In fact, for the outside world, there are still a lot of highlights in these matchups.

Whether it is the grudge between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, or the golden dollar duel between Manchester City and Grand Paris, there are points worth hyping and paying attention to.

Manchester City and Paris are backed by a powerful West Asian consortium, which has stirred up a storm in European football in recent years, and this clash between the two local tycoons can test who spends money more effectively.

Although the consortium behind Manchester City is a pioneer, it came to the top five leagues earlier than the consortium behind Grand Paris.

But when it comes to the ability to burn money, Grand Paris, a latecomer, is not inferior, or even better.

Last summer, they spent 200 million euros to bring in Neymar, who directly doubled the transfer record in football.

And in the foreseeable future, unless there is a transfer of players of the level of Lin Quan and Messi, this record will not be broken easily.

Even if Ronaldo wants to transfer, I am afraid it will be difficult to shake this record, after all, Ronaldo is now older, his value has dropped a lot, and there are not many teams willing to pay 200 million euros to buy him.

Although the outside world is ridiculing Grand Paris as a nouveau riche, spending so much money and achieving nothing.

But in fact, the effect of throwing money at them is still there.

At least in Ligue 1, the emergence of Grand Paris has put an end to the turbulent times of Ligue 1 and turned the original league pattern into a dominant league in Grand Paris.

Of course, Ligue 1 is not very competitive in the first place, and it is not a commendable thing to dominate here, which is very different from other leagues.

Therefore, the outside world does not care much about the Ligue 1 championship won by Grand Paris, and more concerned about what results they can achieve in the European competition.

Unfortunately, Paris have not done well in Europe, having fallen in the quarter-finals for three consecutive years, and have not reached the last four of the Champions League since the Qatari consortium took over.

This result is actually not bad, after all, Manchester City was not to mention the quarterfinals that year, and it was difficult to even qualify from the group, before Lin Quan joined Manchester City, they fell in the group stage every year, and almost became the laughing stock of European football.

However, Manchester City's European record in the past two years has been too impressive, they have not only won the title, but also won two Champions League trophies in a row, and are the first team to successfully defend the title since the Champions League was restructured.

As a result, in terms of Champions League records, Manchester City threw off Paris at once.

Grand Paris's European record, which was originally quite passable, was instantly not worth mentioning.

The reason why Paris has made such a big effort and spent so much money to introduce Neymar this year is to make a breakthrough in the European competition.

But they were not so lucky to meet the mountain of Manchester City.

Perhaps, as usual, Grand Paris will once again fall in the quarterfinals.

……

"Don't underestimate Paris Saint-Germain, the intensity of Ligue 1 is indeed not as strong as the Premier League and other leagues, but Grand Paris is the only one in Ligue 1, and it is not at the same level as other teams."

Given that many people in the club felt that Manchester City had drawn a good signing, they then had the idea of being arrogant and underestimating the enemy.

Pep Guardiola feels it is his duty to wake them up and extinguish the idea of underestimating their enemies sooner rather than later.

"Ligue 1 has the advantage of being weak, that is, it can make it easier for Paris to win the championship and concentrate on European competition!"

Paris Saint-Germain's dominance in the league this season is extremely solid, after slaughtering the bottom team Troyes 9-0 in the 30th round of Ligue 1, Grand Paris has locked up the Ligue 1 title eight rounds in advance, completing the fourth consecutive league title early.

The eight-round win not only made them the fastest team to win the title in the history of French football, but also broke Bayern's record of seven rounds of titles in the 2013-2014 season.

In addition, Grand Paris also made great progress in various cup competitions, reaching the semi-finals of the French Cup and the final of the League Cup.

If they can make it to the end of European competition, they will be the first team in Ligue 1 to achieve the treble.

With no evidence, Guardiola immediately played the video of the recent game in Paris for the players to watch for themselves.

And after watching the video of the game in Grand Paris, the expressions on the faces of the players obviously became a lot more serious.

