Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 262 Win the cup at home, we are the champions!
After defeating Arsenal, Manchester City can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Playing three games in a row in four days, it would be a lie to say that I am not tired.

Fortunately, they finally managed to carry it!

The FA Cup final will start on May 5, one month from now, which means that within a month, they will no longer have to be distracted by the FA Cup.

So next, Manchester City only needs to go all out to deal with the league and Champions League games!
On April 4, after a six-day break, Manchester City ushered in a challenge from West Bromwich Albion at home.

This game is likely to determine the ownership of the Premier League champion this season, so the FA specially brought the Premier League championship trophy to the Etihad Stadium.

Before the game, countless Manchester City fans poured into the Etihad Stadium, and the stadium was full of seats. Even outside the stadium, tens of thousands of fans who did not buy tickets gathered.

For Manchester City fans, today is their holiday.

They are very likely to win the second Premier League championship trophy in team history at home!
In order to ensure the fairness of the game, at the same time create a tense atmosphere for the championship in the final stage of the league.

The FA specially arranged the three games of Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea to start at the same time period.

City are currently nine points ahead of Chelsea and 9 ahead of Liverpool.

If Manchester City beat their opponents in this game, they will basically lock the championship, and Chelsea's championship is only theoretically possible.

If Chelsea want to win the championship, they need to meet extremely harsh conditions:

1. Win this game and the last three games, and Manchester City will lose all the next three games.

2. In these four games, they have to tie the 38 goal difference with Manchester City.

These two conditions, no matter which one, the probability of occurring alone is close to zero, let alone occur together.

In the locker room speech before the game, Pellegrini emphasized to the players, telling them that this is just an ordinary game and don't have too much psychological baggage.

The opponent's strength in this game is not strong, as long as Manchester City can play to its due level without arrogance or impetuosity.

At 18:30, the three games started at the same time.

West Bromwich Albion obviously didn't want to be the background board for Manchester City's championship, so they chose to retract their own penalty area and set up a bus to prevent them from defending at the beginning.

Manchester City has seen this move a lot in the league, and they already know how to deal with it.

After the opening, Lin Quan frequently used his breakthrough ability to attack West Bromwich Albion's goal.

In order to prevent Lin Quan, the opponent had to resort to double-teaming or even fouling to deal with him.

And this naturally gave Manchester City a lot of set-piece opportunities.

In the 15th minute of the first half, De Bruyne scored directly with an excellent free kick, rewriting the score to 1:0!

This goal made the Manchester City fans on the scene excited!

They are close to the championship trophy!
"Quick, look at the score between Chelsea and Liverpool!"

Fans whipped out their phones and started searching the internet for the results of the other two games.

"Chelsea 0:0 Sunderland at home, Liverpool temporarily leads Norwich 2:0 away!"

"Damn, why is Norwich so rubbish, they scored two goals in just 15 minutes?"

"That's right, do these bastards want to avoid relegation? If they lose this game, they will be caught up by Sunderland!"

The opponents of Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea in this round are all relegation teams.

West Bromwich Albion currently has 33 points and is only 4 points away from the relegation zone.

With 32 points, Norwich is in a worse situation than West Bromwich Albion.

The worst is the black cat Sunderland. Their current points are 29 points, ranking third from the bottom, and they are in the relegation zone themselves!
So in this round of competition, all six teams want to win, and no one wants to lose.

Liverpool led by two goals, and they should have won this game.

Looking at Chelsea now, if they draw or lose to Sunderland, then Manchester City can win the championship four rounds in advance as long as they win this game!

However, at this moment, bad news came from the other side:
"Fuck, Chelsea are ahead!"

"Really, who scored the goal?"

"Eto'o, Chelsea's quick counterattack, Eto'o used the speed to throw off the defender and went to the meeting alone to complete the goal."

"Hey, Eto'o is 33 years old, right? Why is he still so fierce?"

"After all, he is the only player to defend the Triple Crown. If he has no strength, it is impossible to achieve such outstanding results!"

"Sunderland hold on, just score one goal, just one goal!"

