Chapter 571 Kane’s Crownless Curse
Manchester City's advantage was so great that Guardiola even replaced Lin Quan in the 75th minute of the second half.
After seeing this substitution, some Manchester City fans felt a little uneasy at first.
But after watching for a while and realizing that Dortmund's offense could hardly pose a threat to Manchester City, they gradually relaxed.
In the eyes of Manchester City people, Dortmund's offense was chaotic and there was no threat.
But Dortmund doesn't think so, especially Dembele.
Dembele seemed very excited after scoring and actively looked for opportunities in the frontcourt, trying to score another goal.
The opponent is Manchester City, the most well-known and strongest top club in European football.
For a young genius like him, if he wants to become famous with one goal, he must perform well when facing such an opponent.
But Dembele only cared about being in the spotlight and forgot that football is a team sport.
The threat he poses to Manchester City's defense on his own is far less than the threat Dortmund would have had if everyone had worked together sincerely.
This is also the main reason why Dortmund's offense seemed so powerful during this period, but in fact there was no threat.
After seeing that the opponent's offensive intensity was just like this, Guardiola felt relieved, returned to the coaching bench and sat down, and even came over to chat with Lin Quan beside him:
"What do you think of this guy?"
Guardiola asked, pointing to Dembele who was trying to break through outside Manchester City's penalty area.
"It's not bad. He has some strength and good talent."
Lin Quan gave a fair evaluation. It's not that he thinks Dembele is really ordinary. In fact, it is very rare to get the evaluation from Lin Quan that he has good talent.
"Well, I'm thinking the same thing as you. Just seeing his running movements with the ball, I think this kid is a good prospect!"
Dembele's foot skills aside, his stability and control of his body when running long distances with the ball show that he has excellent talent at first glance.
Guardiola has seen countless young players, and it is easy for an experienced coach like him to tell who has good talent and who has poor talent.
Therefore, when he said these words, a bright light seemed to flash in his eyes.
Lin Quan, who noticed this, was very surprised. Could it be that Guatu was interested in Dembélé and wanted to buy him?
This is not worth buying!
Dembele is a genius who is on Barcelona's transfer list, and the other party has prepared a large transfer fee for Dembele.
If you rush to join in the fun at this time, you will get a lot of money from the black shop Bumblebee.
Lin Quan remembers that Barcelona spent a full 150 million euros to buy him.
The Hornets only spent 35 million to buy Dembele, and within one year they resold it and made a net profit of 115 million. It was a huge profit!
But Dembele's performance after joining Barcelona can only be said to be somewhat disappointing to the outside world's expectations, and he failed to perform to match his worth.
Therefore, he himself was labeled as a parallel importer. Especially after the World Cup finals, he became the laughing stock of all parties. It was miserable.
In fact, Dembele's talent is not weak. Even when he emerged with Mbappe in 2017, many football experts and analysts believed that Dembele's talent was even better.
But Dembele is not as self-disciplined as Mbappe. In addition, he has to be a green leaf for Messi in Barcelona, so he does not have many opportunities to perform. The position he plays is not his favorite, so he is far from meeting the expectations of the outside world.
Manchester City really has enough manpower on the wing. There is no need to spend a lot of money to buy people. Moreover, if they mess up, it may mess up the team's locker room.
"Don't think so. The psychological price of Bumblebee for him will not be less than 100 million euros. If someone bids, the price will only be higher!"
Seeing that Guardiola was interested in Aicai, Lin Quan had to pour cold water on him to calm him down.
This trick really worked. After hearing the news that Dembele might cost hundreds of millions of euros to win, the smile on Guardiola's face disappeared instantly.
Dembele, who is worth 40 million euros, exudes advantages all over his body, has unlimited potential, and a promising future, and he can be liked as much as he likes.
But Dembele, who has 100 million euros, feels that there are flaws everywhere, no matter how you look at it, it is not pleasing to the eye.
If I really had 100 million euros, I might as well buy Bayern forward Lewandowski. In that case, Manchester City's combat effectiveness could reach a higher level. Isn't this better than buying Dembele?
