the right very well and almost blew up Manchester City's left-back Clichy.
Clichy's defensive ability is actually not weak, but he has a yellow card, and Di Maria is very good at diving. Once he falls into his trap, Clichy is likely to receive a second yellow card and be sent off.
This led to him not daring to make any moves, and not daring to make any moves led to him being unable to defend against Di Maria at all.
In the 62nd minute, Di Maria once again succeeded in a one-on-one duel, breaking through the wing and cutting inside to the middle.
While dribbling the ball, he pointed to the empty space in the penalty area to signal Cavani to run. However, just when Manchester City's defenders were disturbed by Cavani and his movements, he decisively kicked the ball.
This kick was very beautiful, the strength, angle and timing of the shot were all perfect.
Navas's sight was blocked when Di Maria shot, and he was unable to see the opponent's shooting action in the first place, which caused him to be half a beat slower when saving the ball. Although he tried his best, he still couldn't stop the ball from flying into Manchester City's goal! Seeing the ball go in, Di Maria excitedly ran along the court, making a heart shape to the fans in the stands while running.
The fans of Paris Saint-Germain immediately gave him warm applause and cheers. They really loved this angel on the right!
Compared to Neymar's transfer fee of 200 million, Di Maria, who only cost Paris Saint-Germain 65 million euros, can be described as "cheap".
However, his performance on the field is not inferior to Neymar at all. In fact, 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.
It just so happened that this was what their head coach was thinking at the time.
Since the opponent can't limit Di Maria on the wing, then continue to play to his advantage, break the opponent's defense from the wing, and create more opportunities for the team! However, Guardiola is not a fool, how could he give the opponent such an opportunity? After seeing the loopholes exposed by Manchester City on the wing, he decisively made substitutions.
However, surprisingly, he did not choose to replace the long-established veteran Sagna, but chose a young player who was only 21 years old and rarely played for Manchester City before - Joshua Kimmich! Under Guardiola's training, Kimmich is currently capable of playing three positions, namely defensive midfielder, right back and left back.
Although Kimmich is young, he possesses a calmness and composure that is inconsistent with his age.
He has a good sense of position, a very flexible mind, a good overall view on the court, and rarely makes mistakes when defending.
In addition, Kimmich's own physical fitness is also excellent.
His footwork speed, tracking back ability and turning speed are all at top levels.
He has strong intercepting and stealing abilities when defending head-on. Even if he is passed by the opponent, he can use his strong chasing ability to cooperate with teammates to form a front and back double-team.
When Guardiola substituted Kimmich, Di Maria saw that the opponent was an unknown newcomer, so he did not take it too seriously.
But when he tried to break through the wing again like before but failed, Di Maria immediately realized that he had hit a wall. This guy is not easy to deal with! Kimmich played very reasonably. If there were no teammates around him, he would block the inside and let you go to the wing.
If there are teammates around you, you should rush forward decisively to force them to pass the ball back or take risks to break through.
If the breakthrough is successful, teammates can make timely backup defense to avoid defensive loopholes.
If the breakthrough fails, Manchester City will launch a quick counterattack on the spot.
Paris Saint-Germain has already witnessed Manchester City's powerful counterattack ability.
So Di Maria was really a little afraid, and for a while he couldn't do anything about Kimmich.
He tried to dribble the ball down the field and make a cross, but Manchester City defended very well in the penalty area and Cavani and other teammates could not find any good opportunities.
Di Maria tried to cross the ball several times, but none of them posed a threat. One time, the ball was directly confiscated by the goalkeeper. He then threw the ball with his hand and launched a very threatening counterattack, almost breaking through Paris Saint-Germain's goal.
Seeing that his plan failed, Di Maria decisively changed his strategy.
He no longer insisted on breaking through from the wing, and began to move his position, running to the middle, and even cross-changing positions with his teammates.
Young players often lack experience and are prone to mistakes such as losing their position while following the person they are marking.
As long as the opponent makes such a mistake, he can find an opportunity to launch a fatal blow.
However, to his disappointment, Kimmich had a very good sense of position and did not make the mistakes he expected.
After seeing Di Maria leave the area he was defending, he decisively handed over the task of defending Di Maria to his teammates, and he went to fill his teammates' position and definitely did not run around.
This made Di Maria feel helpless. This kid was more difficult to deal with than he had imagined!
But since this guy left his comfort zone and ran to the midfield, Di Maria naturally would not miss such an opportunity.
After playing a wall-to-wall pass with his teammates, he decisively dribbled the ball towards Kimmich, as if he thought Kimmich was a soft persimmon.
I can't do anything to you on the wing, but in the middle, which is a completely different position, 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 has much defensive ability in the midfield!
However, the facts disappointed him again!
Kimmich is a versatile player in the backcourt. He is even more comfortable playing the position of defensive midfielder than the full-back.
Seeing Di Maria rushing towards him, he rushed over without any fear.
The number of people in the middle is much denser than on the wing, leaving less room for players to move around, and if they get close to the ball for a little while they will be double-teamed.
It is almost impossible to run with the ball at high speed in the middle like on the wing! As soon as Di Maria started, he was blocked by Kimmich. Under Kimmich's close pressure, he couldn't break through at all, and even passing the ball was difficult.
