Chapter 384 Gerrard explodes, Manchester City regains hope of winning the championship!
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Xian Xue Niao
Chapter 384 Gerrard explodes, Manchester City regains hope of winning the championship!
Barcelona, inside the Barcelona club.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is complacent after beating Real Madrid 3-0 at home.
Real Madrid's strength is no secret to Barcelona. Enrique does not think that he has such a huge lead and will be overturned by his opponent in the away game.
Therefore, he no longer takes the next match seriously, and has even started to study his opponent in the final.
"In the other game, Manchester City defeated Bayern. Although the 2-goal lead is not as good as ours, as long as Guardiola doesn't kill himself, Bayern's hope is very small. The high probability of advancing to the final will be Manchester City!"
Thinking that his opponent in the final is likely to be Guardiola, Enrique couldn't help but look forward to it.
When Guardiola was still in Barcelona, he was just the coach of the B team, and his identity and status were completely incomparable with Guardiola.
But who would have thought that in just three years, he, Enrique, had climbed to this position, and was even about to achieve achievements comparable to Guardiola.
When Enrique took over the Barcelona coach, the outside world, especially Barcelona fans, generally held a skeptical attitude towards him.
Some Barcelona fans even feel that he won't last long as the coach and will be fired by the club soon.
Other fans are looking forward to the stars and the moon, hoping that the club will invite Guardiola back.
This deeply hurt Enrique's heart, and made him want to prove to the world that Enrique is no worse than Guardiola.
"As long as I can lead Barcelona to beat Manchester City in the final, then Barcelona fans will naturally know that I am better than Guardiola, and then Barcelona's coaching position will be stable. Even, I will be the same as Guardiola back then. Fight to become famous and become the top coach in football!"
Enrique's coaching resume is not good. He has only coached 4 teams so far, Barcelona B team, Rome in Serie A, Celta Vigo in La Liga and now Barcelona.
Compared with the world's top coaches, he lacks honor, and he has not won any championship so far.
At his age, Guardiola and Mourinho both had two Champions League trophies, and he didn't even win a league championship trophy.
Therefore, if he wants to become one of the world's top coaches, it is obviously not enough to slowly accumulate honors and trophies. He needs to defeat his opponents in direct competition and step on these top coaches to rise to the top.
And the super powerful Barcelona in his hand gave Enrique the confidence to defeat any strong enemy.
With Messi, Neymar and Suarez, who can stop Barcelona?
"Guardiola, don't let me down, I will be waiting for you in Berlin!"
……
"Ah!"
In Manchester City's Carrington training base, Guardiola, who was instructing players on the sidelines with some tactical details, couldn't help but sneezed.
"Coach, are you alright?"
The players on the side quickly asked with concern. After experiencing Pellegrini's illness and retirement, they had a psychological shadow about the head coach's sudden illness and absence from the game. They were afraid that Guardiola would do the same before the decisive battle.
Guardiola has completely conquered these players after coming to the team for more than five months.
They feel that under the guidance of Guardiola, their understanding of tactics has been greatly improved.
Moreover, Guardiola can also rely on the rich experience accumulated in the player era to teach them by precept and example, and guide them how to play. This is very important for the players in the Manchester City team, especially those in the midfield. Valuable guide.
Under Guardiola's guidance, young players such as De Bruyne, Kroos, Kanter, Rudiger and Van Dijk have improved very quickly.
Moreover, Guardiola is very kind on weekdays, has no airs, and can easily mingle with the players.
This allows the players to avoid the feeling of tension and isolation in the face of the coach. They can relax more when training and receiving guidance, and sometimes they can discuss a few words with the coaching staff.
Guardiola is also very open-minded. For the daily tactical discussions, he has a very open mind and will listen carefully to the suggestions and opinions of the players.
Of course, once on the field, after Guardiola formulates the tactics of the game, he no longer allows the players to change the tactics at will, and requires the players on the field to resolutely implement the tactics he formulated. When it is in place, Guardiola can tear up his face immediately and replace the opponent without any scruples.
