Chapter 425: Son Heung-min scored a goal in his debut!
After the Manchester United game, all the Red Devils fans were concerned about the game next door, Manchester City.
Manchester City's opponent in the second round is the Blues Chelsea. This is a strong dialogue and also the focus of this round of the Premier League.
If Manchester City fails to beat their opponent at home, then Manchester United will overtake Manchester City in the league standings for the first time in two years.
Although the league has just started and the lead at this time does not represent the final result, it still has huge symbolic significance for the Red Devils fans.
This may be a symbol of their surpassing Manchester City and rising again!
However, to their disappointment, at the Etihad Stadium, the visiting Blues were beaten to a pulp by Manchester City's players.
Lin Quan and De Bruyne both scored in the first half, and Aguero scored another goal in the second half. In injury time, Chelsea goalkeeper Courtois made a mistake in his attack and knocked down Lin Quan who was dribbling into the penalty area. The referee immediately showed a red card, sent him off and gave Manchester City a penalty kick.
Lin Quan did not take the penalty himself, but gave the opportunity to Kimmich, who was playing for the team for the first time.
"Boss, is this really okay? How about you take the penalty?"
Kimmich was a little panicked. He didn't expect the team boss to give him a penalty, which made him feel flattered.
I am just a nobody, how can I let the best player in the world give me a penalty? I can't do that, absolutely not! "It's okay, it doesn't matter if I miss the kick, it's already 3:0 anyway!"
Lin Quan patted him on the shoulder. Kimmich came on as a substitute in the 83rd minute of the game. He did not have an eye-catching performance after coming on. Instead, he made a mistake because he was too nervous.
However, in the team's training matches, Lin Quan has witnessed his strength, especially his ability to cross the ball when dribbling to the bottom. If he performs well, he can definitely become a knife on Manchester City's wing.
As for Kimmich making mistakes due to nervousness, this is also normal. After all, he faced a strong team like Chelsea in his first game for Manchester City.
"Um!"
Seeing that Lin Quan said this, Kimmich no longer refused.
He nodded heavily and stood at the penalty spot.
He looked up at Chelsea's substitute goalkeeper Jamal Blackman and found that his opponent was more nervous than himself, and he felt relieved.
Jamal had already cursed Courtois a thousand times in his heart! Damn Belgian, he got into trouble and asked me to clean up the mess, I'm just a child! Jamal is a player from Chelsea's youth training, 21 years old this year, and has never played for Chelsea before.
Chelsea's coach brought him onto the field mainly to let him feel the atmosphere of the game, but unexpectedly Courtois made such a low-level mistake, forcing him to play.
And he faced a penalty kick as soon as he came on the field. For a goalkeeper, is there any worse start than this? He might become the goalkeeper who conceded the fastest goal in Chelsea's history.
Facing the anxious Jamal, Kimmich cleverly used a change of rhythm while running to shake the opponent, and then calmly scored the penalty.
There was immediate applause and cheers at the scene. Although it was just a penalty kick, the fans still responded to the young player with enthusiasm and friendliness.
He is a young talent introduced by Guardiola, although he was loaned out last year and has not played for the team.
But the fans of the Blue Moon have no doubt about Guardiola's vision. After all, this man is known for his ability to discover and promote young players.
After all, Kante, a young player also discovered by him, has already secured a starting position in Manchester City.
The score of 4:0 made the Blues fans sad. After being tied by Swansea at home in the previous game, they suffered another crushing defeat to the defending champions Manchester City in this round.
Two consecutive defeats also created Chelsea's worst start record in the past decade.
What's worse is that their main goalkeeper Courtois received a red card for his uncalm behavior and will face a suspension.
The substitute goalkeeper Begovic also strained his thigh in the team's training match. Therefore, when the first and second goalkeepers were unable to play, they had to use the third goalkeeper in the next game.
But judging from Jamal's performance in the last few minutes today, the young player was clearly unable to take on the heavy responsibility.
