Chapter 817 Juventus, say goodbye to the Europa League!
Manchester City eventually defeated Wolves 3-0 away and won three points.
Just two minutes into the game, Su Dong scored the first goal for Manchester City. In the 18th minute, David Silva received a pass from Su Dong, broke into the penalty area, and was tripped by the opponent's central defender Stillman. The referee awarded a penalty without hesitation.
David Silva scored the penalty kick himself to further expand Manchester City's lead.
The two teams then exchanged attacks and defenses, but after the second half, Manchester City still controlled the situation on the field.
After leading by two goals, Su Dong also purposefully helped Trippier integrate into the game.
For example, in the 53rd minute, after Su Dong cooperated with Sanchez, he failed to get a chance to shoot in front of the penalty area, but noticed Trippier who was behind the team farther away, so Su Dong passed the ball back.
Trippier came forward, received the pass from Su Dong, adjusted himself, took a step forward, and took a long shot directly.
This was a long shot from 25 meters away from the goal, and it was also Trippier's first shot in the Premier League.
In the end it was slightly higher and failed to score.
Although he failed to score a goal, Su Dong still ran over to congratulate Trippier.
Later there was another free kick opportunity, and Su Dong gave it to Trippier, but when the young player took the penalty, he hit the wall directly, and the quality was indeed not high.
But it doesn’t matter, Su Dong and his teammates also gave him encouragement.
Finally, in a corner kick melee, Kompany headed the ball and Boateng volleyed the ball into the goal, scoring another goal for Manchester City.
Three to zero, Manchester City defeated Wolves away.
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As the captain, Su Dong accepted interviews from media reporters on behalf of the players after the game.
He expressed his affirmation for young player Trippier's debut.
"He is a player with great potential. We all believe that he still has great potential that has not been tapped. We all believe that he will perform better and better in the first team."
The media also dug a hole for Su Dong, that is, Micah Richards and Trippier, both of whom are local youth training, who should be the main player?
Su Dong said that this should be a concern for head coach Guardiola.
"They are two players with very different characteristics. I don't think they are comparable. The team should choose different players according to different opponents. Of course, this is not something I should worry about."
Among the media and fans, Trippier's debut was rated above average.
According to the Manchester Evening News, "Everyone can see that Su Dong and Manchester City's players are helping Trippier actively integrate into the team and adapt to the rhythm of the game. He has also shown a certain level, but there is still a long way to go before Trippier can become the main right back of the Premier League leader team."
Amid rumors that Micah Richards has lost Guardiola's trust, everyone believes that as long as Zabaleta regains his form after returning from injury, he will basically still be a main player, and Trippier will be a strong addition to the team.
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In November, Manchester City faced the fourth round of the Europa League group stage.
The team traveled to Poland to challenge Poznan Lech away.
Despite a big win at home, Manchester City still needs another victory to fully secure their qualification for the group stage, so Guardiola still sent out all his main players in this game.
Young player Trippier continues to serve as the team's starting right back, which can be regarded as an encouragement to him from Guardiola.
For young players, the opportunity to play continuously is more important than anything else.
This is true for Trippier and Boateng as well.
However, the German defender played as a left back in the previous game, but in this game he directly replaced Kompany and partnered with Pepe as a center back.
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After the start of the game, Manchester City showed strong passing and ball control capabilities, taking the initiative and firmly controlling the ball in the game.
In the third minute, Di Maria broke through on the left and passed the ball in front of the goal. Su Dong shot with force, but the ball was saved by goalkeeper Brick and went out of bounds, resulting in a corner kick.
David Silva took the corner kick, which was cleared out of the penalty area by the defender of Poznan Lech and landed on the right side.
Trippier took a step ahead, stopped the ball, observed the penalty area, and saw Su Dong's raised hand. As if he saw a lighthouse, he no longer hesitated and sent a 45-degree pass with his right foot, sending the ball back into the penalty area.
Su Dong was well prepared and took the lead to seize the position. Trippier's diagonal pass was also very accurate. Su Dong headed the ball directly and scored the first goal for Manchester City!
After scoring the goal, Su Dong pointed at Trippier from a distance, signaling the young English player to run over quickly to celebrate the goal.
Other Manchester City players also caught up to congratulate Trippier.
Getting an assist in his second start is definitely something worth celebrating.
Of course, it must also be noted that as Su Dong’s teammate, assists are always a relatively easy thing.
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In the 30th minute, Poznan Lech used a long shot from outside the penalty area to penetrate Manchester City's goal and successfully equalized the score.
