Chapter 447: Overtaking Ronaldo in the Champions League scorer list, Ronaldo's domineering declaration

Missing a penalty is not a big deal, especially when Manchester City still wins, Guardiola will not blame the players for it.

However, De Bruyne did not forgive himself easily. After this game, he added a penalty kick training to his daily training.

Although he does not have many opportunities to take penalties, Manchester City's top penalty taker is Lin Quan. As long as Lin Quan is on the field, he basically takes all the penalties.

But this does not mean that he can give up. If, like today's game, Lin Quan is not on the field, and the coach and teammates give him the responsibility of taking the penalty kick, if he is not fully prepared, won't he fail again? Guardiola saw De Bruyne's efforts and was very pleased with his self-discipline. With De Bruyne's talent and the positive and enterprising attitude he has shown so far, it is only a matter of time before he becomes a world-class midfielder in the future.

On November 4, the fourth round of the Champions League kicked off.

Manchester City set off to challenge Sevilla away.

After Juventus was tied by Borussia Mönchengladbach at home, the current qualifying situation in Group D is very complicated.

Except for Manchester City who has won all three games and is at the top of the list, the points of the other three teams are very close.

Juventus currently has one win, one loss and one draw in three games, with 4 points and is currently ranked second.

Sevilla has one win and two losses, and is currently ranked third with 3 points.

Borussia Mönchengladbach had one draw and two losses, ranking last in the group with one point.

Theoretically, these three teams have the possibility of qualifying, even Borussia Mönchengladbach is no exception.

If they can beat Juventus at home and Manchester City beat Sevilla away, they can even jump to second place in the group.

However, whether these teams can qualify depends not only on their own performance, but also on the performance of the giant Manchester City in the group.

If Manchester City loses to Sevilla away, the situation will be very unfavorable for both Juventus and Borussia Mönchengladbach.

After playing two back-to-back games against Manchester City, Sevilla's subsequent schedule is very friendly.

Facing Borussia Mönchengladbach and Juventus, they have a great chance of getting points, so it is very likely that they will get nine points or even higher and qualify from the group.

Therefore, for Juventus and Borussia Mönchengladbach, they cannot afford to lose this game and must go all out to win. At the same time, they hope that Manchester City will not let up or let down their team.

On the evening of November 4th, at 17:45, the games on both sides started at the same time.

Except for Manchester City, the coaching staff of the remaining three teams are very concerned about the live scores of another game.

For Manchester City, as long as they win this game, they will qualify for the group stage two rounds in advance.

So Guardiola had no intention of letting up, but instead stepped up the attack in the first half.

After Manchester City arrived at the away game, they took the initiative and launched an attack at the beginning of the game, catching Sevilla off guard.

Just 3 minutes into the game, Lin Quan broke through the opponent's goal and helped Manchester City take the lead.

Eight minutes later, Kroos scored another goal with a long shot, extending the score to 2:0. In the 25th minute, Sevilla played a pleasing ground cooperation and successfully scored a goal.

La Liga teams focus on footwork, and Sevilla is a strong team in La Liga, so it is not surprising that they can play such ground coordination.

When Guardiola was coaching Barcelona, ​​he played against Sevilla many times, but he was not frightened by the result.

He waved his hand, signaling the team to continue to strengthen the attack.

In the 35th minute, Manchester City fought back with a series of exquisite cooperation. Finally, Lin Quan and De Bruyne completed a wall cooperation, broke into the penalty area and pushed the ball into the goal, completing a brace.

Juventus and Borussia Mönchengladbach both breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that Manchester City was leading their opponents 3:1 away from home.

However, when they took a look at the score on their side, they couldn't laugh anymore.

In the 45th minute of the first half, the score between Juventus and Borussia Mönchengladbach was 1:1. Compared to the 0:0 in the previous game, both sides finally scored a goal in this game, which is considered an improvement.

If everyone scores one goal, it would be no different from not scoring a goal.

If both teams only get one point, it would be a lose-lose situation.

Juventus will face the powerful Manchester City in the next game. Unless Manchester City lets up after qualifying early, their chances of winning are slim.

This means that Juventus is very likely to be left behind by Sevilla.

The last round of the game is between Sevilla and Juventus at home. If the opponent has the advantage, they can advance smoothly as long as they draw at home, while Juventus will be eliminated.

