Chapter 221: Kane's Uncrowned Curse

City's advantage was so great that Pep Guardiola even replaced Lin Quan in the 75th minute of the second half.

Some Manchester City fans were a little apprehensive at first when they saw this substitution.

But after watching for a while, and seeing that Dortmund's attack could hardly pose a threat to Manchester City, he gradually relaxed.

In the eyes of the Manchester City people, Dortmund's attacks were mixed together and did not pose a threat.

But Dortmund doesn't think so, especially Dembele.

Dembele looked excited after the goal and was very active looking for opportunities up front to try and score again.

The opponent is Manchester City, which is the most well-known and strongest top club in the whole of European football.

For a young talent like him, if he wants to make a name for himself, he must put in a good performance against such an opponent.

But Dembele was so focused on his own showmanship that he forgot that football is a team sport.

The threat he posed to the Manchester City defence alone was far less than that of Borussia Dortmund's concerted efforts.

This is also the main reason why Dortmund's attack seems to be huge during this period, but in fact there is no threat.

After seeing the opponent's offensive intensity, Guardiola was also relieved, returned to the coach's seat and sat down, and came over to chat with Lin Quan on the side:

"What do you think of this guy?"

Pep Guardiola asked, pointing to Ousmane Dembele, who was trying to break through outside the Manchester City penalty area.

"It's okay, I have a certain strength, and my talent is good."

Lin Quan gave a decent evaluation, not that he felt that Dembele was really ordinary, in fact, it was very rare to get the evaluation of good talent from Lin Quan.

"Well, I'm just like you think, just seeing him running with the ball, I think this kid is a good seedling!"

Dembele's footwork aside, the consistency and control of his body when he runs long distances with the ball is a great talent at first glance.

Pep Guardiola has seen countless young players, who are good and who are poor, and it's easy to tell for an experienced manager like him.

So, when he said this, there seemed to be a bright light in his eyes.

And Lin Quan, who noticed this, was very surprised, could it be that the melon bald was in love with Dembele and wanted to buy the other party, right?

It's not a good purchase!

Dembele is a genius on Barcelona's transfer list, and the other party has prepared a large transfer fee for Dembele.

At this time, if you catch up and join in the fun, you will be slaughtered by the black shop of Bumblebee.

Lin Quan remembered that Barcelona spent a full 150 million euros in order to buy him.

Bumblebee bought Dembele for 35 million, and it took a year to sell it and make a net profit of 115 million, which is a lot of money!

However, Dembele's performance after joining Barcelona can only be said to be somewhat sorry for the expectations of the outside world, and he failed to play a performance that matched his value.

Therefore, he himself has also been labeled as a parallel import, especially after the World Cup final, and has become a laughing stock of ridicule from all sides.

In fact, Dembele's talent is really not weak, and even when he was born with Mbappe in 17 years, many football experts and analysts thought that Dembele's talent was better.

But Dembele is not as self-disciplined as Mbappe, and in Barcelona he wants to be a green leaf for Messi, so he doesn't have many opportunities to perform, and the position he plays is not his favorite, so he is far from meeting the expectations of the outside world.

Manchester City have really enough manpower to buy on the wings, and if they mess up, they may mess up the dressing room.

"Don't think about it, the psychological price of the Hornets for him will not be less than 100 million euros, and if someone bids, the price will only be higher!"

Seeing that Guardiola had a love for talent, Lin Quan had to pour a basin of cold water on him to calm him down.

The trick worked, and the smile on Guardiola's face disappeared as soon as he heard the news that Dembele might have to pay hundreds of millions of euros to take.

Dembele, who is 40 million euros, exudes merit from top to bottom, has unlimited potential, and has a promising future.

But Dembele, who is 100 million euros, feels that there are shortcomings everywhere, and how unpleasant it is to look at.

If I really have 100 million euros, I might as well buy Bayern striker Lewandowski, then Manchester City's fighting power can go to a higher level, isn't it better than buying Dembele?

