Chapter 931 The First Time in Five Years
Chapter 931 For the first time in 40 years
While the players on both sides were still making final preparations in their respective locker rooms, the Manchester City fans in the stands were singing under the leadership of others to warm up the atmosphere of the game.
Benitez was right, to say that inexperienced people should be fans of Manchester City.
For this first Champions League group match, Manchester City fans are the most important.
It was very memorable in their eyes.
So each of them appeared in the stands with a feeling of participating in a grand event, and the enthusiasm of the Manchester City fans was magnified ten times in this game.
But this is also very good, creating a very fanatical home atmosphere for this game.
But in some people's eyes, this is not necessarily a good thing.
In the media seats, some journalists from Germany shook their heads after seeing this scene.
"The first UEFA Champions League game, with such a fanatical home atmosphere, will bring some pressure to Bayern Munich, but more pressure will still be on Manchester City..."
"It's true. Based on the experience of the Bayern Munich players, they are used to facing such fanatical fans away. But if Manchester City themselves do not perform well, such fanaticism will become a burden that crushes them..."
"For Manchester City players who participated in the Champions League group stage for the first time, such a frenzied home atmosphere is really not good..."
These German journalists talked a lot.
The atmosphere at home continued to heat up, and reached its first climax when the live broadcast broadcasted the list of players from both sides.
When the names of Bayern Munich players were played, the Manchester City fans were a little quiet.
When the names of Manchester City players began to be mentioned, the cheers on the scene came one after another, one after another.
Every Man City player has received the wildest welcome here.
Of course, the most popular among them, the one who gets the most cheers is Rong Guang.
When Rong Guang's name was first announced by the DJ on the spot, more than 4 fans collectively shouted: "ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG!!!"
That sound is no less than a close experience of a volcanic eruption.
In the eyes of Manchester City fans, Rong Guang is the key figure in their victory in the Champions League. As long as he plays normally, it is entirely possible for Manchester City to beat Bayern Munich.
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While the fans were building momentum for the game, players from both sides had already appeared in the tunnel, waiting to be led out by the referee.
Manchester City players and Bayern Munich players were supposed to be enemies, but before the game, the captain of Manchester City greeted some Bayern Munich players with a friendly attitude, and it was not at all obvious that this was a Champions League match.
Rong Guang had already greeted Schweinsteiger, Lahm, and Van Buyten, and they were very happy to see Rong Guang come up to greet them.
When he walked in front of Ribery, Rong Guang also said to Ribery as usual: "Hi, Frank."
Franck Ribery looked at Rong Guang and smiled a little forcedly: "Okay, Rong."
"Come on, Frank." After greeting, Rong Guang added another sentence.
He tapped Ribéry's shoulder with his hand and walked away.
At the same time, Rong Guang noticed a gaze, he turned his head to follow the gaze, and found Robben.
Dutch 'Peter Pan' was greeting Sneijder, but when he was talking to Sneijder, his eyes were not looking at his former teammate, but at himself.
After realizing that Rong Guang was looking over, he didn't look away, but chose to continue looking at Rong Guang.
Rong Guang found that he was looking at him, smiled and nodded at him, which was regarded as a greeting, and then walked back to his place.
Soon Sneijder also bid farewell to Robben and returned to his team.
Robben turned his attention to Rongguang again, and Rongguang's smile just now left a deep impression on him.
He could tell that it was not a proud smile, nor a provocative smile, it was just an ordinary smile.
It looks harmless to humans and animals.
Although Rongguang has been famous for a long time, Robben has never played against Rongguang. When he was at Chelsea, he never met Rongguang in the Champions League.
Whether on or off the court, Robben has never been exposed to glory.
In fact, it was the first time he heard Rongguang's name so intensively after he came to Bayern Munich.
Because at Bayern Munich, there is always talk of glory.Especially the fans of Bayern Munich and the media in Munich. For example, in the matter of Ribery, he has heard countless glorious names.
These people said that Rongguang is super powerful. Bayern Munich with glory and without glory are completely two levels of teams...
This also makes Robben very curious. He really can't wait to have a moment of glory on the court and see how good he is.
Is it as powerful as in the legend, or is it just a false name?
Is such a gentle-looking person really as powerful as some people say?
How much of what the media says is artistic exaggeration?
