Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 171 It's Actually a Battle of Revenge
In just 9 minutes of the opening, Zhang Chaoqiang scored a beautiful turnaround volley, and the Etihad Stadium was immediately boiling.

Above the stands, Manchester City fans held up their blue scarves and kept shouting "Super Zhang".

In the middle of the field, Zhang Chaoqiang, who scored the goal, rushed to the sidelines with his fists clenched, jumping three feet high in excitement.

But then he was pushed and pressed on the grass by the Manchester City teammates who arrived, and everyone cheered excitedly.

Already facing Barcelona's five-game losing streak, the Manchester City team really wants to win a game.

Now Zhang Chaoqiang's domineering goal gave them hope of winning.

Before Zhang Chaoqiang joined, Manchester City played a total of four games against Barcelona and did not achieve any 1-minute lead.

In the last round of the away game against Barcelona, ​​Manchester City took a 2:1 lead before the end of the first half, but it quickly ruined the good game because of Bravo's low-level mistakes.

But that game made the Manchester City team realize that we are fully capable of beating Barcelona.

"Guys, this is a good chance for us to beat Barcelona."

"Everyone concentrate, don't relax, we must win tonight!"

After the celebration, Zabaleta, wearing the captain's armband, stood up to remind his teammates and cheer up the morale of the team.

Manchester City's Zhengyin captain is Kompany. Due to his just comeback and poor performance in the weekend league, he is temporarily on the bench for this game.

The second captain is Yaya Toure, who is currently in conflict with Guardiola and has been staying in the reserve team.

So now the third captain Zabaleta wears the captain's armband.

Perhaps Zabaleta's encouragement had an effect. After the game restarted, Manchester City took advantage of the high morale and kept attacking Barcelona's defense.

In the 14th minute, De Bruyne got rid of Andre Gomez and sent a through pass. Aguero pushed forward and scored the goal, but the linesman raised the flag to signal offside.

According to the replay confirmation, Aguero was only offside by a small distance, only half a body position.

If he hadn't been so anxious when he went forward, maybe the ball would have been there.

In fact, Akun was also anxious to score a goal.

In the first round of the group stage, he scored a hat-trick against Borussia Borussia, but he has been in a scoring shortage since then. Even Zhang Chaoqiang scored four goals with the efficiency of one goal per game, but Akun still maintained three goals.

In the 20th minute, Zhang Chaoqiang changed positions and dribbled the ball past Digne on the right and then crossed. Sterling took the ball on the small penalty area line and swayed Mascherano. He was brought down by Umtiti when he continued to break through.

The Manchester City players immediately shouted for a penalty kick, but the Hungarian referee thought it was normal physical contact, and finally gave Sterling, who protested the most, a yellow card.

The penalty led to boos at the Etihad Stadium.

"Umtiti's actions are suspected of fouling. This is a controversial penalty."

"The reason why the referee made such a judgment may be that he didn't want the game to lose suspense too early..."

Domestic commentators don't call black whistle like the English, they only say it's a controversial penalty.

But one thing everyone knows, if a penalty is awarded, Zhang Chaoqiang, as Manchester City's first penalty shooter, has a good chance of scoring twice.

In the first three and 10 minutes of the game, Manchester City basically dominated the offense.

It was not until the Manchester City players slowed down after exhaustion that Barcelona finally found some offensive rhythm.

However, Iniesta's absence had a great impact on Barcelona, ​​and Busquets obviously couldn't support the Barcelona midfielder alone.

So for the rest of the first half, Manchester City still had the upper hand.

In the 42nd minute, Busquets made a mistake in midfield. David Silva got the ball and went straight forward. Zhang Chaoqiang received the ball smoothly in front of the penalty area and sent the ball into the Barcelona penalty area.

De Bruyne rushed into the penalty area with a low shot, and Barcelona's goal was broken again.

"Strike! De Bruyne scored with a low shot and Zhang Chaoqiang sent an assist."

"The first half is not over yet, Manchester City has taken a two-goal lead, and this game has a great chance of winning."

"As long as the second half is stable, it shouldn't be a big problem for Manchester City to win the game..."

Amid the praises, the first half ended and Manchester City returned to the locker room with a 2:0 lead.

Guardiola did not make too many adjustments, but continued to emphasize midfield possession.

In the absence of Iniesta, Manchester City's midfielder has an absolute advantage, so the first half of the game had a one-sided trend.

Compared with MSN, the midfield support that 3G combination can get is much greater.

But Barcelona was obviously unwilling to admit defeat, and the counterattack horn was quickly blown at the beginning of the second half of the game.

In the 47th minute, Messi passed the ball and Neymar broke into the penalty area with a strong shot, completing Barcelona's first hit within the goal range of the game, but it was bravely resolved by Caballero.

Five minutes later, Andre Gomez's long-range shot hit the Manchester City crossbar.

The stadium situation has changed, and Barcelona seems to be on the rise, and the Manchester City fans who were happy throughout the first half became nervous again.

In the past four seasons, they have lost five consecutive games against Barcelona, ​​and Manchester City fans have somewhat psychological impact.

Countless fans stretched their necks to watch the field, praying not to lose the ball.

In the 56th minute, Barcelona attacked again and failed to threaten, Manchester City launched a quick counterattack.

Zhang Chaoqiang received a pass from Kolarov near the middle circle and immediately accelerated his charge.

Busquets stepped forward to intercept immediately, trying to delay Manchester City's counterattack and buy Barcelona time to return to defense.

