Chapter 257: Champions League draw, the opponent in the semi-finals is Real Madrid! (Please give me a monthly ticket at the beginning of the month!)

The moment the whistle sounded, Manchester City fans at the Etihad Stadium were all excited.

“We won!”

"We're going to the final four!"

Manchester City fans are undoubtedly happy as they can witness history at home.

The Barcelona fans who came from afar to watch the game were shedding tears of regret.

If we can beat Manchester City at home, it is very likely that we will advance at this time!

On the court, Messi put his hands on his hips, staring at the bright red number on the scoreboard, remaining motionless for a long time.

Barcelona lost and fell in the Champions League again.

Last time they lost in the semi-finals, this time they lost in the quarter-finals.

This record is getting worse year by year.

Thinking of this, Messi sighed and turned to look at the other half of the court.

Over there, the excited Manchester City players were throwing their winning hero Lin Quan into the air and celebrating wildly.

Iniesta walked up to Messi, patted him on the shoulder and comforted him:

"Leo, don't be sad, we will definitely come back next year!"

Messi nodded, but couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.

Barcelona's lineup is getting older every year, and Xavi is likely to retire next season in this state.

Without Xavi, Barcelona's strength will be further compromised.

Can we really come back next year? For the first time, Messi doubted the future.

In the last game, Lin Quan's jersey was reserved by Xavi early on. This time, after the game, Fabregas found him immediately and wanted to exchange jerseys with him.

"Lin, congratulations!"

Fabregas took off his jersey, handed it to Lin Quan, and started chatting with him.

To be honest, Xiaofa was a little envious of Lin Quan.

During the winter break, Manchester City had been linked with him.

But the transfer ultimately failed to materialize, and Manchester City bought De Bruyne and Kroos.

If Barcelona and Manchester City had reached this deal at that time, then I would probably be in Manchester City's celebration team now! Unfortunately, there is no if! "Thank you, and I wish you a smooth league championship!"

Lin Quan quickly took off his jersey, gave it to Fabregas, and also gave his best wishes.

"Haha, I hope so!"

Xiaofa gave a bitter smile to Lin Quan's blessing.

Given Barcelona's current form, he is pessimistic about winning the league title.

In the last round they will face Atletico Madrid at home. Given Atletico's form this season, Barcelona has no confidence of defeating the opponent.

Simeone's team's high pressing and iron defense have somewhat restrained Barcelona. Under the pressure of falling behind in the score, they have to attack with all their strength at home.

And their attack is probably exactly what Atletico Madrid wants.

Therefore, if they cannot reverse the score before the last round of games, from behind Atletico Madrid to ahead of Atletico Madrid, then in the last round of games, Barcelona will lose the championship if they do not win.

Fabregas has experienced this kind of pressure several times when he was at Arsenal.

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Manchester City's big boss Mansour also came to the scene for this game.

In the box, Mansour was very happy to see the team eliminate Barcelona at home and make it to the semi-finals for the first time in history.

After investing so much money in this team, I finally see some results today.

On such a happy day, we must share our joy.

So he asked his assistant to bring over several suitcases that had been prepared in advance.

The suitcases were filled with cash, a total of 5 million pounds! He planned to take the money as a bonus for Manchester City's advance to the semi-finals and give it to the players in the team's locker room! When Manchester City's players finished celebrating and returned to the locker room, they saw a pile of cash piled up like a small mountain.

"Oh my god! So much money!"

"Did anyone rob the bank? Where did all the money come from?"

"Say, if I take some secretly, no one will notice, right?"

Negredo looked like he was greedy for money. He faced everyone, but his hands were secretly taking money behind his back.

"There's no surveillance here. As long as you can hide it from these dozen eyes, you can take whatever you want!"

Kolarov and others stared at him, making Negredo feel uncomfortable.

"Hey, I'm just kidding. I'm such an upright, honest, and friendly person. How could I do such a thing?"

