Chapter 157 Semi-Finals

Almost when Manchester City began to cheer for Ronaldo's goal, the fourth official on the sideline raised the electronic sign card for five minutes of injury time in the whole game!

Five minutes of make-up time!

This make-up time is not short!

But now, these five minutes is more like a torment for the proud Barcelona!

After five minutes of injury time, the score on the field has not changed again!

The whistle of referee Merkel announced that the defending champion Barcelona's road to the Champions League this season is over.

After decades, Manchester City, which entered the Champions League for the first time, surprised everyone. Under the unfavorable situation of 2-2 at home in the first round, they beat Barcelona 4-1 away, with a total score of 6 to 3! Eliminate the defending champion Barcelona and successfully enter the top four!

The bench of Manchester City, everyone can't wait for a long time! They all rushed to the court at the moment when the referee's whistle sounded! Cheer for their victory.

As a loser, the Barcelona players looked depressed one by one. Some people sat on the ground, some people lay on the ground, and some even left tears. Their road to the Champions League is over!

However, the fans of Camp Nou did not boo because of Barcelona's elimination. On the contrary, they placed warm applause and infinite tolerance on these players who attacked to the last second.

Many Catalan fans stood up and applauded their players, thanking them for their non-giving up and hard work!

"The game is over! Barcelona was eliminated, which was really a sad night for Barcelona. And we want to congratulate Manchester City, who are the most incredible dark horse in Europe this season! In this game, Zhang Yang showed his strength with a hat-trick! He has scored 14 goals in the Champions League! This is a great result. Zhang Yang is likely to break his own record of 16 goals in a single season in the Champions League!"

This game is also the first game in which Van Basten coached Manchester City. The former head coach of the Dutch national team started his coaching career in Manchester City with a surprising victory. In this game, Manchester City's attack is very efficient and sharp. In addition, their defense is very good. From this, we can also more or less see Van Basten's coaching philosophy.

At this time, on the court, the excited Manchester City players were celebrating the victory. They cheered, they reveled and didn't mind that it was someone else's home.

In fact, it is because of the celebration at the Camp Nou that they have more reasons to be excited.

After returning to the hotel, the whole Manchester City team had a carnival all night.

Van Basten did not stop the whole team's carnival. He was able to defeat the powerful Barcelona, eliminate Barcelona, and reach the semi-finals. There are indeed enough reasons to celebrate. Moreover, as a former AC Milan legendary star, Van Basten also clearly knows how valuable this game, this victory is for this young team, and this game will benefit many people for life.

In contrast to the carnival celebration in Manchester City, Barcelona is full of mourning.

In the good situation of 2-2 in the first round away game, we lost 1-4 at home and were eliminated with a total score of 2-6!

The defending champion has never experienced such a fiasco in recent seasons!

What's more, Barcelona is still the defending champion. Last summer, when they stood at the top of Europe, countless media were exclaiming that another era belonging to the Barcelona Dream Team is coming!

Now, just a year later, they are breaking the halberd and sinking! And such a fiasco is really a shame in Barcelona's history.

For Messi, this is the second time that Messi has met with Zhang Yang in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Both times, Messi is a loser!

This also brings the quarrel about who is better between Messi and Zhang Yang to the next level, and the fans and the media who support Zhang Yang are cheering. In their opinion, this kind of victory in the direct confrontation is undoubtedly the most convincing!

In addition, for Barcelona, what is even worse is the incident of fierce clashes between Ibrahimovic and Guardiola in the locker room after the game, and the Swedes have also publicly announced that either he will leave Barcelona or Guardiola will leave!

The Catalan media conducted a spot check on the multiple choice question raised by the Swedes, and 93 percent of the fans chose to let the Swedes get out of here.

The Manchester City team returned to Manchester and was welcomed by Manchester City fans. The whole team is regarded as the hero of the city! In Manchester, the number of Manchester City fans is much greater than the number of Manchester United fans.

Four days later, in the 34th round of the 2009/2010 Premier League, Manchester City beat Birmingham 6-1 at home. Zhang Yang scored twice in the game, increasing his league goals in this season to 41 goals!

He also created a miracle. This is the first time that someone has scored more than 40 goals in a single season in the five major leagues!

"This is the season that belongs to Manchester City, and it belongs to the era of publicity!" - British Reuters said.

