champion light

Chapter 1276 A Familiar Opponent

This is not the first time Manchester City has met Lyon in the Champions League, nor is it the first time Rongguang has met Lyon in the Champions League.

Rongguang participated in the UEFA Champions League for the first time when he was at Werder Bremen. In the 2004-2005 season, it was also in the quarter-finals when Werder Bremen met Lyon.

Werder Bremen at the time was considered a dark horse because of their performance in the group stage.

At that time, Lyon was already the overlord of the Ligue [-] league. Their long-term participation in the Champions League allowed them to accumulate rich experience in the Champions League, and their performance in the Champions League should not be underestimated.

结果荣光率领云达不莱梅主场3：0，客场1：1，总比分4：1淘汰了这支法甲霸主。

Then in the quarter-finals, Rongguang and Werder Bremen were eliminated by Kaka's AC Milan.

That was Rongguang's first experience of the Champions League and the knockout rounds of the Champions League.

From then on, he started his way to dominate the Champions League.

Then, after moving to Manchester City and helping Manchester City return to the Champions League after 40 years, Manchester City met Lyon again in the quarter-finals.

这次曼城在主场2：0，客场1：0，总比分3：0击败了里昂。

Rongguang has never lost against Lyon.

In four encounters with Lyon, he scored a total of four goals.

Rong Guang has a lot of experience in defeating Lyon.

Maybe he didn't really have any experience, because he didn't deliberately prepare anything against Lyon as an opponent. He treated almost all opponents equally-you are my opponents, then I will defeat you.

Manchester City's first round was an away game against Lyon. For Lyon, if they don't want to be eliminated by Manchester City or glory, they must win this game.

Of course they know it's going to be difficult, especially with City in their current state.

When they met Manchester City for the first time in the Champions League, they only had to defend one glory.

But now, they not only have to stick to glory, they also have to stick to Ibrahimovic and Kaka.

This really makes their defensive strength a bit stretched...

But no matter what, they had no choice but to bite the bullet.

In fact, in the whole of Europe, many teams don't want to meet Manchester City, because it is a headache.

In fact, when Lyon was drawn out to be with Manchester City in the draw ceremony of the UEFA Champions League round of [-], the managers of many other teams were relieved-at last they didn't have to meet them in the round of [-].

As for what to do next, they haven't thought that much.

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In the away game against Lyon, Manchester City sent the strongest lineup, and all the main players, as long as they are not injured or sick, are on the team.

Lyon attaches great importance to it, and Manchester City also attaches great importance to this game.

Maybe even more than Lyon.

Of course Benitez knows the current situation of Manchester City. The competition in the league is fierce, and they have to fight on multiple fronts in the League Cup and the FA Cup.

Then, in order to lighten the burden a little, the best way is to try to decide the winner in one game in the two-round home and away game, killing the suspense, so that the second round of the game can be directly turned into a "warm-up match".

So in the first round, even if it was Manchester City's away game, Benitez asked the players to go all out and make sure to win the game.

After the start of the game, Lyon launched a fierce offensive against Manchester City by virtue of their home court advantage.

It's not that they don't know that Manchester City will play defensive counterattacks, but that they have no other choice but to attack in this way.

If they don't attack, it is a dead end for them to grind slowly with Manchester City-Manchester City can completely accept a 0:0 draw in the away game, but Lyon absolutely cannot accept a 0:0 draw at home.

Under such circumstances, it is actually very easy for Manchester City to fight Lyon's counterattack.

So in the No. 203 minute, Manchester City once again threatened Lyon's goal with an attack. If it weren't for Ibrahimovic's stab shot and sliding out of the goal, Manchester City would have taken the lead at that time.

City didn't keep their supporters waiting too long, though.Just 8 minutes after Ibrahimovic missed the shot, No. 301 minutes, Manchester City finally scored!

It was not the trident who scored the goal, but the central defender Godin.Taking advantage of a corner kick, he jumped up and slammed the football into the goal.

Godin's corner kick broke the deadlock for Manchester City and also added excitement to the game.

After conceding the ball, Lyon's offense became more ferocious.

The opponents have an away goal and if they don't do something, it's really over.

It's just that Lyon's crazy attack did not achieve the effect they wanted.

Instead, before the end of the first half, Manchester City counterattacked and conceded the ball again.

The goal this time is glory.

It was also his eighth goal in the UEFA Champions League this season.

Currently, temporarily ranked first in the UEFA Champions League scorer list.

