Chapter 189 Manchester City Derby, Guardiola was present in person

After the first round of the Champions League group stage, supporters of each team and fans of some stars started heated discussions on the Internet.

"The Premier League and La Liga are still strong. This record is far ahead of other leagues!"

"The Premier League is really strong. As for La Liga, except for Barcelona and Real Madrid, the rest are not that good!"

"Haha, don't look down on the teams in the middle of La Liga. If we encounter Atletico Madrid in the knockout stage, the Premier League teams may not be able to win for sure."

"Indeed, I have watched both La Liga and the Premier League. This Atletico Madrid in the hands of Simeone does have something, much like the previous Dortmund!"

When it comes to Atletico Madrid, fans in the Premier League, especially Chelsea, are speechless.

In last year's European Super Cup, Atletico Madrid defeated Chelsea 4:1.

Not only did they steal the Super Cup trophy from the Champions League champions, but they also created the most disparate score in the European Super Cup in the past 20 years.

This score is enough to prove the strength of Atletico Madrid. If you underestimate it, you will probably pay a heavy price.

Thinking that Chelsea had just lost to Basel in the group stage, which was considered weak before the game, Premier League fans became extremely angry and their confidence in speaking became much weaker.

It's hard to say for the other three teams, but with Chelsea's current state, they might be in trouble if they encounter Atletico Madrid again.

In addition to the war of words between fans of the Premier League and La Liga, two major leagues vying for the top spot in the world, fans of some stars have also started quarrels online.

"I am so powerful, I scored a hat trick in thirty minutes, so awesome!"

"Correction, Ronaldo did not complete the hat trick in 30 minutes, it actually only took 28 minutes!"

"As expected of Cristiano Ronaldo, with this scoring efficiency, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the best in football today, right?"

"It's inevitable. With Bale's assistance this season, I think Real Madrid is sure to win the Champions League!"

Ronaldo's fans praise their star, and Messi fans on the opposite side are not far behind.

"Isn't it just a hat-trick? What's so great about this? Messi even performed the miracle of scoring five goals in the Champions League last year!"

"Haha, keep a low profile. As the only player in the history of the Champions League to score five goals in a single game, we have to keep a low profile and don't let the fans of a certain diving player think that we are targeting him. After all, this is something they will never be able to accomplish in their lifetime. Feat!"

"Who is the diver upstairs? Do you have the ability to explain yourself clearly?"

"There are so many players from the five major leagues, and I didn't mention them by name. It was you who picked them up yourself. Is it your fault?"

"This is the quality of El Chapo fans. If you have the ability to defeat Real Madrid on the field, what kind of hero is it if you attack someone personally?"

"You go against heaven and say that others are attacking you personally, so what do you mean?"

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Other fans have long been accustomed to the quarrel between Messi and Ronaldo fans. They don't want to get involved in this kind of dispute. They just want to find a quiet place to continue talking about football.

"Speaking of which, Lin Huang's performance in this game was not very good!"

"One pass and one shot, isn't this performance good enough? Isn't the requirement a bit high?"

"Indeed, this performance is already very good!"

"But compared to Messi and Ronaldo, it's still a bit behind. Both of them completed hat tricks!"

The fans seemed to be a little dissatisfied with Lin Quan's performance, especially with the pair of peerless players scoring hat tricks one after another. Compared with his opponents, his passing and shooting seemed a bit inferior.

"The group stage is still long. One game means nothing. As long as Lin Huang continues to play at the current pace, goals will be inevitable!"

"You can't just watch the Champions League, you have to watch the league as well. Lin Huang scored a total of 8 goals in the four rounds of the Premier League. Correspondingly, Messi only had 6 goals and Ronaldo only 2 goals. His goals The number of balls is equal to the total number of the two peerless heroes combined!"

"Hiss, is Lin Huang so fierce? But Ronaldo's goals are a bit low? Only two goals in four league rounds?"

"Benzema has grown a lot this season and he scored two goals in the league.

The joining of Isco and Bell also took away part of the firing rights. Isco scored 3 goals and Bell scored 1 goal. "

"Yes, Real Madrid's frontcourt lineup is too luxurious. They are not as dependent on Ronaldo as they used to be. This may be a good thing for Ronaldo and Real Madrid.

At least Ronaldo can focus more on the Champions League! "

"So it seems that Real Madrid has a good chance of winning the Champions League this season?"

"Isn't Ancelotti known as a championship expert? When he comes to Real Madrid, he might actually be able to lead Real Madrid to the Champions League!"

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With the end of the first round of the group stage, various experts and betting companies have made some adjustments to the odds of winning the Champions League this season.

Real Madrid's winning odds have risen to first place, surpassing defending champion Bayern Munich.

