Chapter 213 Champions League Scorer List

Although Bayern eventually defeated Plzen away, they only got one goal difference in this game.

The score remained 1:0 until the end of the game.

In another group match that ended at the same time, Manchester City finally defeated CSKA Moscow with a score of 5:2.

The referee awarded the visiting team a controversial penalty towards the end of the second half, allowing them to score two goals at the Etihad Stadium.

This result was a bit unsatisfactory for Manchester City, but after seeing the score on Bayern's side, they were immediately satisfied.

After this round of matches, the qualifying situation of Group D has become very clear.

Manchester City, who won all four games, advanced two rounds in advance and had a 10-goal difference. They were 3 points ahead of Bayern and 2 goals ahead of them.

As for Bayern, they have 9 points and can advance as long as they draw in the next game.

With Bayern's strength, qualifying is not difficult.

Just wanting to compete with Manchester City for the first place in the group is a bit difficult!

Because their next game will be an away game in Moscow, while Manchester City will continue to play at home against Viktoria Plzen, the weakest team in the group.

Considering the strength gap between the two teams' opponents, Manchester City is likely to continue to expand its lead in goal difference.

Therefore, unless Bayern Munich slaughters Manchester City by a large margin at home in the last round, Manchester City will be able to secure the first place in the group with the advantage of goal difference.

In response to this, there were voices criticizing Guardiola in the German media after the game.

"If Guardiola was not so obsessed with experimenting with his strikerless formation away from home, Bayern should have scored more goals. In that case, Bayern's current situation would not be so passive!"

"Guardiola has been at Bayern for several months, and his adjustments to the team have not had any obvious effects so far. Compared to last season's champion team, this season's Bayern seems to be missing something."

Bayern is the undisputed leader of the Bundesliga, so people all over Germany have high hopes for them.

With Dortmund not doing well in the European competition, Bundesliga fans can only hope that they can win glory for the Bundesliga in the Champions League! However, Bayern's performance in the Champions League is somewhat disappointing.

Guardiola did not respond to the criticism, but Bayern's club manager Hoeness said: "Bayern is on the right track. Under Guardiola's leadership, the team has won three trophies, including the European Super Cup, Telecom Cup and Audi Cup.

In addition, Bayern remains unbeaten in the league this season, and the situation for qualifying for the Champions League group stage is also very optimistic.

Although we had some bad luck at Etihad, we will defend the glory of Bayern Munich at home, please be patient! ”

Of the three trophies Hoeness mentioned, except for the European Super Cup which has some value, the other two trophies are not worth mentioning.

Therefore, the outside world did not buy into his refutation of the rumor.

"I bet 50 cents that Bayern will not get first place in the group!"

"Unless Manchester City loses the next game, Bayern will definitely not get it!"

"Don't be so sure. What if Bayern Munich beats Manchester City at home?"

"Haha, do you think it's possible? This is Manchester City with Lin Quan. It's difficult to beat them, let alone a bloodbath!"

"What's wrong with Lin Quan? Didn't Barcelona get beaten 4-0 last season? Is Lin Quan better than Messi?"

Some people were not convinced and cited the example of Bayern's victory over Barcelona last season.

"Manchester City is not Barcelona, ​​and Bayern is not the Bayern of last season!"

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Although Bayern may not get first place in the Champions League group stage, the Bayern club has not said anything.

Rummenigge is still very patient with Guardiola. Now that not even half of the season has passed, it is too early to talk about the final result.

Moreover, Guardiola's coaching record at Bayern is not bad. In the first 12 rounds of the league, Bayern had 10 wins and 2 draws, remaining unbeaten. It is currently the third unbeaten team in Europe.

The other two are Manchester City in the Premier League and Barcelona in La Liga.

Judging from the stability of the league, Guardiola is undoubtedly qualified.

The only problem is probably that the performance in the Champions League has been a little up and down, but that doesn’t matter.

With Bayern's strength, they will be able to get through the knockout rounds as long as they don't draw against the top giants.

Compared with the results in the Champions League, Bayern cares more about Guardiola's reform of Bayern's technical and tactical play.

They hope to learn and integrate Spain's passing and controlling football to keep up with the current development trend of world football.

Therefore, unless Guardiola's team performance shows a significant decline, it is unlikely that Bayern will turn against him.

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Because of the Ballon d'Or, the performances of Ribery, Ronaldo, Messi, Lin Quan and others in this round of the Champions League have attracted much attention from the outside world.

Ribery's performance on the road was a bit sluggish. He neither scored nor assisted in this round of games, and even his score after the game was not high, which made people doubt his condition.

