Although Lin Quan did not take Dzeko's hostility to heart, his brilliance in this game was too dazzling to be covered up at all.
In the 15th minute of the first half, Lin Quan dribbled the ball horizontally in front of the penalty area, all the way from the left to the right, and disrupted the opponent's defense line by himself. Finally, he sent a straight pass and assisted Aguero to easily score.
Manchester City 1:0 Roma!
Manchester City’s goal is so plain and simple!
After falling behind, Roma tried to fight back and try to equalize the score.
But they were soon dealt a heavy blow.
In the 26th minute, Manchester City launched a quick counterattack, taking advantage of the opponent's empty defense during the attack.
Lin Quan took the initiative to retreat to receive the ball, and then passed it to De Bruyne on the wing.
De Bruyne looked up and observed his teammates in the frontcourt, then made a large-scale transfer and accurately found Mbappe who was running at lightning speed on the wing.
Mbappe used his speed to shake off the defender and cut inside after receiving the ball.
The opponent's defender who was defending behind had no choice but to bite the bullet and block Mbappe's shooting angle.
However, Mbappe's shooting action was just a feint. After deceiving the opponent's defender, he pushed the ball to the side and a figure rushed past him!
This person was none other than Lin Quan, who was galloping along the central axis.
Mbappe's pass was very good, with moderate force and a good angle, which saved Lin Quan the trouble of stopping the ball and adjusting. He chose to shoot directly without stopping the ball.
Roma goalkeeper Alisson had no way to deal with this and could only watch the ball go through his own goal again.
Although Alisson has performed very well this season, even a god would be helpless against such a close-range shot.
What's more, the person who shot the goal was named Lin Quan, which made it even more difficult to save the goal.
In less than thirty minutes, Manchester City had scored two goals.
The outcome of this game was just as predicted by the experts before the game. Roma, the dark horse, showed its true colors in front of the powerful Manchester City. It was beaten without any ability to fight back and had no chance of winning at all.
"If they continue to play like this, Manchester City can still score a goal. This game is likely to be a massacre!"
In the CCTV studio, even the two commentators shook their heads after seeing this situation and felt pessimistic about Roma's prospects.
"That's right, Manchester City's form picked up too quickly. In addition, it is at home and it is the first leg of the game. They will definitely not let up and will definitely seize the opportunity to end the battle in one round."
"Besides, the tragedy of Barcelona's reversal also reminded them that Roma is a team with strong resilience. If they don't seize the opportunity to completely defeat the opponent, they may be reversed by Roma in the next round at Roma's home stadium."
Teacher Zhan Jun sighed lightly, saying that success and failure are both due to Xiao He.
Roma's miraculous reversal against Barcelona has made them the biggest dark horse in this season's Champions League.
But it was precisely this game that made all other giants more vigilant and dared not be careless against Roma.
With the example of Barcelona in front of them, when they meet Roma, they will definitely give their all and score as many goals as they can.
The two commentators' predictions were correct, Manchester City's goal-scoring show in the first half was not over yet.
In the injury time of the first half, just when the Roma players had let down their guard and thought they could go off the field to rest, Manchester City seized the last few seconds to launch a fast break.
The ball was being passed back and forth in Manchester City's backcourt one second ago, and the next second, the ball was quickly passed through two feet on the wing and was transferred to the front of Roma's penalty area.
Lin Quan dribbled the ball and broke into the penalty area. Fallows and Malolas were caught off guard, and they couldn't stop him even together.
Alisson was taken aback; the opponent's attack was too fast and he was not prepared.
Seeing Lin Quan swinging his legs to prepare for a shot, Alisson could only guess the direction of the opponent's shot and make a save.
However, Lin Quan's shot was just a feint. When Alisson shifted his body weight, he calmly kicked the ball to the other side.
Alisson guessed in vain and was completely fooled by Lin Quan.
3:0 at halftime, this score is a bit too exaggerated.
The Roma players obviously did not expect that they would suffer such a heavy blow away from home, so when they left the field, they all looked depressed and their morale was low.
In the stands, the Roma fans who traveled with the team were heartbroken after seeing the score.
Those who came all the way from Italy to cheer for the team are all die-hard fans of Roma.
Before the game, they still had high expectations for the team. After all, Roma had just defeated Barcelona 3:0 at home.
Since the team can beat top clubs like Barcelona, there is no reason why they cannot compete with Manchester City.
