Chapter 237: First Show and Meritorious Service
The atmosphere on the scene is very good, and Manchester City fans are looking forward to the team's performance in the new season.
What excited them the most was the arrival of Guardiola.
An excellent head coach is too important to a team.
And Guardiola is undoubtedly one of the best head coaches in contemporary football.
Fans are looking forward to Manchester City getting better results under Guardiola's coaching.
The game began soon, and Cai Jian originally thought that the strength gap between the two sides was very big.
Manchester City must have played against Sunderland, but they didn't expect that the first threatening attack in the whole game was initiated by Sunderland.
It only took two minutes to play, and Manchester City fell off the ball outside the penalty area.
But Sunderland's pressing was very fierce, and Manchester City made a mistake.
The pass was not good, Otamendi hurriedly chased the football.
At this time, he saw the opponent's winger Watmore rushing towards the football, and Otamendi knew that he would never let him get the football.
If he gets the ball and then pulls it into the penalty area, it will be a single shot.
Otamendi was very decisive and flew directly towards the football.
Of course, he did not shovel at the person, but wanted to hook the football out in advance by sliding the shovel.
He successfully tackled the football and shoveled it out.
But he didn't expect that the other party's Borini was right in front.
Football was actually kicked to Bolini, and Bolini didn't expect that football would come to his feet.
In fact, at this time, Borini's best choice is to pick the pass and find Watmore in front.
But Borini was not prepared, so he chose to pass the ball directly.
This is obviously not a good choice, because Otamendi, who had previously slipped the ball, was near his passing path.
Sure enough, the football hit Otamendi, and the football hit Otamendi's arm.
Sunderland's player quickly signaled for the first goal, and the referee also saw it clearly.
The whistle was blown immediately and Sunderland was awarded a set piece.
The position is pretty good, a little far from the goal, but it is still within range.
Goalkeeper Cabalero is seriously laying out the walls of men, and he does not want to lose to a weak team like Sunderland at home.
Sunderland's Borini was responsible for taking the penalty kick, and Borini sent the set kick.
He really chose to hit the ball directly, and the quality of his kick was really average.
The angle is too straight, but the power is very strong.
The goalkeeper Cabalero was unable to hold the football at all, and he hit the football with all his strength.
The football flew to the right outside the penalty area, and the opponent's winger Linden Gusch quickly ran towards the football.
Successfully controlled the football and the opponent Sarnia quickly followed.
Linden Gusch faced Sarnia's defense. After he took two bicycles, he took a step towards the bottom line and then directly crossed.
He did find his teammate Rodwell, but the defensive player in Manchester City's penalty area was very good.
Although Rodwell was able to beat football, his position was too poor and he couldn't beat the strength at all.
Sunderland's first attack ended like this.
This was also the first shot in this game, but in fact the threat was not very big.
Two shots did not pose a great threat to the goalkeeper, but how could Manchester City continue to do this?
Just two minutes passed, and Manchester City passed around the midfield line.
Fernandinho, who took the ball, observed a straight pass from mid-range to find new player Lu Yunlong.
He has some good feelings for this Chinese winger. Although he is very valuable, he is not too arrogant.
He was just a little introverted, but he could understand it too.
But Lu Yunlong is indeed a bit far away. It is indeed too difficult to find Lu Yunlong through a straight pass.
The football was kicked out by Van Anholt, who was defending Lu Yunlong, and the football flew toward the midfield line again.
Fernandinho successfully judged the landing point and rushed towards the landing point.
Before the opponent's player arrived, he pushed directly towards the falling football.
He pushed the football to the right, and I have to say that his head was quite powerful.
The header was very far, and the moment Lu Yunlong saw Fernandinho header.
Decisively, he was running backwards and running to the opponent's penalty area with all his might.
All this came too suddenly. Sunderland's players did not expect that Manchester City's offense would suddenly start.
Sunderland's defense line was not expected, so they were a little slower.
Lu Yunlong rushed to the front, and then the football fell.
At this time, the closest to him was the full-back Van Anholt.
But Lu Yunlong was too fast and he was thrown behind him.
Lu Yunlong easily removed the football and continued to sprint into the penalty area.
Soon Lu Yunlong broke into the right side of the penalty area, and the opponent's goalkeeper did not choose to attack.
Although Lu Yunlong can forcefully shoot at this time, this is obviously not a good choice.
Because from his perspective, shooting is likely to be thrown.
If the goalkeeper attacks, Lu Yunlong will definitely hit the ball directly.
And Lu Yunlong knew that there were defensive players behind him.
So he made a crossing move, and he was about to kick the football with his right foot.
How could Van Anholt, behind him, make Lu Yunlong pass so easily?
So he shoveled directly towards the football under Lu Yunlong's feet, but he did not expect that Lu Yunlong was a fake move.
Lu Yunlong originally wanted to fake fax buckle and shook Van Anholt who was defending him.
But he didn't expect that Van Anholt would actually tackle him down.
Lu Yunlong fell to the ground in a mess and saw Lu Yunlong fall to the ground.
Several nearby Manchester City players looked at the referee and raised their arms.
"Hey! Lu Yunlong was tackled!" Liu Jiayuan explained excitedly.
"Will this be a penalty kick? Let's take a look at the referee's penalty!"
On the other hand, Sunderland's players were all uneasy.
While looking at the referee, he signaled that this was not a penalty kick.
But the referee didn't think so, and he blew the whistle decisively.
Then he pointed to 12 yards and awarded Manchester City a penalty!
The audience on the sidelines heard the referee's decision and burst into loud cheers.
You should know that there were more than 50,000 viewers today, and their cheers were very terrifying.
Seeing the referee's penalty, Van Anholt, who gave the point, kept shaking his fingers.
He hopes that the referee can change the judgment, but this is obviously impossible.
"No problem! This is an absolute penalty!" Liu Jiayuan announced the result.
"I didn't expect Lu Yunlong to make some contributions in his first game after joining Manchester City!" Xu Yang said happily.
"I don't know who will take the penalty kick. I guess it shouldn't be Lu Yunlong, but the team's penalty kicker Aguero."
The commentator was right, and Aguero came to the penalty spot.
He will take the penalty kick, and Lu Yunlong has no complaints about this.
Chapter completed!