"CCTV, viewers, here is the 2014 Club World Cup final Manchester City vs. San Lorenzo match that is being broadcast live for you."

"On the pitch is last year's Champions League champions Manchester City, and in the red and blue striped jersey is Copa Libertadores champions San Lorenzo."

"Hehe, the jerseys of both sides, at first glance, it looks like Manchester City playing Barcelona!"

"Yes, that's right, the San Lorenzo jersey does look a bit like the Barcelona jersey, and coincidentally, the team happens to be from Messi's hometown of Argentina."

In CCTV, after the two hosts quickly introduced the starting lists of the two teams, they began to chat.

"Prior to this game, Manchester City had already won six trophies, including the Community Shield, FA Cup, Premier League, Champions League and UEFA Super Cup.

If they can win the Club World Cup, they will become only the second team to achieve six crowns since Barcelona. ”

"Coincidentally, the person who led Barcelona to this feat at that time was none other than the man who now sits in the dugout of Manchester City - Pep Guardiola!"

When talking about Pep Guardiola, the two commentators were full of respect in their tones.

This young marshal is not very old, but the honors he has achieved have attracted worldwide attention.

Moreover, the pass-and-control football he pioneered can be said to have led an era and become the object of learning and imitation by many teams.

If he can replicate his success at Barcelona at Manchester City, then he may be able to use this feat to become the best manager in football.

Guardiola sat calmly in the coach's seat, watching the game on the field carefully, and did not have any feelings of underestimation because the opponent's strength was weaker than his own.

This kind of win-win game is prone to overturning in the gutter.

With the right tactics and a little luck, the opponent may be able to beat them and cause an upset.

So, Manchester City played very patiently in this game.

They were not in a hurry to attack, but first set up a fence, stabilized their position, and waited to test the enemy's reality before launching a fatal blow.

So, in the first 10 minutes after the start, the situation on the field looked very calm.

But as soon as the 10 minutes passed, City's attack began to pick up aggressively.

In the 12th minute, Manchester City's successive back-to-back kicks gave a slight hole in San Lorenzo's defence.

This flaw was immediately caught by Manchester City's players, and Lin Quan immediately ran towards the position of the opponent's defense.

Kevin De Bruyne followed up with the ball at his feet, and the two worked together so well that they barely gave the opposing players time to react.

After receiving the ball, Lin Quan smashed the ball twice in a row, and after deducting the opponent's No. 20, he burst into the penalty area and completed the first shot.

It's a pity that the ball was too angle-oriented, and after bypassing the goalkeeper, it flew out of the bottom line by grazing the post, which made the Manchester City fans who came to the scene can't help but hold their heads and sigh.

The San Lorenzo players were taken aback, and City's unhurried pace in the first ten minutes gave them the illusion that the European champions were nothing more than that.

But when the opponent suddenly picked up speed and suddenly played a very fast passing and cutting cooperation, they couldn't keep up.

"Cheer me up, improve my concentration, don't get distracted!"

On the sidelines, the head coach of San Lorenzo was very unhappy with the team's defense.

If they had been a little less lucky, they would have fallen behind by this time.

Compared to the manager of San Lorenzo, Guardiola's mentality is much calmer.

What, can't you stand it?

We're just starting to pick up the pace, and that's where the main thing comes in.

Pep Guardiola's formation today is a strikerless formation, and the core of the attack is obviously Lin Quan.

After leaving Barcelona, Guardiola's excitement is hard to suppress to be able to coach a single-point blaster who has a single point blaster similar to or even more terrifying than the peak Messi.

How to use Messi well, Guardiola is too good!

From the 10th minute onwards, Lin Quan's performance in the front court became more and more active.

And under his tandem, Manchester City's attacks are wave after wave, and the opponent is almost out of breath.

In the 15th minute, Lin Quan turned around and volleyed the crossbar on the line of the penalty area, shocking the San Lorenzo players in a cold sweat.

This guy is too active to be restrained at all.

Seeing that conventional means didn't work, they immediately began to increase the number of fouls, trying to use fouls to limit Lin Quan.

The referee for this match was Votel Lopez from Guatemala, who was more strict in blowing penalties.

After the opponent's first foul on Lin Quan, he immediately verbally warned the opponent and asked the San Lorenzo players to pay attention to the scale of action.

