Chapter 718: 59 games undefeated
On this national team match day, the Chinese team finally bottomed out, they beat Saudi Arabia 1-0 at home in a row, 2-1 away beat Kuwait, after two consecutive wins, their points tied with the Iranian team, which made the national fans rejoice, of course, the happiest are the Football Association officials, during this time, the call to call Ding Hongxing into the national team is too high, so that their pressure is also quite large, these two consecutive wins make them also raise their eyebrows, look, we can win without Ding Hongxing. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
But the good times did not last long, on October 18, the Chinese team lost 1-4 away to the feet of the Iranian team, this painful defeat caused an uproar among fans across the country.
On the same day, two goals from Ding Hongxing and an assist for Ruud van Nistelrooy helped the tired Manchester City team beat Blackburn Rovers 3-2 away from home, and Chinese fans naturally wanted to compare his performance with that of the Chinese team.
Because this game is at Blackburn's home stadium, and if Blackburn can't win this game, Manchester City will tie AC Milan's 58-game unbeaten record, therefore, Blackburn is fighting very fiercely, and the exhausted Manchester City team wants to resist Blackburn's ferocious attack, the difficulty can be imagined, in fact, in the game, Blackburn scored two goals in the first half, and in the second half, Ding Hongxing broke out strongly, which pulled the Manchester City team back from the brink of defeat, so far, They are unbeaten in 58 consecutive Premier League games and have also passed the most dangerous hurdle.
After this game, Manchester City returned to their home stadium in the third round of the Champions League group stage, beating Turkey's Haoqiang Galatasaray 6-0 at home, Ding Hongxing scored a hat-trick, Seedorf, Larsson, Hyypia scored one goal each, and in the other game in the same group, Parma suffered another draw, they were held to a 1-1 draw by Sparta Prague away, and their prospects of qualification were also bleak.
The subsequent league game, Manchester City's home game against Tottenham Hotspur, was watched by the entire English football world, because as long as Manchester City did not lose, it would break AC Milan's record and create a magical record of 59 games unbeaten, and if it could be done, it would be a great achievement.
In this game, more than 80,000 seats at Maine Road Stadium were full, Manchester City fans sang and danced, from two hours before the start of the game to the stands singing and dancing, as if they would never get tired, now the Oasis Band, which has become a British national treasure band, also came here, they have been taking the lead in singing various fan songs, in fact, they are also very busy now, although they have bought season tickets for Manchester City's home games every season, but the opportunity to really watch the game is becoming less and less, But they have to be there to watch the game.
It's not often that the opportunity to witness a historic record is broken, especially if it's the Manchester City team they support to break the record. Three seasons ago, when Manchester City were on the brink of relegation, who would have thought they would have that day!
Of course, Tottenham Hotspur is very unwilling to be the background of Manchester City's record-breaking, but with the strength of their current Manchester City team, and it is an away game, it is too difficult for them to beat Manchester City, which is also a helpless thing, so Tottenham Hotspur played a defensive counterattack tactic, whether to win or not, strive not to lose, in case the Manchester City team is old and can't score goals, an impatient, stolen by Tottenham, maybe there will be surprises, if they beat Manchester City in this game, then they will go down in history.
Isn't there such a saying? Football is round.
Tottenham Hotspur cowered at the back, welcoming the Manchester City team's stormy attack, Manchester City's morale was like a rainbow, and under the leadership of Ding Hongxing, launched wave after wave of attacks.
At Maine Road, when Manchester City are on the winning side, no team in the world can resist it, and Tottenham Hotspur will certainly be no exception.
In the twenty-fifth minute of the game, the unremitting efforts of the Manchester City team finally paid off, Ding Hongxing continued to cooperate with his teammates in the midfield, and burst into the Tottenham Hotspur penalty area with the ball, Campbell's shovel in the penalty area was also dodged by Ding Hongxing, and there was no suspense about what happened next.
Suddenly, the entire Maine Road stadium was boiling, the cheers of the fans almost overturned the roof of the stadium, Ding Hongxing rushed to the stands, raised his arms and shouted, the fans made a gesture of worship to him, and the song of "Red Star Shining on Maine Road" resounded throughout the stadium.
Ding Hongxing's teammates ran to him, and the first to run was Seedorf, who knelt on one knee, lifted Ding Hongxing's right foot, put it on his own knee, and made a shoe-shine motion.
The celebration lasted for a few minutes until the referee intervened.
Manchester City's lead made the result of the game no longer suspenseful, Tottenham Hotspur was a little disjointed, not knowing whether it was better to attack or continue to defend now, and as a result, in the chaotic period after they conceded the goal, Manchester City scored a goal each by Kinkladze and Stam, and sealed the win 3-0.
In the ensuing game, Manchester City comfortably played the ball control, and Tottenham Hotspur did not have any desperate thoughts, the two sides tacitly consumed the remaining time, and the Manchester City fans in the stands could not wait to unfurl a banner with a big "59" written on it.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the cheers from Maine Road were deafening.
Manchester City broke the record held by AC Milan on a four-league unbeaten streak, a news that shocked the whole of Europe, and everyone knows how difficult it is to pull off such a feat.
Football is round, no matter what kind of strong team it is, it doesn't dare to say that it can beat a weak team, otherwise there won't be so many good stories in the history of football where the weak beat the strong.
A team's state has ups and downs, no matter what the reason, maybe it's an injury, maybe it's a schedule that's too dense, in short, a team always has a bad time, at this time, failure is often inevitable, Manchester City team in this long fifty-nine games, also encountered a lot of ups and downs, many times on the verge of failure, but Manchester City team has a Ding Hongxing who seems to be in a state that will never be abnormal, this is their great luck, how many times is Ding Hongxing's timely outbreak, pulled the Manchester City team back from the brink of defeat, so Ding Hongxing deserves the worship of the fans and deserves any praise!
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