Football: Start with 99 stamina, prevent vomiting Rio

Magpies, Newcastle United is not a traditional BIG6 team in the Premier League.

It can even be said that before last season, Newcastle was only a mid-level team in the Premier League.

But with the full acquisition of Newcastle United by a consortium led by Sha in October 2021.

The status of Newcastle United has changed dramatically!

You should know that the last team in the Premier League with a Middle Eastern tycoon was Manchester City!

Just when everyone thought that Newcastle United would also make drastic moves to grab people on a large scale this time.

Unexpectedly, Newcastle did not buy superstars on a large scale in the end.

Instead, it steadily introduced various pragmatic and highly combat-capable players.

It seems that Newcastle United's improvement is not great.

But the current Newcastle United is already one of the representatives of the new forces in the Premier League!

Before Lin Jie traveled through time, Newcastle United also won the fourth place in the Premier League in the 22/23 season!

And it is also a strong contender for the top 6 in the Premier League!

Similarly, Newcastle United's head coach Eddie Howe was newly appointed in October 21.

Last season, Eddie Howe took over the team in the middle of the season.

In the end, Newcastle did not achieve a particularly good result in the 21/22 season.

It just maintained the 11th place in the Premier League.

But this season, for head coach Eddie Howe, he is quite ambitious!

After all, the team has introduced a large number of strong players in the winter and summer windows this year.

Even if the opponent they face this time is Manchester City.

As the head coach of Newcastle United, Eddie Howe is also quite confident!

Manchester City can just be used as a whetstone for their new season!

Before the game, Eddie Howe was also asked by reporters whether he was ready to face the current Manchester City.

And Eddie Howe's answer was quite straightforward.

"There is no doubt that we will use St. James Park to get our three consecutive wins this season!"

Compared to the confident Eddie Howe, Guardiola seems much more calm.

After all, for Guardiola, he has witnessed too many people and things in Manchester City's Premier League games for so many seasons.

Guardiola still understands Eddie Howe's ambitions.

But not everyone can control his Manchester City!

Not to mention that the media has already started to hype the oil derby before the game!

This is a game about the sponsors behind the scenes.

Of course, we have to take it seriously!

So when Guardiola was asked about his opinion on this game before the game.

Guardiola also revealed strong confidence in his calmness!

"Oh, you know, any team in the Premier League is an opponent that cannot be easily underestimated."

"But I believe that the one who laughs last is definitely our Manchester City!"

Although Manchester City has a crushing lead over Newcastle United in the previous record of the two sides.

In the past 10 encounters, Newcastle United only won one game.

But after all, Newcastle United has received support from Sha's consortium this season!

Continuously buying players in large numbers in the winter and summer windows, the strength has been greatly improved!

At the beginning of the new season, Newcastle also played a bright enough performance!

The first two rounds of the game were undefeated!

And Lin Jie knew that this Newcastle United had crossed the previous game against Manchester City.

But after falling behind 1:0, they scored three goals in a row and almost beat Manchester City directly!

...

Soon the time came to Saturday!

Although this game was played on Sunday afternoon local time.

But Guardiola also knew that this game was actually not just a duel between ordinary Premier League teams!

Now when the media called out the oil derby, it already involved some small frictions at the level of the financial owners behind it to a certain extent!

For the financial owners behind Manchester City, they have invested so much in the Premier League, although they have gained a lot of results and won multiple Premier League titles.

But unfortunately, they have not won the Champions League title they wanted!

This season, Manchester City also spent a lot of money to introduce Lin Jie and Haaland, obviously for the Champions League title.

On the other hand, the sponsor behind Newcastle United who took over last year is also a wealthy man in the Middle East.

Their investment in Newcastle United is not as generous as that behind Manchester City.

They adopt a more long-term approach.

If Manchester City cannot win Newcastle United cleanly in this game.

Needless to say, the sponsor behind Manchester City will definitely be ashamed!

So much money investedThe effect will not be as good as what they have invested in a season!

If the sponsors behind the scenes are not happy, then they will definitely...

