Chapter 412: Reincarnation Curse
The match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City ended 0-4, with the home team in front and the away team behind, and Manchester City won a big win at White Hart Lane.
After the game, there were no more reports in the media such as 'Manchester City are going downhill' or 'Morris' injury will have a big impact on Manchester City's results', but it was all praise such as 'Manchester City are crazy at White Hart Lane' and 'Manchester City continue their strong run in the league'.
Of all the praise reports, there is no doubt that Darren Bent, who scored a hat-trick in the game, was mentioned the most.
The British media have always liked to tout their players, and Darren Bent is a pure England player and a member of the England national team, and now seeing him perform so well, the British media coverage can be imagined.
In fact, Darren Bent is doing really well.
More than just three goals in the game, Darren Bent has been in a consistent run since the start of the Premier League campaign in August, scoring 11 goals in 16 league games.
The three goals in this game also made Darren Bent's league goal figure equal with Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for Manchester United, and tied for the top spot in the Premier League's scorer list.
To say that this season, the players of various players in the Premier League, there is no doubt that Cristiano Ronaldo is the best, he has become the core player of Manchester United, playing on the wing, the side is the core, playing the middle, the middle is the core, which reflects the importance of Cristiano Ronaldo in Manchester United.
As a wing-back, Cristiano Ronaldo has been scoring goals in the game, and now in the last 16 rounds of the league, he has helped Manchester United score 11 goals, a figure that is remarkable even for a striker, but be careful. Cristiano Ronaldo is a full-back, and many of his goals in the game were created by himself.
That's pretty remarkable.
Until now, many football commentators believe that "Cristiano Ronaldo has shown the ability of a top international superstar!" ”
"He's so good."
Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has never been stingy with his praise for Cristiano Ronaldo.
Now Darren Bent can catch up with Cristiano Ronaldo's goal, which also makes the British media happy, because Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese player. They don't like to see other countries' players outperform their English players, although Cristiano Ronaldo's performance is still clearly higher than Darren Bent, but at least in terms of goal figures, Darren Bent has 'equaled'.
Wansheng will also support his players, when a reporter asked about the goal numbers of Darren Bent and Cristiano Ronaldo, he said directly, "At the end of the season, Darren will definitely score more goals than Ronaldo." I'm sure he can do it. ”
Two days have passed since the Tottenham Hotspur game, but a lot of people are still talking about it, because the two teams will meet again in a week's time, in the quarter-finals of the English League Cup, with the venue turned Manchester Stadium.
Tottenham Hotspur were hoping to make a difference in the cup competition, and this competition is another way to make it to Europe, after reaching the quarter-finals. Many Tottenham fans are starting to aspire to the final.
But this match against Manchester City was quite disappointing for Tottenham fans.
Even Tottenham's entire team was beaten with little confidence. It's like the media commented, "Tottenham have all scored four goals at home, and when they get to Manchester, how will the game be played?" ”
Everyone knows that Manchester City will certainly not give up the Carabao Cup easily, hence Tottenham's prospects in the Carabao Cup. is not favored anymore.
The Carabao Cup trip to Tottenham Hotspur comes just a week after City have not had time to think about it yet.
City have two games to play ahead of that game, starting with a league game against Bolton.
There is no suspense in this game.
In the last round of the English League Cup, Manchester City only played Bolton Wanderers. But Manchester City defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-0 with a set of substitute lineups, this time it was Manchester City's home stadium, Bolton didn't have much fighting spirit, maybe the game with Manchester City was not in the 'relegation plan' of the new coach Sammy Lee, just like Sami Lee said before the game, "Playing against Manchester City, it's useless to rely on the team's good performance, if they perform poorly, we may take away the points." ”
Sadly, Manchester City were doing quite well and Sammy Lee's side had to leave with defeat.
Manchester City continue to set a Premier League record by beating Bolton Wanderers at home, and their unbeaten league record has lasted 55 games, and seeing Manchester City in such good form, some media have begun to look at the future fixtures, because they do not believe that the average team has the ability to end Manchester City's unbeaten run.
Aston Villa ...... Blackburn......
In the end, the media targeted Manchester City's home game against Chelsea in the 20th round of the league.
The media gave two special meanings to this round.
The first is that if City win this round, they will equal Serie A giants AC Milan's astonishing 58-game unbeaten run in the league in 1991/92 and 1992/93.
The second meaning is some analysis of the 'curse of reincarnation'.
The most noteworthy is AC Milan's 58-game unbeaten run in the league, which started with Parma (0-0) and ended with Parma (0-1), falling into a cycle of cycles.
There are several other teams that have gone dozens of games unbeaten in a row, and they, like AC Milan, have fallen into the curse of "reincarnation".