A week later, the thirty-fifth round of the Premier League is also a focus match, the home game between Manchester City and Manchester United, and the Manchester derby in the second leg of this season.

Zhang Yang and Tevez scored for Manchester City, Rooney and Scholes scored for Manchester United, and the score was finally fixed at 2:2!

After this round of the league, in the Premier League table in the 2009/2010 season, Manchester City reached 82 points, leading the table. Chelsea ranked second with 77 points, while Manchester United ranked third in the league with 74 points, and Arsenal ranked 77 points. In the fourth place, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Everton and Birmingham ranked fifth to ninth.

A helicopter passed over the Manchester Municipal Stadium, circled around, and then turned back. Overlooking from the helicopter, countless people gathered around the stadium, crowding the surrounding roads.

A policeman looked up at the night sky. The light of the helicopter was like a starlight in the night sky. From time to time, there was a rustling electric current from the walkie on his shoulder. The policeman whistled and then took his eyes back.

A group of Manchester City fans passed in front of him singing.

"Manchester City, Manchester City! Invincible Manchester City!"

"Manchester City, Manchester City! Invincible Manchester City!"

The song came from all directions, penetrating the rain and fog, penetrating the thick night, and passing through him, pouring into the municipal stadium not far ahead.

"Manchester City, Manchester City, invincible Manchester City..." The police also whispered. This song has been laughed at by Manchester United, Manchester City's sworn enemy. In Manchester United's opinion, it is really a big joke that Manchester City, which needs to be worried about being relegated, dares to hum 'Invincible'. But now, Manchester City fans can hum this song righteously!

No one dares to mock them anymore. At least, I dare not do it now!

"... Bi cut... cut cut... 1029, report the situation on your side. Finished... Bixu..." There was a rustling call from the walkie-talkie.

"This is 1029. Everything is normal. It's over."

"Manchester City, Manchester City, Manchester City, invincible Manchester City! Manchester City, the invincible Manchester City..." The policeman turned around and turned around to turn the radio in the car.

"The Manchester City bus has left the hotel, and in about 35 minutes, the bus will arrive at the stadium. On the other hand, Lyon's bus also left the hotel a few minutes ago... This is Manchester, which is the competition city of the Champions League semi-finals. The first round of the semi-final match between Manchester City and Lyon will start in an hour and a half!"

Manchester City eliminated Barcelona in the quarter-finals. The top four of the Champions League this season are Manchester City, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich and Lyon. Manchester City's opponents in the semi-finals are Lyon, and Inter Milan and Bayern Munich will also fight.

Manchester City entered the semi-finals after eliminating Barcelona, while Lyon eliminated Real Madrid in the eighth final.

Manchester City's opponent is Lyon. Considering that Lyon is the weakest team to enter the top four, the media is generally optimistic that Manchester City will eliminate Lyon and enter the final.

The Manchester City Evening News seemed particularly confident. Before the game, the media even said that if they were lucky enough, Manchester City would be able to win in the first half of the game.

Obviously, the away victory over the defending champion Barcelona quads made Manchester City's fans a little over-confidence.

However, after 45 minutes of fierce battle, at halftime, the score on the court has not changed compared with the beginning of the game. Manchester City's home 0:0 Lyon!

In terms of the scene, it is difficult to say that Manchester City has an advantage. Objectively speaking, the situation should be five or five.

At halftime, Van Basten criticized the players for not paying attention. Obviously, after eliminating the defending champion Barcelona, Manchester City was a little elate, and the whole team was a little too proud. In the face of Lyon's opponent, they obviously underestimated the enemy, although in a sense It is said that Manchester City really doesn't have much capital to underestimate the enemy. You know, Manchester City has entered the Champions League again after decades, while Lyon has won five consecutive championships in Ligue 1, is a regular player in the Champions League, and has reached the quarterfinals for several consecutive seasons!

After criticizing the team's performance in the first half, Van Basten then asked everyone to launch a fierce offensive against Lyon in the second half. Strive to score goals as soon as possible. In addition, while trying to break the deadlock as soon as possible, there is a particularly important point, that is, you must not lose goals and Lyon can't get a valuable away goal.

"In this game, victory is not the only goal. My requirement is a complete victory. In our home court, we must establish the victory as much as possible!" Van Basten said.