Barcelona's ranking has not changed and is still third.

In the Premier League, due to an unexpected loss in the first round, Chelsea's ranking dropped to ninth place.

Manchester United's ranking has also dropped, ranking seventh.

On the contrary, Manchester City, with five consecutive victories in the league and Champions League group stages, has risen to fourth place, and has the highest odds of winning among the Premier League teams.

But it’s just one round of competition, and it’s too early to talk about winning the championship.

After finishing the Champions League group stage, Manchester City returned to home with a big victory, ready to face the challenge of Manchester United.

This city derby is the most important game in this round of Premier League competition.

Considering the importance of this game and the fact that Manchester United and Manchester City have a large number of fans overseas, the Premier League has scheduled this game for three o'clock in the afternoon.

In this case, fans overseas, especially in Asia, can watch the game at prime time in the evening.

It has to be said that compared to other leagues, the Premier League is indeed more flexible in this regard.

They will consider taking care of overseas audiences more, which is very good for the promotion of the event.

After all, there is a seven-hour time difference.

If this game is scheduled for around 7:30 in the evening, then everyone in Asia will be there at two or three in the morning.

Who is watching football at this hour? They have already gone to bed.

Of course, other leagues will also learn from their approach, and La Liga later learned this trick.

The game was held in the afternoon, and overseas spectators were indeed taken care of, but for the players of the two teams, this was not good news.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the sun has not yet set. One of the two teams will have to face the sun during the game, which has a great impact on the players.

On the contrary, the team with its back to the Sun can take advantage of it!

Before the game, Manchester United players shouted online, hoping that the Red Devils fans could go to the scene to support them and witness their capture of the Etihad Stadium.

Rooney said: "Manchester will always be the Red Devils' world, and Manchester City? That's just a noisy neighbor!"

Rooney criticized Manchester City for being just a nouveau riche without the background of a wealthy club. Manchester United is the orthodoxy of Manchester.

Van Persie posted: "Man City? They do have some good players, but as a whole, my teammates and I are obviously better!"

Van Persie is also criticizing Manchester City's money-dollar policy, believing that Manchester City has a lot of good players but no honors to match them.

Manchester United's players fired the first shot, so Manchester City's players naturally couldn't sit idly by.

Aguero tweeted: "I have a strong feeling that I will score today, and more than one!"

Yaya Toure said: "Red Devil? That is already a thing of the past, now it is the world of Blue Moon!"

Kompany said: "I will work with my teammates to freeze Manchester United's forwards. No matter it is Rooney or Robin van Persie, they will never score at the Etihad Stadium!"

His teammates had all finished their harsh words, and Lin Quan didn't join in the fun.

He uploaded an overlooking photo of the Etihad Stadium and captioned it: "See you at the Etihad Stadium tomorrow afternoon!"

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The two teams are very competitive, and the derby in the same city is already very popular.

So the Fleet Street media, like sharks smelling blood, began to hype up the feud between the two teams.

This is the 166th Manchester Derby. Due to the strength of Manchester United, before 2010, Manchester City had almost no chance of winning. Manchester United was in an overwhelming lead in the game between the two teams.

However, after 2010, with the entry of the Middle East consortium.

Manchester City began to rise, and the results of the next meeting between the two sides began to reverse.

Manchester City has won 4 of the last 7 meetings.

In the duel at Old Trafford two years ago, Manchester City even bloodbathed Manchester United with a score of 6:1.

It can be said that the offensive and defensive momentum between the two teams has completely changed now, and Manchester United is no longer as brave as it used to be.

It is definitely not easy for them to win against Manchester City, let alone playing at Manchester City's home court.

But for Moyes, he seems to be very good at playing Manchester City.

Before coaching Manchester United, he led Everton to win nine of 12 games and could be said to be Manchester City's nemesis.

Therefore, when being interviewed by the media before the game, Moyes said with confidence:

"Yes, I have found a way to deal with Manchester City. We will take three points away from home. I am very confident about it!"

Reporters asked him what solution he had found, but Moyes laughed and refused to answer.

It gives people a mysterious feeling.

Pellegrini suspected that the other party was playing psychological warfare with him, so he was not fooled.

He said in an interview before the game that Manchester City will insist on playing their own things. As long as they play at a normal level, they will be confident to win the game no matter who the opponent is!

This response seemed to reporters to be a lack of confidence.

Compared with Moyes's confidence, they felt that Pellegrini's response was not strong enough.

Therefore, before the game, many media were optimistic that Manchester United would win away from home.

However, there are also many experts and celebrities who are optimistic about Manchester City.

