Chapter 180 Ronaldo: This guy Lin Quan actually stole his teacher!

After the game, Lin Quan made a special trip to the hospital to visit the injured David Silva.

After careful examination by doctors, David Silva suffered a severe ankle sprain and needed to rest for about three months.

As soon as the new Premier League season started, he was absent due to injury and would miss at least 15 Premier League games.

This is definitely not good news for David Silva.

Pellegrini is experimenting with the team's tactical play. If he is absent at this time, it is very likely that he will fade out of the main lineup.

Once Manchester City's main lineup is decided, even if David Silva returns from injury, he may not be able to regain his position in the team.

Silva himself knew this very well, so his mood seemed a bit low.

But he was still very happy to see Lin Quan coming:

"Thank you for avenging me, but next time you encounter something like this, don't be so impulsive. It would be a waste if you are also injured!"

Silva watched the previous game through the hospital's TV replay. When he saw Lin Quan was fouled by his opponent in order to stand up for him, he was both moved and worried.

Fortunately, Lin Quan was not injured, otherwise he would blame himself to death.

"Don't be polite to me. We are not only teammates, but also good friends. Isn't this a natural thing to do everything for a good friend?"

As soon as these words were spoken, David Silva was even more moved.

However, he did not act like his younger daughter, but nodded heavily:

"Okay, since you treat me as a friend, I won't be pretentious. I won't be able to help you in the next game. The team will have to rely on you. Come on, don't wait for me to come back. The points are all down there.”

"Haha, who are you looking down on? We will definitely wait for you at the top of the list!"

"That's best!"

"Recuperate with peace of mind. My teammates and I are waiting for you to come back and win the trophy together. We are sure to win the Premier League championship this season!!"

"Okay, it's a deal!"

The two high-fived each other hard and vowed to hold the cup.

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Since Manchester City's game in this round was scheduled for the end, not long after they ended their game with Newcastle, the second round of the Premier League also started.

On August 24, farmer Fulham sat at home to face Arsenal, who suffered an upset loss in the first round.

Due to the embarrassing loss at home in the last game, Wenger gave the team a death order in this game and must win Fulham.

If they lose again, it will be difficult for them to secure the fourth place this season.

Arsenal, who had been holding back their anger, had a strong momentum in this game. In just 6 minutes, Giroud opened the scoring for the team.

Podolski then scored twice to help the team lead the opponent 3:0.

Darren Bent scored a goal in the second half, which saved some face.

In the end, Arsenal defeated Fulham 3:1 in an away game. They had one win and one loss in the two league rounds, which was able to stop the decline.

After Arsenal, Liverpool narrowly defeated Aston Villa 1:0 in an away game and won two consecutive games.

Tottenham defeated Swansea 1:0 and also achieved two consecutive victories.

In this round of games, there were not many goals scored in the Premier League.

In addition to the Liverpool and Tottenham games where only one goal was scored, there were also two zero-goal games.

Everton tied with West Bromwich Albion 0:0 at home, and Newcastle tied with West Ham United 0:0.

Premier League teams, especially those in the middle and lower reaches, frequently commit fouls during games and are shown an average of four yellow cards per game.

In the match between Liverpool and Aston Villa, both sides received a total of eight yellow cards, including three from Liverpool and five from Aston Villa.

This is the second consecutive game that Aston Villa has received five yellow cards.

They also received five yellow cards against Arsenal.

If they hadn't encountered the Red Army, which is known for its toughness, their foul tactics might have worked this time.

After experiencing the power of their opponents' foul tactics, Liverpool fans could no longer laugh at Arsenal for losing.

Arsenal is a technical school, and there is really no way to deal with an opponent who keeps using rough fouls to stop the offense.

There were so many yellow cards in this round, which also aroused heated discussion among the fans.

This is the Premier League. The Premier League, which has always had loose enforcement standards, has seen so many yellow cards.

If the law enforcement standards of other leagues were followed, the number of yellow cards would not be doubled!

As a result, other fans from the five major leagues laughed at the Premier League, saying that the Premier League players were not playing football on the field, but playing an advanced game - wrestling!

Otherwise, why would there be so many people upset?

Premier League fans naturally cannot accept the accusations from other leagues, and they have come forward to quibble:

Fouls cannot be considered as barbaric football. Can something like football not be a foul?

There were words that were difficult to understand in succession, such as "the origin of modern football" and "war between real men", which made many netizens burst into laughter.

The Internet and inside are instantly filled with joyful atmosphere...

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After the first day's game, Manchester City visited Wales to face Cardiff City the next day.

Cardiff City has just been promoted from the English Championship and is one of the three newly promoted teams in the Premier League this season.

