Green Journey

Chapter 371 Unstoppable!Su Chao Overlord!
In the next few days, other games in the fourth round of the Premier League will be in full swing.

The most eye-catching ones are the matches between the four teams of Tottenham, Liverpool, Chelsea and Leicester City.

The result was a bit of a surprise.

Tottenham beat Stoke City 4-0 in an away game. It was extremely easy to win, and Stoke City had no resistance.

But there were accidents in the two games of Liverpool VS Leicester City and Swansea VS Chelsea.

Before the game, the media and fans generally believed that it was not a big problem for the Premier League champions to draw with Liverpool last season, and it was not a big problem for Conte's Blues to beat Swansea.

But the result was that Liverpool beat Leicester City 4-1 and won heartily.

Leicester City was completely lost at Anfield under the siege of Klopp's Red Army's high pressure.

Every fan watching this game can easily see that Leicester City's defensive hardness without Chu Zheng and Kanter is no longer the same.

Not only did Leicester City's counterattack routine of quickly hitting the ball after a counter-robber last season disappeared, it seemed that even Ranieri's steady counterattack could not be carried out, but it seemed to be a bit of an attack.

In the away game, Chelsea was also kicked 2-2 by Swansea, and Conte's winning streak came to an abrupt end.

This game also exposed Chelsea's problems on both ends of the offense and defense, and Conte urgently needs to solve them.

With the end of the fourth round of the Premier League, Manchester City has become the only team in the Premier League that still maintains a winning streak.

Therefore, the outside world is extremely concerned about Manchester City's performance.

No way, Guardiola is too good at Manchester City in terms of tactics and results, too bright.

Compared with Conte and Mourinho, who are also new Premier League coaches, Guardiola's side is simply winning.

On the evening of September 9, due to the sudden torrential rain in Manchester, the UEFA Champions League Group C match that was about to start at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City's match against Borussia Mönchengladbach had to be postponed the next day.

In the past, Manchester City had a more pertinent comment in England, that is, they are experts in civil wars and amateurs in foreign wars.

Therefore, the media and fans want to see how Manchester City will perform in the Champions League after the coaching change, and whether it will still be as strong as the league.

The next day, at 19:45 London time, the game officially started.

Because of the fierce battle with Manchester United in this game, Guardiola adopted a small-scale rotation and formed a 4141 formation.

The goalkeeper is still Bravo, and the defense Zabaleta will start instead of Sagna, and the rest will remain unchanged.

In the defensive midfielder position, Fernandinho was originally the starter.

As a result, this guy caught a cold after getting wet in the rain at Ittihad, so Guardiola had to make temporary changes and let Chu Zheng kick the midfielder.

The two central midfielders in front of Chu Zheng are David Silva and De Bruyne, Sterling is on the left of the two wingers, and Navas is on the right.

Aguero returned to the starting lineup on the striker.

Even though Manchester City has rotated in multiple positions, it is still an extremely luxurious lineup in the eyes of the outside world.

Therefore, the media is generally not optimistic about Borussia, thinking that this game may have a big score.

The fact is the same, the media and fans did not guess wrong.

Soon after the start of the game, Manchester City played a gorgeous pass and control football, crushing Borussia Mönchengladbach in all directions.

In the 8th minute of the game, Manchester City sent a sideline kick from outside the penalty area of ​​Borussia on the left.

Sterling leaned on Borussia Borussia's central defender Elvedi behind him on the sideline of the penalty area.

Soon Sterling found that he was stuck so tightly that he couldn't turn around at all. There was already a Borussia player on the left, so he pushed the ball forward.

Kolarov followed up along the sideline to the front area of ​​the corner kick area, swung his left foot violently, and the ball stuck to the lawn and went straight to the left area of ​​Borussia's small penalty area.

Near the front of the post, Aguero got in place in time.

Facing Kolarov's violent cross, he rushed ahead of the defender on the right, stretched out his right foot, and the ball flew into the goal against the inside of the approach post.

1-0!

This goal also officially announced that the game was dominated by Manchester City.

When the final whistle sounded, the Ittihad scoreboard showed 4-0 and Borussia was slaughtered by Manchester City.

Although Chu Zheng did not score or assist in this game, his score was 8.1 points, which was the third highest score in the game, second only to Aguero with 9.8 points hat-trick and De Bruyne with 8.5 points.

Chu Zheng's performance in the midfielder is also excellent.

Without his interception and sweep, Manchester City may not be able to seal Borussia.

After the game, the European media commented on the game as a 'pleasing to the eye'.

Manchester City's performance made the most critical English media impeccable.

全场曼城射门数24比3，射正数13比1，传球数562比349，传球准确率91%比75%。

It was a crushing victory.