"Manchester City is in hot form this season and they have won five consecutive games in all competitions. Although they have not faced a wealthy team in these five consecutive victories, the gold content is somewhat lacking.

However, Manchester City's current momentum is obviously better than Manchester United. From the analysis of the lineup, Manchester City's lineup is not inferior to Manchester United in any way, or even better.

This game depends on the tactical arrangements and on-the-spot performance of the head coaches of both sides.

If Moyes really prepared some secret tactics for Manchester City as he said, then Manchester United may have a chance to win. On the contrary, Manchester City has a greater probability of winning! "

Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger said he is optimistic about Manchester United winning, because only if Manchester United defeats Manchester City can his team reach the top of the league.

Chelsea's head coach Mourinho believes that Manchester United's own problems are too big and it will be difficult to take advantage at the Etihad Stadium.

"I don't want to say how good Manchester United's midfield is, but everyone can see that the midfield is Manchester United's weak link!"

When reporters saw Mourinho mentioning the problem of Manchester United's midfield, they asked him what he thought of Chelsea's serious forward weakness this season.

After the reporter raised this question, Mourinho immediately changed his expression.

He rudely interrupted reporters' questions and insisted that his team had no problems.

Although that is said, anyone who is not blind can see how serious the problems Chelsea have on the front line are, and it is useless no matter how much he quibbles.

And there are rumors outside that Chelsea are in private contact with Drogba's agent, seemingly wanting to bring the former Blues star back to Stamford Bridge.

However, Drogba is already 35 years old this year. I'm afraid no one can say whether he still has gas in the tank.

Rather than relying on a veteran, Chelsea should consider bringing in a genuine striker.

Dortmund's Lewandowski and Atletico Madrid's Diego Costa are both good choices, and the prices are not expensive. You can definitely buy them for 50 million pounds!

However, Chelsea currently has a lot of forwards, including Torres, Eto'o, Schürrle, Demba Ba, Willian, and a future striker - Romelu Lukaku!

They have a lot of forwards, but they're just not very easy to use.

I don’t know whether it is the style of the Chelsea team that limits the performance of the forwards, or whether these forwards collectively no longer know how to play football after arriving at Chelsea.

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Not only the British media are paying attention to this game, but the media in other European countries are also paying close attention to this game.

First of all, this is one of the most popular intra-city derbies in the five major leagues. The derby is inherently eye-catching.

Secondly, these two teams have participated in the Champions League. Once they make it out of the group stage, teams from other leagues are likely to encounter them in the knockout stage.

Therefore, in order to prepare for the next stage of the Champions League knockout rounds in advance, many teams sent scouts to the scene to observe the game up close.

After the game started, the on-site cameras even captured Bayern Munich coach Guardiola in the stands.

Bayern, which will visit Manchester City in its next game, is very concerned about its biggest competitor in the group.

Of course, if you just check the opponent's condition, Guardiola does not need to personally take action.

It is enough to send a senior scout or assistant coach to videotape the game. There is no need to travel all the way in person.

Guardiola's personal appearance at the Etihad Stadium can easily remind people of his personal relationship with Lin Quan.

Probably, he came to watch this game not only as the coach of Bayern, but also for personal reasons!

After being caught by the on-site cameras, Guardiola did not dodge.

He waved to the camera generously, and this scene was naturally seen by the players who were warming up on the field through the big screen.

"Look, it's Bayern's head coach!"

Lin Quan happened to be practicing shooting, and only turned to look at the big screen after being reminded by his teammates.

As a result, as soon as he looked at the big screen, the picture on the big screen switched to the scene of him looking at the big screen.

The fans at the scene burst into good-natured laughter, and Lin Quan himself also laughed.

The director obviously noticed him looking at the big screen and did it on purpose.

Fortunately, he saw Guardiola's position just now, so before the game started, Lin Quan walked into the stands and said hello to Guardiola.

"Leave after watching the game?"

"Well, we have to lead the team for training tomorrow."

“What time is the flight?”

"If you want to invite me to dinner, you should have enough time!"

"Okay, but I have to win this game!"

"Then come on, I'll take care of your dinner tonight!"

Guardiola smiled and hugged Lin Quan, patted him on the back and encouraged:

"Go ahead and play well, don't feel any psychological pressure just because I'm here!"

Lin Quan rolled his eyes at him:

"Don't worry, I will ignore you like nothing!"

"It makes me sad when you say that. Oh, I originally wanted to cheer for you, but now it seems I have to cheer for Manchester United!"

"Hey, if you dare to do this, the Manchester City fans around you will beat you up!"

"It can't be so cruel, right? I'm a famous figure after all, right?"

"That's better, beat you up and they'll be famous!"

I have conjunctivitis, so I am writing too slowly this afternoon, sorry!