Chelsea must buy a reliable goalkeeper as soon as possible to deal with emergencies, otherwise, they will most likely continue to lose in the next game.
After Cech left, the Blues, who originally had no goalkeeper problems, seemed to have a serious goalkeeper crisis.
When a whale falls, everything comes to life. The fall of the Blues will naturally benefit the other giants, after all, they have one less competitor.
But if we were to say who is the happiest, it would definitely be Mourinho, who had a falling out with Abramovich.
When he was interviewed by reporters, he said domineeringly: "Mourinho is powerful!"
This means that the Blues’ glorious past achievements are inseparable from his wise leadership.
Although this statement is very arrogant, not many people refute it.
Firstly, Mourinho is currently in the limelight and has achieved good results at Manchester United. Attacking him at this time will not get much response.
Secondly, Chelsea's record before and after Mourinho left was too different.
Last year, Chelsea was still the leader in the league, fighting for the title with Manchester City until the last minute.
This year's Blues seemed to have withdrawn from the championship race from the very beginning.
Moreover, the Blues' performance took off after Mourinho took over as Chelsea coach.
Especially during Mourinho's first period, it was through his coaching that Chelsea was officially transformed and entered the ranks of top clubs.
Therefore, Mourinho is indeed qualified to say so.
Everyone at Chelsea is naturally very dissatisfied with Mourinho's remarks. He is taking all the credit for himself. Does that mean they are all a bunch of trash?
If that’s the case, then why didn’t Mourinho lead Chelsea to win the Champions League trophy?
While Mourinho was arguing with his former club Chelsea, Liverpool and Leicester City both quietly won their second victory.
After this round, there are four teams that remain undefeated in the Premier League, namely Manchester City, Leicester City, Liverpool and Manchester United.
Mourinho, the loudest and most proud player, and his team only ranked fourth.
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After finishing the second round of the Premier League, Manchester City rushed to Georgia in the Caucasus region.
Here, they are about to play a Super Cup match against the Europa League champion Sevilla.
The opponent is quite strong. After all, if they can win the Europa League championship regularly, they must be no rookies.
The course of the game also proved this.
When facing Sevilla, Manchester City took a 3-0 lead in the first half thanks to goals from Lin Quan, Aguero and De Bruyne.
However, in the second half, Sevilla launched a vigorous counterattack.
Banega, Reyes and others scored goals in succession, bringing the score to 3:2. Manchester City players were indeed a little relaxed during this period. After all, the score was 3:0 in the first half, and everyone thought they had won.
However, the opponent's counterattack told them that they should not be happy too soon.
If the opponent continues to score like this, then this game may be another Istanbul miracle! The fans who came to the Tbilisi International Stadium saw that the weaker side had forced the stronger Manchester City to this extent, and they all became Sevilla fans, cheering for them.
It is human nature to sympathize with the weak.
After all, who doesn’t want to see a game where the underdog beats the stronger team? If Sevilla can really turn the tables, then they can be said to have witnessed a miracle with their own eyes! Such a good thing, the fans at the scene certainly don’t want to miss it.
Off the field, Guardiola quickly made personnel adjustments. He replaced Kroos with Son Heung-min, who had just reported to the team.
The fans, including the opposing players and coaches, were all very puzzled by Guardiola's substitution and didn't know why he replaced Kroos! As for the new player, after seeing that he had an Asian face, the fans immediately lost interest.
Who is this person? I don't know him! Since I don't know him, he must be a not-so-famous guy, right?
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Moreover, with his Asian face, he doesn't look like a powerful character at all.
Because Asian teams lost so badly in last year's World Cup, it has greatly affected everyone's impression of Asian football.
In addition, although there are many Asian players playing football in Europe these days, not many of them are very famous.
Although Lin Quan is also Asian, everyone tacitly excluded him because he was a player trained by Europeans, unlike other Asian players.
Seeing the fans' cold reaction to his appearance, Son Heung-min felt very disappointed.
"Perform well and try to slap them in the face with actual actions!"
"Uh, ok, thank you, thank you!"