It seemed that all the magic power had been exhausted, and Dembele's efforts did not pay off, but Shinji Kagawa scored a goal in the 84th minute of the second half with an assist from Shahin to rewrite the score to 2:4.

However, City's side soon returned the favor and Van Dijk made it 2-5 with a header in the 89th minute.

Manchester City beat their opponents on the road, killing the suspense of two legs in one leg.

The next game is back at home, even if they lose 0:3, they will not be eliminated.

After the game, Manchester City left Germany satisfied.

On the plane back, Pep Guardiola began to study his semi-final opponents.

All four matches in this round of the Champions League have been won and lost, and there have been no draws.

Because of this, the list of teams that advanced to the top four can already be vaguely speculated.

Juventus, who swept Paris 3-0 at home, have a huge advantage, and their probability of advancing to the semi-finals should exceed 7 percent.

In Bayern's 2:1 home defeat of Bayern's Real Madrid, although the promotion advantage is not as big as Juventus, but a goal difference and two away goals still bring Real Madrid more than 6% of the chance of winning.

Due to the red card received by Bayern's main defender Martinez, he could not play in the next leg.

This is good news for Real Madrid, as long as they don't make too many mistakes themselves, they have a good chance of qualifying.

Atletico Madrid, another giant in La Liga, defeated Leicester City of the English Premier League 1-0 at home in this round.

Although the goal difference is not much, considering Atletico's strong defensive ability and the strength of the opponent's weakness, the outside world believes that Atletico Madrid's probability of promotion is greater than that of Juventus.

Of course, the biggest advantage is Manchester City themselves.

More than ninety percent of fans and pundits believe that Manchester City have advanced to the last four, even if the second leg has not yet begun.

To be honest, Guardiola is still a little surprised that Paris eliminated Barcelona and failed to advance to the semi-finals.

Grand Paris eliminated Barcelona on the front foot, and was given high expectations and attention by the outside world, but turned around and was taught a lesson by the old woman.

After watching the video of this game, Guardiola had to sigh: Juventus played too well in this game, and completely formed a suppression of Grand Paris.

If you really want to say how much better Juventus is than Paris, that's not necessarily.

Therefore, after returning to the home stadium in the second leg, Grand Paris still has a certain chance.

It's just that Serie A teams have always been good at defense, and it's really hard to say how much goal difference Paris can get at home.

But who can say well about football, everything is possible on the pitch.

Pep Guardiola speculates that this year's semi-final list is likely to be Juventus, Manchester City, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.

La Liga is still strong, with half of the top four being La Liga teams.

Serie A's Champions League record has been improving in recent years after Old Lady consolidated its dominance in the league.

Although the Premier League is now fiercely competitive within the league, the banner of foreign wars has been silently carried by Manchester City in recent years.

The remaining three teams are familiar faces to Manchester City, having played against them all.

If I had to say anything, Pep Guardiola wants to meet Atletico.

The reason is simple, Atletico are probably the weakest of the four.

And Atletico Madrid also once beat his team home and away in the semifinals when he was in charge of Bayern, which made Guardiola haunt his heart.

Of course, who can be drawn depends on luck.

Lucky to draw Atletico Madrid, bad luck to draw Real Madrid or Bayern, bad luck to draw Juventus.

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After the Champions League, as soon as Manchester City returned to the Premier League, it felt like the Premier League had changed.

In the 33rd round of the league, Tottenham Hotspur was the first to play again, once again sweeping the opponent 4-0 at home.

This time, however, Chelsea were unable to withstand the pressure.

In a strong conversation with Manchester United, Mourinho completed his revenge on his old club, leading the Red Devils to a 2-0 home win over Chelsea, not only succeeding in revenge, but also kicking Chelsea into the abyss.

At the end of this game, Chelsea's lead dropped from four points to one!

With five rounds of the league remaining, Chelsea are only one point ahead of Tottenham, and the suspense of the title is unprecedented, and the entire Premier League is not calm.