Manchester City is just slightly stronger than Barcelona, no big deal.
With such an optimistic attitude, these Roma fans came to Etihad.
Then they saw a scene that broke their hearts, made them cry, and made them emotionally collapse - their own team was completely defeated by Manchester City!
From the first half of the game, it can be clearly felt that the two sides are not teams of the same level at all.
Manchester City's overall strength, speed of attack and defense conversion and success rate are much stronger than them.
Moreover, facing Manchester City's extremely aggressive high-pressure defense and patient passing and controlling the ball, Roma seemed somewhat helpless.
They often snatched the ball from Manchester City with great difficulty, but before they could organize a complete attack, the ball was intercepted by the opponent while passing it forward.
In this game, Manchester City did a great job of counterattacking on the spot. Once the ball was lost, the players nearby would immediately counterattack on the spot, and their coordination was very good. If the Roma players who were surrounded did not pass the ball in the first time, they would never have another chance to pass the ball.
Among the Roma players on the field, except for former Manchester City player Kolarov who could barely adapt to Manchester City's pressing rhythm, the others were a little overwhelmed by the pressure.
And the most annoying thing is that after Manchester City completes the steal, they either launch a counterattack immediately or patiently pass the ball back and forth.
However, when Roma wanted to copy Manchester City's style of play and steal the ball from them by counter-attacking on the spot, they found that this trick did not work at all. Once the ball was at the feet of Manchester City players, it was difficult to get it back.
Manchester City is like a Pixiu, only taking in but not giving out, leaving no room for maneuver.
The Romans couldn't figure out why this happened, but the Liverpool fans next door to Manchester City knew it very well.
The reason is actually very simple. Before Manchester City met Roma, they fought two games with Liverpool, who were very good at high-pressure defense.
Under the "guidance" of Liverpool's senior sparring partner, Manchester City players' ability to protect the ball has improved qualitatively.
At least now, when faced with double-teaming and pressure from multiple opponents, they are less likely to panic and make mistakes.
As long as the players do not panic at the first moment and can make calm judgments and decisions and pass the ball, the probability of mistakes will naturally be greatly reduced.
The fifteen minutes of halftime passed quickly.
I don’t know what the Roma coach said to the players in the locker room, but Roma made personnel adjustments as soon as the second half started.
They replaced the small central midfielder Tzegits with a 191cm tall center forward Shulka.
This substitution left everyone in Manchester City feeling a little confused.
Did the Romans think that their problems could be solved by replacing a striker? Did they replace him with a high center forward in the hope of crushing Manchester City with headers? They were overthinking it. Manchester City's defense was not afraid of high-altitude bombing.
Besides, if you can't even get the ball, how many opportunities do you have to bomb from the air?
From the actual effect, this was a failed substitution adjustment.
In the 56th minute, Manchester City scored again.
This time it was Lin Quan who assisted Mbappe.
The score has become 4:0, and the outcome is no longer in doubt.
The audience at the scene and in front of the TV felt sorry for Roma, but they were also very curious about how many goals Manchester City could score in the remaining time. It seemed that Manchester City did not intend to stop and they wanted to continue scoring goals.
Barcelona was eliminated even though they beat Roma 4:1 at home, which proves that even a score of 4:0 is not safe enough.
In the 62nd minute, De Bruyne also scored a goal.
He was outside the penalty area, and after seeing that there was no chance inside the penalty area, he tried a long shot.
Perhaps De Bruyne himself did not expect that he just kicked the ball carelessly, but actually kicked a world-class goal with very high quality. Alisson tried his best but only barely touched the ball with his fingers, but could not change the flight trajectory of the football at all.
Roma's goal was penetrated for the fifth time! 5:0!
This is definitely a tragedy!
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Although the opponent is not as strong as Manchester City, it is still a well-known and strong team in Serie A.
Before the game, many people guessed that Roma would lose, but no one expected that Roma would lose so badly.
And it's only the 62nd minute. With Manchester City's efficiency of scoring a goal every ten minutes, if they continue to attack, I'm afraid Roma's goal will be in trouble.
What you fear will come to you. In the 69th minute, Manchester City got a corner kick opportunity.
Lin Quan took the corner kick to the back post, and Van Dijk got the first point, but his close-range shot was saved by Alisson.