It seemed that all the magic power had been exhausted. Dembele's efforts were not rewarded. Instead, Shinji Kagawa scored a goal in the 84th minute of the second half after receiving an assist from Shaheen, rewriting the score to 2:4. .
But Manchester City quickly retaliated. In the 89th minute, Van Dijk used a header to set the score at 2:5.
Manchester City defeated their opponents in the away game, killing the suspense of two rounds in one round.
Returning to home court in the next game, even if they lose 0:3, they will not be eliminated.
After this game, Manchester City left Germany with satisfaction.
On the plane back, Guardiola began to study his semi-final opponents.
All four games in this round of the Champions League were decided with a winner and there was no draw.
Because of this, the list of teams that will advance to the semi-finals can already be vaguely guessed.
Juventus, which swept Paris 3:0 at home, has a huge advantage. Their probability of advancing to the semi-finals should be more than 70%.
Real Madrid beat Bayern 2:1 at home. Although their promotion advantage is not as big as Juventus, a goal difference and two away goals still give Real Madrid a more than 60% chance of winning.
Because Bayern's main defender Martinez received a red card, he was unable to play in the next round.
This is good news for Real Madrid. As long as they don't make too many mistakes, they have great hopes of advancing.
Atletico Madrid, another giant of La Liga, defeated Leicester City of the Premier League 1:0 at home in this round.
Although the goal difference is not large, considering Atletico Madrid's strong defensive ability and the weak opponent's strength, the outside world believes that Atletico Madrid has a higher probability of advancement than Juventus.
Of course, the one with the biggest advantage is Manchester City themselves.
More than 90% of fans and experts believe that Manchester City has advanced to the semi-finals, even if the second round has not started yet.
To be honest, Guardiola is still a little surprised that Paris, which eliminated Barcelona, failed to advance to the semi-finals.
Paris Saint-Germain eliminated Barcelona on the front foot, and received high expectations and attention from the outside world. However, they turned around and were taught a lesson by the old woman.
After watching the video of this game, Guardiola had to sigh: Juventus played so well in this game and completely suppressed Paris.
If you really want to say that Juventus is much better than Paris, that's not necessarily true.
Therefore, after returning to home court in the second round, Paris still has a certain chance.
It's just that Serie A teams have always been good at defense. It's hard to say how much goal difference Paris can get at home.
But who can say anything about football? Everything is possible on the pitch.
Guardiola speculates that this year's top four will most likely be Juventus, Manchester City, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
La Liga is still strong, and half of the top four are La Liga teams.
In Serie A, after the Old Lady consolidated its dominance in the league, its Champions League record has been continuously improving in recent years.
Although the competition within the Premier League is fierce now, Manchester City has been quietly carrying the banner of foreign competition in recent years.
The remaining three teams are all familiar faces to Manchester City and have played against them all.
If I have to say it, Guardiola wants to meet Atletico Madrid.
The reason is simple, Atletico Madrid may be the weakest of these four teams.
Moreover, Atletico Madrid once beat his team home and away in the semifinals when he was coaching Bayern, which made Guardiola always worried.
Of course, who you can draw still depends on luck.
If you are lucky, you will get Atletico Madrid, if you are not lucky, you will get Real Madrid or Bayern, and if you are not lucky, you will get Juventus.
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After the Champions League, as soon as Manchester City returned to the Premier League, it felt like the Premier League had changed.
In the 33rd round of the league, Tottenham once again played first and once again swept their opponents 4:0 at home.
This time, Chelsea failed to withstand the pressure.
In a strong dialogue with Manchester United, Mourinho completed his revenge on his old club and led the Red Devils to defeat Chelsea 2:0 at home. Not only did he succeed in revenge, he also kicked Chelsea into the abyss.
After this game, Chelsea's lead dropped significantly from the previous 4 points to 1 point!
There are only five rounds left in the league, and Chelsea is only 1 point ahead of Tottenham. The suspense of the championship is unprecedented, and the entire Premier League is not calm.