Therefore, Juventus can neither afford to lose nor to draw.

Allegri was very anxious. Why is it so difficult to play against Monchengladbach? Although I heard that Monchengladbach is Bayern's nemesis, what does this have to do with me? Why are we restrained? He felt that he had never been so frustrated when he played against Sevilla or even Manchester City before.

Juventus had a lot of skills but they were unable to make full use of them. The German defense was like a rock, indestructible.

The head coach was anxious, and the Juventus players on the field were naturally anxious as well.

In their haste, they made excessive movements with their hands when fighting and defending, and received three yellow cards in a row.

The turning point of the game occurred in the 53rd minute of the second half, when Juventus midfielder Hernanes showed the sole of his shoe during a tackle and was directly shown a red card by the referee and sent off the field.

Juventus had to face their opponents with a 10-man lineup in the away game! With one man less, the situation was very unfavorable for Juventus. Even if Allegri couldn't accept it in his heart, he had to make substitutions to strengthen the defense and shrink the team's defense line.

In any case, getting one point is better than getting no point.

Although it is somewhat embarrassing to be tied by Borussia Mönchengladbach for two consecutive games, losing is even more embarrassing.

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Just when Juventus was tending to be conservative, on the other side, Sevilla's head coach chose to fight for his life.

After the start of the second half, he replaced three offensive players in succession in an attempt to turn the defeat around.

However, Manchester City's defense is considered to be the best in Europe, so how could it be so easily broken? Seeing the opponent's fierce attack, Guardiola took the initiative to let the team retreat and arranged Son Heung-min, a fast winger.

The intention was almost written on his face: If you dare to come over, I will fight back!

I am not afraid of strong teams playing pressure attacks, but I am afraid of strong teams playing defensive counterattacks.

Given the individual strength of their players, once this top team launches a counterattack, the power will be terrifying.

After Son Heung-min came on the court, he was very active and frequently launched extremely threatening attacks.

Unfortunately, his luck was a little bad, and both shots were just a little off and failed to result in a goal.

But his deterrent power on the field has been demonstrated, and Sevilla is suddenly in a dilemma.

A strong attack cannot break through the opponent's defense, and defense cannot defend against the opponent's counterattack.

Time passed little by little, and finally Sevilla had to swallow the bitter fruit of home defeat.

As a result, Manchester City advanced to the next round of the group stage two rounds in advance and can now consider their opponents in the knockout stage.

On the other side, although Juventus defended very poorly, thanks to Buffon's superb performance, they finally maintained a draw until the end of the game.

After getting 1 point, Juventus' points reached 5 points. Although it is not enough to ensure their qualification, it can at least help them stabilize their second position in the group.

As for Borussia Mönchengladbach, they only got 2 points in four games. Although they still have hope of qualifying in theory, in reality this hope is very slim.

In this round of group matches, the four Premier League teams won three and lost one, and the loser was naturally Arsenal.

At the Allianz Arena, they were beaten by Bayern.

Goals from Muller, Lewandowski, Alaba, Robben and others led to Arsenal's tragic 1:5 defeat at the hands of their opponents.

After two rounds, Arsenal conceded 10 goals to Bayern and only scored 3 goals themselves.

This result not only reflects Bayern's strong offensive power, but is also a true reflection of Arsenal's weak defense.

The defeat in this game made Arsenal suffer four consecutive defeats in the Champions League, and they also ranked last in the group with 0 points.

But even so, Arsenal still has theoretical hope of qualifying.

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In this round of the game, Olympiacos missed a penalty kick and was defeated by the opponent before the end of the game, failing to qualify two rounds in advance.

The current points in Group F are Bayern with 12 points after winning all four games, Olympiacos with 6 points after two wins and two losses, Dinamo Zagreb also with 6 points after two wins and two losses, and Arsenal with 0 points after losing all four games.

As long as Arsenal can win the last two games, and Olympiacos and Dinamo Salagebu don't get any points, and are beaten by their opponents with exaggerated scores, they will be able to overtake their opponents with the advantage of goal difference and successfully advance.

However, this hope of qualifying seems too slim.

Arsenal must not only hope that their form will improve and they can beat these two teams, but they must also hope that Bayern will not let them down and that they will slaughter these two teams by a large margin.