This victory also showed the outside world that the pass control system led by Guardiola is rapidly integrating into Manchester City, giving Manchester City a strong and terrifying dominance.

Not only that, Manchester City's games are becoming more and more entertaining, which makes people feel convincing.

In the eyes of the media and fans, Manchester City has never been short of money, let alone big-name players.

What Manchester City has been lacking is actually the temperament of a wealthy family.

And this season, the management of the Manchester City club invited Guardiola to replace the Chilean engineer Manuel Pellegrini, which now seems to be an extremely wise decision.

Guardiola learned from Cruyff, and he has been practicing total football control over the years.

So when Manchester City successfully dominate the game, the victory will come naturally.

This is in stark contrast to Mourinho's team.

Although Mourinho's team's winning percentage is also extremely high, Mourinho's overemphasis on the iron wall defense actually highlights the magnificence and value of melon football.

From the perspective of fans, people actually want to see a gorgeous game rather than simply winning.

While the outside world was singing the praises of Manchester City and Guardiola, the "Manchester Evening News" poured cold water on Manchester City.

The remarks of the "Manchester Evening News" hit the nail on the head, and every sentence pierced the hearts of Manchester City people.

The first to be criticized by name is that after moving to Manchester City last season, he drove high and low. Sterling, who has been reused by Guardiola this season, was criticized for only wasting opportunities on the court.

Manchester City fans were reminded of this, and they immediately thought of the three excellent opportunities that Sterling wasted in the game against Borussia, and they were very heartbroken.

But there is really no way. Sterling is excellent in all aspects, but he is a little lacking in finishing. He often plays happy football for them.

Sometimes they can't laugh or cry, they love and hate this little buttocks and feel helpless.

The second is the hidden dangers in Manchester City's defense.

The Manchester Evening News made it clear.

That is, if Manchester City's offensive system has been polished and formed, then the defense is far from being indestructible, and there are even great hidden dangers. This is Manchester City's biggest weakness now.

But for this, Manchester City fans scoffed.

They feel that Manchester City's defense is not as bad as the "Manchester Evening News" said.

This is simply nitpicking, finding fault!
Looking at this game against Borussia, Stones and Otamendi cooperated so well, and Kolarov and Zabaleta also performed very well.

What's more, they also have the old captain Kompany.

As long as this defensive pillar returns from injury, Manchester City's defense is definitely world-class.

And everyone in Manchester knows that the "Manchester Evening News" is the mouthpiece of Manchester United, which is definitely bad intentions.

Finally, the "Manchester Evening News" said that Manchester City's winning streak will not last long.

As a result, the "Manchester Evening News" was slapped in the face by Manchester City in a blink of an eye.

Three days later, on September 9th, at 17:15 London time, Manchester City ushered in a challenge from their Premier League fifth-round opponent Bournemouth at the Etihad Stadium.

In this game, Chu Zheng returned to the position of central midfielder to partner with De Bruyne.

As a result, the two broke out and received two assists each.

The two teamed up again and directly vomited Sterling and Iheanacho.

In the end, Manchester City once again massacred Bournemouth 4-0, showing a strong dominance.

Moreover, Manchester City's defense performed quite well in this game. Stones, Otamendi and others performed extremely well.

The next day, the only upset in this round of the Premier League broke out.

Watford beat Manchester United 3-1 at home.

This is the first time Manchester United has lost to Watford in 30 years. Counting the game against Manchester City and the Eredivisie Feyenoord in the Europa League, Manchester United has lost 3 consecutive games.

Immediately, the fans of Watford and Manchester City were confused.

Let your mouth be cheap, and you will be punished!

After the fifth round of the British Super League, the English League Cup is coming.

According to the regulations of the Football Association, the teams in the Premier League who are in the European war must start to participate in the English League Cup in the third round.

The opponents of Manchester City and Manchester United in this round are Swansea and Northampton in League One respectively.

Guardiola rotated the team in this game, but still defeated Swansea 2-1 and advanced to the next round.

Manchester United also easily defeated Northampton 3-1, stopping the losing streak in time.

On September 9, in the opening game of the sixth round of the Premier League, Manchester United swept away their losing streak and swept Leicester City 24-6 at Old Trafford.

And Manchester City also played all the main players. In the end, they defeated their opponent Swansea 3-1 in the away game and achieved 10 consecutive victories in the new season.

For a while, Guardiola's prestige among Manchester City fans reached its peak.

And Manchester City has also become the most dazzling team in the Premier League, not one of them.

Compared with Manchester City, the other BIG6 members are collectively overshadowed.

After the sixth round of the Premier League, although the victory was hearty, Guardiola did not give the players a holiday. Instead, he quickly entered a state of emergency preparations because of the intensive schedule.