So Manchester City still pays great attention to this game!

They also went to Newcastle City one day in advance to rest and recuperate, so that the players can be in the best condition!

Originally, the most eye-catching game in the third round of the Premier League was actually the Manchester United and Liverpool Double Red Meeting.

However, this Double Red Meeting game was postponed to August 23 for various reasons.

That is the middle of next week, and the most eye-catching thing this weekend is naturally the Newcastle United and Manchester City Oil Derby!

And it is worth noting that Newcastle United's home stadium is in the city center!

To the east of St. James Park is the City Shopping Center, and to the north is a park.

To the west of Newcastle is the business school and student apartments, and to the south is Xia Guocheng!

This has brought enough fans to Newcastle United.

But obviously, due to the presence of Lin Jie, some things will still change a lot in this game!

There is no doubt that as a fan of Xia Country, since Lin Jie came to their side, they will definitely support Lin Jie!

So this game also saw an extremely abstract scene.

In the home fan area that originally belonged to Newcastle United.

Some Xia Country fans wore Manchester City Lin Jie's No. 7 jersey inside and Newcastle United's jacket outside!

It can be said that they are ready to defect at any time!

Of course, there are also quite a few fans who raised the Xia Country flag high to directly support Lin Jie.

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“Okay! Dear viewers, welcome to the third round of the 22/23 Premier League!”

“Newcastle United will face Manchester City at their home stadium, St. James’ Park!”

“There is no doubt that this will be Manchester City’s strongest opponent since the new season!”

“Of course, another attraction of this game is the oil derby!”

“Who will have the last laugh? Let’s wait and see!”

“I am your old friend Zhan Jun! This game is still explained by me, Coach Zhang and Sun Jihai!”

Zhan Jun is still the most familiar opening.

“Hey, oil derby, this is very vivid, hahaha!”

“Whoever loses will probably have their bonus deducted!”

Coach Zhang couldn’t help but make a little joke.

"Hahaha, don't say that!"

"Coach Zhang, your suggestion is very good, I will respond later!"

"I don't know whether Newcastle United will be deducted at that time, but Manchester City should be deducted anyway!"

Sun Jihai also pretended to call the Manchester City management he knew immediately.

"Hahaha!"

"Then I have to complain to Lin Jie next time!"

"Say Jihai, you are a snitch!"

Coach Zhang looked at Sun Jihai and couldn't help but say it.

"Hey!"

"Coach Zhang, this is not authentic!"

"I am also putting pressure on them!"

"There is motivation only when there is pressure!"

"Hahaha! Coach Zhang, next time we will complain to him together!"

After a joke, Zhan Jun also brought the topic back.

"Let's get back to the game!"

"Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both teams!"

"Manchester City still used the familiar 4-3-3 formation in this game!"

"The goalkeeper is Ederson from Brazil!"

"The four players in the backcourt are right back Kyle Walker, center backs Manuel Akanji and Ruben Dias, and left back Joao Cancelo!"

"It seems that Akanji finally made his debut in Manchester City tonight!"

"So the three fellow countrymen from Dortmund started at the same time tonight!"

"In the midfield, it is still Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri Hernandez, and Lin Jie!"

"The LDL trio has been running in very well!"

"In terms of forwards, the left winger is the familiar Jack Grealish, and the right winger is Phil Foden, known as the Prince of Manchester City!"

"As for the center forward, it goes without saying that it is still Haaland who completed a hat trick in the last game!"

"There is not much change in the starting lineup of Manchester City!"

"Next, let's look at the home team Newcastle United. Eddie Howe also took out a 4-3-3 formation tonight."

"The goalkeeper is Nick Pope!"

"The four defenders are Kylan Trippier, Fabian Schar, Sven Botman, and Dan Burn!"

"The three midfielders are Joe Willock, Bruno Guimaraes, and Joelinton!"

"Left winger Miguel Almiron, center forward Callum Wilson,Right winger Alain Saint-Maximin!"

