Fernando himself was actually surprised, because the arrival of N'Golo Kante gave him few opportunities to play at Manchester City.

He has made just 15 appearances for City this season, starting just five, all of which have come in domestic cup competitions and the Champions League, coming as a substitute.

Due to the lack of reuse at Manchester City, Fernando has already thought about moving to other clubs this summer.

Although Manchester City offered him a high salary, and he could continue to receive various accolades while staying at Manchester City, Fernando felt that these accolades had nothing to do with him.

He's only 29 years old, he's in his prime, he's still early to retire and doesn't want to waste a lot of time on the bench.

So he is ready to play in the big five leagues, ordinary teams and even some lower league giants.

Galatasaray on the Turkish Super League side has been in contact with his agent, and the contract offered by the other party is very sincere.

Given his marginalised position within the Manchester City squad, he feels the club should not put too many obstacles in the way of his departure.

So, if there are no accidents, he will probably leave the Premier League this summer to join the Turkish Super League.

However, just when Fernando was packing up and preparing to run, Guardiola put him in the Champions League semi-final squad, and even hinted in the team training that he would be sent to play to keep him in good shape.

This change made Fernando a little unsure, could it be that the head coach had a change of heart and finally discovered his talent and planned to reuse himself?

So, he hurriedly informed his agent that he would not be busy signing with Galatasaray, but would play the last few games of the season first and see how Manchester City reacted later.

After all, who wants to stay in the five major leagues and stay in a top club like Manchester City to get a big contract?

Of course, he also knows very well in his heart that there is a big gap between himself and the main midfielders such as Kante and Kroos, and it is almost impossible to replace their main positions, unless these two are poached by other teams with high salaries, leaving empty places.

But who can say for sure?

After all, every summer in the transfer market, a large number of stars choose to leave for a new team, and until the transfer market closes, no one can be sure that a player will be with the team next season, especially those who are very sought-after.

Fernando was excited and took the pre-game warm-up preparations seriously, and then was unsurprisingly pressed on the bench by Guardiola.

However, another substitute, Fernandinho, replaced Kevin De Bruyne and got a chance to start.

In this game, there were three midfielders in Manchester City's starting lineup, and the intensity of the midfield was suddenly raised!

"Is this going to play with us in midfield?"

After Simeone saw the formation on Manchester City's side, he immediately had some speculation in his mind.

His suspicions were confirmed soon after the game officially began, and Manchester City did have to fight them in midfield, and it was the kind of fight for every inch of land!

"The pace of the game was very fast, and both teams were very aggressive!"

"Neither side can find too good attacking opportunities, and the players in each other's midfield can't organise effectively!"

On the commentary bench, seeing the situation on the field, the two commentators were surprised.

It's not surprising that Atletico are playing this way, because that's their usual tactic.

But Manchester City actually played like this, which is a bit incomprehensible.

After abandoning Kevin De Bruyne as the playmaker up front, who will be responsible for Manchester City's organisation and grooming in the midfield?

Canter?

His focus is on defence, and if he devotes a part of his energy to attacking, not to mention whether his playmaking ability can reach the level of De Bruyne, the decline in defensive quality due to the distraction of energy alone is more than worth the loss for Manchester City.

If Kante can't do it, can Fernandinho?

Of course, it doesn't, because he is very far behind, and his main responsibility is to plan and protect in front of Kroos, and he does not take the initiative to cut forward when attacking.

As a result, City's attacking attack seems to be lacking in organisation, at least for the first few minutes, when it was not clear who the core of the organisation was.

There are many people who have similar thoughts to the two commentators, including Atletico Madrid coach Simeone, and the managers of Real Madrid and Bayern who came to the scene in order to spy on the military situation.

"What exactly does Pep Guardiola want to do? Why did he abandon his martial arts, was he afraid that the midfielder would not be able to fight the opponent, so he specially put on a three-back formation to strengthen the defense? ”

In the stands somewhere on the pitch, Real Madrid's assistant coach muttered to himself in confusion, completely unable to understand Guardiola's intentions.

