Chapter 246 With another win, Manchester City is in great shape to win the championship!

"A fateful showdown or UEFA's shady story?" Cristiano Ronaldo VS Ibrahimovic, Lin Quan VS Messi! 》

"In the showdown between the upstarts and the giants, can Manchester City overcome the mountain of Barcelona?" 》

"Specialize in attacking your old club?" Lin Quan will return to Camp Nou for the first time since leaving Barcelona! 》

"The three heroes of La Liga may join the semi-finals!" 》

"Manchester United encounters a bitter enemy and may fail in the quarterfinals!" 》

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After the draw results for the quarterfinals were released, they immediately attracted attention and discussion from the outside world.

Since two teams in the Premier League were eliminated in this round, and the result of the draw was not optimistic for the Manchester duo.

So the British media started to wail one after another.

They believe that facing Bayern, which has just eliminated Chelsea by a huge score, the weaker Manchester United's hope of advancing can only be said to be very slim.

Facing the powerful Barcelona, ​​Manchester City, the first player in the Champions League, is seriously lacking in experience and is likely to stop in the quarterfinals.

Once the two Manchester City heroes are eliminated, I am afraid that there will be no Premier League team names in this year's Champions League semi-finals.

Being continuously suppressed by La Liga teams in the Champions League has made the British, who claim to be the world's number one league, a bit embarrassed.

So they started discussing one after another, trying to find ways to strengthen the Premier League team's foreign war capabilities.

Unlike the wailing British media, the Spanish side can almost be called singing and dancing.

In their opinion, Real Madrid's draw was a good one.

Although Paris Saint-Germain is the hegemon of Ligue 1, they lack the same foundation as Manchester City and are a team built on money.

Moreover, they do not have a player with outstanding personal strength like Lin Quan in their team, and the competitiveness of Ligue 1 is far less than that of the Premier League. This makes the Spanish media generally despise the strength of Paris Saint-Germain.

They are optimistic that Real Madrid can beat Paris Saint-Germain at home and away. After all, Ronaldo will definitely be at full strength when facing Ibrahimovic. Even if Ronaldo doesn't stand up, it doesn't matter. They also have another billionaire Mr. Gareth Bale. .

Just use Paris to test the power of Real Madrid's 200 million in the European war!

As for Atletico Madrid and Dortmund, the two teams are relatively close in strength. Klopp and Simeone are both outstanding coaches of the Mesozoic era.

Simeone's team is iron-blooded and rigorous, while Klopp's team is passionate and passionate. Whether Klopp, who advocates offense, is better, or Simeone, who advocates defense, will have the last laugh depends on the performance of both sides. !

As for Barcelona, ​​drawing Manchester City is either good or bad for Barcelona.

After all, Manchester City's paper strength is not weak, and there are superstars like Lin Quan in the team.

Once a star of this level breaks out, it is difficult to limit it.

Fortunately, they also have Messi, and there are also a large number of top stars in the team such as Iniesta and Neymar.

As long as Barcelona uses its rich experience in the Champions League and seizes the weaknesses of Manchester City's lack of experience in European games, the probability of promotion is still very high.

After seeing the draw results, the fans also had heated discussions.

"UEFA knows how to play. Didn't the fans of Real Madrid and PSG dislike each other before and thought that the stars in their respective teams were better than the other's stars? Now, UEFA directly satisfied the two The wish of the team’s fans!”

"Haha, why can Ibrahimovic compare with Ronaldo? Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored 13 goals in the Champions League, ranking first in the scorer list. Can Ibrahimovic compare?"

Ibrahimovic once tied with Ronaldo in the scorer list, but after the two rounds of the knockout round, his scoring data was widened by Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo currently has 13 goals, ranking first in the scorer list, and Ibrahimovic has 10 goals, ranking third.

As for the second-ranked player, it is Lin Quan who scored 12 goals.

If Ibrahimovic could still compete with Ronaldo last year, then since Portugal eliminated Switzerland in the World Cup preliminaries play-offs, Ibrahimovic has begun to fall into a disadvantage.