"I won't say much, let's see what kind of wonderful game both sides of this oil derby can contribute to us!"

With the referee's whistle, the game officially started!

In the first half of the game, Manchester City took the lead!

Since the new season, since De Bruyne became the captain of Manchester City.

The luck has been good!

Manchester City has been the first to kick off in the three rounds of the new season!

Haaland kicked the ball and handed it to De Bruyne.

After De Bruyne took the ball, he quickly passed the ball back to Lin Jie behind him.

Lin Jie held the ball in the backcourt.

In the frontcourt, Haaland, Grealish, Foden and De Bruyne all quickly advanced!

In an instant, Manchester City's formation was immediately opened!

Lin Jie, who was holding the ball at the back point, faced Joelinton's interference at the first time.

But Lin Jie suppressed Joelinton's interference with the confrontation, and then a long pass accurately found Grealish on the left. Lalish!

Unfortunately, Grealish couldn't get rid of Trippier at the first time.

After the last beautiful fake move, he passed the ball to Haaland in the middle.

Unfortunately, the clearance was destroyed by Newcastle United's central defender Scher's tackle.

Haaland, who was inserted at the back point, could only raise his thumb helplessly.

However, the continuous passing and cooperation after this wave of kick-off still made Newcastle's players sweat coldly!

Although they thought that Manchester City's offensive firepower would be very strong, they didn't expect that they would almost create a killing opportunity at the beginning!

And this is just the beginning!

After the opening, Manchester City quickly took the initiative and launched a fierce attack again!

Manchester City's offensive firepower was also like a tide, successfully turning the tables away from home and severely suppressing Newcastle United!

Although Newcastle United's midfield has Guimaraes, Joelinton, and Willock.

The three midfielders are not particularly bad, but facing Lin Jie, Rodri and De Bruyne, three top midfielders, there is still a lot of difference!

In addition, after two games of running-in, Haaland and Lin Jie have become more and more integrated into the team!

Especially Lin Jie!

With Lin Jie in the midfield and backcourt positions, De Bruyne does not need to retreat.

There is more time to find opportunities to pass the ball in the frontcourt!

Soon facing Manchester City's bombardment, Newcastle United's defense line fluctuated!

In the 8th minute of the game!

Not far from the right side of the penalty area, De Bruyne holds the ball!

Looking at Haaland in the penalty area, thinking about how to pass to Haaland .

De Bruyne suddenly noticed Lin Jie, who was reaching out for the ball at the top of the penalty area behind Haaland!

De Bruyne was stunned, then smiled knowingly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised!

Then he directly chose to cross the ball at 45 degrees!

After all, Haaland's height is there for this ball.

There is no doubt that in the eyes of Newcastle's defensive players, De Bruyne chose to cross the ball at 45 degrees to bombard Haaland's high point in the penalty area!

So the focus of Newcastle United's defense is naturally all on Haaland!

In the penalty area, Botman, 195cm tall, and Burn, 198cm tall, are ready to compete with Haaland for position at any time.

And the other central defender Scher also focused most of his attention on Haaland.

Lin Jie, who raised his hand to ask for the ball at the front of the penalty area, was also subconsciously ignored by Newcastle United's players!

When De Bruyne's cross bombarded Haaland's head, Newcastle's players realized that something was wrong!

But it was too late for Newcastle's defense to move again!

De Bruyne's pass was naturally world-class, and it was stuck in the gap between Scher and Portman!

And Lin Jie's forward run was blessed with 98 running positions, so he ran quite perfectly!

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Even as a goalkeeper, Pope reacted as soon as he saw the trajectory of the football in the air.

Facing Lin Jie's beautiful header, he could only make a save subconsciously.

Slightly changed the flight trajectory of the football.

But Lin Jie's header was almost close to his face!

Under the 7.32-meter-long and 2.44-meter-wide goal, Pope couldn't save it no matter how he changed the flight trajectory of the football.

GOOOOOOAL!!!

1:0!

Lin Jie helped Manchester City score the first goal in this oil derby!