Chapter 369 Wenger: Failure to sign Lin Quan is a lifelong regret of mine!
"Who can stop Manchester City?" 》
"Guardiola is killing the entire Premier League! 》
"15 goals in two games, the terrifying power of Lin Quan + Guardiola!" 》
After these two games, the entire Premier League was shocked.
After Guardiola's transformation, Manchester City continued to slaughter its opponents with big scores, showing an unstoppable posture.
This makes all the Premier League teams, especially the Manchester City teams that will face them in the next schedule, tremble.
Some other wealthy families are even more worried:
Guardiola has not arrived in Manchester City for a long time. He has just begun to transform Manchester City, and the effect is already so outstanding.
When he completes the transformation of Manchester City according to his own wishes, what will the other giants in the Premier League do?
Any tactic has weaknesses, and Guardiola's midfielder tactics definitely have them too. As long as you find their weak links, you won't be helpless when facing them in the future.
On February 22, the 26th round of the Premier League started.
Before the game started, all the major Premier League clubs, and even some teams from other leagues, sent people to watch the game, trying to find Manchester City's weaknesses.
Especially Arsenal's head coach Arsene Wenger. After defeating Crystal Palace away from home, he rushed to the Etihad Stadium non-stop to watch the match between Manchester City and Newcastle.
After the game started, Manchester City continued its crazy momentum.
Playing at home, they used crazy offense to defeat Newcastle.
In the end, they swept the visiting Newcastle with a score of 5:0, avenging their elimination from the League Cup.
After watching this game, Wenger's face was ashen.
He feels that his team may stop in the top 16!
There are many teams who feel the same way as Wenger. They also have a headache. How will they defend if they are drawn against Manchester City in the knockout stage of the Champions League?
Manchester City's crazy momentum has attracted the attention of the entire Europe.
In addition to the British local media, media in Spain, Italy, France and Germany have also begun to report on Manchester City's series of great victories.
Manchester City has scored 20 goals in the last three games, averaging 6.6 goals per game, and its offensive efficiency is the highest in Europe.
And as the team's main players gradually return from injury, Manchester City's offensive firepower will further increase.
When media from various countries reported on Manchester City, they began to use words such as 'shocking and frightening'.
"Just like when Barcelona created pass-and-control football, Guardiola's new tactics in Manchester City will definitely bring new changes to football."
"The defensive midfielder tactics will improve Manchester City's offense in all aspects. If we can't find a way to limit them, then I'm afraid no one can stop this crazy Manchester City!"
"Perhaps, when facing Manchester City at home, setting up the iron barrel formation has become a necessary choice!"
The report by Real Madrid's mouthpiece Aspen brought this wave of panic in football to a climax.
Even the majestic Real Madrid are considering using the iron barrel formation to deal with Manchester City. How can other teams play?
Of course, some people hold different opinions.
With the strong firepower of MSN, Barcelona, which has dominated the league and Champions League, said that if they really meet Manchester City in the knockout stage, they will prove themselves with a powerful offense and avenge last year's defeat.
It seems that the Barcelona people are still bitter about being eliminated by Manchester City in the quarter-finals last year.
In fact, Real Madrid, with its BBC combination, may not be worse than Manchester City in terms of offensive firepower.
Among the five major leagues this season, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester City are undoubtedly the three teams with the strongest offensive firepower.
Coincidentally, all three teams have superstars.
Teams with super giants gradually widen the gap with other teams without super giants.
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On February 26, the Champions League knockout rounds kicked off.
Manchester City is facing a Premier League civil war in this round. They will visit the Emirates Stadium to challenge Arsenal.
Manchester City's recent string of wins and hot form, coupled with Guardiola's groundbreaking tactics, have attracted attention across Europe.
As a result, this game attracted a large number of media reporters to follow and report.
Considering that Manchester City has defeated some relatively weak teams before, everyone has doubts about the power of Manchester City's tactics when facing giants.
