Chapter 218 Golden Boy Award Ceremony, Lin Quan's first trophy!
David Silva did not waste the opportunity given to him by Lin Quan, he steadily scored the penalty and helped the team take the lead 1:0.
After scoring the goal, David Silva finally breathed a sigh of relief and the tension in his heart was relieved a lot.
"David, great job!"
Lin Quan ran over and high-fived him to celebrate, but David Silva took the initiative to give him a hug.
"Thank you, Lin!"
"You're welcome. We're teammates, right? Shouldn't we take care of each other?"
Lin Quan smiled and patted his shoulder, saying indifferently.
David Silva nodded heavily and said nothing more.
Thousands of words are not as good as actual actions. If you want to repay a favor, you naturally cannot just stay at words.
After the game resumed, the players of Plzen Viktoria found that the opponent's No. 21 suddenly seemed like a different person.
I used to be afraid of and evasive about physical confrontations, but now I suddenly wasn’t afraid anymore.
After David Silva overcame this psychological barrier, his role on the field began to show.
In the 42nd minute, David Silva and Lin Quan performed a wonderful cooperation in the frontcourt. The two completed 2-on-1, 2-on-2, and even 2-on-3 performances in succession.
In the end, Lin Quan scored with a light shot from about 8 meters away from the goal.
In this attack, the two almost broke through the opponent's defense with the pass, fooling all the players on the opponent's back line.
Seeing this cooperation and goal, the Manchester City fans at the scene were excited.
This kind of passing and cutting cooperation that only exists in Barcelona was actually copied by their own team.
This is the kind of attack they dream of! I really hope there will be more such cooperation and goals.
As if they heard the cheers of the fans, Lin Quan and David Silva completed such a wonderful combination again in the second half.
Although Plzen had been prepared, they were still played around by Manchester City's two top stars with extremely high football IQs.
In the 67th minute, Manchester City expanded its lead. The goal was scored by Lin Quan and the assist was made by David Silva.
All three goals on the field so far are related to them!
Seeing this goal, Pellegrini was very satisfied and couldn't help but stand up and applaud the players.
"After David returns, Lin Quan should be able to be liberated. We won't be afraid of other teams' iron bucket formations in the future!"
Pellegrini is full of confidence and is ready to lead the team to a great performance.
However, just when he was feeling proud of himself, something unexpected happened on the field.
Plzen did not give up the attack even after falling behind by three goals. On the contrary, they took advantage of Manchester City's carelessness and seized two counterattack opportunities, successfully scoring two goals and reducing Manchester City's lead to one goal.
At this point, the Manchester City fans at home began to get nervous.
What happened to this team? They lost all four games in the first four rounds, fell behind by three goals in this game, and then suddenly exploded? Could it be that their own team was overjoyed and then suffered a comeback at home? Of course, such a plot is impossible to play out.
In the 82nd minute, Lin Quan dribbled through the middle, attracted the attention of several opposing players, and then passed the ball to Negredo.
Negredo volleyed the ball into the goal without stopping, and Manchester City expanded their lead again.
In the end, Manchester City defeated their opponents 4:2 at home, winning all five games in the Champions League group stage, accumulating 15 points and expanding their goal difference to 12 goals.
On the other side, in Moscow's temperature of minus seven or eight degrees Celsius, Bayern withstood the opponent's attack and defeated the opponent with a score of 3:1.
After this round of matches, Bayern also gained 2 goals and qualified one round in advance.
As a result, the goal difference and points gap between the two teams did not widen.
Manchester City still has a 3-point and 2-goal advantage.
However, this score difference and this lead do not seem safe against Bayern.
As long as Bayern can beat Manchester City by two goals at home, they will be first in the group!
After the fifth round of the Champions League, the qualifying situation of each group has basically become clear.
In Group A, Manchester United beat Leverkusen 5-0 away from home, getting 11 points and qualifying for the group stage one round in advance.
The other qualifying spot will be decided between Shakhtar Donetsk and Leverkusen.
Although Shakhtar has one more point than Leverkusen, their last game is against Manchester United, while Leverkusen's opponent is Real Sociedad, the weakest team in the group.
Therefore, the outside world is more optimistic about Leverkusen. Of course, it is not ruled out that Manchester United, which has qualified in advance, will let down their guard at home.
In Group B, Real Madrid once again swept Galatasaray 4:1 at home in this round, not only qualifying in advance, but also securing first place in the group.
The remaining three teams in Group B all have the possibility of qualifying, among which Juventus with 6 points has the advantage. As long as they can beat their direct rival Galatasaray in the last game, they will secure the second place in Group B.
However, considering Juventus' poor record in the Champions League this season, the outside world is not very optimistic about whether they can conquer the Turks' devilish home court, and many people believe that the Old Lady will fail.
In Group C, Paris Saint-Germain qualified one round in advance, and the last qualifying spot will be decided between Olympiacos and Benfica.
In Group E, which was considered to be Chelsea's happy group before the game, it turned out to be Chelsea's sad group.
