434 Fierce!
If Manchester City FC returns the written football to Manchester United, and then Manchester United returns this football to Sanchez, of course, Chen Long to be exact, then this matter should end here. Few people in the www.biquge.info know that Sanchez had foolishly wanted to kick Manchester United's training ball to Manchester City's training base.
But where in the world is there an impermeable wall?
The administrator who picked up the football took a photo of the football as soon as possible and posted it on his personal social network, accompanied by the text: "Greetings from Serie A champion Milan?
As an ordinary person's social network, he has no fans, and basically no one pays attention to every piece of his content.
But as the game approached, the discussion about the game on the Internet increased significantly and exploded, so his tweet was dug up, and then instantly became a hot topic and jumped to a prominent position.
Then the traditional media began to contact him, asking him about the incident, and was willing to pay for his photo.
This is an ordinary Manchester City club staff, he has never enjoyed the star treatment, he naturally happily responded to all media interviews, and allowed the media to pay to use his photos, but he didn't expect his online complaints to bring him attention and remuneration.
After the follow-up hype of the traditional media, this matter suddenly became a household name in Manchester.
In addition to the gimmick of the Champions League game itself, the event itself is bizarre enough to attract the public's attention.
After all, before the two teams met, no one had heard of a player writing on the soccer ball and then trying to kick the soccer ball to the opposing team's training ground. To be able to generate such an idea and actually put it into practice...... That's not something that ordinary people can do.
This thing is so strange that of course everyone is willing to pay attention to him and want to know the story behind this photo.
With the help of a well-developed network, in a very short period of time, this matter was not only a household name in Manchester, but spread all over the world.
Even on Weibo in China, there are many people discussing it.
"It turns out that Manchester United and Manchester City's training base are really close!"
"Poof, Sanchez is so cute! I even thought of greeting my opponent in this way. Will Manchester City be scared? β
"Phew, it's not Sanchez, it's Long Chen......... Haha........."
The local media in Manchester are said to have been unable to figure out why Sanchez did this...... However, now there is gossip that it seems that Chen Long is the "mastermind" behind the scenes, haha, but I want to say that we Chinese fans can't figure it out, hahaha! Don't guess Chen Long's thoughts, you can't guess if you guess! β
Sure enough, there is indeed no impermeable wall in this world, and soon, Chen Long was "dug up" by the media as the "mastermind behind the scenes............
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Chen Long thinks he is out of curiosity, and it's no wonder that he said hello to Manchester City in this way.
But in the eyes of others, this is not necessarily the case.
The Manchester media, which is biased towards Manchester City, simply defined Chen's move as a "provocation". As for the reason for such a definition, it is also very simple - what normal person would greet an opponent in such a way!
Being able to kick football from Manchester United's Carrington training base to Manchester City's Carrington training base requires both foot strength and accuracy, and being able to kick it over means that it is very average.
Long Chen, this is showing off his might!
I don't know if the media really believes in their own judgment, or if they want to find some fresh gimmicks for this game, anyway, after they hyped it up, many people really accepted this statement.
So "Chen Long used football to provoke Manchester City" is no longer speculation, but has become a fact.
This has reached the ears of Manchester City's players, who will feel comfortable listening to it?
Manchester City's side is not Milan, if this happened to Milan, then everyone will think that it is nothing, because Chen Long is a person who likes to joke, and he has no malicious intentions, he just wants to say hello to everyone in a little unusual way.
Maybe in everyone's laughter, this matter will be over.
But the Manchester City team is now Milan's opponent, the players in the Manchester City team, no one has contact with him, their understanding of Chen Long comes from the media, what the media says, how they believe it.
Therefore, in their eyes, Chen Long is a hateful image of being arrogant and disrespecting his opponent.
Although Chen Long said in an interview that he really just wanted to say hello to Manchester City, in this way. But because the image label has been formed, his explanation is not convincing, and the more he explains, the more the Manchester City players feel that Chen Long is provoking......
This is often how misunderstandings arise.
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On the day of the game, from the beginning of the warm-up, the Manchester City players would look at Chen Long with unfriendly eyes, and when the live broadcast introduced the list of players of the visiting team, Chen Long's name was reported, and the Manchester City fans in the stands immediately booed loudly.
Rodriguez, who was standing in the players' tunnel with Chen Long waiting to play, leaned up to him and whispered in his ear: "It seems that they really think you are provocative." β
Chen Long stretched out his hands: "What about the most basic trust between people?" β
Others always think that Chen Long has other plans, but Chen Long himself is very wronged, he really just wants to say hello, but when he shakes hands after meeting, he says "hello", in Chen Long's opinion, it is too boring, he wants to have something fresh.
