Messi was so scared that he cried when he maxed out his header talent at the start of the game

With a fierce attack from Manchester City, the team first scored against Schalke 04, and the morale between the two teams rose and fell.

While Manchester City celebrated, Slonka kept emphasizing the next ideas of the first half to the players.

"Retreat!!"

"Main defense!!"

"Keep our formation! Limit their cooperation between the wing and the center!"

Slonka knew it very well.

If we can't hold on for the remaining 10 most dangerous minutes of the first half and Manchester City scores again, then the game can almost be declared over.

However.

The Germans still underestimated the firepower of Manchester City.

.......

In the 37th minute of the game.

Manchester City had a set-piece in the frontcourt, and Modric unexpectedly lifted the ball directly into the penalty area of ​​​​Salke 04.

Manchester City had multiple headers in front of the goal.

Balotelli overpowered Schalke 04 center back Boden, headed the ball, and the ball flew out.

"Bang!!"

The crossbar saved Schalke 04's life.

It also made Slonka's heart, which was already hanging, tremble subconsciously.

......

The 39th minute of the game.

Su Fei turned around in the middle to get rid of Ernst's entanglement.

A precise straight pass.

It penetrated the gap between Schalke 04's double defensive midfielders Jones and Kobiashvili.

Balotelli, who successfully led the ball, faced Schalke 04's central defender Boden's steal, passed the ball to the right side, and sent the ball to Cassano who followed up.

Cassano took a step in the penalty area and shot into the far corner.

"Bang!"

This ball hit the crossbar again.

However.

The football did not fly out of bounds.

The trajectory fell, hit the penalty area in front of the goal and bounced up.

The second landing point.

Modric, who rushed over, followed up and shot.

The sudden shot left Schalke 04 goalkeeper Neuer frozen in place without any time to react.

The ball went past him and into the goal, crossing the goal line.

The Etihad Stadium exploded again! The Schalke 04 players looked at each other in bewilderment...

"GGGG---OOOO---AAAA---LLLL!"

"GGGOOOAAALLL!"

"GOAL!!"

"GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL!"

"Modric!!"

"He appeared at the position of the ball that bounced out like a ghost! Perfect follow-up shot! This goalkeeper has a very keen sense of smell!"

"2:0!"

"Within less than 10 minutes, Manchester City scored another goal with Modric's shot, further expanding their lead in goals!"

"It collapsed!"

"Schalke 04's defense has collapsed!"

"If there was no crossbar... I'm afraid it would not be 2-0 but 3-0 now!"

-[Modric is awesome! ! ! ]

-[This goal was indeed a beautiful follow-up shot! Look at the replay. When Modric rushed in, no one stopped him, or rather, no one expected it! The timing of the forward run was perfect! 】

-【Neuer was completely confused today. He is a German goalkeeper after all, but he didn't make a single save. He was double-teamed with the crossbar, right?】

-【No way! The back line is useless. Shots come from all directions. Let alone Neuer, even if Yashin comes, it won't be of any use!】

......

Manchester City's celebration didn't last too long. The players are in a hot state now, and they can't wait to score another goal against the Germans.

Slonka's expression has become numb.

He sat back on the bench at some point. It's not a question of whether he can sit still, but his legs are a little weak and he can't stand up.

Beep!

The referee blew the third kick-off whistle in the first half.

Less than 4 minutes later.

The football appeared in Schalke 04's goal again. Neuer sighed as he watched Rakitic get up and celebrate excitedly in front of him.

"GGGG---OOOO---AAAA---LLLL!"

"GGGOOOAAALLL!"

"GOAL!!!"

"In the 43rd minute of the game, Su Fei assisted Rakitic to score in front of the goal, adding another goal for Manchester City!!"

"3:0!!"

"Manchester City is playing crazy!"

"Schalke 04 suffered a sudden death. Just 10 minutes ago, the score between the two teams was 0-0!!"

"Now!!"

"Schalke 04 needs to chase three goals to ensure that Manchester City does not score again before they can tie the score!!"

"Modric, Rakitic..."

"Congratulations to the Croatian midfield twins, both of whom scored their first Champions League goals of the season in this game!!"

-【Game Over! The game is over, Schalke! 】

-【Some games are over in the first half....】

-【Haha, it feels so good to kill the game suddenly. It's a mess. Schalke 04's defense is all messed up. 】

-【I'm afraid Schalke 04 now hopes that the game will end directly. Look at their expressions. I guess they don't have the confidence to play in the second half. Who can withstand losing 3 goals in 10 minutes? 】

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This Champions League group match has completely lost suspense before the first half. In the second half, Manchester City chose to focus on defense and did not continue to attack Schalke 04.

In the 81st minute of the game, near the end of the game, Schalke 04 finally relied on the persistent cross tactics to help center forward Kuranyi score the goal that was 81 minutes late.

3:1!

But this goal was obviously too late. Kuranyi did not celebrate after scoring the goal. Instead, he covered his face with his hands and knelt on the grass to confess himself.

In his opinion.

If the penalty kick at the beginning of the game could be scored, perhaps the trend of this game would be completely different.

......

Beep!

95th minute of the game.

Even though the referee gave a full 5 minutes of injury time, Schalke 04 failed to score the next goal.

The score on the big screen was fixed at 3:1.

"Blue Moon!"

"You know just what I was there for!"

"You heard me saying a prayer for!"

"Blue Moon" from the Blue Moon fans rang out at the Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City players and coaching staff hugged each other.

Celebrating another Champions League victory.

3 wins in 3 Champions League group matches. So far, Manchester City has won perfect victories in all the first matches against all opponents in Group B.

At the same time.

Other matches in the third round of the Champions League group stage that were being held at the same time also came to an end. Real Madrid 4-2 Olympiacos, AC Milan 4-1 Shakhtar Donetsk, Manchester United 4-2 Dynamo Kyiv, Arsenal 7-0 Slavia Prague...

The third round of the group stage.

Many strong teams have recovered and won big. Manchester City's 3-1 Schalke 04 is a less eye-catching match.

But Manchester City's stability of 3 wins in 3 games still ranks first in the odds list of this Champions League.

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