Chapter 53: Golden Boy Award Awards, Lin Quan's First Trophy!
David Silva didn't waste the chance Lin Quan gave him, and he scored the ball steadily to give his team a 1-0 lead.
After the goal was scored, David Silva finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension in his heart was relieved a lot.
"David, well done!"
Lin Quan ran over to high-five him to celebrate, but David Silva took the initiative to give him a hug.
"Thank you, Lin!"
"You're welcome, we're teammates, shouldn't we take care of each other?"
Lin Quan patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said disapprerovingly.
David Silva nodded heavily and said nothing.
A thousand words are not enough to take action, and since you want to repay your kindness, you naturally can't stay in words.
After the restart, the players of Plzen found that the opponent's No. 21 suddenly seemed to be a different person.
I used to be a little afraid and dodge physical confrontation, but at this time, it seems that I am not afraid of it all of a sudden.
And after David Silva overcame such a psychological barrier, his role on the field began to show.
In the 42nd minute, David Silva and Lin Quan staged a wonderful cooperation in the front court, and the two completed 2-over-1, 2-over-2, and even 2-over-3 performances one after another.
In the end, Lin Quan completed the goal with a light push at a distance of about 8 meters from the goal.
In this attack, the two almost penetrated the opponent's defense with passes, and played all the players in the opponent's backline.
Seeing this cooperation and goal, the Manchester City fans at the scene were excited.
This kind of cross-cutting cooperation that only exists for Barcelona has been replicated by their own team.
This is the kind of attack they dream of!
I really hope that this kind of cooperation, such a goal can come a little more.
It seems that they heard the cries of the fans at the scene, and in the second half, Lin Quan and David Silva once again completed such a wonderful combination.
Although Viktoria Plzen has been on guard, they are still being played by the other side against Manchester City's two top stars with high ball quotients.
In the 67th minute, Manchester City extended their lead, and it was Lin Quan who scored the goal and David Silva who assisted.
The three goals on the pitch so far are all related to them!
Seeing this goal, Pellegrini was very satisfied and couldn't help but stand up and give the players a round of applause.
"After David's comeback, Lin Quan should be liberated, and we will not be afraid to face the iron bucket formation of other teams in the future!"
Manuel Pellegrini is confident and ready to lead the team to a big game.
However, just when he was complacent, something happened on the field.
Viktoria Plzen did not give up after falling behind by three goals in the victory, but instead took advantage of City's carelessness to take advantage of two counter-attacks and scored two goals to reduce City's lead to one goal.
At this moment, the Manchester City fans at home began to get nervous.
What's going on with this team?
Lost all four games in the first four rounds, fell behind by three goals in this game, and then suddenly exploded?
Shouldn't your own team be happy and sad and be overturned by the opponent at home?
Of course, such a plot is impossible to stage.
In the 82nd minute, Lin Quan broke through with the ball in the middle, attracted the attention of many players on the opposing side, and passed the ball to Negredo.
Negredo opened the scoring with a volley without stopping the ball and City reextended their lead.
In the end, Manchester City defeated their opponents at home with a score of 4:2, winning all five games in the Champions League group stage, accumulating 15 points and expanding their goal difference to 12 goals.
On the other side, in the temperature of -seven or eight degrees in Moscow, Bayern withstood the opponent's attack and defeated the opponent with a score of 3:1.
At the end of this round, Bayern also scored 2 goal difference and announced their qualification one round ahead of schedule.
As a result, the difference in goal difference and points between the two teams has not been widened.
Manchester City still have a three-point and two-goal difference.
However, this point difference and this lead do not seem to be safe in front of Bayern.
As long as Bayern can beat Manchester City by two goals on their home turf, then the group leader will be Bayern!
After the fifth round of the Champions League, the qualification situation of each group is basically clear.
In Group A, Manchester United beat Bayer Leverkusen 5-0 away to qualify for the group with 11 points.
The other qualifier will be decided between Shakhtar Donetsk and Bayer Leverkusen.
Although Shakhtar have one more points than Bayer Leverkusen, they will face Manchester United in their final game, while Bayer Leverkusen will face Real Sociedad, the weakest side in the group.
Therefore, the outside world is more optimistic about Leverkusen, and of course, it is not ruled out that Manchester United, which qualified in advance, will release water at home.
On the side of Group B, Real Madrid swept Galatasaray again 4:1 at home in this round, not only qualifying ahead of schedule, but also locking the first place in the group.
The remaining three teams in Group B are all in a position to qualify, with Juventus having six points ahead of the curve and will be locked in second place in Group B if they can beat direct rivals Galatasaray in their final game.
However, considering Juventus' poor record in the Champions League this season, the outside world is not very optimistic about whether they can overcome the Turks' devil's home stadium, and there are many people who think that the old lady will overturn.
In Group C, Grand Paris qualified one round early, and the last place to qualify will be decided between Olympiacos and Benfica.