Negredo put down the stolen money awkwardly, feeling annoyed as to why he was wearing a football jersey.

Who designed this damn jersey? There isn't even a pocket on it. There's no place to hide money.

Seeing Negredo showing off here, vice-captain Zabaleta tapped him on the head and said with a smile:

"According to our boss's style, this should be the bonus given to us by the big boss, right?"

Zabaleta has been at Manchester City for six years and joined the team the year the Middle Eastern consortium took over Manchester City.

Therefore, he is quite familiar with the style of the team's generous boss.

It could only be the big boss who could come up with so much money at once.

"Bonus? Hey, does that mean we can split it up?"

When the players heard that this was a bonus, their eyes lit up.

I'm not sleepy anymore when you say this!

Bang!

Just at this moment, Pellegrini walked in.

"The bonus will be distributed according to the contribution made to the team in these two games. Do you agree?"

Everyone looked over and saw that standing next to Pellegrini was the club's chairman Fahim.

Obviously, this arrangement means the latter.

So everyone nodded, indicating that they had no objection to this distribution.

Everyone understands the simple truth that the more you work, the more you get.

So, Pellegrini allocated the money according to starting time, goals, assists, and performance on both offense and defense.

Lin Quan and other main players received the first tier, 300,000 pounds.

Those who were not in the starting lineup but played in the game received the second tier, 100,000 pounds.

Finally, there are the players who did not play, each of whom will receive £50,000.

The remaining £1 million from the coaching team! This way, the £5 million was exactly divided up.

After distributing the money, everyone was beaming with joy.

Such a good thing, I really hope that every game can encounter it, in that case, the bonus alone can almost catch up with their annual salary! Of course, for a player like Lin Quan who earns an annual salary of 20 million pounds, these bonuses are still a little less.

"Well, take the money and go back to rest early. We will be visiting Anfield the day after tomorrow. I don't want to see any gossip about any of you on the headlines of tomorrow's newspapers!"

After giving some instructions, Pellegrini walked out of the locker room.

Manchester City's players are also very obedient. The league championship has not yet been won, so they cannot relax at this time.

At least they can only breathe a sigh of relief after they defeat Liverpool away from home!

After quickly taking a shower and changing clothes in the locker room, Lin Quan drove back to his home.

On the way back, he took a look at the score of another game.

Manchester United was beaten 3:1 by Bayern at the Allianz Arena and was eliminated with a total score of 4:2 in two rounds.

Bayern showed great dominance in this game. They took a 2:0 lead early in the first half. Robben scored another goal in the second half, extending their lead to 3 goals.

Guardiola started making substitutions after the 75th minute, replacing Robben, Ribery and other main players.

This kind of substitution gives the feeling that Manchester United are not treated as human beings.

So, the angry Manchester United launched a counterattack and finally scored a goal in the 85th minute of the second half.

However, Manchester United's counterattack also stopped there. They failed to stage a miracle comeback at the Allianz Arena and were unfortunately eliminated.

So far, Manchester United has lost all four fronts this year.

They were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Champions League and ranked 7th in the league, 7 points behind fourth-placed Arsenal, and are basically out of the Champions League next season.

Manchester United were also eliminated from the League Cup and FA Cup early on, and this season they won nothing.

Such a record has made the Red Devils fans and the club very dissatisfied. It is rumored that the Scotsman's departure from Old Trafford has entered the final countdown.

But what will happen after Moyes is fired? Who will Manchester United hire as the new coach? Whether they admit it or not, Ferguson's departure marks the end of an era for Manchester United.

Moyes can't lead Manchester United to good results, will other coaches really be able to do the same? Lin Quan is not very optimistic about Manchester United's future. After all, Manchester United has been struggling for ten years in the original dimension, and it may not be over yet...

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After Manchester City defeated Barcelona both home and away, the entire football world was shocked! The Internet, TV stations, newspapers and media were all in an uproar.

The powerful universe team just fell like that?

"Manchester City is awesome, they beat Barcelona twice, that's amazing!"

