Chapter 436 Lin Quan: It’s over, now I can’t explain it to De Bruyne!

In this round of competition, except for Chelsea who continued to be in the doldrums, several other strong teams have won.

It is worth mentioning that this season's dark horse Leicester City was beaten by the Gunners in their home game against Arsenal.

The Gunners were in hot form in this game. Sanchez scored a hat-trick, Theo Walcott and Giroud scored one goal each. They scored five goals in the away game and beat Leicester City to the ground.

Although Vardy also scored twice on Leicester City's side, without Kante, Leicester City's defense was still much worse and could not stop the attacking group of the gunners who were in hot form.

After this game, Leicester City dropped to 8th place in the Premier League standings, gradually losing its status as a dark horse.

Fans who were originally very optimistic about Leicester City had to admit that there was still a big gap between them and the top teams.

This defeat made Leicester City players and fans calm down a lot.

Ranieri also said modestly after the game that their goal this season is to avoid relegation.

His words made people who had previously thought highly of Leicester City realize that this is a team that has only been promoted to the top league for less than two years, and they are expected to steal the championship trophy from several top giants who are like wolves and tigers. , not realistic.

The team's ups and downs have made Guardiola a little worried.

He felt that the players' ups and downs may have been affected by the previous FIFA match days. Many players participated in two national team games, and some players who were far away even experienced long flights that lasted more than ten hours. .

Intensive play can exhaust them and increase their risk of injury.

In view of this, Guardiola decided to start the rotation early.

On October 1, the second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage begins.

In this round of the game, Manchester City visited the Prussia Park Stadium to challenge the Bundesliga team Monchengladbach.

Borussia Mönchengladbach is not strong, but for this team, many people know their name. The reason is that Borussia Monchengladbach has a joke about Bayern: eat, sleep and play Bayern!

I don’t know why, it’s as if they are mutually reinforcing each other.

Every time they meet Bayern in the league and cup, Borussia is very energetic and always makes Bayern suffer.

But Manchester City is not Bayern, and they are not afraid of Borussia Monchengladbach at all.

In this game, when Guardiola was arranging his troops, he did not use all his main players, but put many of his main players on the bench.

Players like Aguero, Cross and David Silva did not appear in this game.

This approach naturally made the Borussia Mönchenglads feel humiliated, so after the game started, they rushed and fought fiercely, as if they wanted to use the usual tricks of Bundesliga teams to beat the master to death and kill Manchester City.

However, Manchester City has long understood the style of Bundesliga teams. Guardiola has coached in the Bundesliga, and Lin Quan, De Bruyne and Sun Heung-min have also played in the Bundesliga. They are naturally attracted to Monchengladbach's tactics. No fear at all.

After his outstanding performance in the last game, this time, Son Heung-min was reused again, and Guardiola included him in the starting lineup for the first time.

This arrangement is mainly based on the following considerations:

First of all, Son Heung-min has played less in previous games and is in better physical condition than other players.

Secondly, Son Heung-min has played in the Bundesliga for several seasons and is most familiar with the style of the Bundesliga team. It is most suitable for him to play.

No matter what the head coach's considerations were, the other party gave him a chance, which was enough to make Son Heung-min overjoyed.

Therefore, he performed very actively in this game.

Taking advantage of Borussia's aggressive attack, he performed several of his signature tricks on the wing.

Gladbach attacked fiercely for more than ten minutes in the opening stage, only to find that Manchester City's defense stood still and they couldn't attack it at all.

On the contrary, on his own side, with the formation pressing too far forward, the loopholes in the back line of defense became more and more obvious.

The reason why they didn't concede a goal was due to good luck, but if left unchecked, it would only be a matter of time before they conceded a goal.

As a result, Gladbach honestly began to shrink back and prepare for Manchester City's defensive counterattack.

As soon as Borussia's formation shrank, Son Heung-min's threat suddenly dropped.

After all, without the space to sprint, his speed advantage cannot be used.

But he is not the only attacker in Manchester City. After Sun Xingmin misfired, Lin Quan and De Bruyne stepped forward.

The two men's passing and cutting cooperation in the frontcourt made the Borussia goal a jittery one, and the goal was almost scored several times.

