Chapter 165: Attack the Seven Crowns!
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and Real Madrid, who was unwilling to fall behind, began to make substitution adjustments.
They replaced Isco and brought on Cristiano Ronaldo, who had just joined the team.
Gui is the king of the transfer market this summer, and Ronaldo has been unanimously expected by fans when he plays.
Everyone wants to see how much strength the star Real Madrid bought for 82 million euros?
Ronaldo was very active when he came on the pitch, working both the offensive and defensive ends.
Such an attitude made Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti on the sidelines nod with satisfaction.
Although Ronaldo is worth a lot of money, he is still far from the two big brothers in the team.
If he wants to integrate into Real Madrid's tactical system as soon as possible, he will have to come out with a more positive attitude
Ronaldo worked hard, but his teammates didn't have a good understanding with him.
Aside from a few great performances on his debut, he quickly became invisible on the Circle in the time that followed.
Such a performance disappointed the Real Madrid fans who came to the scene, and bought such a guy for 82 million?
How do you feel that this money is going down the drain?
Although Ronaldo's performance was 'not as good as expected', the rest of the Real Madrid squad stepped up.
After a summer of hard work, Benzema's marksmanship has improved tremendously.
In the 62nd minute of the second half, he received a pass from a teammate and completed a difficult goal that was almost impossible to score before.
This goal was too unexpected, Manchester City's goalkeeper Keylor Navas was not prepared and failed to make a timely save, and accidentally became the backdrop for Benzema's goal!
Being able to turn last season's best goalkeeper in La Liga into his background shows how beautiful Benzema's goal is!
After the goal, Benzema excitedly came to celebrate with a slide, and let out a roar at the camera as he skipped the rail.
After being eliminated from the World Cup, Benzema was burdened with too much infamy.
It's okay to take the blame in the club, but you have to take the blame when you go to the national team, which is really outrageous!
At one point, when fans throughout France were scolding him, he wanted to quit the national team.
Later, under the persuasion of Deschamps, Benzema changed his mind, but the breath in his heart was always held in his heart and could not be vented!
Now, he finally let out this emotion!
Seeing Benzema so excited, Manchester City's players were a little puzzled.
Isn't it just a warm-up game?
As for being so excited?
The other side feels as if they are still playing in the semi-finals of the Champions League!
However, not all players in Manchester City's team did not care too much about Benzema's goal.
Rookie defender Virgil van Dijk, who has played four games in a row, is very concerned about conceding this goal.
After conceding the goal, he took the initiative to run to goalkeeper Keylor Navas and apologized to the opponent, indicating that it was his own defensive mistake that caused the goal.
He had just stuck his position and pushed Benzema near the baseline.
The angle of the opponent's shot was close to zero, and Van Dijk felt that the opponent should not be able to complete the shot in this situation, and even if he forced a shot, he would not be able to pose a threat to the goal.
However, he underestimated the quality of the top stars.
Benzema happens to be the little prince of the bottom line again, and his threat near the bottom line must not be underestimated.
"It's okay, I didn't expect the other side to shoot!"
Navas generously forgave the other party, in fact, he didn't blame the other party at all.
Van Dijk has never played against Real Madrid before and is unaware of the individual characteristics of the opposing star, and it is normal to make mistakes in that situation.
And Navas had played against Real Madrid in La Liga, so he should have been more aware of Benzema's characteristics, but he still didn't guess that the opponent would do that.
If he were to be held responsible, Navas would feel more responsible!
Several defenders are reviewing their defensive mistakes, while City's midfielders are debating how to contain Real Madrid's midfielder's passes.
"Luka Modric is very important to Real Madrid's attack, we focus on him, limit his passing, and don't let the players in Real Madrid's front field receive the ball comfortably!"
In the following games, Modric was the focus of Manchester City's attention.
Although he relied on his rich experience and abundant physical strength to try to reduce the impact of the opponent's pressing and packing, he still couldn't avoid a lot of mistakes.
Manchester City were very good at catching mistakes, taking advantage of the mistakes of the opposition midfield, and they scored twice in the 77th and 89th minutes of the second half through Lin Quan and Sergio Aguero.
In the end, Manchester City defeated Real Madrid 4-2 and reached the final.
