Chapter 11: Chapter 213 Champions League Scorer List
Although Bayern finally defeated Plzen in the away game, Bayern only got a goal difference in this game.
The score of 1:0 remained until the end of the game.
In another group match that ended at the same time, Manchester City finally defeated CSKA Moscow with a score of 5:2.
The referee awarded a controversial penalty to the visiting team at the end of the second half, allowing them to score two goals at the Etihad Stadium.
This result was a bit unsatisfactory for Manchester City, but after seeing Bayern's score, they were immediately satisfied.
After this round of competition, the qualifying situation of Group D has become very clear.
Manchester City, which has won all four games, qualified two rounds ahead of schedule and holds a 10-goal difference. While it is 3 points ahead of Bayern, it is also 2 goals ahead of them.
As for Bayern, with 9 points, they can qualify with a draw in the next game.
With Bayern's strength, qualifying is not difficult.
Just trying to compete with Manchester City for first place in the group is a bit difficult!
Because they will go to Moscow to play away in the next game, while Manchester City will continue to sit at home against Plzen, the weakest team in the group.
Taking into account the strength gap between the two teams' respective opponents, Manchester City may continue to expand their lead on goal difference.
So unless Bayern massacres Manchester City with a big score at their home court in the last round, Manchester City will be able to secure first place in the group with their goal difference advantage.
In response, there were voices criticizing Guardiola in the German media after the game.
"If Guardiola was not so obsessed with experimenting with his forward-less formation on the road, Bayern should score more goals. In that case, Bayern's current situation would not be so passive!"
"Guardiola has been at Bayern for several months. Some of the adjustments he has made to the team have not seen any obvious effects so far. Compared with the champion team last season, Bayern seems to be missing something this season."
Bayern is the well-deserved overlord of the Bundesliga, so everyone in Germany has high hopes for them.
With Dortmund facing an unfavorable situation in the European war, Bundesliga fans can only hope that they can bring glory to the Bundesliga in the Champions League!
However, Bayern's performance in the Champions League has been somewhat disappointing.
In the face of these criticisms, Guardiola himself did not respond. However, Bayern club manager Hoeness came out to express his position:
"Bayern is on the right path. Under the leadership of Guardiola, the team has won three trophies including the European Super Cup, Telecom Cup and Audi Cup.
In addition, Bayern remains undefeated in the league this season, and the qualifying situation for the Champions League group stage is also very optimistic.
Although we had some bad luck at the Etihad, we will defend Bayern Munich's glory at home, so please be patient! "
Of the three trophies Hoeness mentioned, except for the European Super Cup, which is somewhat valuable, the other two trophies are not worth mentioning.
Therefore, the outside world did not buy his refutation of the rumors.
"I bet 50 cents that Bayern won't finish first in the group!"
"Unless Manchester City loses the next game, Bayern will definitely not get it!"
"Don't be so sure. What if Bayern beats Manchester City at home?"
"Haha, do you think it's possible? This is Manchester City with Lin Quan. It's very difficult to win against them, let alone a bloodbath!"
"What's wrong with Lin Quan? Didn't Barcelona get beaten 4:0 last season? Is Lin Quan better than Messi?"
Some people were unconvinced and cited Bayern's victory over Barcelona last season as an example.
"Manchester City is not Barcelona, and Bayern is not the same Bayern as last season!"
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Although Bayern may not win the first place in the Champions League group stage, the Bayern club did not say anything.
Rummenigge is still very patient with Guardiola. Now that not even half the season has passed, it is too early to talk about the final result.
Moreover, Guardiola's coaching performance at Bayern is not bad. Bayern has 10 wins and 2 draws in the first 12 rounds of the league, remaining unbeaten. It is currently the third unbeaten team in Europe.
The other two are Manchester City in the Premier League and Barcelona in La Liga.
Judging from the stability of the league, Guardiola is undoubtedly qualified.
The only problem is probably that the Champions League record is a little up and down, but that doesn't matter.
With Bayern's strength, as long as they don't draw the top clubs in the knockout rounds, they can pass.
Compared with the Champions League results, Bayern cares more about Guardiola's reform of Bayern's technical and tactical play.
They hope to learn and integrate Spanish passing football to keep up with the current development trend of world football.
Therefore, unless there is a huge decline in Guardiola's leadership performance, Bayern is unlikely to fall out with him.
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Because of the Ballon d'Or, the performances of Franck Ribery, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Lin Quan in this round of the Champions League have attracted much attention from the outside world.
Ribery's performance in the away game was a bit sluggish. He neither scored nor assisted in this round, and even his post-match rating was not high, making people doubt his status.
