Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 160 Rainbow Arc
After the sixth round of the Premier League, Manchester City needs to prepare for the Champions League group stage first, and the game against Tottenham has to be delayed.

On September 9, in the second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Manchester City came to Glasgow, the capital of Scotland, to challenge Celtic, the overlord of the Scottish Super League, away.

The Soviet Super League was originally a two-person league, with Celtic and Rangers taking turns.

But in the summer of 2012, the Rangers went bankrupt due to financial problems. After the team reorganized, they started playing in the amateur league and played until this summer before being promoted to the Soviet Super League again.

So in recent years, the Scottish Super League has been dominated by Celtic, and they have won the championship with a big advantage every year.

But in the Champions League, the Celtics are just a stable team.

At Celtic Park, the Scottish fans created a huge momentum to welcome Manchester City.

After all, this is a game between Scottish teams and English teams.

Guardiola still arranged a 433 formation to strengthen the team's increasingly mature ball possession tactics.

In addition, David Silva has returned from injury, and Manchester City is the strongest combat power.

Unexpectedly, just 2 minutes into the game, De Bruyne suffered a muscle strain on the inner thigh and had to rest.

Crucial misfortune ensued.

De Bruyne had just left the field for 2 minutes, that is, in the 4th minute of the game, the 96-year-old French forward Moussa Dembele broke through with the ball to create a free kick for the Celtics.

The Celtics transferred the ball to the right through tactical coordination, and Scottish midfielder Forrester swept in front of the goal.

Dembele runs forward through the middle and chests the ball into City's goal.

"Manchester City's luck is a bit bad. De Bruyne just got injured and immediately suffered a goal. This is not a good sign."

The England commentator was worried about Manchester City, while the Scottish fans at the scene fell into wild celebrations.

It is definitely an unexpected performance to be able to take the lead in breaking the Manchester City fans at home.

Importantly, the Celtics' opening goal seemed to bring the game into a chaotic attacking rhythm.

In the 11th minute, all Manchester City players overwhelmed halftime and launched a siege. Kolarov kicked a diagonal pass from the outside to the goal.

Zhang Chaoqiang saw the passing route and ran to the far end of the goal. As long as he catches the ball, it is an excellent chance to score.

But the football was intercepted, and it was still intercepted by our own people.

Fernandinho raised his foot to block the ball at the front point of the passing route, stopped the ball steadily, and then pushed the goal with his foot.

Celtic goalkeeper Gordon has been shifted by Zhang Chaoqiang's running position, allowing Fernandinho to easily push and score.

Although it was a bit of a mistake, Manchester City managed to equalize the score.

But what happened next was even more erratic.

In the 18th minute, Australian midfielder Rokic sent a through pass, and the Scottish full-back Tierney followed up with a kick in 97.

This kick looks like a pass and a shot, and the overall threat is not that great.

Sterling didn't know which tendon was wrong, so he rushed forward with a sliding shovel, probably trying to clear the siege.

A ball that might not have been able to hit the goal frame, let him shovel it into his own goal alive.

In the technical statistics of the game, the ball was indeed recorded in Sterling's name.

Unexpectedly, just 5 minutes after scoring an own goal, Sterling quickly made up for it.

The continuous pressing of Zhang Chaoqiang and Aguero caused the Celtics to make a pass error, and David Silva took the ball and made a decisive pass.

Sterling received the ball in the penalty area, smashed the ball to pass Tierney, and directly scored with a low shot.

In 5 minutes, Sterling completed an own gift and scored an equalizer, making the game ups and downs.

This turned the game into an inexplicable battle. The Celtics took the lead twice, and the overall morale was quite good.

What's more, their offensive rhythm is still playing well, after all, Rogers is the head coach.

So in the 35th minute, Tierney's long-range shot caused Bravo to drop, Dembele quickly rushed to make up the shot, and the Celtics took the lead for the third time.

There was a tsunami of cheers at Celtic Park.

Celtic fans never imagined that their team could compete with Manchester City like this.

Facing Barcelona in the first round of the group stage, they also wanted to fight against each other, and they were taught a 7:0.

Facing Manchester City, which also won the first round, they were able to score three goals and take the lead three times.

