Six Hundred Fifty-Six Shady

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A week later, the second round of the Premier League.

No one thought that Blackpool, who had a big upset in the first round, lost to Arsenal in the first game of the second round with a score of 0-6 away.

Tiger Walcott scored a hat-trick, and Arshavin, Diaby and Chamark each scored a goal.

After the Gunners drew with Liverpool in the first round, they played an offensive feast in the second round.

Tottenham defeated Stoke City 2-1 after a disastrous defeat to Manchester City in the first round.

The real shocker was Chelsea.

Carlo Ancelotti's Blues beat Wigan Athletic 6-0 away with two goals from Anelka and Kalou.

In the two league rounds, Chelsea scored a total of twelve goals, which is simply surprising.

Wigan Athletic conceded ten goals in the first two rounds, which can be regarded as eye-popping.

Coincidentally, in another game at the same time, with Andy Carroll's hat-trick, Newcastle beat Aston Villa 6-0.

Manchester United, who defeated the Magpies in the first round, defeated Fulham 2-1 on the road.

...

On the evening of August 22, at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.

Manchester City vs. Liverpool.

When the deadlocked game progressed to the twenty-third minute,

Javi Martinez, Lichtsteiner and Robben played a back-to-back two-on-one on the right before passing the ball to the forward Rakitic.

The Croatian midfielder dribbled the ball into the right side of the penalty area and then passed it back to the front of the small penalty area. Suarez rushed straight over the head, but David Silva stopped the ball with his left foot and pushed to open the scoring for Manchester City, 1-0!

After that, Liverpool launched a violent counterattack.

Benitez's team performed very bravely no matter in the start or when they were behind. They even got four consecutive kicks in Manchester City's penalty area. Thanks to Neuer's continuous saves, this To keep the goal clean.

After the change of sides and rematch in the second half, neither side made adjustments, but Manchester City took advantage of a corner kick in the 62nd minute. Kompany headed forward to ferry the ball forward, and Suarez made a close-range attack from the back to score for Manchester City. Expand the score.

Two to zero!

The whole game was very stalemate. Both sides got some chances, but Manchester City seized them, Liverpool was defeated by Neuer, and the German goalkeeper made consecutive wonderful saves to keep the goal clean.

In the end, Manchester City defeated Liverpool 2-0.

Although the game was two to zero, in fact, the process was really deadlocked, and Manchester City was safe and sound.

Liverpool's overall strength is still very strong, but limited by financial resources, the Red Army did not spend a lot of money this summer.

With one draw and one loss in the first two rounds of the new season, Liverpool's start is not ideal.

The most important thing is that Torres, the top scorer, has not been excited enough so far this season.

...

"Congratulations, Gao!"

When Gao Shen walked in front of the coach of the visiting team, Benitez reached out his hand politely.

"Thanks, Rafa, it was a great game."

There was a smile on the corner of Benitez's mouth, which always made people feel a little perfunctory.

No wonder, after all, they just lost.

"You guys are very strong this season, and your signings are also very strong. It seems that you have a lot of ambition." Benitez's tone sounded a little flat, but after careful consideration, he was somewhat envious, even a little sour.

With his personality, it is estimated that he is saying in his heart at this moment: If you give me the same level of signings, I can still win!

Of course Gao Shen would not bother with Benitez, because to a certain extent, Benitez is right to think so.

The rules of the professional league game are: money is not everything, but without money, absolutely nothing.

Many people will question Gao Shen's generous signings this summer, thinking that Gao Shen is too extravagant.

Not to mention anything else, with Suarez, Van Persie, Giroud, Sturridge and Robinho sitting on the front line, it is simply a waste of money.

But how did they know that this was also part of the plan of Gao Shen, Mansour and Mubarak.

Platini's [Financial Fair Play] policy is about to be implemented. The transition period of two to three years is Manchester City's last chance. It is necessary to build a stable top lineup as soon as possible so that this team can gain a foothold in the European giants. list.

If they want to rely on stable operations, it is impossible for Manchester City to compete with Big4 in a short period of time.

Just like last season, after Manchester City won the championship, Arsenal fell out, and the Gunners had to rely on selling people to maintain it, otherwise they would fall apart.

But obviously, this road is like drinking poison to quench thirst, but Wenger has no choice but to do so.

After selling Van Persie and Adebayor, Wenger introduced a Chamark, how much is that?

Didn't Wenger know that Chamark couldn't take the place of Van Persie and Adebayor?

No, he knew, but there was no way, he had no money.

As Mansour said to Gao Shen himself, "I don't care about this loss, what I care more about is whether you can take our Manchester City to a higher position!"

Gao Shen's promise is, "I will try my best to build Manchester City into a brand new giant team in the shortest possible time!"

And the European giants will never be able to do without a game.

