Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 174
On November 11, in the fifth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Manchester City came to Germany to challenge Borussia Mönchengladbach away.

For Manchester City, they only need to draw in this game to qualify for a group round ahead of schedule.

But if you want to win the first place in the group, you have to win Borussia in an away game.

Correspondingly, Borussia also wants to beat Manchester City at home and retain the possibility of qualifying for the group.

So after the game started, both sides played unconservatively.

In the 11th minute, Zhang Chaoqiang sent a diagonal pass from the corner of the penalty area after passing the frontcourt, and the football flew to the far end of the goal with a spin.

Aguero grabbed the header, but the football was preempted by German midfielder Stindl and went straight to the goal.

"It seems that the Borussia players are still very afraid of Aguero. After all, they completed a hat-trick in the first round, so they would rather head the ball into the goal by themselves than give Aguero a header..."

Borussia started with an own goal, and the England commentator laughed happily.

Only Aguero wasn't too happy.

If the ball wasn't such an aggressive and risky header from the opponent, he would have a good chance of scoring a goal.

Since he wore his cap in the first round of the group stage, Akun has been stuck in a scoring drought in the Champions League and has been unable to score for a long time.

This time he is facing Borussia again, and he really wants to take this opportunity to break through.

It's a pity that Borussia doesn't seem to give a chance.

Manchester City took the lead, Borussia did not admit it, and continued to fight against Manchester City.

In the 24th minute, Stindl, who had scored an own goal before, sent a sharp through ball, assisted Brazilian striker Rafael to push and scored, Borussia quickly equalized the score.

The next game was a bit stalemate, both sides had their own offensives, but there was a stalemate.

Until the stoppage time of the first half, the 3G combination was interspersed with running positions, and De Bruyne made a pass from the bottom of the right, allowing David Silva to shoot a comfortable long shot in front of the penalty area, and Manchester City once again exceeded the score.

2:1, this is the final score.

It may be that Borussia's coach arranged new tasks for his players during the halftime break, requiring them to play tough and use tough defense to stop Manchester City's offense.

So the second half of the game turned into a hand-to-hand battle under Borussia's "toughness". Neither side played a good offensive, but each received a red card.

So the score on the field has not changed, Manchester City won the game by 2:1 in the first half.

After scoring three points in the away game, Manchester City continued to stabilize their first position in the group, and at the same time advanced to the Champions League knockout round one round earlier.

In another match in the same group, Barcelona relied on Messi's brace to beat the Celtics 2-0, also qualifying one round ahead of schedule.

At present, the two sides have 12 points. Who can finally win the group first depends on the final round of the group stage.

As long as Manchester City scores no less points than Barcelona in the final round, they will be able to secure the first place in the group.

In other group matches, Arsenal drew with Paris 2:2 at home.

As the relationship between victory and defeat is not dominant, as long as Paris does not lose points in the final round, Arsenal can only qualify as second in the group.

Leicester City defeated Club Brugge 2:1 at home, qualifying one round ahead of schedule and securing the first place in the group.

Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki scored a goal in the game, harvesting his first Champions League goal.

In the UEFA Champions League group stage this season, 5 Asian players have scored goals, namely:
Manchester City's Zhang Chaoqiang, Tottenham's Sun Xingmin, Rostov's Azmon, Dortmund's Kagawa Shinji, Leicester City's Shinji Okazaki.

Five Asian players scored goals in the same UEFA Champions League, which also created a historical record.

But when it comes to the number of goals scored, Zhang Chaoqiang stands out with 5 goals, followed by Shinji Kagawa with 2 goals, and the other three with only one goal.

The most dangerous of the four Premier League teams is undoubtedly Tottenham. They will go to France to challenge Monaco in this round. Once they lose, they will be eliminated one round earlier.

In the end, Tottenham lived up to expectations and lost 1:2 to Monaco in the away game, ending the Champions League trip this season ahead of schedule.

Four Premier League teams participated, and the other three teams advanced one round ahead of schedule, and only Tottenham were eliminated one round ahead of schedule.

As a result, Tottenham were labeled as soft-footed shrimp in the Champions League, and the Koreans were embarrassed to compare Sun Xingmin and Zhang Chaoqiang.

Sun Tzu is indeed a good player, but he has not reached the height of Zhang Chaoqiang for the time being.

At present, five rounds of the UEFA Champions League group stage have been carried out, and the qualifying situation of most groups is gradually becoming clear.

Tottenham's early exit is a small upset.

But the media is still enthusiastically reporting another big upset.

Huang Saren actually ranked second in the group.

Bayern was assigned to a group with Atletico Madrid, currently 6 points behind Atletico Madrid, which is the first in the group, and has been locked in the second position of the group ahead of schedule.

Real Madrid is assigned to a group with Borussia Dortmund, temporarily behind the Bundesliga Hornets by 2 points. In the last round, Real Madrid must beat Dortmund at home in order to successfully rise to the first place in the group.

As for Barcelona, ​​they now have the same points as Manchester City. As long as Manchester City does not lose points in the final round, then Barcelona can only qualify as second in the group.

So in general, Bayern is already second in the group, and Real Madrid and Barcelona are very likely to be second in the group.

If Huang Saren is squeezed into the second place in the group, it will really create a record in the history of the Champions League.

At the same time, some media said: "This year may be the least cost-effective year for the first place in the Champions League group."

"If Huang Saren all qualify as the second in the group, then when the round of [-] draws, the top teams in each group will be terrified..."

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As the end of November approached, "French Football" announced the final three candidates for the 11 European Ballon d'Or.

Unsurprisingly, it was Ronaldo, Messi, and Griezmann.

While announcing the top three candidates, they announced the rankings other than the top three as usual.

Suarez is fourth, Neymar is fifth, Bell is sixth, Zhang Chaoqiang is seventh, Mahrez is eighth, Vardy is ninth, and Pepe is tenth.

Among the top ten Golden Globes, La Liga occupies seven places, and the Premier League occupies three places.

The strength of La Liga in recent years can be seen from this.

For this ranking order, fans outside of La Liga are not too convinced.

Buffon, the highest in Serie A, ranks only No.11, and Aubameyang, the highest in Bundesliga, ranks only No.12.

Fans of the two major leagues do not approve of this ranking.

At the same time, Chinese fans don't agree with this ranking, because they think Zhang Chaoqiang's seventh place is too low.

"Brother Qiangzi, even if he can't make it into the top three, it shouldn't be a problem to rank fourth and fifth. No matter what, he won't be ranked seventh."

"That's right, change the positions of Brother Qiangzi and Neymar, that is the correct ranking order."

"It's not an exaggeration to rank fourth or even top three, isn't Brother Qiangzi's performance last season not strong enough?"

"To lead a team of Lyon's level to the semi-finals of the Champions League is already a brilliant performance."

"We have eliminated Chelsea and Bayern one after another. Brother Qiangzi has played at the top."

"What's more, after joining Manchester City in the summer, Brother Qiangzi also made a big impact in the Premier League."

"Besides, Brother Qiangzi came out of Ligue [-], so the Ballon d'Or doesn't know how to take care of him."

"Based on this ranking order, it's no wonder that the Golden Globes can't even afford an awards ceremony..."

There will be no awards ceremony for this year's European Ballon d'Or due to a lack of sponsorship following the split with FIFA.

However, the Grand Award Ceremony will still be held for the World Player of the Year. Zhang Chaoqiang has received the invitation and will attend it at that time.

(End of this chapter)