When the opponent put down Lin Quan for the second time, he unceremoniously took out the card.

San Lorenzo's No.20 midfielder, Ortigoza, received the first yellow card of the game in the 17th minute.

Ortigosa has a heavy defensive task, and after taking cards, he has a lot of psychological concerns, and he doesn't dare to play when defending.

After capturing the situation, the Manchester City players seized on the weakness and played to the death.

Ortigoza was immediately tragic, and the opponent's attacks made him scramble and make mistakes.

His teammates had to come over to help, which in turn caused the entire defence to loosen.

So, the flaw appeared!

In the 22nd minute, Lin Quan passed Ortigoza, who did not dare to tackle the ball with his feet, and dribbled into the penalty area.

After catching the attention of opposition defenders and goalkeepers, he tapped the ball across the door and the follow-up De Bruyne fired a shot into the empty net.

The score was rewritten to 1-0 and Manchester City took the lead temporarily.

De Bruyne played the ball very easily, and the opponent's entire defense line was disrupted by a breakthrough by Lin Quan, and he only needed to rush up and kick it.

This kind of thing, even if it is an eighty-year-old grandmother, can still score goals.

After the goal, De Bruyne stretched out his hand to Lin Quan and motioned for him to come over and celebrate with him.

Lin Quan ran over with a smile, hugged De Bruyne and said to him:

"I'm okay with this pass, right?"

De Bruyne is serious:

"It's okay, if it can reach my right foot, it will be even better!"

De Bruyne's habitual foot is the right foot, but who can control that when passing the ball?

Under the pressure and clamping of so many people, it is good to be able to pass the ball out, and it is so picky!

So hearing De Bruyne's words, Lin Quan couldn't help but roll his eyes:

"Come on, come on, can you pass me a ball like this?"

Hearing Lin Quan's words, De Bruyne nodded:

"Try it!"

……

"Beautiful!"

"This ball is a beautiful pass!"

"Surrounded by three players, he can still pass the ball out, Lin Quan's vision and passing ability are too strong!"

In the CCTV studio, the two commentators couldn't help but shout loudly after seeing the ball.

The goal was mainly due to Lin Quan, who had completely collapsed the opponent's defense after he passed the ball.

De Bruyne's shot can be said to be no difficulty, and it can be changed to someone else's goal.

"There are always people who worry that Lin Quan will be like Messi in the future, as he gets older and accumulates injuries, his explosiveness and speed will decline, and he will lose his threat after not being able to continue to complete such a sharp breakthrough.

But in this game, Lin Quan used his excellent passing to tell everyone that even if he loses his ability to break through, he will definitely have his own place in the team with this amazing passing ability! “

In fact, after Suarez came to Barcelona, Messi also began to transform.

His breakaways have decreased, his passes have increased, and Messi's goal share has decreased in the Barcelona team, but Suarez and Neymar have repeatedly scored new highs.

This did not reduce Barcelona's fighting power, but further improved their overall strength.

This year's Champions League may be more intense than last year.

Real Madrid with BBC and Barcelona with MSN, plus defending champions Manchester City with still going strong.

These three teams are considered to be the favourites to win this Champions League! ”

……

After conceding the goal, San Lorenzo further strengthened the defense of Lin Quan while launching an attack.

They have obviously realized that if they can't limit Lin Quan's play, then they have no chance of winning this game.

However, although Guardiola reused Lin Quan, he did not put all the offensive tasks on Lin Quan alone!

When Lin Quan was targeted, the rest of Manchester City stepped forward.

In the 42nd minute, Keylor Navas scored another goal from De Bruyne's wonderful pass to extend the score to 2:0.

The goal gave Manchester City a touch of the trophy in one hand, and they are getting closer and closer to their first Club World Cup trophy and their first six-time title!

In the second half, the opponent made a decisive substitution and replaced Ortigoza, who received a yellow card.

But instead of a defender, he was replaced by an offensive player.

This means that the opponent's midfield defense has not only not improved, but has been weakened.

With fewer midfielders, San Lorenzo had a numerical advantage in front of the field, but couldn't get the ball.

Their midfield was firmly suppressed by Manchester City and completely lost.

