‘This Man.City’ is formidable

They got through a really tough “war” in every sense. But “they” are notPep Guardiola admits Man City is about to be in big trouble”> Atletico Madrid is notorious for the aforementioned characteristics, but Pep Guardiola’s Man.City.

If Man.City can overcome such an opponent, such a play, such a situation, to go on to the semi-finals of the Champions League, then this seems to be the first time people see a Man.City really formidable, qualified to compete for the Champions League title.

Man.City players (right) find ways to stop the team Atlético Madrid approaches its goal Reuters

Man.City is… well, as you all know. But the masterful play is based on keeping the ball a lot, passing well, scoring like a programmed machine, favoring the beauty in the football philosophy of Vietnam. Coach Pep Guardiola, only suitable for the long-distance format of the national championship. In the knock-out format, before strong opponents of many different schools in the Champions League, Man.City previously only knew how to fail painfully. And because they always fail when they are supposed to play better, more beautiful, Man.City has always broken up the Champions League in anger and lost control when the second leg closes, like they were eliminated by Monaco (2017), Liverpool (2018), Tottenham (2019), Lyon (2020).

Now it’s the opposite: Guardiola’s men stood firm against all of Atletico’s tough efforts, for 90 minutes. On the Wanda Metropolitano field, of course, in front of the fierce cheering of the home audience, the Atletico players found all ways to make the opponent lose their temper, both in play and attitude. After all, it was Atletico who lost control. Midfielder Felipe (Atletico) was sent off in injury time lasting up to 13 minutes, of which 11 minutes were chaotic scenes: players, officials, service staff of both teams rushed into each other. Felipe maliciously fouls Phil Foden and Kevin de Bruyne. Stefan Savic (Atletico) bumped Raheem Sterling’s head, then grabbed his hair Jack Grealish. And then, it all fell into chaos. There were scenes of Atletico players kicking the camera, Coach Guardiola being thrown a water bottle, coach Diego Simeone (Atletico) being shown a yellow card… The police also had to enter the tunnel as soon as the match ended, with Sime Vrsaljko (Atletico) spitting. spit and throw foreign objects at some member of Man.City…

In short, the most memorable images from the second leg of Atletico’s quarter-final second leg – Man.City ended at 0-0 with the color of scandal first. Man.City has now proved its ability to overcome fierce challenges. Call it an “ugly victory.” The final score was 1-0, and only in the 0-0 draw in the second leg, Man.City had only… 1 shot in the right direction. Simeone is a coach who specializes in the ability to adjust tactics in the game – a shortcoming of Guardiola. It was also the character who first suggested what the press later called Guardiola’s “sickness… thinking too much”. But now Guardiola doesn’t need to think about anything more than choosing the simplest way: kick very… in moderation to protect the 1-0 advantage and move on!