Otherwise, Arsenal, who currently have a 9-goal deficit, will not be able to qualify no matter what.

"It's too difficult. It's too difficult for Arsenal to qualify this year!"

"There is only theoretical hope!"

"In fact, after losing to Bayern in the last home game, I felt that Arsenal had no hope!"

"Yeah, they were defeated by Bayern even when they were leading 2:0 at home. How can we count on them away from home? They are Bayern!"

There is no need to say much about Bayern's strength. From their spectacular match with Manchester City in last year's Champions League semi-final, the world has already witnessed Bayern's terrifying strength.

Arsenal's current lineup is not good, and their tactics are not good. If they meet such a fierce Bayern, they will only be slaughtered.

However, even though Gunners fans acknowledge the objective gap between the two teams, they still feel upset when they recall the disastrous defeat at home.

What a great opportunity!

We were leading by 2 goals, but we were defeated! How can we justify this?

After so many years, the Gunners' mentality is still the same: superb when things are going their way, and collapse when things are going against them.

Compared to the unlucky Arsenal, fans of Manchester City, Manchester United and even Chelsea are feeling particularly relaxed at this moment.

Needless to say, Manchester City has already qualified two rounds in advance.

As for Manchester United, after defeating CSKA Moscow at home in this round, they jumped to first place in the group with 7 points, and the situation for qualifying is very good.

If Manchester United wins one more of the next two games, they will qualify.

As for Chelsea, although their league ranking has dropped to 15th, their performance in the Champions League is very impressive.

In this round of the game, Chelsea beat Dynamo Kyiv 2:1 at home, and their group points reached 7 points. They also surpassed the Portuguese Super League leader Porto with the advantage of goal difference and ranked first in the group. The situation for qualifying is very good.

Considering the strength of the opponents in the group, Chelsea's qualification spot should be secure.

Three of the four Premier League teams won first in their groups, which is enough to make Premier League fans feel proud.

What is the world's first league? What? The La Liga next door also has three group winners?

Oh! That's okay!

La Liga fans naturally scoff at the Premier League fans' self-proclaimed claim that the league is the best in the world.

Among your three group winners, except Manchester City, the other two have no advantage at all.

However, in La Liga, Real Madrid and Barcelona have maintained an unbeaten record and are at least 3 points ahead of the second place, so it can be said that they can qualify stably.

Moreover, if these three La Liga teams qualify from the group stage, they all have the strength to advance to the semi-finals.

In the Premier League, apart from Manchester City, the remaining two teams cannot even guarantee a place in the top four or the top eight.

The words of La Liga fans also made Premier League fans disdain: With Barcelona's current state, you say they can make it to the semi-finals? No one would believe it! However, Barcelona's current poor performance is due to Messi's absence due to injury. By the time the knockout rounds start, Messi will have recovered from his injury and returned to the team.

By then, Barcelona will be able to revive with full strength. Unless they encounter the three top teams of Real Madrid and Real Madrid in advance, there is still a great hope of reaching the semi-finals.

Since Ronaldo did not score a goal in this round, this is the second consecutive game in which Ronaldo has no goals after the previous game.

As a result, in the Champions League scorer list, Lin Quan surpassed Ronaldo with a one-goal advantage and returned to the top of the list.

This is not a big deal. Both of them are top scorers, and scoring goals is as easy for them as eating and drinking.

However, Ronaldo's two consecutive goal droughts have caused the outside world to start worrying about his condition.

Kicker magazine reported: "Cristiano Ronaldo, born in February 1985, is about to turn 31. For a player of his age, his condition and ability will gradually decline, which is an irreversible process.

Lin Quan is still very young. He is 11 years younger than Ronaldo and is only 20 years old this year.

As we all know, the golden age for athletes is 23 years old, which means that in the next few years, Lin Quan will become stronger and stronger, while Ronaldo and Messi will gradually decline.

So, this is probably Ronaldo's last chance to compete with Lin Quan for the Champions League Golden Boot!

If you miss this opportunity, it will be almost impossible to get this title in the future!"

The reporting and analysis in this article actually make sense, but for the strong-willed Ronaldo, how could he accept such an arbitrary conclusion from the reporter?

So he posted on social media: A truly strong person will not be bound by age!

(End of this chapter)