Chapter 556 Manchester City Derby reappears, Ibrahimovic’s challenge

Facts have proved that Liverpool's combat effectiveness is indeed overestimated.

After losing to Burnley in the second round, Liverpool was defeated by Tottenham in the third round. After three rounds, Liverpool only had one win, one draw and one loss, with 4 points and ranking 11th in the league.

This start is even worse than last year.

Two rounds of defeats have made criticism of Liverpool gradually louder, especially against Liverpool's weak defense.

Experts from all walks of life have surprisingly unanimous opinions. They all believe that if Liverpool does not strengthen the back line, it will be difficult for them to improve their record this season.

Of course, Liverpool's coach Klopp also understood this truth, so he further increased his offer for Van Dijk, raising the price to 75 million pounds!

To be honest, it is incredible to spend so much money on a defender. Although Van Dijk is good, is he really worth 75 million pounds?

However, what is even more shocking is that in the face of such staggering figures, Manchester City remained indifferent and once again rejected Liverpool's offer.

The fans are shocked by these actions of the two clubs. The world is probably sick. Otherwise, why would it be so strange?

Compared with Liverpool's sluggish performance, the performance of the blue team Chelsea is amazing.

In this round of games, Chelsea played at home and cleanly defeated Burnley, who defeated Liverpool in the previous round, 3:0.

There is no harm without comparison. Under the comparison of Burnley as a reference, it is immediately clear who is stronger and weaker between the Blue Army and the Red Army.

Last season's dark horse, Leicester City, which had not won in two rounds, finally started this round.

They defeated Swansea in a thrilling 2:1 at their home court and won their first victory of the new season.

Arsenal, who were also winless in two rounds, defeated Watford 3:1 in the away game and also won their first victory.

Manchester United also won. Playing away from home, they relied on Rashford's goal in stoppage time to beat their opponent in a thrilling way and continue their winning streak.

Manchester City, the last player to play, easily defeated West Ham United 3:1 at home. Lin Quan scored a goal in each half, and Fernandinho, who came off the bench, also scored a goal.

After the third round, Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United still lead the Premier League standings.

Among them, Chelsea relied on the advantage of goal difference to overtake Manchester United and reach the top of the standings. Manchester City followed closely, ranking second. Manchester United, the previous top spot, slipped to third place.

However, the first three clubs all have the same points, and the difference is not big.

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After the third round, the draw results for the 2016-2017 Champions League group stage were also announced.

Manchester City is lucky enough to be drawn into Group C. There are two weaker teams in the same group, making it difficult for them to challenge Manchester City, so their qualifying situation is very good.

But in addition to these two underdogs, there is also a strong old enemy in the group, and that is Lin Quan and Guardiola's former club Barcelona.

It’s not that enemies don’t get together, Manchester City and Barcelona have played against each other several times in the Champions League!

Except that the two teams did not encounter each other last season, the two teams have encountered each other in the 2013-2014 season and the 2014-2015 season.

One of them was in the final. It can be said that Manchester City stepped on Barcelona's corpse to claim their throne!

So after seeing this draw result, we can predict that the two teams will be in a fierce battle in the group stage, and neither side will show mercy.

The signings of the four Premier League teams are not bad, maybe Tottenham's group is slightly worse.

There are no strong giants in Group E where Tottenham is located, but there are no weaklings in this group either.

Bayer Leverkusen, Monaco, and CSKA Moscow are all powerful teams in their respective leagues, and they are not so easy to deal with.

Tottenham have not participated in the Champions League for five or six years. They do not have rich experience in the Champions League, and they also face fierce competition from the Premier League. With two fronts fighting, there is a big question mark as to how far they can go.

After all, Tottenham's lineup is indeed not deep enough today.

Tottenham are unlucky, but their city rivals Arsenal are happy.

Arsenal's signings this year are very good. Except for Paris Saint-Germain, the remaining two teams in the group are cannon fodder and cannot pose a threat to them. Qualification is easy. Even if they play well at home, they may not be able to win from the big team. Paris grabbed first place in the group.