Manchester City fans are starting to pray for Sunderland. For your relegation, show your courage and stand shoulder to shoulder. As long as you do well with Chelsea, you will be able to escape the relegation zone!
Seemingly hearing the cries of Manchester City fans, Sunderland quickly equalized the score.

In the 18th minute, Sunderland took a corner kick to the outside. Alonso volleyed half-volley from 25 yards to let the goalkeeper save.

The Black Cats tied the score tenaciously in the away game!
"Well done, Sunderland!"

"Well done, Wickham!!"

"Keep it up and don't let Chelsea score again!"

The sudden burst of cheers in the Etihad Stadium made the players of the two teams on the field a little confused. The score is still 1:0, hasn't it changed?

What are the fans celebrating?
Shaking their heads, the Manchester City players ignored these and turned their attention back to the game.

The most difficult thing to break through the dense defense is the first goal. Once the lead is achieved, the opponent has no way to continue to defend, and has to take the initiative to attack!
After West Bromwich Albion fell behind, in order to avoid relegation, they had to attack.

In the 22nd minute, after Manchester City defended a round of West Bromwich Albion offensive, they immediately launched a counterattack towards the opponent's penalty area.

De Bruyne looked up at Lin Quan's position and the opponent's defender's position during the counterattack, and then sent a deadly through ball.

The ball pierced through the opponent's defense, Lin Quan caught the ball and easily entered the penalty area, facing the goalkeeper who was attacking, he calmly scored the ball.

2: 0!

Manchester City has secured the victory!

The Blue Moon fans at the scene saw that their team scored another goal, and they all cheered and celebrated happily.

Now it's all right, after leading by two goals, their own game is considered stable, and now they can focus on the results of the other two games without distraction.

Unfortunately, until the end of the first half, the results of the other two games did not change.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. West Bromwich Albion still wanted to start the attack, but was directly pressed to the ground by Manchester City.

The game quickly turned into a half-time offensive and defensive drill for the two teams!
In the 50th minute, Lin Quan assisted Aguero and scored another goal, rewriting the score to 3:0.
Now, West Bromwich Albion is completely hopeless.

The Manchester City fans at home are singing and dancing, and they have already begun to celebrate the victory.

As long as the black cat Sunderland persists for another 10 minutes and another game ends in a draw, then Manchester City will win the championship four rounds ahead of schedule!
So, although everyone sat in their own stadium, their minds drifted to Chelsea's Stamford Bridge.

At Stamford Bridge, the score on the field is still 1:1, which is very unfavorable for Chelsea.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines with a livid face.

Since the half-time break, Mourinho couldn't sit still after learning that Manchester City led West Bromwich Albion 2-0 in another game.

Manchester City's lead means that Chelsea must win this game in order to continue to retain the last theoretical hope.

But if they lose, they can only sit back and watch their competitors win the championship!

On the coach's bench, several assistant coaches were whispering about something.

"How was the game over there at Manchester City?"

"Don't look at it, Aguero scored another goal, and now the score is 3:0!"

"Hey, West Bromwich Albion is also a relegation team anyway. Didn't it mean that the relegation team has a strong combat effectiveness at the end of the season? Why are they so easily slaughtered by Manchester City?"

"No way, the difference in strength between the two teams is too great. West Bromwich Albion wanted to defend or not. After falling behind, they were completely passive. The game actually ended when De Bruyne scored the first goal!"

When it comes to De Bruyne, several assistant coaches can't help but sigh.

When this player was at Chelsea, he was abandoned by Mourinho and couldn't even make it to the bench.

But when he arrived at Manchester City, he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Pellegrini and became the offensive engine of Manchester City's frontcourt.

He used scalpel-like passes to help Manchester City open the situation many times, and made great contributions to Manchester City's victory.

The point is, several people saw De Bruyne's performance at Chelsea, and it really didn't meet the team's requirements.

But why did it become so eye-catching after arriving in Manchester City?
In the box at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's boss Abramovich also came to watch the game.

When he learned that Manchester City led the opponent 3:0, his face became very ugly.

