Chapter 494: Front Flip Celebration Reappeared, Manchester City 1:0 Atletico Madrid!

Fernando himself was actually very surprised, because Kante's joining left him with few opportunities to play in Manchester City.

This season he has only played 15 times for Manchester City, only 5 of which were starts. These five starts were all in domestic cup competitions. In the Champions League, he only played once, and that was as a substitute.

As he was not given much use in Manchester City, Fernando had already considered leaving and planned to join another team this summer.

Although Manchester City offered him a high salary and he could continue to win various honors by staying in Manchester City, Fernando felt that these honors had nothing to do with him.

He is only 29 years old this year and is in his golden period. It is still early for him to retire and he does not want to waste his time on the bench.

Therefore, he has made plans to play for ordinary teams in the top five leagues or even for some top teams in lower-level leagues.

Galatasaray from the Turkish Super League has contacted his agent and the contract offered by the other party is very sincere.

Given his marginalized position in Manchester City, he feels the club will not pose too many obstacles to his departure.

So, if nothing unexpected happens, he will probably leave the Premier League and join the Turkish Super League this summer.

However, just when Fernando was packing up his belongings and preparing to run away, Guardiola included him in the squad for the Champions League semi-finals, and even hinted during team training that he would be sent on the field, asking him to pay attention to maintaining a good condition.

This change made Fernando a little confused. Could it be that the head coach had changed his mind and finally discovered his talent and planned to use him? So he quickly informed his agent not to rush to sign with Galatasaray and to play the last few games of this season first to see how Manchester City would react.

After all, who would want to play in a lower league if they could stay in the top five leagues and get a big contract with a top club like Manchester City? Of course, he also knew that there was a big gap between him and the main defensive midfielders such as Kante and Kroos, and it was almost impossible for him to replace their main positions, unless these two were poached by other teams with high salaries, leaving vacancies.

But who can say for sure about this kind of thing? After all, every summer, a large number of stars choose to leave the transfer market and go to new teams. Before the transfer market closes, no one can be sure whether a player will still be in the team next season, especially those who are very popular.

Fernando was filled with excitement and completed the pre-match warm-up preparations carefully, and then was unsurprisingly placed on the bench by Guardiola.

However, another substitute midfielder Fernandinho replaced De Bruyne and got the chance to start.

In this game, Manchester City's starting lineup included three defensive midfielders, which immediately increased the strength of the midfield! "Are you planning to compete with us in the midfield?"

After Simeone saw the formation adopted by Manchester City, he immediately had some guesses in his mind.

His guess was soon confirmed after the game officially started. Manchester City really had to compete with them in the midfield, and it was a fight to the death!

"The pace of the game was very fast and both teams fought very aggressively!"

"Neither side could find any good attacking opportunities, and the players in the midfield of each side simply couldn't organize effectively!"

In the commentary booth, both commentators were surprised to see the situation on the field.

It's not surprising that Atletico Madrid played like this because this is their usual tactic.

But Manchester City actually played like this, which is a bit confusing.

After abandoning De Bruyne, the organizer in the frontcourt, who will Manchester City be entrusted with the organization and arrangement work in the midfield and frontcourt? Kante?

His work focus is defense. If he devotes some of his energy to offense, let alone whether his organizational ability can reach De Bruyne's level, the decline in defensive quality due to the dispersion of his energy will be a loss for Manchester City.

Since Kante can't do it, can Fernandinho do it?

Of course not, because his position is very far back, and his main responsibility is to support and protect Kroos in front of him. He will not take the initiative to move forward during the attack.

Therefore, Manchester City's frontcourt attack seemed to lack organization, at least in the first few minutes it was unclear who the core of the organization was.

There are many people who have similar ideas to the two commentators, including Atletico Madrid coach Simeone, as well as the coaches of Real Madrid and Bayern who rushed to the scene specifically to spy on military intelligence.

"What on earth does Guardiola want to do? Why is he sabotaging himself? Is he afraid that he can't win in the midfield, so he specially deployed a three-defensive-midfielder formation to strengthen the defense?"