This approach is too normal for Chen Long, who is young and likes to joke and always has a lot of ideas in his head.
But not everyone can be on the same channel as Chen Long's brain circuit, so Chen Long has always been "hard to find......
"Be careful, Long Chen. Be careful that they target you in the game. I feel like you're going to be a public enemy of Manchester City now. β
Chen Long grinned, "I'll protect myself, Hames." β
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Against the backdrop of the passionate Champions League theme song, players from both sides walked out of the pitch. But when the TV broadcast of a close-up of Mr. Chen, the BBC commentator Mark Laurenson, said: "Immersion is such a person who doesn't know what to say, and I can't guess why he did it...... But I think he must be the most popular person in the minds of journalists! Ha ha! β
Li Yang's mentality was not as relaxed as Mark Lawrenson's, and he said with some concern: "If Chen Long deliberately tried to provoke his opponent and make him lose his mind, he might have succeeded." But at the same time, be careful that you will eat yourself back...... The physical contact of a Premier League team is completely different from that of a Serie A team, so don't get hurt......"
Peta is also reminding Chen Long: "Avoid too much physical contact, pass the football out as soon as possible, and don't let the football stay too much under your feet...... It is not a wise thing to provoke an opponent on other people's turf. β
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Sampaoli stood in front of the coach's box, and the players from both sides had already arrived on the pitch and stood in a row.
As Manchester City's manager, Sampaoli knows a little bit about his players, and he knows that they are discussing Chen Long when they are in the dressing room.
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"Hey, Jose. Did you notice the way those Manchester City players stared at Chen Long? Meanwhile, in front of the dugout in Milan, assistant coach Faria, who was standing next to Mourinho, was speaking to him.
"What's wrong?"
"They looked at Long Chen as if Long Chen was their father's killer......"
"That's not unexpected, who asked Long Chen to do that kind of boring thing." Mourinho's tone was indifferent.
"Aren't you worried, JosΓ©? , Faria asked strangely when he saw that Mourinho was so calm.
"Worried about what?"
"I'm worried he's being targeted by Manchester City players......"
"Faria, even if there is no such thing, won't the Manchester City players target him?" Mourinho shrugged. "This is nothing to Chen Long!
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After all the things that had to be done were done, the players on both sides stood in their positions and waited for the game to begin.
The referee of the match, KrΓ‘rowicz, blew the whistle for the start of the game.
At the very beginning of the game, Manchester City's players launched a menacing attack on the Milan goal.
They are clearly hoping to beat Milan on their home turf.
Because they lost to Real Madrid in their first group game, they will have to beat every opponent on their home turf if they are to qualify from this group of death, otherwise the odds will be very bad for them.
Cheered on by the home fans, Manchester City continued to attack Milan's goal.
Despite their predictions of what they would face at the Etihad stadium, they felt a little more than they expected when City's attack did hit.
Manchester City's fierce attack made Milan's players a little unable to raise their heads, and although they had prepared before the game, the intensity of Manchester City's attack still made them feel difficult to deal with.
Manchester City fans at the Etihad Stadium cheered on the team with excited cheers. They were all delighted with the fighting spirit of the team after the start of the game.
Sampaoli, who was on the sidelines, was very pleased with his team's performance, although he told his players to pounce on Milan's goal after the start of the game to try to score early. But the team's performance has completely exceeded his expectations.
Why is that?
He set his sights on Milan's No. 9 Chen Long, who was on the pitch.
Thanks to this man's kick.
Now the fact that he played to greet Manchester City has been considered an offense by all the Manchester City players. No one likes to be offended, so the angry Manchester City players had to go all out to beat Milan in the game in response to Chen's offensive provocations.
In Sam Pauli's opinion, Chen Long's previous actions were very stupid no matter what the purpose was.
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In the face of Manchester City's fierce attack, Milan recycled all the lines, all of them stuck to their own 30-meter area.
Stegen continued to make high and low blocks to ensure that the goal was not lost.
During this time, the Milan fans in front of the TV and in the stands were terrified to watch, for fear that Manchester City's attack would cause the goal to be conceded.
Fortunately, Milan's defense is still very solid, although Manchester City's attack is fierce, but there is no goal.
Fifteen minutes passed, and City's fierce attack weakened slightly, as if diving, and you need to get up and breathe after staying underwater for a long time.
At this time, it was Milan's turn to attack.
The football was passed to the feet of Chen Long.
As the core of Milan's midfield, it is normal for Chen Long to take the ball more, but this time Chen Long just got the ball, he was hit by Manchester City's defender Garcia, and he stumbled under his feet and lost the ball.
