Del Neri Panicked!

The evening of September 30, Manchester's Etihad Stadium.

In the second round of the Europa League group stage, Man City hosted Juventus.

In the ninth minute, Juventus won the ball in midfield, and Marchisio launched a quick counterattack. Piero received the ball on the left side of the penalty area, cut inside, and suddenly curled a shot with his right foot.

The ball traced a beautiful arc before flying straight into the right side of the goal.

One-nil!

The entire Etihad Stadium fell into deathly silence.

All the Man City fans stared in astonishment at the pitch, and at the helpless goalkeeper in front of the goal.

Joe Hart's positioning had been a real problem!

When Man City had been preparing to push forward for an attack, he had been standing relatively far out. But when retreating, he seemed caught off guard. When Piero received the ball, he appeared to hesitate between moving farther left and staying more central.

In the end, he chose the left side. In the area Piero knew best, Piero beat Man City's goal with a brilliant curling shot—something that should never have happened.

Joe Hart stood there like a stunned statue throughout the entire sequence. He had not even reacted, clearly completely rattled.

Only nine minutes into the match, Man City had already conceded.

It was a sudden goal that had caught Man City completely off guard.

Since the start of the match, Man City had actually controlled possession firmly and held the advantage on the pitch.

Guardiola had rotated the squad for this match. Jerome Boateng replaced Zabaleta at right-back, Gareth Barry took Toni Kroos's place, and Moutinho replaced David Silva. Busquets sat behind them, forming a three-man midfield. Up front, Adam Johnson started on the left, Sánchez on the right, and