Just watching the footage of the Ligue 1 match doesn't give much of a feeling, but watching their matches in Europe, especially the group stage match against Real Madrid and the two games against Chelsea in the knockout stage, you can see that this is a very strong team.

Chelsea's strength Manchester City knows very well, although this season's record is not good, but Chelsea's heritage is still there, especially their home stadium, even if Manchester City goes, they are not sure to be able to attack.

However, Paris beat Chelsea home and away, and played very calmly, firmly grasping the initiative of the game, so that Chelsea had no choice.

Grand Paris does look to have improved a lot this season and already has the qualifications to become a top team.

"The opponent has no worries about the league, and the squad is relatively neat, there are too many injuries on our side, and there are league and cup competitions, so it is difficult to concentrate all our energy on dealing with European competitions, which is our weakness."

"Therefore, before the European competition, we have to grab points as much as possible in the league and completely kill the championship suspense!"

Pep Guardiola then gave instructions that City's next focus should be on the league.

With half a month to go until the quarter-finals, they have two league games to play.

If you can win all these two games, even if you can't win the championship in advance, you can greatly reduce the suspense of winning the championship.

……

March 20, 4pm, Etihad Stadium.

The last game of the 31st round of the English Premier League, which is also the highlight of this round of league matches, Manchester City vs Manchester United, started on time.

Leicester City narrowed the gap between the two teams to six points with a narrow 1-1 win away to Crystal Palace in the other game that ended earlier.

If Manchester City loses at home to Manchester United in this game, then with seven rounds of the league remaining, the suspense of the title still exists, and it is still very big.

Leicester City have been excellent in recent times.

With the superb performance of Vardy and Mahrez, they have won three and drawn one in the last four rounds, and took advantage of Manchester City's loss to Liverpool to narrow the gap with Manchester City.

Claudio Ranieri's team has completely conquered Premier League fans.

Regardless of whether they win the championship in the end or not, it is already great to be able to get to this point with a civilian team.

Of course, if you can win the Premier League title in the dark, it will be even more legendary.

After all, it is Manchester City who are competing with them for the Premier League title, which is the strongest team in Europe at the moment!

"We're all Manchester United fans tonight!"

"Manchester United, you need to give some strength!"

"It's up to you to snipe Manchester City!"

Before the game, Leicester fans cheered Manchester United on the web, hoping that Manchester United would surprise them.

Although Leicester City can't beat Manchester City, other teams can!

If other teams beat Manchester City, it means beating Manchester City for them, these are opportunities!

In fact, it is not only Leicester City fans who are cheering for Manchester United, except for Manchester City and Liverpool, almost all fans of other teams are cheering for Manchester United.

As Premier League fans, they don't want to see a monopoly on Manchester City.

So now whoever goes to challenge Manchester City can get their support and sympathy.

In this regard, Manchester City fans have long been accustomed to it, after all, if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight.

Although almost all fans in the UK were supporting Manchester United, when the game started, the United set up a bus in their own half and looked like they were recoiling defensively.

Seeing this scene, the noses of the fans who support Manchester United are almost crooked!

"Damn, Manchester United, can you have a little backbone, this is a Manchester City derby, what does it mean to put a bus, and you don't want to have a face!"

This kind of crucial battle, and it is a hot Manchester derby, fans are coming to watch the game with high expectations.

Everyone wants to see a passionate battle against each other, not the ultimate defensive battle in the backcourt.

However, when United used a quick counter-attack to score a goal from Marcus Rashford to give United the lead in the 16th minute, the fans all shut up and even changed their tune!

"It's Mourinho, this bus is so good!"

"What kind of morality do you talk about dealing with Manchester City, just put the Eight Gates Golden Lock Trapped Dragon Array on the table!"

The so-called eight-door golden lock trapped dragon formation refers to an ultimate defensive formation in which all the remaining 8 players stay inside and outside the penalty area except for the forwards.

Mourinho, of course, on the sidelines couldn't hear the praise from the fans on the Internet, and after seeing Marcus Rashford send the ball into the Manchester City goal, he was so excited that he was still wearing a suit.