As a melon eater, Manchester City easily beat Southampton 3-0 away, and then began to watch the excitement.

City currently have 70 points and are five points away from the top of the table, with only five league games remaining, there is hope of winning the title, but it is really not big, and unless Chelsea make consecutive mistakes, it will be difficult for Manchester City to turn around.

Besides, even if Chelsea drops the chain, Tottenham will not drop the chain!

Tottenham's recent form has been too good, and it is just a succession of victories, and they have won every game.

Especially their star Kane, who assists and scores, is not in hot form.

Together with his partner Christian Eriksen, he has become one of the most powerful attacking combinations in the entire Premier League during this time.

However, no matter how good Tottenham are, the initiative is still not in their hands.

Don't look at Chelsea losing again, but they still have the advantage in their hands.

A one-point lead is also a lead, and if Chelsea end up with five consecutive wins, then Tottenham will not be able to win 4-0 or even 5-0 every game.

The key now is whether Chelsea can withstand the pressure!

The pressure is on any team to win the title.

What's more, it is Chelsea, who has a double-digit lead in hand, and is chased little by little with only the last 1 point.

The pressure is so great that I am afraid that the outside world simply cannot imagine.

Therefore, the 34th round of the game is very crucial.

If Chelsea fail to withstand the pressure and collapse under the pressure, and continue to lose or draw this game, then the champions will have to wave goodbye to them!

Tottenham's form is still terrible in this round, and on the road, they beat Leicester City, who finished second in the league last season, with a score of 6:1.

Kane completed five sons and delivered an assist, and single-handedly accounted for all the team's goals!

This god-like performance made many Premier League fans excited.

Damn, this is a god!

At the thought of Kane's home register, England fans can't help but be happy to ascend to heaven.

How many years have passed, looking forward to the stars and the moon, we in England have finally produced another godblade!

No, this kid might be stronger than Michael Owen or even Alan Shearer, because he's only 24 years old, he's still very young, and he still has a huge room to grow!

However, when the dust settled on the Stamford Bridge side, Kane's god-level performance became meaningless.

Chelsea withstood the pressure and held on to what little lead they had left to hold on 4-2 at home to the oncoming Southampton.

In the 35th round, Kane was still in hot form, leading Tottenham to beat Arsenal 2-0 in the north London derby, extending Tottenham's winning streak to 10 games.

It also broke Tottenham's all-time record and was Tottenham's longest winning streak in the Premier League.

Kane, who played one pass and one shot in this game, performed badly, but it was still useless.

Chelsea beat Everton 3-0 away to keep them ahead of Tottenham.

Tottenham are doubting their lives!

Why can't Chelsea be crushed?

It's just 1 point, as long as Chelsea makes a mistake, the championship is Tottenham's, but why don't they make a mistake!

Under heavy pressure, Tottenham did not expect Chelsea's mistakes, but they themselves were the first to collapse.

In the 36th round, Tottenham lost 0:1 away to West Ham United, while on the other hand, Chelsea defeated Middlesbrough 3:0 at home to extend the lead to 4 points!

There are still 2 rounds left in the league, and Chelsea, who have a four-point advantage, has basically declared the championship!

In the penultimate round, despite Tottenham's best efforts once again to beat Manchester United 2-1, Chelsea won the league title by a narrow 1-0 away win over West Bromwich Albion.

This is Chelsea's first top-flight title in six years.

And Tottenham, who have performed well throughout the season, even if they played superbly in the second half of the league, it is still difficult to stop the pace of the opponent to win the championship.

In the finale, Tottenham slaughtered Hull City 7-1, and Kane scored a hat-trick to put his tally of league goals this season at 35.

However, Kane, who had such a good performance, still failed to lift the league trophy as he wished, as he did for many years afterward.

It was from this moment that Kane's head was cursed with the championship, no matter how good he performed, the championship always missed him, even if he transferred to a major league and joined a giant team, it seemed that he could not be transferred.

(End of chapter)