So now Ronaldo's fans don't regard Ibrahimovic as a threat at all. On the contrary, in their view, the biggest threat to Ronaldo is Lin Quan, who came from behind.

"By the way, why didn't Lin Lin play in the last game? If he had played, judging from the state of scoring in every game before, he would have scored at least one goal, right? In that case, the scorer list would be shared by Lin Lin and Ronaldo Top spot!"

"It must be that Manchester City's games are too dense, right? But even if he scored in the last game, I'm afraid it will be difficult to surpass Ronaldo. After all, Manchester City is facing Barcelona, ​​and it will be difficult for them to surpass Barcelona. Lin Huang's The team will most likely stop in the quarterfinals."

"Manchester City has no hope of winning. The away-then-home schedule is good for them. As long as they can draw with Barcelona at Camp Nou or score enough away goals, they still hope to advance when they return home!"

"Capture the Nou Camp? Come on, this is very difficult in itself!"

Even the most optimistic fans are not optimistic about Manchester City eliminating Barcelona.

Not only were they not optimistic about it, but after learning the result of the draw, the entire Manchester City club was also worried.

"Oh, it would be great if we draw Manchester United. Our winning rate against them is very high this season. If we draw them, we will be eliminated in the semi-finals!"

An assistant coach shook his head and said with a wry smile.

Among these eight teams, the biggest soft persimmon from Manchester City's perspective is their city rival.

Teams in other leagues may still be intimidated by Manchester United's name, but as Manchester United's neighbor, Manchester City is very aware of how far the Red Devils have fallen this season.

If Manchester United is really drawn, Manchester City's probability of advancement is not to say 100%, but at least 80%.

"It's okay to draw Atletico Madrid, Dortmund or even Paris Saint-Germain. Real Madrid and Barcelona are the two worst results, but we encountered them!"

"It always feels like it's a conspiracy by UEFA. They like to engage in this kind of showdown in order to create buzz and gimmicks!"

"Just try your best. Breaking into the top eight is already a mission accomplished!"

Pellegrini has been coaching in La Liga for many years, and no one knows the horror of Barcelona better than him.

It would be a lie to say that you don't want to enter the semi-finals, but it is indeed difficult to get over the mountain of Barcelona.

They can only work hard to fight for that glimmer of hope!

The Champions League quarter-finals will start on April 2, and the second leg will end on April 10.

Compared with the one-month interval between the quarter-finals, the interval between the quarter-finals has obviously been greatly shortened.

This is a huge test for teams in major leagues that aim to win the championship!

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On March 15, the 30th round of the Premier League started.

Manchester City faces Hull City away from home.

Hull City currently ranks 15th in the league with 30 points, only 2 points away from the relegation zone.

If we look at it in terms of points, the situation should be one-sided when the league's first team faces a relegation team.

But in fact, every time at the end of the season, the last thing the Premier League giants want to play is this kind of relegation team.

This game was very difficult from the beginning. In the 10th minute, Manchester City's captain Kompany was sent off directly for a foul.

This penalty is very un-Premier League!

Although Kompany committed a pulling foul, the opponent fouled first. The referee did not make the first call, but gave him a red card when he committed the foul. This made him very angry.

Pellegrini on the sidelines was also very angry. In a league like the Premier League that encourages physical confrontation, a yellow card for Kompany's action is considered a serious penalty, but the referee gave him a red card!

Only 10 minutes into the game, one player was missing, and they were facing a crazy relegation team. How could Manchester City still fight?

Referee Lee Mason saw Pellegrini's protest and ran to the sidelines to give him a verbal warning.

"Sir, watch your words!"

Pellegrini gave the opponent a thumbs up and mocked him for his good penalty.

Lee Mason was also rude and took out the red card and sent him to the stands.

The assistant coaches and substitutes on the Manchester City coaching bench immediately stopped working. They surrounded the referee and asked for an explanation.

Even if they sent off the players, they also sent off the coach. This was obviously aimed at Manchester City.

