Inside Celtic Park, the home side are under unprecedented defensive pressure after a series of substitutions at Manchester City.

Due to the excessive pressure of the defence, their formation was completely flattened, and Dembele, who had been hanging around the center circle before, had to return to defend at this time.

Although it is said that he can stay in the front court to create a certain threat to Manchester City by counter-attacking, so that Manchester City can shoot a mouse when attacking.

But when Manchester City pressed in full swing, Celtic's side couldn't get the ball at all, let alone launch a counter-attack.

From the 50th minute of the second half, football has been flying in front of the Celtic goal.

Manchester City's attack has been wave after wave, and in just 20 minutes, 12 shots have been completed.

If it weren't for the Celtics' almost tragic defensive style of blocking eyes, their goal would have been breached long ago.

However, no matter how strong the defense line is, there will always be a day when it will be breached.

In the 73rd minute, Lin Quan's breakthrough stirred up chaos in the Celtic penalty area, although the Celtic goalkeeper blocked Lin Quan's shot in a thrilling way, but the ball flew out of the penalty area and fell at the feet of the peripheral Manchester City players.

Without waiting for the Celtic players in the box to rush out and press, the Manchester City player with the ball came directly to shoot from distance.

Celtic's goalkeeper Gordon hadn't fully risen from the ground yet, and barely reached out to flick the ball in mid-air.

The ball fell into the penalty area and Aguero was quick to reach out and poke the ball in.

The score became 3-3 and Manchester City finally equalised.

Although the opponent's strength is not particularly strong, when the opponent is bent on defending, it is as strong as Manchester City, and it is difficult to break through the opponent's goal.

Like this goal, they have been around the opposition goal for more than 25 minutes.

As long as the opponent does not have any luck in his heart, unifies his thoughts, and guards strictly, the difficulty of their goals will be greatly increased.

And Manchester City's equaliser goal just extinguished the last trace of illusions for Celtic.

The opposing coach made decisive substitutions, and the scorer Dembele was replaced, and all three substitutions were players in the backline.

Obviously, the other party is going to defend to the end.

Although it is very cowardly and humiliating to use this style of play on your home turf, when the opponent is shameless, there is really nothing you can do about it.

Despite their desperate efforts, City were unable to find the back of the net in the space that followed.

Although Celtic were beaten ugly, they managed to hold on to a hard-earned draw and Manchester City got a point.

This is not an easy thing to do, and many top giants are also difficult to score points when facing Manchester City, and even lose their armor by Manchester City if they are not careful.

When the game on Manchester City's side ended, the game on Barcelona's side was also coming to an end.

The score on the field is 1:2, with the home team in front and the away team behind.

Although the win was very embarrassing and even a bit of a fluke, Barcelona still won in the end.

After a hard-fought victory, the Barcelona players and coaching staff cheered when they learned of the outcome of the other game.

Their win and Manchester City's forced draw meant Barcelona had snatched the top spot in the group.

Their morale was boosted, the opponent's morale was frustrated, and the next game was a strong showdown between them and Manchester City, and the venue of the game was still at Barcelona's home stadium.

Under the superposition of multiple factors, Barcelona has become optimistic.

Perhaps, the next game will be their moment of revenge against Manchester City!

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The failure to win the game away from home, and the physical exertion of the whole team, has affected Manchester City's morale to a certain extent.

In the seventh round of the Premier League, at Tottenham's home stadium at White Hart Lane, Manchester City's whole team was in a slump, and the players felt heavy and sluggish.

In the 9th minute of the opening game, due to the rain, the field was a little slippery, and Kolarov accidentally kicked the ball into his own goal at the end of the game, giving Tottenham a big gift at the beginning.

This is not over, in the 33rd minute of the first half, Tottenham players fell in the penalty area, and the referee did not hesitate to award a penalty, allowing Tottenham to extend their lead to 2 goals!