The new team of the Champions League, Leicester City, is also very good at signing. The only team in the group that is better than them is the Portuguese Super League giant Porto. The other two teams are from the Belgian Super League and the Danish Super League. They are not strong. They have great hope of qualifying. big.

Generally speaking, the four Premier League teams have good fortunes this year and all have hopes of qualifying.

But on the other hand, two of these four teams are newcomers, especially Leicester City.

Considering their sluggish start to the season, one has to worry about their Champions League journey.

After the third round of competition, FIFA match day comes.

Since the World Cup qualifiers are approaching, Del Bosque also made an appointment with the European Red Devils Belgium for a friendly match in addition to team training.

Although Belgium's record in the European Cup is not very good, their international ranking has risen instead of falling, jumping to fifth place, second only to Spain, Argentina, France and Germany.

Belgium is well-known, and Spain is the world's hegemon. The two teams have never played against each other in the European Cup, so the two sides hit it off and took this opportunity to see each other's strength.

This can be regarded as the most intensive training that both sides can conduct before the world preliminaries begin!

After learning the lessons of the European Cup, Bosque called Costa into the team this time and decisively put him into the starting lineup, forming a double arrow with Morata to solve the stubborn problem of weak forward.

This move achieved good results. In the first half, the two cooperated very well, putting tremendous pressure on the opponent's defense. They also successfully formed a cross cooperation, played by Diego Costa. Score a goal.

In the second half, Bosque replaced Morata and switched to a lone forward, and put his focus on the wing. This move also achieved good results. David Silva and Lin Quan scored successively to tie the score. Rewritten to 3:0.

The Belgian side was beaten into disgrace, and the team suffered a lot of chaos under heavy pressure. In the end, they relied on Hazard's breakthrough to force a goal and save face.

Belgium lost quite miserably in this game, not only in terms of score, but also in various statistics.

Their ball possession rate was only 37%, they had only 3 shots and 448 passes, while Spain had 828, which was almost twice as many as them.

Anyone who watched this game will probably have the feeling that these two teams are not at the same level at all.

Spain is worthy of being number one in the world, but the question is, what virtues and abilities does Belgium have that can actually rank among the top five in the world?

Are those people at FIFA blind?

Of course, considering this is just a friendly match, not a real match.

The result of the friendly match doesn't mean anything, so we can't deny Belgium's strength so arbitrarily.

At least there are still many strong stars in their lineup, but the head coach's ability is not good enough and he failed to mold the team into shape and allow these stars to exert their full strength.

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On September 6, Spain will be at home against Liechtenstein, the first opponent in the World Cup qualifiers.

This is a very, very, very weak team. There are no professional players in the entire team, almost all of them are amateur players.

Encountering such an opponent will almost give away points for Spain.

The result of the game was also the same. The Spanish team, playing half the main team and half the substitute lineup, scored 5 goals in the first half.

The opponent is so bad that they can't even do basic defense well. As long as the Spanish team breaks into the 30-meter area, it is very likely to score.

Although the players have been as merciful as possible under the request of the head coach, they have no choice but to let the opponent go, even if they let go.

The Spanish fans in the stands began to switch sides at this time. Together with a dozen Liechtenstein fans who came from afar, they cheered for this team that ranked bottom in FIFA.

During the halftime break, Bosque went further and directly used three substitutions, replacing the few main players on the field.

Spain now has almost all substitutes. Don’t say I didn’t give you a chance. I gave you a chance. It’s up to you whether you can seize it or not!

However, even with all substitutes, the gap in strength between the two sides is still astonishingly large.

After these substitutes came on the field, they scored 4 more goals, rewriting the score to 9:0.

It was so cruel that Del Bosque was so embarrassed that he quickly stopped the attack and let the players control the rhythm of the game and stop fucking scoring goals.

You are ranked No. 1 in the world. Is it an honor to score ten goals against such a bottom-ranked team?

