Chapter 442: Manchester City: I'm not targeting anyone, I'm saying that everyone here is rubbish!

"Champions, Manchester City is ready to defend the Champions League title again!"

"Terrifying strength, the Europa League champion is not even a match for us!"

"Huang Shairen, are you ready to face Manchester City?"

After the game, the British media started to praise Manchester City to the skies.

The important thing about this game is not the score. Although a score of 4:0 is considered a big score in the Champions League, it is not uncommon in the group stage.

Moreover, although the opponent is the Europa League champion, it is not a wealthy club after all. It can only be regarded as a strong team in the La Liga, which cannot even make it into the top three of the league.

So there is nothing to brag about Manchester City's victory over them, it was purely a crushing victory based on hard power.

What the media really touts is the confident and calm kingly mentality that Guardiola's Manchester City team exudes from top to bottom.

Their players were calm and confident on the field and played in a very relaxed manner. This state allowed them to perform better and better and fully demonstrate their strength.

Manchester City's paper strength is already very terrifying, coupled with Guardiola's tactics and the players' state, it is too difficult to beat them! There are really not many teams in the entire football world that can beat them. Only Real Madrid, Sampdoria and Atletico Madrid have a certain hope of defeating them.

But in the eyes of the British, if these teams cannot perform beyond their level, their chances of defeating Manchester City will be very low, probably no more than 40%.

As for other teams?

Paris Saint-Germain? Old Lady? Or Manchester United or Chelsea? These teams are not even on the same level as Manchester City. On paper, they are far behind Manchester City. Even if they are in great form, they may not win. So forget it! In the process of praising them, the British media seems to be belittling other league teams.

So after their report came out, it immediately drew counterattacks from media in other countries.

Bild: "Manchester City is indeed strong, but the ball is round and everything is possible on the field.

What's more, under Heynckes's coaching this season, Bayern Munich is even stronger than last season, as evidenced by their 12-game winning streak in the league and Champions League. As the only two teams in the top five leagues that have maintained a winning streak, Bayern is definitely capable of challenging Manchester City! "

Although he has faded out of the football scene for a year and a half, the old coach Heynckes' skills have not diminished at all.

After returning to the Allianz Arena, he combined his own tactics with those left by Guardiola at Bayern, creating a more efficient and more offensive tactical style of play, making Bayern unstoppable both in the league and in the Champions League!

In the third round of the Champions League group stage that just ended, Bayern visited the Emirates Stadium. After Arsenal scored two goals in the beginning, they chased five goals and finally defeated the Gunners 5:2, giving their opponents a three-game losing streak.

This team not only has stronger firepower, but also has enhanced fighting spirit and resilience.

They are the kind of team that gets stronger when facing a stronger opponent. The stronger the opponent, the more it can inspire their fighting spirit.

What's more, Bayern is no stranger to Lin Quan and Guardiola, and is indeed the team most likely to defeat Manchester City.

In addition to Bayern's dissatisfaction, Real Madrid's mouthpiece Marca also immediately issued a rebuttal:

"Real Madrid has not lost a game in the league and Champions League this season, and under Zidane's coaching, the whole team is getting better and better. Benzema, Rodriguez, Ronaldo, Bale and others are back to their peak, especially Ronaldo. His performance in the league and Champions League is not inferior to Lin Quan at all, and he even surpasses Lin Quan.

Considering that Manchester City has won two consecutive Champions League titles, the players' desire for honor and championships is definitely not as strong as that of Real Madrid's players.

Real Madrid's vision and desire for the tenth Champions League trophy in team history is definitely not something that Manchester people can understand! "

While Bayern and Real Madrid stood up to express their opposition and dissatisfaction, Barcelona in Catalonia seemed unusually quiet.

This summer, Neymar's departure dealt a heavy blow to Barcelona, ​​and coupled with a wave of injuries within the team, Barcelona was left with a camp full of injured players.

The most serious thing is that Barcelona's core Messi is also injured. At the end of last month, in Barcelona's home game against Las Palmas, Messi was injured and left the field just 3 minutes after the start of the game.