Somewhere in the stands of the stadium, Real Madrid's assistant coach muttered to himself in confusion, completely unable to understand Guardiola's intention.

Zidane on the side was also frowning at this time. He couldn't see anything in the first few minutes of the game, but he vaguely felt that Lin Quan's position today was not right.

Although he appeared on the right wing, he wandered to the middle many times, becoming half of the attacking midfielder in Manchester City's frontcourt.

Could it be that Guardiola intends to let Lin Quan take charge of organizing the attack?

However, given Atletico's defensive strength, if Lin Quan really takes over this hot job, he will definitely receive special attention from the opponent. At that time, let alone organizing an attack, it will be a problem whether he can protect the ball under his feet from being snatched away by the opponent.

On the other side of the stands, Bayern coach Heynckes' eyes were fixed on Manchester City's midfielder Kroos.

Guardiola specially arranged Fernandinho to support and protect him in this game, which obviously had an intention.

As a former Bayern player, Heynckes is well aware of Kroos's strength.

He has an excellent overall view and an extremely accurate long pass. Once the players in the frontcourt run into space, Kroos is capable of delivering a deadly long pass.

However, he vaguely felt that the task Guardiola assigned to Kroos should not be limited to this.

In the first ten minutes of the game, both teams were busy fighting in the middle, and neither side had many good opportunities.

Manchester City's three defensive midfielders intercepted and covered too large an area, making it impossible for Atletico Madrid to launch a counterattack. The positional warfare lacked creativity, and they could not even break into the dangerous area within 30 meters, let alone pose a threat to Manchester City's goal.

However, Manchester City was not much better. Without De Bruyne's fatal pass, they did not have many offensive means in the frontcourt. Although Lin Quan relied on his outstanding personal strength to dribble through and complete a shot.

However, the angle of the shot was not good and was easily blocked by the goalkeeper, so no goal was scored.

The situation seemed to be at a stalemate, with neither team having much luck in dealing with the other.

However, is this really the case?

In the 15th minute of the first half, Lin Quan received the ball on the wing. Atletico Madrid's forward Griezmann, winger Koke and midfielder Augusto immediately surrounded him, ready to double-team him and snatch the ball from his feet.

Seeing that the opponent was rushing forward fiercely, Lin Quan took the initiative to retreat, attracting the opponent to follow up and then passed the ball back to Kante who came to receive the ball.

Torres and Griezmann immediately rushed towards Kante again, and Atletico's other midfielder Gabi also joined the double-team.

However, Kante didn't stick to the ball at all and passed it to his teammate Fernandinho.

After receiving the ball, Fernandinho continued to pass it back, further pulling Atletico's formation outwards, while also passing the ball to the feet of the dealer Kroos in the backcourt.

When Kroos received the ball, he was in a deep position, close to the right wing.

Although Atletico did an excellent job of pressing high up the pitch, there were naturally no Atletico players in such a deep position.

Coupled with Fernandinho's cover, Atletico Madrid's players were unable to threaten Kroos in the first place.

For a passing master like Kroos, without any external interference, his long pass success rate can reach 100%!

Teacher Tony just looked up and observed the positions of the players on both sides in the front court, then immediately swung his legs and sent a long pass that seemed to be guided accurately! This ball was for Lin Quan!

Taking advantage of the fact that the opponent was attracted by the ball at his teammate's feet and temporarily relaxed his defense against him, the moment the ball was passed to Kroos, Lin Quan immediately accelerated and rushed towards the opponent's half.

Kroos also completed a long pass, the football drew a beautiful arc in the air and accurately found Lin Quan.

As expected of Kroos, the pass was very good. Lin Quan didn't need to slow down at all. He just needed to run hard and catch the ball before the goalkeeper!

Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Oblak had realized something was wrong and chose to attack immediately. Both of them were speeding towards the football.

However, halfway through his attack, he realized that it was impossible for him to grab the ball before Lin Quan.

