"Manchester City made another personnel change, they replaced Jovetic with No.10 Lin Quan.

"Pellegrini's substitution came too late, the regular time is almost over, at this time, do you expect him to score in the last few minutes?"

He Wei can't complain, change people early?

At this time, the game is almost over, and now there is not enough time for substitutions, and Manchester City is bound to be dragged into extra time by the opponent.

"Looking at Pellegrini's plans, he probably wants to give the main players more rest, right? But it seems a bit self-defeating. ”

"Well, although Manchester City is half on the bench, there are still half of the main players on the field, these people play the whole game, and even have to play extra time, their physical exertion will be very huge."

"They are going to face Sunderland away in two days, and after this attrition, Manchester City's record in the Premier League may be affected!"

Seeing that Lin Quan didn't have time to warm up, he was directly substituted on the field, and the two attacked Pellegrini even more fiercely.

"Manuel Pellegrini is so greedy, he wants everything, and in the end he probably won't get anything!"

Xu Yang nodded and agreed:

"Under the multi-front battle, even the rich teams with deep heritage need to make trade-offs, let alone Premier League upstarts like Manchester City?"

'The Carabao Cup and even the FA Cup are objects to be discarded and I think they should focus on the league and the Champions League!'

"Yes, for Manchester City, which aspires to become a giant, only by winning more championships in the league and entering the knockout rounds of the Champions League can they be recognized by the majority of fans and officially squeeze into the list of Premier League giants!"

On the arena thousands of miles away, Lin Quan naturally couldn't hear this.

Regarding Pellegrini's choice not to give up the League Cup, Lin Quan is actually very supportive in his heart.

The reason is also very simple, one more win will earn you more points.

In the previous game against Chelsea, it was his skill of hanging the golden hook upside down that he spent 30 points from the system shop to complete that shocking goal.

And after spending 30 points, Lin Quan now only has 10 points.

As Manchester City played more and more games on all fronts, Lin Quan's physical fitness began to be tested greatly.

If he doesn't want to save his energy by walking in front of the court on a regular basis like Messi, he must upgrade his physical talent to the next level as soon as possible.

At present, Lin Quan's physical talent is a third-level talent worth 30 points, and it takes 70 points to reach the full level.

70 points is too much for him now, and it is estimated that he will not be able to make up until the end of the season.

So he plans to save 20 points first and upgrade his physical talent to level 4.

In this way, the physical limit and the speed of passive recovery can be greatly improved, which should be able to meet the needs of the current competition.

For the sake of the points, this game must be won!

"Lin, you haven't warmed up, doesn't it matter?"

Aguero saw that Lin Quan came up without warming up, and was worried that he would suddenly be injured if he exercised vigorously.

"It doesn't matter, time is running out, we have to hurry up and settle the battle, and we can't let the opponent drag the game into overtime!"

"Well, I understand!"

Aguero nodded heavily, who wants to play another thirty minutes if he can leave work early?

"Attention, the other party's number ten is coming up, keep an eye on it, someone else has let him ruin our good deeds!"

Seeing Lin Quan on the field, the Wigan Athletic players immediately raised their vigilance.

It is the name of the so-called man, the shadow of the tree.

As Lin Quan's performances in the Premier League and Champions League have gotten better and better, so has his popularity.

Even the Championship teams have heard of him for a long time.

Although Lin Quan was put on the bench by Pellegrini in this game, Wigan Athletic still listed Lin Quan as the team's number one threat in the pre-match tactical arrangement.

With the previous experience of successfully freezing Aguero, Wigan Athletic has concocted the same method and intends to use the same method to restrict Lin Quan.

However, they soon found out that this trick didn't seem to work?

Because the position on the field is not fixed, whether it is a special person to mark the defense or a regional defense, it is difficult to completely restrict him.

And Lin Quan is different from Aguero, he can organize, break through, and score.

Once he is brought close to his own goal, defenders face a difficult selection.

Is it to prevent him from passing, or to prevent him from breaking through and shooting?

For the first time, the defenders carefully chose their positions to prevent Lin Quan from breaking through and shooting.

Seeing that the other party didn't choose to get too close, Lin Quan decisively sent a straight kick.

The pass broke through the Wigan Athletic backline, but Aguero started a little early, and the linesman had already raised his flag to signal him for offside when he received the ball.

Wigan Athletic's defenders were scared out of a cold sweat!

They immediately realized how terrible this guy was!

You can't give him space to pass the ball, you have to stick it!

However, when they did so, Lin Quan made a beautiful croquette, easily passed the defenders who rushed too far forward, and took advantage of the situation to enter the penalty area.

