Chapter 148: The Last Time
Messi's record of 93 goals last year was once thought to be impossible to break in the short term, but the record was broken by Eggman the following year, and Eggman still broke this record without taking a penalty or a free kick.
In fact, Messi has scored a lot of goals this year, he has scored 81 goals so far, which is a terrifying number in any other year, but under the brilliance of Egerman, Messi's goal number makes people feel a little bleak. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 There are only three Barcelona games left this year, and Messi is no longer likely to surpass Eggman in goals.
For a time, the media throughout the continent was full of Egerman's name, and Messi's name was rarely mentioned, and occasionally he was mentioned to compare him with Egerman. Compared with last year's time when Messi broke the record for the number of goals and turned purple, people can't help but feel that the media is really a grass on the wall, only the newcomers laugh, and the old people cry.
The Catalan media spoke sourly, saying that a large part of Egerman's success was due to the fact that Gosau's system helped him, and that Gosau's system had a big bonus to Egerman's goals. Fortunately, this time they did not dare to say that the opponent of the Gosho team was weaker, and they were also afraid of arousing public anger.
However, the Catalan media has obviously forgotten that when Messi scored goals in the past, his success was also said by many media to be stained with the light of the Barcelona system. Sure enough, after their "system theory" was introduced, it was immediately ridiculed by many media. For a time, the Catalan media and the rest of Europe were engaged in a war of words.
However, the man in question, Eggman, has not been affected by these verbal battles at all, and he has now travelled to Manchester, England, with Gosau and is gearing up to score against Manchester City. However, he didn't try to help PSG qualify against Manchester City, he was working for his 100-goal mark. Of course, if his goal can help Gosau win Manchester City, he will also be very good.
After the Gosau team arrived in Manchester, Xiao Yang was interviewed by reporters, most of whom were French and English journalists, and their main concern was what line-up Gosau would field in the final round against Manchester City.
Xiao Yang always answered these questions with uncertainty, saying that in the last round of the league against Sion, the Gosau team fought fiercely, and the players on the field were generally not in good physical condition, so the possibility of a large change of starters in the game against Manchester City was not ruled out. Of course, everything will be decided on the day of the competition.
On December 11, the final round of Group H of the Champions League group stage was played at the same time, with Paris Saint-Germain hosting Bulgaria's CSKA Sofia and Manchester City hosting Gosau.
Before these two games, the points situation in Group H was Gosau 5 games, 4 wins and 1 draw with 13 points and 13 points at the top of Group H, Manchester City with 5 games, 3 wins and 2 losses with 9 points, Paris Saint-Germain with 5 games, 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss with 7 points, and Bulgaria CSKA Sofia with 0 points from 5 games. Gosau have already topped the group one round ahead of schedule, while Manchester City have an advantage of one more away goal in their two games against Paris Saint-Germain, so a draw in the final round against Gosau will secure a second qualifying spot.
No one paid attention to PSG's match against CSKA Sofia, because everyone counted the three points for PSG, but as long as Manchester City got one point, then even if they scored 100 goals, it would not help, so all eyes were on Manchester City's home game against Gosau.
However, when the starting lineup of the Gosho team was announced before the game, all those who followed the game were in an uproar, because in this game, Xiao Yang only sent four main players, Checarelli, Chevali, Gugelman and Eggman, and all the other positions were sent to substitutes.
Several French reporters angrily accused Xiao Yang at the pre-match press conference that he had no sportsmanship, and the starting lineup he sent was completely to protect Manchester City from qualifying.
In the face of the accusation, Xiao Yang seemed very calm, he replied: "Some of the players in the Gosho team today are not in very good condition due to the frequent games some time ago, and the team doctor said that if they continue to play, they are in danger of injury, so I changed part of the starting lineup today, in fact, this is a very common thing in the games of the Gosho team before this season, if you often watch the games of the Gosho team, you know that my words are not a lie." If I say that I am not sportsmanlike because of this, I can't accept it. My starting line-up has changed a lot, but the players who played today are very good players and they won't give up the win easily. I can guarantee that. ”
Although the French reporters are still angry, they can't do anything about it, because in a football match, as long as it is a player who has been named, no one can stop them from playing, and no one can help the head coach of a team arrange the lineup, Xiao Yang has no problem doing this, their anger is just the anger of the loser, and nothing can be changed about this result.