Unlike Ribery, another favorite for the Ballon d'Or, Cristiano Ronaldo, continues his excellent form.

In this round of the Champions League, Real Madrid challenged Juventus away, and the two teams ended up in a 2:2 draw.

The goals scored for Real Madrid were scored by their two billionaires - Cristiano Ronaldo and Bale.

This is the fourth consecutive game that Ronaldo has scored in the Champions League group stage. In the whole of Europe, only he and Lin Quan have achieved this.

However, Ronaldo is 3 goals ahead of Lin Quan in total goals, but Lin Quan has 4 assists, barely tying with Ronaldo.

Currently, Ronaldo ranks first in the Champions League scorer list with eight goals.

Ibrahimovic, who also scored a goal in this round, followed closely behind with 7 goals, ranking second.

Ranked third is Barcelona's Messi. He scored twice in this round. With one game less, he scored 6 goals, tying his goal efficiency with Ronaldo.

Lin Quan ranked fourth with 5 goals.

"The two superstars are still strong. Not only do they score a lot of goals in the league, but scoring in the Champions League is as easy as drinking water."

"Both are in their prime, and their respective teams are very strong. Now is the time for them to produce stably."

"Lin Huang is a bit outrageous. He scored in four consecutive games in his first Champions League match. His stability is terrifying!"

"Yes, I am more and more convinced that he is a player of the same level as the two most outstanding players!"

"It's hard to say. There are many short-lived players in football. If Lin Huang can continue his outstanding performance next year without too much decline in form, then we can be sure that he can really stand shoulder to shoulder with Messi and Ronaldo."

“Tsk tsk, I can’t wait to see Lin Huang reach his peak and dominate the football world!”

"Haha, by that time, Ronaldo and Messi will probably have entered the end of their careers. I'm afraid that Lin Huang will have no rivals in the football world!"

"Neymar disagrees!"

"Götze can fight!"

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The Champions League game had just ended and Manchester City had no time to rest as the third round of the League Cup began.

In this round of games, Manchester City will continue to play at home to face the challenge from Wigan Athletic, a team from the Championship.

The League Cup actually started in September, but as a Premier League team, they can skip the first few rounds and start directly from the third round.

This meant that Manchester City was not affected by the League Cup before.

But now, the League Cup has entered the third round and Premier League teams must also participate in the competition.

Because the schedule is too tight, there are some differences in attitude towards the League Cup among Manchester City.

"We have to go away to play against Sunderland in three days. Why don't we give up this League Cup?"

Some people think that the League Cup is just a useless cup competition and its value is far less than that of the FA Cup.

So we don’t want to waste time on such cup competitions, especially when the league schedule is so tight, and we can’t waste the players’ precious energy because of a cup competition.

But some people think that the League Cup is a championship trophy after all, and it is not as difficult to win as the FA Cup. No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, and we cannot give up just because of its low gold content.

What's more, by participating in the League Cup, the team can also train new players, giving substitute players and young players promoted from the reserve team or even the youth team more opportunities to play in games.

This is of great significance for the training of new players in the team! Both sides made sense, and Pellegrini hesitated for a while.

Although Manchester City is known for its big spending on players, they actually have some good talent in their own youth training. These young players do not get a chance to play in the first team and are usually placed in the youth team or reserve team to play.

However, the intensity of the games between the youth teams and the reserve teams is definitely not as high as that of regular cup matches.

Because of the busy work of the first team, Pellegrini rarely has the opportunity to come into contact with these players on weekdays.

He still lacks understanding of the quality of his team's youth training and the technical characteristics of young players.

If they are allowed to play in the League Cup, it would be a good opportunity to observe their performance and see if there are any unearthed gems among these young people.

In the first team, Lin Quan's outstanding performance gave Pellegrini greater confidence in young players, and he fantasized about being able to dig out a promising talent.

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However, the opponent is quite strong. Wigan Athletic was relegated from the Premier League last season.

This season they are aiming for promotion to the Premier League and the team has spent a lot of money on signings. Although it is only a Championship team, it has the strength that is not inferior to the lower-level Premier League teams.

It's a bit difficult to defeat them relying solely on a group of young players.

If we lose the first game, it will not be able to train new players.

So Pellegrini fielded a lineup with half main players and half substitutes.

Lin Quan was included in the roster for this game, but did not start. Instead, he sat on the bench.

Pellegrini intends to decide whether to let him play based on the situation of the game. If the players on the field can easily deal with their opponents, there is no need to let Lin Quan, the nuclear weapon, play and waste energy.

