Chapter 871: Vampire's Bites

Manchester City's 3-0 home win over AC Milan and Real Madrid's 4-0 win at Ajax on the road made the Group of Death a clear picture.

Blue Moon topped the group with five consecutive wins, Real Madrid finished second with three wins, one draw and one loss, AC Milan finished third with two draws and Ajax finished bottom of the group with one draw.

After the fifth round, Manchester City finished top of the group, Real Madrid finished second in the group, and AC Milan and Ajax will be in the final round to decide who will finish third in the group to qualify for this season's Europa League.

In the final round of the group, Manchester City will challenge Real Madrid away.

Although both teams have qualified in advance, Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho still publicly wrote to Gao Han at the post-match press conference after playing Ajax, saying that the Galaxy Battleship will prepare for the game at home and wait for the arrival of Gao Han.

"This matchup has nothing to do with qualifying, not about points, it's about honor and dignity, and each and every one of us will do our best to defend the dignity of our team at the Bernabeu!"

Mourinho's domineering challenge also made him on the front page of the major media the next day, and the fateful battle between him and Gao Han has also become a duel talked about by countless fans, and everyone even believes that without the constraints of qualification, the two teams will completely let go and it may turn into a wonderful battle at the pinnacle.

Allegri, by contrast, is not in such a good position.

Shortly after the game, AC Milan announced that midfielder Boateng, who had left early, would miss the final round of the group stage due to injury, and the diagnosed injury was a sprained right ankle.

AC Milan fans have become more and more fond of the most eye-catching player of the season, even in the second half of the 3-0 defeat to Manchester City, Boateng couldn't play, and when he asked to go off, more than 2,000 Rossoneri fans came to the stadium to applaud him.

Because at the City Stadium, Boateng is one of the best performers in the team.

The likes of Boateng, Jankulovski, Nesta and Thiago Silva were all impressive in contrast to the likes of Pato, Seedorf, Gattuso and Andrea Pirlo, and without their excellent performances, AC Milan would have lost a game.

As for the 33-year-old left wing-back Jankulovski, he has long since lost his peak form when he played under Gao Han, but as a veteran, although he has not been able to completely freeze Sanchez, he has also performed well, defusing Sanchez's threat many times, and also creating several attacks.

One of the most threatening of these came in the 22nd minute, when the Czechs cut in the ribs of the pitch, but Pato couldn't react in the first place, resulting in a brilliant pass that failed to threaten after catching up with the ball.

Speaking to the media, Allegri said that Boateng's injury was a big blow to AC Milan, and he also said that the defeat had made him more aware of the team's problems.

All the fans who care about and know AC Milan know what he is talking about, but more people really don't want to see that happen for emotional reasons.

What is somewhat surprising is that the Italian media is more tolerant of Allegri's defeat, thinking that AC Milan has indeed done its best away from home, but unfortunately, the strength is not good, and it has nothing to do with Allegri.

If I had to say who was more unlucky, it would undoubtedly be Ajax who bore the brunt.

Just after the third round of the group stage, the Dutch Football Association announced that Ajax striker Suarez suddenly lost his mind and bit Eindhoven's shoulder in the previous round of the Dutch league against PSV Eindhoven due to his long-term failure to break the deadlock on the field.

This resulted in Suarez being banned for seven domestic matches, but fortunately it had nothing to do with the final round of the Champions League group stage.

The Dutch league has long since lost its appeal, but Ajax's move has been drawn to the Band of Death this season, alongside Manchester City, Real Madrid and AC Milan, and Suarez's absurdity has been notorious with the Dutch Football Federation's ban on the game.

In addition to the heavy penalty from the Dutch Football Association, Ajax also officially issued a statement saying that it had severely punished Suarez's absurd behavior in the team, and said that it would not appeal the punishment of the Dutch Football Association.

This means that Suarez will be banned until February next year.

Perhaps the whole thing was too absurd, and Suarez's behavior was also reported by the media, and they were dubbed Vampire Bites, which brought the Uruguayan striker to the attention of the media and fans around the world.

But then came Suarez's chill in the transfer market.

Before this happened, the Uruguayan striker was worth as much as 40 million euros with his outstanding performance in the World Cup in South Africa, and Ajax once shouted that 50 million euros could not meet the team's requirements and asked for a higher transfer fee, but it is precisely because of this that Suarez will stay in the Netherlands this summer.

But now, with the news of the vampire's bite, all teams have doubts about Suarez's temperament, including Real Madrid, Manchester United, Barcelona and many other giants have drawn a line with him.

The Dutch People's Daily even reported that even Tottenham Hotspur, who had a strong interest in Suarez, began to hesitate, worried about Suarez's psychological condition and the potential impact of his image on the club.