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When the referee team came out, players from both sides could finally play.
The UEFA Champions League theme song "Champions League" was also played at the scene.
This music was originally released after the restructuring of the Champions League in 1992, so this is the first time that Manchester City's home court played the theme song of the Champions League!
When many Manchester City fans heard this music, they couldn't help but burst into tears-they didn't even dare to think about it before this day!Unexpectedly, it became a reality!
Among the tearful crowd, Kieren Reiswell frowned, his expression not very happy.
He doesn't care what this is the first official Champions League game in 40 years... If Manchester City just returned home just to play six group games in the Champions League... then it would be too sorry for a player like Rong?
He believes that Manchester City should have more pursuits in the Champions League, but now it seems that this idea is difficult to realize.
It's just bad luck to be in a group with teams like Bayern Munich and Real Madrid...
It was a fortnight since he had returned from Essex to his own home in Manchester.
For the past half month, his life has been very muddled.
After training with a professional team for so long, he is used to the daily training life.
He has always been running towards the goal of being a professional player.
Now he doesn't need to train all of a sudden, and after telling him that he is not suitable to be a professional player, he fell into confusion.
I can't find my purpose in life.
After so many days of doing nothing at home, he came out today to watch Manchester City host Bayern Munich with his dad Kieren old.
Old Reisville was worried that his son would be suffocated at home, so he simply took this opportunity to let him come out to relax.
Kieren Reiswell was surrounded by his father, and at this moment, like everyone else around him, when the music started, tears filled his eyes.
Kieren Reiswell curled his lips.
Then he turned his worried eyes to the players on both sides who had already played, and finally he fell on Robben.
Before the game, the media had already said that this is Bayern Munich's best performing player and the greatest threat to Manchester City.
Kieren still knows Robben's strength very well, and he knows that what the media said is true.
This game is not easy for Manchester City.
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Perhaps the fans of Manchester City were very excited about this appearance ceremony, but Rongguang didn't think it was a big deal. He didn't take this ceremony seriously at all. He had participated in the UEFA Champions League for four consecutive seasons before he was injured.
Therefore, for him, the Champions League has long since lost the mystery of participating in the first place.
Manchester City's current captain is Dutch midfielder Van Bommel.
He moved to Bayern Munich after Ballack left the team.
When he was in Barcelona, he had gradually lost his position. Unexpectedly, after arriving in Bayern Munich, he not only became the main player, but also became the captain.
After a handshake, an exchange of team flags and a toss, Rong Guang returned to his team. He lost the toss but won the kick-off.
In his heart, this is much more important than picking sides.
Players from both sides then take their positions and the game is about to begin.
The Manchester City Stadium, which had been very noisy before, suddenly became quiet. This kind of quiet came suddenly, and it made people feel a little uncomfortable...
Everyone held their breath and waited for the referee's whistle to sound.
For Manchester City fans, every detail of the first Champions League game in 40 years is full of sacredness like a religious ceremony...
But when Rong Guang stepped on the football, his eyes were calm.
The TV broadcast specially gave him a close-up shot at this time, wanting to see if the glorious expression of facing the old master again would be more colorful.
let them down.
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In this silence, the referee blew the whistle to start the game.
Rong Guang gently rubbed the football under his feet forward, and then ran diagonally to the right, which was the place he was most familiar with.
Robinho kept up with the kicked football and passed it back. After the pass, he also ran diagonally to the left.
Berbatov, who was guarding in the middle circle, did not catch the ball, but rushed straight to the middle.
The football fell to Sneijder's feet.
Sneijder continues to pass the ball back.
This is how the game begins!
"Friends from the audience! Friends from the audience! In the UEFA Champions League group stage of the 2009-2010 season, the first group match of Group A has officially kicked off! Manchester City will face Bayern Munich at home. Because of the relationship between Rongguang and Bayern Munich, this game has attracted much attention!"
And the Manchester City Stadium, which was still quiet before, burst into loud cheers, and the flashlights also flashed, turning the stands into a bright galaxy.
Manchester City fans began to cheer for their team loudly.
Amidst the cheers, Kieren Reiswell still pursed his lips tightly. He is not very optimistic about Manchester City's victory in this game. He feels that being able to draw with Bayern Munich at home is already a victory...
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