In Group E, what was considered Chelsea's happy group before the game has instead become Chelsea's sad group.
Chelsea were beaten by Basel again in this round of fixtures, and Jose Mourinho's side were beaten home and away!
The result was a real surprise, and no one expected the Blues to be beaten in the group stage by a team that was not in the top five leagues.
It is worth mentioning that the player who scored for Basel in the winner of this round of Chelsea was a 21-year-old youngster, his name is Mohamed Salah.
Salah scored twice in the two legs against Chelsea, in addition to settling the Chelsea backline in the game.
This has made Mourinho interested in him, and he even intends to make an offer to Basel during the winter break to see if he can bring the Egyptian to Stamford Bridge!
Although they lost, because Chelsea's direct rivals Werder Bremen and Basel will go head-to-head in the next game.
Both teams are currently on seven and eight points, so regardless of the outcome of this game, Chelsea will have more points than one of their teams, and Chelsea are still qualified one round earlier with nine points.
It's just that whether they can win the group in Group E depends on the result of the next game.
The death group is worthy of the death group, and on the side of Group F, the situation of qualifying from the group after 5 rounds is still complicated.
Arsenal, with 4 wins and 1 loss, are currently top of the group with 12 points, while Borussia Dortmund and Napoli are second and third in the group with 9 points.
Although Arsenal have a three-point lead, they still did not qualify early.
In the next game, Arsenal will face Napoli directly.
If they lose and are beaten by Napoli by more than three goals, then Arsenal will be eliminated if Dort wins.
Dortmund will face Marseille without a win in their next game, as long as they can win, then with the advantage of four goal difference accumulated before, they will firmly qualify and even have a chance to win the group.
For Napoli, they will not only have to beat Arsenal, but also do everything they can to widen the difference, otherwise, if Dortmund wins, even if they end up with 12 points, they will be eliminated because of the difference in goal difference.
If Napoli are eliminated with 12 points, they will be the worst team since the Champions League was restructured, and no team has ever been eliminated with so many points before.
Compared to the situation in Group F, Group G is a different extreme.
If Napoli have the potential to set a record for the highest points in Champions League history, then in Group G, Zenit St. Petersburg have the potential to set the record for the lowest points in Champions League history to enter the knockout round.
After five rounds, Atletico Madrid won 4 and drew 1 and accumulated 13 points, which had already qualified for the group two rounds in advance.
Zenit in second place has only six points, Porto in third place has only five points, and Vienna in the bottom two have two points.
Atletico will host Porto in the final round, and if they can beat Porto, Zenit will be able to reach the knockout stages with an all-time low of six points even if Zenit loses away to Vienna.
In Group H, Barcelona are in a similar situation to Chelsea.
Although they lost unexpectedly to Ajax, with 10 points, they still qualified one round early.
For this result, AC Milan fans are angry and want to curse.
If Barcelona doesn't drop the chain and beat Ajax, then AC Milan can also announce the qualification one round earlier.
Now it's a good thing, after the win over Barcelona, Ajax has seven points and AC Milan eight.
The next game between the two teams will be directly against each other, and AC Milan will be eliminated by the opponent if they lose.
Conversely, if AC Milan win and Barcelona lose in the final round, they could even snatch the top spot from Barca.
After watching the points and records of each group, the fans had a lively discussion.
"Manchester City won all 5 games and got the highest 15 points among the 32 teams, but they still failed to lock the first place in the group, but it was Paris, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, these teams are not as good as Manchester City, but they locked the first place in the group in advance, where does this make sense!"
"Hehe, be content, you might as well look at Group F, the fans of these three teams are afraid that they are all hanging with a heart at the moment, all three teams have the possibility of being eliminated in the last round, and Manchester City has at least qualified ahead of schedule."
"Group F and Group G are simply two extremes, Zenit can qualify with six points, Napoli can't qualify with 12 points, isn't that outrageous?"
"Barcelona is disgusting, isn't it? Not to mention bullying AC Milan every year, he actually deliberately lost to Ajax, is this trying to hack AC Milan? ”
"Maybe I didn't lose on purpose, but it's just a dish?"
"Come on, Barcelona with Messi, Neymar, Xavi and Iniesta, you tell me about their dishes?"
"Shady, absolutely shady!"
In addition to discussing the team's points and qualifying situation, many fans also pay more attention to the individual statistics of the stars.
"Lin Huang scored two goals and one assist in this game, and the total number of goals has reached 7, which is only one goal away from the top of the table!"
"If he doesn't concede that penalty, he will tie Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic at this time!"
"It's okay, it's okay not to take a penalty, at least it won't be used as an excuse to attack, and with Lin Huang's current goal efficiency, I am optimistic that he can still score in the next game!"
"Counting this one, Lin Huang has scored in five consecutive games in the Champions League, right?"
"Yes, Lin Huang's efficiency and consistency are amazing, and if he can score in the next game, he will become the only player since the Champions League restructuring to score in all six games in the group stage!"