Champions League!

This is where Gao Shen and Manchester City fit together.

They all want the Champions League!

For Mansour, Gao Shen has now spent more than 300 million euros. If he can build a wealthy team, he will make a lot of money, and he will work hard to build his football empire in the future.

Start with Manchester City!

...

Although, in the second round of the Premier League, Manchester City's performance was far less eye-catching than Chelsea, and it was not even as explosive as Newcastle, but the victory was stable.

Beating Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 and Liverpool 2-0, Manchester City's performance was eye-catching enough.

With these two victories, plus Blackpool's disastrous defeat to Arsenal, Manchester City took a smooth step forward and ranked second in the Premier League, with the same points as Chelsea, but only half of Chelsea's goal difference.

Three days later, after the UEFA Champions League qualifying round, the 32 teams that had reached the group stage were officially announced.

UEFA's official website also ranked the 32 teams in the European competition for the first time, and divided them into four tiers.

There is no suspense that Manchester City has no points in the European war at all and was assigned to the fourth tier.

In fact, there is no surprise, because it is obvious.

But the real surprise was that the star-studded Real Madrid were placed in second tier.

This is a big joke!

When Gao Shen saw the points ranking in the European War, his first reaction was, shady!

Proper shady!

He actually almost called Platini and asked if he had miscalculated?

Real Madrid was the champion of the Champions League in 2006!

"But in the past four years, Real Madrid have all stopped in the top 16." Carlo reminded Gao Shen with a wry smile.

Only then did Gao Shen realize the problem.

The European War points count as five years, but so to speak...

"That's right, if Real Madrid's European results this year still fail to make a breakthrough, next season's European results will be even worse!"

Sometimes, not to mention advanced, even Carlo couldn't understand why the star-studded Real Madrid missed the quarter-finals of the Champions League?

It doesn't make sense to always get stuck in the round of 16, doesn't it?

With Real Madrid's strength, no matter how you look at it, it can't be pulled to this level, right?

The only explanation is that it's not a matter of strength, but that the team can't play its due strength.

It may be the head coach, it may be the tactics, it may be the psychology of the players...

The three Premier League teams, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool have all entered the first pot, which means that Manchester City will definitely encounter one of Inter Milan, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich, AC Milan and Lyon.

In the second tier of teams, in addition to Real Madrid, teams such as Werder Bremen, Naples, Benfica, Valencia and Shakhtar Donetsk are also strong.

As for the third pot, Manchester City's chances of winning will be higher, but there are also teams like Ajax, Schalke Zero Four, Braga and Spartak Moscow.

The biggest trouble for the Russian team is the schedule, which is too far away.

Needless to say, the fourth gear, Manchester City is the biggest thorn.

"We shouldn't be so unlucky all the time, right?" Sarri asked Gao Shen and the others with a wry smile.

The group of death is destined to be the group of death, the key depends on how deep the hell is.

If you can meet a team like Lyon, it's actually pretty good, you have fun in the bitterness, and you have a happy funeral.

If you are unlucky and draw like Barcelona, ​​then Barbie Q, the only advantage is that the second tier will avoid Real Madrid.

Manchester City is playing in the Champions League for the first time after the reorganization. Although many players have good experience, it is the first battle as a whole, so we should be more cautious. It will be better to fight monsters and upgrade slowly. It is best to be weak first and then strong schedule.

"You just wait, from the perspective of probability, the probability of our drawing is 100%." ​​Lucas laughed.

"Why?" Sarri was puzzled.

"If you remove the three Premier League teams in Pot 1 and get five teams, there is very little room for us to choose, and if you add the teams in Pot 2 and Pot 3, anyway, our final result will be very different. It's not going to be good, and that's the tragedy of the fourth tier."

In fact, not only Manchester City, but also teams such as Real Madrid and Naples in the second tier.

They must meet the team in the first tier, which is inevitable.

"So, look away, give up fantasy, and prepare to fight!" Lucas was a little excited.

how to say?

In fact, the league is very long, and it is more of a protracted game, which tests the overall combat capability of the team.

But the cup game is different, especially when it comes to the knockout round, it is really very tense and exciting. Not only Lucas, Gao Shen also misses the Champions League knockout round very much.

He enjoyed the feeling of eliminating his opponent very much!

This is something that the league cannot give.

...

On the evening of the 26th, at the Grimaldi Conference Center in Monaco.

The annual UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony and UEFA awards ceremony officially kicked off here.

City arranged for chief executive Gary Cook to be on site.

Gao Shen led the coaching staff and did not leave after a day of training, but stayed in the club to watch the live broadcast of the draw and award ceremony.

For the latter, Gao Shen doesn't care, because Barcelona will definitely win a big victory.

His main concern is the draw.

Even if it is the group of death, you have to know who you have drawn out!