This script is almost identical to the script when the two sides met in the Champions League semi-finals, and Manchester City also eliminated Real Madrid and won the championship in the final.
And this time, it seems that they are going to replicate the original miracle!
In the other game, Liverpool and Manchester United went on to play a double red match.
It was an equally intense game, with Liverpool taking a two-goal lead at one point in the first half.
But in the second half, United's stars began to pull in.
Di Maria, in particular, suffered Liverpool for his breakthrough.
Di Maria came on and helped the team create a penalty and scored a goal of his own.
Under the leadership of Di Maria, Manchester United launched a vigorous counterattack, and finally defeated Liverpool 5:3 and won another double red victory.
In the end, the two Manchester teams made it to the final and will be presented with another Manchester derby for a global audience three days later.
Manchester City beat Manchester United twice last season, and both were big wins.
This has left the Reds hungry for revenge, desperate to beat Manchester City on the pitch and prove to the world that the Red Devils are the boss of Manchester.
With this desire for revenge and the hope of victory, Manchester United's stars shouted at Manchester City before the game or directly challenged Manchester City, saying that they would teach them a hard lesson.
In response, Manchester City's side reacted coldly.
Including Lin Quan, Manchester City's stars have hardly responded to this.
Actually, there's nothing to respond to!
The other side seems to want revenge, and Manchester City does not have such a need.
They are the frontrunners now, and there is no need to challenge their defeated generals, which would be too humiliating.
As for the real response, it is, of course, to teach Manchester United a good lesson on the field and let them know that the sky of Manchester is still blue!
On August 5, the Manchester derby was officially staged at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami.
The difference is that this time the derby did not take place in the United Kingdom, but in the United States, thousands of miles away.
But even so, the derby atmosphere at Sun Life Stadium is not weak at all.
As the most influential club in the world, the Red Devils have a considerable number of fans in the United States.
The 80,000-capacity stadium is home to more than 40,000 Manchester United fans wearing red jerseys.
Compared with them, Manchester City, which has only risen in recent years, has a much weaker background.
So only half of the fans who came to support them were the other side, about 20,000 people.
Most of the remaining 20,000 or so fans are neutral fans, while some fans from other clubs such as Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich have come to join in the fun.
As the last match of this International Champions Cup, both sides take it seriously.
In this game, the main forces of both sides were exhausted, and even Van Dijk, who had played continuously before, was also on the bench this time.
Although Manchester City can't look down on this so-called International Cup title, they can look up to another title - the UEFA Super Cup!
After this warm-up, Manchester City will return to Europe to play against Sevilla, the winners of last year's Europa League, for the UEFA Super Cup trophy.
Due to the previous Super Cups, the Champions League winners have been upset one after another, resulting in this competition becoming a hotbed of upsets.
Manchester United, Inter Milan, Chelsea and other Champions League champions have fallen at the feet of the Europa League champions one after another.
In last season's Bayern vs Chelsea match, Bayern also almost overturned in the gutter.
If it weren't for the penalty kick in the final shoot-out, Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku missed a penalty, the title would have been hard to say.
As the new European champions, Manchester City is participating in the UEFA Super Cup for the first time.
That's why they take this competition very seriously, after all, it's a shame to lose the Champions League to the Europa League.
Out of respect for Sevilla, Manchester City plan to practice their tactics in the Super Cup with their city rivals Manchester United.
Once the game started, the United players pressed like mad dogs.
They are desperate to score a few more goals against Manchester City!
It's just that Manchester City was completely unmoved, and in the face of Manchester United's pressing, they calmly passed, reversed their feet, and made full use of the width of the playing field to move each other back and forth.
Even, in order to attract the opponent to rush out, they will take the initiative to move the formation back, so that Manchester United's formation involuntarily presses out, exposing the void in the backline.
Seeing the openings exposed at the back, Manchester City seized the opportunity to play a quick counter-attack.
The Reds were on full throttle, and their players seemed to be playing in the Dutch attack, all in defence and in defence tactics.
It's just that this kind of tactic requires a lot of personal ability from the players.
Sure enough, under a few attacks from Manchester City, the opposing players began to make mistakes.
In the 27th minute, Manchester City made a number of cross-changes up front, disrupting Manchester United's defence.