"Applause, it feels like we can witness history again!"
"Hehe, since Lin Huang appeared on the field, all records have been broken by him!"
"I'd like to call Lin Record Smasher!"
"Having said that, Messi and Ronaldo are dumb in this round!"
"Yes, neither of them scored, which gave Emperor Lin a chance to close the gap, but what happened to Da Feng first? Why did he score again? ”
"Eight goals in five games, and no penalties, Daebonxian is too strong!"
"Hehe, no matter how strong you are, it's not that you were completely blown up by Ronaldo in the national team!"
"Tsk, don't be complacent, mule fans, when Paris meets Real Madrid in the knockout round, we will let you know what cruelty is!"
"Who wouldn't brag, let's reach the quarterfinals first, don't fall in the first stage of the knockout round, then laugh and be generous!"
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Shortly after the fifth round of the Champions League, Torino Sport, which is responsible for selecting this year's European Golden Boy Award, finally announced the final winners.
Lin Quan, the No. 10 player from Manchester City, defeated Juventus' Paul Pogba, Schalke's Draxler, Real Madrid's Raphael Varane, Liverpool's Coutinho and many other young talents in the selection of the media and experts by an overwhelming margin, becoming the 11th player to be elected to the European Golden Boy Award.
Although the European Golden Boy Award is not as high as the Ballon d'Or, it is the highest compliment for young players under the age of 21.
This season, there are many professional media participating in the competition, including the French newspaper Le Corpus, the Spanish newspaper Marca, the German newspaper Bild, the British newspaper The Times, the Dutch newspaper Telegraph, the Spanish newspaper Monde Sport and the French French football newspaper.
Experts from these media outlets rate the players on the roster based on their performance in league, cup and national team matches throughout the season.
Because of the strong professionalism, the results of the selection are highly authoritative.
Among the players who won the Golden Boy Award before, except for a few who looked away and became parallel goods, the rest of the players basically played in football.
Among them are the names of Messi, Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabregas, Aguero and others.
It is worth mentioning that the president born in 85 was not able to win the Golden Boy Award.
Ronaldo's luck was not good, in 2004 he met the in-form Rooney, and in 2005 he encountered Messi.
And his own performance in these two seasons was not particularly good, so unfortunately lost the opportunity to win the Golden Boy Award.
Lin Quan was not surprised by the result of winning the Golden Boy Award.
However, his family and friends, and even his teammates congratulated him after learning of the result.
Alvaro Morata: "Ringo (broken sound)!" ”
David Silva: "That's amazing, this should be the youngest Golden Boy Award, right?" ”
Royce: "Congratulations, but it's a pity I'm a little older, otherwise I'll have to compete with you!" ”
Lin Quan: "Yes, there is no age limit for the Golden Globe Awards, you can come!" ”
Royce: "(╯°Д°)╯(┻━┻"
Seeing the other party's expression, Lin Quanle was happy.
After replying to Reuss's message, De Bruyne also sent him a message.
"In other words, can you receive the Golden Boy Award many times? You are not yet 18 years old this year, you received it this year, can you still receive it next year? ”
Lin Quan hadn't thought about this question yet: "It shouldn't be, right?" But it's hard to say, I guess the organizers didn't expect that there would be a demonic player like me, hehe! ”
De Bruyne sent a speechless expression, I just asked casually, why are you boasting about yourself?
"Come on, try to get another trophy next year!"
"Golden Globes? That's so difficult! ”
"It's more precious if it's difficult, rush it, boy!"
Lin Quan was about to reply to his message when a phone call came in.
A glance at the caller ID revealed that it was Guardiola's phone.
"Well done, son, I'm so proud of you!"
Guardiola specially called to congratulate him, because Lin Quan won an honor that he did not get.
Pep Guardiola did not receive any commendable individual accolades during his playing days, when there was no Golden Boy and he was not qualified for the Ballon d'Or.
And the sad thing is that he plays in the back, and the player in this role is not the most eye-catching and showy one, so until he retires, the outside world does not have a very high evaluation of him, and only those who have really watched him play know his value.
"Tsk, verbal praise? It's so insincere, isn't it? ”
"Of course not, Serra and I have prepared a gift for you to give to you when you have a holiday at Christmas!"
"Ahem, Comrade Pep Guardiola, I need to remind you that there is no winter break in the Premier League, and I still have to play at Christmas!"
"Well, I sympathize with you in my heart!"
"Thank you, for the sake of your 'sincerity', when I visit the Allianz Arena next time, I will make a light move!"
"Hehe, stinky boy, play psychological warfare, right? I've found a way to limit you! ”
"Really? What's the solution? ”
"You'll know when you're here!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Hearing the blind voice on the phone, Lin Quan took a sip, and Guardiola also said that Lin Quan played psychological warfare, isn't this psychological warfare himself?
(End of chapter)