champion light

Chapter 1024

Manchester City's home defeat to Barcelona became the focus of discussion throughout Europe after the game.

If it is just to beat Barcelona, ​​it may not be able to attract so much attention.But Manchester City beat Barcelona 3:1 at home!
They beat Barcelona by two goals, which is not a small advantage.

The dignified defending champion was beaten like this by Manchester City, which participated in the Champions League for the first time in 40 years. This really surprised many people.

In the game, Barcelona's possession rate is still dominant, which is their tradition, but this time the dominant possession rate did not bring them a victory, which is quite surprising.

Manchester City was quite passive in the game at a glance, because most of the time they were pressed by Barcelona, ​​and there were very few opportunities to counterattack.But City were more efficient and eventually scored three goals to beat Barcelona.

The English media naturally sang praises for Manchester City. At this time, they completely forgot how they wanted Manchester City to lose in the league...

You must know that in the past year, it is very difficult to beat Barcelona. No team in the entire Premier League can do it. The best result is Chelsea. They once drew Barcelona 0:0 at the Nou Camp and drew 1:1 at home. At least they did not lose, but they were eliminated in the end.

Manchester United even lost 0:2 in the Champions League final, unable to fight back.

Manchester City unexpectedly defeated Barcelona with a score of 3:1. This cannot but make the Premier League proud - La Liga wanted to grab the title of the Premier League's European No. 3 league before, but now your strongest team in La Liga has been defeated by our team 1:[-]!

The media in other countries also paid close attention to this game.

These media praised Manchester City's performance and criticized Barcelona's impatience in the game.

"...This Barcelona team seems to have not tasted this kind of taste for too long. When they encountered difficulties in the game, their impatience impressed me...I think last year's six championships may not be a good thing for Barcelona..."

"Since the Champions League was restructured from the Champions League to the Champions League in 1992, no team has been able to successfully defend the title. Guardiola's Barcelona had high hopes before, thinking that they were the only team that could break this fate. But now it seems that this team wants to defend the title, and it is unlikely..."

Many people think that Barcelona lost 1:3 in the first round, even if they go back to the home court, it will be difficult to come back.

But the Catalan media doesn't see it that way.

After losing the away game, "Mundo Deportivo" did not bombard the Barcelona team, but said that losing the away game is not the end of the world.

"...Although we lost, the more important thing is that we had an away goal. This away goal is very critical. With this away goal, there are infinite possibilities for the home game... We only need to beat Manchester City 2:0 at home. Is this difficult to do?"

Finally, "World Sports Daily" also issued an appeal and appeal to the majority of Barcelona fans.

"I think when the whole Manchester City team comes to the Nou Camp in the middle of next week, they will definitely feel uncomfortable with the fanatical atmosphere of the Nou Camp. We want to welcome them here! At that time, all Barcelona fans, please come to the stadium, sing our songs, wave your arms, and make the Nou Camp a hell, a hell for the visiting team!"

Even Barcelona's players don't think they're guaranteed to be knocked out.

After returning to Barcelona from Manchester, Messi was interviewed by reporters at the airport and talked about this issue.

"We will definitely eliminate Manchester City. The Barcelona fans are our strong backing. With their support, we are fearless."

Messi said these words very decisively, and at the same time, his statement also surprised everyone. Such murderous words are not like Messi's words...

He has always given the impression that he is shy, low-key and introverted. He basically doesn't touch controversial topics, and he doesn't seem to be interested in anything except football.

Such a person is simply the perfect image of a football player, in stark contrast to Cristiano Ronaldo, who likes to make trouble everywhere.

But this time, Messi made such a voice, which cannot but be surprising.

This is too far from his usual image...

But after the initial accident, the reaction of the Barcelona media and fans was joy—even someone like Messi can say this, Messi must be serious, since he said so, then we can definitely look forward to his performance in the game.If Messi goes all out...is there any unbeatable opponent in this world?
1:3 behind so what?We have Messi!
What is the glory of Manchester City?We have Messi!
When the time comes, let you see what is the real number one player in the world!
Let this game end the boring debate about who is stronger, Messi or Rongguang!

