Chapter 61
The news of the match was broadcast on CCTV.
"Dear viewers, welcome to watch the first leg of the Champions League 1/8 Manchester City vs. Monaco again, which is broadcasted by CCTV."
"In this match, Manchester City will play against the visiting French Ligue 1 No. 1 Monaco at the Etihad Stadium."
"Just saw the press conference attended by the head coaches of both teams before the game. Both teams seemed very cautious about this game. Although Guardiola is a champion coach, he did not look down on the Monaco head coach who had just established his foothold next to him. This is really rare."
"At the same time, we can also hear that Even Guardiola gave a very high evaluation of Lei Ming, and even said that Lei Ming, like Mbappe, is a very talented player. He even publicly extended an olive branch, expressing the hope that the two sides can have the opportunity to cooperate in the future."
"Hahaha, this is really surprising. It seems that Lei Ming has successfully made a name for himself in Europe and even attracted an excellent head coach like Guardiola."
"In this game, Manchester City played with all the main lineups, and Guardiola still played the 4141 formation.
Goalkeeper: Wilfred
Defense: Fernandinho, Otamendi, Stones, Sagna
Defensive midfielder: Yaya Toure
Midfielders: Sane, David Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling
Forward: Aguero"
"In this game, Monaco must guard Aguero and De Bruyne. Aguero, the striker, is in very good form and is the top scorer of Manchester City. De Bruyne has gained more trust from Guardiola since joining Manchester City this season and has become the core of the team."
"Okay, after the handshake ceremony between the players of both sides, the game also kicked off with the referee's whistle."
On the TV station, the host Huang Xiaotian and his new partner Liu Xin introduced the players of the two teams one by one.
Liu Xin is a new beautiful female anchor, tall and beautiful. Because of her beautiful appearance and pleasant voice, she also gave the live broadcast room a fresh taste, and the young and old men in the live broadcast room applauded.
As the camera panned over Monaco goalkeeper Lei Ming, she said excitedly: "According to the local media in the Premier League, in yesterday's penalty shootout between Monaco and the team, Lei Ming didn't save a single penalty kick and was criticized by the local media. But I think this may just be a trick played by Monaco and the head coach on Manchester City. At least I saw Lei Ming in very good condition in the glimpse just now."
"Hey, Xiaoxin, do you like Lei Ming too?"
"Brother Huang asked such a strange question. Lei Ming is so handsome, has such good skills, and is so rich. Who wouldn't like him? Sisters in front of the TV, don't you think so?"
Listening to Huang Xiaotian's ridicule, Liu Xin did not hide her love for Lei Ming at all and admitted it openly.
This interaction immediately caused the live broadcast room barrage to boil like a bomb.
Huang Xiaotian said to one of the IDs named 4321: "This is definitely not your sister. I recognize her. She was a man before."
"Hahahaha!"
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At the Etihad Stadium, as the game started, Lei Ming also seemed to take this game very seriously.
Strictly speaking, this was the first real competition he encountered after stepping onto the green field.
The atmosphere of this stadium was even more terrifying than that of Paris Saint-Germain. The sky-blue waves of people rose and fell, accompanied by the fans singing the team song loudly. The atmosphere was great.
Unlike the previous French Ligue 1, the Champions League represents the highest level of all clubs and is the most coveted place for every football player.
Huge bonuses, high-level competitions, and the collision of strong players. The excitement is sometimes even better than the World Cup. It is also the favorite event of fans all over the world.
Facing Manchester City, Lei Ming dared not be careless. After all, they are very strong.
Whether it is economic or strength, they are qualified to win the championship.
Although before the game, the head coach Jardim had been brainwashing the players, saying that everyone had eleven players, two legs and two arms, so who was worse?
But it is undeniable that there was still a gap in personnel configuration between the two sides, which everyone knew, but they just didn't say it.
Ten minutes into the game, the two sides were basically in a state of equal strength, with you coming and going, and the competition in the midfield was particularly fierce.
Both sides had
Several shots, but the quality was not good, and there was no threat to the goalkeeper.
In terms of ball possession, Manchester City still has the home advantage.
Lei Ming stepped on the soft grass, constantly moving his limbs, and his attention was always following the movements on the court. At this moment, he clearly observed that his backcourt was lured by the opponent and was somewhat empty. Aguero was always ambushing on the back line and preparing for offside at any time.
At this moment, the football flew directly to the gap here in the opponent's backcourt as if it had eyes. Lei Ming judged the landing point almost instantly.
The landing point was just a little outside the penalty area line. According to the passing angle, it was very comfortable, just the distance that Aguero could start at full speed.
Facing this ball, Lei Ming did not hesitate at all and rushed directly to the outside of the penalty area.
At this time, not only him, Aguero also rushed towards the landing point like a puma. At the moment he saw the ball flying, he also saw the opponent's goalkeeper's move.
In order to receive the ball before the opponent, Aguero almost used all his strength to rush, but in the end, the ball was headed out by the opponent first, causing the two to collide with each other due to inertia.
"Bang bang!"
This collision almost knocked Aguero out, but it was true that he was a little confused.
After two months of high-intensity training, Lei Ming's body is much stronger than before. Although Aguero is also very strong, he still looks a little inferior compared to Lei Ming.
"Shit, what are you doing? This is not a foul. It's obviously a deliberate collision!"
Aguero waved on the ground to indicate that the opponent deliberately collided, but the referee on the scene did not say anything about this situation, and the game continued.
"Return to defense, don't sit there stupidly, move quickly!"
At this time, the shouts of Manchester City coach Guardiola were also heard from the side of the court.
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"A beautiful clearance. Lei Ming handled the ball very well. If he hadn't cleared the ball just now, this would have been Aguero's first one-on-one chance in this game. In that case, the result is really hard to say. After all, Aguero's one-on-one chance is still very strong."
"Wait, let's look at the camera. What did I find?"
Suddenly, Huang Xiaotian exclaimed. At this time, the camera of the stadium also gave to the audience. It can be seen that in the picture, there are two old men whispering to each other, which attracted the attention of many people at the scene.
To be precise, one of them is not old, but his hair looks a little gray.