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"Haha, before the game, the media were all praising Barcelona for their rich background and their cosmic team, looking down on Manchester City. Now they've been slapped in the face, right?"

"Who would have thought that a team that had never made it to the knockout stage of the Champions League could beat the powerful Barcelona, ​​who have the world's best player Messi in their team!"

"But Manchester City also has Lin Huang, who scored 3 goals in the two rounds of the game, more than Messi!"

"To be honest, I can't say that Lin Huang completely defeated Messi in this match, but he did perform better than Messi!"

"Messi's condition in this game doesn't seem to be very good. I looked at the technical statistics after the game and found that he only ran 6,000 meters in the whole game. Isn't this too little?"

"It's indeed a bit too little. If a modern player plays the entire game, he would have to run at least 9,000 meters, if not 10,000 meters, right?"

"Maybe it's because Messi is an offensive player and doesn't have to take on defensive tasks, so he runs less distance?"

"Maybe it's because Messi's physical condition is not good? I saw him walking around the field a lot."

"By the way, how much distance did Lin Huang run? I saw him sprinting back and forth a lot, so the distance he ran should be over 10,000, right?"

"Over ten thousand? Haha, if you add another three thousand it will be about right!"

"A running distance of 13,000 meters? Could it be that the technical statistics are wrong? This number is too exaggerated, right?"

"That should be correct, that's the number I saw!"

"Isn't Lin Huang really able to run? This number is more than twice that of Messi!"

"It's even more terrifying than Park Sam-fei back then!"

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Before the two rounds of the game started, the outside world was unanimously optimistic about the traditional powerhouse Barcelona, ​​but Manchester City severely slapped the faces of all those who looked down on them!

The home and away double wins over Barcelona prove that their victory is well-deserved and not a coincidence! If they had not really surpassed Barcelona in terms of hard power, how could they have conquered Camp Nou and how could they have completely defeated Barcelona at the Etihad Stadium?

After the game, the media, who were badly slapped in the face, not only did not feel ashamed, but shamelessly began to sing praises to Manchester City.

Especially the media on Fleet Street, they all began to use their signature skill of exaggerating things.

The Guardian: Manchester City's elimination of Barcelona was not a surprise. They seized the opportunity and won the game. We are witnessing the birth of a great team!

The Times: Manchester City, full of ambition, courage and hunger, won the victory, congratulations to them!

This time Messi failed to become the savior of Barcelona, ​​he was more like a spectator, while Lin Quan was the hero of Manchester!

"BBC": Barcelona played very painfully. If it weren't for the help of the goalpost, they would have been slaughtered by Manchester City in the first half. Manchester City's victory was a victory of hard power and tactics. They may have provided the world with a tactic to restrain Barcelona's passing and controlling football!

"Mundo Deportivo": Failure is always bitter, but for Barcelona, ​​this season's games are not over yet, and there are still five rounds of league games to play. I hope Barcelona can get out of the shadow of failure, recover as soon as possible, and defend the league title!

Daily Sports: Barcelona wasted too many opportunities at the Etihad Stadium. If we had a super striker on the front line to help Messi share the offensive pressure, the result of this game might be completely different! At the press conference before the game, Martino publicly stated that he would resign from the club if he lost the game against Manchester City.

Therefore, after the game, many reporters bothered him with this question.

Martino made those remarks with the intention of slapping these reporters in the face with a victory.

Unexpectedly, his attempt to show off backfired on him. Faced with the reporter's questions, he was a little embarrassed and ended up parting on bad terms.

The reporters were obviously not going to let him off so easily, and in their reports the next day, they criticized Martino harshly.

He was accused of being tactically conservative, arrogant, and disrespectful.

What the media said is not completely unreasonable. Martino must be blamed for Barcelona's loss.

His tactics, use of players and ability to adjust on the spot are indeed below standard.

Although his contract with Barcelona has not expired yet, judging from the situation, if Barcelona loses the league title, Martino will definitely pack up and leave.