And after taking control of the midfield, Manchester City played the signature pass-and-possession football in Gua's football.

From the spot, City's possession skyrocketed.

The ball was almost always at their feet, and the opponent couldn't even touch the ball.

Even if the opponent occasionally succeeds in counter-grabbing, he will be immediately forced by many people in Manchester City to quickly snatch the ball back.

At this time, all the Manchester City players except the goalkeeper pressed through the half.

They kept passing and attacking outside the opponent's penalty area, and the opposing players could only be exhausted and passively transferred around.

For a while, Manchester City's attacks continued to be launched, round after round, like a tide.

The players of San Lorenzo are highly mentally stressed, both physically and mentally, and they are experiencing great consumption and torture.

This kind of kick made them feel extremely aggrieved.

But there is nothing they can do, the opponent's ball control ability is too strong, and they can't grab the ball at all.

Even if they are lucky enough to grab the ball, they can't pass it, and the opponent won't give them time to deal with the ball.

On the sidelines, the head coach of San Lorenzo looked cold, and his body began to tremble slightly.

It's too strong!

It's so strong!

Such an opponent is not at all on the same level as the opponents they have faced in the league and the Copa Libertadores.

They had never faced such a formidable opponent before.

Is this Pep Guardiola's pass-and-control football?

Although he had heard of the name of pass-and-control football for a long time, this was the first time he had felt the oppression of the opponent's tactics up close on the pitch.

He couldn't help but look at the bald man on the side with some fear, what kind of genius could come up with such a subversive and creative tactic?

On the field, the situation is spiraling out of control.

The players of San Lorenzo are very physically exhausted in a mentally stressful situation.

Even after only 60 minutes, their players could be seen gasping for air, and some of them were even starting to cramp.

The huge consumption of physical energy and mental tension made them move out of shape when they scrambled, and the number of fouls and cards increased rapidly.

In the 61st minute, Keylor Navas was fouled by his opponent when he broke through with the ball, and San Lorenzo's No. 11 received a yellow card.

In the 65th minute, Lin Quan was brought down by the opponent's winger when he was dribbling the ball on the left side, and San Lorenzo's No. 7 also received a yellow card.

Compared with their opponents, Manchester City, who control the initiative, has less physical exertion.

As a result, after the opponent's fitness dropped, they could no longer withstand Manchester City's attack.

In the 72nd minute, Lin Quan half-turned and shot a cold shot on the penalty line, penetrating the opponent's goal again, rewriting the score to 3:0.

This goal completely killed the suspense of the game, San Lorenzo was already weaker than Manchester City, and at this time they were still so far behind, and they could not see any hope of a comeback when the score and the situation were not in their favor.

After the suspense of the game was lost, Pep Guardiola began to make substitutions to preserve the fitness of the players as much as possible, so that they could return to the Premier League and be in better shape to chase points.

Before being substituted, De Bruyne sent a nanny-level pass to Lin Quan in the 77th minute.

In the sports battle, he calculated the advance amount and Lin Quan's cadence and stride, and accurately sent the ball to Lin Quan's right foot.

The pass sent Pep Guardiola to his feet from the bench, his eyes wide open.

Lin Quan was also surprised, he was just joking with De Bruyne, but he didn't expect the other party to really do it!

In the face of De Bruyne's comfortable pass, Lin Quan did not waste the opponent's assist, did not need to adjust, and directly swung his legs on the spot and sent the ball into the dead corner of the goal.

4:0！

Lin Quan scored the fourth goal of the game and also scored a brace in the final.

After Lin Quan scored this goal, Guardiola couldn't wait to replace him and De Bruyne with two substitutions in a row.

When the two left the stadium, the fans stood up and gave them a round of applause.

In this game, the fans not only remembered Lin Quan but also De Bruyne.

Especially his amazing pass at the last moment shocked the whole stadium.

De Bruyne's progress has been immensely rapid since leaving Chelsea, and at this point he may not have the reputation of a world-class midfielder.

But in terms of strength, he is no worse than them!

Not long after the two were substituted, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

With four spectacular goals in the final, Manchester City won the European title and won the first Club World Cup trophy in team history.

This is their seventh trophy and Manchester City have been crowned the first seven-time champion in the history of the Premier League and football!

(End of chapter)