Although the players were reluctant to suddenly recover, Conte's authority in the team forced the players to slow down the attack.

The two wings were recovered, and the back line also retreated five meters.

The slowdown in Inter's attacking pace has given Manchester City a breather!

"They recycled, we can come out a little properly!"

On the guard line, the veteran captain Kompany, who was experienced in combat, began to direct the players to press out.

However, the blue moon did not dare to press too much, after all, after experiencing Inter's counterattack, they had a lot of improvement in the strength and determination of their opponents, and did not dare to despise Inter as before.

In this way, the two teams fell into a scorching situation, with both sides attacking and defending, and going back and forth.

However, the pace is not slow, even if there is an absolute counter-attacking opportunity, the midfield commanders of both sides, Brozovic and JD Dongan, will take the initiative to slow down the tempo, first to ensure that the ball is not lost, and then to seek the overall cooperation of the team.

Less individual breakthroughs, less adventure!

In the 30th minute of the game, between the 15 minutes of the first half.

There were two shots on goal each, but they did not hit the target, and the scene was slightly dull.

However, Manchester City took possession back, reaching 60% in 15 minutes!

The halffield whistle blows.

Meazza Stadium, Manchester City's away fan zone.

Two Manchester City fans, breathe a sigh of relief!

These two are the first leg of the knockout round, in the lottery shop next to Manchester City's home stadium Etihad, Mike who placed bets, and his friend Jamie.

Mike took the fast hot dog from his bag and nibbled on it.

"Ball control, ball control, ball control!"

"As long as the ball is at our feet, Guardiola can win the game forever!"

"Well, how can I say it, Inter are a squad, their attack is gone in fifteen minutes at most, even if it is at home, in the face of us, the Italians dare not grab the whole game!"

Jamie, a black man, filmed the players exiting the field on his mobile phone, and on the screen, Sterling was smiling and greeting the fans, looking in a good mood.

After all, even if the game ends 0-0, Manchester City will knock out Inter and advance to the last four of the Champions League by an aggregate score of 1-0!

Therefore, Manchester City's players have nothing to worry about, hoping that Inter will take the initiative to slow down the pace.

Jamie said excitedly:

"I used to ridicule you before, it seems that I should have bet with you a long time ago, we are more luxurious than Inter, the substitute lineup is more luxurious, as long as you continue to press for a while in the second half, Inter's physical strength must not be able to withstand it, after all, they showed weakness at the end of the first half!"

Old Mike smiled and pulled out a lottery ticket from his pocket.

Before he traveled with the team to Milan, he was in a lottery shop in Manchester and bet £10,000 to win Manchester City!

He bet 500 pounds on Manchester City in the last round and won 200 pounds, which made him happy.

This time, the elder Mike took half of his pension at Barclays Bank and bet it on Manchester City.

"Hahahaha, I used the last time I won 200 pounds to buy a whole set of train toys for my grandson in Edinburgh, he has fun in the living room, let me go to him next week, if I win this time, I will take first class in Manchester Cityster to Edinburgh, generous!"

"Okay old Mike, the win is big, the game is over, don't forget to invite me to a local meal in Milan, I have a steakhouse, when the time comes, we will celebrate together!"

"In a word!" The two high-fived in celebration, as if the trophy of victory had been held in their hands.

Manchester City dressing room.

Guardiola sat down the players and distributed the sports drinks to them.

"Young men, don't be in a hurry, don't panic, drink water well, and listen to me slowly while drinking."

Gua Shuai pressed his men down and signaled the big guys to calm down.

"There were some surprises in the first half, but it didn't matter, Inter's active recovery in the last 15 minutes of the first half, what does that say?"

"They are still afraid of us, and they can't resist us for 90 minutes, both mentally and physically!"

Several of City's main players nodded, and they also shared the same conclusion as Gua.

"Inter do fear us, just like those teams in the Premier League!"

"The pace of Serie A is already slow, where will they press all the time, I have seen a lot of Serie A matches, all swim slowly!"

Guardiola smiled and pointed to Kompany, "You did the right thing, Vincent Kompany, after seeing Inter retreat, you let your teammates press out a little, well done, very good!"

"But, I need you guys to do more in the second half!"

"The first thing is to continue the high-pressure play of the first 15 minutes, to press Inter in their half, and not to give them any chance to pass through the half! Hold down their back line, stick to their shot point Brozovic and put this Croatian in a cage! I need you to attack, with a tidal wave of attacks, to make Inter breathless! "

And in the Inter dressing room, the atmosphere is a little weird.

The players were holding their breath!

"We obviously played very well, as long as we hold on a little longer, we are likely to score, we are close to scoring in the first half, we are almost a layer of window paper, why retreat!"

Barrera was very dissatisfied, he would drink the ordinary water bottle, slap it on the ground, and splash the water!

Lautaro took off the shin guards and clattered them with his large, steely hands.

"I'm a striker, I'm going to score, I have to score! Instead of shrinking back and waiting for Manchester City's mistakes to fight back, this is our home stadium, we are not a weak team, we are Inter Milan! "

Players, you speak, I speak, the atmosphere is tense.

The third goalkeeper, rock uncle Berni's ears pricked up, and he quickly said to everyone:

"Conte is here, you guys be quiet!"

Conte strode into the dressing room and looked in a good mood.

He smiled and applauded

, "Well done lads, perfect first half!"

"We not only resisted Manchester City's attack, but also repeatedly threatened Manchester City's goal in 15 minutes and 30 minutes, which further convinced us that Manchester City is not invincible, we..."

He stood up and said angrily:

"Boss, I think if we hadn't recovered in the first half, we would have scored long ago, we were behind on average, a draw is meaningless, we have to attack!"

"I don't see how strong Manchester City is, we just have to press them, they are just as afraid, and for ten minutes they were even pressed by us at the back!"

'We are now behind on aggregate and the first thing should be to score, we need at least one goal to guarantee not being out of the Champions League!'

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the dressing room fell silent!

Everyone thought the same as Ye Chen, stopping the attack at this time was a very intimidating approach, and it was a very intimidating approach.

However, no one dared to raise this question directly in front of Conte.

They all know that Conte is a stubborn coach whose last thing he likes is someone questioning him tactically.

Last season's main wing-back Candreva was kicked out of the main squad in the second round of the league because of refuting Conte's tactical deployment in person!

However, Ye Chen also stood up now.

How would Conte react?

Everyone cautiously held their breath and looked at the two of them.

The corners of Conte's mouth twitched.

If you change to someone else, even important players like Brozovic and Barrera, Conte will scold them in front of them and then replace them without mercy, even on an important occasion like the Champions League knockout stage!

In Conte's heart, he would rather have an average but obedient player than a player with outstanding strength but does not listen to commands!

However, Conte did not dare to do this to Ye Chen!

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