Unlike Ribery, Cristiano Ronaldo, another favorite for the Ballon d'Or, continues his outstanding form.
In this round of the Champions League, Real Madrid challenged Juventus away from home, and the two teams ended up tied 2:2.
The goals scored for Real Madrid were their two billionaires-Cristiano Ronaldo and Bale.
This is the fourth consecutive game in which Cristiano Ronaldo has scored in the Champions League group stage. In the whole of Europe, he and Lin Quan are the only two people to do this.
However, Ronaldo is 3 goals ahead of Lin Quan in total goals, but Lin Quan has 4 assists, barely able to tie with Ronaldo.
Currently in the Champions League scorer list, Ronaldo ranks first with eight goals.
Ibrahimovic, who also scored a goal in this round, followed closely with 7 goals, ranking second.
Ranked third is Barcelona's Messi. He scored twice in this round. With one game less, he scored 6 goals and tied Cristiano Ronaldo in scoring efficiency.
Lin Quan ranks fourth with 5 goals.
"The two unparalleled talents are still strong. Not only do they score goals in the league, but scoring goals in the Champions League is as easy as drinking water."
"Both of them are in their prime, and the teams they are in are also very strong. Now is the time to stabilize their output."
"Huang Lin is also a bit outrageous. He participated in the Champions League for the first time and scored in four consecutive games. The stability is terrifying!"
"Yes, I am more and more convinced that he is a player on the same level as the two most outstanding players!"
"It's hard to say. There are many short-lived players in football. If Lin can continue his outstanding performance next year without a big decline in form, then we can be sure that he can really stand shoulder to shoulder with Melo."
"Tsk, tsk, I can't wait to see Lin Huang enter his peak period and kill everyone in football!"
"Haha, at that time, Ronaldo and Messi were probably at the end of their careers. I'm afraid Lin has no rivals in football!"
"Neymar expresses dissatisfaction!"
"Gotze can fight!"
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The Champions League match had just ended, and no one at Manchester City had time to rest. The third round of the League Cup began.
In this round of games, Manchester City will continue to sit at home to meet the challenge from the British Championship team Wigan Athletic.
The League Cup actually started in September, but as a Premier League team, they can skip the first few rounds and start directly from the third round.
This has prevented Manchester City from being affected by the League Cup before.
But now, the League Cup has reached the third round, and the Premier League teams must also participate in the competition.
Because the schedule is too intensive, there are some differences in the attitude of Manchester City towards the League Cup.
"We have to go away to face Sunderland three days later. Should we give up this League Cup?"
Some people think that the League Cup is just a useless cup, and its gold content is far less than that of the FA Cup.
So I don't want to waste time on such a cup match, especially when the league schedule is so dense, let alone waste the players' precious physical energy because of a cup match.
However, some people think that the League Cup is still a championship trophy after all, and the difficulty of winning is not as difficult as the FA Cup. No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. We cannot give up because of its low gold content.
What's more, by participating in the League Cup, the team can also train new players, giving those substitute players and young players promoted from the reserve team or even the youth team more opportunities to play games.
This is of great significance for cultivating new players on the team!
Both sides made sense, and Pellegrini hesitated for a moment.
Although Manchester City is known for spending heavily on players, they actually have some good prospects in their own youth training. These young players do not get a chance to play in the first team, and they usually play in the youth team or reserve team.
However, the intensity of the competition between the youth team and the reserve team is definitely not as good as the regular cup competition.
Because of the busy work of the first team, Pellegrini rarely has the opportunity to come into contact with these players on weekdays.
He still lacks understanding of the quality of his team's youth training and the technical characteristics of young players.
If we let them play in the League Cup, we can just observe their performance and see if there are any hidden gems among these young people.
In the first team, Lin Quan's outstanding performance greatly increased Pellegrini's confidence in young players, and he dreamed of digging out a talent.
However, the opponent is not weak. Wigan Athletic was a team relegated from the Premier League last season.
This season they are aiming to reach the Premier League, and the team has spent a lot of money on signings. Although it is only a team in the English Championship, it has the strength to not lose to the lower-tier teams in the Premier League.
It's a bit difficult to defeat them entirely relying on a group of young players.
If you lose in the first game, it will not have the effect of training new players.
Therefore, Pellegrini arranged a lineup with half the main team and half substitutes.
In this game, Lin Quan entered the squad, but did not start, but sat on the bench.
Pellegrini plans to decide whether to let him play based on the situation of the game. If the players on the field can easily solve the opponent, then there is no need to let Lin Quan, a nuclear weapon, play and waste energy.