Zidane on the side also frowned at this time, and he couldn't see anything for the time being a few minutes before the game, but he vaguely felt that Lin Quan's position today was not right.

Although he appeared on the right side, he moved to the middle a lot and became half of Manchester City's midfield.

Could it be that Guardiola intends to let Lin Quanlai take on the task of organizing the attack?

But with Atletico Madrid's defensive intensity, if Lin Quan really takes over this hot job, he will definitely be taken care of by the opponent, let alone organize the attack, whether he can protect the ball under his feet from being snatched away by the opponent is a problem.

On the other side of the stands, Bayern coach Heynckes had his eyes fixed on Manchester City's defender Kroos.

Pep Guardiola specially arranged for Fernandinho to be by his side to respond and protect this game, which was obviously intentional.

Kroos is a veteran of Bayern, and Heynckes still knows his strength very well.

He has an excellent big-picture vision and an extremely accurate long ball, and Kroos is capable of delivering lethal long balls once the players up front are out of space.

However, he has a vague feeling that Guardiola's assignment to Kroos should be limited to this.

Ten minutes into the game, both sides went to the middle to strangle, and neither side of the attack got too good chances.

Manchester City's back three interceptions and coverage areas are too large for Atletico to counter-attack, and the positional battle lacks creativity, even the danger zone in the 30-meter area is difficult to penetrate, let alone pose a threat to Manchester City's goal.

However, Manchester City's side is not much better, after the lack of De Bruyne's fatal pass, they do not have many offensive means in front, although Lin Quan relied on his excellent individual strength, broke through with the ball and completed a shot on goal.

However, this time the angle of the shot was not good, and it was easily defused by the goalkeeper and failed to form a goal.

The situation seems to be at a stalemate, with neither team taking the other side in a good way.

However, is this really the case?

In the 15th minute of the first half, Lin Quan received the ball on the side, and Atletico Madrid's striker Antoine Griezmann, full-back Koke and defender Augusto immediately surrounded him, ready to wrap him up and snatch the ball from his feet.

Lin Quan saw that the opponent pounced fiercely, so he took the initiative to retreat, attracted the opponent to follow up, and then passed the ball back to Kante, who came to respond.

Fernando Torres and Antoine Griezmann immediately rushed towards N'Golo Kante again, with Atletico's other midfielder Gabi joining in the pack.

However, N'Golo Kante didn't stick to the ball at all, passing the ball to team-mate Fernandinho.

Fernandinho received the ball and continued to pass back, pulling Atletico's formation further out, while also handing the ball to the feet of Kroos, the dealer at the back.

When Kroos received the ball, he was deep and close to the wing on the right.

Although Atletico Madrid's high-post pressing work is very good, there is naturally no Atletico Madrid person in such a deep position.

Coupled with Fernandinho's cover, Atletico Madrid's men could not threaten Kroos in the first place.

For a master of passing like Kroos, his long pass success rate can reach 100% without outside interference!

Mr. Tony just looked up and observed the positions of the players on both sides in the front court, and immediately swung his legs on the spot and sent a long pass that seemed to be precisely guided!

This ball is going to Lin Quan!

Taking advantage of the opportunity for the opponent to be attracted by the ball at the feet of his teammates, he temporarily relaxed his marking, and the moment the ball passed to Kroos's feet, Lin Quan immediately accelerated and sprinted and rushed to the opponent's half.

Kroos also completed a long pass, and the ball drew a beautiful arc in the air, accurately finding Lin Quan.

It is worthy of Kroos, this ball is passed very well, Lin Quan doesn't need to slow down at all, he just needs to run hard and catch the ball before the goalkeeper!

Atletico Madrid's goalkeeper Oblak has realised that something was wrong and chose to attack as soon as possible, with both men accelerating towards football.

However, halfway through his attack, he realized that he couldn't grab the ball before Lin Quan.

So Oblak retreated, ready to save at any time.

