Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 170 Honor Battle

On October 10, in the 29th round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged West Bromwich Albion away.

Since this round of the Premier League did not have a strong battle, the English media had previously hyped that Manchester City was in a bottleneck period, so Manchester City's game received a lot of attention.

If Manchester City loses points in the away game, then the Champions League game in the next week is likely to be more or less bad.

However, the result of the game did not let those English media who were waiting to see the good show got what they wanted.

After a week of rest and adjustment, De Bruyne has recovered his form, and Aguero also performed well. Manchester City scored three points in an easy and pleasant 4:0 away game.

Zhang Chaoqiang only played for 60 minutes before taking a break and only received one assist.

Guardiola asked him to stay strong and prepare for the home game against Barcelona.

In the other rounds of this round, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea have all successfully won their respective opponents, so the points difference between the top four in the Premier League standings has not changed.

But Tottenham and Manchester United only got one draw.

Tottenham drew 1:1 with Leicester City at home. Given that the opponent is the defending Premier League champion, it is understandable to lose points.

Manchester United's 0:0 home draw with newly promoted Burnley is a bit disappointing for the Red Devils fans.

In the last four rounds of the Premier League, Manchester United has three draws and one loss.

四场赛果分别是1:1战平斯托克城，0：0闷平利物浦，0:4惨败切尔西，0:0闷平伯恩利。

It's okay to lose four games, but they only scored one goal in four games. The Red Devils' offensive ability has been seriously doubted.

Many English media pointed the finger at Mourinho, thinking that his conservative tactics prevented Manchester United from scoring.

In particular, Manchester United has Pogba, the most valuable midfielder in football, and super striker Ibrahimovic on the front line.

You must know that last season in Ligue [-], Ibrahimovic beat Zhang Chaoqiang to win the Ligue [-] Golden Boot.

Now that the two have both come to the Premier League, Zhang Chaoqiang is still a strong contender for the Golden Boot, while Ibrahimovic has suffered six consecutive rounds of scoring drought since the fourth round of the league.

By the way, Zhang Chaoqiang did not score in the last two rounds of the league, but he still ranks first in the Premier League scorer list with 10 goals.

Diego Costa, who is temporarily ranked second in the scorer list, has 8 goals, and Lukaku, who is third, has 7 goals.

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After easily winning West Bromwich Albion in the away game, all Manchester City members returned to Manchester, trained seriously and waited for Barcelona's visit.

On November 11, the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage is coming.

At the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City fans played a huge team logo Tifo, which is bound to win this game.

"After losing to Barcelona in the last round of the group stage, Blue Moon has lost five consecutive games against Barcelona, ​​so this game is not only a direct competition for the first place in the group, but also a home game for Manchester City."

"To become a truly competitive team, Manchester City must prove themselves by beating Barcelona at home!"

With Manchester City's continuous winning streak some time ago, mainstream European media have raised their expectations for Manchester City.

In the list of favorites to win the Champions League, Manchester City has surpassed Juventus and Real Madrid successively, becoming the third favorite to win the Champions League after Barcelona and Bayern.

Although Real Madrid are the defending champions of the Champions League, their performance in the Champions League has not been satisfactory since the start of the new season, and they can't beat Dortmund in the same group.

Most importantly, Ronaldo's scoring efficiency seems to have dropped significantly.

Therefore, Real Madrid has been looked down upon to a certain extent. It has fallen behind Manchester City and has been relegated to the fourth favorite in the Champions League.

However, such things as favorites to win the championship are very illusory, and it is difficult to really hit them.

At the Etihad Stadium, the strong battle between Manchester City and Barcelona is ready to start amidst the cheers of the fans.

Manchester City naturally played with all the main players, only the goalkeeper position was replaced by Caballero.

Bravo received a red card in the last round and was suspended, so this game can only start with the Argentine goalkeeper.

On Barcelona's side, their personnel changes are not small.

Alba and Pique, who were injured before, have not yet returned, and recently injured veteran Iniesta.

So currently Barcelona has three main players injured.