However, a few local reporters in Manchester were overjoyed and celebrated, as if Manchester City had beaten Gossau and qualified.
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini was calm, saying at his press conference that he would not be careless against any opponent and that he would give his all to win the game to help City qualify. He has been a player and manager for so many years, and he has seen too many examples of overturning in the gutter, not to mention that Gosau's substitutes are not considered gutter.
After the two games started at the same time, Paris Saint-Germain showed their determination to win by Zlatan Ibrahimovic after only two minutes of the game. However, at the home of the Manchester City team, the game was fiercely unexpected, and the Manchester City team, which thought it would win easily, encountered the stubborn resistance of the substitute line-up of the Gosau team, and the double-back combination of the Gosau team, Cabanas and Sampedro played a very high level in the midfield, and they did not fall behind in the battle for the midfield, so that the Manchester City team's attack could not be organized at all, and could only rely on the individual play of the stars to find some shooting opportunities, but these shots were also defused by Cicarelli one by one.
At the back, the backline of Gugelmann, Cevali, Silva and Cecaroni was also solid defensively, and they were decent in defence, completely targeting City's big-name attacking pairing.
Until the 30th minute of the first half, the score between the two sides was still 0:0, Manchester City could not attack for a long time, behaved more and more impatiently, and the back line pressed more and more, which allowed Gosau's two wingers Tobinski and Sartre to get several good counter-attack opportunities, and on both occasions they almost scored.
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini couldn't sit still, he walked to the sidelines and waved his arms thoughtfully and excitedly, urging his players to step up their attacks. In fact, Mancini could have not been in such a hurry, as long as the Manchester City team drew with the Gosho team, he could qualify, so the score of 0:0 was completely acceptable to him, but Mancini was always a little unsure, although the Gosau team sent most of the substitute players, but Eggman was still sent on the field, with this humanoid beast on the field, Mancini was a little drummed in his heart, with Eggman's scoring ability and current desire to score, even if there are all substitutes behind him, he is not impossible to score, And if he scores and Manchester City haven't scored, the consequences are unimaginable for Mancini, so he has to see that Manchester City are ahead of him.
Xiao Yang was comfortably stilting Erlang's legs on the sidelines, with a comfortable face, he didn't give the players any indicators at all in this game, just let them play freely, and what kind of play they wanted. Of course, if he can draw or upset Manchester City, he will not mind, then the team will earn hundreds of thousands of euros. Although hundreds of thousands of euros are nothing to the current Gossau team, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat. Recalling the days when he only had more than 10,000 euros in transfer fees, Xiao Yang felt that he would never be able to live lavishly.
The players on the court of the Gosho team do not have such a relaxed mentality as Xiao Yang, they are substitute players in the Gosau team, and there are not many opportunities to play at ordinary times, not to mention in the Champions League game, of course they have to cherish such a game opportunity, and they have to show their full strength in the game, their strength is not bad, some players can play the main force in other teams, and because they do not have many games, they are very physical, and their physical condition is much better than those Manchester City stars who play frequently, So it's normal for them to be on par with Manchester City in the game.
In the 41st minute, the Manchester City team launched another attack, their long pass from the back field was directly passed to Aguero on the front line, when Aguero took the ball with his back and was about to turn around, Cabanas and Chevalli double-struck, breaking the ball at Aguero's feet, after Cabanas broke the ball, Aguero's feet were empty, lost his center of gravity, and after stumbling, he fell to the ground, he immediately signaled the opponent to foul him, but the referee ignored him, he raised his hands flat, signaling the game to continue, Cabanas immediately passed the ball to Sampedro in front of him, who was not defended by a Manchester City player, and he took a look at the situation in front of him, raised his right foot and sent a long diagonal pass from 40 meters out to the feet of Tobinski, who was cutting in at high speed on the left.
In front of Tobinski is an open field, Manchester City's right-back assist has not come back, he swiped the ball hard, then sprinted at full speed, when he took the ball to the 30-meter area of the Manchester City team, he looked at the situation in the middle, and passed the ball to the feet of Hoddle who followed in the middle, Hoddle raised his leg to make a long shot, today's game Manchester City did not send a full-time midfielder, and now they only have two central defenders left in the backfield, Ledesco, the central defender who was defending Egerman, had to rush out of the penalty area as a last resort to block Hoddle's shot, but Hoddle's foot did not shoot after he fell, but sent a light through stopper, Egerman ball to the person, appeared in the penalty area, received this pass, another central defender of the Manchester City team immediately raised his hand to signal that Egerman was offside, but the assistant referee's flag kept pointing to the ground, indicating that the ball was not offside. Hart gave up in desperation, and Egerman calmly pushed a far corner and pushed the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal. Hart stretched his hand to the longest but couldn't block the shot.
