Chapter 428 Guardiola’s plan: Let Lin Quan be the teacher!

In Group D with Juventus is Sevilla, who just played against Manchester City in the European Super Cup. The last team in Group D is Borussia Mönchengladbach from the Bundesliga.

Therefore, Group D has undoubtedly become this year's death group.

It is also the only group where all four teams are from the top five leagues.

This grouping result is very unfavorable for the four teams in the group. After all, the teams from the top five leagues are indeed stronger than those outside the top five leagues.

The teams that can enter the Champions League are all teams ranked high in major leagues.

Although these teams are ranked in the third or even fourth tier and seem weak, they actually have the potential to overthrow the giants. The leaders of major leagues have often suffered defeats at the hands of these teams.

Compared with Manchester City's draw, Manchester United next door has drawn a very good draw.

Their other three opponents in the same group are PSV Eindhoven, CSKA Moscow and Wolfsburg.

Two of the four teams are not from the top five leagues, and their strength is not very strong.

As long as Manchester United does not let down, it is almost certain that they will be first in the group.

In addition to Manchester United, Chelsea also has good luck in the Premier League. Their opponents are Porto, Dynamo Kyiv and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Although Chelsea's form has fluctuated this season, their foundation is still there. As long as they seize the opportunities, it will not be difficult for them to be first in the group.

As for the Gunners, Wenger's team has officially started the battle to take on Barcelona in three years and Bayern in five years.

This year, they faced Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich in the group stage.

Bayern Munich's terrifying offensive power is obvious to all in Europe. Facing such a team known for its impact and offensive firepower, I really don't know whether Wenger can defend his home court.

However, despite the encounter with Bayern, this did not affect Arsenal's qualification for the group stage.

After all, their other two opponents in the same group are Olympiacos and Dinamo Zagreb. Both teams are not strong. With Arsenal's strength, it should be easy to defeat them.

In fact, compared with the previous Champions League group stage draws, this season's draw results are considered a good draw for all major clubs.

Influenced by UEFA's policies, there have been many more teams from outside the top five leagues in the Champions League group stage in the past two years.

Last year, half of the 32 teams participating in the Champions League were from non-top five leagues. This year, there is one less team, but there are still 15 teams that are not from the top five leagues.

UEFA's trend of suppressing the giants and supporting the weak is becoming more and more obvious.

Although these teams are basically the champions of their respective leagues, their strength is obviously far behind that of the top five leagues. In the Champions League, they are basically just like the prince accompanying him to study and cannot make any waves.

The advantage of doing this is that the probability of top teams being eliminated in the group stage is reduced.

The downside is that because there are too many weak teams, the excitement of the Champions League group stage has been greatly reduced and its appeal to fans has also decreased.

Coupled with the influx of these teams, part of the Champions League broadcasting revenue must be shared with them, which is obviously damaging to the interests of the giants.

As a result, some teams in the five major leagues began to collude privately, trying to bypass UEFA and set up their own European Super League with the participation of more than a dozen old and powerful clubs.

However, this approach is bound to be strongly opposed by UEFA. After all, if these top clubs run away, who will watch the Champions League?

Without these top clubs, the value of the Champions League will be greatly reduced, and its influence and attention will plummet.

The decline in the influence of the Champions League will inevitably greatly affect UEFA's interests. After all, UEFA makes a lot of money from operating the Champions League every year.

Cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. UEFA will never sit idly by and watch something that damages UEFA's interests.

However, the various policies and reforms implemented by UEFA have actually damaged the interests of the giants.

In addition, the inflated values ​​of players in the transfer market in recent years, coupled with the rapid increase in players' salaries, have greatly affected the team's operating costs, causing many teams to spend more than they earn or even be heavily in debt.

If this continues, it will be very detrimental to the healthy operation of major leagues.

Therefore, the game between the clubs and UEFA will definitely become more and more intense.

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The Champions League games will not start until mid-September. Before that, Manchester City's attention will be focused on the league.