Wigan Athletic's players were numb, and they rushed to Lin Quan in a swarm to stop him from shooting.

Lin Quan easily picked the ball to the empty Aguero, who pushed the ball and helped the team rewrite the score.

1：0！

Manchester City finally broke the deadlock in the 89th minute of the second half.

Wigan Athletic's players are disappointed!

lasted almost the entire game, because a mistake was completely buried.

They are so unwilling!

In the end, thanks to Sergio Aguero's goal, Manchester City won a hard-fought home victory and advanced to the next round of the League Cup.

Although Manchester City won this game, it was too ugly to win.

After the game, the Manchester City players were not in the mood to celebrate, especially the main players who played the whole game, and ran directly back to the dressing room.

The Wigan Athletic players were frustrated for a while before quickly adjusting.

For them, an early exit from the Carabao Cup may still be a good thing.

That way, they can focus on playing in the league and trying to accumulate enough points to get back into the Premier League.

"Lin, can I exchange jerseys with you?"

After the game, as he exited the pitch, Wigan Athletic's midfielder Hody Gomez ran over and asked a little embarrassed.

Hodi, like Lin Quan, is also a player who came through the La Masia Academy.

The difference is that he belongs to the kind of person who doesn't make a name for himself.

In the 2007-2008 season, due to the mediocre talent, Hodi did not get a renewal from Barcelona after his contract expired and was forced to leave the Barcelona youth team.

Since then, he has had to play with teams in several major leagues.

However, his strength is not good, and he has always been unable to sit firmly in the position of the main force.

This made him feel a little inferior, obviously nearly ten years older than Lin Quan, but in front of Lin Quan, he was humble like a junior.

"Of course no problem!"

Hearing the other party talking to him in Spanish, Lin Quan was a little surprised at first.

However, it is not surprising that the Spanish midfielder has been very popular all over the world in recent years.

It doesn't seem surprising that a Championship side brought in a Spanish midfielder.

After taking off his jersey and handing it to the other party, Lin Quan also took the initiative to reach out and shake hands with Hodi:

"Come on, I hope to see you in the Premier League next year!"

"Thank you for your best wishes, and I hope you can lead the team to next year's World Cup!"

After receiving Lin Quan's encouragement, Huo Di let go a little, and then plucked up the courage to send his blessings.

Lin Quan nodded, made a fist and cheered, didn't say anything, and walked back to the locker room quickly with the opponent's jersey.

……

There are too many underdogs in the Carabao Cup, so the teams in the Premier League have basically passed the test without any problems.

Liverpool and Manchester United were unlucky and drew each other in the third round.

This time, though, Manchester United, playing at home, had the last laugh.

After 90 minutes of fierce battle, they won 1-0 against Liverpool, which can be regarded as revenge for Anfield.

The popularity of the League Cup is not high, and there is not much attention paid to this kind of competition, and even the media coverage is relatively small.

But Manchester City has its own heat, so after the game, there were still some criticisms of Manchester City.

The criticism of these newspapers is nothing new, and it is still a rehash of the same old tune, arguing that Manchester City are too dependent on Lin Quan.

They believe that without Lin Quan's god-level performance of helping the team to kill the opponent after playing, Manchester City may not be able to win this game.

"This Manchester City team always gives people a feeling similar to Barcelona!"

"People often ask, is Messi a system player, and can he survive after leaving Barcelona?"

"I think this game should give the answer!"

Although it is a tabloid, the analysis of one of the newspapers is actually quite reasonable.

"One thing to say, it's true, Barcelona played an ugly game when Messi couldn't play, the whole team seemed to have no backbone, and they didn't know how to complete the attack, which was the case in the previous Champions League away game against Celtic, the situation was just like Manchester City's performance in this game!"

Some fans who are following Barcelona and Manchester City at the same time agree with this view.

"So, I think the debate over whether Messi is a system player or not can be closed:

That's right, Messi is a system player, but he is the one with his own system, once he is gone, Barcelona's entire system will collapse directly! ”

"And Manchester City, there is a tendency to become Barcelona!"

……

"Turning into Barcelona? And this kind of good thing? ”

After hearing the outside world's comments, Manchester City fans not only did not feel worried, but their eyes lit up.

Barcelona have arguably been the most successful club in football over the past few years, having won the Champions League twice over the past five years, as well as reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League on a number of occasions.

If Manchester City can really replicate Barcelona's successful path and become a top team like Barcelona, then the fans of the Blue Moon will wake up laughing from their dreams.

