He looks forward to the team being able to equalize the score before the end of the first half.

...

However, in the 44th minute of the first half, the storm changed suddenly!

De Bruyne's breakthrough was given a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt by Aston Villa.

Modric took a free kick and entered Manchester City's penalty area.

In Rulin's penalty area, Sendros jumped high, and he won the battle with Krotoure, facing the football in the air, and smashed the door with his head.

The football almost hit the net against the lower edge of the crossbar.

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart tried his best to save, but as long as this powerful header at close range, the goalkeeper was almost helpless, not to mention that Sendros sent a high-quality header.

“Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooaal!”

"Sendros! Sendros! A powerful header, 2-0, Aston Villa led Manchester City two goals at home."

"This is Aston Villa. In the first half, Fang Jue's team seized the opening and ending stages, 2-0!"

Aston Villa's players are celebrating goals crazy.

In the first leg, Aston Villa lost 1-2 away, and that game ended Aston Villa's forty-two unbeaten games.

The players remembered that defeat, and they held their breath to take revenge at home in today's game.

Now, leading Manchester City 2-0 before the end of the half, everyone was excited and felt that victory was in sight.

...

Aston Villa is celebrating excitedly,

There was a lot of grief over Manchester City.

The players were obviously hit by this goal.

Another goal was conceded at the last moment of the half-time game, which almost amounted to a bolt from the blue on Manchester City!

Want to make a comeback when he trails Aston Villa from zero to two?

This is very, very difficult in football today. Many super giants dare to say that they are not sure of doing it. It is even more difficult for Manchester City to do it.

In the end, at the end of the first half, Aston Villa temporarily led Manchester City 2-0 at home.

During the intermission, Fang Jue mobilized the whole team to speak.

"I'm very satisfied. Two to zero is a good score, and everyone did a good job."

"But, you must not be careless."

"Your opponent is Manchester City. Although they don't look great, don't forget that our only defeat this season is losing to them away."

"Aston Villa has never been doubled by a team in a season. In fact, we rarely lose, so if we win this game, if we only get one point on one team in a season, it will be the biggest insult to us!"

"So keep fighting in the second half, cheer up, don't relax!"

"In the second half, we no longer play defensive counterattacks. We launched an offensive starting from the second half, strive to score earlier to expand the score, strive to score more goals, and completely defeat the fighting spirit of Manchester City people with goals!"

...

On the other side, Mancini was also making a mobilization speech for the second half.

"We were both sneak attacked by Aston Villa twice in the beginning and end of the first half. However, I was not disappointed with everyone's performance. I think we, who performed so well, were two goals behind, which is not fair!" Mancini said.

Lombardo glanced at Mancini in surprise: It's not bad!

Mancini is not a coach who is good at motivating and encouraging players, but this time it's not bad.

"In the first half, Aston Villa kept trying to fight us back, just like a thief, who didn't dare to fight with us openly, but only dared to secretly attack us."

"We have to use our feet to fight back and tell the Aston Villa that we can beat them last November and this time as well."

"In the second half, I judged that Aston Villa would still shamelessly hit our defensive counterattack."

"So, in the second half, I asked everyone to push out from the beginning of the game, attack, attack, and strive to open the goal goal with a crazy offensive. As long as we score first, we narrow the score gap to one goal, and we see hope for a comeback."

"Use your passion and fighting spirit, use goals to tell the Aston Villa people who only dare to play defensive counterattacks that we will kill them twice! We will be the first team to double-kill them in one season!" Mancini's voice increased, and he became more and more excited as he spoke.

He felt full of passion in his chest, and he looked forward to his players fighting in the second half of the game and performing a good show of turning the tables.

Manchester City players were also obviously stimulated by the head coach's passionate words. The players were in good condition and their fighting spirit was rising and they returned to the stadium screaming.

Mancini was very satisfied. He was surprised to find that he was really good at boosting morale. This was a hidden skill that he had never discovered.
Chapter completed!