This approach can easily bruise the face and self-esteem of the players, make the opponent unable to step down, and then lead to conflicts.
When he was at Bayern, Guardiola had conflicts with several players in the team because of this, and Mandzukic was also purged by him because of this.
However, this situation is a little better for Manchester City, because of Lin Quan's existence, he has a better relationship with the players, and under Lin Quan's persuasion, Guardiola also noticed the shortcomings of his arbitrariness.
Therefore, in normal times, he deliberately communicates with the players more, builds a good relationship with them, and improves mutual understanding as much as possible.
In this way, after the players understand Guardiola's character and temper, there will be no such thing as poor communication that causes the two sides to fight against each other and then have conflicts.
"It's all right, it may be stimulated by the dust outside!"
Guardiola rubbed his nose and waved his hands, indicating that he was fine.
The second leg of the Champions League semi-final will be held on May 5. Before that, they still have a league game to play.
But fortunately, the next game is at home, and the opponent is Queens Park Rangers, who are at the bottom of the league and have announced their relegation in advance.
The opponent's strength is not strong, and there is no hope of relegation. They are fighting for honor. It is conceivable how much combat power such an opponent can have.
It is estimated that their players are now worrying about the future of next season. After all, the salary cap of the British Championship teams is much lower than that of the Premier League teams. If the team is relegated, their wages will definitely drop.
Therefore, this summer, Queens Park Rangers players are expected to leave in large numbers, looking for other Premier League teams to join.
Facing such a team with no fighting spirit, Manchester City should be able to easily win.
Thinking of this, Guardiola decided to give more opportunities to young players when platooning, let the main players take a break, accumulate energy, and prepare for the next Champions League semi-final.
On March 5, the 10st round of the Premier League kicked off.
Before the start of this round of the league, Chelsea temporarily led Manchester City by 1 point in the standings.
But this lead is too small and there is no room for error. As long as they make a slight mistake, Manchester City can achieve a lead in the standings.
And this round is Manchester City's chance, because Chelsea's opponent is the Red Army Liverpool.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the game between Manchester City and Queens Park Rangers started first.
Although Manchester City did not have all the main players at home, under the leadership of Lin Quan, they still beat their opponents to the point where they could not fight back.
In the 4th minute of the first half, Lin Quan took the lead in scoring.
Jovetic also scored in the 12th minute, and Lin Quan and De Bruyne scored in the 18th and 32nd minutes respectively.
Before the first half was over, Manchester City had already ended the suspense of the game.
After the start of the second half, both Lin Quan and De Bruyne were replaced, and the field was basically all substitutes.
But the opponent has completely collapsed. With Manchester City full of substitutes, not only failed to counterattack them, but was scored twice by Manchester City's substitute players.
In the end, Manchester City defeated their opponents 6-0 at home without bloodshed.
After winning this game, the Manchester City players did not leave, but watched another game in the locker room.
After Manchester City's game, Chelsea and Liverpool's game began immediately.
Chelsea's opponents in the last two rounds are West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland. The strength of these two teams is very weak, and it is difficult to pose a threat to Chelsea.
Therefore, this match between them and Liverpool is likely to be directly related to the championship of this Premier League.
If Chelsea win Liverpool at home, the league title will most likely be theirs.
But if they lose or are tied by Liverpool, then Chelsea will most likely lose the championship.
Chelsea naturally knows the importance of this game, and Mourinho has arranged the strongest lineup he can arrange to face Liverpool.
And Chelsea's owner Abramovich came to the scene in person and sat in the stands to cheer for the team.
Stamford Bridge was full of Blues fans, and tens of thousands of fans gave deafening cheers, making this famous home stadium of the Premier League devils look like the Colosseum in ancient Rome, making the Chelsea players in it excited and excited. Their opponents trembled.