As a crowd-pleaser, Manchester City easily defeated Southampton 3-0 in the away game, and then they started to watch the excitement.
Manchester City currently has 70 points, 5 points away from the top spot. With only 5 rounds left in the league, there is hope of winning the championship, but it is really not big. Unless Chelsea makes consecutive mistakes, it will be difficult for Manchester City to reverse.
Besides, even if Chelsea loses, Tottenham will not lose!
Tottenham's recent form has been so good that they have just won consecutive games and won every game.
Especially their star player Kane, who assists and scores goals, is in extremely hot form.
Together with his partner Eriksen, he became one of the most powerful offensive combinations in the entire Premier League during this period.
However, no matter how good Tottenham are, the initiative is still not in their hands.
Even though Chelsea lost again, they still have an advantage.
A one-point lead is also a lead. If Chelsea ends up with a 5-game winning streak, it will be useless even if Tottenham wins 4:0 or even 5:0.
The key now is whether Chelsea can withstand the pressure!
For any team, the pressure to win the championship is very high.
What's more, Chelsea, from a double-digit lead, were gradually being chased down to the last point.
The pressure involved is so great that the outside world may not even be able to imagine it.
Therefore, the 34th round of the game is very critical.
If Chelsea fails to withstand the pressure, collapses under the pressure, and continues to lose or draw this game, then the champion will wave goodbye to them!
In this round of games, Tottenham's state is still terrible. In the away game, they bloodbathed Leicester City, the second-placed team in the league last season, with a score of 6:1.
Kane completed five goals and sent an assist. One person scored all the team's goals!
This divine performance made many Premier League fans extremely excited.
Damn it, this is simply a god!
When thinking about Kane's local household registration book, England fans simply want to fly to heaven with joy.
After years of looking forward to the stars and the moon, we in England finally have another great striker!
No, this kid may be stronger than Michael Owen or even Alan Shearer, because he is only 24 years old, he is still very young, and he still has huge room for growth!
However, when the dust settled at Stamford Bridge, Kane's divine performance became meaningless.
Chelsea withstood the pressure and defeated the invading Southampton 4:2 at home, tenaciously holding on to their remaining little lead.
In the 35th round, Kane was still in hot form and led Tottenham to a 2-0 victory over Arsenal in the North London Derby, extending Tottenham's winning streak to 10 games.
This also broke Tottenham's team history record and is Tottenham's longest winning streak in the Premier League.
Kane's performance in this game was not bad, but it was still of no use.
Chelsea defeated Everton 3-0 away from home and maintained their lead over Tottenham.
Tottenham people are almost doubting life!
Why can't Chelsea be crushed no matter how hard it is?
It’s only 1 point. As long as Chelsea makes one mistake, Tottenham will win the championship, but why don’t they make any mistakes!
Under heavy pressure, Tottenham did not expect Chelsea's mistakes, but they themselves collapsed first.
In the 36th round, Tottenham lost to West Ham United 0:1 away from home, while on the other side, Chelsea defeated Middlesbrough 3:0 at home and re-expanded their lead to 4 points!
There are two rounds left in the league, and Chelsea, with a four-point advantage, has basically declared the championship!
In the penultimate round, although Tottenham once again tried their best and defeated Manchester United 2:1, Chelsea defeated West Bromwich Albion 1:0 in an away game and won the league championship one round ahead of schedule.
This is Chelsea's first top-flight title in six years.
And Tottenham, who have performed well throughout the season, even if they performed superbly in the second half of the league, it was still difficult to stop the opponent from winning the championship.
In the final game, Tottenham slaughtered Hull City 7:1. Kane scored a hat-trick, setting his league goals this season at 35 goals.
However, Kane, who performed so well, was still unable to win the league trophy as he wished, just like he did for many years.
From this moment on, Kane was cursed with the championship. No matter how well he performed, the championship always missed him, even if he moved to a dominant league and joined a giant. The dominating team seems to be unable to change its fortunes.