Just like in the league scorer list, almost no one thinks that Rongguang's position can be taken away by others.

Last season, Messi threatened Rongguang, but in the final, Rongguang used a hat-trick to complete the reversal and overtake.

Now Rongguang has already surpassed Raul in the UEFA Champions League historical scorer list, becoming the number one.

Judging from his age and state, he may keep the record of the Champions League's historical total scorer list at a very high number during his career, and this record may never be broken...

Counting his goal against Lyon, today's glory is 84 goals in the Champions League. This number is 71 goals more than Raul's record of [-] goals.

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After the glorious goal, Lyon looked flustered.

But fortunately, the first half ended in a short time, otherwise they might have conceded three goals in the first half...

But it's actually about the same as probation.

It's just a 15 minute delay.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Manchester City's tactics of defensive counterattack remained unchanged, but Lyon, who was two goals behind, had to attack again.

The result is... No. 609 minutes, Kaka assisted David Silva to score in a quick counterattack, and Manchester City took the lead 3:0!

"...This game has completely lost suspense...Manchester City leads Lyon 3-0 in the away game. Regardless of the outcome, let's just say that Manchester City has scored three away goals. This alone is enough to make the next round of the game lose suspense..."

The commentators said that there was no suspense in the next game, so Manchester City's offense was much slower than before.

But the slow pace does not mean that Manchester City will stop playing defensive counterattacks. As long as there is enough space behind Lyon's defense, I believe Manchester City will not be polite.

They slowed down because Lyon didn't dare to attack aggressively anymore. Now they are three goals behind. If they attack again, who knows how many goals will be conceded by the end of the game?

Conceding too many goals is too exaggerated, and it will be a devastating blow to Lyon's morale.

So Lyon decisively gave up the idea of ​​onslaught.

Lyon is not in a hurry here, and Manchester City is even more in a hurry.

They began to deal with Leon slowly.

At the same time, Benitez began to make substitutions. He gradually replaced the main players and let the substitutes come on.

But Rong Guang didn't move.

Even if Kaka, David Silva and Ibrahimovic all go down, as long as the glory does not move, Manchester City can still threaten Lyon by defensive counterattack.

Facts have also proved this.

Compared with the three who went down, Leon was actually more afraid of glory.

So Rong Guang has always stayed on the court, and Lyon has never dared to go all out to attack.

Until 3 minutes of stoppage time, they suddenly let go of all concerns and launched a fierce attack on Manchester City.

But facing Manchester City's impenetrable defense, their counterattack was useless.

In the end, Manchester City defeated Lyon 3-0 away and won the first victory in two rounds.

At the same time, they scored three goal differences in the away game.

Such a result made the media say after the game that Lyon had been kicked out, and Manchester City became the first team determined to advance to the quarterfinals.

This remark hurt Lyon very much, but in the face of this reality, Lyon fans had nothing to say.

They also know in their hearts that it is really hard to expect Lyon to reverse the away game in the second round just because of the state of the two teams...

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The Champions League game is over, there is no league game at the weekend, but an FA Cup game.

Manchester City, which eliminated Liverpool, encountered a very weak opponent this time, Brighton from the British Championship.

To deal with this opponent, it is not even necessary to send all the main force.

So Benitez adopted a rotation in this game, replacing most of the players who participated in the midweek Champions League game.

Despite this, Manchester City, half main force and half substitute, defeated Brighton 6:1 at home, Rong Guang completed a hat-trick in this game.After only three games in the FA Cup, Rongguang has already scored six goals. With six goals, he also temporarily ranks first in the FA Cup scorer list.

Six days later, when the No.20 round of the Premier League begins, the match between Manchester City and Blackburn will be postponed again, because on February 24, Manchester City will compete with Cardiff City for the League Cup at Wembley Stadium!

In addition, three days after this game, that is, on February 29, Rong Guang will appear in the Chinese team's home game against Jordan.

That was the last game of the top [-] of the World Cup Asian qualifiers.

Glory had to finish the League Cup final and fly directly to China that night. He would arrive in China on the 27th. After that, there was no time for jet lag, and it was impossible to adjust his status. He would directly play for the national team on the 29th.

After the game, I will fly directly back to Manchester, England, to prepare for the league match between Manchester City and Bolton on March [-]rd.

It's just a trapeze...

Even for someone like Rong Guang, such tossing makes people worry about his physical fitness and state.

(End of this chapter)