The first round of Premier League matches is over, and all the traditional powerhouses except Arsenal have won.

In the eyes of the media, this season's Premier League will only be produced between Manchester City, Manchester United, and Chelsea, and as for Arsenal, Liverpool and other teams, I am afraid there will be no possibility of winning the championship.

And the most favored, of course, is the defending champion Manchester City.

"Manchester City's squad is stable, and they have also strengthened in some positions this season, and their squad depth and book strength are the best in the Premier League, even in all Europe, Manchester City's squad is top-notch!"

At the post-match press conference, Gao Bo did not pretend to be a gesture, when asked by the media about the topic of the league championship, he said: "We are the defending champions, and it is no secret that our goal is, of course, to continue to win the Premier League, our strength can do this, we are the best team in the Premier League!" ”

Although many fans of other big clubs will be a little unconvinced, the title is the last word, and Manchester City are at the top of the table after the first round of the league.

Of course, the league is still a long one, and it is impossible to decide the winner in one round.

A week later, the second round of the league was also played.

Manchester City challenged Cardiff City away from home, and at Cardiff City Stadium, the Blue Jays Cardiff did not cause too much trouble for Manchester City.

Manchester City, on the other hand, won two consecutive league games thanks to Vardy's goal in the first half and new signing Alexis Sanchez in the second half.

And for Manchester City, the good news for this round is that their direct title rivals Manchester United and Chelsea meet in this round.

At Old Trafford, Manchester United and Chelsea were tied 0-0, with neither side able to score.

As a result, Manchester United and Chelsea are two points behind Manchester City from the start of the second round.

At the end of the Premier League, on 29 August, UEFA held a draw for the 2013-2014 UEFA Champions League group stage at the Grimaldi Convention Centre in Monte Carlo.

Reigning Champions League champions Manchester City were naturally the team in Pot 1, having been the last of the teams in Pot 1 to be drawn and placed in Group H.

In the end, Manchester City was placed in the same group as AC Milan, Ajax and Celtic.

This is a very ordinary group, not a group of death, but the opponents of the group are not weak teams.

It is widely believed that Manchester City and AC Milan will progress from the group, with the two teams battling it out for top spot in Group H.

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At the same time as the results of the draw ceremony came out, Manchester City also quickly took a plane to the Eastern European country of the Czech Republic.

The 2013 UEFA Super Cup was played at the Eden Stadium in the Czech Republic.

The two sides are Champions League champions Manchester City and Europa League champions Benfica.

The UEFA Super Cup is known as the "European Champions of Champions" match.

It's a rivalry between two European champions.

Despite his current position, Gao Bo has won three European titles - one Europa League and two Champions Leagues.

However, this is also his first time competing in the UEFA Super Cup.

And their opponents, Benfica, are Portugal's supergiants.

They are the most successful club in Portugal over the centuries, having won the Portuguese top flight 32 times and the Portuguese Cup 27 times.

They have also won the Champions League twice.

However, there is one statistic that may make Benfica fans very sad, although they have won the Champions League twice, but their number of Champions League runners-up is ...... Up to five times! In addition to being runners-up in the Champions League, they also finished as runners-up in the UEFA Cup once.

In other words, Benfica have played in eight European finals, but only won twice. The probability is low, and their two championships were in the very distant 1960s, when Benfica coach Vela Gulaman led Benfica to defeat Barcelona and Real Madrid in succession, and won the Champions League in 1961 and 1962 for two consecutive years, becoming the first team in history to break the monopoly of Real Madrid with five consecutive titles.

And next, there is the famous "Gutmann's curse".

After leading the team to defeat Real Madrid led by superstars such as Di Stefano and Puskas in the Champions League final in 1962, Gutmann asked Benfica's board of directors for a salary increase, but was refused. In a fit of rage, the Hungarians let out a "vicious curse" when they left: "From now on, Benfica will not be able to win the European Cup in 100 years!"

No one expected that Gutmann's venting would become a prophecy. Since then, Benfica has reached the Champions League final 6 times, and reached the UEFA Cup final once, but they all lost! In the 60s, they reached the Champions League final 5 times, and the last 3 times they became AC Milan, the "Great International Era" and Manchester United 10 years after the Munich air disaster; In the 1990 Champions League final, the Portuguese side still lost 1-0 to the Rossoneri, despite Benfica legend Eusebio who went to Gutman's grave (who died in 1981) to pray before the game. In the 1983 League Cup final, the "Eagles" lost 1-2 to Anderlecht.

In order to break Gutman's curse, the Benfica club sends people to visit the grave of the deceased Gutmann every year.

And last season, when Benfica reached the final of the Europa League again, the most classic scene in the final was that Benfica fans pulled up a huge banner in the stadium: "Bella, it's been 50 years, please forgive us...."

Perhaps it was the prayers of the Benfica fans who played a role.

Benfica defeated Basel on penalties in last season's Europa League final, and finally won the European championship again after half a century!

When the match ended, many Benfica fans wept bitterly.

And immediately after winning the championship, the club also held a grand celebration, and in the process of celebrating, many people in the club also thanked Gutmann for forgiveness.....

Of course, Benfica, who broke the curse, were also very excited, and they began to look forward to the team's glory in the second half of the century.

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In this game, Gobo did not send all the main players on the field, the starting striker was Jamie Vardy, Griezmann and David Silva were also on the bench, Sanchez played on the right, Adam White played on the left, and the midfielder was Eriksen.

The midfielders have changed to Milner and Fernandinho, the centre-backs are Umtiti and Maguire, the left wing-back Zabaleta, the right wing-back Luke Shaw, and the goalkeeper is still Oblak.

Although this lineup can only be regarded as Manchester City's second-tier lineup, Gao Bo's tactics are still very proactive attacking tactics.