After the game, the hospital diagnosed that his left knee ligament was torn. This injury is quite serious. It is conservatively estimated that Messi will be absent for 7 to 8 weeks due to injury.

Messi's injury has caused Barcelona's strength to decline significantly, with only Suarez left in the frontcourt to provide support.

Not only that, because the La Masia youth training camp's illegal recruitment of young players was exposed, Barcelona was severely punished by FIFA - no transfers could be made within a year!

This summer, they failed to sign Lin Quan. In addition to the fact that Lin Quan did not want to return to Camp Nou, another reason was that he was punished by FIFA.

According to insider information, FIFA believes that Barcelona still has many violations in youth training, so the punishment may continue to be additional. If this is true, Barcelona is in big trouble.

Speaking of it, Barcelona's luck is really not that good. If the transfer ban had come a few days earlier, Neymar would not have been able to leave. If Neymar didn't leave, now that Messi is injured, at least they can count on him and Suarez to carry the team forward together.

But Neymar left, and although Suarez is very strong, he cannot carry the team alone, which makes Barcelona's record very bad during this period.

After Messi was injured, they lost in the league to Sevilla, who had just been defeated by Manchester City.

Taking Sevilla as a reference, Manchester City was able to beat them without any chance of fighting back, while Barcelona was easily defeated by them. The strength gap between the two teams is actually very large.

With the team in such a serious situation, Barcelona has neither the confidence nor the intention to get involved in this mess.

Although the British media boasted without thinking, only Bayern and Real Madrid dared to stand up and refute it, which is enough to explain the problem.

…

On October 25, the 10th round of the Premier League is about to start.

The highlight of this round of games is the Manchester derby between Manchester City and Manchester United at Old Trafford.

The storm is brewing. Facing such a strong Manchester City, everyone in the Red Devils is nervous and dares not speak too loudly.

"We can definitely win this game, right?"

The Red Devils fans themselves are not confident and are trying to stick together for warmth.

"Maybe? After all, our coach is Mourinho, who has led his team to defeat Guardiola many times. He can be said to be the best at beating Guardiola!"

At present, Manchester United is not as good as the booming Manchester City next door, both in terms of team lineup and player status.

The only thing worth mentioning is probably that the coaches of both teams are of similar level.

Moreover, Mourinho once led Inter Milan to eliminate Barcelona in the Champions League, preventing Barcelona from achieving the goal of winning three consecutive Champions League titles.

He later joined Real Madrid, which forced Guardiola to leave the country and almost ended Barcelona's Dream Three dynasty.

With Mourinho's record like this, the Red Devils fans can't help but have a glimmer of hope.

I hope he can create a miracle again!

However, the Red Devils' fans seem to only remember Mourinho's achievements at Inter Milan and Real Madrid, and completely forget the series of disastrous defeats he suffered against Manchester City during his time at Chelsea.

Compared to the nervous Manchester United fans, the fans of Manchester City next door are much more relaxed.

The media's hype made them a little proud, but the team's solid strength and brilliant record made them feel particularly at ease.

Although a few years ago, Manchester United was an opponent that Manchester City felt in awe and even terrorized.

In the historical data of the two sides' encounters, Manchester United has an overwhelming lead.

However, historical data that is too old does not have much reference value. If we only consider the results of the two teams' encounters in the past five years, then Manchester City is completely worthy of praise.

In fact, after they introduced Lin Quan, they have never lost a game against Manchester United.

Lin Quan's hat-trick at Old Trafford and his imitation of Cantona's celebration greatly boosted the confidence of countless Manchester City fans, allowing them to completely let go of their fear of Manchester United that was filtered through history.

Today, Manchester City's strength has further improved, and Manchester United next door has experienced several years of chaos and is no longer the Premier League overlord it once was.

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So what is there to be afraid of? What they need to do now is to kick Manchester United off the throne.

In the past two seasons, Manchester City has won two consecutive Premier League titles. If they can defend the title this year, they will be able to create their own Manchester City dynasty.