So Oblak retreated while being ready to save the ball at any time.

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Lin Quan took a look at the goalkeeper's position and kicked the ball without hesitation.

The ball flew a high arc in the air, passed over the goalkeeper's head, and fell into the net as lightly as a fallen leaf.

Boom! At the moment when Lin Quan scored, the Etihad Stadium seemed to have canceled the mute button, and a huge wave of sound roared and swept across the entire stadium.

The ball came too suddenly and many fans were not prepared.

Seeing the tense situation between the two sides in the first ten minutes, they all thought it would be a tough battle and it would be difficult for the team to score without De Bruyne.

However, they never expected that through a connection between Kroos and Lin Quan, they could break the opponent's goal so easily.

Manchester City's attack was extremely fast. From Kroos passing the ball to Lin Quan shooting, the whole process took less than four seconds.

No matter how fast Atletico Madrid's defense is, they can only sigh helplessly under such a terrifying counterattack speed!

“Well done!”

The moment Lin Quan scored, Guardiola was so excited that he was like an octopus spider, dancing, jumping and jumping. He wanted to hug and kiss anyone who passed by him.

Lin Quan was very excited after scoring the goal, and he did his signature front flip celebration.

Guardiola, who was excitedly hugging and celebrating with the assistant coach and substitutes on the sidelines, was suddenly frightened when he saw this scene.

We have to remind this kid not to do such a dangerous celebration. If he gets hurt by accident, it will be a big problem! The fans at the Etihad Stadium and around the world didn't care. Seeing Lin Quan perform the classic celebration of front flip again, they all cheered and applauded Lin Quan loudly.

In a family in Bremen, Germany, Coach Schaff, who was watching the game, couldn't help shaking his head after seeing Lin Quan's celebration.

"This kid is still the same as before!"

As Lin Quan's mentor, he feels very proud and proud of Lin Quan's achievements today.

Although the two worked together for only a short year, that year left him with beautiful memories that he will never forget in his life.

In a house in Barcelona.

Seeing Lin Quan's energy on the court, Messi looked at him with envy.

It’s great to be young! How great would it be if I were as young as him and could regain that feeling of being omnipotent?

It’s a pity that time is gone and can never be returned.

Due to the influence of Messi's injuries this season, his condition has declined a lot. Barcelona also lost Neymar, a key player, and was punished with a transfer ban due to violations of youth training regulations. It can be said that it is facing internal and external troubles.

Messi has tried his best to lead the team to win the La Liga championship this season under such circumstances.

As for the Champions League, there is nothing he can do.

There are many people who have the same feelings as Messi, such as someone in Madrid.

When Ronaldo saw Lin Quan, he couldn't help but recall what he looked like when he was young.

Were you also so high-spirited and ambitious back then?

However, I am now stronger than the young and immature me back then, so there is nothing to reminisce about! …

Manchester City's goal caught Atletico Madrid off guard. The moment Simeone saw his own goal being breached, he couldn't help but curse!

Before the game started, he repeatedly warned everyone to guard against Lin Quan and not to let down their guard at all.

But what is the result?

The players didn't restrict Lin Quan at all. When Lin Quan suddenly started, no one within two meters of him interfered with him. By the time they realized the danger, it was too late to start again! Manchester City played this ball beautifully, but Atletico's defensive players also had a lot of responsibility.

However, it is meaningless to blame the players at this time. The ball has been lost. What they have to do now is to prevent the opponent from continuing to score goals and at the same time seize the opportunity to try to break the opponent's goal.

That way, they can have an away goal!

Before visiting the Etihad Stadium, Simeone had already guessed that he might lose the game.

After all, this is the most terrifying devil's home stadium in Europe. Manchester City rarely loses in this stadium and remains unbeaten in the Champions League.

Many top teams such as Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern have all failed here, so the probability of Atletico Madrid winning is naturally very low.

However, even if he was going to lose, he couldn't accept losing in this way.

(End of this chapter)