Dutch giants Ajax went on a record 54-match unbeaten run after beating Willem II in the 93/94 season, but they were beaten by Willem II in January 1996 to end their record.
In the Chinese League, Dalian Wanda lost to Shanghai Shenhua in 1995 and were unbeaten in 55 games in the A League, and their unbeaten record was finally ended by Shenhua in Shanghai.
Following the cycle of the 'curse of reincarnation', the Manchester City-Chelsea match makes a lot of sense as City's unbeaten run began in the first league game against Chelsea last season.
Now that they meet Chelsea again, Manchester City's unbeaten record should also be ended under the 'curse of reincarnation', right?
It started with Chelsea and ended with Chelsea, forming a perfect cycle while equalling AC Milan's unbeaten league record, the end of that record. Manchester City should be very satisfied!
The media thought they had given Manchester City an unbeaten record and set a perfect result.
But apparently Wansheng doesn't think so.
When a reporter brought up the theory of the 'curse of reincarnation', Wan Sheng looked like a fool and asked, "Are you telling a story?" ”
"Sorry, football is the reality. It's not a story, and you're not God. ”
"Also, as far as I know, there's no 'reincarnation' for Arsenal, their 49-game unbeaten run started at Southampton and ended at Old Trafford, they are a Premier League team and if you follow the logic of your fantasy novels, the Premier League team can get out of the spell. We're also a Premier League team, so we're not affected. ”
Wan Sheng's statement suddenly left the reporter speechless.
They didn't expect this Chinese to open his mouth about football history, and even Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten start and end can be directly explained.
However, with a heart of 'hoping that Manchester City will fail', they still insist on the view of the 'curse of reincarnation' in the report, as for Arsenal can escape the curse? Manchester City is not Arsenal! They won't be able to escape!
Some media gritted their teeth and thought.
Meanwhile, Manchester City have already started their final Champions League match against Lyon.
Manchester City have already confirmed that they will finish top of the group, so this game will be a chicken rib for Manchester City. It doesn't matter how important the game is for Lyon or Rangers. He fielded an all-bench line-up for the game, starting with Giovanni Moricio up front, and two youth players in central midfield.
As soon as Manchester City made their debut, Lyon boss Alain Perrin was delighted.
This game is very important for Lyon.
They beat Rangers last time out and are currently second in Group E with nine points. However, they are not certain to qualify, with Rangers having seven points and the Scottish side still having a chance to overtake them in the final round.
If Rangers win against Stuttgart, Lyon will have a draw against Manchester City, and it will be difficult for both teams to qualify with the same number of points. Because Lyon don't have much of an advantage in terms of goal difference.
All in all, this game is extremely important for Lyon, and they naturally want City to 'let the water go'.
Manchester City's 'release of water' is still very serious.
This set of all-substitute starters will not be used when they meet small clubs in the League Cup, and they will only play games that have no meaning to the team at all.
As for the post-game, Rangers may complain that Manchester City are not serious about playing?
Wan Sheng doesn't care at all.
This game really doesn't mean anything to Manchester City, and he is 'right' to rotate during the busy schedule, otherwise how will the team cope with the Champions League, league and League Cup in seven days?
Lyon's play was a bit underwhelming.
In the face of such a Manchester City, Lyon should have an absolute advantage, but in the actual game, Lyon did not play any advantage at all, but was the first to score a goal by the Manchester City's 'second-tier' players who were eager to perform.
Lyon then rushed to counter-attack, but were unable to find the back of the net.
Seeing that their team could not play against the opponent's substitute lineup, the Lyon fans in the stadium even booed, and everyone knew that they were dissatisfied with Lyon's performance.
Thankfully, Lyon still have good players.
In the 79th minute, Rangers midfielder Juninho took advantage of a free-kick opportunity to send the ball straight into the Manchester City goal to help Lyon equalise the score.
The final match also ended 1:1.
After the game, the British media happily said, "Manchester City's second-tier lineup is no worse than the French champion!" ”
The French media criticized Alain Perrin for believing that Lyon still had quality, but Alain Perrin made the team not play as well as it should.
Needless to say, Alain Perrin is under a lot of pressure.
Lyon's luck was not bad.
In the other Group E game that ended half an hour later, Stuttgart defeated Rangers 1-0 at home and finally got the points in this Champions League for the first time, which can be regarded as barely saving the face of the defending Bundesliga champion.
This is the end of Group E of the Champions League.
Manchester City has 14 points from 4 wins and 2 draws, and qualified as the top of the group.
Lyon has 10 points from 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, and qualified as the second in the group.
Glasgow Rangers have 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, accumulating 7 points, and automatically enter the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup according to the rules of European competitions.
Stuttgart won 1 and lost 5 and were eliminated from the European competition. (To be continued.) )