Although he knew that it was basically impossible for Chelsea to win the championship, he still had a little luck in his heart. After all, Mourinho once led Chelsea to great success at Stamford Bridge.

Abramovich still has a little expectation for him!
However, now, all expectations have turned into disappointment, and he once again has a disgust for Mourinho, just like the dismissal of Mourinho.

But this time Abramovich was not impulsive. It is easy to fire Mourinho, but it is difficult to find a suitable replacement.

The man he wants most is unlikely to come to Chelsea anytime soon.

Therefore, before there is no better choice, he can only hold his nose and tolerate Mourinho.

Give him another year, if Chelsea has no harvest next year, then Abramovich may really run out of patience.

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After leading 3:0, Manchester City began to withdraw their troops.

Pellegrini replaced Lin Quan in the 67th minute and De Bruyne in the 72nd minute.

This substitution is obviously preparing for the weekend's Champions League semi-finals. Facing the powerful Real Madrid, Manchester City must seize the advantage of the first round of home games and see the opponent beat.

If they can't win the opponent at home, then their Champions League trip this year will basically come to an end!

In this game, Real Madrid still sent scouts to watch the game live. Seeing Manchester City's powerful offensive firepower, his expression was also very serious.

Manchester City is really hard to deal with!

Not long after Manchester City completed the substitution, news came again from another game.

Norwich scored two goals in the 67th and 72nd minutes, miraculously equalizing the score!
"Ah, what's wrong with Liverpool?"

Manchester City fans were a little surprised when they heard the news.

Can a 2:0 lead be overturned?

"Don't underestimate the determination of a relegation team!"

Thinking of this, Manchester City fans are inevitably a little worried.

Will your own team also be overturned?
As soon as this idea came into being, West Bromwich Albion scored a goal.

In the 76th minute, West Bromwich Albion took advantage of a corner kick to recover a goal.

This made the fans of Manchester City couldn't help but think of the result of another game, and they became uneasy.

However, Manchester City did not give their opponents a chance. They began to control the rhythm of the game, limit the opponent's offense, and contained West Bromwich Albion's counterattack.

The game fell back into the control of Manchester City, which made Manchester City fans relieved.

In the 81st minute, news came from Liverpool again.

Sterling broke out and scored another goal, completing a hat-trick and helping Liverpool take the lead again.

After Suarez was suspended, Sterling's outbreak prevented Liverpool's offensive firepower in the frontcourt from being greatly affected.

And Sterling himself has won the attention of many giants by virtue of his outstanding performance in these games.

Just when the fans of Manchester City were lamenting that Liverpool was so lucky that they could take the lead again, the latest news came from Chelsea-Chelsea was behind!
In the 82nd minute, Altidore, who came off the bench for Sunderland, broke into the right side of the penalty area and fell under the defense of Azpilicueta. The referee Mike Dean decisively awarded a penalty kick, but the slow-motion playback on the big screen showed that , The penalty of this ball is controversial.

Tens of thousands of Blues fans at Stamford Bridge booed the referee collectively, and the sound of black whistles kept coming and going.

Mourinho on the sidelines was so emotional that he wanted to talk to the referee. At this time, giving the opponent a penalty kick almost killed the game!

The fact is indeed the case, Borini, who was in charge of taking the penalty, made it overnight and rewritten the score to 2:1!

This penalty hit the mentality of the Chelsea players very hard, causing them to lose their mentality in the final stage. When Torres was grabbing the ball in the frontcourt, he almost had a big fight with the opponent, and he received a yellow card for this.

In the end, Chelsea, who played at home, suffered a reversal from their opponents after leading the start.

Losing this game, Chelsea not only lost the hope of winning the championship, but also was overtaken by Liverpool in the standings and fell to No.3.

When the news reached the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City fans burst into cheers!

"we won!"

"we are the champion!"

At this time, the game on the field was not over yet. The referee watched for a while, and there were only the last ten seconds of stoppage time left.

Seeing the lack of fighting spirit on West Bromwich Albion, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game ahead of schedule.

The moment the whistle sounded, tens of thousands of fans in the audience fell into madness.