So, they don't care at all about criticism from the outside world!

We have a superstar as strong as Lin, so why can't we rely on him?

There's nothing wrong with relying on him!

As a result, they shrugged off criticism from the outside world, and before the start of the eleventh round, they organized an expeditionary force of 5,000 men to slaughter Sunderland, ready to cheer on the team.

Sunderland feel like they are facing such an unbeaten side of Manchester City.

They set up a bus at home stadium, with only one striker up front, and everyone else shrunk back into their own half, not to win, just to get a point from Manchester City.

Breaking down the dense defence is a worldwide problem, and in the face of Sunderland's buses, Manchester City almost broke their teeth and could not shake the opponent's defence.

In the second half, the shortcomings of the team's continuous play began to be revealed, and many of Manchester City's players began to suffer from physical problems.

Although Manuel Pellegrini made timely substitutions, it still didn't work well.

In the 80th minute of the game, the score on the field was still 0:0.

Sunderland even changed the striker up front in the second half and brought on a defender to strengthen the defence.

Obviously, they are going to stick to the scoreline.

Although the team was pressed in the half of the court by the opponent at their home stadium, the Black Cats fans who came to the Stadium of Light to watch the game were not frustrated at all.

On the contrary, they felt very proud, and they sang the team song one by one, and they would give a warm applause every time the team successfully defended.

If they're playing against other normal teams, they're going to boo if they're playing so conservatively at home.

However, the opponents are Manchester City, who have the most attacking firepower in the Premier League this season and are the only team to remain unbeaten so far.

In the face of a team like this, it is appropriate to be conservative.

"It's despicable!"

"It's shameless, playing like this at home!"

"Shameless, shameless!"

The Manchester City fans who accompanied the team on the expedition saw the appearance of the opponent and scolded one by one.

They suddenly felt very worried in their hearts, not just about the outcome of this game, but about the next game for Manchester City.

If Sunderland's plan succeeds this time, they can really get a point from Manchester City.

Then in the future, other teams, especially the teams in the middle and lower reaches, will definitely follow suit when facing Manchester City and put the bus with them.

If every team had a bus when they met Manchester City, it would be very difficult for City to play in the rest of the game.

Seeing that the two teams were about to exchange blank papers, Lin Quan stood up.

In the final minute of normal time, City were awarded a free-kick in front.

Lin Quan chose to take the penalty himself, and he had two choices for this goal: the elevator ball or the fallen leaf ball.

Elevator balls have a higher probability of scoring goals, but free throws are more difficult and have the potential to fail.

The defoliant ball is more certain, but the quality of his defoliating ball is not top-notch, and it is better to defend than the elevator ball.

Therefore, after Lin Quan weighed it, he finally chose the elevator ball with greater risks and greater benefits.

After setting up the position of the football, Lin Quan stepped back step by step.

Sunderland's goalkeeper saw Lin Quan retreat a full dozen steps, and his heart suddenly became alarmed.

He felt the danger!

However, feeling the danger doesn't mean he can stop the other side from scoring.

After the referee blew the whistle, Lin Quan quickly accelerated and rushed towards the football.

One step at a time, two steps and three steps, he had already adjusted his step point during the run, and completed the final charge.

Bang!

With a loud bang, the football was kicked out of shape, making a 'woo' sound similar to crying, and flew up towards the sky with a whistling sound.

The Sunderland players in the wall struggled to intercept the ball.

However, the ball was much higher than they could jump at, and they didn't touch the ball at all.

Didn't the ball hold it down?

Seeing the football fly so high, the Sunderland players couldn't help but think in their hearts.

According to common sense, the flight trajectory of this ball is so high, it will definitely fly to the stands.

However, just when they thought the ball was high, the ball suddenly fell straight to the ground and crashed into the net before the goalkeeper's save was completed!

There was a dead silence, and Sunderland was dumbfounded, and the voice of singing was stuck in her throat and could not be spoken.

Relying on Lin Quan's goal in the last minute of regular time, Manchester City killed the opponent away from home!

If you count the assist he provided to Sergio Aguero as a late substitute in the Carabao Cup, this is the second consecutive game in a row that Lin Quan has helped the team complete the final stunner.

In the coach's box, after Pellegrini saw Lin Quan score directly with a free kick, he excitedly hugged the assistant coaches around him.

The Manchester City players on the field also rushed towards Lin Quan like crazy, threw him to the ground, and celebrated wildly.

At this moment, they were exactly the same as the Manchester City fans in their hearts: good thing we have Lin!

(End of chapter)