Although it was Bayer Leverkusen's home court, as soon as the game started, Manchester City used its strong strength to suppress Bayer Leverkusen, who kicked off first, into its own half.
The suffocating defense made Bayer Leverkusen feel a little breathless.
Bayer Leverkusen felt that the Manchester City on the opposite side was more terrifying than when they faced Bayern Munich in Bundesliga.
The strength of Bundesliga should be at the top of Top Five Leagues, especially when playing against Bayern Munich. If you are not careful, Bayern Munich's midfielder and frontcourt will complete a wonderful attack.
In the Bundesliga last season, in the two matches between Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich, both sides won the game at their home court, regardless of the outcome.
In the seventh round of this season, Bayer Leverkusen once again defeated the leader Bundesliga 1:0 at their home court.
Due to Lewandowski's calf muscle tension, in order to avoid a more serious injury, which affected team Poland's trip to World Cup, team Bayern Munich very kindly allowed Lewandowski to rest for half a month.
Bayer Leverkusen also showed their good competitive ability.
However, in this Champions League group match, Bayer Leverkusen felt tremendous pressure from the first second.
Although Bayer Leverkusen has six midfielders, plus the retreating forward, the seven-person midfielder and frontcourt can't stop Manchester City's six-person midfielder and frontcourt combination.
Li Mingyu is like a needle that stabilizes the sea. No matter how hard Bayer Leverkusen's players try, they can't mess up Manchester City's offense and defense.
On the contrary, Li Mingyu used his excellent vision and superior passing and control ability to gradually cause holes in Bayer Leverkusen's defense.
The continuous passing ball divided Bayer Leverkusen's midfield into pieces.
Li Mingyu received Gundogan's cross pass and made a fake pass forward, causing the opponent's midfielder to immediately retreat to cover.
But the moment Li Mingyu caught the ball, the arch of his foot pulled back, and the football that was about to be pushed out was firmly controlled by Li Mingyu's feet.
Just when Li Mingyu was about to dribble the ball forward, the familiar feeling came again.
Li Mingyu stood there, the football stopped at his feet, looking ahead blankly.
For a moment, all the players who were running around stopped.
Bayer Leverkusen's defensive player is a little confused. What is he doing?
What about thinking about life?
Although Li Mingyu now looks empty, no one of Bayer Leverkusen's defensive players dared to step forward to press for the ball.
They were all frightened by Li Mingyu's previous performance, and thought this was some trick Li Mingyu was planning to play!
This time, Li Mingyu was stunned for three seconds before he recovered.
Li Mingyu broke into a cold sweat as his eyes returned to clarity. This was the first time that he was stunned for three seconds on the court. He had occasionally done it in one second before.
This time, three seconds of short selling made Li Mingyu just want to curse.
But when he looked down, he found that the football was still at his feet.
For three seconds, no one came up to grab the ball.
The players from Bayer Leverkusen are really good people!
Li Mingyu was immediately moved to tears, so let me thank them by scoring a goal!
The moment Li Mingyu came back to his senses, all the information on the entire court entered Li Mingyu's brain.
Turn on the super powerful brain.
The width of the court, the wind direction in the court, the distance between defensive players, the running route of your own forward...
For a time, countless permutations and combinations appeared in Li Mingyu's brain.
That's it!
Li Mingyu suddenly moved the ball with his right foot and made a breakthrough to the right.
Defending him was Aranguiz, the captain of Bayer Leverkusen.
Just now, Aranguiz was very safe and did not take advantage of it, for fear of falling into Li Mingyu's trick.
When he saw Li Mingyu having "no choice" but to dribble the ball to break through, Aranguiz praised his steadiness and almost fell for Li Mingyu's deception.
If you want me Aranguiz to be fooled, you are still young.
Aranguiz quickly stepped forward, first leaned against Li Mingyu with his body, and then stretched out his feet to steal the ball.
When Li Mingyu saw Aranguiz's upward attack, the corner of his mouth curled up slightly. The outer instep of his right foot that had originally moved the ball suddenly shook. As if by magic, he buckled with the inner instep of his right foot. The football seemed to be pulled by a rope. The moment it flew out, it was pulled back by the rope.
