The Night of the Fall of Blue Moon: The Epic Battle of Desert Eagles Tearing a Break in European Fortresses

When the timer at King Abdullah Stadium was frozen in the 120th minute, the dust in the air wrapped around the heat of the Arabian Peninsula and mixed into the liquid that was spinning in the eyes of Manchester City soldiers. Saudi goalkeeper Bunu kneeled on the turf and kissed the team logo. He stared at the turf with Haaland, and in the morning light on July 1, he became the most shocking contrast in football history - the Premier League overlord worth 1.33 billion euros, was nailed to the unpopular post by the new Asian football force with a score of 4-3. The script in the first 9 minutes of the game perfectly meets external expectations. B's success in the chaos made Manchester City's ball possession statistical curve draw a suffocating 85% peak on the broadcast screen. Guardiola's team cuts the rhythm of the game like precision instruments, and every cross pass carves a new crack on the Saudi team's defense line. But the Desert Eagle's awakening is always silent - When the Crescent coach Inzaggi replaced Leonardo, the broadcast footage captured the three arrows drawn by the Italian coach towards the tactical board, which will become the tactical code to change the historical trajectory of Asian football.

The lightning raid within 180 seconds of the opening second half completely tore the mask of European football's arrogantness. Leonardo's header from Cancelo's cross has not yet dissipated the echo. Malcolm's 60-meter raid from his own penalty area to his opponent's goal has been unsheathed like a sword, making Manchester City's proud defense line in front of Saudi speed. This record has the longest single-handed pass since the Club World Cup restructuring, which not only surpassed the score to 2-1, but also completed a fatal blow to the defending champion on the psychological level.

When Haaland smelled blood in front of the goal in the 55th minute, Manchester City players might think this was just a prelude to the return of the king. But Bunu used 11 divine pounces to make all the Norwegian divine shots futile. The broadcast camera swept through the stands, and the ancient war songs sung by white-robed fans from Riyadh formed a strange resonance with the gradually anxious stomping of Manchester City's cheering area, as if heralding the approach of a certain historical turning point. The tragic level of overtime is beyond all tactical deductions. Kulibaly beat Ruben Dias' header, and Foden's volleyball shot suddenly appeared, pushing the game to the final climax. In the 112th minute, when Leonardo made a follow-up shot in front of the goal, VAR's three-minute review was as long as a century. When the referee determined that the goal was effective, the whistle sounded across the court, and the 32℃ desert heat wave rose, Asian football had been waiting for a historic breakthrough for a whole century. When the final whistle sounded, the dazzling comparison of numbers on the technical statistics table was still silently accused: Manchester City's 23 shots, 69% possession rate, and 19 corner kicks had a bang before the Saudi team's iron will of 12 steals and 24 clearances. The ending of the third century showdown between Inzaghi and Guardiola, this time I wrote a completely different script - When the Italians hugged Cancelo in tears, the 20 years of golden farming for Saudi football finally bloomed with the most dazzling flowers.

This morning, which is very ordinary in the Islamic calendar, the Riyadh crescent used sweat-soaked turf to engrave new epoch coordinates for Asian football. When European giants began to re-examine the new football forces rising by the Persian Gulf, the stars belonging to Asia are tearing through the iron curtain of the traditional football territory in the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup. This 4-3 unpopular battle may be proven one day in the future, and it is the starting point for the reshuffle of global football power.