Chapter Ninety-Six: 100 Million Substitutes

March 27th, the day of the make-up match.

Not only Manchester City, but also Chelsea and Arsenal have two make-up matches, of which Arsenal and Manchester City are in the second round of the second round, while Chelsea are in the 29th round.

For the English media, this is obviously very interesting. Because these three teams, the current points gap is within three points, which means that in this game, as long as one team misses, it may have a direct impact on the subsequent championship drama. And for the fans of these three teams, this game, their attention is obviously not fully focused on their own team's game.

At this time at Manchester City Stadium, the game has been ten minutes into the game.

Stevenson and Turner, the "long-famous" couple at the MCFC bar, were not watching at the bar today, but appeared together in the stands of the stadium, the bearded Stevenson was throwing his hands in regret at a golden opportunity that Bellamy had just wasted, while next to him, Turner was holding a scarf in one hand, a miniature radio in the other, and a headset in his ear.

"How?" Stevenson, who sat down, still focused his eyes on the court, but asked, "Is there any news?" ”

'Arsenal just scored.' Turner couldn't hide the joy in the corner of his eyes," Danny Shetu. ”

"Danny Hittu?" Stevenson paused for a moment, then reacted, "Bolton is ahead?" ”

"That's right." Turner snapped his fingers.

"Good news." Stevenson laughed, "Bolton did a good job. ”

Like Chelsea and Manchester City, who have always struggled at the top of the table. Arsenal and their arch-rivals Manchester United have also struggled in the table this season, but with Arsenal and Manchester United consistently held down below, Manchester City and Chelsea fans often overlook a point. That is, whether it is Manchester United or Arsenal, in fact, the points gap between the top of the table is not as far as imagined, and this "misunderstanding" has not been completely eliminated until the last few rounds.

Suppose a scenario if Chelsea and Manchester City both lose and Arsenal win. Then, Arsenal will not only surpass Chelsea but also equal Manchester City on points. At that time, they will be the strongest contenders for the championship. It is based on this situation that the three matches that were played simultaneously today. Arsenal's threat to Manchester City. Not actually inferior to Chelsea.

Also in Manchester, the same Carrington training base.

Ferguson handed over the team's training to Mike Phelan and hid in his office to watch the game.

Of the four teams competing for the title, Manchester United is the only one who has not made up the game, and it is also the one who is currently more behind, and if Manchester City win today, then the gap between Manchester United and them will be six points. Of course, Manchester City won't be the only game Ferguson wants to watch today. In theory, Ferguson has a reason to watch all three games. Needless to say, Manchester City's other two games have Manchester United's upcoming opponents in the next two rounds: Bolton Wanderers and Chelsea.

Therefore, if there is a wish, Ferguson's wish at this time must be that these three teams lose together today, but this wish is basically an extravagant hope, because the opponents of these three teams in this round are really not strong. Ferguson, sitting on the sofa, has a remote control in his hand, although Sky Sports will be very "considerate" when broadcasting and inserting pictures of other games when scoring goals in other games, but Ferguson will still change the station from time to time.

At this time, nearly half an hour had passed in the game, three games, one 0-0, one 0-1, and one 0-2.

The most unfortunate of all was his old nemesis, Arsene Wenger, who had just conceded their second goal at home. And almost at the same time that Arsenal conceded a goal, Chelsea took the lead, and the goal was scored by Didier Drogba, the Premier League's top scorer so far this season, this goal is his 23rd goal, and 23 goals have been scored in 31 games, and the efficiency of Warcraft this season is amazing.

When it comes to the league's scorer list, the two teams with the most goals at the moment, Manchester City and Chelsea, Drogba alone has scored nearly one-third of Chelsea's goals, while Manchester City, the top three scorers can't find their names, but if you pull the scorer list down a little, you will find a large row of names belonging to Manchester City: Robben, Suarez, David Silva, Bale......

The goal reflects the attack, and the goal point also reflects the way the attack is played. Ferguson is actually more fearful of Manchester City than Chelsea. Quite simply, if the goals are concentrated too much on one player, it means that the team's attack is dependent on that player, and when the player is in good form, it is fine, but once the form is not good, the team's attack will inevitably be affected, and Manchester City's multi-point flowering undoubtedly minimizes this risk.

At this time, Manchester City's game is still a draw.

There has been continuous singing over the city stadium, and Lin Sen, who was sitting in the coach's seat on the sidelines, was also unfazed.