In this round of games, Chelsea was defeated by Basel again, and Mourinho's team suffered a double defeat at home and away from their opponents!
This result was truly shocking. No one expected that the Blues would be defeated by a weak team that was not from the top five leagues in the group stage.
It is worth mentioning that the player who scored the winning goal for Basel against Chelsea in this round was a 21-year-old young player named Mohamed Salah.
In the two rounds of the game against Chelsea, Salah scored a total of two goals, and also disrupted Chelsea's defense during the game.
This made Mourinho interested in him, and he even planned to make an offer to Basel during the winter break to see if he could bring the Egyptian to Stamford Bridge! Although they lost, Chelsea's direct rivals Werder Bremen and Basel will fight against each other in the next game.
The two teams currently have 7 and 8 points respectively, so no matter what the result of this game is, Chelsea's points will be higher than one of the teams. Therefore, Chelsea still advanced to the group stage one round in advance with 9 points.
However, whether they can get first place in Group E depends on the result of the next game.
The death group is worthy of being called the death group. In Group F, the situation of qualifying from the group is still complicated after five rounds of competition.
Arsenal, with 4 wins and 1 loss, is currently ranked first in the group with 12 points, while Dortmund and Napoli are ranked second and third in the group with 9 points each.
Although Arsenal has a 3-point lead, they still haven't qualified.
In the next game, Arsenal will face the challenge of Napoli directly.
If they lose and are beaten by Napoli by more than 3 goals, then if Dortmund wins, it will be Arsenal that will be eliminated.
Dortmund will face Marseille, who have not won a game yet, in the next game. As long as they can win, they will secure the qualification with the advantage of 4 goals accumulated before, and even have a chance to get the first place in the group.
For Napoli, they not only have to defeat Arsenal, but also try every means to widen the points gap. Otherwise, once Dortmund wins, even if they finally get 12 points, they will be eliminated due to the difference in goal difference.
If Napoli is eliminated with 12 points, they will become the worst team since the Champions League was reformed. No team has ever been eliminated with so many points.
Compared with Group F, Group G is at another extreme.
If Napoli has the potential to create the record of being eliminated with the highest score in the history of the Champions League, then in Group G, Zenit St. Petersburg has the potential to create the history of entering the knockout stage with the lowest score in the Champions League.
After five rounds of matches, Atletico Madrid had 4 wins, 1 draw and 13 points, having already qualified for the group stage two rounds in advance.
Second-placed Zenit has only 6 points, third-placed Porto has only 5 points, and last-placed Vienna has only 2 points.
In the last round, Atletico will face Porto at home. If they can beat Porto, then even if Zenit loses to Vienna away, they can still advance to the knockout stage with the lowest score in history of 6 points.
In Group H, Barcelona's situation is similar to Chelsea's.
Although they lost to Ajax unexpectedly, they still qualified one round in advance with 10 points.
AC Milan fans were so angry about the result that they wanted to curse.
If Barcelona does not let down and defeats Ajax, AC Milan can also qualify one round in advance.
Now, after defeating Barcelona, Ajax's points have reached 7 points, and AC Milan's points are 8 points.
The two teams will face off in the next game. If AC Milan loses, they will be eliminated by the opponent.
On the contrary, if AC Milan wins and Barcelona loses in the last round, they can even snatch the top spot in the group from Barcelona.
After looking at the points and records of each group, the fans started a heated discussion.
"Manchester City won all five games and got the highest 15 points among the 32 teams, but still failed to secure first place in the group. On the contrary, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, which have fewer points than Manchester City, secured first place in the group in advance. How can this be justified!"
"Haha, be content. Why don't you take a look at Group F? The fans of these three teams are probably worried at the moment. All three teams may be eliminated in the last round. Manchester City has at least qualified in advance."
"Groups F and G are two extremes. Zenit can qualify with 6 points, but Napoli can't qualify with 12 points. Isn't this outrageous?"
"Barcelona is so disgusting, isn't it? Not to mention bullying AC Milan every year, they even deliberately lost to Ajax. Are they trying to discredit AC Milan?"
"Maybe he didn't lose on purpose, maybe he's just a bad loser?"
"Come on, Barcelona has Messi, Neymar, Xavi and Iniesta, and you tell me they are bad?"
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"It's a shady deal, an absolute shady deal!"
In addition to discussing the team's points and qualifying situation, many fans are more concerned about the personal data of the stars.
"Lin Huang scored two goals and had one assist in this game, bringing his total number of goals to 7, just one goal away from the top of the list!"
"If he hadn't conceded that penalty, he would have tied Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic by now!"
"That's fine. It's better not to get a penalty. At least people won't use it as an excuse to criticize me. And with Lin Huang's current goal-scoring efficiency, I think he can score again in the next game!"
"Including this game, Lin Huang has scored in five consecutive games in the Champions League, right?"
"Yes, Lin Huang's efficiency and stability are amazing. If he can score in the next game, he will become the only player to score in all six group stage games since the Champions League was reformed!"