Garcia bypassed Chen Long to catch up with the football, and Manchester City launched another offensive accordingly.
Chen Long was a little surprised when he conceded the ball, because he didn't hear the referee's whistle - he thought Garcia must have committed a foul.
How did the referee not think it was a foul!
So he had to chase back and try to intercept Garcia, but Garcia had already passed the ball away. Chen Long gave up chasing the ball again, but returned to his position, and at the same time he looked at Garcia, but he didn't expect the other party to also look over, the eyes of the two people met in the air, and Chen Long felt that there seemed to be another spark in the other party's gaze.
It was the same feeling he felt before the game.
The opposing player will be a little more fierce towards him, this is what Chen Long himself knows. But what he didn't expect was that the referee's penalty scale was not as strict as he imagined.
Maybe it's because it's the home of a Premier League team?
Regarding the Premier League, although Chen Long has never played, he has heard a lot. He knows what the style of the Premier League is, physical collisions are commonplace, and the referee will also be more lenient in the punishment scale of physical contact.
But the problem is that the referee of this game is not a Premier League referee...... Perhaps the referee felt that as a Premier League team, it was normal for Manchester City players to collide physically?
Both the Italian and Chinese commentators were unhappy that Garcia's steal was not ruled foul.
Peta said excitedly: "Just because Manchester City are a Premier League team, you can't relax the standards for their physical impacts! β
Li Yang also said: "This should be a foul!" 100% a foul! Today's Chen Long is no longer when he first debuted, his already strong physical fitness is not comparable to ordinary players, if he is staggered, then it can't be said that he is too thin and weak, right? β
Although the commentators of both countries were upset about Chen Long, Chen Long did not dwell on this issue with the referee.
There's no point in arguing with the referee. This is Long Chen's philosophy.
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Next, as long as Chen Long gets the ball, not only Garcia, but also other Manchester City players are also unceremonious, which makes it difficult for Chen Long to control the ball.
Of course, the referee will not turn a blind eye to all the collisions of the Manchester City players, and will also whistle the Manchester City players for fouls, including showing a yellow card to the centre-back Kompany.
On Milan's side, because Chen Long was tightly "defended" by Manchester City players, it was difficult to organize any decent attack, so even if Manchester City's offensive slowed down, on the whole, Milan was still pressed.
In the process, the television broadcast gave a close-up of Manchester City's manager Sampaoli, as if to say that it was City's tactical arrangement.
But in fact, this time the director really wronged Sampaoli.
Sampaoli did ask his players to defend Chen Long strictly before the game, but he didn't say that he wanted the players to use rude fouls to contain Chen Long......
Such a big defensive move is actually the choice of the players themselves. Why would they do it?
Isn't it because of Chen Long's "provocation"?
Mark Laurenson said: "Chen Long was given 'special treatment' by Manchester City players during the game, he was targeted, and it is difficult to tell whether he was targeted because he was the heart of Milan or because he was targeted for 'provocation' before the game. But whatever the reason, now is probably a severe test for Chen Long. β
Saying this, Mark Laurenson has an expectation for Chen Long deep down - he really wants to see what kind of performance Chen Long will play in such a situation.
Because he remembered Chen Long's competition at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, he wanted to further test his analytical guesses. In Paris, France in 2024, he witnessed how Chen Long led the Chinese Olympic team to create miracles......
In fact, Chen Long is not surprised by Manchester City's performance.
Because he had expected it before the start of this game, but his grandson did not expect it to this extent. It's a difference.
But this difference is not a big deal for Chen Long.
He had never been afraid of those opponents who were looking for trouble, because if they didn't put their minds on the game, then Chen Long had a hundred ways to deal with them.
Although it is the group of death, judging from the previous video of the match between Real Madrid and Manchester City, Chen Long does not think that Manchester City is a very good team.
This team won the Premier League last season, but that Premier League winner came with some luck. Manchester City were in good form in the Premier League last season, leading the table, only to be caught up by arch-rivals Manchester United in the middle of the process. If it weren't for Gabriel Jesus' savior in the last game, Sampaoli's league title would have flown off.
Compared to today's Milan team, Manchester City's Champions League experience is far behind. After the restructuring of the Champions League, Milan are also the team that won the Champions League, and they were also Champions League winners last season.
How could such an experience be comparable to this Manchester City team today?
Some may have a high view of Manchester City's Champions League journey this season because they almost toppled Real Madrid away in the first group game, and may have feared Manchester City.
But Chen Long knows that it seems that the name of the Premier League champion is indeed not small, but if you think about it carefully, Manchester City is not as terrifying as imagined, and this Manchester City team may not be as strong as people think...