With this powerful momentum, Chelsea launched a violent attack on Liverpool after the start.
Hazard, Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas, Mikel, William and others took turns to attack Liverpool's goal. Finally, in the 5th minute, taking advantage of a corner kick, Terry scored a goal.
The goal came very early, and the Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge were completely excited when they saw their captain put the football into the opponent's goal.
"Liverpool can't help playing too much, how come the goal was scored so quickly?"
Seeing this goal, the Manchester City players in the dressing room were disappointed.
I originally expected Liverpool to stop Chelsea, but now it seems that Liverpool can't complete this important task.
"Hey, Stamford Bridge is already very difficult to overcome, and now we are behind in the opening 5 minutes. Liverpool will have a very difficult game!"
"Chelsea's morale has risen. If they continue the offensive just now, Liverpool will probably be overwhelmed by them!"
"The Reds won't be slaughtered by the Blues away from home, will they?"
"Hey, if Chelsea win, then we'll just have to watch them win the title!"
Manchester City's dressing room was full of sighs. The players seemed to have sentenced Liverpool to death, and almost no one was optimistic about them.
Except Lin Quan:
"Don't worry, Liverpool are very resilient. They won't be defeated so easily. Now the game has just begun, and there is still enough time for them to come back!"
Lin Quan stared at the TV calmly, and the camera of the TV was aimed at a player wearing the No. 8 red jersey.
It's Gerrard, the captain of Liverpool!
He was silently walking back to his own goal, fished out the ball scored by Terry from the net, hugged the football, and greeted his teammates along the way, signaling them to return to their respective positions and prepare to continue fighting.
Gerrard will leave Liverpool this summer, and this is the last three league games he can play for Liverpool.
He doesn't want to leave any regrets!
He wants to pass on the Red Army's spirit of never abandoning or giving up, and persevering to the end.
Chelsea are strong, but the Reds are unbeatable.
Want to beat Liverpool with one goal?
Hehe, dreaming!
With the captain's encouragement, Liverpool's players quickly recovered from the blow of conceding the ball.
Yes, they are players of the Red Army. When did the Red Army give up?
Even in Istanbul, they were three goals behind AC Milan at halftime, and they never gave up!
It's just one goal now, and it's still too early to defeat the Red Army!
The game quickly restarted. Chelsea fans thought that their team had opened up the situation early, and the next game should be won in a devastating manner.
But the situation on the court exceeded their expectations!
Not only were the Liverpool players not defeated, but they ran, pressed and tackled desperately as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
The opponent's fierce style of play made Chelsea's players a little afraid, and they were constantly violated and fouled.
For a while, the Chelsea players couldn't hold the ball, and if they held it for a few seconds, they would definitely be brought down.
In just 9 minutes, 3 Liverpool players received cards for fouls.
The opponent's style of play doesn't look like they are here to play football, but more like they are here to fight.
Chelsea's players were stunned by the opponent's aura for a moment, and they played timidly, as if this was the opponent's home game and they were the away game.
And when they came back to their senses and withstood Liverpool's mad dog press and attack, there was not much time left in the first half.
Although they did not take advantage of the favorable situation in the first half to expand the score, they did not concede a goal anyway.
Seeing that the time in the first half was about to run out, the Chelsea players couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The opponent's aggressive style of play made them very uncomfortable. They just wanted to quickly end the first half and go back to the locker room to catch their breath.
However, just as they were gradually relaxing their guard, Liverpool launched a counterattack.
Captain Steven Gerrard's trademark long-range shot from outside the penalty area pierced Chelsea's goal.
Courtois still kept his save action, turned his head, and looked at the football rolling in the net in disbelief.
Stamford Bridge was dead silent, the score on the scoreboard became 1:1, and the time when Gerrard scored was exactly the 45th minute of the first half!
Chelsea maintained their lead for nearly 40 minutes, and before the end of the first half, they were equalized!