No, it's embarrassing!

Playing against such a team, the more goals you score, the more you feel like you are humiliating yourself.

Liechtenstein's players are working hard. They don't expect to win the game, but they hope to score a goal.

If they can score a goal against the world champion, it will become a topic of conversation and even pride for them for a long time in the future.

But it is a pity that the Spanish players are not willing to be the background. It is very embarrassing for such a team to score their own goal.

At the end of the game, Spain defeated its opponent 9:0. Liechtenstein only had one shot in the game, and it missed.

Spain completed 16 shots and scored 9 goals, with an astonishingly high scoring efficiency.

After the game, Morata was beaming with joy. This kid completed his first big four in his career in this game, and he was grinning from ear to ear with joy!

Lin Quan saw Morata's proud look and wanted to walk around. Without him, he couldn't afford to lose this man.

After the game, the Liechtenstein players turned into fans and came to exchange jerseys with the Spanish players, and even asked for autographs and photos.

The Spanish players had won against each other too much, so it was hard to refuse. The two sides exchanged jerseys as quickly as possible and took photos enthusiastically.

If it were any other team, if they were beaten by such a big score difference, they would probably die of shame.

But Liechtenstein is used to being beaten and beaten, and they lose almost every game, so they were already prepared before the game, so they didn't think it was a big deal.

With so many strong teams unable to beat Spain, can we still expect a group of amateur players to beat Spain?

What an international joke!

After the World Cup preliminaries ended, the Spanish national team also announced its disbandment. The players went back to their homes and looked for their mothers.

On September 10, the fourth round of the Premier League begins.

The focus of this round of the league is the Manchester City derby between Manchester City and Manchester United, and it is also a battle for the top spot.

This is a game worth 6 points. Whoever wins will be able to dominate the opponent in the championship competition.

What's more, this also involves a city derby, so what I didn't say is that both teams attach great importance to it, devote their main efforts, and fight to the death!

Manchester United's formation in this game is 4231, while Manchester City's formation is 433.

Although the game is away from home, Guardiola has put on a posture of aggressive attack.

At Old Trafford, Manchester City turned away and launched a fierce attack on Manchester United from the beginning.

In the 15th minute of the first half, De Bruyne shot a long shot from outside the penalty area and broke through De Gea's fingers to help the team take the lead.

20 minutes later, Lin Quan received an assist from De Bruyne, broke into the penalty area and scored another goal, extending the score to 2:0.

There was dead silence at Old Trafford, and the Red Devils fans fell into silence.

Why do damn Manchester City make trouble at our home stadium every time?

This is Old Trafford, we are Manchester United, how can we tolerate the other party being so presumptuous?

The fans shouted angrily and sang, pushing the atmosphere at home to a climax.

The inspired Red Devils players were all red-eyed, and under the roar of head coach Mourinho, they launched a fierce attack on Manchester City.

Rooney, Ibrahimovic, Lingard, Martial, Pogba and others took turns to attack Manchester City's penalty area.

Finally, in the 42nd minute of the first half, Ibrahimovic seized the opportunity in the chaos and shocked everyone with a scorpion tail, scoring a goal and rewriting the score to 2:1.

Ibrahimovic's goal was very beautiful and crucial, and it immediately detonated the entire Old Trafford stadium.

Countless Red Devils fans chanted his name, cheered and applauded him.

"Zlatan!"

"Zlatan!"

"Zlatan!"

Ibrahimovic was also very proud, smiling and waving to the fans in the stands.

He has not been at Manchester United for a long time, but he has already won the love and support of Red Devils fans.

The scorpion's tail swing is his famous stunt, and other than him, no one else can perform it.

Being able to score such a wonderful goal in an important game like the Manchester City Derby makes Ibrahimovic feel extremely happy!

The next thing to do is to pursue the victory and defeat Manchester City in one go!

Ibrahimovic's eyes passed through the crowd and fell on Lin Quan, full of battle!