CTV's commentator Duan Xuan roared excitedly: "Hoddle passed, Egerman successfully countered offside, Egerman shot, the ball went in, and the away team Gosau unexpectedly led the home team Manchester City 1:0, this result no one expected." It was also Egerman's 95th goal of the year, and he is continuing to break his annual record for goals. Will he be able to score 100 goals this year? With his goalscoring momentum, it's quite possible, so let's wait and see! ”
Eggman roared into the stands of the Gossau team after scoring the goal, and the Gosau fans duly unfurled a banner with the word "95" printed on it to celebrate Egerman's goal. Xiao Yang smiled and applauded Eggman, he was truly proud of his disciple.
Mancini's worst fears still happened, he yelled at his backline players with a blue face, with his self-cultivation, he rarely lost his temper, which shows how much psychological pressure he has. It's also understandable that Manchester City's performance today was really unsatisfactory, and against most of Gosau's substitutes, they couldn't score goals and gave their opponents the lead, how could it make Mancini not angry?
Mancini's heart is not only angry, but also full of panic, now that the first half of the game is almost over, if Manchester City can't score, then what the result will be, Mancini really dare not continue to imagine.
The first half ended quickly, with City not taking advantage of the last minutes of the first half to score, but were almost seized by Egerman to score again.
At half-time, Roberto Mancini furiously lit up in the dressing room, criticising the poor performances of several attacking players and praising the defenders who had defused some of Gosau's dangerous counter-attacks. Indeed, if it weren't for the excellent performance of the Manchester City team's backline, struggling to block several shots from the Gosho team, the current score may not be as simple as 1:0, it is estimated that it has been 2:0, 3:0 or even 4:0, and now the Manchester City team can still have the hope of equalizing or even overtaking, and the players in the back line have contributed a lot.
Roberto Mancini gave his attacking players an ultimatum to make a substitution if they couldn't equalise within 10 minutes of the opening half.
City started the second half with an uplift, with three shots on goal in quick succession, including one of which was a blow from the post that hit the post in the arc of the box with his brilliant individual skills before Tevez beat his chest.
Mancini's face looks much better, in fact, he doesn't really want to make substitutions, and now the attacking players on the field are already the best players in the Manchester City team's strength and condition, they can't score goals, so it may not be much better to change people. Now that the attacking players on the pitch are getting better and better, it's certainly better to keep them playing.
Ten minutes passed quickly, and under the united defense of Gosau's players, Manchester City did not score, but Mancini did not make any substitutions, and the attacking players who thought they would be replaced were a little more relaxed, and they worked harder to launch the attack.
But Gosau's defenders were really tenacious today, and City didn't seem to have had a lot of luck today, with a couple of dangerous attacks missing out on the goal, leaving Mancini to his chagrin.
In the 70th minute, Mancini replaced left winger Ashley, who was already in fitness problems, with Guardado. Young, in order to continue to maintain the attacking power on the wing, Guardado was very active after coming on the field, and for a while the right side of the Gosau team was disturbed by him. With a big wave of his hand, the players of the Gosho team all returned to their own half to defend.
Roberto Mancini watched nervously on the pitch from the sidelines when his assistant coach put down his phone and said, "PSG are already 4-0 ahead." ”
Mancini said without looking back: "I don't care about the score, I only care if we can score ourselves. ”
And at the home of Paris Saint-Germain, Ancelotti also got the assistant coach told him the score of Manchester City vs. Gosau, when he learned that the Manchester City team is still 0:1 behind the Gosau team at home, he was overjoyed, this side Paris Saint-Germain won the Bulgarian CSKA Sofia by a big score is a foregone conclusion, he no longer cares about his team's game, but told the assistant coach not to break off the contact with Manchester City, always pay attention to the score there. If Gosau can really win away at Manchester City, then Carlo Ancelotti will really have to thank God.