This goal is so important, the defensive counter-attacking formation is not afraid of the opponent's attack, and the higher the opponent presses, the more opportunities are left for them to counterattack at the back.

Now that they have the lead, their opponents are bound to step up their attack even further, which will further amplify the power of his counter-attacking tactics.

If City are not careful enough in defending, the second and third goals may come soon.

Pep Guardiola couldn't help but shake his head when he saw Manchester United score first.

Injured the two main central defenders, the impact on the team is still too great.

Rudiger was just defending and rushing up and grabbing, and although he was the first to chase back after being passed, he was still a step late and was passed by the opponent, which was the main reason for conceding the goal.

Rudiger, Guardiola has been watching for a long time.

His personality is more impulsive and not calm enough, although the speed of turning and chasing back is fast, but because of this, he is overconfident in his abilities and always likes to grab.

If you succeed in grabbing, it's good to say, but once you fail, it's easy to cause a big disaster.

This is very different from the other main centre-back Van Dijk, who is a bit like David Luiz, the central defender of Paris.

The talent pool at the back still seems to be a bit lacking, and it seems that it needs to be strengthened a little more in the transfer period, especially with Demichelis confirmed to leave, this position is indeed lacking.

Although the score was temporarily behind, Guardiola did not panic, and the Manchester City fans at home did not mess up.

They are still singing loudly and faithfully playing the role of the team's 12th man.

As Mourinho expected, City stepped up their attack further after falling behind.

And that gave Manchester United's side a chance to fight back!

In the 23rd minute, Pogba sent a through ball on the flank, and Martial slapped the ball to catch it and formed a one-on-one shot.

Once again, City's goal has been put to the test!

However, Anthony Martial failed to adjust the rhythm at the first time and immediately shot, and when he tried to shoot again in the second time, the angle of the shot was blocked by Navas, and he barely got up to hit the goal, but it hit Navas and bounced off the bottom line.

On the sidelines, when Pogba sent a through ball, Mourinho's hands were already raised, ready to celebrate.

As a result, Anthony Martial almost didn't send him away with a kick!

This kid, such a good opportunity, he can't go in alone!

If this goal is scored, the game will be stable!

Missed opportunities are punishable!

In the 25th minute, Lin Quan saw that the opponent's frontcourt was pressing and marking very tightly, so he knocked the ball back to Kroos, who took the ball to the center line, and the opponent's frontcourt players did not step forward to interfere at the first time.

He then leaned over, bent his bow and arrow, and sent a trademark long ball over 40 meters to the feet of Son Heung-min on the left.

Son Xingmin quickly crossed after receiving the ball, Jesus and Lin Quan both shot the goal, Jesus was a few inches short and failed to touch the ball, and finally Lin Quan at the back point shoveled the ball into the goal.

In less than ten minutes, City equalised quickly!

There was a burst of cheers from the audience, and Manchester City fans rejoiced, chanting Lin Quan's name and cheering for the King of the Etihad.

On the sidelines, Pep Guardiola happily waved his fists and ran a few steps on the sidelines, hugging several assistant coaches heavily.

This ball is played beautifully, especially Kroos's long pass just now, this kid's passing vision is too wide, you can see it from such a distance and pass the ball accurately.

Son Xingmin's cross is also of high quality, if this ball is a high ball, then with the height of Lin Quan and Jesus, I am afraid that they will not be able to do anything, and the football will be cleared by the opposing central defender.

But this ball is a low flat ball, the opponent's tall defender is powerless, and he does not dare to kick at will for fear of causing an own goal, plus the small player is more flexible and starts faster, so he kicked the ball into the goal before the opponent cleared.

On the other side, Mourinho's face turned iron-blue, and he was happy for less than ten minutes, and he couldn't be happy.

Damn, how can a well-tuned backline be so weak?

What were these guys doing?

Why didn't anyone keep an eye on that guy?

Jesus is just a young player, Mourinho didn't take him seriously, what he cared about was Lin Quan, his team's defender actually missed Lin Quan, this is a very, very huge mistake!

(End of chapter)