On August 29, Manchester City returned to their home ground to face newly promoted Watford.

Although the opponent is just a newly promoted team, one thing is incredible - Watford remains unbeaten so far.

What’s even more incredible is that all three games ended in draws.

Getting three points in three games and remaining unbeaten seems to be a good result for a newly promoted team.

But in this round, Watford's good luck came to an end when they met Manchester City.

The whole Manchester City team was in great form in this game. Aguero was in great form in the first half, scoring twice in just 20 minutes to help the team take a 2:0 lead.

In the second half, Lin Quan scored another goal to extend the score to 3:0. After the team took a big lead, Guardiola started making substitutions as usual, with players such as Kimmich, Rudiger and Son Heung-min coming on the field one after another.

Son Heung-min's good luck seems to be continuing. In this game, after coming on as a substitute, he quickly seized the opponent's attacking opportunity and scored a goal with a long-distance run.

Although this was just a goal that added icing on the cake, it had little impact on the overall situation.

But the process of scoring this goal made Guardiola's eyes light up. This kid's dribbling and breakthrough abilities have improved significantly compared to before!

Is it the result of training with Lin Quan? If this is true, can David Silva, De Bruyne, Kante and others be trained in the same way? If there is a difference between Guardiola's Manchester City and the Barcelona of the Dream Three Dynasty, it is that they lack Iniesta.

Lin Quan can perfectly replace Messi, and may even be more comprehensive than the original Messi.

Kroos can replace Xavi and act as a midfield commander and dealer, but who will replace Iniesta?

De Bruyne? He doesn't have Iniesta's ability to carry the ball and break through. Although De Bruyne occasionally has wonderful passing and breakthroughs, compared with Iniesta, he is a little far behind.

The Barcelona of the Dream Three Dynasty was not only strong because of Messi, but also because his teammates were all very strong.

As for Manchester City, although other players are also very strong, Lin Quan is far superior to everyone else, and even widened the gap in level.

This made Guardiola very worried, fearing that opponents would target Lin Quan.

When he was at Barcelona, ​​he often encountered situations where Messi was targeted by opponents. Once Messi was restricted, Barcelona's offensive firepower would drop a lot.

But because of Xiaobai, he can effectively help Messi share the firepower, so that even if Messi is restricted, Barcelona's offensive system can still operate smoothly.

But in Manchester City, if Lin Quan is being targeted, who can step forward?

This was originally an unsolvable problem, but now Guardiola seems to have seen a solution to the problem.

…

The fourth round of the Premier League is a nightmare for all the big clubs.

Except for Manchester City's victory, all other giants lost.

Klopp's Liverpool tasted their first defeat. They lost miserably to the Hammers West Ham United at Anfield, and were defeated 0:3 by their opponents. It can be said that they lost without any temper.

Chelsea, with a new coach, failed to defend Stamford Bridge. They lost 1:2 to Crystal Palace at home. The fortune that had finally turned around seemed to take a sharp turn for the worse again.

Arsenal were not much better. Playing away from home, they lost to Newcastle due to an own goal by their own player after their opponent was sent off at the start of the game.

As for Mourinho's Manchester United, after scoring the first goal, they were tragically reversed by their opponents and lost 1:2 to Swansea away, which also broke their unbeaten record.

Therefore, after the end of this round, among the major giants, only Manchester City maintained its winning streak and unbeaten record.

The gap between them and other teams has further widened to 3 points.

The result of the failure of the giants caused the Fleet Street media to wail.

The Daily Mail even reported this round of matches with a sensational headline: "Premier League suspense ends 34 rounds ahead of schedule."

"From the performance of the big clubs in this round, I don't see any hope of beating Manchester City. I have a feeling that this season Manchester City will not only win the championship, but will also lead their opponents by a large margin and win the championship many rounds in advance!

Perhaps, we will witness with our own eyes the moment when the Premier League's highest scoring record is broken! "

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Son Heung-min's outstanding performance of scoring goals in three consecutive games quickly won him recognition from Manchester City fans.