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The media and fans are still discussing the UEFA Champions League game that has ended. For them, Manchester City beat Barcelona at home is a very worthwhile discussion.

Rong Guang was naturally also the focus of their discussion, because in the duel with Messi, Rong Guang won.

Although Messi scored a goal in the game to help Barcelona take the lead.But then Rongguang scored twice, and both goals were beautiful, both in terms of performance and the final result, Rongguang won.

This makes those who support Rongguang very excited.

Because Rongguang suffered a serious injury, he fell from the throne of the world's No. [-]. In the past few years, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi have taken turns to sit, so Rongguang fans have always had a knot - if Rongguang is not seriously injured, there is no dispute about the current No. [-] in the world. It is still our glory!
And now, because of an injury, he has been absent from the Champions League for two years, and he has also lost the world's number one title for two years.

What led to Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi can become the number one in the world.

Now, it's Rong Guang's turn to take back what should belong to him!
Before defeating Real Madrid where Cristiano Ronaldo is in the Champions League, the fans of Rongguang were very happy. It felt like watching Rongguang play a pass game.

Rongguang took the lead in challenging and defeating the World Footballer of the Year and European Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo.Then he has to challenge last year's World Footballer and European Ballon d'Or winner Messi.

Messi is equivalent to a big boss. If he can defeat Messi, he can regain his own glory.

Fans think so.

So regardless of the match between Rongguang and Cristiano Ronaldo, or the match with Messi, these fans are very excited.

If Rongguang wins, they will be even more excited than Rongguang.

After Rongguang was seriously injured that year, the European mainstream media was full of doubts about Rongguang. Fans of other stars continued to sneer at Rongguang, saying that Rongguang, who relies on speed for food, was useless due to an ankle injury.wishful thinking!
But now, the fans of Rongguang seem to be watching Rongguang slap back one by one.

But Rong Guang himself is much calmer than his fans.

He didn't even think about "I beat Messi, so I'm number one in the world".

He may not have thought of beating Messi, he thought of beating Barcelona, ​​and beating Barcelona is not because he can become the number one in the world, but because if he loses to Barcelona, ​​he will be eliminated.

On the second day of the competition, Rongguang usually came to the Carrington training base ahead of schedule, and started his own special training before everyone came.

It was as if there was no such a fierce game yesterday.

While everyone still looks reluctantly at the past, Rong Guang sees the future.

What he is thinking about now is not the second round of the Champions League in the middle of next week, but the league on the weekend, Manchester City will challenge Burnley away.

It was not a very strong team, but Rongguang now has the goal of being undefeated in the league, so he will attach great importance to any opponent, and he will never allow this goal to fail due to pride and laxity.

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Three days later, on the night of April [-], Manchester City challenged Burnley away.

In this game, Benitez made substantial adjustments to the team's starting lineup. Many players who appeared in the Champions League before did not start this game, and some of them did not even enter the squad at all and stayed in Manchester.

Benitez obviously considered the away game against Barcelona. Compared with Burnley, Barcelona is of course more important.Moreover, Burnley is not strong, and there is no need to send all the main players to fight the opponent in this game. It is a waste of resources.

Anyway, no matter how the rotation is, as long as Rong Guang is still on the court.With the glory, it is not a problem to win an opponent like Burnley.

Benitez is not superstitious about Rongguang's ability. He thinks that Rongguang's ability alone can defeat a team.What he is superstitious about is Rong Guang's attitude. He knows very well that Rong Guang will not let up against a team like Burnley. As the captain, he will lead the team to face this opponent with a normal mentality, so as to minimize the possibility of capsized in the gutter.

So it doesn't matter who is in other positions, as long as Rongguang is on the court.

In this game, Rong Guang still started with the captain's armband.

(End of this chapter)