The exciting theme song of the Champions League resounded throughout Celtic Park, and Chu Zheng on the pitch once again felt the blood-spraying atmosphere of the Champions League.
This was the second time Chu Zheng heard the Champions League theme song before a game, and he couldn't help but feel excited and excited for the next game.
Coupled with the cheers of the fans at the scene, Chu Zheng felt a unique atmosphere of the Champions League.
When he was playing in the Europa League at Wolfsburg, Chu Zheng felt that the Champions League was nothing more than that.
As a result, now that he has experienced it personally, he has personally felt the charm of the Champions League. This atmosphere is absolutely unparalleled in any competition in today's football.
Perhaps only the World Cup can compare with the atmosphere of the Champions League.
Not long after, the Champions League theme song played live ended, and the starting lineups of both sides were also listed on the live broadcast screen.
"Celtic have dominated the Scottish Premiership in recent seasons, but have failed to win the Triple Crown again." As soon as the match lineup appeared, Zhan Jun, who had been waiting for a long time in the LeTV live broadcast room, immediately began to introduce the lineup.
"With the decline of Glasgow Rangers as a competitor, Celtic's strength has actually declined in recent years."
"In fact, although the Celtics won the championship last season, their poor performance in the European war was due to defensive problems."
"So this season, the Celtic club's senior management invited former Liverpool coach Rodgers, hoping to improve the team's strength."
"But judging from the performance in the new season, the Celtics' defense has not improved."
"In the first round match against Barcelona, the Celtics suffered a disastrous 0-7 away defeat, which exposed the team's serious shortcomings in their away ability."
"If the Celtics want to get a promotion spot, they must try their best to win all their home games. This puts great pressure on the Celtics to win at home."
"Therefore, this game is facing Manchester City, whose style is very similar to Barcelona. With Rogers' personality, he may choose to strike hard, show off his home momentum, and fight Manchester City for a glimmer of hope."
"Of course, with the Celtics' defensive strength, Rogers, who may have a headache, can only rely on his offensive strength to replace defense with offense."
Manchester City:(4141)
Forward: Aguero
Midfielder: Nolito, David Silva, Chu Zheng, Sterling
Midfielder: Fernandinho
Defenders: Clichy, Kolarov, Otamendi, Zabaleta
Goalkeeper:Bravo
"For Manchester City, Guardiola has won all 10 games of the new season since he took charge of Manchester City. Not counting friendly matches, Manchester City has scored a total of 35 goals. Their offensive strength is very scary."
"In this game, Guardiola is expected to break the 10-game winning streak set by previous coach Pellegrini."
"But Manchester City's lineup also has flaws, and that is their defense."
"Manchester City has conceded goals in 4 of the 6 Premier League games, and almost every game has exposed hidden dangers in their defense."
"But Manchester City's 10-game winning streak somewhat conceals the problems on the defensive end. This is the biggest instability factor for Manchester City!"
"And Guardiola also lost a frontcourt attacker in this game."
"De Bruyne was injured and retired from the last round of the Premier League. Before the game, Guardiola said that De Bruyne needed a month to recover."
"This is another blow to Manchester City's attack."
"So Chu Zheng appeared in the right center midfield position today, probably to replace De Bruyne's role in the frontcourt."
"And David Silva took over the authority of Manchester City's commander from Chu Zheng. The offensive organization and rhythm control are probably all left to this veteran general."
At exactly 02:45 in the morning on September 29th, BJ time, with the whistle of Italian famous whistler Rizzoli, the game officially started.
On the field, the Celtics took the ball out and quickly passed the ball to the right to start their attack.
Manchester City quickly set up their formation, taking advantage of the numerical advantage in a local area in the midfield to press Celtic players with high intensity.
The Celtics lost possession of the ball in less than 10 seconds.
However, after the Celtics lost the ball, their formation did not retreat but advanced, and quickly counterattacked Manchester City.
For a time, the two sides broke out in an extremely fierce battle for the ball in the midfield, and completed an offensive and defensive transition in less than a minute.
But unfortunately, both sides' offensive came to an abrupt end when they reached the front edge of the opponent's penalty area.
Soon, the Celtics, playing at home, took control of the ball and passed the ball back behind them for controlled transmission.
At 1 minute and 38 seconds of the game, Aguero pressed Celtic right center back Kolo Toure in the middle of the frontcourt.
Kolo Toure quickly made a long pass to the right side of the frontcourt.
But Clichy reacted quickly, moved forward in time to seize the position, blocked the Celtics right midfielder Forrest behind him, and kicked the ball towards the center circle.
There were continuous aerial battles in the center circle, and the ball returned to the Celtics.
After Celtic left back Tierney received the ball from midfielder Neil Beaton, he immediately speeded up and moved towards the wing.
But Chu Zheng was faster and chased back along the inner line in a blink of an eye.
