Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

In the player tunnel, Chen Chen carefully looked at his opponent.

For the lineup of Sporting CP, Chen Chen should be most familiar with Mateus Nunez.

Mateus's defensive interception and ball-advancing ability are very good, and he is very balanced in all aspects. He can be said to be an out-and-out hexagonal warrior.

Therefore, Guardiola really wants to bring him to Manchester City. He is Guardiola's favorite replacement for B席 after he leaves the team.

Of course, B席 eventually stayed in the team, and the Portuguese midfielder could only go to Wolves.

Now on this timeline, Chen Chen stood in the left midfielder and front midfielder position, and B席 did not have many opportunities to play.

In this case, Chen Chen starts, B席 is on standby, and Mateus Nunez is unlikely to enter Guardiola's vision.

Sporting CP's home stadium can accommodate 50,000 people.

When the players of the two teams walked out of the player tunnel together, the roar and cheers of the surrounding mountains and seas resounded in the ears of every player!

It is undeniable that Sporting CP's Alvalade Stadium is also a devil's stadium!

What is even more surprising is that the players just walked out of the tunnel, and the fans of Sporting CP at the scene have already sung the team song. They want to help the team accumulate courage and fighting spirit from the first minute of the game!

Today's referee is Srdjan Jovanovic from Sevilla, and few fans know him.

Because his refereeing level is relatively average, Sevilla has never been appointed as a referee in major events such as the Champions League final.

"Beep!"

With the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

Sporting CP took the lead in kicking off.

Paulinho kicked the ball to Mateus Nunes behind him, and then he ran up.

Gonçalves and Sarabia rushed forward with him.

It can be seen that Sporting CP, which has the right to kick off, still hopes to grab a start.

There is nothing wrong with this.

After all, the opponent is Manchester City, and Sporting CP really does not have the hard power to overthrow the opponent.

In the locker room before the game, Sporting CP head coach Amorim emphasized several times the team's previous record of 3-1 against Dortmund.

The central idea is that we have played against the giants in the five major leagues before! Dortmund and Manchester City are not much different!

After the future Manchester United coach Amorim's encouragement, you can't say that it really dispelled some of the pressure floating in the players' hearts.

On the court, Sporting CP players who failed to grab the start immediately retracted their center of gravity, and the whole team began to focus on the safe ball delivery.

There is no way to do this. If the ball is intercepted by Manchester City after a hard-earned possession, Sporting CP may be very passive in the first half.

In this case of slowly moving forward, Sporting CP entered the state faster, and they took the lead in threatening the opponent's goal.

The first shot of the game came from Sporting CP.

The third minute of the game.

Gonçalves was dribbling forward, and on his left hand side, Esgayo quickly spread his legs and joined in.

Esgayo's movement immediately attracted De Bruyne's attention.

However, Goncalves did not choose to pass the ball to the left. Esgayo on the left was a bait for Sporting CP. They really wanted to play on the right.

That is, Manchester City's left.

Goncalves passed the ball to Palinha who was approaching, and then Palinha turned around and sent the ball to Sarabia's feet.

Sarabia faced Udoki directly.

Sarabia did not choose to break through with the ball. He was waiting for Polo to run up behind him on the right.

However, Chen Chen kept following Polo, and Sarabia had no good passing opportunity.

So, Sarabia chose to pass to the middle.

Palinha who followed up was not as slow as Sarabia. He directly passed the ball without stopping!

The ball passed through the gap between Laporte and Ruben Dias and accurately came to Paulinho's feet!

"Palinha!"

"Choose a through ball!"

"Paulinho shoots! The ball goes in!"

"Ah? It's blown off. The linesman raised the flag!"

On the field, Paulinho, who had scored a goal, was about to run to the corner flag area to celebrate when he was stopped by the referee's two quick whistles.

Near the near corner flag area, the linesman raised the flag, indicating that there was an offside.

At the same time, the referee Jovanovic immediately raised his right arm and pointed his left hand to the small penalty area, indicating that it was an offside ball!

The Alvalade Stadium was filled with boos from Sporting CP fans!

They were very dissatisfied with the referee's decision!

On the field, the players of Sporting CP immediately came over and surrounded the referee. They wanted to put pressure on the referee to change the decision.

In front of the Manchester City bench, Guardiola breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his team escape death.

But soon, the Spanish bald manHe immediately ran to the sidelines and started shouting loudly on the field!

It was obvious that Guardiola was very dissatisfied with the players on the field!

"Let's take a look at the replay."

The big screen and the broadcast began to replay the moment of the goal just now.

It was obvious that when Sporting CP gave a through ball, Paulinho did cross half a body.

"There is nothing wrong with the referee's decision."

"It was indeed offside!"

"The goal was cancelled!"

Zhan Jun's frown finally eased.

But he still had a lot of doubts in his heart.

"The Blue Moon's state is a bit off today, and the players haven't entered the game state yet."

"This shouldn't be! This is the Champions League knockout match, you should be active!"

"Although Sporting CP failed to score, I believe the audience in front of the screen can also see that Sporting CP, playing at home, played at a very good level, and the cooperation between the players was very tacit."

"The offside ball just now lacked a bit of luck, otherwise Manchester City would have fallen behind now."

"I hope Manchester City can adjust their state immediately. For them, they can't give the opponent any more chances."

Seeing the opponent's goal blown, Chen Chen outside the penalty area also breathed a sigh of relief.

Sporting CP's attack just now was very neat and tidy. To be honest, all Manchester City players, including him, were careless.

As the captain on the field today, Ruben Dias immediately clapped his hands to attract the attention of his teammates.

He first reviewed his mistakes, and then the Portuguese warned his teammates.

He asked his teammates to concentrate immediately and play the game seriously!

Last year, Manchester City made it to the Champions League final. This year, they were defeated in the knockout round of 16!

Soon, everyone ran forward and Ederson kicked the ball.

Next, Manchester City gradually entered the state, and the two sides began to start a siege in the midfield area.

Today, Rodri is a single defensive midfielder, and De Bruyne and Chen Chen mainly focus on offense.

In this case, the pressure on Rodri is still very high.

Fortunately, Laporte immediately moved forward to make up for the defense, and Manchester City stabilized the defense rhythm.

Today, Chen Chen was greatly restricted.

Sporting CP knew that Chen Chen was the offensive engine of Manchester City, so they arranged two people to double-team him, namely Polo and Saravia.