Just when he was entangled by Kimmich, Kante came from the side and kicked the ball away from Di Maria's feet.
This position was very dangerous, and Di Maria panicked at the time. He reached out to pull Kante, trying to use a tactical foul to prevent the opponent from counterattacking.
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However, although Kante was not tall, his center of gravity was very stable. He was not pulled down at the first try. After staggering for a while, he passed the ball hastily.
The ball was meant for Lin Quan on the wing, but he was disturbed when passing the ball. The ball was going very fast and didn't land in a good spot.
The moment the pass was made, Kante was dragged down to the grass, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle. He felt that this counterattack was probably impossible, and the referee would probably call a foul, or even give him a card.
However, to Kante's surprise, the whistle that was expected to come did not sound, and the referee signaled the game to continue based on the principle of facilitating offense.
Kante's pass was a bit too fast and not very accurate, so Lin Quan had to slow down and wait for the ball to fly over.
The opponent's full-back realized this was a good opportunity and immediately rushed up from behind, intending to disrupt the ball from behind.
Lin Quan sensed that someone was approaching from behind, so when the ball came over, he stopped and picked it up, then turned around quickly and dribbled past the opponent with a rainbow pass.
There was an uproar at the scene and the Paris Saint-Germain fans were stunned.
Isn’t this rainbow dribble by the opponent’s star player so cool?
The full-back of his team did not expect the opponent to use this trick at all, and was stunned on the spot! Therefore, Lin Quan's dribbling was not only chic, but also very practical, which was fundamentally different from Neymar's rainbow dribbling which was a performance.
Seeing Lin Quan doing such a cool move, even the fans of Paris Saint-Germain couldn't help but applaud him! "What a great time!"
On the sidelines, Guardiola couldn't help but admire Lin Quan's handling of the situation after seeing it.
This kid can always create some unexpected surprises for himself on the court.
Lin Quan passed the opponent's full-back and there was a large open space in front of him, allowing him to run freely.
“Stop him!”
Seeing Lin Quan coming at him aggressively, Thiago Silva immediately ordered his teammates to intercept him. He did not expect to successfully stop Lin Quan, but only to slightly slow down his advancing speed and buy time for other teammates to get into position and defend.
Lin Quan was obviously very clear about this, so when the opponent rushed over, he used an extremely fast fried meatball to pass the intercepting player and rushed to the front of Paris Saint-Germain's penalty area.
This position was already within Lin Quan's shooting range, but he did not rush to shoot. Instead, he dribbled the ball into the penalty area.
Thiago Silva gritted his teeth and rushed towards him with his hands behind his back, not giving him space to shoot.
Lin Quan seemed not to see his sister-in-law in front of him. While dribbling the ball, he glanced at the goal and the goalkeeper's position and then shot decisively.
Thiago Silva felt a chill in his crotch, as if something had penetrated through it.
When he looked again, he was shocked to find that the ball under Lin Quan's feet had disappeared.
This guy actually pierced his own crotch!
He was anxious and angry, and a nameless rage rose in his heart.
However, it was not only the sister-in-law who was hit in the crotch. Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Trapp had been guarding against Lin Quan's shot at the near corner. As a result, he did not have time to adjust during the movement, and was hit in the crotch by Lin Quan again. After passing through two small gates in a row, the ball finally rolled into another big gate! The ball went in! 2:3!
Manchester City once again took the lead away from home, and the game time has reached 80 minutes! There is not much time left for Paris Saint-Germain!
In the final stage of the game, Paris Saint-Germain launched a desperate attack, but unfortunately their shots were either off target or blocked by the goalkeeper. Even in the end, they still failed to change the score.
In the end, Manchester City defeated their opponents away from home and took the lead in the two-round contest.
Although a one-goal lead does not seem to be a big advantage, Manchester City not only leads the score, but also has three away goals.
In the era when away goals had not yet been cancelled in the Champions League, this three-goal advantage was too huge!
In the next round, Paris Saint-Germain must score at least two goals at the Etihad Stadium to have a chance of advancing!
However, the Etihad Stadium is a devil's home ground. It is extremely difficult to capture it, let alone capture it while keeping Manchester City scoreless. This is simply a fantasy!
Therefore, after the first leg of the game, the outside world generally looked down on Paris Saint-Germain, and very few people thought they could reverse the defeat against Manchester City.
As another highlight of the game, the match between Lin Quan and Neymar also ended with Lin Quan's victory.
In this game, Lin Quan made one assist, one shot, and also orchestrated a goal, performing very well.
On the other hand, Neymar, apart from hitting the post once, had almost no other outstanding performance and was completely invisible on the court.
This made many Paris Saint-Germain fans dissatisfied with Neymar, believing that the team had lost 200 million euros!
Those who had believed that Neymar could be on par with Lin Quan and Messi before the game were silent at this time.
Battle reports may lie, but battle lines never do.
Through this game, we can clearly see the gap between Neymar and Lin Quan. If he wants to be promoted to the level of Lin Quan and Messi, he still has a long way to go! (End of this chapter)