Manchester City's equalling of AC Milan's record was the focus of media discussion.

The stake of City's record equalisation was one of the points of discussion, but it was always after Sacchi's remarks that the debate tended to wane. If the record-setter Saki has no opinion and is highly regarded by Manchester City, what qualifications do others have to point fingers? Continuing to dwell on the gold content, that is not embarrassing Manchester City, it is slapping AC Milan in the face.

Anyway, after Sacchi's speech, "Milan Sport" was left with only praise and congratulations to Manchester City, and there was no question.

However, there were still some doubts on the side of the "Torino Sports Newspaper", but they were quickly drowned out.

Now everyone is more concerned about one other thing.

Now that the record has been tied, there's nothing to discuss.

Now it's time to think about what to do next for City, who have equalled the record.

They are just one race away from setting their own record.

In the fourth round of the league, they will return to their home stadium to face Wigan Athletic at Manchester City Stadium.

As long as they can not lose to Wigan Athletic, they will set a new record.

Manchester City should not let go of such an opportunity, but Wigan Athletic may not allow Manchester City to step on their corpse to the top and engrave themselves forever on City's record list of supporting actors.

In addition, Wigan Athletic is a tough and tenacious team, and they once caused a "goal massacre" against Chelsea, which caused both Chelsea goalkeepers to go off injured. Petr Cech was put on a tank helmet due to a coma from a serious injury sustained in the game, and his watch plummeted. Before the injury, Cech was the second goalkeeper in the world after Gianluigi Buffon, but after the injury, his appearance was not stable enough, and he was gradually overtaken by Casillas.

So in case the fierce Wigan Athletic is not willing to play a supporting role and uses a lot of lethal tactics in the game...... I'm afraid Manchester City will have to weigh it too, anyway, they have already equaled the record, and the motivation will drop a little because of it, as long as they encounter the stubborn resistance of their opponents, maybe they will give up?

However, before this game, Manchester City still have to play a UEFA Super Cup.

In fact, the match against Tottenham Hotspur was the first game of the third round and was also made to make way for the UEFA Super Cup.

After the game against Tottenham Hotspur, the whole Manchester City team did not celebrate.

I left for Monaco to prepare for the UEFA Super Cup.

At the same time, many of City's players also have to attend the Champions League draw and award ceremony.

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Walking the red carpet in Monaco is not new for glory.

As the top scorer in the Champions League every season, as long as he plays in the Champions League, he will definitely walk this red carpet once.

Last season, although Messi was excellent, scoring 15 goals in the Champions League, Rong Guang completed the counterattack against Messi with 16 goals with a hat-trick in the final. And he obviously left his strength in the final, otherwise he could have completed the senior in the final, and then he would not be one goal ahead of Messi, but two goals.

Rongguang also won the top scorer in the Champions League, which shows how strong his strength is.

Today's glory is accustomed to walking the red carpet again and fighting for the Champions League podium again.

Even though he was the brightest star on the red carpet, all eyes were on him, and when he appeared, the flashing lights were like the Milky Way in the sky, and the fans desperately screamed and chanted his name......

In this regard, Rong Guangdu just smiled calmly and waved his hand.

In the venue, Glory met Messi.

He smiled at Messi and nodded, which was kind of a greeting.

Messi is a little embarrassed, and his expression is not very natural.

He doesn't seem to have recovered from the Champions League defeat.

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At the Champions League awards ceremony, Manchester City, who won the Champions League, became the biggest winner, except for the best goalkeeper next to Barcelona goalkeeper Valdés, all the other best awards were won by Manchester City.

The best defender went to Lucio, the best midfielder went to Sneijder, and the best striker and top scorer were honored.

The best player, and the glory.

In the best eleven team, Lucio, Zabaleta, Sneijder, Glory, David Silva and Ibrahimovic were selected for six Manchester City players, accounting for half of the country.

The Champions League Manager of the Year also went to Manchester City manager Rafael Benitez.

When Rong Guang took the stage to receive the trophy for the best player, he gave a short acceptance speech.

"I'm very happy to be awarded the Player of the Year award. But now is not the time to be happy, and I will continue to work hard to achieve higher goals. I hope Manchester City can become the first team to defend the Champions League since the restructuring of the Champions League, and I will do my best for that, thank you! ”

After speaking, the hall was a little quiet, and then thunderous applause rang out.

