Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 473 You can always trust Emperor Lin!
There is a saying that when a person is unlucky, he can't even drink cold water without stuffing his teeth.

Just when Manchester City was worrying about the intensive schedule at the end of February, their opponents in the fifth round of the FA Cup were also announced.

Manchester City's luck was not good. Their opponent was the blue team Chelsea.

Chelsea's record in the league this season is very poor and they have long lost hope of winning the championship, so this season they set their goal on the cup competition.

Since Chelsea was eliminated from the League Cup early, the only domestic cup competition left for them is the FA Cup.

If they met Chelsea a month ago, Manchester City would naturally have no worries, but encountering them at this time is definitely not good news for Manchester City.

It seems to be to show his determination to win the championship so that Manchester City can retreat.

Before the game started, Chelsea coach Hiddink announced the team's starting lineup in advance.

The players in this starting list, without exception, are all Chelsea's main players.

It is obviously impossible to defeat such a Blues team with only substitutes and a small number of main players.

If Manchester City wants to win this game, they must do the same as Chelsea and do their best.

Guardiola does not want to give up the FA Cup. After all, the FA Cup is much more valuable than the League Cup.

Moreover, the fifth round of the game is on February 2, which is 21 days before the next game. This time is relatively sufficient for Manchester City.

Therefore, Manchester City did not give up. Except for the players who missed the game due to injuries, all the remaining main players were taken to Stamford Bridge by Guardiola.

At Stamford Bridge, Manchester City fought a very tough battle with Chelsea.

The process of this game can be described as twists and turns, making the fans watching the game feel like they were on a roller coaster.

It seems that they feel that Manchester City's recent state is not good. After the game started, Chelsea took advantage of the home field and launched a fierce attack on Manchester City.

Hazard, Diego Costa, Oscar, William and others are all very active.

In the midfield, Matic and Cesc Fabregas frequently intervened in the attack, and Chelsea flourished. Chelsea scored in only 7 minutes of the game.

Chelsea's forward Diego Costa received Hazard's pass and helped the Blues score the first goal.

Five minutes later, it was Hazard again, completing the pass at almost the same position, and this time, it was William who scored.

Less than 15 minutes into the game, Chelsea already led by 2 goals.

This fantastic start turned Stamford Bridge into a sea of ​​celebration. Amid the excitement and joy, the Chelsea fans almost never stopped singing. The noise at the scene was so loud that the coaches on both sides could hear the shouts to the players. Less than.

Chelsea's goal seemed to wake up Manchester City. Lin Quan stepped forward and took the lead in blowing the clarion call for counterattack.

In the 15th minute, Manchester City stole the ball in the midfield and played a fast break. De Bruyne made a through pass and handed the ball to Lin Quan.

Lin Quan moved the ball diagonally, helped Aguero open up space and took away a defensive player before passing the ball into the penalty area.

Aguero made a very smart reverse movement and received the ball in the open space.

But Courtois reacted quickly and struck immediately to block the angle of his shot.

Aguero was not greedy for credit. When he saw that he had no shooting angle, he immediately hit the right side.

Lin Quan, who followed up, easily pushed the shot into the empty goal and helped the team get a goal back.

In the 23rd minute, Manchester City got a corner kick opportunity. Lin Quan personally took the corner kick. After hanging into the penalty area, Van Dijk's header hit the post.

The rebounded ball fell to Cross's feet. Teacher Tony took a long shot without saying a word.

Teacher Tony's long shot was still very threatening. Not only was the angle of the ball tricky, but it was also very fast. Although Courtois had already reacted and his body was fully stretched in the air like a golden roc spreading its wings, he still couldn't. Can touch the ball.

2: 2!

It only took Manchester City 11 minutes to tie the score.

The moment Kroos scored, the singing at Stamford Bridge stopped abruptly.

Chelsea fans want to curse:

TNND, is our defense papery?

A 2-goal lead was completely wiped out in ten minutes?
The Manchester City fans who came to the away game to cheer for the team applauded vigorously and shouted loudly to cheer for the team.

