"Manchester City is still strong, Liverpool and AC Milan have been spent!"

"Indeed, I can't stand it as a Manchester City fan, I played 7 goals in Milan in the warm-up game, and the attack was too heavy!"

"Although Manchester City didn't buy too much in the summer transfer window, why do I feel like they have a stronger bench?

"It's true that the back line of the substitute lineup is so solid, AC Milan and Liverpool are a little impenetrable, which I didn't expect!"

"Manchester City's new big defender is very defensive, and the 10 million euros are really worth it!"

"Compare it to David Luiz, who Paris spent 50 million pounds for, it's really worth it!"

"Haha, Grand Paris vividly demonstrated for us, what is called stupid people with a lot of money!"

As soon as the three words "Grand Paris" came out, the Internet was suddenly filled with a happy atmosphere.

It's the summer break, and the major leagues haven't started yet.

Fans can only look for some warm-up matches and friendly matches, and the International Champions Cup, which gathers giants such as Manchester City and Real Madrid, has naturally become the focus of everyone's attention.

After watching two games from Manchester City, Blue Moon fans were completely relieved.

Manchester City's strength has not declined, but has become stronger because the squad has been further run in place.

This gives them a bigger picture of what the team will do this season!

However, the fans of other teams were not in such a good mood after watching the game!

Especially fans of the old giants AC Milan.

"Although most of this exaggerated score was played by substitutes, it is obvious that Manchester City and AC Milan are no longer in the same class!"

"AC Milan ranked 8th in Serie A last season, and its strength is indeed at least a notch behind Manchester City, but it is normal to play!"

"Alas, the general environment in Serie A is not good, the overall investment has also decreased sharply, and nothing can be done without money, if AC Milan has the financial resources of Manchester City, why not!"

AC Milan has a lot of fans all over the world, especially those who have been watching football for a long time, and they have all experienced the glory days of AC Milan.

Although the champagne opening at half-time in Istanbul night was a bit uncomfortable for Milanese, they also had to have the quality to reach the final to have a chance to make such a scene.

Now look at this team that is gradually sinking in the league and the Champions League, let alone reaching the final, and even the main match of the Champions League can't get in.

At the thought of this, the old fans of Milan felt embarrassed.

However, this is just the beginning.

AC Milan's chaos and sinking will continue for a long time.

Compared to the fans of AC Milan, the fans of the Reds and Liverpool are equally worried.

The team spent 150 million euros in the transfer period, but it didn't see any effect, and it still lost so neatly when it met Manchester City.

It gives them a sense of frustration that their money has been spent in vain!

"Liverpool's strength doesn't feel as good as last season!"

"Alas, when Suarez was there, he could be used as the core of the attack, and when he left, Liverpool's attack couldn't be understood.

The performance of the opponent's goalkeeper and defenders in this game is excellent, but it is absolutely inseparable from Liverpool's own offensive tactics and the mess played by the forwards! ”

The love is deep, and the responsibility is keen.

AC Milan has just begun to sink, their fans can't stand it, how many years have the Reds been sinking?

The Premier League has been established for more than 20 years, and Liverpool has not even won a championship!

Compared to the Reds fans, the Red Devils fans looked a little complacent.

In this International Champions Cup, Manchester United performed quite well.

They beat Roma and then Inter Milan, and in their final game against Real Madrid, United won 3-1 to make it three wins in a row.

The result came as a surprise to everyone, as the last game between Manchester United and Real Madrid was a two-game affair between the two sides, especially Real Madrid.

Except for Ronaldo, who was not on the field, the other main players all played.

As a result, he was still defeated and had no temper!

It is worth mentioning that in the 62nd minute of the game, Jesse Lingard replaced Wayne Rooney to make his debut for Manchester United, and almost scored a goal.

Unfortunately, Lin Huang's feet were a little soft, and his shot was easily confiscated by Casillas and failed to pose a threat.

In the end, Manchester United won all three games and advanced to the semi-finals.

On the other hand, Manchester City also did not fight, easily defeating the last opponent in the group, Olympiacos, 3:0, and also appeared as the group leader.