On the sidelines, members of the coaching staff, including the players on the bench, all rushed to the court, excitedly hugging and celebrating with their teammates.

Lin Quan and De Bruyne looked at each other with happy smiles on their faces.

This is the first league championship trophy in his life. The regret of failing to win the championship at Werder Bremen last season was finally completed here at Manchester City.

When the players saw Pellegrini coming up, they rushed to him immediately. Without saying a word, they lifted him up and threw him high into the air!
As the biggest contributor to Manchester City's championship this season, Pellegrini deserves such treatment.

The Chilean's first season at the Etihad was very successful, winning the league and the League Cup, reaching the final of the FA Cup, the title is imminent, and reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League...

These records have all reached the peak of Manchester City's team history, and they have achieved all the achievements that were unattainable in the past.

"Okay, okay, okay, kids, put me down, I'm going dizzy!"

After all, Pellegrini is over 60 years old. After being thrown by the players a few times like this, he felt a little overwhelmed and had to beg for mercy.

"Ha ha!"

When the players heard the coach begging for mercy, they burst out laughing and finally let him go.

Then, they set their sights on Lin Quan again!
When Lin Quan saw his teammates looking at him, he already felt something was wrong.

However, before he started to escape, his teammates rushed up, regardless of 21, and lifted him up.

As the core of Manchester City, Lin Quan has stepped forward to help the team overcome difficulties many times at critical moments. Lin Quan is undoubtedly the second most important player in the team, and even in a certain level, he is more important than Pellegrini .

When he came to Manchester City with the highest salary in history, many players in the team were suspicious or even dissatisfied with him.

But after one season, no one will question Lin Quan's strength anymore.

With his outstanding performance for one consecutive season, he conquered all his teammates and convinced them to be convinced by Lin.

Without him joining, it is absolutely impossible for Manchester City to go so far on multiple fronts this season!

"Okay, okay, it's almost done, we have to go to the locker room to change, and get ready to go on stage to receive the award!"

Seeing that the players were almost playing, Pellegrini quickly reminded him.

The crowd left Lin Quan and dispersed, and Lin Quan fell to the lawn with a slap.

These heartless fellows are so deceitful!

Lin Quan touched his butt, and was about to get up from the ground when he saw a hand in front of him.

He looked up and saw it was De Bruyne.

"It's still interesting for you, kid!"

Lin Quan stretched out his hand unprepared, and De Bruyne pulled it hard with a wicked smile on his face, but when Lin Quan was about to stand up, he suddenly let go.

So, with a snap, Lin Quan fell down again!

Lin Quan: "???"

Well, De Bruyne has learned badly too!
Back in the locker room, the players put on the club's special jerseys for winning the championship.

By the time they appeared in the player tunnel, the on-site staff had already set up the award-giving stage.

At this time, the officials of the FA also appeared at the Etihad Stadium with the trophy symbolizing the Premier League championship!
There was warm applause at the scene, and the players of Manchester City came out one by one, walked through the erected blue arches, and stepped into the stadium.

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudemore presented medals to Manchester City amid cheers from fans.

When presenting the award to Lin Quan, Scudemore patted Lin Quan on the shoulder and said to him:
"Lin, congratulations, your performance was impressive and you deserve this medal!"

Lin Quan lowered his head slightly, let the other party wear the medal around his neck, and shook hands with the other party: "Thank you for your congratulations, Mr. Richard, and hope to see you again this time next year!"

Scudemore laughed. Lin Quan's implication is that he wants to defend the league championship?

This is not easy. The competition in the Premier League has always been fierce. Manchester City has won the championship this season, and it will inevitably become the target of public criticism next season.

When Lin Quan came to the podium, the team members pushed him to the C position one after another. Lin Quan declined a few times. Seeing that everyone was very determined, he had no choice but to stand in the middle position.

Just in time, captain Kompany was the last to appear on the stage, holding the trophy and walking to the bottom of the podium.

The Manchester City players opened their hands towards the trophy. Kompany turned around holding the trophy, turned his back to the players, shouted three two one, and raised the trophy with a swish!

"we are the champion!"

(End of this chapter)