If Manchester City can continue their previous crazy performance in this game and beat Arsenal to nowhere, it will prove that this tactic is also applicable to the giants. In that case, the major giants will really panic.
Before the game, Wenger stated that he had found a way to limit Manchester City.
This statement gave Arsenal fans a slight sigh of relief, and also made the outside world full of expectations for this game.
After the opening, Wenger's team seized Manchester City's right wing and launched a fierce attack, seemingly feeling that Manchester City's weakness was on the wing.
This move seemed to have some effect. Manchester City's offensive threat in the first 20 minutes was not as great as in previous games.
However, when Cross broke the deadlock with a long shot in the 28th minute of the game, the situation of the game completely changed.
Before the end of the first half, Lin Quan scored directly with a free kick, extending the score to 2:0.
After the start of the second half, Aguero's goal further expanded the score to 3:0.
The game has entered garbage time. Arsenal's experience tells everyone that Manchester City's tactics are equally effective when facing giants!
On the sidelines, Wenger frowned and thought hard about countermeasures.
The wing attack was effective, but it could not completely limit Manchester City's offensive.
So, where is Manchester City's weakness?
Wenger couldn't find a countermeasure, and Arsenal's players were also out of balance after being beaten at home.
After Aguero scored the third goal, Coquelin, Bellerin and others received yellow cards for fouls one after another.
Their rough fouls were less like executing team tactics and more like venting their anger.
Seeing the opponent's moves getting bigger and bigger, Guardiola quickly replaced several key players, including Lin Quan, to prevent them from being accidentally injured.
Since Guardiola came to Manchester City, unless the team runs out of substitutions, the possibility of Lin Quan playing the whole game is very small.
Guardiola usually replaces him after he scores a goal, or when his team leads a big lead.
In his words, when the victory or defeat has been decided, there is no need to let the main players continue to consume on the court.
Back then, he didn't protect Messi enough and used Messi excessively, which led to Messi's series of injuries.
In fact, Messi's injuries under Guardiola were not many. After he left Barcelona, Messi's injuries ushered in an outbreak.
But even so, when he later saw Messi suffering frequent injuries, Guardiola still blamed himself very much.
If it weren't for Lin Quan's emergence, Messi would be Guardiola's favorite player in the world, bar none!
But now, this love has been transferred to Lin Quan.
Guardiola wanted to fully compensate Lin Quan for the regret he had left behind on Messi.
I worked so hard to protect him, this kid must be very moved!
When Lin Quan came off the field, Guardiola took the initiative to give Lin Quan a hug, thinking so in his heart.
However, Lin Quan was speechless. Damn it, every time he wanted to brush up some data, Guatu would replace it for him, and why would he not allow people to play happily?
And if you openly favor yourself like this, aren't you afraid that other players in the team will be jealous?
He began to understand what it felt like for Haaland to be substituted after scoring 5 goals in the Champions League!
It’s not a good thing to be pampered by a melon!
After Lin Quan was substituted, Manchester City's offensive threat dropped a lot.
Without the threat of Lin Quan, Arsenal's players breathed a collective sigh of relief.
They can't guard Lin Quan, but that doesn't mean they can't guard other Manchester City players.
After filling the defensive holes, Arsenal's performance is getting better and better, and the offense has also improved.
In the second minute of stoppage time, Chamberlain, who came on as a substitute, got a goal back for Arsenal, rewriting the score to 1:3, which somewhat saved some face for the Gunners.
In the end, the game ended and Arsenal, playing at home, lost to the powerful Manchester City 1:3.
This score basically kills the suspense of promotion. The next round of Arsenal's visit to the Etihad Stadium will probably be a disaster.
When shaking hands after the game, Wenger praised Guardiola and his team:
"Your team did a great job, congratulations on your victory!"
Guardiola also respects Wenger. In his opinion, it was Wenger's arrival that changed the Premier League and injected the gene of technical football into the Premier League.
