champion light

Chapter 1006
After the game with Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City ushered in Lyon at home.

Because of the first round of the match between the two sides, Manchester City defeated Lyon 2:0 away, so many people think that there is basically no suspense in the second round of the game.

But the actual situation is not like this.

After the start of the game, Manchester City, who played at home, did not play very well.

They seem to underestimate the enemy too much, and the time to enter the game state is obviously longer than Lyon.

On the contrary, Lyon, who was fighting to the death, completely let go of his psychological burden and went all out to cause some troubles for Manchester City in the away game.

Until the end of the first half, Manchester City, who played at home, failed to score, and the score was 0:0.

Although this score can also allow Manchester City to qualify for the group, if they can't win the game at home, it will still be a bit embarrassing.

At half-time, Benitez was merciless in his criticism of Manchester City's players.

After the start of the second half, Manchester City finally returned to some normal levels.

But it is still difficult to enter the game state so quickly, let alone Lyon's state has been played out.

The two sides fought inextricably.

Sometimes it looked like Lyon had the upper hand, other times it looked like City were going to score right away.

Both Manchester City and Lyon fans are worried.

Glory to the one who ended it all.

But he didn't end with a goal, but an assist.

After a breakthrough with the ball, he crossed the football in front of the goal. Berbatov followed up and outflanked the ball in the middle and easily swept the football into the goal. Manchester City finally broke the deadlock at home!

1: 0!

On the total score, Manchester City led Lyon 3:0.

This goal can almost announce the end of all suspense.There was no way Lyon could score three consecutive goals in the remaining 20-plus minutes and not let City continue to score.

Before that, Lyon was like a balloon full of air, but Berbatov's goal punctured the balloon, and with a snort, the air ran out instantly, and Lyon immediately withered.

After the game restarted, they could no longer find their previous energy, and their state was no longer the same.

As for Manchester City, out of longer-term considerations, Benitez also began to make frequent substitutions, filling the team's game rhythm.

After all, there is still a league next, and the league competition with Chelsea is crucial.There is no need to put too much energy into a game that has already been won. What if the player is injured?
Benitez replaced Sneijder, replaced Berbatov, replaced David Silva, and the attacking lineup that started the frontcourt left a glory.

A glory is enough, enough to deter Leon, so that they dare not press the attack.

The final score of this game was fixed at 1:0. After Manchester City scored a goal, the game was calm, and everyone was not surprised by this result.

No matter what happened before the goal, at least this result is quite in line with everyone's predictions before the game.

Manchester City did not pay too much to eliminate Lyon.

In this way, Manchester City broke into the quarter-finals of the Champions League in a historic way.

This is their best performance in the history of their participation in the Champions League.

After the final whistle, there was a deafening cheer over Manchester City Stadium.

These are sent out by Manchester City fans.

Champions League quarter-finals!

It really feels like a dream that something like this should happen to the team they support.

They felt that no matter who appeared before them now, they had nothing to fear.

This Manchester City team is capable of beating any team in the world!
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Although at the end of the game, the Manchester City fans were full of confidence and even a little inflated.

But after a night, most people calmed down.

They start to care about who City will face in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Of course, they hope to draw a team that is not very strong like the draw of the top sixteen, so that they can break into the top four and further write their own records.

They don't know the result yet.Because all the quarter-finals of the Champions League still have to wait for a week.

In the middle of next week, when all the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals are over, there will be a draw for the quarter-finals.

In the league weekend, Manchester City beat Sunderland 2:1 away, and Chelsea beat West Ham United 4:1 at home.

They still lead Chelsea by four points.

And Chelsea was not thrown off, and continued to bite Manchester City, waiting for the time to make Manchester City collapse.

In the Champions League, Manchester City has already entered the quarter-finals. While the Manchester City fans were elated, the Chelsea people also saw their hope of winning the championship.Reaching the quarter-finals is definitely not good news for Manchester City. When it comes to the Champions League, Manchester City will definitely not give up easily. They will definitely do their best in the Champions League, which will also affect Manchester City's performance in the league.

Also in the Champions League, Chelsea lost 1:2 away to Inter Milan in the first round of the quarter-finals, but this does not mean that Chelsea will be eliminated in the Champions League, they also have a chance to advance to the next round.After all, Chelsea only lost one goal in the total score, and Chelsea still had an away goal.

But Chelsea thinks that they have more experience in dealing with two-line battles than Manchester City.