Because five days later, Manchester City is about to welcome their opponents in the second round of the Champions League group stage, the Celtics, the overlord of the Soviet Super League.

Celtic is a frequent visitor to the Champions League. Compared with the giants in the five major leagues, this Scottish giants club looks weaker on paper.

But this time Manchester City is an away game.

If all the factors of the away game are taken into consideration, it is hard to say whether there is still a grade gap between the two sides.

Football games, especially professional games, most of the away games are not easy to play.

Especially in a top competition like the Champions League, it is even more difficult.

The Celtics were a guest at the Nou Camp in the first round of the group, but they were hit by Barcelona's dimensionality reduction, and they were kicked with a huge score of 7-0, which was extremely miserable.

Therefore, the outside world is generally optimistic about the match against the Celtics in this round. Manchester City, which is in extremely explosive form, should also be able to easily win and continue to create a winning streak for the new season.

However, Guardiola does not think so.

Because Guardiola knows Celtic well.

The Celtics lost 7-0 to Barcelona in the first round, but anyone who watched it would not think that the Celtics, the overlord of the Soviet Super League, are underdogs.

The same is true for Guardiola, who does not talk about heroes by score.

He watched that game. The Celtics did not lose to Barcelona in the first half, but they made Barcelona scrambled by pressing in the frontcourt.

It's a pity that the second half collapsed. Otherwise, with the strength of the Celtics, it is absolutely impossible to lose so ugly.

Among the many miracles in the history of world football, the Celtics are also considered the most dazzling scenery.

Celtic Football Club is located in Glasgow, Scotland, and is one of the two Scottish giants clubs in Glasgow.

It has taken turns to monopolize Scottish football with its arch-rival Glasgow Rangers for more than 100 years.

Perhaps looking at the domestic league results alone is not convincing for the Celtics' strength compared to the five major leagues.

But the strength of the Celtics in the Champions League is recognized.

The Celtics' most glorious period dates back to the 1966-67 season.

That year, the Celtics under the leadership of John Stein not only made great strides in the domestic arena, but also made great progress in the European arena. They passed the test, defeated Nantes, Praha and other powerful enemies in a row, and finally met the Serie A giants Inter Milan in the final. .

At that time, Inter Milan was so strong that it was called the "Great International Era". The Nerazzurri led by Herrera had already won the European Champions Cup in 1964 and 1965.

As for the Celtics, they are just the dark horses in the European Champions Cup final for the first time.

At that time, in the eyes of many people, the Celtics would undoubtedly lose.

After the game started, it developed as expected.

Just 8 minutes into the game, Jim Clegg brought down Reina Cappellini in the penalty area, and the Celtics were sentenced to death.

Alessandro Cazorla then scored a penalty to make it 1-0 up.

However, after taking the lead, Inter Milan actually set up an iron barrel formation, which led to the subsequent game being controlled by the Celtics, allowing the Celtics to obtain 39 horrible shots, and finally equalized and reversed in the second half, 2- The score of 1 has been maintained until the end.

That year was also the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Celtics, and they also stood on the top of European football unprecedentedly.

This is also the first time a British team has won the European Champions Cup, and it is also the only European championship trophy for a Scottish team.

What is commendable is that none of the players in the Celtics team that won the championship at that time were foreign players, and they were all local players from within a radius of [-] miles around the club.

So far, the legend of the Celtics is still unprecedented.

That is, in this year, the Celtics won the League Championship, the Scottish FA Cup, and the European Championship.

They are the earliest treble winners, 1999 years earlier than Manchester United in 32.

Coupled with the Glasgow Cup and the Scottish League Cup, a total of five championships allowed the Celtics to reach their peak.

After entering the 21st century, the Celtics are still performing well in the European arena. They have defeated traditional giants such as Manchester United and Milan. Their competitiveness should not be underestimated.

Therefore, such a rich and honorable club is definitely a difficult bone for Manchester City playing away games. If they are not careful, Manchester City will have their teeth broken.

Especially for Manchester City now, as the creator of Manchester City's offensive and defensive system, Guardiola knows too well where the team's weaknesses are.

As the "Manchester Evening News" analyzed some time ago, Manchester City's weakness lies in the defense.

Guardiola doesn't think Celtic will turn a blind eye to that.

Therefore, this will definitely be a fierce battle, and it is not impossible to lose if you are not careful.

The reason why Guardiola is so worried about the outcome of this game is that Manchester City's recent schedule is too dense.

And Manchester City's current fast-paced style of play will have an extremely serious impact on the players' physical reserves.

Maybe at some point he will suddenly fall into a downturn due to physical problems.

But fortunately, Guardiola has not seen signs of such a downturn in the players, and the team's morale is still high.

(End of this chapter)