However, they were lucky. Until the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the score on the field was still 0:0, and Borussia temporarily defended its home court.

"Phew, it's finally over. The opponent's pressing attack is simply suffocating!"

The Borussia fans at the scene were all sweating for their team. It turns out that being famous is not as good as meeting them.

Everyone says that Manchester City is very strong, but without seeing it with your own eyes or experiencing it personally, you can't intuitively feel how strong the opponent is.

Now, after 45 minutes of competition, they finally feel confident.

Manchester City is indeed powerful and is not something they can deal with.

We don't expect victory in this game. If we hold on at home, we can accept a draw.

With this idea in mind, after the start of the second half, Borussia directly set up the bus!

Seeing the other party setting up the bus, Guardiola was stunned for a moment, with a look of astonishment on his face.

Is this still the Gladbach I know?

When he led Bayern against Borussia Mönchengladbach several times before, wasn't Borussia Monchengladbach like this?

The opponent's determined approach made Manchester City's offense much more difficult.

Breaking through dense defense is a worldwide problem. No matter how strong a team is, it will have a headache when it encounters an opponent who is determined to attack.

Manchester City tried various methods, including set-pieces, long-range shots, etc., and all methods were exhausted.

But Borussia's goal remains unchanged!

Guardiola began to scratch his head. He was not afraid of his opponents' ambitions. Manchester City had a strong ability to seize opportunities. As long as the opponent launched an attack, they could seize the loopholes between the opponent's offensive and defensive transitions and catch them off guard.

I'm afraid that like now, the opponent has no ambition and only wants to score one point.

On the pitch, after Manchester City attacked for more than ten minutes to no avail, the football came to Lin Quan's feet.

He did not rush to organize the offense, but called back to his teammates, and then retreated to get the ball. He seemed to be preparing to control the rhythm of the game first.

The continuous fierce attacks exhausted the physical energy of the players on both sides. Seeing that Manchester City seemed to be planning to postpone the attack, Borussia's players breathed a sigh of relief. Taking advantage of Manchester City's lack of opportunity to attack, they pushed out slightly and pushed themselves. The formation pushed out and the defensive formation regained its flexibility.

This choice was correct, but the other party's choice was exactly the effect Lin Quan wanted to achieve.

After seeing Borussia's players disperse, Lin Quan immediately stopped dribbling slowly, switched to rapid mode, and once again dribbled the ball towards Borussia's penalty area.

The Borussia players were shocked: Are you still coming?

However, they didn't allow them to think too much. Lin Quan had already passed someone with the ball and broke into the top of the penalty area.

Before he had time to think, Borussia's midfielder Xhaka rushed towards Lin Quan, but he rushed too hard. Lin Quan took advantage of the change in rhythm and easily passed him.

Xhaka did not dare to let Lin Quan break through so easily, so he was forced to commit a tactical foul and drag him to the ground.

The referee's whistle sounded promptly, giving Xhaka a yellow card and giving Lin Quan a well-positioned free kick.

Seeing the location of this foul, Borussia's head coach couldn't help but murmur in his heart.

This location is too dangerous!

But the ball just now was not a foul, nor was it not a foul.

If Lin Quan were to rush past him like that, he might just get a goal if he entered the penalty area and kicked the goal.

There was a foul block. Although a very dangerous free kick was given, at least it prevented the opponent from taking a direct shot.

I just don’t know how Manchester City will handle this free kick. Will it be a tactical cooperation or a direct shot?

Under his curious gaze, Manchester City's No. 10 came to the kick-off point holding the football.

The Borussia fans at the scene couldn't help but panic when they saw this scene.

This is a master of free kicks. He has scored many free kicks in the league and Champions League.

Whether it's an elevator ball, a drop shot or an S-shaped free kick, he's good at it.

This is a big test for Borussia goalkeeper Sommer.

Sommer is also a little nervous. He has heard about Lin Quan's free kick ability for a long time. Seniors such as Neuer and Buffon have all had records of being scored by this guy with direct free kicks. Can he defend himself?

What is supposed to come will always come. After glancing at the upper left corner of the goal, Lin Quan took a few steps back. After speeding up his run, the ball went straight to the upper left corner of the goal.

Sommer was shocked to see the trajectory of the ball.