As early as six years ago in 2004, when Ranieri was in charge, Chelsea had already reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. They knew how to fight on two fronts at this time.

But just three days later, Chelsea lost at home to Inter Milan coached by Mourinho with a score of 0:1.

If both sides set up buses, Ancelotti did not beat Mourinho.

Chelsea were knocked out of the Champions League.

Being eliminated from the Champions League will naturally make Abramovich a little upset.Because of the league title or something, he had already tasted it when Mourinho was in charge of Chelsea.But the Champions League championship has always been his dream goal.

Starting from Agnelli, the Champions League semi-finals failed to satisfy Abramovich.

Later, Grant took over Chelsea, which was left by Mourinho, and made it all the way to the Champions League final without being favored.But the final failure prevented Grant from staying under Abramovich.

This shows how deep Abramovich's desire for the Champions League is.

There is a saying that has a deep influence on him, that is, if a team has not won the Champions League, it is not considered a wealthy family, no matter how many domestic league titles he has won, it is not counted.

Abramovich doesn't want his team to be looked down upon all the time and called "upstarts" contemptuously, so winning the Champions League to justify his name has become Abramovich's most urgent wish.

But this time, Chelsea actually lost in the quarter-finals of the Champions League...and still lost to Mourinho, who had been kicked out by him before, which would definitely make Abramovich have a problem with Ancelotti.

But for Chelsea today, being eliminated from the Champions League may be a good thing.

Because they can concentrate on dealing with Manchester City and compete with Manchester City for the league title.

However, Manchester City still has to fight on two fronts. When Chelsea waits for work, it is not a dream to drag down Manchester City.

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On the day Chelsea were knocked out, all quarter-finals were over, and all eight teams that advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals were revealed.

They are Manchester City, Manchester United, Fiorentina, Bordeaux, Porto, Barcelona, ​​Inter Milan and CSKA Moscow.

Two of the eight teams are from the Premier League, the league with the most teams, which shows that the Premier League is still the best league in Europe.

The remaining teams each represent a league, Bayern Munich for the Bundesliga, Bordeaux for Ligue [-], Porto for Portugal, Barcelona for La Liga, Inter Milan for Serie A and CSKA Moscow for Russia.

That night, at the UEFA headquarters, a Champions League quarter-final match draw ceremony was held.

This draw ceremony is not as grand as the draw for the group stage and the quarter-finals, but it still attracts much attention.

Because the Champions League has played so far, almost every game will be a strong dialogue.

The first team to be drawn was Manchester United, who were drawn with Bayern Munich.

This is a strong duel.

The grievances between Manchester United and Bayern Munich, the most famous is naturally the Nou Camp in 1999. Bayern Munich allowed Manchester United to pull two goals in stoppage time with a lead of 10 minutes. In the end, they lost the Champions League champion 1:2 and achieved the most famous reversal in the history of the Champions League.

The next Porto and Bordeaux were assigned together, a double-wave battle.

Four of the eight teams have been drawn, leaving Manchester City, Inter Milan, Barcelona and CSKA Moscow.

The Manchester City fans who were watching the live broadcast of the draw in front of the TV were very nervous. The opponent they most hoped to meet in the quarter-finals was CSKA Moscow. This team was the weakest in the quarter-finals.

If they can be divided with them, then Manchester City can almost enter the semi-finals ahead of schedule.

But the chance of winning CSKA Moscow is one-third, which is not high. The remaining two-thirds chance of winning either Inter Milan or Barcelona is not good news for Manchester City.

Manchester City fans also know that if they are competing with Chelsea for the league championship, the weaker their opponents in the Champions League, the better. They must not fight hard on both sides.

The draw continued as City fans turned to God.

Their names were reported.

"Ah, it's Manchester City! Now it's Manchester City. They will play at home first - first home and then away. This is not a good schedule..." John Mortensen, the host in charge of the live broadcast, said.

Manchester City has been drawn, and it is time to draw Manchester City's opponents.

The Manchester City fans in front of the TV held their breath.

Their eyes were fixed on the hands of the lottery winners as they fiddled with the ping pong balls in the transparent box.

Then his hands stopped, grabbed a ping-pong ball, and started lifting the ball out of the box.

He lowered his head to dismantle the ball, and took out a folded note from it.

Looked at it, then unfolded it, facing the camera, as he said, "Barcelona."
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(End of this chapter)