At 4 a.m. on January 23, Beijing time, the 7th round of the Champions League stage ushered in a strong dialogue, with Paris hosting Manchester City.
In the first half, Dias and Nuno Mendes received yellow cards successively, Gvardiol cleared the goal line, and Achraf's goal was invalid due to the opponent's offside, and it was a 0-0 draw at halftime; In the second half, there was a goal shootout, Grealish and Haaland scored to give Manchester City a 2-0 lead, Paris launched a crazy counterattack at home, Dembele scored, Balcola equalized with a pass in the fourth minute, Joao Neves overtook the score with a header, Vitinha sent an assist, Dembele scored a goal invalidated for offside, and in stoppage time, G-Ramos scored the goal that sealed the victory.
In the end, Paris let two chase four, and defeated Manchester City 4-2 at home; Paris moved up to 22nd and Manchester City dropped to 25th, with both teams battling to qualify for the play-offs.
Paris vs Manchester City,Enrique lined up in a 433 formation, South Korean international Lee Gang-in played as a cameo in the center, Douai and Balcola were separated on either side, Joao Neves, Vitinha and Fabian formed a three-midfielder, Achraf, Marquinhos, Pacho and Mendes formed a back four, and Donnarumma was in goal, starting at 515 million euros;Pep Guardiola lined up in a 4231 formation, with Haaland in front of him, De Bruyne behind him, Severinho and Foden on both sides, Kovacic and B in the back, Gvardiol, Dias, Akanji, Nunes in the back four, and Ederson in goal, with a starting value of 778 million euros。
In this game, Paris had a slight home advantage in the first half, but both teams were lacking in goals. The second half turned into a goal shootout, with Manchester City scoring four goals and two goals, Grealish and Haaland scoring in succession, and Manchester City led 2-0 at one point. But the good times were short-lived, Barcola crossed after 4 minutes, Dembele scored, and Paris soon equalised. Then Paris attacked wildly at home, shooting wildly, and Guardiola's poor second-half substitutions made a big mistake, especially Lewis and Gundogan, two players who had no defensive ability at all, came off the bench, of which Lewis was handball + leakage, which was completely reduced to the breaking point of Paris's attack; Gundogan's exchange of Kovacic has been a failure for Manchester City in many games, but Guardiola is a bit unclear after the divorce, and he has to make such substitutions after repeated defeats. In the end, Joao Neves headed in and G-Ramos made a follow-up shot to give Paris a 4-2 comeback win over Manchester City at home.
The Champions League is difficult to brother, Paris ranks 22nd, Manchester City drops to 25th, the top eight directly advance, 9-24 play the play-offs, 25 and the teams in the back of the ranking are eliminated directly, and there is one round left in the Champions League stage. Champions League stage finale,Paris plays away at Stuttgart, and Manchester City plays Club Brugge at home, no surprise both teams can qualify for the play-off zone.
Full game,Paris managed a whopping 63% possession and a total of 26 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target; Man City had a total of 9 shots on goal with 6 of them on target。 Enrique beat Pep Guardiola with attacking football, with City's sale of Alvarez and the signing of Ilkay Gundogan the biggest failures this season.