This kind of cross-position is a test of the experience of the defensive player, and when to follow and when to hand it over to the teammates who help the defense, are all particular.
If you are not careful, you will cause mistakes in defensive coordination and create opportunities for the opponent.
Lin Quan keenly caught the hole in the opponent's defensive line, suddenly picked up speed, and forced his way through the gap between the two Manchester United players.
The two made a mistake in cooperation and failed to stop Lin Quan, and they didn't even have time to foul.
Lin Quan took the ball into the penalty area, and Smalling made a reckless robbery, which was easily passed by him.
Facing his teammate De Gea of the national team, Lin Quan boldly continued to lead forward, and after entering the small penalty area, calmly pushed the far corner.
De Gea, who doesn't like to attack, was completely passive in this encounter, although he made a save, but the angle of the ball was too tricky, De Gea failed to touch the ball, and could not change the result of conceding the goal.
1:0.
Manchester City is temporarily ahead of Manchester United!
After scoring this goal, Lin Quan did not celebrate.
There's nothing to celebrate with a goal like this, and the stars on the opposite side buy a lot, but it feels a bit top-heavy.
Van Gaal's tactics, Lin Quan feels that it may not be suitable for Manchester United.
Although Lin Quan did not celebrate, the other players of Manchester City may not give Manchester United face.
Kompany, the captain, ran to the sidelines and made a gesture of applause to the crowd.
The fans at the scene gave them a round of applause and cheers, but the more than 40,000 Red Devils fans collectively booed.
They can't get used to seeing City people celebrating on the pitch!
They started shouting the names of the Red Devils players on the pitch and hoping that they would step up, equalise and lead the team to victory.
Manchester United have a large number of top stars in the squad, such as Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata, Falcao, Di Maria......
With so many people, can't they really score goals?
No way!
Encouraged by the fans, the Manchester United players launched an even more fierce attack.
Especially the little tiger Falcao, who desperately wanted to score and prove himself.
It doesn't matter what kind of Champions League champion he is, the little tiger initiates a sideways attack, and he is not afraid of anything!
However, United's attack only looked like it was huge, and in reality they were very chaotic up front.
With so many stars piled up on the field, how to distribute the ball, who will be the main attacker and who will be the green leaf, these are all questions.
Until Louis van Gaal had all these things in place, United were playing less like a team, more like a mess.
Taking advantage of Manchester United's frantic attack, Manchester City played a quick counterattack one after another.
In the 44th minute, Manchester City scored again.
Kevin De Bruyne's fatal through ball broke through the United defence and Sergio Aguero was able to counter offside and score a solo goal.
Manchester City extended their lead again before half-time.
In the second half, Manchester City played more and more calmly, but Manchester United played more and more anxiously.
And the more anxious they are, the harder it will be to get on the scoresheet.
On the contrary, Manchester City's side was ready to stop saving their strength for the Super Cup, but the opponent took the initiative to make a mistake to give them a big gift, and Manchester City had to laugh.
In the 76th minute, taking advantage of the mistake of the Manchester United defender's return pass, Manchester City further extended the score.
In the end, the game ended at full-time, and Manchester City beat Manchester United 3-0.
United had 23 empty shots in the game but failed to produce a single goal.
Manchester City, on the other hand, scored three goals despite only eight shots on goal.
Had it not been for De Gea's key saves, the scoreline would have been even more exaggerated.
The defeat in this game made Manchester United very frustrated.
Obviously, the team has put a lot of effort into bringing in reinforcements, and it has spent a lot of money.
On paper, their squad is not much different from Manchester City's.
But why did you still lose so badly?
Isn't it said that you can become stronger by spending money?
How do you feel that Manchester United's money has been spent, but its strength has not become stronger?
What's wrong with this?
For the first time, Red Devils fans have doubts about Jinyuan football!
And just when they doubted their lives, Manchester City had already left the United States and returned to Europe to prepare for the next European Super Cup!
After the triple crown, there is another six crowns!
For Premier League teams, there is even a chance to win the seven crowns!
Manchester City has already won 3 trophies, and since they have the opportunity to impact the achievement of the seven crowns, they naturally can't let it go!
Therefore, this time in the Super Cup, they are bound to win!
(End of chapter)