Fortunately, MSN is the first to play, and it does not affect the gimmick of the powerful battle.

With the whistle of the Hungarian referee Kassai, the second round of the 3G war with MSN officially began.

Barcelona took the lead in kicking off, and quickly launched an offensive after a simple test.

With Iniesta injured, Barcelona arranged for Portuguese midfielder Andre Gomes to start.

Gomez seemed to be in good shape, sending a high-quality half-high diagonal pass in the first attack, but Suarez shot high under the joint interference of Stones and Otamendi.

Then it was Manchester City's turn to attack. De Bruyne and David Silva hit the wall and then sent a through pass. Sterling waded into the penalty area from the right and made a cross.

Oh----

The fans at the scene jumped up, but ended up hugging their heads and sighing.

"This attack has created chances to score, but Aguero shot too conservatively and was easily confiscated by Ter Stegen."

"If Aguero doesn't play this kick and misses the ball, Zhang Chaoqiang has a good chance of scoring a goal."

"But on the other hand, Manchester City created chances in the first attack, their form is well adjusted, and they are expected to complete their revenge at home..."

In the weekend league, Akun also completed the double ring in good condition.

Unexpectedly, when he switched to the Champions League to play Barcelona, ​​he immediately softened.

On the court, the situation of the game was similar to that of the first round. Both sides focused on offense and fought against each other.

In the 9th minute, after the two teams exchanged the ball back and forth twice, it was Manchester City who took possession of the ball and pressed it to the frontcourt.

De Bruyne took the ball in front of the penalty area and pretended to wait and see, but suddenly shot a cold arrow and shot a long shot.

But Ter Stegen reacted quickly and flew to save the ball to the bottom line.

Then De Bruyne took a tactical corner kick. David Silva took the ball from the outside and decisively picked a pass, trying to find Zhang Chaoqiang who was in front of the goal.

Umtiti saw Silva's intentions and immediately took off with a header to clear the siege.

Zhang Chaoqiang was running in front of the Barcelona goal. He turned around and saw Umtiti jumping to make a clearance. He judged that the attack would be destroyed, so he slowed down and turned around to observe the possession of the ball.

Unexpectedly, Silva's pass was spinning, and Umtiti's hasty take-off to clear the siege was not successful. Instead, he made a header by mistake.

The football was rubbed and quickly flew to Zhang Chaoqiang's side.

With his back to the goal, Zhang Chaoqiang reacted immediately, twisting his waist, stepping and turning his body, swinging his right leg with the inertia of turning around, and struggling to pump the football in the air.

Wow! !
The fans at the scene exclaimed in unison, witnessing that the football was vigorously drawn towards the Barcelona goal.

The speed of the ball is extremely fast, just like a shooting star.

Ter Stegen, who was guarding the goal, knelt slightly and prepared for the save in advance, but he couldn't react at all.

The football swished past him, crashed into the net with the sound of the wind, and pulled out a huge net.

"Goooooooooooal——————"

"The goal is scored!! Super Zhang!! Very beautiful turn around and volley!!"

"This is a turned and volley with his back to the goal. It is very powerful and extremely strong. It doesn't give Ter Stegen any chance to save!"

"The important thing is that this goal is a tacit assist from Umtiti."

"The French defender sent the football to Chao Zhang's side with a standard header and gave him this chance to shoot. The two are indeed old Lyon teammates and they know each other very well."

While the commentator praised Zhang Chaoqiang for his goal, he did not forget to ridicule Umtiti, who assisted with an own goal.

At this time, the domestic commentators also cheered wildly.

"It's so beautiful!! Zhang Chaoqiang turned around and volleyed in front of the goal, helping Manchester City open the scoring with a domineering goal!"

"Facing Barcelona three times in his career, Zhang Chaoqiang must score goals in every game no matter whether he wins or loses."

"I hope that the Manchester City players will not make another low-level mistake this time, ruining this good start..."

Played Barcelona three times, neutral, away and home.

Zhang Chaoqiang can achieve something in every game, which can be regarded as an alternative record.

(End of this chapter)