But Zhang Chaoqiang just catches the ball and speeds up, then slows down and smashes the ball.

A simple emergency stop and change of direction disrupted the frequency of Busquets' feet, and he could only watch the defensive target pass.

Zhang Chaoqiang rushed forward with the wind on his feet, Umtiti, Digne and others frantically chased back, but they only followed behind to eat ashes.

As an old teammate, Umtiti stopped after only chasing more than ten meters, because he knew he couldn't catch up.

Digne bit the bullet and chased all the way, but there was no way to shorten the distance between the two.

After a while, Zhang Chaoqiang rushed to the Barcelona penalty area.

Javier Mascherano, who was the only one dragged at the end, barely stepped forward. Zhang Chaoqiang swung him past with a skillful pedaling bicycle, and continued to rush towards the Barcelona goal.

Ter Stegen had to abandon the goal and attack, Zhang Chaoqiang made a slight adjustment and kicked decisively.

Hit hard!
The instep of the right foot hits the football firmly, giving it a great take-off speed.

As a top goalkeeper, Ter Stegen raised his hand quickly during the attack.

But still a little slower.

The football flew just over his arm and crashed into the net.

"Goooooooooooal————"

"The goal is scored!! Super Zhang!! Super fast horse!! He used a long-distance attack to break through the Barcelona goal. This is a very beautiful goal!!"

"At the critical moment of Barcelona's non-stop onslaught, Super Zhang used his speed advantage to complete the counterattack and score, stabilizing the morale of Manchester City."

"This is a game-killing goal. Manchester City has taken a 3-0 lead. They will not give Barcelona any chance to comeback!"

"And each of these three goals is closely related to Super Zhang. He contributed two shots and one pass!"

"It can be said that Super Zhang has completely dominated this powerful battle, and his performance tonight is the best in the audience!"

The England commentator cheered crazily, and gave Zhang Chaoqiang all kinds of praise without hesitation.

On the court, Zhang Chaoqiang, who scored the goal, rushed to the sidelines excitedly, welcoming the cheers of the fans with open arms.

All kinds of crazy cheers in the stands rushed down like a tide, and they all rushed towards Zhang Chaoqiang.

"Good job!"

"It's wonderful, Zhang."

"It's just crazy solo performance."

"Get rid of Barcelona, ​​we want to take the first place in the group."

All Manchester City teammates rushed over and kept praising Zhang Chaoqiang's goal.

At the same time, domestic commentators also praised Zhang Chaoqiang.

"Well done, Zhang Chaoqiang! Another beautiful solo ride!!"

"When he was in Lyon, Zhang Chaoqiang often staged this kind of good show, because Lyon played many teams with defensive counterattacks, which can leave enough space for Zhang Chaoqiang."

"After joining Manchester City, Zhang Chaoqiang has less room to sprint due to the main pass-and-control tactics, but he can still seize the opportunity and make full use of his speed advantage."

"This is Zhang Chaoqiang's fifth goal in the UEFA Champions League group stage this season. It not only set a new personal Champions League record, but also tied Manchester City's UEFA Champions League group stage record."

"In the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 13/14 season, Aguero scored 5 goals in total, creating a record in the history of Manchester City."

"Now, Zhang Chaoqiang has tied this record."

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Zhang Chaoqiang scored the team's third goal, which brought the game back to Manchester City's control.

By the time the Manchester City team's crazy celebrations ended and the game resumed, the morale that Barcelona had finally gathered had almost dissipated.

Barcelona itself is not a team that is good at playing against the wind.

What's more, the wind in this game is a bit strong.

Barcelona coach Enrique was not willing to give up, and soon replaced the somewhat invisible Rakitic with Arda Turan.

But the appearance of the Turks did not bring much change to Barcelona. On the contrary, Rakitic's departure caused their ball possession ability to further decline.

So on the pitch, Manchester City still have a clear advantage.

In the 68th and 73rd minutes, Sterling and Aguero wasted two good opportunities in a row, without making the score any worse.

Seeing that the game has basically been won, Guardiola replaced Zhang Chaoqiang with Gundogan in the 75th minute, officially calling for gold.

Zhang Chaoqiang raised his hands above his head and walked off the stage slowly while applauding.

Manchester City fans stood up one after another and cheered the hero to end with fierce applause.

"Actually, if Zhang stays on the court, maybe he can find a chance to complete a hat-trick."

"But the Manchester City coach is Guardiola after all, he may want to save some face for his old club."

The England commentator took a different approach and found a reasonable explanation for the substitution.

Because anyone with eyes can see that Zhang Chaoqiang is the one in the best condition of the Manchester City team, and there is no reason to be the first to be replaced.

But even though Zhang Chaoqiang was off, Manchester City still scored the fourth goal.

In the 84th minute, Aguero made a cross from the left, De Bruyne stepped forward and poked with his toe, and the football successfully penetrated the Barcelona defense.

Gundogan, who came off the bench, followed up with a volley to expand the score to 4:0.

Then the two teams did not score again until the end of the game.

"How can this be a battle of honor for Manchester City? It's a battle of revenge!"

"Manchester City beat Barcelona 4-0 at home, not only defeating their opponents at home to complete their revenge, but also jumped to the first position in the group."

"Super Zhang justified himself with his excellent performance of two shots and one pass, and at the same time he also justified the name of the 3G team and Manchester City..."

After the game, it was time for commentators from various countries to praise Zhang Chaoqiang.

(End of this chapter)