After conceding two goals in a row, the Manchester City players seemed to be awakened a little, and their form recovered a little, taking advantage of the opportunity of the opponent's big press, seizing the opportunity to launch a campaign against Tottenham, and finally scored a goal by Son Heung-min.

However, this state of affairs did not last long, and Tottenham Hotspur was in hot form, especially Kane and Eriksen, who frequently created threats in front of Manchester City's goal, which greatly restrained Manchester City's energy and made Manchester City unable to invest heavily in the attack.

In the end, the game ended at full-time, with a penalty and an own goal, Tottenham beat Manchester City 2-1 at home, ending the opponent's six-game winning streak.

For Tottenham, it was a long-awaited victory.

After the rise of Manchester City in the past few years, Tottenham Hotspur has almost become Manchester City's experience package, and every time they encounter it, they will inevitably be repaired by Manchester City, and often play very exaggerated scores, which makes Tottenham lose face.

Since Kane grew up, Tottenham have been plotting revenge against Manchester City.

They were at home last season and had a chance of winning, but in the end they fell short.

This season, they have finally completed their revenge, and the joy of Tottenham is comparable to beating their local rivals Arsenal!

Manchester City's surprise defeat was a good thing for the rest of their rivals.

With this victory, Tottenham quietly moved up to second place in the league, just one point short of the defending champions.

Below Tottenham, Arsenal and Liverpool, who have won this round, are third and fourth respectively, with the two teams equaling 16 points.

Manchester United and Chelsea, who had a strong start to the season, are sixth and seventh with 13 points.

After an unexpected defeat to Tottenham, Manchester City, who had not won in two rounds in the league and the Champions League, were unsurprisingly criticized by the media.

Some analysts believe that Manchester City, without Kroos, have lost the dominance of previous seasons due to a decline in attacking threat and a single tactic.

"This may be good news for the rest of the Premier League, and this year's Premier League title may be a new face!"

Manchester City's successive victories in the Premier League have left many fans aesthetically tired, and they are desperate to see new faces on the throne.

And they are very happy with the current momentum of the Premier League.

A big league is definitely not a normal league.

The league in which many giants compete fiercely and you chase me is the league they want to see the most.

And this season's Premier League is obviously very much in line with their psychological expectations.

After the seventh round of matches, it's FIFA matchday again.

The 2018 World Cup is less than two years away, and for those countries that aim to impact the World Cup, the most important task for the national team at this stage is the World Preliminary Tournament.

As the Spanish national team will usher in a key game in the group at the weekend, the main players of the national team, including Lin Quan, have all received the call of the national team after playing the league, and they all went to the national team's training base to report as soon as possible.

For countries in the European region, the World Preliminary Tournament is not only about strength, but also about face.

Although there are a lot of places allocated to them for the World Cup, reaching 13!

However, due to the large number of strong teams in the European region, these 13 places are completely insufficient.

Therefore, for the teams participating in the European World Preliminary Tournament, they must do their best in every game, win all the points they can get, and there can be no slack.

Because, only the first group can safely qualify for the World Cup.

If you don't finish first in the group, it's going to be a problem.

They need to secure a place in the play-offs and then go to the brutal play-offs to battle other opponents for the last four qualifying spots.

Therefore, once two or more strong teams are placed in a group, it is very unlucky.

Because someone is destined to not be able to advance directly!

It's unfortunate that Spain's Group G just has two strong teams - Spain and Italy!

In addition to these two teams, the remaining 4 teams are more like accompanying the prince to study, their own strength is very weak, and it is basically impossible to compete with these two strong teams for the right to qualify.

This means that the direct confrontation between these two strong teams will directly determine the ownership of the first place in the group!

It is precisely because this game is so important that Bosque and the Spanish coaching staff dare not slack off, they will gather all the main players, and when the players have recovered a little, they will immediately seize the time to conduct targeted training.