Even his teammates' attitude towards him changed greatly. They took the initiative to greet him, and more and more people began to pass the ball to him in training games.

But just when he was feeling good, even a little proud.

Guardiola found him with a serious expression: "Sun, come with me!"

Son Heung-min's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously wondered if he had done something wrong to upset his coach. But when he followed Guardiola to the training ground with trepidation, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was not the only one on the training ground. There were also Lin Quan, De Bruyne, Kroos, Kante and many other players there.

"Sun, repeat the sparring you had with Lin Quan before and let us see!"

Guardiola nodded to Lin Quan, then gave instructions to Son Heung-min.

"Yes, Boss!"

Son Heung-min was confused and didn't know what Guardiola was going to do, but he still did what he was told.

In fact, Son Heung-min's sparring with Lin Quan was a process in which he was repeatedly beaten to a pulp by Lin Quan.

He is not a professional defensive player, his defensive awareness and skills are average, and he cannot stop Lin Quan's breakthrough at all.

Several players knew this at a glance, but what Guardiola showed them was not the embarrassing scene of Son Heung-min.

"Do you see how Lin surpasses others?"

Guardiola looked at everyone and asked.

Kante, who is good at defense, stepped forward and explained the techniques that Lin Quan had just used during the breakthrough.

As a top defensive player, he is naturally familiar with the various tactics of the opposing offensive players.

However, although it is easy to say, if he really faces Lin Quan one-on-one, Kante will be flustered and embarrassed.

This kind of pervert cannot be defended against one-on-one.

However, what you fear will come true. After Kante analyzed Lin Quan's dribbling skills, Guardiola nodded with satisfaction and then said:

"Well said. In that case, N'Golo, you and Lin should practice sparring!"

"Ah? Me?"

Kant was stunned for a moment, looking a little embarrassed.

Coach, you know me. I, Kante, am fearless. People say there are no obstacles that cannot be overcome, only Kante.

But, I'm really no match for this guy, right?

When I first joined the team, I was instigated by my teammates and challenged Captain Lin without knowing my own limitations. As a result, I was beaten badly by Captain Lin. It was not easy for me to successfully defend him once out of ten times.

That series of failures almost shattered my faith and made me lose confidence in my abilities!

If you come here again now, I’m afraid my inner demon will relapse! “Well, you practice with him once, just once!”

Guardiola seemed to know that Kante was a little afraid of Lin Quan, so he emphasized that he only needed to practice once.

"All right!"

Kante stood up reluctantly, but due to his lack of confidence, the result when facing Lin Quan would not be very good.

Kante was defeated as expected, and his defeat was complete. He did not look like the omnipotent defensive guard on the court at all.

Gulong!

Son Heung-min swallowed subconsciously. Although after a few days of training, he already knew that Lin Quan's dribbling ability was very strong.

But I didn't expect it to be so powerful!

Even Kante, who had the best defensive ability in the team, couldn't stop him and was completely defeated by him.

Is this guy still human?

I'm afraid even Messi at his peak is no better than this! "Very good, I think everyone has realized that your teammate Lin Quan is a player who is very good at breaking through and dribbling!"

Guardiola was very satisfied with the result and clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention.

Everyone stared at Guardiola curiously. Everyone felt that he wouldn't be so bored as to gather everyone together just to watch Lin Quan's dribbling.

So, he must have some other purpose.

Guardiola did not keep the question secret and quickly revealed the answer: "In that case, do you want to have the same ability as Lin Quan?"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar at the scene.

Everyone stared at Guardiola in amazement. Does he have the same dribbling ability as Lin?

Is this really possible? "Ahem, I didn't make myself clear. What I meant was, learning Lin's dribbling skills and improving your dribbling abilities doesn't mean you should reach Lin's level!"

Guardiola thought that Lin Quan's talent was something that ordinary people could not learn.

(End of this chapter)