On November 23, in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage, Manchester City came to Germany to challenge Borussia Mönchengladbach away.

For Manchester City, a draw is all they need to do to qualify for the group one round earlier.

But if you want to win the group, you have to win away from Borussia Mönchenchen.

Correspondingly, Borussia Mönchen also want to beat Manchester City at home and retain their chances of qualifying from the group.

So when the game started, both sides played unconservatively.

In the 11th minute, Zhang Chaoqiang sent a diagonal pass from the corner of the penalty area after passing in the front, and the football flew to the far end of the goal with a spin.

Sergio Aguero grabbed the header, but the ball was headed by German midfielder Stindl and headed it straight into the goal.

"It seems that the Borussia Mönchenchen players are still very jealous of Sergio Aguero, after all, they scored a hat-trick in the first leg, so they would rather put the ball into the net themselves than give Aguero a header ......"

Borussia Mönchen started the game with an own goal, and the England commentator was happy to tease.

Only Sergio Aguero was not too happy.

If it hadn't been such an aggressive and risky header from the opposition, he would have had a good chance of scoring a goal.

Since scoring a hat-trick in the first round of the group stage, Ah Kun has been mired in a Champions League goal drought and has been unable to score for a long time.

This time he faced Menxing again, and he wanted to take advantage of this to break the wilderness.

It's a pity that Mönchen doesn't seem to give it a chance.

Manchester City took the lead, but Borussia Mönchen did not admit it and continued to fight against Manchester City.

In the 24th minute, Stindel, who had previously set himself up for an own goal, sent a sharp through ball and assisted Brazilian striker Rafael to push the goal, and Borussia Mönchen quickly equalized.

The next game was a bit stalemate, with both sides attacking but a bit of a stalemate.

It wasn't until first-half stoppage time that the 3G combination ran through and De Bruyne crossed back from the right flank, allowing David Silva to play a comfortable long-range shot in front of the penalty area, and Manchester City once again exceeded the scoreline.

2:1, that's the final score.

It may be that the Borussia Mönchenchen boss gave his players a new task at half-time, asking them to play tough and use tough defence to stop City's attack.

So the second half of the game turned into hand-to-hand combat under the "toughness" of Borussia Mönchenchen, and neither side played too good offensive, but each received a red card.

So the score on the field has not changed, and Manchester City won the game with a 2:1 in the first half.

After three points away from home, Manchester City continued to secure their top spot in the group and qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League one round earlier.

In another game in the same group, Barcelona defeated Celtic 2:0 with Messi's brace, and also qualified for the first round one round.

At present, the two sides have 12 points, and who can finally win the group depends on the final round of the group stage.

Manchester City only need to score no less than Barcelona in the final round to secure the top spot in the group.

In other group games, Arsenal drew 2-2 at home to Grand Paris.

Due to the lack of superiority in the winning relationship, as long as Grand Paris does not drop points in the final round, Arsenal can only qualify second in the group.

Leicester City beat Club Brugge 2-1 at home to qualify one round earlier and secure top spot in the group.

Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki scored a goal in the game to score his first Champions League goal.

In the group stage of this season's Champions League, five Asian players have scored goals, namely:

Manchester City's Zhang Chaoqiang, Tottenham's Son Heung-min, Rostov-on-Don's Azmoun, Borussia Dortmund's Shinji Kagawa, Leicester City's Shinji Okazaki.

Five Asian players scored in the same Champions League, which is also a record.

But when it comes to the number of goals, Zhang Chaoqiang stands out with 5 goals, followed by Shinji Kagawa's 2 goals, and the other three have only one goal.

The most dangerous of the Premier League four is undoubtedly Tottenham, who travel to France to take on Monaco in this round and lose to be knocked out of the tournament one round early.

In the end, Tottenham lived up to expectations and lost 1-2 away to Monaco, ending this season's Champions League journey ahead of schedule.

Four teams from the Premier League participated, while the other three teams advanced one round earlier, with only Tottenham being eliminated one round earlier.

As a result, Tottenham was labeled as a soft-footed shrimp in the Champions League, and the South Koreans were embarrassed to compare Son Heung-min and Zhang Chaoqiang again.

Sun Tzu is indeed a good player, but he can't reach the height of Zhang Chaoqiang for the time being.

At present, the Champions League group stage has been played for five rounds, and the qualification situation of most groups is gradually clear.

Tottenham went out early, which was a minor upset.

But the media is still enthusiastically reporting on another big upset.

Huang Saren actually ranked second in the group.

Bayern are in a group with Atletico Madrid, currently six points behind the group leader, Atletico Madrid, and have locked in the second place in the group in advance.

Real Madrid are in a group with Borussia Dortmund, temporarily two points behind the Bundesliga Hornets, and Real Madrid must beat Dortmund at home in the final round to successfully rise to the top of the group.

As for Barcelona, it is now the same as Manchester City, and as long as Manchester City does not lose points in the final round, Barcelona can only qualify as the second in the group.

So in general, Bayern is already second in the group, and Real Madrid Barcelona is also very likely to win the second place in the group.

If Huang Saren is squeezed into second place in the group, it will really set a Champions League record.

At the same time, some media said: "This year may be the least cost-effective year for the Champions League group to be the first." ”

"If Huang Saren finishes second in the group, then the first team in the group will be terrified when the draw for the round ......of 16 is made."

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On the occasion of the end of November, France Football has announced the final three nominees for the 2016 European Ballon d'Or.

No surprise, it is Ronaldo, Messi, and Griezmann.

At the same time as the top three candidates were announced, they announced the rankings outside the top three as usual.

Suarez is fourth, Neymar is fifth, Bale is sixth, Zhang Chaoqiang is seventh, Mahrez is eighth, Vardy is ninth and Pepe is tenth.

In the top 10 of the Ballon d'Or, La Liga occupies seven spots and the Premier League occupies three.

The strength of La Liga in recent years can be seen from this.

Fans outside of La Liga are not convinced by this ranking order.

Serie A's Gianluigi Buffon is ranked 11th, while Bundesliga's highest Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is ranked 12th.

Fans of both major leagues do not agree with this ranking.

At the same time, Chinese fans do not agree with this ranking, because they feel that Zhang Chaoqiang is ranked seventh, which is too low.

"Even if Brother Qiangzi can't get into the top three, it should be no problem to rank fourth or fifth, no matter how he is, he won't be ranked seventh."

"That's right, change the positions of Brother Qiangzi and Neymar, that's the correct ranking order."

"Even if it is ranked fourth or even in the top three, isn't Brother Qiangzi's performance last season fierce enough?"

"Leading a team of Lyon's calibre to the semi-finals of the Champions League is already a brilliant performance."

"Knocking out Chelsea and Bayern Munich successively, Brother Qiangzi is a top player."

"What's more, after joining Manchester City in the summer, Brother Qiangzi is also killing all sides in the Premier League."

"And Brother Qiangzi is still from the French League, and I don't know how to take care of the Golden Ball."

"With this ranking order, it's no wonder that the Golden Globes can't even afford an award ceremony......"

Due to the lack of sponsorship after the breakup with FIFA, there will be no award ceremony at this year's European Ballon d'Or.

However, the World Footballer of the Year award ceremony will still be held, and Zhang Chaoqiang has received an invitation and will go to attend it at that time.

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