As a result, the results of the semi-final showdown were released:

Manchester City vs Real Madrid

Liverpool vs Manchester United

The result was fully in line with pre-match expectations, with all three Premier League teams advancing to the semi-finals and Serie A teams all eliminated.

It's brutal, but it does reflect the current disparity between Premier League and Serie A teams on the international stage.

The decline of Serie A is becoming more and more obvious!

……

On 2 August, the semi-finals of the International Champions Cup began.

The first game is Manchester City vs Real Madrid.

108732 fans came to the stadium of the University of Michigan.

The huge stadium is full!

Although the United States is not a traditional soccer powerhouse, it has a large number of fans here.

Thanks to the huge international influence of the past few decades, the number of Real Madrid fans in white shirts is significantly higher than that of Manchester City fans in sky blue shirts.

However, if you want to count which player supports the most fans, there is no suspense that Lin Quanquan will win!

This can be seen in the number of fans wearing Manchester City's number 10 shirt in the stadium!

Although Real Madrid also has supergiants, the number of fans wearing Ronaldo's No. 7 shirt is significantly less than Lin Quan.

This is probably related to the scandal that Ronaldo caused in Las Vegas a few years ago!

In this game, Manchester City did not give up the trial lineup because of the semi-finals.

Manuel Pellegrini still had a number of substitutes on the pitch.

However, out of respect for his opponents and the fans at the scene, he put Lin Quan in the starting lineup.

This wise decision won the support of the fans at the scene!

After the game began, the fans at the scene kept chanting Lin Quan's name and cheering for him.

And what's funny is that even some fans wearing Real Madrid jerseys are cheering for Lin Quan.

When asked why they were cheering for the Manchester City players despite wearing Real Madrid's shirt, these fans' answers seemed reasonable:

Such a good player will join Real Madrid sooner or later, so we are cheering for future Real Madrid players!

If this answer reaches Ronaldo's ears, I don't know how he will feel!

The two teams had only met in the Champions League semi-finals a few months ago, and they were well aware of each other's strength, so there was little probing after the opening kick-off, and they just started to show their horses and attack aggressively.

This kind of high-level, fast-paced game made the fans who came to watch the game addicted and felt that it was completely worth the ticket price.

No wonder Europeans like to watch football games, if you can often see this kind of high-level football matches at your doorstep, let alone Europeans, even Americans, they would be happy!

Seeing American fans so happy, domestic fans expressed envy:

"Damn, when are we going to be able to enjoy this kind of high-level competition on our doorstep?"

"It's too expensive to go to Europe and the level of the Chinese Super League is too low, so how nice would it be if you could watch this level of play on your doorstep every summer?"

"I think this kind of competition can also be organized by our domestic companies, like the United States, and put the stadium in several big cities in China, so that there is no worry that tickets will not be sold!"

CCTV has also bought the broadcast rights for the matches of the International Champions Cup, so domestic fans can also watch these games.

It's just that watching the game on TV at home and going to the stadium to watch it live feels completely different.

Fans will love to be able to watch these top European giants in action!

In 2009, the Italians held the Super Cup in China.

The match was hugely popular in the country, with countless fans rushing to the stadium and it is said that the proceeds from tickets alone exceeded 70 million!

This is unimaginable on the Italian side!

This success has allowed European teams to see the huge potential of the Chinese market.

Over the years, many giants have tried to come to China to train in the summer, find some Chinese Super League teams to play warm-up games, and make some extra money by the way!

For example, last year, when Real Madrid traveled to China, it played a friendly match with Guangzhou Evergrande, the champion of the Chinese Super League.

Real Madrid won that game very easily, beating Evergrande 6:1.

The difference in strength between the two teams is so large that the game is almost impossible to watch.

As a result, domestic fans immediately lost interest in such a game.

They still prefer to watch matches between European giants rather than playing against domestic clubs.

For example, in the International Champions Cup, the participating teams are all European giants.