However, in the face of the protests from the Manchester City coaching staff, the referee did not give in at all. He continued to take out the red card and ejected the person who protested the most fiercely.

This only further angered Manchester City. Not only did they not give in because of Lee Mason's red card, but they rushed to beat him.

The game had to be interrupted due to commotion on the sidelines, and half an hour had passed since the start of the game when it started again.

A total of five people from Manchester City were ejected, including a substitute and two assistants.

The player's sending off already had a great impact on Manchester City. The coach and two assistants were also sent off, which made Manchester City even more chaotic. After Kompany left the field, Manchester City did not make timely substitutions to supplement the defense. It was chaos. manifestation.

However, the referee's decision angered the ten players on the field.

After the restart, ten-man Manchester City took the initiative and frequently attacked Hull City.

In the 14th minute, Cross dribbled the ball forward and saw the opportunity and passed it to Aguero.

Unexpectedly, Lin Quan suddenly came out from the side and stole the ball halfway.

This was completely unexpected by the Hull City players and prevented them from reacting immediately.

After Lin Quan took the ball, he glanced at the goalkeeper's position and shot directly without adjusting.

The ball was played very suddenly, and the goalkeeper was not prepared in time and failed to save Lin Quan's shot.

Manchester City leads Hull City 1:0 away from home.

Hull City was obviously not willing to lose. After seeing the lack of players in Manchester City's defense, they stepped up their attacks in an attempt to change the score.

However, Manchester City's defense was very tenacious and successfully disrupted the opponent's attacks one after another.

In the 34th minute of the game, Manchester City intercepted the ball in the backcourt and launched a quick counterattack. Lin Quan broke through with the ball and attracted the attention of two defensive players before passing the ball back to De Bruyne at the front of the penalty area.

De Bruyne's volley hit the crossbar and bounced into the net.

Manchester City leads 2:0!

After taking the lead, neither Lin Quan nor De Bruyne went to celebrate. They both ran to the net immediately, preparing to pick up the ball and restart the ball.

This posture is as if they are lagging behind. Scoring two goals is not enough, far from enough!

"Man City's momentum has increased, Hull City is in danger!"

In the commentary box, seeing Manchester City united as one, Martin Taylor had already sentenced Hull City to death in his heart.

"Manchester City gives people a completely different feeling today than before. They are playing more united and have a better understanding. The whole team seems to be twisted into a rope!"

Andy Gray on the side also nodded in agreement.

Without Kompany as a central defender, Manchester City's defense is incomplete.

However, when defending, Cross took the initiative to retreat to the central defender position to participate in assisting defense.

Players such as Lin Quan and De Bruyne often retreat to the front of the penalty area to participate in defense. When Manchester City defends, it doesn't look like they are missing a person.

When attacking, their formation immediately spread out, and the players in the frontcourt sprinted like crazy. They didn't look like they had just finished playing in the Champions League.

This kind of Manchester City is very strange, very unlike Manchester City, but more like their neighbor Manchester United, and it is the Manchester United team from a few years ago.

Hull City North is confused, what's going on?

Isn’t there a small number of people on the other side?

But why do we feel that there are fewer people on our side?

They were surrounded by Manchester City players, both in attack and defence.

Manchester City's players used active running to make up for the disadvantage of one less player, and even formed a numerical advantage in some areas.

This is something Hull City’s players never expected!

In the 43rd minute, Hull City finally made a threatening attack.

They took advantage of Manchester City's defensive weakness on the wing and sent a through ball from the wing, penetrating Manchester City's defense.

At the critical moment, Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart bravely stood up.

Regardless of the risk of injury, he fell to the ground to block the opponent's forward's shot.

The football was taken by Joe Hart, but the opponent couldn't close his foot in time. The spikes scratched his forehead, and blood suddenly poured out.

Joe Hart was also stubborn. He stood on the court and let the team doctor help him treat his wounds without even making a sound.

After the team doctor finished dealing with it, Manchester City's assistant coach asked him if he wanted to take him off to rest.

Joe Hart refused the substitution proposal. He changed his blood-stained jersey and chose to stay on the field and fight!

