A big cold! Manchester City is out! The key game in the Club World Cup, Riyadh overtime miracle, Guardiola is angry

Club World Cup one-eighth knockout round, Manchester City faces Riyadh Crescent. Before the game, both the media and the fans were almost one-sidedly optimistic that Manchester City would advance easily. However, the process of the game was full of twists and turns. Riyadh Crescent was not favored, and under the adjustment of Inzaji, he performed a soul-stirring performance! The two teams played 2:2 in regular time. The two teams held high the offensive banner in overtime. Coolibali and Leonardo won two consecutive games. Finally, the game ended. Manchester City lost to Riyadh Crescent 3:4, revealing the biggest upset since the start of this Club World Cup!

First half: Manchester City has the advantage in all aspects, and Bunu becomes the goalkeeper!

From the first minute of the game, the powerful Manchester City launched a crazy offensive against the heart of the Riyadh Crescent. Just 5 minutes into the game, Rubendias's close header was magically resolved by the goalkeeper! However, after a long attack, a loophole eventually appeared. In the 10th minute, Manchester City made wonderful cooperation on the left side, and the B-shirt broke into the penalty area and pushed the ball into the penalty area, 1:0!

However, this goal aroused strong dissatisfaction from Riyadh's Crescent General, and the fans at the scene were booing because during the goal, Aitnuri had a controversial move of touching the ball with his arm. After the deadlock in the

game was broken, Manchester City took the initiative to lower the pace, but still took the absolute initiative. Riyadh Crescent has a little breath on the defensive end and can play to the frontcourt in time. In the 29th minute, Gundoan's close-range shot and Haaland's wonderful header were both magically resolved by Bunu. In stoppage time, Manchester City made various creative passes in the frontcourt, breaking through the Riyadh Crescent's defense several times! At the end of the half game, Manchester City temporarily led by one goal.

Halftime summary

In the entire first half, the powerful Manchester City firmly controlled the initiative in the offense. Whether it is Duku on the left or Savignho on the right, while showing his personal abilities, he can also send out a wonderful cross.

With the organization and forward run of B seats in the middle and Reindes, including Rubendias and Haaland's high points, Manchester City almost played an ideal three-dimensional offense.

Although Riyadh Crescent is not bad on paper, it still looks embarrassed when facing Manchester City, one of the top European teams. During the entire 45 minutes, I was almost always beaten. Even though the team received several good counterattacks, the overall quality was average and did not pose a substantial threat to Manchester City's defense.

If it weren't for the magical performance of goalkeeper Bunu (sending 6 wonderful saves), the team would probably have conceded at least three goals.

Although the team has an absolute advantage in strength, for Manchester City, the score should still be expanded as soon as possible in the second half, so as to set up the lineup for the subsequent rankings and win sufficient training time.

Second half: Riyadh Crescent, creating a magical reversal

However, after returning from the half, less than a minute, Riyadh Crescent opened a gap from the right side, Malcolm made a precise cross, and made continuous shots in the penalty area. Leonardo headed the ball into the empty goal, 1:1! Riyadh Crescent took advantage of the fact that everyone had just returned to the court and the opponent had not yet established a stable foothold to tie quickly.

But in the 52nd minute, Manchester City made a mistake in the corner kick, Riyadh Crescent made a quick counterattack, and a long pass from the backcourt. Malcolm took the ball and ran 50 meters to form a single shot, broke into the penalty area and pushed the shot from the far corner to score, 1:2!

Come back in the second half, the situation suddenly changed! With 2 goals in 6 minutes, Riyadh Crescent magically overtook the score.

Guardiola quickly made a substitution adjustment, and Rodri, Akkani and Akpi made their debut. And just 2 minutes after the substitution, Manchester City once again took advantage of the corner kick opportunity to cause chaos in the penalty area, and Haaland scored 2:2! The two teams will return to the same starting line.

Manchester City took advantage of this momentum to continue to launch a fierce attack, and the Riyadh Crescent's counterattack was very fast, creating many absolute threat opportunities. Haaland has been heading in the penalty area for consecutive times, but Bunu is in a very brave state! But in the end, the regular time ended, and the two teams failed to rewrite the score again, and the game had to enter overtime.

After the overtime starts, Guardiola replaced Marmush and Cherki, but unexpectedly, in just the 4th minute, Riyadh Crescent took advantage of the corner kick and Kulibali headed the ball, 2:3! Manchester City is behind again, Guardiola on the sidelines is very angry! In the 104th minute, Cherky sent the ball to the back point, and Foden inserted and pushed the ball into the far corner to score, 3:3! In the 112th minute, Riyadh Crescent made a simple cross. After Ederson saved, Leonardo followed and scored a goal, 3:4! Manchester City was forced into a desperate situation! But in the last moment, Riyadh Crescent united and defended the final victory.

Written at the end

First of all, I would like to congratulate the Riyadh Crescent Moon. While it was a big upset, it created a miracle and was called the light of Asia!

Secondly, although Manchester City's defeat in this game was quite surprising, looking at the performance of the teams throughout the game, they were not in the best form. The penalty kick in the first half was suspected of handball, and the opponent's single offside in the second half was also within a slight slightest. There are many problems left for Guardiola, and the tactical setting is just one of them. The team's overall defensive arrangement still has big problems.