At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 16, the first leg of the 2021-22 Champions League quarterfinals ushered in a focus battle: the biggest champion Manchester City away to "big dark horse" Portugal Sports.
The big Paris with Neymar and Mbappe has introduced Messi, and Bayern's Levan has become more and more courageous, and Manchester City is still regarded as the biggest favorite in the Champions League, and the strength is not covered.
As for Portuguese sports, which is well known as C Ronaldo's mother team Sporting Lisbon, in the same group as Ajax and Borussia Dortmund, it is lucky to advance to the promotion, and once it enters the knockout round, it draws the championship favorite Manchester City, which is naturally more fierce.
In the game, Manchester City started 433, Foden, Sterling and Mahrez formed a forward trident, midfielder B, Rodri, De Bruyne, four defenders Canselo, Laporte, Ruben Díaz, Stones, goalkeeper Ederson. The total value of the starting eleven is as high as 700 million euros.
Portugal sporting start 3421, With Paulinho topped the centre forward position. The total value of the starting eleven is also 190 million euros.
After the start of the game, Portugal Sport played aggressively. In the 3rd minute, Gonçalves' cross was destroyed by the B seat. Saravia's cross from the left was confiscated by Ederson.
In the 6th minute, City took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the pitch. B's cross, Foden's shot was saved by Adam, De Bruyne's pass was returned, and Mahrez faced the empty goal and pushed the ball with one foot. The goal is valid after VAR verification. Manchester City led Sport of Portugal 1-0 away.
In the 16th minute, De Bruyne's shot was blocked out of the line, then Mahrez drove a corner kick, Rodri's header crossed, and the B-seat followed up with a volley that hit the crossbar and bounced into the fans. City extended the score to 2-0.
In the 31st minute, Mahei Lace's continuous cross from the right side of the penalty area was reversed, and Foden adjusted and pushed the shot into the goal. Manchester City led Sport of Portugal 3-0.
In the 43rd minute, Canceló picked out a pass, Sterling knocked back from the left side of the penalty area, B bench pushed and the ball was scored! Manchester City 4:0 Portugal Sport.
Leading by a large margin, City continued to strengthen their attack in the second half. In the 49th minute, De Bruyne passed the ball into the penalty area, the B-table header was broken, VAR verified, offside in the first goal is invalid.
In the 57th minute, Portuguese sports goalkeeper Adam's big kick was broken, the B bench was crossed, and Sterling's arc-top shot from the top of the penalty area hung straight into the dead corner. City extended the score to 5-0.
Since then, Manchester City still has a number of shots on goal, but has not been able to score again, and Portugal Sport, which plays at home, basically cannot play attack.
Manchester City 15 shots on goal 6 shots on target, Portugal Sport 3 shots 0 shots on target, the possession rate of Manchester City 64%, Portugal Sports 36%, from the full field data, Manchester City advantage is obvious, 6 shots on the goal of 5 goals, complete a clean sheet, a wild win is not difficult. Advance to the quarter-finals, and this one win is enough.