Manchester City, which seemed to have no hope, now sees the hope of winning the championship!
(End of this chapter)
Barcelona, inside the Barcelona club.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is complacent after beating Real Madrid 3-0 at home.
Real Madrid's strength is no secret to Barcelona. Enrique does not think that he has such a huge lead and will be overturned by his opponent in the away game.
Therefore, he no longer takes the next match seriously, and has even started to study his opponent in the final.
"In the other game, Manchester City defeated Bayern. Although the 2-goal lead is not as good as ours, as long as Guardiola doesn't kill himself, Bayern's hope is very small. The high probability of advancing to the final will be Manchester City!"
Thinking that his opponent in the final is likely to be Guardiola, Enrique couldn't help but look forward to it.
When Guardiola was still in Barcelona, he was just the coach of the B team, and his identity and status were completely incomparable with Guardiola.
But who would have thought that in just three years, he, Enrique, had climbed to this position, and was even about to achieve achievements comparable to Guardiola.
When Enrique took over the Barcelona coach, the outside world, especially Barcelona fans, generally held a skeptical attitude towards him.
Some Barcelona fans even feel that he won't last long as the coach and will be fired by the club soon.
Other fans are looking forward to the stars and the moon, hoping that the club will invite Guardiola back.
This deeply hurt Enrique's heart, and made him want to prove to the world that Enrique is no worse than Guardiola.
"As long as I can lead Barcelona to beat Manchester City in the final, then Barcelona fans will naturally know that I am better than Guardiola, and then Barcelona's coaching position will be stable. Even, I will be the same as Guardiola back then. Fight to become famous and become the top coach in football!"
Enrique's coaching resume is not good. He has only coached 4 teams so far, Barcelona B team, Rome in Serie A, Celta Vigo in La Liga and now Barcelona.
Compared with the world's top coaches, he lacks honor, and he has not won any championship so far.
At his age, Guardiola and Mourinho both had two Champions League trophies, and he didn't even win a league championship trophy.
Therefore, if he wants to become one of the world's top coaches, it is obviously not enough to slowly accumulate honors and trophies. He needs to defeat his opponents in direct competition and step on these top coaches to rise to the top.
And the super powerful Barcelona in his hand gave Enrique the confidence to defeat any strong enemy.
With Messi, Neymar and Suarez, who can stop Barcelona?
"Guardiola, don't let me down, I will be waiting for you in Berlin!"
……
"Ah!"
In Manchester City's Carrington training base, Guardiola, who was instructing players on the sidelines with some tactical details, couldn't help but sneezed.
"Coach, are you alright?"
The players on the side quickly asked with concern. After experiencing Pellegrini's illness and retirement, they had a psychological shadow about the head coach's sudden illness and absence from the game. They were afraid that Guardiola would do the same before the decisive battle.
Guardiola has completely conquered these players after coming to the team for more than five months.
They feel that under the guidance of Guardiola, their understanding of tactics has been greatly improved.
Moreover, Guardiola can also rely on the rich experience accumulated in the player era to teach them by precept and example, and guide them how to play. This is very important for the players in the Manchester City team, especially those in the midfield. Valuable guide.
Under Guardiola's guidance, young players such as De Bruyne, Kroos, Kanter, Rudiger and Van Dijk have improved very quickly.
Moreover, Guardiola is very kind on weekdays, has no airs, and can easily mingle with the players.
This allows the players to avoid the feeling of tension and isolation in the face of the coach. They can relax more when training and receiving guidance, and sometimes they can discuss a few words with the coaching staff.
Guardiola is also very open-minded. For the daily tactical discussions, he has a very open mind and will listen carefully to the suggestions and opinions of the players.
Of course, once on the field, after Guardiola formulates the tactics of the game, he no longer allows the players to change the tactics at will, and requires the players on the field to resolutely implement the tactics he formulated. When it is in place, Guardiola can tear up his face immediately and replace the opponent without any scruples.