With the tacit cooperation of Fernandinho in the ribs and Zabaleta on the wing, Chu Zheng directly locked Tierney on the sideline.
When Dinil saw that there was no ball to pass, he didn't hesitate and quickly passed the ball back to the wing before Chu Zheng came close to press him.
Chu Zheng turned around and pressed forward, but within a few steps, the ball passed quickly through the Celtics backcourt and fell back to Tierney's feet.
This time it was Sterling who defended Tierney.
Tierney passed the ball directly to the ribs without stopping.
Sinclair, who received the ball with his back, had already observed Moussa Dembélé lurking between the two Manchester City centre-backs.
As long as he turns around and plays the ball forward, with Moussa Dembele's extremely fast speed, he can definitely break through Manchester City's overly high defense line in an instant, allowing Moussa Dembele to get a valuable goal.
Single ball.
But the moment he completed his half-turn and formed a good passing opportunity with Dembélé, Zabaleta rushed to the ball at the moment he released it and blocked the ball back with one kick.
The ball bounced off Sinclair and then hit Zabaleta's hand.
Without waiting for Sinclair's signal, referee Rizzoli blew the whistle and awarded Celtic a free kick in the frontcourt.
"Manchester City should be careful! Try to avoid giving Celtic the opportunity to attack with set pieces in the frontcourt!" Zhang Lu said with a smile.
Zhan Jun shook his head and said: "This ball is about 45 meters away from the goal. It is not a big threat."
"Manchester City's high-altitude defensive work is indeed not good, but it is not that bad."
"If this kind of ball can be scored, I will eat up the table!" Zhan Jun seemed to be in a very good mood today and even dared to make such a joke.
"Haha!" Zhang Lu was amused.
On the field, facing Celtic's free kick in the frontcourt, Manchester City was facing a formidable enemy, with all 10 players lined up in front of the penalty area.
The five offensive players on the Celtics' side were lined up on the right side of the top of the arc, making it unclear what their true intentions were.
The referee Rizzoli blew the whistle and Sinclair on the left side of the ball took a run.
But when he came to the ball, he suddenly stopped.
At this time, five Celtic players advanced at the same time.
On Manchester City's side, Otamendi, Stones, Clichy and others saw the Celtics all advancing and quickly retreated to avoid offside.
As a result, I never expected that Celtic had a routine for this set piece.
Sinclair paused in front of the ball and then kicked the ball falsely, but still failed to pass.
Standing on the left side of the top of the arc, Chu Zheng's talent warning sounded instantly, smelling danger.
Chu Zheng looked back and saw that Forest had already rushed along the wing to the upper right corner of the penalty area.
Chu Zheng immediately guessed what the Celtics were trying to do.
At this moment, Sinclair swung his right foot and swung the ball directly to the back area on the right side of the penalty area.
Forest rushed from the upper right corner of the penalty area to the landing point. There was no one around him to mark the ball. Krishne closed in too hard.
"Put in from the back! Manchester City missed someone in the back!!!!!!!!" Seeing this sudden scene, Zhan Jun raised his voice instantly.
Outside the right sideline of the small penalty area, Forest rushed to the landing point, raised his right foot without stopping the ball and directed the ball directly to the center of the penalty area.
At this time, Manchester City's defense failed due to an offside call, leaving Moussa Dembele, Sviatchenko and Kolo Toure with no one to mark them.
Tragic Bravo suffered a three-on-one defeat.
Facing the ball in the middle of the small penalty area, Moussa Dembele, who has scored 10 goals for the Celtics in the new season, shook his head and the ball flew to the left side of the goal.
When the ball crossed the goal line, Celtic Park suddenly erupted into a terrifying sound wave like a fighter jet taking off.
"Ouch!" Zhang Lu exclaimed.
"The ball is in!" Zhan Jun shouted, "less than two and a half minutes into the game, the Celtics scored at home!"
"Moussa Dembele, a 20-year-old French forward, this is also his first Champions League goal since joining Celtic this year!"
On the sidelines, Rogers punched the ball the moment he scored, his expression extremely excited.
Behind him, on the visiting team's coaching bench, Guardiola's mouth twitched, and then he looked at the field expressionlessly.
On the court, Chu Zheng also looked expressionlessly at the Celtic players celebrating collectively next to the right corner flagpole.
There is nothing to say about losing this ball.
It was obvious that the Celtics saw through their offside tactic and took advantage of it.
At this moment, Chu Zheng experienced firsthand the cruelty of the Champions League, and he really could not underestimate any team.
Even a little-known and recognized weak team in the European competition can still explode with superhuman power after entering the world's top stage of the Champions League.
"Klich has a certain responsibility for this goal!"
"You see, he and Fernandinho were crowded together without looking behind them at all, which allowed Forest, who got in from behind, to take advantage of a big gap."
Seeing that Zhan Jun looked a little weird after taking a look at the barrage, Zhang Lu pointed it out directly and said with a smile: "You'd better eat at the table first!"
