Chapter 462 Young people, be restrained!

Listening to the French people's praise of Mbappe on TV, Lin Quan couldn't help but yawn.

Mbappe will be very strong in the future, but it is still early, and becoming famous too early may not necessarily be a good thing for him.

Because stars will be specially targeted when they are on the court.

Once a player of his age is injured, the impact on his career can be said to be fatal.

Especially for a speedy winger like Mbappe, injuries have a greater impact on him than others.

Just as he was about to get up and turn off the TV, his cell phone suddenly rang.

Picking up the phone and taking a look, Lin Quan had a smile on his face.

"Let me guess, when you called me, it shouldn't be as simple as wishing me a Merry Christmas, right?"

"Haha, that's it. Do you expect me to give you any surprises? I'm not in the UK now!"

On the other end of the phone, Lily Collins chuckled:

"Okay, I sent out the Christmas gifts a week ago. Counting the time, it should be almost here now, right?"

"Really? But I haven't received it yet?"

When he heard that the other party had sent it out for a week, Lin Quan suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

International express delivery usually takes 3-5 days. If it has not arrived after more than seven days, there is probably something wrong.

"Haha, you can see your gift soon!"

On the other end of the phone, Lily Collins covered her mouth and snickered.

Lin Quan heard something strange in the other party's laughter. Why wasn't she worried that the gift she sent would be lost?

Could it be that?

Boom, boom, boom!

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside.

The moment he heard the knock on the door, Lin Quan understood immediately.

It turns out that the gift she was talking about was herself!

The moment Lin Quan opened the door, Lily Collins threw herself into his arms:

"How about it, you didn't expect me to come back, did you?"

Lily Collins had a somewhat proud look on her face. She deliberately concealed her itinerary in order to create an unexpected surprise for Lin Quan.

Now it seems that the effect she wanted has been achieved.

"It was a bit unexpected, especially when someone said that the schedule was full and there was no free time."

Lily Collins is currently filming a movie. Lin Quan has known about this for a long time, so Lin Quan really didn't expect her to come back suddenly.

"Haha, the movie has been finished in advance!"

Lily Collins seemed a little excited. After City of Bones flopped at the box office, she hadn't been offered a movie for a while.

Therefore, this opportunity is very precious to her. If she fails again, she may have to consider changing careers.

The sudden appearance of Lily Collins finally made Lin Quan's Christmas feel a little festive.

During team training the next day, De Bruyne found Lin Quan and gave the gifts prepared by Michel to Lin Quan and Guardiola.

"emmm..."

Looking at De Bruyne's gift, Lin Quan fell into deep thought.

"What's wrong? Don't you like the gift?"

De Bruyne saw Lin Quan frowning and couldn't help but feel worried.

This gift was all prepared by Michelle. He had no involvement at all, so he had no idea whether the other party would like it after giving it away.

"That's not true. I'm just curious, why did you suddenly change your girlfriend?"

In October, Lin Quan also saw De Bruyne and his ex-girlfriend Caroline together. Less than three months later, they quietly changed girlfriends.

It's fast enough!

"Caroline and I broke up peacefully for some special reasons. As for Michelle, she was originally a fan of mine. She often communicated with me online and occasionally sent me some handmade things by herself. The two of us We’ve actually known each other for a long time, so it’s not sudden!”

De Bruyne had a frank look on his face and explained everything that should be explained and should not be explained.

"I see, I mean you're a homebody, how did you get a new girlfriend so quickly!"

Unlike those teammates who often go to nightclubs and linger among flowers, De Bruyne's social circle is not large.

On weekdays, except for game training, I like to stay at home and rarely go out.

For such a person, it would be really difficult for him to get to know other women if the woman hadn't taken the initiative.

Regardless of the situation, although I don't know if Caroline in this dimension has cuckolded De Bruyne, Lin Quan still feels a little uneasy.

Compared to Caroline, Michelle is obviously the type of wife and mother.

This can be seen from the Christmas gifts she carefully prepared for De Bruyne for his teammates. Lin Quan did not remember receiving gifts from De Bruyne last year.

This year, not only did he receive gifts, but other teammates and even some substitute players who played rarely received gifts from De Bruyne.