This approach can easily bruise the face and self-esteem of the players, make the opponent unable to step down, and then lead to conflicts.
When he was at Bayern, Guardiola had conflicts with several players in the team because of this, and Mandzukic was also purged by him because of this.
However, this situation is a little better for Manchester City, because of Lin Quan's existence, he has a better relationship with the players, and under Lin Quan's persuasion, Guardiola also noticed the shortcomings of his arbitrariness.
Therefore, in normal times, he deliberately communicates with the players more, builds a good relationship with them, and improves mutual understanding as much as possible.
In this way, after the players understand Guardiola's character and temper, there will be no such thing as poor communication that causes the two sides to fight against each other and then have conflicts.
"It's all right, it may be stimulated by the dust outside!"
Guardiola rubbed his nose and waved his hands, indicating that he was fine.
The second leg of the Champions League semi-final will be held on May 5. Before that, they still have a league game to play.
But fortunately, the next game is at home, and the opponent is Queens Park Rangers, who are at the bottom of the league and have announced their relegation in advance.
The opponent's strength is not strong, and there is no hope of relegation. They are fighting for honor. It is conceivable how much combat power such an opponent can have.
It is estimated that their players are now worrying about the future of next season. After all, the salary cap of the British Championship teams is much lower than that of the Premier League teams. If the team is relegated, their wages will definitely drop.
Therefore, this summer, Queens Park Rangers players are expected to leave in large numbers, looking for other Premier League teams to join.
Facing such a team with no fighting spirit, Manchester City should be able to easily win.
Thinking of this, Guardiola decided to give more opportunities to young players when platooning, let the main players take a break, accumulate energy, and prepare for the next Champions League semi-final.
On March 5, the 10st round of the Premier League kicked off.
Before the start of this round of the league, Chelsea temporarily led Manchester City by 1 point in the standings.
But this lead is too small and there is no room for error. As long as they make a slight mistake, Manchester City can achieve a lead in the standings.
And this round is Manchester City's chance, because Chelsea's opponent is the Red Army Liverpool.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the game between Manchester City and Queens Park Rangers started first.
Although Manchester City did not have all the main players at home, under the leadership of Lin Quan, they still beat their opponents to the point where they could not fight back.
In the 4th minute of the first half, Lin Quan took the lead in scoring.
Jovetic also scored in the 12th minute, and Lin Quan and De Bruyne scored in the 18th and 32nd minutes respectively.
Before the first half was over, Manchester City had already ended the suspense of the game.
After the start of the second half, both Lin Quan and De Bruyne were replaced, and the field was basically all substitutes.
But the opponent has completely collapsed. With Manchester City full of substitutes, not only failed to counterattack them, but was scored twice by Manchester City's substitute players.
In the end, Manchester City defeated their opponents 6-0 at home without bloodshed.
After winning this game, the Manchester City players did not leave, but watched another game in the locker room.
After Manchester City's game, Chelsea and Liverpool's game began immediately.
Chelsea's opponents in the last two rounds are West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland. The strength of these two teams is very weak, and it is difficult to pose a threat to Chelsea.
Therefore, this match between them and Liverpool is likely to be directly related to the championship of this Premier League.
If Chelsea win Liverpool at home, the league title will most likely be theirs.
But if they lose or are tied by Liverpool, then Chelsea will most likely lose the championship.
Chelsea naturally knows the importance of this game, and Mourinho has arranged the strongest lineup he can arrange to face Liverpool.
And Chelsea's owner Abramovich came to the scene in person and sat in the stands to cheer for the team.
Stamford Bridge was full of Blues fans, and tens of thousands of fans gave deafening cheers, making this famous home stadium of the Premier League devils look like the Colosseum in ancient Rome, making the Chelsea players in it excited and excited. Their opponents trembled.
With this powerful momentum, Chelsea launched a violent attack on Liverpool after the start.