Aranguiz watched the football slide past his right foot with a dull look on his face. Li Mingyu easily used a beautiful Flip Flap to pass Aranguiz cleanly.
Aranguiz stood there like a wooden stake, watching Li Mingyu run over him.
The most annoying thing is that when Li Mingyu passed him, he hit his shoulder hard with his shoulder.
Due to the unstable center of gravity, Aranguiz sat down on the ground in a very embarrassed state.
The fans of Bayer Leverkusen in BayArena made a sound of disbelief.
How is it possible that our captain is so humiliated by his opponent?
This action of Li Mingyu is full of provocation.
The 34-year-old Aranguiz has been playing for Bayer Leverkusen for seven years, working hard and working hard. He was appointed captain two years ago and is also dedicated to his work.
Today, their captain was so humiliated by a young man, which made the Bayer Leverkusen players a little angry.
Since Aranguiz was already the last line of defense before the back line, two defenders rushed out at the same time, trying to block Li Mingyu.
But the moment they came out, they looked at each other out of the corner of their eyes, and suddenly a cold sweat broke out on their backs.
Dragovic: Why did you come out too?
Tapsoba: Why did you come out too?
Li Mingyu used a small provocative move and actually made the opponent's two defenders make a huge, huge, huge mistake.
Because the two defenders suddenly pressed forward, the other defender Tah had no time to react. When he wanted to follow the forward pressure, Li Mingyu made an overhead pass and passed the football over the two defenders' heads.
Gabriel Jesus was shocked.
Bayer Leverkusen's two defenders are crazy. Are they pressing forward at the same time and treating themselves as transparent people?
Gabriel Jesus was so angry that after catching the ball, he swung the ball to an angle, knocked down the opponent's goalkeeper, and pushed the football into Bayer Leverkusen's goal.
After scoring the goal, Gabriel Jesus pointed at Li Mingyu, little brother, this pass is really cool.
Li Mingyu rushed over and hugged him, little brother, this shot was also beautiful.
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The two defenders of Bayer Leverkusen spread their hands to each other, saying why are you following them? Wouldn't it be better if I were alone?
Seeing that the two of them were about to start fucking, the captain Aranguiz hurried over and pulled them apart.
Damn it, what's going on with you two? This is on the court, in our home stadium, why are you still having internal strife?
Sterling, who happened to be passing by them, had a wicked smile on his face and kept applauding, which made the three people even more heartbroken.
The Bayer Leverkusen fans in the stands also booed deafeningly, not for Manchester City, but for their two defenders.
What the hell? It's so unsatisfactory. Why are you ready to do it while you're still on the court?
The referee who saw this scene also came over and gave the two men a verbal warning.
You know, on the court, there have been many situations where the referee directly sent each of his teammates off the court with a Red Gem Promotion Card due to fighting.
On April 2, 2005, Newcastle United lost 0:3 at home to the visiting Aston Villa, ending its 13-game unbeaten streak. Bowyer and Dyer also staged a quarrel.
Because these two midfielders were behind by a big score, during a pass and run, Bowyer tried to cover the side, but Dyer passed the ball to the middle. Bowyer angrily rushed to Dyer's side to argue. Dyer directly grabbed Bowyer's neck with his hands, and the two started to struggle.
As a result, the two men were directly ejected from the field by the referee, which opened the eyes of the 52,306 St James' Park fans.
After the restart, Bayer Leverkusen's offensive still failed to start.
Manchester City's defense is very good. Midfielders Li Mingyu, Gundogan and Rodri are all players with both offense and defense.
The three forward players also frequently dropped back to join the defense, completely losing Bayer Leverkusen's midfield advantage.
In the 25th minute, Sterling was dribbling the ball from the wing. He suddenly cut inside and made a fake shot. After shaking away the defender, he continued to cut inside, but was directly knocked down by Tapsoba.
A direct free kick one meter outside the arc of the penalty area.
Tapsoba also received a topaz War God card as a reward for his reckless actions.
This reckless foul action made Dragovic very dissatisfied.
Sterling Although he cuts inside, his shooting angle has been completely blocked. Just use your body to force him away. Why do you need to kick him?