But if the young players cannot handle the battle, then Lin Quan and other main players will have to take the field.

Except for the period when he just joined Werder Bremen, Lin Quan rarely played as a substitute.

Sitting on the bench in this game gave Lin Quan a long-lost feeling.

After the opening, Manchester City players took advantage of their home field and launched an attack on Wigan Athletic's goal.

Wigan Athletic is no pushover either. After withstanding Manchester City's three-pronged attack, they also frequently launched counterattacks.

Young player Boyata, who almost made a big mistake at Stamford Bridge before, turned into the stabilizing force in Manchester City's back line in this game.

Under his solid defense, Wigan Athletic's forwards were defeated and could not find any chances at all.

Seeing Boyata's outstanding performance, Pellegrini nodded slightly and said to the assistant coach beside him:

"Boyata has good skills and strength, but his psychological quality may be a little bit worse. If his mentality can be as stable as his compatriot Kompany, then we will have a stable substitute in the back line!"

"Yes, but this may be related to his age. After all, he is just in his early 20s and has not played many games for the first team before. He lacks experience in major competitions and is more likely to make mistakes."

Having said that, the assistant coach subconsciously glanced in the direction of Lin Quan.

As a young player, or even younger, these problems have never occurred to Lin Quan.

I really don’t know how he developed such a mature and stable mentality. His mentality is even better than that of many veteran players who have played for many years.

In addition to Boyata, substitute goalkeeper Pantilimon is also a key focus of the Manchester City coaching staff.

Joe Hart's performance in the league and the Champions League was not stable enough. Although his save success rate exceeded 60%, Joe Hart made several mistakes when facing long shots.

If Manchester City wants to go further this season, they must focus on improving the stability of their defense.

After adjustments at the beginning of the season, Manchester City's defense has gradually taken shape and its defensive capabilities have improved.

However, the performance of the goalkeeper has always been somewhat unsatisfactory.

So, Pellegrini decided to try the second and third gates to see how they performed.

If the substitute goalkeeper's performance can meet his expectations, he may replace Joe Hart and let Pantilimon or Wright start.

Judging from the first half of the game, Pantilimon's performance was outstanding.

He made three effective saves, two of which were long-range shots from the opponent.

Standing at 2.03 meters tall, he has a great advantage when defending high balls.

The Manchester City coaching staff was very satisfied with his saves, and Pellegrini planned to let him start in the next league game against Sunderland.

If the effect is good, he will be Manchester City's starting goalkeeper in the future.

The team's defense was fine, but there were problems on the offensive end.

Without Lin Quan and Aguero in the frontcourt, the players' offense seemed to have lost its backbone, and they played in a disorganized manner! Until the end of the first half, the score on the field was still 0:0, and the two teams drew 0-0.

"Do you want to replace Lin Quan?"

Seeing that Pellegrini looked unhappy, the assistant coach on the side tried to ask.

"No need, just wait and see!"

However, after twenty minutes of the second half, the score was still 0:0.

Wigan Athletic couldn't break through Manchester City's defense, and Manchester City couldn't do anything to them.

Seeing that the regular season was almost over, Pellegrini really couldn't stand it anymore.

He made a substitution in the 75th minute.

Manchester City brought on Aguero to replace Lopez who was performing poorly.

Aguero is a good striker and he was very active in looking for opportunities after coming on the pitch.

However, Wigan Athletic's players marked him very closely, leaving him no space at all.

Aguero came on for 10 minutes, but Manchester City's offense still did not improve, and there were less than 5 minutes left until the end of the regular season.

Pellegrini is very angry. Is it not possible even if Aguero is on the field?

Manchester City fans who were watching the game at the scene also started to get anxious. Was the team going to be tied by a Championship team at home?

Before meeting Wigan Athletic, Manchester City had a perfect home record.

If their winning streak is broken by a Championship team, Manchester City will lose all their face.

So they started making noises, asking Pellegrini to replace Lin Quan.

"Lin, we need Lin!"

"Let Lin play!"

Pellegrini glanced at Lin Quan and saw that he had sat up straight with a very serious expression.

Lin Quan thought they could win the game easily, but his teammates were unable to score even though they had the advantage. They wasted so many opportunities but still couldn't score a goal.

This gave him a sense of crisis. The cooked duck would not fly away, right? At this moment, he heard Pellegrini's words:

"Lin, go warm up and get ready for overtime!"

Lin Quan shook his head: "No need to warm up, just change players!"

(End of this chapter)