Ten minutes ago, when Chelsea people scored goals one after another, they were all sweating the team's sluggish state.

Fortunately, at the most critical moment, the man stood up. Otherwise, Manchester City might have lost this game again.

"Manchester City cannot live without Lin Quan, just like the West cannot lose Jerusalem!"

"What is the Dinghai Shenzhen? This is it!"

"You can always trust Emperor Lin!"

Manchester City fans seemed to be happy a little early, as the first half of the game was not over yet.

However, it seemed that the four goals scored in the first 20 minutes used up all the luck of both teams, and in the subsequent time, neither team made any achievements.

In the overtime period of the first half, Oscar broke into the penalty area and fell, and the referee awarded a penalty kick.

Just when Chelsea fans thought they were going to end the first half with a one-goal lead, Oscar's penalty kick was saved by Navas.

After saving Oscar's penalty kick, Navas roared domineeringly.

This kind of magical attack greatly boosts morale.

On the other hand, for Chelsea, Oscar, who missed the penalty kick, was completely stunned. He held his head in disbelief, as if he did not expect that the penalty kick would be saved.

And his teammates had similar expressions on their faces.

Why is Manchester City so difficult to chew?
Obviously they have created so many opportunities and even took the lead at one point, but why haven't their opponents been defeated?
Even a small probability event like saving a penalty kick has occurred. Could it be said that even God is on the side of Manchester City?

This penalty seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back, causing a huge blow to the morale of the Chelsea people.

In the second half, their offense was not as sharp as it was in the first half.

On the other hand, Manchester City's condition has been fully restored after half-time adjustments.

The players played steadily and gradually controlled the rhythm of the game, and then used their familiar offensive routines to beat Chelsea.

In the 67th minute, Lin Quan's free kick was dropped into the penalty area. Manchester City captain Kompany beat Chelsea captain Terry, shook his head from close range, and headed the ball in. This was also the last goal of the game. .In the end, after a hard-fought battle, Manchester City defeated Chelsea 3:2 and advanced to the next round.

Although the team won the game, Guardiola's face was ugly.

In the 65th minute of the second half, just as he was about to make a substitution, Aguero was injured.

And seeing the pain on his face as he clutched his knee, Guardiola knew something was wrong.

Aguero's injury has actually been going on for a long time, on and off, and has always been good.

When Aguero retired, a large part of the reason was injuries, and part of the reason was Barcelona's suffocating treatment of his good friend Messi.

Professional players basically all have injuries. If they play too many games, injuries are inevitable.

Aguero's stubborn problems are mainly concentrated in his ankles and knees, but these two positions are very critical for players.

This time I was injured, and I don’t know how long it will take to recover.

As Manchester City's regular striker, Aguero's injury will definitely have a negative impact on the team's lineup and strength.

Fortunately, Guardiola has already made reinforcements in advance during the winter break, but I don't know whether these new additions can perfectly fill the vacancy left by Aguero.

Counting the previously injured David Silva, the number of injuries in Manchester City's frontcourt is a bit high.

Fortunately, Lin Quan, the only real player in the team, has always been healthy and has not suffered any injuries, which makes Guardiola feel at ease.

He couldn't imagine that if Lin Quan was also injured at this time, how would Manchester City play?
Manchester City people couldn't be happier, and Chelsea people were even more heartbroken.

You took away the league championship, but you didn’t give us the cup championship?
Our league ranking has dropped to outside the tenth place, let alone the championship. Based on these points, we will not even be able to participate in the Europa League next season.

Thinking of this, Chelsea fans completely resented Manchester City.

Since the rise of Manchester City, Chelsea's life seems to have suddenly become difficult.

There has been such a huge decline in Chelsea's record this year, which has made people a little worried, will they never recover from this?
Just when Blues fans were worried, Abramovich stood up and publicly stated that he would not abandon the team and would continue to strongly support the team.