Although Spain and Italy have just played each other in the European Championship, just because they have won against their opponents does not mean that they can easily beat them in the future.

What's more, Italy is not a weak team, and they will also learn from their defeats, sum up their experience, and find a way to defeat Spain.

"It's going to be on the opponent's home turf and the Italian side is likely to take advantage of the home advantage and launch an onslaught against us, so we have to play a little bit more steadfast, defend well first, don't concede goals, and then think about scoring goals."

Bosque is more stable, and in this kind of crucial game, neither side can afford to lose, so he does not intend to give the other side any chance.

Even if it is a draw, he can accept it, and it is a big deal to clean up Italy when he returns to his home stadium in the next leg.

Moreover, Spain's tactical style of play is very restrained against the underdogs, and when facing the other 4 teams in the group, the probability of Spain losing or even drawing is very low, which means that they have a high margin for error.

On the other hand, Italy, which is mainly defensive, may not be able to score points as consistently as them when facing weak teams.

Even one mistake from Italy in other games will be enough to secure top spot in the group.

So there is no need to be in a hurry on the Spanish side, it should be Italy that should be in a hurry.

I have to say that Bosque's experience is really sophisticated, he saw through the fate of the Italians at a glance and found a way to restrain himself.

On October 7, at the San Siro Stadium, it was drizzling in the sky.

Fortunately, the drainage system of the stadium is working well, and there is no obvious water accumulation on the field, which is good news for the Spanish team, which pays attention to the coordination of the feet.

As Bosque had predicted before the game, after the start of the game, the Italian team really took advantage of the home advantage and launched a fierce attack on the Spanish team.

Both teams are currently on the same number of points, but Spain have a goal difference of nine while Italy have only two, so Spain are top of the group and Italy are second.

The Italians are well aware of the formidable quality of the Spanish team, and of the four remaining opponents in the group, Liechtenstein are the points boys and will not pose any threat to both teams.

North Macedonia is limited in strength and will most likely not be able to pose any obstacle to Spain.

As for Israel, this is not to mention, their strength has always been not worth mentioning.

The only team to count on is Albania, a second-rate team in Europe, but they have also beaten strong teams such as France in the past.

If Spain had been careless, it would have been possible to fall on them.

But pinning your hopes on someone else, such a thing, of course, is not advisable.

Rather than relying on others, Italians prefer to take the initiative of their destiny into their own hands.

And beating Spain at home is the key to taking the initiative.

The Italians playing at home are very popular, and their attacking tactics have obviously been studied, targeting the weaknesses of the Spanish team.

Spain's midfield squad is not as luxurious as it used to be, and the Italians are clearly looking to make a fuss about this, so as to both contain Spain's attack and wait for opportunities to launch counter-attacks.

It's just that Bosque has long been aware of the opponent's intentions, so he is very particular about the starters he arranged for this game.

He pressed Jr. to the bench and started Cork.

Iniesta was also put on the bench, allowing Lin Quan to take his place as the team's attacking midfielder.

In the forward position, he used Alvaro Morata as a shadow striker and Diego Costa up front.

In this way, Morata can be involved in the defense of the midfield, further enhancing the control of the Spanish midfield.

Thus, the plans of the Italians went bankrupt.

They tried to capitalize on the weakness of the Spanish midfield, only to find themselves hit headfirst on the iron plate.

This Spanish midfielder is not only not weak, but also strong and tough.

What's even more terrifying is that the midfielder's attacking power is still very strong, and when the Italians are attacking aggressively, they can frequently play high-quality counter-attacks that threaten their goal.

In the 35th minute of the first half, Spain seized the opportunity of the Italians to press heavily and completed a textbook quick counterattack.

From the time the Spaniard tackled at the back to Diego Costa's goal to hit the ball into the opponent's goal, the counterattack took only three passes and eight seconds.

Such a swift counterattack, even Italy, which is known for its defense, could not react at all!

(End of chapter)