The goal was conceded rather suddenly, but goalkeeper Joe Hart also bears some responsibility.
Afterwards, the two teams attacked and defended each other.
Manchester City had the ball and Lech Poznan created threats through counterattacks.
After the second half, David Silva cooperated with Di Maria on the left in the 51st minute, Marcelo cut in and made a cross, and Su Dong headed the ball, catching the opponent off guard.
In a hurry, goalkeeper Brick blocked the ball with his arm, but Su Dong reacted faster, kicked the ball first, and "kicked" the ball into Poznan Lech's goal, giving Manchester City the lead again.
Two to one!
Su Dong was quickly substituted, and the game between the two teams became more and more intense.
Especially in the final stage, Poznan Lech launched an offensive almost desperately.
In the 90th minute, Di Maria of Manchester City drove straight into the penalty area from the left and made a cross from the left side. David Silva followed up and shot. The ball hit the left post directly and bounced back into the court. He followed up and shot again, but it hit the side net and missed a great opportunity.
In the end, Manchester City narrowly beat Poznan Lech 2-1 away.
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Here, Manchester City created excellent conditions as Juventus wished, defeating Lech Poznan away from home.
But at the Olympic Stadium in Turin, the Zebras suffered an extremely embarrassing draw.
Zero to zero! After 90 minutes of play, Juventus failed to beat Red Bull Salzburg at home, which caused the Zebras to be booed by the fans in the stands at home.
Before the game, they vowed that as long as Manchester City could snipe Poznan Lech, they would be able to reverse the opponent, but who could have thought that Manchester City was very powerful and did succeed in the snipe, but the Zebras themselves were useless and ruined the excellent opportunity.
What's even more frightening is that although the score of this game was 0-0, in fact, Juventus performed even worse than Salzburg.
In terms of ball possession rate throughout the game, the Zebras only had about 40% of the ball in their home stadium, lagging behind Salzburg in all aspects, and the number of shots was only a pitiful nine, of which Pirlo took four shots alone.
Starting center forward Amauri didn't even take a single shot throughout the game.
It can be said that Del Neri's team neither gained the upper hand nor scored any points in such a crucial decisive battle at their home ground, and a draw was already a favor to Juventus.
In an interview with the media after the game, Del Neri said that the reason why the team performed poorly at home was because they had just consumed too much energy in the game against AC Milan, which resulted in Juventus failing to perform better in the key Europa League battle.
But such claims were quickly ridiculed by the media.
Turin Sports Daily believes that it is ridiculous for Del Neri to blame the team's poor performance on the league match against Milan last weekend.
"He thinks his team has to play a game every three days. Isn't it the same for other teams in the Europa League and the Champions League?"
Turin Sports Daily even gave a tragic front-page headline: "Juventus, say goodbye to the Europa League!"
The media believes that facing Salzburg, the weakest team in the group, Juventus only got a pitiful two points in two consecutive games, which has completely pushed Juventus into a desperate situation.
It can even be said that the Zebras have already stepped one foot out of the Europa League.
According to Turin Sports Daily, Manchester City, the strongest team in the group, has won all four games and has basically qualified as the group leader.
The team ranked second in the group is Poznan Lech. Although they lost to Manchester City in the last two rounds, the Polish team snatched a valuable point from Juventus away in the first round, and then defeated Salzburg Red Bull, ranking second in the group with four points. Juventus had three draws and one loss in the first four games, and only got three points.
"The final match between the two sides will be in the fifth round. Juventus will challenge Poznan Lech away. It will be very difficult because the opponent only needs to get a draw to continue to control the advantage, while Juventus must win away."
Turin Sports Daily analyzed that if Lech Poznan was allowed to maintain its lead until the last round, Juventus would basically have no hope, because in the last round Juventus would face Manchester City, while Lech Poznan would face Red Bull Salzburg, and winning would be a high probability event.
"But before the do-or-die away game against Lech Poznan, Juventus will face Roma, Genoa and Fiorentina in the league, and each of them will be a tough battle."
The Italian newspaper believes that Del Neri has an unshirkable responsibility for Juventus' current predicament, which has led to the Bianconeri's decline to a fourth-rate European team that cannot even beat teams like Salzburg Red Bull.
"The teams that are sure to participate in the Champions League are the first- and second-rate teams in Europe, and the vast majority of teams participating in the Europa League are third-rate teams in Europe. Juventus has not even won a single game in the European group stage and may even be eliminated. I'm afraid that giving it a fourth-rate status is an overestimation."
According to Turin Sports Daily, Juventus has been sentenced to death by the Europa League!
(End of this chapter)
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