Of course, he wants to win this title and complete the Grand Slam of his club trophy.

As soon as the game began, Manchester City quickly suppressed the opponent!

The first minute of the show!

Umtiti made a long pass from the backfield, Vardy headed back, and Adam White accelerated to break through into the right rib of the penalty area! Score with a powerful volley!

1 to 0!!

Adam White was very excited after the goal, and at the Eden Stadium, the Manchester City players were running wild to celebrate!

Adam White rushed to the corner flag and gave a long sliding knee, causing the City fans to cheer as well.

"Beautiful!! Adam White's volley from inside the box!! Manchester City got off to a fantastic start!! ”

"One to zero!! Just a minute into the game, Manchester City scored! Benfica suffered a blow to the head!!! ”

In the commentary box, the commentators also applauded Manchester City's goal.

However, Gao Bo on the sidelines seemed very calm, and he was not too excited by this goal.

This is because this is only a UEFA Super Cup match, this game is not a very important game, and secondly, the opponent Benfica is actually not a too strong team.

Although the opponent is a giant in the European Super League and is also very famous in Europe, the level of the Portuguese Super League is lower than that of the five major leagues after all, and Benfica's economic strength is difficult to support them to introduce players with too big names.

Now the Portuguese Super League has basically become a springboard league for Europe's mainstream leagues, and many South American players have landed in Europe, and many will choose Portugal as a springboard.

Porto, the famous black shop in Europe, is not the team of the Portuguese Super League.

Gao Bo was right not to celebrate.

Because his team was scoring again soon after!

In the ninth minute of the game, Fernandinho passed the ball forward!

Sanchez drove the ball straight in, accelerated the breakthrough and then crossed!

Vardy pressed the defender in the back post of the penalty area and shook his head to score!

Two-to-!!

This goal almost completely discouraged Benfica's fighting spirit!

The opening was less than ten minutes!

Two-to-!!

"Against Manchester City's second-tier squad, Benfica still looked like they were in a state of collapse, conceding two goals in just nine minutes! Although there are still more than 80 minutes to play, what we can be sure of is that unless a miracle happens, Benfica will lose this game to be predictable. ”

"The gap between us and the mainstream European leagues is getting wider and wider, and the Portuguese league is not at all comparable to the Premier League and La Liga in terms of level, and even Benfica, who are extremely strong in the Portuguese Super League, seem to be powerless when facing a team like Manchester City." The Portuguese commentator said with some frustration.

The game soon restarted.

Manchester City completely took the initiative!

They control the ball at their feet, mobilize opponents through constant passing, and repeatedly tear apart the defense and create killing opportunities!

In the twelfth minute of the game, Adam White received a pass from Eriksen and burst into the penalty area, and shot the goal slightly wide with his right foot!

In the sixteenth minute of the game, Sanchez crossed from a corner kick from the right, and Maguire's header was slightly over the crossbar!

Just a minute later, Milner's long-range shot from outside the box was saved by the Benfica goalkeeper to keep the ball out of the net!

Benfica's defence was shattered by Manchester City's assault.

In the first 20 minutes of the game, they didn't have a single shot on goal, not a single corner, and it became incredibly difficult to even get to within 30 metres of Manchester City's backfield.

In the twenty-eighth minute of the game, Benfica finally had the first shot of the game.

Although it was only outside the penalty area, within more than 30 meters of the goal, it was a good start.

However, like a child who is being beaten, Benfica was just about to fight back, only to be slapped by Manchester City again.

In the thirtieth minute of the game, Eriksen made an arc with his right foot on the line of the penalty area!

The soccer ball spun in the air and flew into the goal from the top left corner of the goal!

Three to zero!!

Before the end of the first half, Benfica was completely spent.

It was a goal that brought smiles to the faces of the players on the Manchester City bench.

At this time, the camera also showed the Manchester City players in the stands who failed to make the squad, and Kaka was also sitting there, although he could not play and still had protective gear on his feet, but the smile on his face was still very bright.

"I really don't know, what kind of expression does Florentino see now, Kaka's performance in Manchester City and Real Madrid are simply two people, in the second half of last season, Kaka's performance is simply a god, and his peak seasons are probably just like that...."

Unfortunately, Florentino won't be here now.

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In the face of Manchester City's tidal attack, Benfica did not have a good solution.

They simply don't have the ability to fend off City's attack.

In the first half, Manchester City were not on the scoresheet.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

As a result, in the 68th minute of the game, Sanchez also scored!

He fired a right-footed volley into the box and slammed the ball into the goal, 4-0!

And that's not the final score.

In the 89th minute of the game, Manchester City scored another goal.

Benfica, on the other hand, were unable to score another goal until the end of the game.

They can't even save face.

In the end, Manchester City beat Benfica 4-0 cleanly in the UEFA Super Cup to claim their first UEFA Super Cup title in the club's history.

After winning the title, City's players were as happy as if they had won the Champions League again.

They became the true kings of Europe.

"UEFA Super Cup winners – Manchester City!!" The narrator shouted!

"Manchester City are unstoppable this year! They have won their fifth trophy of the year, they are the fifth crown of the year, and in November and December, they will also have to compete in the Club World Cup, when they can even win the sixth crown of the year!! ”

"Benfica who broke the curse, they didn't even have any power to fight back in front of Manchester City, the game was completely controlled by Manchester City, although the score of 4-0 was big enough, but this score was far from reflecting Manchester City's advantage in the game!"

"This Manchester City team is so terrible right now, I can't imagine what kind of team can beat Manchester City! Now imagine that in the Community Shield, Manchester United and Manchester City fought against each other, and finally got a 2-2 scoreline, which fully illustrates Guardiola's achievements at Manchester United. And what else can Manchester City achieve this season? We'll see. ”