When the Hull City players saw the white gauze wrapped around Joe Hart's forehead, they couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive or even afraid.

When the Manchester City players saw Joe Hart fighting with injuries, they were inspired and their fighting spirit became even higher!

In the second half, Manchester City's performance was even crazier than in the first half.

Lin Quan scored two goals in the 56th and 69th minutes, completing his hat trick early.

David Silva also scored a goal in the 84th minute, rewriting the score to 5:0.

This is not over yet. In the 90th minute, Aguero made a supplementary shot and all three of Manchester City's front lines were opened.

At the end of the game, Manchester City defeated Hull City 6:0 away from home.

Perhaps not many people would be surprised by this score before the game.

After all, Manchester City's offensive firepower is terrifying, and no one in the entire Premier League knows it.

But it was really shocking that they could achieve this score after their captain and head coach were sent off at the beginning.

In this round of games, the Premier League’s focus is all on the referees.

In addition to Manchester City's unfair penalties in the away game, Chelsea and Manchester United were also sniped by the referees.

Chelsea, playing away from home, encountered Aston Villa, the team with the most cards in the Premier League. Aston Villa was shown 4 yellow cards in the first half alone.

With the speed at which the opponent was receiving cards, Chelsea's players felt that at least one person from the opponent would be sent off with a red card in the second half.

However, the referee did show a red card, but it was not for Aston Villa, but for Chelsea.

In the 67th and 90th minutes, Chelsea received two red cards, and William and Ramirez were sent off one after another.

Chelsea, who played two fewer players, lost to Aston Villa 0:1 away from home.

At the critical moment when they competed with Manchester City for the championship, Chelsea fell off the chain!

It would not be too exaggerated to say that Chelsea's two red cards were two yellows and one red.

Three penalty kicks were awarded in that game. Manchester United, which lost 0:3 at home to Liverpool in the double-red battle, had something to say!

This game at Old Trafford is extremely important for both Manchester United and Liverpool.

If Manchester United still wants to advance to the European theater and get tickets for next season's European war, then they must win this game.

However, during the game, Manchester United was awarded penalty kicks three times, and captain Vidic was also shown a red card and sent off.

At their home court, not only did they not enjoy any home field advantage, but they fell directly into the abyss of eternal destruction because of the referee's penalty.

The boos in the Old Trafford stadium and the helpless look of Moyes huddled in the coach's seat have become the best portrayal of Manchester United this season.

After the game, several clubs immediately chose to protest to the Football Association. In response to a series of controversial penalties made by several referees in this round of games, all the major clubs were full of resentment.

Because there are so many controversial penalties, and they all appear in one round, the outside world has cast doubt on the Premier League, and there is even a conspiracy theory that the Football Association is manipulating the game.

In view of the fact that there were too many teams protesting and the influence of online conspiracy theories was too bad, the Football Association had to step forward and stated that it would investigate the referee's penalty in the previous game.

During this period, they will suspend the enforcement of several controversial referees such as Lee Mason in the Premier League.

This result is acceptable for Manchester City. At the end of the season, what they fear most is encountering a black whistle in the key game to win the championship.

When Clattenburg, Mike Dean, Atkinson, Oliver and others among the four blind players in the Premier League were enforcing the law in the Premier League, the penalty was an outstanding image.

But when it comes to the Champions League and international competitions, their penalty level has skyrocketed. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the world's top referees.

It can be seen that it is not that their level is not good, but that the Premier League is too deep.

There is also good news for Manchester City.

After Chelsea's unexpected loss, Manchester City's lead expanded to 8 points with one game less.

There are eight rounds left in the league, and the eight-point lead is already huge, not to mention that Manchester City still has one game in hand.

If they can win Aston Villa in the rematch, their lead will be extended to 11 points.

Therefore, after the 30th round, the suspense of winning the Premier League this season seems to have ended prematurely.

The outside world believes that Manchester City will win the Premier League championship this season. The only suspense now is, how many rounds in advance can they win the championship?