Manchester City's offensive rhythm suddenly slowed down, which made Inter Milan's players a little strange.
If we talk about passing and control technology alone, Manchester City can now be said to be the only team in the world.
Although it is not as good as Barcelona's pass control, which has reached an advanced level back then, it is still unparalleled in today's football world.
Guardiola can be said to be the person in the current football world who has the deepest understanding of Barcelona's passing and control. After all, he was the one who brought out the Universe Team team back then.
When they came to Manchester City, Guardiola still brought their own concept of transmission and control.
Although before, Manchester City had a top midfielder like De Bruyne.
However, the transmission and control of De Bruyne and Guardiola are still a bit uncoordinated.
De Bruyne's offense is more aggressive. He doesn't like the so-called control in the midfield, which is called passing and controlling to drag down the opponent, but De Bruyne doesn't like this.
He had many conflicts with Guardiola. He believed that he should be a midfield organizer like Zidane, but a pure passer.
As a result, in the Champions League finals last season, Guardiola made frequent mistakes. He actually abandoned the 4-3-3 lineup that he had been using for the whole season, took down the midfielder Rodri, and replaced it with a midfielder formation that no one could understand. As a result, he lost the Champions League championship that was already close at hand.
After the game, it was said that De Bruyne and Guardiola had a fierce conflict in Manchester City's locker room. If someone hadn't stopped them, the two might have fought in the locker room.
In the end, when the two were incompatible, the chairman of Manchester City chose to continue to believe in Guardiola between Guardiola and De Bruyne, and sent De Bruyne away.
This operation made De Bruyne very angry. When he left, he once said that you will definitely regret it. Guardiola will only bring infinite despair to Manchester City. I will not be polite when we meet next time.
De Bruyne, who left Spain, joined the Western Super League team Real Madrid, and formed the terrifying "Habende" combination with Haaland and Karim Benzema.
Not only have they left Barcelona and Atletico Madrid behind in the league, but they have also entered the semi-finals of Champions League.
Real Madrid, who is in the other half of the district, is very likely to join Manchester City in the finals.
If this is really the case, then the final will be great to watch.
In the 40th minute, Manchester City suddenly picked up speed. Li Mingyu took the ball in the middle and made a long diagonal pass, which directly found Sterling on the edge.
Sterling stopped the ball with his right foot. Before the football hit the ground, Sterling thrust forward with his left foot and rushed forward.
Defender Milan-Skriniar from Slovakia failed to keep up with Sterling's rhythm and could only reach out to Sterling.
The referee ran over, awarded a direct free kick on the left side of the penalty area, and then showed Milan-Skriniar a topaz War God card.
Li Mingyu stood in front of the penalty spot and carefully looked at the direction of the goal.
The direction of the ball is a bit biased. If it is hit directly, the angle is too small. It seems that the only way is to pass the ball.
Manchester City There are five players standing in Inter Milan's penalty area, and Li Mingyu is taking the free throw outside. Manchester City has invested a total of six players in this attack.
The other Manchester City players are standing outside the penalty area to protect the second point and prevent the opponent from having a fast break opportunity or a second chance to attack the goal. They can directly shoot long shots from the outside.
Li Mingyu glanced at the player's position, raised his hand to signal, then started to run up, and made a very wide arc pass with the inside instep of his right foot.
Looking at the landing point of the football, it should be towards the back of the goal.
Inter Milan's goalkeeper Ionuit Radu saw the ball and quickly moved towards the back point, his eyes looking at the crowd in the penalty area.
Manchester City's outflanking was very good, with people rushing forward at the front, middle and back points.
However, Li Mingyu's ball seemed to be passed too wide, the arc was too large, and the landing point was too deep. It looked like it was going to pass the baseline.
Even Inter Milan goalkeeper Radu thought so. He opened his arms to indicate that no one had touched the ball.
But after the ball hit the ground, the trajectory happened in a scene that shocked everyone in the penalty area.
The football actually turned towards the goal.
Inter Milan's goalkeeper Ladu was stunned. At this time, it was impossible for him to make a save.
I could only watch the football spinning towards the goal.
With a "duang" sound, the football hit the goalpost and bounced out.
Radu, who had narrowly escaped death, rushed over and before Gabriel Jesus came up to shoot again, risking his life, a hungry tiger pounced on the football and held the football in his arms.
Ionuit Radu held the ball tightly under his body and was unwilling to get up for a long time. He hoped to use this method to relieve his heart that was almost beating out just now.
Li Mingyu kept tilting his head and looking towards the goal after sending the ball.
Because the ball Li Mingyu was played towards the goal.
On this ball, Li Mingyu uses Banana Kick from Beckham, and adds a little Spin Pass from Alonso to allow the football to rotate slightly when it lands, with internal rotation from Banana Kick, hoping to directly spin into the goal.
However, this angle is still a bit too small. The football must first pass over the head of the wall, and it must also cross the goalkeeper's range. Therefore, the difficulty of this kick is really too great.
But this kick really scared the Inter Milan players into a cold sweat.
This weird shot was an eye-opener for them.
Because in slow motion, fans can clearly see that the ball has a very obvious spin when it hits the ground. Many fans were stunned by Li Mingyu's unconstrained shot.
After this goal, the players on both sides became more careful in their offense, and there was almost no transition between offense and defense. In the last five or six minutes, neither side could get a better chance.
The referee finally blew the whistle to end the first half in the 47th minute.
The score of 2:2 made many fans excited, and the fierce competition made them not feel the passage of time.
This is a beautiful game that can make people forget everything.
Manchester City and Guardiola, who returned to the locker room, encouraged everyone's performance in the first half, and also admitted that the opponent's first goal was due to their own fault, and also expressed their apologies to Li Mingyu.
Li Mingyu shook his head. Of course he knew that Guardiola was worried about his health, so the two hugged each other, and the grudge in their hearts disappeared!