Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 175 Good news
On November 11, in the 26th round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged newly promoted Burnley away.

Although the start did not go well and they conceded a goal first, but relying on Aguero's brace, Manchester City did not take too much effort to reverse the away game 2:1 and win.

After the game, Zhang Chaoqiang was asked by reporters about the ranking of the Golden Globe Awards.

"Last year's FIFA Ballon d'Or, I only ranked No.19, and this year I rose to seventh. This is already a huge improvement."

"But I am not satisfied with this, I will continue to work hard towards a higher goal..."

Zhang Chaoqiang did not respond positively to the ranking of the Golden Globe Awards, but he did not express his approval.

In the other games of this round, Arsenal and Liverpool both successfully won, but Manchester United was tied 1:1 by the Hammers at home.

In addition, in the strong battle, Chelsea, who was in good form, reversed Tottenham 2:1 at home and completed the seven-game winning streak in the Premier League.

So in the standings, Manchester City has 33 points, Chelsea 31 points, Liverpool 30 points and Arsenal 28 points.

In the next round of the Premier League, Manchester City will face Chelsea at home, which will be a standard top game.

The English media has begun to warm up in advance and analyze the situation of the two teams.

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The middle of the week is the day of the English League Cup quarter-finals. Manchester City has already been out, but they can take the opportunity to take a break.

On December 12st, FIFA announced the finalists for various awards in 1.

There is no doubt that the top three candidates for the World Footballer are still Ronaldo, Messi and Griezmann.

But for rankings other than the top three, the World Footballer and the Ballon d'Or are not the same.

The fourth is still Suarez, but the fifth has become Zhang Chaoqiang.

Strictly speaking, as long as you don't make it into the top three, it doesn't make much difference whether you rank fifth or seventh.

But Chinese fans are very concerned, because Zhang Chaoqiang has gradually become synonymous with Chinese football.

The higher Zhang Chaoqiang's ranking is, the happier they are.

Therefore, the fact that Zhang Chaoqiang ranked fifth quickly became another hot topic in China.

On the list of candidates for the best team of the year announced at the same time, Huang Saren is still a big player.

Real Madrid has 11 finalists, while Barcelona and Bayern have 9 finalists.

The team with the most nominations other than Huang Saren is Manchester City, with Zhang Chaoqiang, Aguero, De Bruyne, David Silva, and Bravo five shortlisted.

It is only natural that Zhang Chaoqiang and other four people were shortlisted, but Bravo was a little surprised.

Because after joining Manchester City, the Chilean goalkeeper's performance is really not good.

The reason why he was shortlisted was mainly due to his outstanding performance in the America's Cup in the summer.

After all, he is the best goalkeeper in the Copa America, and in the final, he defeated the powerful Argentina with a weak victory.

Zhang Chaoqiang's agent wanted to put him in the best team of the year, but in the published World Player of the Year rankings, Zhang Chaoqiang still ranked behind Suarez, which is not ideal.

But within two days there was good news.

According to Spanish media reports, Barcelona may collectively miss this year's FIFA Annual Awards Ceremony.

Because Real Madrid won the Champions League, this year's award ceremony will basically be the stage for Real Madrid and Ronaldo, so everyone in Barcelona does not want to be a background board.

It's not confirmed yet, but it's entirely possible.

As soon as the incident was reported, it immediately aroused heated discussions in the media of various countries. The Barcelona media naturally supported their own team and thought that it was reasonable not to support Real Madrid.

However, other media basically believe that if Barcelona really played a collective disappearance, it would be too demeanor.

Especially the media that supports Real Madrid has launched fierce criticism against Barcelona.

Amid all the turmoil, Zhang Chaoqiang was also "affected".

Agent Jacques Frello called Zhang Chaoqiang and said excitedly: "If Barcelona is really absent collectively, it will undoubtedly be good news for us..."

After a brief communication, Zhang Chaoqiang understood what the agent meant.

The collective absence of Barcelona will definitely make FIFA very upset.
Although it is not possible to turn against Barcelona directly, it is entirely possible to wear small shoes or something.