As reflected in the 0-0 scoreline, the game went smoothly, relying on home advantage, Manchester City took some initiative, but not enough to press the opposition's attack. Everton finished twelfth in the last game and now they are eighth, and Everton are in better form than they were then.

The last time the two teams played 3-2, and Linson was also punished by the FA for bombarding the referee's super long stoppage time after the game, but anyway, there is no grudge between Linsen and Moyes, of course, for historical reasons, Manchester City and Everton, the relationship is not good.

Unlike the calm Linson, Moyes has been standing on the sidelines.

He actually took advantage of the game as City made some changes to the line-up, with Petrov and Wright Jr. on the wings, Reus in the middle, Bellamy up front, and the big three Bale, David Silva and Arjen Robben on the bench. However, Moyes knows that this is not because they are trying to underestimate Everton, but because they have an important game next week.

Match against Liverpool.

But even with such a Manchester City, Everton doesn't take much advantage. The score was 0-0 until the end of the first half.

Turntunguò radio in the stands got the half-time scores of the other two games: Arsenal 1-2 Bolton Wanderers and Chelsea 1-0 Portsmouth. Manchester City are temporarily overtaken by Chelsea on points, with Arsenal still trailing Bolton.

It's a mixed bag.

However, in the second half, it was also a ten-minute limit, and the score on Manchester City's side was still 0-0, and in the other two games, the situation changed abruptly.

Malouda had just doubled the lead for Chelsea and Fabregas on the other side had just detonated the stands at the Emirates Stadium, and after being two goals down at one point, Arsenal at home equalised at the most opportune time.

The pressure began to gradually come to Manchester City's side, on the one hand, the score gradually lost suspense, on the other hand, Arsenal was on the rise at home, only Manchester City, has been unable to open the situation, and Manchester City fans who know the score can't help but start to be a little anxious.

Lin Sen on the sidelines didn't know the scores of the other two games, so there was no extra pressure. City on the pitch still had the initiative, but Everton were still stubbornly resisting, and it seemed that City really did what commentator Martin Taylor said: the straw that broke the camel's back was missing.

It's just that at this time, Lin Sen still didn't have any intention of substitution.

He was still waiting.

Every game of the month is very important. But if they lose this game in order to prepare for the game against Liverpool, then even if Manchester City win Liverpool subsequently, it is difficult to say whether they will gain or lose, but as stated in the previous coaching meeting, Manchester City must rotate better, in other words, Linson must make himself believe in his rotation even more.

Of course, there is a limit to this qiē. Seventy minutes, that's a boundary, and if the game doesn't open up by the 70th minute, then no matter what, Linson has to react.

Lin Sen didn't know that his waiting had made the Manchester City fans in the stands suffer.

Goals came in the other two games, and in the 60th minute, Chelsea doubled the lead again when Malouda scored twice to make it 3-0. At the Emirates Stadium, Cesc Fabregas, who had scored a goal earlier, sent a second assist, and the "defender with a knife" Vermaelen volleyed the goal, 3-2, and Arsenal overtook the score.

Now, Arsenal are also level with Manchester City in the instant standings.

At this time, Lin Sen in the coach's seat said something to Kidd, who was sitting next to him, and then he stood up and slowly walked to the sidelines, while Kidd walked to the bench in the back.

Soon, in the live footage of the game, there was a scene that made all Manchester City fans inexplicably excited: Bale, David Silva, Robben, Suarez and other players began to warm up on the sidelines.

Commentator Martin Taylor dubbed the scene as Linson's $100 million bench player on the sidelines.

Although it is only a joke, Martin Taylor's words are not exaggerated in the slightest: Robben 25 million, David Silva 30 million, Bale 27 million plus Suarez's estimate of 25 million......

One hundred million? More than!

David Moyes should be glad that the live footage of the game did not give him a close-up, otherwise his toothache-like expression when he saw Manchester City's "100 million substitutes" warming up on the sidelines would surely have become a favourite of the English tabloids the next day.

It's just that Moyes hasn't had time to worry about the impact that the group of people warming up on the sidelines will have on his team if they come on as substitutes, and Manchester City's "substitutes" on the field have already reacted.

In the 68th minute, Wright Jr., who had been watched by his national team team-mate Barnes for the whole game, finally managed to win once, after the breakthrough, he knocked the ball back to the edge of the penalty area, followed up by De Jong to hit the post with a powerful shot, and then, before the City fans in the stands could cry out, Bellamy scored from the spot.

The city stadium, which had been holding back most of the game, was suddenly boiling.

One to zero.

At this moment, Manchester City returned to the top of the table. (To be continued......)