But if the young players cannot solve the battle, then the main players such as Lin Quan will have to appear.
Except for the period when he first joined Werder Bremen, Lin Quan rarely played as a substitute.
Sitting on the bench in this game gave Lin Quan a feeling he had not seen for a long time.
After the opening, Manchester City's players took advantage of their home court and launched an attack on Wigan Athletic's goal.
Wigan Athletic is not a vegetarian. After withstanding three attacks from Manchester City, they also frequently counterattacked.
The young player Boyata, who almost made a big mistake at Stamford Bridge before, turned into a thorn in Manchester City's back line in this game.
Under his solid defense, Wigan Athletic's forwards failed once and for all and could not find any chance at all.
Seeing Boyata's outstanding performance, Pellegrini nodded slightly and said to the assistant coach on the side:
"Boata's skills and strength are good, but his mental quality may be a little worse. If his mentality can be as stable as his compatriot Kompany, then we will have a stable substitute for our defense!"
"Yes, but this may have something to do with his age. After all, he is only in his early 20s, and he has not played many games on behalf of the first team before. He lacks experience in competitions and is more prone to making mistakes."
Having said this, the assistant coach subconsciously glanced in the direction of Lin Quan.
For the same young players, or even younger players, these problems have never appeared to Lin Quan.
I really don't know how he developed such a mature and stable mentality. His mentality even surpasses that of many veteran players who have played for many years.
In addition to Boyata, substitute goalkeeper Pantilimon is also a focus of inspection by the Manchester City coaching staff.
Joe Hart's performance in the league and Champions League was not stable enough. Although his save success rate exceeded 60%, Joe Hart made several mistakes when facing long shots.
If Manchester City wants to go further this season, they must focus on improving the stability of their defense.
After going through adjustments at the beginning of the season, Manchester City's defense has gradually taken shape and its defensive capabilities have improved.
However, the performance of the goalkeeper has always been somewhat unsatisfactory.
So, Pellegrini planned to try the second and third gates to see how they performed.
If the backup goalkeeper's performance meets his expectations, he may replace Joe Hart and let Pantilimon or Wright start.
Judging from the first half of the game, Pantilimon's performance was outstanding.
He made three effective saves, two of which were long-range shots.
At 2.03 meters tall, he has a great advantage when defending high-altitude balls.
The Manchester City coaching staff is very satisfied with his saves and Pellegrini plans to give him a try in the next league game against Sunderland.
If the effect is good, then Manchester City's starting goalkeeper will be his.
There is no problem with the team's defense, but there are problems on the offensive end.
Without Lin Quan and Aguero in the frontcourt, the players' offense seemed to be unable to find the backbone, and it was like they were playing in disarray!
Until the end of the first half, the score on the field was still 0:0, and the two teams ended in a goalless draw.
"Do you want Lin Quan to come up instead?"
Seeing that Pellegrini's face didn't look good, the assistant coach on the side tried to ask.
"No need, wait and see!"
However, twenty minutes into the second half, the score was still 0:0.
Wigan Athletic couldn't break Manchester City's defense, and Manchester City couldn't do anything to them.
Seeing that the regular season was almost over, Pellegrini really couldn't stand it anymore.
He made substitution adjustments in the 75th minute.
Manchester City replaced Aguero and replaced Lopez, who was not performing well.
Aguero is a good striker who is very active in looking for opportunities after he comes on the court.
However, Wigan Athletic's players marked him very closely, leaving no space for him.
Aguero played for 10 minutes, but Manchester City's offense still failed to improve, and there were less than 5 minutes left before the end of the regular season.
Pellegrini was so angry that he even fucked Aguero?
The Manchester City fans watching the game also began to worry. Is it possible that the team will be tied by a British Championship team at home?
Before encountering Wigan Athletic, Manchester City maintained a winning record at home.
If their winning streak is broken by a team in the English Championship, Manchester City will lose face.
So they started making noises, asking Pellegrini to replace Lin Quan.
"Lin, we need Lin!"
"Let Lin play!"
Pellegrini glanced at Lin Quan and saw that he had sat upright and his expression became very serious.
Lin Quan originally thought that they could win this game steadily, but he didn't know that his teammates had the advantage and failed to score, wasting so many opportunities, but could not score a goal.
This gave him a sense of crisis. Can a cooked duck fly?
At this moment, he heard Pellegrini's words:
"Lin, go warm up and get ready to play overtime!"
Lin Quan shook his head: "No need to warm up, just change people!"
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