Manchester United's 20-year history of dominating the Premier League will also come to an end! In such a crucial season, the battle between the Blue Moon and the Red Devils can be regarded as an important symbol of the alternation of royal power.

Manchester City fans were unwilling to miss such an important match, and they frantically snapped up tickets for Old Trafford, wanting to go to their arch-rivals' home ground to witness their miserable defeat at their own feet! In recent years, as Manchester City's performance has improved year by year, especially after they won two Champions League titles, their influence around the world has risen significantly.

As a result, Manchester City's fan base around the world began to expand rapidly.

In the past year, more and more overseas fans have chosen to watch games at the Etihad Stadium.

A game as significant as the Manchester City derby is certainly not to be missed for these overseas fans.

As a result, some overseas fans who had the means also bought tickets through various channels early on. With so much competition, the tickets for this game were driven up to sky-high prices, with the prices increasing five or even ten times higher than usual.

Some Manchester United fans who lost confidence in their home team could not even resist the temptation of ticket scalpers and sold their tickets to them at high prices.

Maybe they think Manchester United can't win at home, so instead of spending money to watch the home team get beaten, it would be better to sell the tickets and exchange them for a couple of beers to soothe their wounded hearts, right?

However, such fans are a minority after all, and most of the Red Devils fans still insist on going to their home stadium to support their team.

When the game started, the Old Trafford Stadium, which can accommodate 76,000 people, was packed.

The fans who came to the scene wore the jerseys of the two teams tacitly. The red sky was the main color of Old Trafford today.

Compared with the ocean of red that filled the entire venue, the small piece of blue in the red looked so weak and helpless.

Before the game even started, fans from both teams had already started fighting.

Fans from both sides started to curse at each other across the isolation tape. Some of the trolls felt that it was not enough to just curse with their mouths, so they rolled up their sleeves and planned to resolve the dispute with their fists.

Fortunately, the security personnel and police officers on the scene completely separated the fans on both sides and did not give them the opportunity to hurt each other. Some fans with extreme behaviors were directly subdued and forcibly taken away. After the game, they may face punishment from the English Football Association and may never be able to step into the stadium to watch a game again.

The Manchester derby is already very popular, and with the rise of Manchester City in recent years, the game between the two teams has become more popular than ever.

As the focus of this round of competition, this match was specially selected to be broadcast live to the world during prime time.

The Premier League and the English Football Association intend to use this exciting, high-level game to attract more overseas fans to pay attention to the Premier League, not to let them watch Premier League football hooligans fighting each other.

After the coaches of the two teams entered the stadium, Mourinho took the initiative to walk towards Guardiola and shook hands with him expressionlessly, without any intention of greeting.

Guardiola also had a blank expression on his face. He extended his hand and shook hands in a businesslike manner, and then everyone returned to their own coaching seats.

Although the two are old rivals on the court, they seem to have no friendship with each other.

In fact, the two were very good friends when they worked together in Barcelona in the early years.

But it all ended after the two parted ways!

In the eyes of the media and fans, these two are two extremes.

Guardiola is low-key and humble, while Mourinho is flamboyant and arrogant.

Guardiola is a sharp spear who advocates offense.

Mourinho is a solid shield, keen on defense.

The collision between the two is undoubtedly a contest between spear and shield.

In the past five years, the two have had a mixed record in their battles against each other, with neither gaining an overwhelming advantage.

So this confrontation continues until one of the sides is completely defeated.

However, when people saw the formation and starting lineup of Manchester City in this game, they were dumbfounded.

"Did they get the names wrong? Manchester City actually has three defensive midfielders?"

The three defensive midfielders tactic was Mourinho's forte when he was at Real Madrid.

When facing Barcelona, ​​which was invincible in passing and controlling the ball at that time, Mourinho liked to send out three defensive midfielders to intensify the competition for the midfield, thereby disrupting the smooth operation of the opponent's passing and controlling system.

This tactic had some effect, but the effect was not obvious.

Now, Guardiola took the lead and used Mourinho's tricks, which surprised the fans. This is not Guardiola's style! While being surprised, everyone is also looking forward to Mourinho's response strategy.

(End of this chapter)