This is obviously not something De Bruyne spent time preparing himself. How could he have such thoughts?

Originally, De Bruyne suffered huge damage due to the Courtois cuckold incident.

Now that this tragedy has been avoided, it can be considered a good thing!

It's also about falling in love, but the situation with Son Heung-min is completely different.

"Let me go, what are you doing? Why do you look like you were sucked dry?"

Lin Quan and De Bruyne were both shocked when they saw Son Heung-min, who was pale in face, sloppy in his steps, and looking like he was overindulging.

"Ahem, I didn't get a good rest last night. I'll just take it easy and it'll be fine!"

Son Heung-min's face turned red and he seemed a little embarrassed to speak.

Everyone has been there, so they all understand.

Lin Quan thought of the fiery figure of Son Heung-min's rumored girlfriend in The Sun, and suddenly had an idea.

He patted Son Heung-min heavily on the shoulder and said sincerely:

"Young man, please exercise restraint!"

Sun Xingmin nodded repeatedly. Liu Xiaoying only came here once in a while and could not stay here forever.

In fact, she is returning to South Korea today. Even if he wants to indulge, he must have such an opportunity!

Of course, it was precisely for this reason that last night was a little over the top.

Now Sun Xingmin is not worried about anything else, he is just afraid that the coach will see him like this.

If you leave a bad impression on the coach, it will be over!

However, Sun Xingmin still couldn't escape after all. During the roll call, Guardiola still saw the clues.

Guardiola was so angry that he excluded him from the starting lineup for the next game.

…

On December 26, the 18th round of the Premier League will proceed as usual.

Since it is the holiday period, and except for the Premier League, all teams in other leagues are on vacation.

Therefore, this round of games attracted a large number of spectators. In addition to regular fans who often watch Premier League games on weekdays, many fans from other leagues were also attracted.

For these fans who are attracted, they don’t know many teams in the Premier League, and a few giants have naturally become their first choice for watching games.

Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea have benefited from this.

But the one who benefits the most is an upstart team - Manchester City!

As the team with the best record in Europe in the past two years, Manchester City's overseas reputation is no lower than that of other giants.

Moreover, the Manchester City team is full of stars, as well as football giants like Lin Quan and coaching giants like Guardiola, so there is no shortage of traffic.

In addition, Manchester City's style of play is very entertaining, especially for some fans who like La Liga, watching Manchester City is like watching a La Liga game.

As a result, Manchester City's game against Sunderland attracted hundreds of millions of overseas viewers.

Of course, the majority of them are Asian fans.

Before the game started, the Etihad Stadium was already full, and fans who could not buy tickets gathered around the stadium and were unwilling to leave.

When Manchester City's bus appeared outside the stadium, countless fans rushed over and surrounded the bus.

"What day is it today? Why are there so many people here?"

Seeing the dense crowd outside, even the well-informed Guardiola couldn't help but be surprised.

"Maybe it's because of the holiday that the flow of people is particularly heavy, right?"

Many of these fans outside are not from Manchester or even from the UK.

They came from abroad to watch the game, which is not uncommon in Europe.

Because of the popularity of football culture, when many people travel to Europe, they will look for opportunities and even go to the home stadiums of some teams to watch football.

For example, Manchester City's neighbor Manchester United has a large number of overseas spectators making pilgrimages to the Old Trafford Stadium for almost every game.

This kind of treatment was not available to Manchester City before, but in the past two years, as their performance and reputation have improved, they have also begun to attract international fans to come and watch.

Among them, there are especially many fans from Asia.

Before Son Heung-min joined, most of the people who came to watch the game were Chinese fans.

After Son Heung-min joined, the number of Korean fans began to increase.

However, due to the huge gap in population, the number of Korean fans coming to watch the game is still far behind that of Chinese fans.

…

Seemingly affected by the atmosphere, Manchester City's players were very active after the game started.

In the 4th minute of the first half, Lin Quan dribbled the ball into the penalty area and was tripped. The referee awarded a penalty kick.

Lin Quan personally took action and succeeded in one fell swoop, rewriting the score to 1:0.