Unfortunately, Roma was unlucky and the ball was saved and fell at De Bruyne's feet outside the penalty area. The latter saw that the penalty area was full of people and there was no defensive player around him, so he pushed the ball and shot directly from a long distance.
Alisson reacted quickly. He just got up from the ground and jumped up to make a save before he even stood firmly.
Unfortunately, the angle of De Bruyne's shot was even more tricky than his previous long-range shot. Alisson had tried his best, but in the end it was in vain.
The ball flew into the Roma goal for the sixth time, and the score became 6:0! A six-goal loss tied the record for the biggest score loss in Roma's history.
However, what is despairing is that the game is not over yet and Manchester City still has plenty of time to continue to improve this record.
On the sidelines, Totti, the Wolf King who retired last summer, saw his team being beaten to pieces on the field. He looked anxious and frustrated, and he wished he could take off his suit and fight on the field.
But even if he plays, I'm afraid nothing will change.
Similar tragedies have happened to Roma in the Champions League before.
In this city, eleven years ago, Roma suffered a crushing defeat of 1:7 to the Red Devils Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Even at their home ground, Roma suffered a crushing 1:7 defeat to the then-powerful Bayern in the 2014-2015 Champions League group stage.
On the field, Roma's morale was clearly on the verge of collapse.
Although the head coach frequently shouted on the sidelines and even made substitutions again, trying to boost morale.
But as for the effect, we cannot say that it is completely absent, but we can only say that it is better than nothing.
On the other hand, on Manchester City's side, Guardiola saw that the players were playing like crazy and conceded 6 goals to the opponent. He had already started to think about whether to make substitutions in advance and replace the main players on the field to let them have a good rest.
In fact, scoring four goals would already meet Guardiola's requirements.
Now not only has his requirements been met, but they have even been exceeded, which has made Guardiola make up his mind: make a substitution!
He asked Sane, Haaland, Foden, Jesus, Gundogan and others to warm up together.
He does not plan to make any adjustments to the team's defense. Several players on the front line have played more games recently, so they can be replaced to give them more rest.
In the stands, Manchester City fans saw the substitutes warming up and were worried that the team would not be able to score any more goals after the main players were replaced, so they shouted eagerly towards the field: "Score another goal!"
"Let's have a 7-Up meal!"
"Help the Romans break a record!"
You are such a nice person! Hearing the shouts from Manchester City fans, Roma fans were extremely nervous.
But they must not score any more goals. If they really break Roma's hundreds of years of historical record, they will be nailed to the pillar of shame.
Hearing the fans' shouts, Lin Quan and De Bruyne and others smiled at each other.
In the 72nd minute, before being substituted, Lin Quan attempted a breakthrough.
The breakthrough was successful, but unfortunately the shot went wide.
There is no other way. The record-breaking task can only be left to the substitutes.
"Don't worry, Boss. We promise to make them achieve a new record and go home happy!"
Haaland patted his chest and said confidently.
Lin Quan was amused by his words. What a naughty boy!
You helped them break the record of the biggest defeat. If you really break it, the Romans will hate you forever. How can they go home happily? The substitutes don't care about these. We finally got on the field. If we don't strive for one or two goals, wouldn't it be a waste of time?
If they fail to score goals, how can they compete for the starting position?
These substitutes want to improve so badly that when they come on the court, they work harder than the main players.
The Romans were about to cry. Where did these wolf cubs come from? Although they were not very old, they were really vicious when they bit people!
Guardiola thought that if these main players were replaced, the team's offensive strength would drop significantly.
But the crazy performance of these substitutes on the court completely overturned his judgment.
In the 82nd minute, Haaland made a pass on the penalty area line, and Jesus followed up with a volley to change the score to 7:0!
In the 89th minute, Sane used his speed to outsmart the opponent's wing-back on the wing, and after a successful breakthrough, he cut into the penalty area.
Although his shot was saved by Alisson, Haaland, who was waiting in front of the goal, cleverly stretched his foot and shot the ball into the goal.
The score became 8:0!
This group of Manchester City substitutes really lived up to their promise and helped Roma break their team record.
And it also improved this record by two goals!
The score of the game quickly spread throughout Europe and even the world through the Internet and social media.
The entire football world was shocked by this exaggerated score! After learning about this score, the defending champion Real Madrid was trembling with fear.
They couldn't sleep or eat well when they thought about such a terrible opponent wanting to take revenge on them! (End of this chapter)