Abramovich's statement gave Blues fans reassurance. Although the team's performance has temporarily declined, as long as the boss continues to support them, they believe that the Blues will rise again sooner or later.

"Abu is such a good boss!"

"Indeed, apart from having a bad temper, being impatient, and liking to fire coaches, he is indeed a good boss!"

Blues fans actually have complicated feelings towards Abramovich. At the beginning, they were very resistant to this oligarch from Russia.

But Abramovich has spent so much money and money over the years, leading Chelsea to be promoted from an ordinary team to a Premier League giant. They have won several league championships and even a Champions League championship.

And Abramovich often appears in the fans' stands, watching Chelsea games like ordinary fans.

After more than ten years of this, more and more Blues fans have accepted him. One day in the future, if Abramovich is driven away from Chelsea, the fans may still miss him.

……

After the away victory over Chelsea, leaving the injured Aguero to return to the club to recuperate, Guardiola took the team directly to a chartered flight at Heathrow Airport and rushed to Kiev.

Four days later, they will face their Champions League knockout opponent Dynamo Kiev there.

"Ah!"

"so cold!"

In Kiev at the end of February, the weather was still very cold, with outdoor temperatures below freezing.

After the players got off the plane, they immediately felt the chill.

This temperature, for the people in Manchester City who have come all the way from the UK, feels like they are dreaming back to winter.

Affected by the warm North Atlantic Current, the temperature in Manchester in winter is actually not too low, rarely falling below zero.

But here in Eastern Europe, sub-zero temperatures are commonplace.

The winter here is not only cold, but also very long.

Manchester City was once assigned to a group with a Russian Super League team. If they are unlucky and go to the Russian Super League team's home game in December, the temperature there can even drop to more than ten degrees below zero.

If the luck is even worse, it may even snow during the game.

In addition, Russia is too large and far away from other countries. For European teams, traveling long distances to Russia to play an away game is simply life-threatening.

Therefore, in order to avoid the fatigue of travel and reduce the probability of injuries to main players, if they have a relatively large lead, many teams will sometimes give up away games and only send some substitutes to play.

Thanks to the climate and the advantage of a home court where they can relax and work, the Russian Super League teams have a pretty good record in the Champions League. Basically every year, teams can successfully qualify from the group and advance to the knockout stage.

If it is understandable that a country with a core region like Russia in Europe should be included in UEFA, then it is a bit unreasonable for a country like Kazakhstan, which is completely located in Asia, to also join UEFA.

The key is that Kazakhstan still has a spot in the European competition. If anyone is assigned to a group with them, they will have to fly more than 1 kilometers to play a game!

Of course, as compensation, Kazakhstan's team is very weak and basically poses no threat.

If we meet them in the Champions League again, apart from the slightly more expensive journey, there will be no problems in other aspects, which is equivalent to gaining 6 points for nothing.

The fans of Dynamo Kyiv were obviously not very welcoming to the arrival of Manchester City. They greeted the Manchester City players with various slogans and gestures, and some even cursed them with words that the players did not understand.

Manchester City players have seen this scene before. If Dynamo Kiev wants to advance to the next round, their only hope is at their home court.

If they cannot win Manchester City with their home advantage, their chances will be even slimmer when they return to Manchester City's home court in the next round.

Therefore, their fans will definitely do whatever they can to interfere with Manchester City.

Sure enough, on the night when the team arrived in Kiev, the opposing fans beat gongs and drums outside the hotel and even set off a lot of fireworks. The Manchester City players did not have a good rest all night.

When they woke up the next morning, many people had panda eyes and were very depressed.

"This morning's training is cancelled. Those who haven't rested well will go back to rest. The others will be doing their own activities in the hotel!"

Guardiola saw this and did not force the players to go to training.

We set off after the game last night, and it was already close to early morning when we arrived in Kiev. After being so troubled all night, not to mention the players, even he didn't get a good rest.

What worries Guardiola even more is that he doesn't know if these people will come over to make trouble tonight?
If they make trouble like this every day, it will definitely not work!
(End of this chapter)