Well, now, the opponent's team has a player who can take a free kick as a penalty kick, and you dare to give it a free kick. I'm really convinced.
Bayer Leverkusen's other players also felt helpless because before the game, the head coach had repeatedly warned them not to foul easily in front of the penalty area and not to give the opponent a free kick opportunity that was too well positioned.
The location of this foul is the best location for a direct free kick.
Goalkeeper Hradecky directed the arrangement of the wall with a serious look on his face, but in his heart he had long scolded Tapsoba as a flower melon.
The players who formed the human wall were all reluctant. Who doesn't know the power of Li Mingyu Power Free Kick.
If someone is kicked, it will really kill someone. Even if someone is not killed, they will still be injured.
Cristiano Ronaldo: You are right!
However, even if you don't want to, you still have to form a human wall.
But looking at the solemn expressions on these people's faces, with their hands protecting their key parts and not daring to move their feet forward, I could vaguely see someone retreating.
Are you serious about taking half a step back?
A small movement can still cause so much damage!
The football was placed one meter outside the arc of the penalty area, and Li Mingyu was already almost 40 meters away from the goal.
With a running distance of more than ten meters, is this going to kick the ball to Mars?
The referee looked at the Bayer Leverkusen player with sympathetic eyes and looked at the line he drew on the ground.
Generally speaking, after the referee draws the line, the wall will quietly move forward and step on the line with his feet.
But today, not only did these players not step on the line, they also stepped back half a foot.
The referee also quickly backed away. When he retreated to a position he thought was safe, he blew his whistle.
Li Mingyu heard the whistle, began to adjust his pace in small steps, and then began to speed up his pace.
BayArena, all the fans held their breath. Faced with Li Mingyu's free kick, even they did not dare to boo in response.
After all, Li Mingyu proved his strength with Power Free Kick one after another.
Li Mingyu was like a blue lightning, getting faster and faster, rushing in front of the football.
In the camera, almost all the players in the wall of Bayer Leverkusen turned pale, and the fear in their eyes was so real.
The five players lined up in the human wall couldn't help the fear in their hearts and turned their bodies involuntarily.
Li Mingyu had a cold face and quickly reached the football. He stepped hard on the left side of the football with his left foot and hit the middle of the football with his right foot like a whip.
I saw a flash of white light, and the football slipped out of the gap in the wall and headed straight for the goal.
The two Bayer Leverkusen players felt a burning pain in their ribs. The football passed through the gap between them. The high-speed football made both of them feel a tremor in their ribs.
Just passing by, I felt a stinging pain. If it had been hit directly, my ribs would not have been broken directly.
Cristiano Ronaldo: It's so easy to break something, it will only lead to broken bones. Don't ask me why I know!
The football that emerged from the gap between the two did not slow down in any way, and still flew towards the goal with the sound of wind.
When the goalkeeper saw the ball, it was actually too late.
Because the goalkeeper's position is definitely impossible to stand behind the wall, so as long as the free kick can be hit from this side of the wall, whether it is bypassed from above, drilled from below, or directly penetrated, the goalkeeper will basically have no room to react.
Goalkeeper Hradecky paid attention to the ball and watched the ball enter the net, creating a huge net behind him.
The entire BayArena was as silent as a cemetery. Everyone looked at the young man standing there with his hands raised in horror.
Although Li Mingyu's Power Free Kick is famous, Bayer Leverkusen has never fought against Li Mingyu, so they don't know exactly how powerful Li Mingyu's Power Free Kick is.
Today, they tried it with their flesh and blood, and the feeling of oppression was simply chilling.
In the 25th minute of the first half, Li Mingyu took a direct free kick and rewritten the score to 2:0.
BayArena leads Bayer Leverkusen at home 2:0, and the free kick just now seems to have taken away the will of all Bayer Leverkusen soldiers.
With this free kick, Li Mingyu's Champions League's total goals have reached 20, completing the surpass of Haaland.
The fastest record to score Champions League 20 goals became 11 games, and the youngest record to score Champions League 20 goals became Li Mingyu (20 years and 201 days old).