"Applause, applause. It feels like we are witnessing history again!"
"Hehe, ever since Emperor Lin appeared on the field, all kinds of records have been broken by him!"
"I'd call it Lin. Record Breaker. Quan!"
"By the way, Messi and Ronaldo were both silent in this round!"
"Yes, neither of them scored a goal, which gave Lin Huang the opportunity to close the gap. But what happened to Da Fengxian? How did he score again?"
"8 goals in 5 games, and no penalties yet. Da Fengxian is too strong!"
"Haha, no matter how strong he is, he is still beaten by Ronaldo in the national team!"
"Tsk tsk, don't get complacent, Paris Saint-Germain fans. When Paris Saint-Germain meets Real Madrid in the knockout round, we will let you know what cruelty is!"
"Everyone can brag, but let's get to the quarterfinals first. Don't let us fail in the first stage of the knockout rounds, or we will be laughed at!"
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Shortly after the end of the fifth round of the Champions League, Turin Sports Daily, which is responsible for selecting this year's European Golden Boy Award, finally announced the final list of winners.
Lin Quan, the No. 10 player from Manchester City, defeated many young talents including Pogba of Juventus, Draxler of Schalke, Varane of Real Madrid, Coutinho of Liverpool, etc. with an overwhelming advantage in the selection of media and experts, and became the 11th player elected for the European Golden Boy Award.
Although the European Golden Boy Award is not as prestigious as the Ballon d'Or, for young players under the age of 21, this award is the highest honor for them.
Many professional media participated in the selection this season, including mainstream European media such as France's L'Equipe, Spain's Marca, Germany's Bild, Britain's The Times, the Netherlands' Telegraph, Spain's Mundo Deportivo and France's France Football.
The experts from these media outlets score the players on the shortlist based on their performance in league, cup and national team matches throughout the season.
Because of the strong professionalism, the selection results are highly authoritative.
Among the players who have won the Golden Boy Award before, except for a few who were misjudged and became duds, the rest have basically made a name for themselves in the football world.
Among them are the names of Messi, Rooney, Fabregas, Aguero and others.
It is worth mentioning that the president born in 1985 was not able to win the Golden Boy Award.
Ronaldo has bad luck. In 2004, he met Rooney who was in great form, and in 2005, he encountered Messi who suddenly emerged.
His performance in these two seasons was not particularly outstanding, so he unfortunately lost the opportunity to win the Golden Boy Award.
Lin Quan was not surprised to win the Golden Boy Award.
However, his relatives, friends, and even teammates all congratulated him after learning the result.
Morata: "Lingo is awesome (broken voice)!"
David Silva: "That's amazing, this should be the youngest Golden Boy Award, right?"
Royce: "Congratulations, it's a pity that I'm a little older, otherwise I would have to compete with you!"
Lin Quan: "Sure, there is no age limit for the Golden Globe Awards, come on!"
Royce: "(╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻"
Lin Quan was delighted when he saw the expression on the other party's message.
Just after replying to Reus' message, De Bruyne also sent him a message.
"By the way, can you receive the Golden Boy Award multiple times? You are not even 18 yet. If you receive it this year, can you still receive it next year?"
Lin Quan hadn't thought about this question yet: "Probably not? But it's hard to say. I guess the organizers didn't expect there would be a player as evil as me, hehe!"
De Bruyne made a speechless expression. I was just asking, why are you bragging? "Come on, try to get another trophy next year!"
"The Golden Globe? That's so difficult!"
"It is more precious when it is difficult. Go ahead, young man!"
Lin Quan was just about to reply to his message when a phone call came in.
I took a look at the caller ID and saw it was Guardiola.
"Well done son, I'm proud of you!"
Guardiola called to congratulate him specifically because Lin Quan had won an honor that he had never received.
Guardiola did not win any noteworthy personal honors during his playing career. There was no Golden Boy Award at that time, and he was not qualified for the Ballon d'Or.
And the sad thing is, he played as a defensive midfielder, and players of this role are not the most eye-catching or the most popular ones, so until he retired, the outside world did not have a very high opinion of him, and only those who had really watched him play knew his value.
"Tsk, tsk, verbal praise? That's too insincere, isn't it?"
"Of course not. Sera and I have prepared a gift for you and will give it to you when you have Christmas holiday!"
"Ahem, Comrade Guardiola, I need to remind you that there is no winter break in the Premier League. I still have to play games during Christmas!"
"Well, I sympathize with you in my heart!"
"Thank you. Since you are so 'sincere', I will be more gentle when we play at the Allianz Arena next time!"
"Haha, brat, you're playing psychological warfare, huh? I've found a way to restrict you!"
"Really? What's the solution?"
"You'll know when you come!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Hearing the dead tone coming from the other end of the phone, Lin Quan spat. Guardiola also said that Lin Quan was playing psychological warfare, so wasn't he also playing psychological warfare? (End of this chapter)