He was also aware of the other party's look just now, but he thought it might be the other party's way to interfere with his judgment, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

I didn't expect the opponent to be so upright. He really hit it here when he said he would hit it. Moreover, the quality of the ball was extremely high. He was really aiming for the blind spot.

Facing such a ball, the goalkeeper was helpless. Sommer tried his best, but he was still far from reaching the ball.

With a crisp sound, the football flew into the goal from the blind spot and came into close contact with the net.

The score on the field was finally rewritten.

The Borussia players on the field and the Borussia fans in the stands, including Sommer who fell on the lawn and stared blankly at the ball in the net, were all silent.

Is this a free kick?

It's like a guided missile, it can hit wherever you point it!

"Lin, how did you do it? Isn't this amazing?!"

De Bruyne praised his teammates from the bottom of his heart. If it had been him, he would never have been able to do it.

"Haha, if I said I was blinded, would you believe it?"

Lin Quan still has some AC knowledge of his own strength. If he could really tell where to hit, then he would just have to commit fouls and take free kicks in every game. There would be no need to work so hard.

In fact, there is still a lot of luck involved in whether this goal can be scored.

Although he did aim at the blind corner of the goal, after the penalty was taken, it was not up to him to decide whether he could score or not.

"Tch, I've seen you take penalty kicks. Basically, you specialize in hitting the blind spots of the goal. Doesn't this just mean where you hit?"

De Bruyne looked unbelieving, and the expression on his face clearly meant that I had little education, don’t lie to me!

"Haha, if you don't believe it, you will know when I try again later!"

Lin Quan didn't force himself to explain. As long as he missed one penalty and let De Bruyne see it, he would understand.

"Okay, it's a deal!"

Under the siege of Manchester City, the opponent committed many fouls at this time.

In the 78th minute, when De Bruyne was dribbling the ball, he seemed to stick to the ball a little and was brought down from behind by the opponent. Manchester City once again received a free kick in the frontcourt.

"Hey, kid, why didn't you hide just now?"

Lin Quan saw De Bruyne lying on the ground and quickly went up to check on him.

The foul committed by the opponent's player just now was completely avoidable in Lin Quan's view, but De Bruyne failed to avoid it in time. Although he got a free kick opportunity, if he was injured as a result, it would be too much. .

"Ahem, I want to hide too, but I'm running out of energy and my movements are a beat too slow!"

De Bruyne blushed a little. He is not good at lying and feels embarrassed every time he lies.

Fortunately, his face was already red after intense exercise, so his embarrassment was not so easy to detect.

But Lin Quan has been with De Bruyne for a long time and knows this guy's habits. If he lies, he will definitely blush and like to touch his nose with his hands.

Just like that!

Sure enough, this guy took that kick just to get himself a free kick!

He wanted to tell De Bruyne that there was no need to take such a risk, because with Lin Quan's ability to draw fouls, it was not difficult to get a free kick.

Besides, Lin Quan has the talent of being immune to injuries and is not afraid of injuries, but De Bruyne does not have such talent. If he is accidentally kicked and injured, it will be a huge loss and may affect his entire career. All will be affected.

When he thought that the other party had done so much for him at the risk of getting hurt, it was impossible for Lin Quan not to be moved.

Therefore, Lin Quan decided to make good use of the opportunity De Bruyne gave him and not let him down.

Seeing Lin Quan take a free kick again, Borussia goalkeeper Sommer started to feel a little scared.

He looked at the blind spots on the left and right sides of the goal, wondering which direction the opponent would aim to shoot.

However, if the opponent really aims to shoot in the blind corner of the goal, no matter which direction it is, he seems to be unable to stop it unless he moves in advance.

But in this case, the opponent might change the direction of the shot, and in this case he would be self-defeating.

So in the end he could only stand in the center and resign himself to his fate.

The previous shot aimed at the upper left corner of the goal went in, so this time Lin Quan aimed his shot in this direction.

This free throw was almost a replica of the last one, and even the trajectory of the football flying in the air was very similar.

Again?

The Sommer people were all dumbfounded, and suddenly there was an ominous premonition in their hearts!

With a snap, his premonition came true!

Lin Quan's heart thumped: It's over, now I can't explain it to De Bruyne!