For example, the competition for the best team of the year.

According to the current situation, Suarez is the striker who is most likely to enter the best team of the year besides Melo.

But if Barcelona don't give face and collectively miss the award ceremony, FIFA may kick Suarez and put Zhang Chaoqiang in.

After all, Zhang Chaoqiang was not far behind, and he deserved to replace Su Ya.

Of course, we will have to wait for the FIFA Awards Ceremony in January to know the final result.

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On December 12, in the 3th round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced Chelsea at home, and the much-watched Premier League top game officially arrived.

"Blue Moon and the Blue Army, the two most representative blue teams in the Premier League are about to compete for the top spot in the standings."

"According to the current situation of the two teams, Manchester City has the home court advantage. The overall strength of the team is slightly stronger, and it is the leading side. As long as they do not lose at home, they can suppress Chelsea."

"Chelsea's morale is strong. It has won seven consecutive victories in the Premier League. It is a time when morale is high, and this season Chelsea does not need to be distracted from the European competition, and only needs to focus on the domestic competition..."

I have to say that Chelsea is indeed in excellent form, especially with Conte leading the team, without being distracted from the European war, it can be said that the momentum is like a rainbow.

The overall state of Manchester City is relatively average, especially the Champions League game in the middle of last week, which is related to whether Manchester City can compete for the first place in the group.

After the start of the game, Manchester City controlled the ball and attacked step by step, competing with their opponents in the way they are best at.

But Chelsea's defense was extremely solid and did not give Manchester City too many opportunities.

It took a lot of energy for Manchester City to finally take the lead before the end of the first half when De Bruyne's diagonal pass forced Tim Cahill to score an own goal.

But Chelsea was not affected by the loss of the ball, and continued to stabilize the defense in the second half, threatening Manchester City's goal with a sharp counterattack.

In the 60th and 70th minutes, Chelsea counterattacked and scored successively. Diego Costa and Willian scored respectively.

One goal behind at home, the opponent is still good at defending the Blues Chelsea, Manchester City's situation is not ideal.

But if you continue to stabilize, Manchester City is not without a chance.

After all, Manchester City is in the leading position in the standings, and as long as there is a draw, they can continue to hold the top spot.

It's a pity that Fernandinho couldn't stabilize, and when he faced Chelsea's counterattack again, he fouled Hazard roughly and was directly sent off with a red card.

Now Manchester City is really in danger.

Soon Chelsea relied on the advantage of one more player to score another goal, completely killing the game.

Although Zhang Chaoqiang scored a world wave with his state bonus in stoppage time, it could not change the overall situation.

Manchester City lost 2:3 at home to Chelsea, suffered their first defeat in the Premier League since the beginning of the season, and also gave up their top position.

After losing at home, Chelsea officially rose to the top of the Premier League with 34 points, while Manchester City fell to No.33 with 2 points.

In the other games of this round, both Arsenal and Tottenham beat the underdogs, while Manchester United was tied 1:1 by Toffee Everton in the away game.

But if you really want to be upset, it has to be Liverpool. They had a 2:0 lead early and suffered a reversal and a lore, and finally lost 3:4 to Bournemouth in the away game.

So in the standings, Arsenal ranked third with 31 points, Liverpool ranked fourth with 30 points, and Tottenham ranked fifth with 27 points.

As for Manchester United, their points are only 21 points for the time being, a full nine points behind No.4 Liverpool.

The Red Devils have not only withdrawn from the Premier League title race, they are even withdrawing from the Premier League's top four.

In the Premier League scorer list, Zhang Chaoqiang scored one goal in this round and still ranks first in the scorer list with 12 goals.

But his lead was slim.

Recently, Chelsea have won consecutive battles, and Diego Costa, who is the single arrow of the Blues striker, has also gained a lot. The number of goals has reached 11 goals, only one goal behind Zhang Chaoqiang.

There is also Arsenal's thigh Sanchez, who has scored five goals in the last two rounds, and the number of goals has also reached 11 goals.

Except for the three, no other players in the Premier League have scored in double figures.

(End of this chapter)