Hazard, Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas, Mikel, William and others took turns to attack Liverpool's goal. Finally, in the 5th minute, taking advantage of a corner kick, Terry scored a goal.
The goal came very early, and the Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge were completely excited when they saw their captain put the football into the opponent's goal.
"Liverpool can't help playing too much, how come the goal was scored so quickly?"
Seeing this goal, the Manchester City players in the dressing room were disappointed.
I originally expected Liverpool to stop Chelsea, but now it seems that Liverpool can't complete this important task.
"Hey, Stamford Bridge is already very difficult to overcome, and now we are behind in the opening 5 minutes. Liverpool will have a very difficult game!"
"Chelsea's morale has risen. If they continue the offensive just now, Liverpool will probably be overwhelmed by them!"
"The Reds won't be slaughtered by the Blues away from home, will they?"
"Hey, if Chelsea win, then we'll just have to watch them win the title!"
Manchester City's dressing room was full of sighs. The players seemed to have sentenced Liverpool to death, and almost no one was optimistic about them.
Except Lin Quan:
"Don't worry, Liverpool are very resilient. They won't be defeated so easily. Now the game has just begun, and there is still enough time for them to come back!"
Lin Quan stared at the TV calmly, and the camera of the TV was aimed at a player wearing the No. 8 red jersey.
It's Gerrard, the captain of Liverpool!
He was silently walking back to his own goal, fished out the ball scored by Terry from the net, hugged the football, and greeted his teammates along the way, signaling them to return to their respective positions and prepare to continue fighting.
Gerrard will leave Liverpool this summer, and this is the last three league games he can play for Liverpool.
He doesn't want to leave any regrets!
He wants to pass on the Red Army's spirit of never abandoning or giving up, and persevering to the end.
Chelsea are strong, but the Reds are unbeatable.
Want to beat Liverpool with one goal?
Hehe, dreaming!
With the captain's encouragement, Liverpool's players quickly recovered from the blow of conceding the ball.
Yes, they are players of the Red Army. When did the Red Army give up?
Even in Istanbul, they were three goals behind AC Milan at halftime, and they never gave up!
It's just one goal now, and it's still too early to defeat the Red Army!
The game quickly restarted. Chelsea fans thought that their team had opened up the situation early, and the next game should be won in a devastating manner.
But the situation on the court exceeded their expectations!
Not only were the Liverpool players not defeated, but they ran, pressed and tackled desperately as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
The opponent's fierce style of play made Chelsea's players a little afraid, and they were constantly violated and fouled.
For a while, the Chelsea players couldn't hold the ball, and if they held it for a few seconds, they would definitely be brought down.
In just 9 minutes, 3 Liverpool players received cards for fouls.
The opponent's style of play doesn't look like they are here to play football, but more like they are here to fight.
Chelsea's players were stunned by the opponent's aura for a moment, and they played timidly, as if this was the opponent's home game and they were the away game.
And when they came back to their senses and withstood Liverpool's mad dog press and attack, there was not much time left in the first half.
Although they did not take advantage of the favorable situation in the first half to expand the score, they did not concede a goal anyway.
Seeing that the time in the first half was about to run out, the Chelsea players couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The opponent's aggressive style of play made them very uncomfortable. They just wanted to quickly end the first half and go back to the locker room to catch their breath.
However, just as they were gradually relaxing their guard, Liverpool launched a counterattack.
Captain Steven Gerrard's trademark long-range shot from outside the penalty area pierced Chelsea's goal.
Courtois still kept his save action, turned his head, and looked at the football rolling in the net in disbelief.
Stamford Bridge was dead silent, the score on the scoreboard became 1:1, and the time when Gerrard scored was exactly the 45th minute of the first half!
Chelsea maintained their lead for nearly 40 minutes, and before the end of the first half, they were equalized!
Manchester City, which seemed to have no hope, now sees the hope of winning the championship!
(End of this chapter)