I just don't know whether he will choose to terminate his contract with the club on his own initiative, or accept the club's liquidated damages and be fired.

After the match between Manchester City and Barcelona ended, the other two matches of the Champions League quarter-finals started the next day.

Real Madrid, playing at home, easily defeated Paris Saint-Germain 2:0 and advanced to the semi-finals.

In this game, Real Madrid once again showed the world the power of 200 million players flying together.

Especially Bale, he is almost unmatched on the wing, and his lightning speed makes the Paris Saint-Germain players miserable.

Bale scored a goal in the third minute of the game, which put Paris Saint-Germain in a passive position right from the start.

Paris Saint-Germain needs to score at least 2 goals to advance!

Under the leadership of Ibrahimovic, Paris Saint-Germain launched a tenacious counterattack in an attempt to change their fate.

But Ronaldo's goal in the 57th minute completely killed their hopes of advancing! In the end, at the Bernabeu, Paris Saint-Germain was beaten into a small Paris by the powerful Real Madrid and fell on the road to the semi-finals.

In another match, Atletico Madrid showed an extremely tenacious style when they returned to their home court.

He used tenacious defense and mad dog-like pressing to limit Dortmund's offense, and in the second half, took advantage of a counterattack opportunity and Diego Costa scored a goal.

This was the only goal scored by either team in the two-leg match.

But it was thanks to this priceless goal that Atletico Madrid successfully advanced to the semi-finals.

After the game, the iron defense built by Simeone shocked the whole of Europe.

Looking across Europe, there are not many teams capable of defending Dortmund's attack. Even strong teams like Real Madrid, Bayern, Barcelona and others may not be able to do it.

However, Atletico Madrid kept their opponents scoreless in both rounds of the game, which shocked the outside world with their defensive ability.

No wonder Atletico Madrid can become the leader of La Liga and seize the opportunity to win the championship from the two top giants Real Madrid and Barcelona. Their strength should not be underestimated!

After this game, Simeone and the Atletico Madrid he coached became famous in Europe, and Atletico Madrid began to enter the ranks of top teams.

Of course, compared with Manchester City's elimination of Barcelona, ​​Simeone and Atletico Madrid are still much less popular.

After the game on April 11, the draw for the Champions League semi-finals began soon.

After Manchester City finished training for the day, Pellegrini gathered the players together at the club to watch the draw ceremony.

The first team to be drawn is Bayern, and their opponent is Atletico Madrid.

Bayern manager Hoeness, who came to the scene, breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the signing and seemed to think the result was not bad.

It's no wonder he thinks so. The strength currently demonstrated by Real Madrid has amazed the whole of Europe. No one wants to meet them until the last moment.

Bayern naturally doesn't want to touch this frown!

As for Manchester City, Bayern had met them before in the group stage.

Bayern drew one and lost one in both home and away games, and did not gain any advantage at all.

Although Bayern's strength is not necessarily worse than Manchester City, they do not want to meet Manchester City again.

Therefore, among the three opponents, only Atletico Madrid is the most suitable for them.

After the match between Atletico Madrid and Bayern was decided, the remaining two teams were naturally grouped together.

Manchester City will face the powerful Real Madrid in the semi-finals, and according to the schedule, they will play at home first and then away, which is very unfavorable to them.

Seeing the result of the draw, the smile on the face of Manchester City chairman Fahim, who came to the scene, froze.

On the other hand, the expression of Real Madrid’s president Florentino was also a little unhappy.

What the hell is UEFA doing?

Because we were linked to Manchester City's Lin, they drew us together? But this result is not bad. Among the three opponents, Manchester City may be the most suitable for Real Madrid.

The team they least want to face is Atletico Madrid, followed by Bayern.

Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid played against each other twice this season, with one draw and one loss, and the loss was at their home ground.

Simeone's Atletico Madrid is like a stinky stone in a toilet, smelly and hard, and very difficult to beat!

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