The fandom's call has caught the attention of some of the country's sporting champions, who have tried to get in touch with the organizers of the International Champions Cup in an attempt to introduce the tournament to the country.

……

With more than 100,000 fans cheering on, the two teams launched round after round of fierce attacks.

In a game of this nature, there is no pressure on either side to perform.

So the game was very unrestrained, and both sides invested far more troops in attack than in defense.

In the 21st minute of the first half, Manchester City opened the scoring with Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero.

Aguero, who has played abnormally in the national team competition, has regained his form at the club and has become the invincible god of war.

Real Madrid soon returned the favor, with Bale playing his way down the flank in the 27th minute.

The Welshman relied on his speed to eat a number of Manchester City's defenders alive, and suddenly rewrote the score to 1:1 with a shot from behind the penalty area.

This goal was very exciting, and the fans at the scene did not hesitate to applaud the Great Sage.

Bale seemed very excited after the goal, every time there was a match between Real Madrid and Manchester City, the outside world always compared Lin Quan and Ronaldo, and habitually ignored him.

This made Bell very unhappy!

Bale, who has always had ambitions to be the boss of the team, is not the kind of person who is willing to stay under others for a long time.

He has long wanted to replace Cristiano Ronaldo in the Real Madrid team!

Therefore, the cheers of the fans at the scene made Bale very happy.

As long as I continue to perform like this, I will be able to pull that guy off the altar sooner or later!

Seeing Bale's stinky expression, Ronaldo expressed his displeasure.

He beckoned to the likes of Luka Modric and Isco to pass the ball to him more.

On such a crucial occasion, as the number one star in the Real Madrid team, how could he not score?

Modric aside, Isco was very obedient and sent a few passes to Ronaldo.

However, the Portuguese's form does not seem to have fully recovered from the World Cup slump, and Isco's good passes have been wasted by him.

This made Isco's face turn into a bitter gourd face: Big brother, don't bring such a trick!

Bale, who was on the side, saw that he frequently passed the ball to Ronaldo and had already begun to express his dissatisfaction with him.

What do you mean?

Only pass the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo, not to me, right?

Ronaldo is your big brother, so I'm not your big brother?

……

Unlike Real Madrid, where players are scrambling to brush up on statistics, Manchester City's side is playing in a harmonious manner.

Lin Quan, who is not very keen on scoring goals, will not shoot immediately when he gets a good opportunity, but will first observe the position of his teammates to see if they have a better chance.

If his teammates are in a better position than himself, he will pass the ball without hesitation.

Aguero's goal was an assist from Lin Quan, who in the 42nd minute passed the ball back to De Bruyne, who followed up, and assisted the latter to score a goal.

"Why don't you shoot yourself?"

After scoring the goal, De Bruyne asked with a curious expression.

In his impression, Lin Quan's single knife almost never made a mistake.

Although Casillas blocked it just now, with Lin Quan's strength, it didn't seem difficult to send the ball into the goal, but he passed the ball out.

"Because you're in a better position, it's almost an empty goal, so it's more reasonable to pass the ball to you!"

Lin Quan said as a matter of course.

As the top scorer in the World Cup, Champions League and Premier League, Lin Quan is no longer deliberately pursuing goals.

And in a game of this nature, there is no point in scoring goals.

No amount of goals in a game like this will help him improve!

On the contrary, if you further improve your organizational skills, it will be more meaningful for Lin Quan and the whole team.

And this is also the successful transformation path that has been proven by Messi.

Messi, who has been 19 years old, has completely transformed into the core of the mid-lane liberty, grasping the organization, assault, and finishing work with one hand, and truly realizing the single-core leadership!

This successful transformation has allowed Messi's organizational talent to be greatly developed.

His ability to read the game, his wide vision, his precise passing, and his impressive free-kick ability have all improved dramatically!

Without this successful transformation, Argentina would not have won the World Cup trophy a few years later!

Of course, I have to thank Grand Paris, if there is no healthy football in Grand Paris, and he has been playing as a father and a mother at Barcelona, Messi may not have enough physical fitness to play in the World Cup!

(End of chapter)