If the Premier League was still the original league with a simple and crude style of play and only knew how to play long passes, he would definitely not join such a league.
"Thank you for your compliments. You and your players are also very good. I wish you good results in the next games!"
Wenger smiled bitterly. The good results Guardiola mentioned were nothing more than keeping the top four in the league.
He has been doing this job for many years and has learned a lot about it.
Although Southampton's unexpected rise this year has created some difficulties for Arsenal's fourth-place finish, Liverpool's decline has increased their room for error.
After playing against strong teams, the remaining games are relatively easy for Arsenal. As long as the team makes no more mistakes, it will not be difficult to secure the fourth place.
However, what's the point of guaranteeing fourth place every year and being eliminated in the first round of the Champions League?
Whether it is the league or the Champions League, Wenger wants his team to win a championship!
"I really envy you for being able to coach an outstanding player like Lin!"
Wenger has made no secret of his love for Lin Quan. One of the things he regrets most now is that he did not go one step ahead to grab Lin Quan that summer two years ago.
With his good reputation of making good use of young people, if he takes action, he may not have a chance to bring Lin Quan to the Emirates Stadium.
It's a pity that if you miss it, you will miss it forever.
When Lin Quan's worth was not very high, he didn't grab it. After Lin Quan completely established his reputation, Arsenal's financial resources may no longer be able to get Lin Quan.
Guardiola heard Wenger's sadness and annoyance, and for a moment he didn't know how to respond to him.
When facing Wenger, Guardiola actually felt a little guilty.
When he was coaching at Barcelona, he poached Fabregas from Wenger.
Everyone knows Wenger's love for Fabregas, but Fabregas betrayed him and Arsenal in a tragic way.
The damage done to Wenger by that transfer was completely underestimated by the outside world.
You know, after Francesco moved to Arsenal, Wenger sent away even the old captain Vieira in order to make room for him.
Wenger is really closer to Xiaofa than his own son!
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In this round of the Champions League, the three promoted Premier League teams had one win, one draw and one loss.
The one who tied the goal was Mourinho's Chelsea, who were tied 1:1 by Paris Saint-Germain in the away game.
But getting an away goal is good news for the Blues.
As long as they don't lose at home in the next round, or allow the opponent to score more away goals, they can basically advance to the quarterfinals.
In other games, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern defeated their opponents.
Among them, Bayern slaughtered Shakhtar Donetsk 7-0 at home, allowing people to see the terrifying firepower of Bayern under Heynckes.
This victory made Bayern and fans across Germany extremely excited!
It's back, everything's back!
This is the real Bayern!
This is the taste of German football!
They shouldn't play pass-and-control football, but should continue to carry forward their glorious tradition.
If they hadn't messed around like this last year, Bayern might not have been eliminated, and the German team might not have lost in the final.
Fortunately, everything is not over yet and they still have time to stop their losses.
And this big victory undoubtedly gave them a shot in the arm.
Previously, the entire football world was hyping how invincible and unstoppable Manchester City's offense was.
But in this round of the Champions League, the biggest limelight was stolen by Bayern. They used a massacre to prove that they were the real perpetrators of the tragedy.
"Champions League champion? Why not? My players and I are here for this goal!"
During the post-match interview with reporters, coach Heynckes unabashedly expressed Bayern's desire for the Champions League title.
His return is to correct the chaos left to Bayern under Guardiola.
To prove that the reforms made by Guardiola during his tenure at Bayern were wrong, the best proof is to win another Champions League championship.
In this way, the year Guardiola coached was sandwiched between Bayern's two Champions League titles, which was naturally a failure!
After Heynckes' statement reached Guardiola's ears, Guardiola was very calm about it:
"Congratulations to Bayern on their victory, and I sincerely wish them a long run in the Champions League!"
Since coming to Manchester City and being able to personally coach Lin Quan, Guardiola no longer cares much about criticism from the outside world.
He doesn't need to prove anything, now he just wants to enjoy football!