Son Heung-min nodded hurriedly to express his gratitude, but after expressing his gratitude, he realized that the person talking to him was actually the team's boss Lin Quan.
This made all the unhappiness in his heart disappear at once, and he was completely shocked.
Boss Lin actually took the initiative to greet me and encouraged me! He still remembered me!
The two had faced each other in the Bundesliga before. At that time, Lin Quan was still in Werder Bremen, while Son Heung-min was playing for Bremen's arch-rival Hamburg.
The two had faced each other in a northern derby between Werder Bremen and Hamburg and even exchanged jerseys.
Since then, Son Heung-min has regarded Lin Quan as his idol and role model, and has been working hard to learn from Lin Quan, wanting to become as strong as him.
Of course, this is impossible. Without the top talents of super giants, it is naturally difficult to reach their level.
However, learning from stronger players is not a bad thing.
By learning and imitating Lin Quan, Son Heung-min's ability to break through on the wing has improved significantly.
Although speed is still his number one killer weapon, he can do a lot more than just speed. Son Heung-min has always kept these things in mind and has never mentioned them to anyone else.
He just often took out the green jersey that Lin Quan had worn, and took Lin Quan as his goal to silently motivate himself.
However, he didn't think that Lin Quan would remember a small character like himself.
After all, compared with Lin Quan, he felt that he was too ordinary and had no outstanding qualities at all.
But he never expected that Lin Quan actually still remembered him!
This made Son Heung-min full of energy and his blood was about to boil.
He was very eager to show his abilities in front of his idol and let the other party see his progress and growth over the years.
When Lin Quan saw Guardiola replace Son Heung-min, he realized Guardiola's tactical intention.
Son Heung-min is very fast. When the ball is passed to him during a counterattack, he can charge forward and use his speed advantage, like a sharp knife, stabbing into the opponent's heart.
In this case, what I have to do is simple.
Just pass the ball to his feet and help him create space to sprint with the ball.
This move soon worked wonders. Taking advantage of the opponent's lack of understanding and lack of attention to Son Heung-min, Manchester City launched two quick counterattacks in the 73rd and 77th minutes of the second half.
In the first counterattack, Son Heung-min was brought down by the opponent's full-back when he broke through the wing. The second time, he learned his lesson. After kicking the ball out, he quickly overtook the opponent on the curve. With his speed, he surpassed the opponent and scored his first goal after joining Manchester City.
After Son Heung-min scored, there was an uproar at the Tbilisi International Stadium.
The fans were so shocked by Manchester City's pleasing and quick counterattack that they were speechless! Who is this guy?
How come it was so fast? And it only took 8 minutes from the time he was substituted in to the time he scored? He scored in his first appearance, and it seemed so easy. Who is this guy? For a while, the fans at the scene asked around for information about Son Heung-min, and they were full of interest and curiosity about this Asian player!
Son Heung-min's goal not only helped Manchester City widen the gap again, but also made Sevilla's offense very difficult.
The opponent's winger was too fast to be stopped at all.
If you want to prevent this kind of counterattack from the opponent, you can't overwhelm the midfield and launch an attack on Manchester City.
But if they don't attack Manchester City through the midfield, how can they equalize the score? The most terrible thing is that if they don't attack, then Manchester City will not be polite and they will attack instead.
The three goals conceded in the first half have proved that Sevilla's defense cannot stop Manchester City's front attack group.
As a result, Sevilla fell into an awkward situation where it could neither attack nor defend.
This embarrassing situation put them in a dilemma and they could no longer launch the same offensive as before.
On the contrary, after Manchester City regained the initiative, the players never relaxed and took the pressure attack to the extreme. In the last ten minutes of the game, the ball was almost always in Sevilla's half. They couldn't even touch the ball, let alone launch an attack. They were beaten for dozens of minutes.
In the injury time, Van Dijk took advantage of a corner kick to head in a goal, setting the score at 5:2. Manchester City won the European Super Cup without any danger and successfully defended the title of this competition.
(End of this chapter)