French teenager Moussa Dembele scored twice against Manchester City, and he became famous in the first battle.

The domestic commentator has already started to say: "Suddenly like a spring breeze overnight, Dembele is everywhere in football."

In recent years, players named Dembele have indeed emerged in European football, and they all played well.

In the past two years, Belgium's Moussa Dembele became famous, and now he has joined Tottenham and played well.

Ousmane Dembele appeared in Rennes in Ligue [-] last season, and was snatched away by Dortmund after only one season of Rennes training. Now he is also doing well in the Bundesliga.

This time, France's Moussa Dembele scored twice against Manchester City. I am afraid that he will quickly become famous on the blue moon.

The Celtics took the lead for the third time in the scramble, but they still couldn't hold on to the halftime lead.

In the 43rd minute, Manchester City launched another wave of offensive, aiming to equalize the score before the end of the first half.

Zhang Chaoqiang started to go forward from the right, and David Silva was about to send the ball over.

But the cooperation between the two is not very good, and Silva's pass is a little slower.

This caused Zhang Chaoqiang to slow down slightly to wait for the ball, but failed to really rush.

At this time, Celtic full-back Tierney has come aggressively.

Tierney also performed well in this game, and he can be regarded as the Celtics' second hero on the offensive end, second only to Moussa Dembele.

It was difficult to deal with it in a hurry, Zhang Chaoqiang suddenly thought that he could try to show off.

So during the run, Zhang Chaoqiang stepped in front of the football with his right foot, and quickly followed the football with his left foot.

The football was pulled over the heel of the right foot, while Zhang Chaoqiang swung his right foot backwards forcefully.

Through the force of the heel, the football took off from behind Zhang Chaoqiang, drew a rainbow arc, and went straight over the heads of Zhang Chaoqiang and Tierney.

The show was a success!
"Oh, my god?!"

"Beautiful!! The rainbow is amazing!!"

Zhang Chaoqiang suddenly showed off a rainbow kick, and the commentators from all over the world exclaimed again and again.

When the football flew over Tierney's head, Zhang Chaoqiang also collided with the opponent's shoulder.

But this only blocked Zhang Chaoqiang a little bit.

He stabilized his figure and quickly caught up, got the ball before the football went out of bounds, and quickly cut inside the penalty area along the baseline.

The Celtics players were also surprised by Zhang Chaoqiang's extraordinary way, but after a moment of effort, they all gathered in the same direction, vowing to stop Zhang Chaoqiang.

Zhang Chaoqiang was not greedy for merit, he pushed the ball with his instep when he saw the right time, and sent the football away.

Sterling on the other side of the goal quickly advanced, ready to push the empty goal.

But the old Manchester City player Kolo Toure didn't give him this chance, and immediately took the risk to make a rescue.

Exactly the same as Sterling's own goal before, he shoveled the ball directly into his own goal.

"The goal is scored!! Another own goal!!"

"Zhang Chaoqiang completed a very beautiful rainbow dribble on the wing, directly penetrated the Celtics defense, and then sent a sharp pass in time, forcing the opponent to score an own goal."

"If this pass hadn't been for Toure's risky clearance, Sterling can easily push the empty goal, and he will undoubtedly score!"

"But no matter what, this goal came through Zhang Chaoqiang's wonderful dribble."

"Let's look at this brilliance again. Zhang Chaoqiang faced the defense of the Celtic players on the wing, and suddenly threw a rainbow arc like a flash of inspiration. The young player on the opposite side did not respond at all. I did not expect Zhang Chaoqiang. It’s extraordinary in this way.”

"The whole dribble looked so fluid, like it had been rehearsed beforehand."

"But fans who are familiar with Zhang Chaoqiang know that he has never done a rainbow in a game before."

"This is the characteristic of Zhang Chaoqiang. He can always come up with unexpected tricks in the official arena. He is a real player with a big heart!"

After Zhang Chaoqiang's rainbow extraordinary show an own goal, the first half of the game ended quickly.

The two teams played a standard offensive half game and returned to the locker room with a score of 3:3.

But Guardiola's face is not very good.

He was clearly dissatisfied with the content of the game in the first half.

(End of this chapter)