Chapter 90 Leading Manchester City

On December 11, the last two games of Group H of the Champions League group stage of the UEFA Champions League started at the same time. Paris Saint-Germain played against the Central Army of Sofia, Bulgaria, and Manchester City played against Gosho at home.

Before these two games, the points situation in Group H was that Gosho ranked first in Group H with 4 wins, 1 draw and 13 points in 5 games. Manchester City ranked second with 3 wins, 2 losses and 9 points in 5 games, Paris Saint-Germain ranked third with 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss and 7 points in 5 games, and the Central Army of Sofia, Bulgaria, ranked bottom with 0 points in 5 games. Gosau has won the first place in the group one round in advance, while Manchester City has the advantage of one more away goal in the two games against Paris Saint-Germain, so as long as they draw with Gosau in the last round, they can get a second qualifying place.

No one paid attention to the match between Paris Saint-Germain and the Central Army of Sofia, because everyone gave these three points to Paris Saint-Germain, but as long as Manchester City gets 1 point, even if they score 100 goals, it won't help. Therefore, everyone's attention is on Manchester City's home game against Gosau. In the team's game.

However, when the starting lineup of Gosho was announced before the game, all the people who followed the game suddenly made a big deal, because in this game, Lin Fenglei only sent four main players: Chekari, Chevali, Gugelman and Egman, and all the rest of the positions were substitutes.

Several French reporters immediately angrily accused Lin Fenglei of having no sportsmanship at the press conference before the game. The starting lineup he sent was completely to put Manchester City out.

In the face of the accusation, Lin Fenglei looked very calm. He replied, "Today, some of the players of the Gosho team are not in good physical condition due to the frequent games some time ago. The team doctor said that if they continue to let them play, they are in danger of injury, so I replaced part of the starting lineup today. In fact, this It's very common for Gosho to play before this season. If you often watch Gosho's games, you will know that my words are not a lie. If you say that I don't have sportsmanship because of this, I can't accept it. Although my starting lineup has changed a lot, the players who play today are also very powerful players, and they will not easily give up the victory. I can guarantee this."

Although the French reporters are still very angry, they can't do anything about it, because in football, as long as they are players who have signed up, no one can stop them from playing, and no one can help the head coach of a team arrange the lineup. There is no problem with Lin Fenglei doing so. Their anger Anger is just the anger of the loser, and nothing can be changed to this result.

On the contrary, several local reporters in Manchester were overjoyed and celebrated. It seemed that Manchester City had defeated Gosau and qualified.

Manchester City's head coach Mancini is still calm. He said at a press conference that he would not be careless in the face of any opponent. He would try his best to win the game to help Manchester City qualify. He has been a player and head coach for so many years, and he has seen too many examples of overturning in the gutter. What's more, Gosho's substitute players are not the gutter.

After the two games started at the same time, the Paris Saint-Germain team scored a goal by Ibrahimovic in just two minutes, showing their determination to win. However, at the home of Manchester City, the game was as fierce as everyone expected, and I thought it would be easy. The winning Manchester City team encountered the tenacious resistance of the Gosho's substitute lineup. Gosho's double-back combination, Kabanas and Sampedro, played a very high level in the midfield. They did not fall behind in the midfield competition against Manchester City's big stars, so that Manchester City's attack could not be organized at all and could only rely on the stars. Personally, I played to find some shooting opportunities, but these shots were also resolved by Chekareli one by one.

On the back line, the defense of the guard line composed of Gugleman, Chevali, Silva and Chekaroni is also very stable. They behaved well in defense and completely stared at Manchester City's big frontline combination.

Until the 30th minute of the first half, the score between the two sides was still 0-0. Manchester City couldn't attack for a long time and became more and more impatient. The defense line was getting closer and closer, which gave Gosho's two wingers, Tobinski and Sartre, several good counterattack opportunities, and almost scored twice.