In the 75th minute of City's match against Gosau, Roberto Mancini replaced left-back Barnes with Togolese striker Bam Adebayor to bolster the impact up front. Standing at 1.90m, Adebayo is a strong man with a strong header and is a good option up front in such a situation where he can't open up the pitch in the face of a dense defence. It's just that he suffered a serious injury at the beginning of the season, and now he is recovering from a serious injury, so Mancini did not send him to start, but sent him again when the defenders of the current Gosau team have fought for most of the game and his fitness has dropped a little, hoping to change the situation on the field.
Xiao Yang immediately sent on youth team centre-back Henkoz and replaced the striker Hoddle with him. A back three were also put in the box. Henkoz is 16 years old this year, not too tall, only 1.84 meters, but he is very fast, with a speed of 17, an explosive power of 16, and a good defensive ability, with 14 tackles and 13 headers, and he is also a very potential central defender. When he was brought on, he mainly defended the shorter but fast Aguero, and let the tall Cevali defend Bam Adebayo.
Seeing Xiao Yang replaced with a central defender, Mancini's brows furrowed, but when he saw that Xiao Yang was replaced by a little-known young player, his brows stretched again, it seems that Xiao Yang really used this game as a training ground for young players today. However, Mancini doesn't feel that this hurts his face, and in his opinion, it is much easier for Gosau to bring on Henkoz than to bring on Salihovic. The most important thing now is the right to qualify, and Mancini doesn't think the other details are important.
Bam Adebayo, who had been absent for a long time, did not immediately bring a goal to Manchester City, and his sense of the ball seemed to be very bad, and he failed to hold the ball firmly on several occasions, and two headers were not on target. However, his strong body and impact caused some problems for the Gosau defence, who had been so well organised and inevitably had some holes.
Seeing that Bam Adebayo's play worked, Mancini immediately played the last card in his hand. In the 80th minute, he used David. Bentley replaced right winger Gourcuff and City's left and right wingers are now fast and cross-promising, and Mancini will be hoping they can give Adebayor more support to open a gap in Gosau's defence.
In the 82nd minute, he replaced Cabanas, who was already out of fitness, with Chinese player Fu Zilong, and partnered with Sampedro in the back. Fu Zilong also became the first Chinese player to play for Gosho in the Champions League.
In the 88th minute of the game, Manchester City's forward midfielder Diego shook Sampedro after controlling the ball in the front, and then divided the ball to the left side, Guardado crossed at high speed, under the interference of Gugelman, the quality of this cross was not too high, high and slow, and the landing point was still behind, but Adebayo in the middle still struggled to grab this landing point, he looked back at the moon and hit the ball, and swung the ball to the left side of the small penalty area, Manchester City striker Tevez sensitively drilled out of the crowd and poked lightly with his right foot, The ball found the Gosho goal. Although Cecarelli fell to the ground and stretched out his right hand desperately to try to block the ball, he could only do nothing about the close shot.
After the goal, Tevez glanced at the referee, and saw that the referee's right hand pointed to the center circle, indicating that the goal was valid, and he ran frantically to the sidelines to celebrate, and his teammates also chased after him. Tevez ran to the fans in the stands and roared into the sky, and the Manchester City fans, who had been suppressed for too long throughout the game, let out a huge cheer, chanting Tevez's name to thank the Argentine striker who saved the team.
The other City players caught up with Tevez and threw him to the grass in a game of arhat. And not far from them, their head coach Mancini had his head down, his fists clenched, and his mouth was full of words, not knowing which god he was thanking for.
At the home of Paris Saint-Germain, Ancelotti learned the news of Manchester City's equalizer at the last moment from the mouth of the assistant coach, and he seemed to have been poured a basin of ice water on his head for three or nine days, and his mood suddenly fell to the bottom, but what can he say? He can only blame himself for not being able to perform better in the previous games and thus take his destiny into his own hands.
The referee intervened and the Manchester City players had to return to the pitch to continue the game, by which time 90 minutes had passed and the referee signalled that there would be five minutes of stoppage time.
For this stoppage time, the players on both sides are not too satisfied, in fact, after such a fierce game, the players on both sides are already very tired from physical to psychological, if the 1:1 handshake at this time, it is a result that both sides can be satisfied, but the referee who does not understand the style gave such a long stoppage time.
Xiao Yang shook his head and replaced Eggman with Esposito. But less than a minute after Esposito came on the pitch, Manchester City scored again. Bam Adebayor finally found his shooting touch when he headed a nonchalant 45-degree diagonal cross from Manchester City right-back McCone down the right side of midfield into the top right corner of the Gosau goal.