It's not news that Rongguang wants to defend the Champions League, and the whole of Europe knows about it, but now it seems that he is seriously working in this direction.

When the others saw him express his position so categorically, they all had thoughts in their hearts to see how far he could go.

There are some things that are impossible in their hearts, but if they are replaced by Rong, they may really be able to do it......

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At the same time as the award ceremony, the draw ceremony for this season's Champions League group stage was also interspersed.

Manchester City are the defending champions, but they are not seeded, as the Champions League seeding criteria are based on European points from past seasons. Although Manchester City won the Champions League last season and their points have risen sharply, they have missed too many seasons before.

They have only played for two seasons recently, and they are at most No. in the second tier of teams when they count the points. 1。

This kind of bracket rule is of course very unhappy for many Manchester City fans - the dignified defending champion is only a second-tier team, which is too contemptuous, right?

But you know, it's actually the fans of the eight-seeded teams who are even more unhappy.

Because this bracket means that the seeded team will be with the defending champions...... This is something that no one wants.

Who wants to be in a group with Manchester City, who are in the limelight right now?

Manchester City have been in a group of death for two consecutive seasons since returning to the Champions League in four decades...... Whoever is in the same group with them is unlucky.

In the first season, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, the two big favorites, went home without even qualifying for the group stage after being placed in a group with Manchester City.

The following season, defending champions Inter Milan were drawn in a group with Manchester City, but they narrowly missed out of the group...... In the end, the qualifying was also stumbling.

Therefore, Manchester City has become a curse, whoever is in the same group as them may not qualify, and the stronger the team, the more so.

Therefore, the seeded teams do not want to be in a group with Manchester City.

England's seeded team is a little more relaxed at this time, because it is impossible for teams from the same league to meet in the group stage.

The managers of the giants of other national leagues looked calm and calm on the surface during the draw process, but they kept praying in their hearts that they would not be in the same group as Manchester City.

In the end, they were placed in a group with Portuguese Super League champions Porto, Russian Premier League side Zenit St. Petersburg and Cypriot side Sporting Greece.

The result was a relief for all the European giants, with the exception of Porto.

However, sacrificing Porto alone to save everyone is a well-deserved death......

When it was announced that Porto and Manchester City were in a group, the TV camera quickly cut to the face of the Porto manager, who had a wry smile on his face, which was quickly gone, but was captured by the telecast.

Coincidentally, in the UEFA Super Cup the following night, Manchester City's opponent also happened to be last season's UEFA Cup winners, Porto.

Porto, under their former boss Villas-Boas, won the Portuguese Super League, Portuguese Cup and UEFA Cup last season to become treble-winners.

However, the Porto coach that Manchester City played this time is no longer Villas-Boas.

Villas-Boas took over Carlo Ancelotti's role as Blues Chelsea boss this summer.

Villas-Boas, known as "Mourinho II", does have a Mourinho feel for his coaching experience, having made a name for himself in Porto and then going to Chelsea. And Villas-Boas does have a relationship with Mourinho and is deeply influenced by Mourinho, when Mourinho was in charge of Porto, he was Porto's assistant coach, and then Mourinho went to Chelsea, and he continued to coach Chelsea with Mourinho as an assistant coach.

So for him, going to Chelsea wasn't an adventure to a strange place.

However, Manchester City's opponent is not him now, and the two sides will face each other in the Premier League.

And now the manager of Porto has become Pereira.

For Pereira, this UEFA Super Cup clash may be more important because he can get a taste of Manchester City for himself and gain experience for the next Champions League group stage.

As for the UEFA Super Cup winners...... This is secondary.

Pereira expressed a similar sentiment in an interview after the draw was announced: "We were lucky enough to get to know our opponents first through the UEFA Super Cup. Manchester City have been a strong team and I was surprised that they were in the second tier...... Such a team should be seeded ......"

In the end, he couldn't help but complain about this grouping.

In fact, what he said should be translated like this:

It's a dog! Defending champions like Manchester City turned out to be only a second-tier team! We're going to be in a group with them! UEFA is ****! Why sacrifice us?! Damn it! If Manchester City were seeded, how could there be so much bullshit! Depend on! I1292