"Also no longer eager to bring in reinforcements during the winter break are the Reds Liverpool. ”

'They were very close to Suarez at one point, but according to the latest news, Liverpool are reconsidering whether Suarez's move is in the interest of the club. ”

But according to the revelations of the English Sun, the reason why Liverpool temporarily shelved Suarez's transfer is mainly because the Reds have no money, "Although Ajax has reduced the psychological price to 30 million euros, Liverpool is only willing to give 15 million euros at most, which is far from the psychological price of Ajax, and even less than Tottenham Hotspur's 20 million euros." ”

"An important reason for Liverpool's embarrassment is that the club can't give the price Ajax asks for on the books, let alone the 30 million euros that Ajax asks, even if it is 15 million euros, Liverpool may have to sell players first to raise funds, which is also the biggest obstacle between the two teams. ”

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While the world's media has been hyped up by Suarez's vampire bite and transfer rumors, the Premier League is still playing at the same pace.

After playing AC Milan, Manchester City took on Stoke City away at the weekend.

In the 15th round of the Premier League, the Blues scored two goals in just 10 minutes and maintained a 2-0 lead until the end of the game, leaving them away from home.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored another brace!

Three days later, in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup, Manchester City took on Birmingham City.

Gao Han still arranged a full bench lineup in this game, and the result was inseparable from Birmingham.

First, in the twelfth minute, Adam Lallana scored a penalty in the penalty area, and Sturridge converted the penalty to open the scoring for Manchester City.

However, in the 30th minute, Birmingham launched a counter-attack to create a corner, and high school striker Nikkic headed over Kompany to equalise the scores.

It wasn't until the 84th minute of the second half that City scored again, when Gareth Bale scored the winning goal with an assist from Harry Kane to put the score ahead again.

The score of 2-1 was also maintained until the end of the game, and Manchester City successfully advanced.

In the other three games of the quarter-finals of the league, Ipswich Town from the Championship beat West Bromwich Albion in a surprise shock to advance to the semi-finals, while Arsenal beat Wigan Athletic 2-0 at home and also qualified.

The real surprise was the Hammers who helped West Ham United thrash Manchester United 4-0 at home.

Ferguson played with a half-main and half-substitute lineup in this game, but he did not expect to be suppressed by West Ham United throughout the game, and the Hammers scored two goals in the first half to take the lead.

After the restart-up in the second half, former Chelsea player Charlton Cole doubled the lead with a brace.

The four-goal defeat not only knocked United out of contention for the Carabao Cup, but also put the Red Devils under unprecedented pressure.

Three days later, in the 16th round of the Premier League, Manchester United challenged promoted Blackpool away.

It was almost a repeat of the Carabao Cup knockout game against the Hammers, with United once again trailing by two goals in the first half as Blackpool finished the first half with an incredible 2-0 lead at home.

But after the rematch in the second half, Ferguson replaced Ryan Giggs and Mkhitaryan who returned from injury, and it was precisely these two players and Scholes who co-directed the big reversal in the last 20 minutes.

In the end, Manchester United reversed Blackpool 3-2 thanks to a brace from Carlos Tevez and a goal from Hernandez.

In the other game played at the same time, Manchester City faced Bolton Wanderers, and the two sides played out a 1-1 draw in the first half.

But after the rematch in the second half, Benzema scored for Manchester City first, and then Bolton central defender Gary Cahill was sent off for a foul while defending, and Manchester City was then scored twice by Xavi Alonso and substitute Sturridge to beat Bolton Wanderers four to one, and won the opponent smoothly and won all three points.

The Premier League has played so far this season, almost halfway through the schedule, and the situation is already very clear.

After 16 rounds, Manchester City are at the top of the table with an invincible record of 16 wins, with 48 points, far behind the other league contenders and 15 points ahead of second-placed Manchester United.

The Reds have stumbled this season, winning just nine of their 16 games, drawing six and losing one to Manchester City, finishing second in the league table with 33 points.

Chelsea had a strong start to the league campaign, but Scolari's side looked to be in trouble heading into the midway point, losing four games in total, leaving Chelsea third in the table with just 30 points.

The problem for the Gunners Arsenal is that the team is not consistent enough, either losing or winning, with only two draws, nine wins, two draws and five defeats, leaving Arsenal on 29 points and Tottenham Hotspur on points, but the Gunners are fourth on goal difference.

Reds Liverpool have been in the most surprising situation this season, with Roy Hodgson's side only finishing in eighth place, even worse than Bolton Wanderers and Sunderland, making it almost impossible for Hodgson to hold on to his position.

After 16 rounds, Manchester City is still the favorite to win the Premier League.

In the Champions League, Gaohan's team also achieved five consecutive wins in the group stage, and is only one round away from winning all the group stages.

That's away to Real Madrid.

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