Gabriel Jesus's goal is a dream start for Manchester City.
Under the urging of the referee, the Manchester City players reluctantly returned to the court and slowly walked towards their own half.
The players from Real Madrid looked at Manchester City with gloomy eyes.
No team wants to see someone celebrating so crazily in front of them.
Along the way, Gabriel Jesus still couldn't restrain his inner ecstasy and kept waving to the fans in the stands.
The fans of Manchester City were also extremely excited. This kind of dream start was something they could not even imagine before the game.
Restart the ball.
With a depressed look on his face, Karim Benzema kicked the ball back to De Bruyne.
After De Bruyne got the ball, he did not continue the tactics from the opening, but continued to pass the ball backwards to Casemiro.
Manchester City, who had just scored a goal, was in high spirits. The two forwards and two attacking midfielders, like tigers coming out of the gate, rushed towards Real Madrid's half.
Manchester City's formation presses upward as a whole, maintaining the distance between the four fronts.
Real Madrid calmed down due to Ancelotti's command.
Facing Manchester City who rushed up to press, Real Madrid's player continued to pass the ball backwards and handed it to central defender Ramos.
Gabriel Jesus, who had just scored the first goal in the final, rushed past Casemiro, chasing the football and came to Ramos.
Li Mingyu, who was sitting in the defensive midfielder position, did not cross the center line. Looking at the somewhat scattered formation in the frontcourt, Li Mingyu frowned slightly.
Manchester City's players were a little too excited.
After Ramos got the ball, he did not pass the ball forward, but continued backwards and handed the ball to goalkeeper Courtois.
Gabriel Jesus rushed towards Courtois without any trace of fatigue.
After several consecutive passbacks, Manchester City's frontcourt line has been completely stretched.
Gabriel Jesus rushed into the restricted area of Real Madrid and was already isolated and helpless.
Sterling is outside the penalty area on the left, standing next to the full-back Real Madrid.
Bernardo Silva and Gundogan are also standing scattered in the half of Real Madrid.
Even the defensive midfielder Rodri has already crossed the center line and is ready to pass forward.
But Li Mingyu felt increasingly uneasy.
Because Manchester City's frontcourt players have completely become a one-man team.
This is also the result of Guardiola moving the position of Li Mingyu backward.
Li Mingyu, who is sitting in the midfield and backcourt, is not that convenient to direct the frontcourt players whether in offense or defense.
Coupled with the goal scored at the beginning, the mentality of many Manchester City players has changed a lot.
Pursue victory, this should be what Manchester City player is thinking now.
Although Real Madrid's front was pushed very far back, the distance between the three fronts was maintained very well.
Courtois looked at the rushing Gabriel Jesus without any panic. With a gentle sweep of his right foot, he swept the ball towards Marcelo on the wing.
In the past two seasons, the decline in Marcelo's form is obvious, but in this critical game, Ancelotti still believes in Brazil's left back.
Marcelo After receiving the ball, he started dribbling the ball forward along the wing.
Gabriel Jesus wanted to continue chasing, but the continuous running made his steps slow down.
However, Bernardo Silva rushed over quickly, preparing to block the football at Marcelo's feet.
Marcelo pushed the ball toward the center, and continued to rush forward along the side.
Casemiro in the middle received the ball and pushed forward, making a beautiful one-two, leaving Bernardo Silva to chase Marcelo from behind.
Marcelo's dribbling not only defused Manchester City's frontcourt encirclement, but also attracted the attention of Manchester City's midfielder and backcourt to the left side.
After all, Haaland is also on this side.
There is Marcelo in the front, Haaland in the back, and Li Mingyu, as the last line of defense in the back line, has a feeling that it is difficult to care about the beginning and the end.
Li Mingyu could not let Marcelo continue to dribble forward, so it could only abandon Haaland and rush towards Marcelo.
When Marcelo saw Li Mingyu rushing towards him, his eyes lit up involuntarily, he picked up his left foot and made a move to pass Haaland in front of him.
Li Mingyu didn't think much and stretched out his legs to intercept.
But the moment he stretched his legs, Li Mingyu knew that he had been fooled.
The moment Marcelo's left foot came down, his ankle turned and the through ball turned into a cross ball.
The football came to the feet of De Bruyne in the ribs.
After receiving the ball, De Bruyne quickly dribbled the ball forward. Midfielder Rodri rushed over from the side, but De Bruyne stepped on the ball in a fancy way and was knocked out of his way.
Li Mingyu quickly defended from the side to the middle.
But De Bruyne has already crossed the defense line of the midfielder and faced Manchester City's defense line.
As we all know, the level of Manchester City's defense line is at best that of Premier League.
It's not enough to watch in Europe football.
Haaland cuts inside without the ball along the penalty area line, but now, no one is paying attention to him. Everyone's eyes are drawn to De Bruyne.
But only Li Mingyu knows that Haaland, who is cutting inside, is the one who needs the most attention.
"Watch Haaland, watch Haaland!"
Li Mingyu rushed towards De Bruyne and roared at the players on the back line.
But the noise at the scene was really too loud.
Just now, he thought this kind of cheering was a home field advantage, but now, he wished that everyone in the stands would shut up.
Li Mingyu's shouting was only heard by De Bruyne who was three meters away from him.
A smile appeared on De Bruyne's lips.
As expected, it is Li Mingyu, you can see my intention at a glance.
De Bruyne was about thirty meters in front of the penalty area, flicking the ball to the left, seemingly intending to take a long shot from outside the penalty area.
Laporte, who came up to defend, tensed up his nerves and stared at the football with his eyes fixed on the football. He planned to rush over by himself the moment De Bruyne took off, sacrificing his own life to catch the eye.
However, De Bruyne took advantage of this gentle move of the ball to shift the center of gravity of Manchester City's other defensive players, and a medium-sized gap appeared on the left side of the ribs.
Wing-back Kyle Walker has been keeping an eye on Haaland. He was deeply impressed by Haaland because of the previous encounter.
Although his attention was also attracted by De Bruyne who was "preparing to shoot", his hands were always on Haaland beside him.
Suddenly, Kyle Walker felt that the hand he placed on Haaland was empty. In desperation, he clenched his right hand, but he couldn't catch anything.
Broken!