Chapter 132. Qualifying situation
Li Lin stepped up at a critical moment when the situation began to turn against Ajax and helped the team stabilize the lead!
Paulsen even made a celebration of Li Lin's shoeshine to express his admiration for Li Lin's miraculous goal.
At this time, Mancini covered his face and sighed on the scene, sat back on the bench a little helplessly, looked at the players on the field with a dull look, and didn't know what he was thinking.
And this scene was also keenly captured by the stadium's cameras.
"Looking at the expression on Coach Mancini's face now, his heart must be full of doubts, why his team is so vulnerable in the face of Ajax, obviously has seen the dawn of the equalizer, but Ajax ruthlessly extinguished this glimmer of hope!"
Wright looked at Mancini's appearance in the camera and sighed slightly, maybe not only Mancini now, but Manchester City will be very confused about the current situation.
"It can only be said that this is a vicious cycle, Manchester City only scored one point in the previous three games, which doomed him to work hard in this game, and this desperate effort gave Ajax the opportunity to counterattack, which caused the team to be passive now. If Manchester City is very calm and shows the momentum in the league, Ajax may not be able to play so smoothly, in the final analysis, it is Manchester City that has dug too big a hole for itself! Vanderst said lightly.
When Ajax scored another goal, it was clear that the fighting spirit of the Manchester City players was suddenly lost, and the first half was over quickly.
And in the second half, Manchester City's style of play has been somewhat out of the control of manager Mancini, and these big-name stars in the team began to fight separately, hoping to score a goal with their own personal ability, and this kind of desperate individual combat has achieved good results, after all, Manchester City is still higher than Ajax in the player's personal ability, especially these attackers in the opponent's frontfield, if they really break through to death, it is really not easy to defend.
In the end, at the end of the second half, substitute former Italian golden boy Balotelli assisted Aguero and scored a goal to make the score 2:3, but this goal came a little too late, and finally Manchester City lost to Ajax at home, with only two games left in the Champions League group stage, there is basically no chance of qualifying from the group, and even the chances of the Europa League are very slim.
The results of another Champions League group stage match also came out, Real Madrid was drawn at home by Borussia Dortmund, so surprising things happened, in this group of death, Ajax actually accumulated 8 points after four rounds, temporarily ranked first in the group, and Dortmund is second in the group with 6 points, Real Madrid is in third place with five points, and Manchester City is at the bottom of the group with one point.
It was a truly unexpected situation, as Ajax, who were considered the weakest in the group before the start of the Champions League, finished top of the group after four rounds, which also put Ajax manager Frank de Boer in the media spotlight after the game.
As for Coach Mancini, everyone knows that he is in a very bad mood right now, and after answering a few reporters' questions very perfunctorily, he hurriedly left the post-match press conference.
"Coach De Boer, judging from the current form of Group D, can it be said that Ajax has now locked a place to qualify?"
The reporter's questions were very pointed, but Frank de Boer, while happy, was not to the point of getting carried away.
"The victory in this game has made a huge contribution to our qualification, but it is not yet to the point where we can say that the team will definitely appear, and in the last two games, if we can't win, then it will only be a game to be overtaken by the opponent, you must know that Dortmund and Real Madrid are not opponents who can be beaten by winning!"
As Frank de Boer himself said, there are many reports on Ajax's prospects for qualification after the game, and these reports are also divided into two factions for whether Ajax can qualify, most of which are optimistic about Ajax are Dutch media, they believe that Ajax has occupied a favorable situation for qualifying, as long as the next two games, win any one, then Ajax will definitely be able to qualify.
Most of the media who are not optimistic about Ajax are the German and Spanish media, and of course, the English media are also involved, who let Ajax kick Manchester City out.
Their views are actually very similar to those of the bulls, as long as Ajax can win the last two games, then Ajax will definitely qualify, but what if they can't?
You must know that the first two games of the Champions League group stage Ajax were drawn, especially the game against Real Madrid was actually a thrilling draw, and Dortmund was almost killed, so if Ajax loses one of the games in the end, then the form of this group is uncertain.
In fact, at this time, it is Manchester City that has become the focus of attention, because with Ajax leading in points, the remaining two teams who can defeat Manchester City, which is already doomed to elimination, will be able to get the precious three points, especially for Real Madrid, which is particularly important.
After the game, although the head coach Frank de Boer had said that he would celebrate in Boradis after the win, in the end, considering that this was someone's home stadium, in order to avoid some unnecessary trouble, he returned to Amsterdam overnight, which also made the other players a little disappointed, and they all wanted to drink Otterbine again.
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"Lee, you're really amazing! That's called a goal, and it really makes me excited! ”
Early the next morning, Li Lin received a call from little James, who didn't seem to have slept well all night, and seemed more excited than Li Lin who scored the goal.
"You know, Lee, I dream of one day playing for Manchester United in the Champions League and if I can score a goal like yours, it would be great!'
Little James's tone was full of excitement and longing for the future, if Li Lin's performance in the past gave him a trace of unreal, then seeing Li Lin's wonderful performance on the spot this time strengthened his determination to continue to work hard!
Li Lin smiled and didn't reply immediately, for little James, he actually knew very well in his heart that the other party regarded his own as a kind of sustenance, when a teammate who was in the same poor situation as you suddenly bloomed one day with hard work, then you will naturally yearn for it.
Although Li Lin can't tell little James that he has such a system, Li Lin is very happy to let this misunderstanding continue, for a player, hard work may not make you popular, but it will definitely not let you down, as long as you work hard, you will always have a world of your own.