Manchester City's head coach Mancini couldn't sit still. He walked to the sidelines and waved his arms excitedly to urge his players to strengthen their attack. In fact, Mancini could not have been so anxious. As long as Manchester City drew with Gosho, he could qualify. Therefore, he could completely accept the score of 0:0, but Mancini was always a little unreliable. Although Gosho sent most of the substitutes, Egman was still sent to the game, with this humanoid fierce. When the beast was on the court, Mancini was a little nervous. With Egman's scoring ability and current desire to score, even if there are substitutes behind him, it is not impossible for him to score a goal. If he is allowed to score and Manchester City has not scored, the consequences will be unimaginable, so he must see Manchester City leading him. It's down-to-earth.

Lin Fenglei crossed his legs comfortably on the sidelines, with a comfortable face. In this game, he didn't give the players any indicators at all, but just let them play freely and play whatever it is. Of course, if he can draw or beat Manchester City, he won't mind, so the team will earn hundreds of thousands of euros more. Although hundreds of thousands of euros are nothing to the current Gosho team, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat. Looking back on the days when he only had more than 10,000 euros in his hand, Lin Fenglei felt that he could never live a lavish life.

The players of the Gosho team are not as relaxed as Lin Fenglei. They are substitutes in the Gosho team, and there are not many opportunities to play at ordinary times. What's more, in the UEFA Champions League, of course, they should cherish such a game opportunity and show all their strength in the game. Their strength is It's not bad. Some players can play the main force in other teams, and because they don't play much, their physical fitness is very abundant, and their physical condition is much better than those frequent Manchester City stars, so it is normal for them to perform well as Manchester City in the game.

In the 41st minute, Manchester City launched another attack. Their long backfield pass was passed directly to Aguero on the front line. When Aguero took the ball on his back and was ready to turn around, Kabanas and Chevali doubled to break the ball at Aguero's feet. After Barnas broke the ball, Aguero's foot was empty and he lost his center of gravity. After staggering, he fell to the ground. He immediately signaled his opponent to foul him, but the referee ignored him. He raised his hands flat and signaled the game to continue. Carbanasma passed the ball to the front of Sampedro, Sampedero. There was no Manchester City player defending him. He took a look at the situation in front of him, raised his right foot and sent a long diagonal pass 40 meters away, and sent the ball to Topinski's foot on the left side.

There is an open field in front of Tobinski. Manchester City's right-back assists and hasn't come back yet. After wading the ball hard, he sprinted at full speed. When he took the ball to the 30-meter area of Manchester City, he looked at the situation in the middle and passed the ball to the foot of Hodel who followed the middle, Hodder. Er raised his legs to make a long shot. In today's game, Manchester City did not send a full-time midfielder. Now there are only two central defenders left in their backcourt. Originally, they had to rush out of the penalty area to block Hodel's shot when he was defending Egman's central defender Ledesco, but Hodel did not shoot after his foot fell, but sent With a light straight plug, Egman's ball arrived, appeared in the penalty area, and received the pass. Another central defender of Manchester City immediately raised his hand to signal Egman to be offside, but the flag of the assistant referee kept pointing to the ground, indicating that the ball was not offside. Manchester City goalkeeper Joe. Hart had no choice but to abandon the goal and attack. Egman calmly pushed a far corner and pushed the ball into the lower right corner of the goal, Joe. Hart reached for the longest and couldn't stop the shot.

Duan Xuan, the commentator of CCTV, roared excitedly: "Hodel passed the ball, Egman succeeded in offside, Egman shot and scored the goal. The away team led the home team Manchester City by 1-0. No one expected this result. This goal is also Egman's 95th goal of the year, and he is continuing to set his annual goal record. Can he score 100 goals this year? With the momentum of his goal, it is very possible. Let's wait and see!"

After Egman scored, he roared and rushed to the fan stands of Gosho. The fans of Gosho timely hit a huge banner with the word "95" to celebrate Egman's goal. Lin Fenglei smiled and applauded Egman. He was really happy for his proud disciples.

What Mancini was most worried about happened. He roared at his back-line players with a pale face. With his self-restraint, he rarely lost his temper, which showed how much psychological pressure he had. This is also understandable. Manchester City's performance is really unsatisfactory today. In the face of most of the Gosho's substitutes, they can't score, but let the opponent take the lead. How can this not make Mancini angry?

Mancini's heart is not only angry, but also full of panic. Now that the first half of the game is almost over, if Manchester City can't score, what will be the result? Mancini really dare not continue to imagine.