Their first game was a clean 0:2 away defeat to the Hammers West Ham United. They were at home in this game, hoping to score points against Manchester City.

More than 30,000 fans came to Cardiff Stadium today, filling this small stadium with a full capacity.

For Cardiff City fans, this is the first time their team has been promoted to the top flight in fifty years, so they don't want to miss the team's first home game in the Premier League.

Not only were the fans crazy, Cardiff City owner Chen Zhiyuan also came to watch the game in person.

He did not sit in the box at the top of the stadium like other Premier League owners. Instead, he wore the team's jersey and sat in the audience like ordinary fans.

This won him the recognition of Cardiff City fans, who sang loudly and cheered for the team throughout the game.

Perhaps it was because he felt the enthusiasm of the fans, or perhaps it was because the boss personally supervised the game and the players were full of fighting spirit.

Cardiff City's performance in this game was extraordinary!

Under their strict defense, Manchester City's offense was like hitting a wall, and it was difficult to penetrate their defense.

Cardiff players not only stocked up on the backcourt, but their players also spared no effort in their physical strength, running all over the field and using aggressive fighting and running to resolve crises time and time again.

In the 55th minute of the second half, Manchester City finally scored a goal using a set kick.

Unexpectedly, Cardiff City then launched a counterattack and equalized the score in just five minutes.

Pellegrini was so dissatisfied with the team's performance that he substituted three players in a row in the 58th minute.

Replace Nasri and replace Navas, who performed poorly.

Negredo was replaced by Aguero, who also performed poorly.

Replace with Milner and replace Fernandinho.

Except for Lin Quan, almost all the players in the frontcourt have been changed.

In this game, the team's disadvantage on the offensive end made the Manchester City team begin to miss the little Spanish man who was active on the wing.

David Silva's absence has begun to have an impact on the team.

After the substitutions, Manchester City's offensive was overwhelming.

The offensive player who came on the field tried very hard to score the opponent's goal!

As long as they seize this opportunity to perform and leave a good impression on the head coach, they will be able to take the initiative in the subsequent battle for the main position.

However, after these people came on the field, they were not familiar with each other, their tacit understanding was completely insufficient, and their cooperation was poor. Not only did Manchester City's offensive threat not increase, but it also decreased.

As a result, it was not them, but their opponent Cardiff City who broke the deadlock first.

In the 79th minute of the game, Cardiff City winger Fraser Campbell scored a goal, rewriting the score to 2:1.

This score sent the Cardiff City fans at the scene almost into madness!

They waved flags like crazy, chanted Campbell's name, and paid tribute to him.

The owner of the club, Chen Zhiyuan, got a big drum from nowhere, and he personally waved the drumstick and started beating it.

After scoring the goal, Campbell saw his boss playing the drums himself. He excitedly staged a slide show with his teammates in response to the warm applause of the home fans.

The opponent's morale is high, but Manchester City's morale has fallen into a trough.

Looking at his opponents celebrating wildly, Lin Quan stood in the middle circle with his hands on his hips, his expression very serious.

The absence of David Silva will have the greatest impact on Lin Quan.

The cooperation between him and these teammates is completely inconsistent.

Aguero was also in a very sluggish state today, which resulted in him almost fighting alone in the frontcourt without any support from his teammates.

At this moment, he missed De Bruyne extremely.

If Ding Ding were here, he would never play so hard in this game!

However, Lin Quan is not the kind of person who gives up easily. As the core of Manchester City's frontcourt, he should stand up at this time.

After the game restarted, it was discovered that Lin Quan had increased the number of breakthroughs.

If Cardiff City players don't double-team him, he will seize the opportunity to pass the defensive players, or dribble the ball inside to hit a long shot, or directly go into the penalty area to threaten the goal.

In just a few minutes, Lin Quan almost single-handedly made Cardiff City's goal tremble.

"Look at that kid, don't let him enter the restricted area!"

"If you really can't stop him, use foul tactics and give him a hard slap to stop him from being so arrogant!"

Cardiff City's players have limited abilities, and they really can't guard Lin Quan one-on-one.

Multiple double-teams may also cause the defense to miss people, so they plan to use foul tactics to contain the opponent's offense. This is also a tradition in the Premier League.

They feel that the opponent is a superstar, and if they tackle him a few more times, he will be frightened into restraining his movements and will not dare to make such a breakthrough.

Without his breakthrough skills, Manchester City's offense would not be able to penetrate their defense and pose a threat to them!

As long as we hold on to these last few minutes, victory will belong to Cardiff City!

However, Lin Quan's tenacity exceeded the expectations of Cardiff City players.