Taking the lead after just four minutes, Manchester City got off to a dream start at their home ground.

After successfully opening up the situation, Manchester City's offensive began to become unstoppable.

In the 12th minute, De Bruyne sent a through ball from the right side. Lin Quan understood the idea and suddenly broke out. After receiving the ball, he formed a single shot, passed the goalkeeper and pushed the shot into the empty goal.

The score became 2:0.

The Manchester City fans at the scene were already excited. Only ten minutes into the game, two goals had already been scored.

Many people have a premonition that today's game will definitely be a massacre!

"Holy shit!"

"That's awesome!"

"Emperor Lin is so mighty!"

Some Chinese fans who came to watch the game for the first time saw Lin Quan chopping melons and vegetables, easily scoring twice, and they all clapped excitedly.

Is this the strength of Emperor Lin?

It feels scarier than what I saw on TV!

The visual impact brought by the TV broadcast footage is far less impactful than the impact brought by watching the game live.

When watching other people playing football on TV, I often have the illusion that I can do it too.

However, after watching the game live, you will never have such thoughts, and you can even help but doubt:

With this speed, this breakthrough, this dribbling, is the opponent still a human?

Lin Quan's performance was not over yet. In the 22nd minute of the first half, he assisted Aguero and scored the third goal of the game.

Then, in the 33rd minute, he completed his hat trick with a free kick.

The first half is not over yet and the score has become 4:0.

The Manchester City fans at the Etihad Stadium were already in high spirits and began to take turns singing songs praising Lin Quan.

On the sidelines, Guardiola also stood up from the coaching bench after Lin Quan completed his hat trick and applauded him.

"This kid is so ruthless. Although I asked them to resolve the battle in the first half, I didn't ask them to be so ruthless. The people on the opposite side were almost psychologically affected!"

Taking a look at Sunderland's players and bench, there was a cloud over there.

Sunderland's people may have had a premonition that they would lose the game, but they never imagined that they would lose so miserably.

Although the strength gap between the two teams is obvious, such a disparity in the score will inevitably dampen the morale and confidence of the Sunderland players.

If their military morale is shattered because of this battle, the subsequent relegation battle may be in danger.

Yes, although the first half of the Premier League is not over yet, teams such as Sunderland have already begun fighting for relegation.

Sunderland, who had 3 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses in the first 17 rounds, is currently ranked second from last in the standings, a full 5 points behind Newcastle United, which is third from last.

With this point difference and their poor record, Sunderland's relegation situation is very serious.

Under such severe driving conditions and being brutally slaughtered by Manchester City, the Black Cat's future is dark!

Just when Guardiola was considering whether to show mercy to his players, De Bruyne also scored.

The score became 5:0, and a tragedy had been played out.

Well, it's too late to say anything now.

Guardiola had no choice but to return to the coaching bench and sit down. This score has confirmed that Manchester City will win this victory.

In this way, he can make bold substitutions in the second half and replace all the main players to prepare for the next game.

I wonder what the situation is like in Liverpool?

…

At Anfield, compared to the lively and joyous scene at the Etihad Stadium dozens of kilometers away, the atmosphere at Anfield is obviously much more tense.

40 minutes passed and the score on the field was still 0:0.

Although the offenses of both sides were very bold, they were not conservative at all.

But neither Liverpool nor Leicester City were able to break through the opponent's goal. The defense of both sides was very solid, allowing the opponent's offense to fail again and again.

For both teams, the outcome of this game is very crucial.

Liverpool is currently ranked 9th in the league. If they want to get a place in the Champions League next season, they must reach the top four.

And they are still 6 points away from the top four. This point difference is not small!

If you want to chase points, you must win every game as much as possible, especially if you are a direct competitor like Leicester City, then you must win even more!

As for Leicester City, they are still 6 points behind Manchester City. Before the decisive battle between the two teams in two days, they must not fall behind early.

If they lose this game, they will be 9 points behind Manchester City. Even if they win the next game, the point difference between the two teams will still be 6 points.

But if they win this game and the next game successfully, Leicester City will only be 3 points behind Manchester City.

This point difference means that they really hope to compete with Manchester City for the championship!