Lin Quan glanced at the goalkeeper's position, and without hesitation, he directly raised his feet and shot.

The ball flew high in the air, went over the goalkeeper's head, and fell into the net like a fallen leaf.

Rumble!

At the moment when Lin Quan scored, the Etihad Stadium seemed to cancel the mute button, and a huge wave of sound roared and swept the entire stadium.

The ball came so suddenly, and many fans weren't ready yet.

Looking at the scorching situation between the two sides in the first 10 minutes, they thought it would be a tough battle and that it would be difficult for the team to find the back of the net without Kevin De Bruyne.

However, they never expected that through a connection between Kroos and Lin Quan, they would break through the opponent's goal so easily.

City's attack was extremely fast, from Kroos completing the pass to Lin Quan's shot, the whole process took less than four seconds.

No matter how fast Atletico Madrid's defense is, under such a terrifying counterattack speed, it can only be helpless!

"Well done!"

At the moment when Lin Quan completed the goal, Guardiola was excited like an octopusal spider, dancing, jumping and jumping, and whoever passed by him couldn't wait to hug each other and kiss each other.

After the goal, Lin Quan was also very excited, and he made a trademark front flip celebration under the rise.

Pep Guardiola, who was hugging and celebrating with the assistant coach and substitutes on the sidelines, was immediately frightened when he saw this scene.

Gotta remind this kid not to engage in such a dangerous celebration, if he accidentally gets injured, it will be a big problem!

The Etihad Stadium and fans around the world didn't care so much, and when they saw Lin Quan recreate the classic celebration of the front flip, they all cheered and applauded Lin Quan loudly.

In a family in Bremen, Germany, Coach Schaaf, who was watching the game, couldn't help but shake his head after seeing Lin Quan's celebration.

"This kid is still the same as he was at the beginning!"

As Lin Quan's enlightenment teacher, he is very proud and proud of Lin Quan's achievements today.

Although the two have only worked together for a short year, that year has left him with beautiful memories that he will never forget in his life.

Barcelona, somewhere in a residence.

Seeing Lin Quan's energetic appearance on the field, Messi cast an envious gaze.

It's good to be young!

Wouldn't it be nice if I was as young as he was and could regain that sense of omnipotence?

It's a pity that time is gone, and there is no going back.

This season, Messi's injury situation has reduced his state a lot, and Barcelona has also lost Neymar, a big player, and was punished by a transfer ban because of youth training violations, which can be described as internal and external troubles.

To lead the team to win this season's La Liga title under such circumstances, Messi has done his best.

As for the Champions League, there is nothing he can do about it.

There are many people who feel the same way as Messi, such as someone in Madrid.

When Ronaldo saw Lin Quan, he couldn't help but recall what he looked like when he was young.

Back then, I was also so high-spirited, right?

However, the current self is stronger than the young and immature self at the beginning, so there is nothing to remember!

……

Manchester City's goal caught Atletico off guard, and Simeone couldn't help but scold his mother when he saw his goal being breached!

Before the start of the game, he told him that he must guard against Lin Quan, and there must be no slackness.

But the result?

The team members didn't restrain Lin Quan at all just now, when Lin Quan suddenly started, no one within two meters of him interfered with him, and by the time they realized the danger, it was too late to start again!

It was a beautiful game for Manchester City, but Atletico's defenders also had a lot of responsibility.

But at this point, there is no point in blaming the players, the ball has been lost, and now what they have to do is not let the opponent continue to score, and at the same time seize the opportunity to try to break the opponent's goal.

That way, they'll be able to score away goals!

Even before the Etihad Stadium, Simeone had already guessed in his mind that the game might be lost.

After all, this is the most terrifying devil's home stadium in Europe, and Manchester City rarely loses in this stadium, and they are unbeaten in the Champions League.

Many top teams such as Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich have all lost here, and the probability of Atletico Madrid winning is naturally very low.

However, even if he had to lose, he couldn't accept losing that way.

(End of chapter)