They committed fouls again and again and kicked the opponent down again and again, but they did not scare him. Instead, they continued to give Manchester City free kick opportunities in the frontcourt.

Seeing that the location of the foul was getting closer and closer to their own penalty area and the position was getting better and better, the Cardiff City players finally realized that something was wrong.

After Lin Quan discovered the opponent's foul tactics, he deliberately lured the opponent to foul where he chose, so that he could choose the location of the free kick.

After wasting two free kick opportunities, Lin Quan stood at the penalty spot for the third time.

Yaya Toure was eager to take the free kick several times.

But this opportunity was created by Lin Quan. If the other party didn't take the initiative to give up the opportunity, it would be hard for him to ask for it.

But seeing Lin Quan wasting two opportunities in succession, Yaya Toure complained in his heart. He decided that if the opponent missed this shot again, then he would step forward to stop the opponent no matter what next time.

The fans at the scene thought the same as Yaya Toure, although they also felt that the position of this free kick was a little too good.

If you give those powerful free kick masters, your own goal will be very dangerous.

But after seeing Lin Quan's previous two free kicks, they weren't too worried.

In the previous two free kicks, Lin Quan kicked one high and the football went over the crossbar.

Another penalty was low and the football hit the wall and was blocked.

Neither of his two free kicks posed a threat to the goal, which made Cardiff City fans simply not believe in his free kick skills.

They admit that this guy has great skills with his feet and is very good at breaking through and passing people. He has almost never lost in a one-on-one duel.

But free kicks and dribbling are two completely different skills. Being good at dribbling does not mean that he is good at taking free kicks.

Cardiff City fans were very disdainful when they saw Lin Quan retreating step by step, taking almost ten steps back before stopping.

If you don't make a penalty, you can't make a penalty. It's useless to imitate Ronaldo!

At this time, in an apartment somewhere in London, a guy who looked like the protagonist Tintin in The Adventures of Tintin jumped up from his seat when he saw Lin Quan's free throw gesture:

"Elevator ball!"

In a mansion in Madrid, Real Madrid's star Cristiano Ronaldo, after seeing Lin Quan's free throw gesture, dragged his chin in thought:

Is this kid imitating me?

This posture, this movement, the more I look at it, the more I think about it.

But he still lacks a bit of determination in his eyes, but this is the most difficult thing to learn, and most people can't learn it at all!

Thinking of this, Ronaldo is still a little proud!

Lin Quan ignored the boos from the fans. After retreating far enough, he took a deep breath and started running.

He knows the principle of the elevator ball very well. He taught De Bruyne to play the elevator ball before.

The reason why I don't use it is entirely because this kind of heavy artillery shot can easily cause injury to myself.

But now, after he redeemed his injury immunity talent, he no longer has to worry about this.

So he can also use powerful volleys like the elevator ball!

Lin Quan ran faster and faster. After finishing his run-up, he kicked the football hard!

Bang!

The football was squeezed out of shape, roared in the air, crossed the wall like lightning, and flew towards the net.

"Taller!"

Seeing the trajectory of the football flying in the air, Yaya Toure snorted, feeling very dissatisfied.

Sure enough, he missed another free throw. This guy wasted three opportunities!

"Haha, this ball has no threat!"

The Cardiff fans at the scene also thought the same as Yaya Toure. After seeing the trajectory of the ball, they all felt safe.

However, just when they thought they were safe, the football in mid-air suddenly fell rapidly as if it had been cast by some kind of magic, grazing the lower edge of the crossbar and falling into the net.

The goalkeeper didn't make any move to save at all, and was dumbfounded as he watched the ball fly into his own net!

Cardiff City's 30,000 fans were completely silent, and the entire stadium was silent.

"This goal actually went in?"

Chen Zhiyuan, who was playing the drum, dropped the drumstick in his hand in shock and stared at the football rolling in his own net with a look of disbelief on his face.

"Haha, it's really an elevator ball, and it's pretty good!"

In a London apartment, a player who looked like a cartoon character couldn't help but pump his fist after seeing the ball fly into the net, as if he had kicked it in himself.

But when he thought about his current situation in the team, his mood gradually dropped again.

In the mansion in Madrid, I saw Lin Quan not only successfully imitating, but also scoring such a wonderful free kick.

Ronaldo's eyes widened, looking a little surprised.

The quality of Lin Quan's free kick was somewhat beyond his expectation. If it were him, he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to take such a high-quality free kick.

It seems that I have underestimated his elevator ball skills!

Feeling the pressure, Ronaldo couldn't sit still any longer. He held the football and planned to go to the field to practice more!