At the draw for the top 16 of the Champions League, everyone looked at the Bayern, Arsenal, Manchester City, and Barcelona teams with amusement.
Arsenal VS Bayern Munich, Manchester City VS Barcelona.
Pellegrini and Wenger were preparing to fight in the Premier League, but thousands of miles away in Nyon, Switzerland, the dog-eating Figo had drawn their teams into the death group respectively.
Guagua’s face was solemn.
The good news for Bayern is that Arsenal also lost two games in the group stage and is not invincible.
But the bad news is that in the two games Arsenal lost, Lin Yun was absent in one game and Lin Yun was a substitute in the other game.
In other words, Bayern has never been afraid of Arsenal.
They are just afraid of that person...
In London, Lin Yun watched the draw ceremony at home, but Modric, Wilshere, Arteta, and Walcott all came to him today.
Lin Ming and Isabella also have their own careers and do not live in London permanently, so Lin Yun lives in this house most of the time. These guys come over every now and then to visit, and they seem to treat his place as a small party base.
Of course, it is limited to the few of them who have similar temperaments. After all, the only entertainment facilities he has here are a private cinema, a table tennis table and various game consoles. Oh, there is also a mahjong table. Other veteran drivers I don't really like being a guest.
"Touch!" Modric took the eight tubes that Wilshere had just dropped and stacked them with the pair in his hand. Then he took the time to watch the TV. "I seem to remember that you said that Germany is yours." Lucky place, right?”
"No... Dongfeng... the whole earth is my lucky place!"
"It's the first level to fight the boss again. I wonder what the difference is between Bayern Munich led by Guardiola and the one led by Heynckes..." Walcott rubbed the mahjong in his hand with his right thumb, and then Then he opened it slowly in front of his eyes. Finally, his eyes lit up and he slammed the mahjong on the table. "It's confused! I got a hat trick! I just want to ask, who is there again! Who is there!"
Wilshere pushed the mahjong in front of him and said, "I won't play any more... Well, regarding Guardiola, I have to ask Mikel about this."
Everyone looked at Arteta.
Brother Tazi was born in La Masia, at the same time as Harvey and others, and he can be regarded as Guagua's junior brother.
Arteta thought for a moment, stretched out his hand and twirled around in the air a few times, "Guardiola's football is Barcelona's football, you know, that's it, pass it on..."
No matter how hard you think about it, you don't know what the movements he made have to do with passing the ball, but you can generally understand what he means.
"Then let's fight like Barcelona?"
"That's it, it's not like we didn't win against Barcelona."
"Well, Bayern doesn't have Messi."
"But they have Robben."
"That's something that coaches and defenders should consider. I still miss Dante and Boateng."
Dante and Boateng, who were in Munich, had their eyelids twitching at the same time, but they were all absorbed by the result of the draw and didn't care too much.
Unlike Arsenal, they have no match mission tomorrow. A group of people watched the live broadcast of the draw at the training base.
The reaction was mixed.
It can be roughly divided into two groups.
One group is for the offensive players, "Great, here's the chance for revenge!"
The other group is from the defenders, "Why is it Arsenal again..."
Wenger and his coaching staff watched the draw at the Colney training base. After learning the result, they waved their hands calmly, "Don't worry about Bayern Munich, think about how to beat Manchester City first!"
The others looked at each other and shrugged.
"...The most important thing against Manchester City is of course to defend David Silva well."
"Aguero is the most dangerous person..."
"Yaya Toure can't neglect it either..."
Although Manchester City is also second in the group, they have just defeated Bayern in the Champions League group stage. They are currently in full swing and have maintained a record of undefeated home wins in the league this season. It is not easy to win.
Even excluding the factor of a strong matchup, according to Arsenal's tradition of collapse in the middle and late stages of the season, everyone's attention to this game is still very high.
Both teams have just returned from playing abroad. The difference is that Manchester City played Bayern the day before, so they also had one more day of rest than Arsenal. This made Wenger very dissatisfied. At the pre-match press conference Once again criticized the FA's schedule.
Pellegrini did not argue with him, but instead kept echoing, because Manchester City was also overwhelmed by the tight schedule, and a good pre-match press conference almost turned into a complaint meeting.
This is Lin Yun's first visit to the Etihad Stadium.
The entire stadium can accommodate 55,000 people, which is similar to the Emirates Stadium.
The two teams have no lingering historical grudges, and the current standings are not in a "do or die" relationship. The atmosphere is quite harmonious, but this harmony has not been brought to the court. From the beginning of the game, the two teams were in conflict. The fight was quite fierce.
"There have been 32 Premier League clashes between the two sides. Arsenal has an absolute advantage with 21 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. They have beaten Manchester City twice in 7 seasons, including 11 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in away games. It can be said that Arsenal is the real sufferer of Manchester City. Just look at this game. Can Manchester City overcome the psychological pressure and overcome the difficulty of Arsenal..."
Both sides are in the current mainstream 4-2-3-1 formation in football. However, although Aguero nominally sits in the midfield, he should be a shadow forward in the actual game.
Of course, there is another special figure in Manchester City's formation today: former Gunners player Nasri.
Although the Frenchman only played for Arsenal for three years, it was during those three years that he made a qualitative leap and became a true football superstar. He, Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie were once regarded as the key players in the Gunners' resurgence. hope.
It's a pity that things have changed and the three of them left the Emirates Stadium one after another, leaving Wenger alone to guard the arsenal, unchanged...
Manchester City's starting lineup:
Goalkeeper: 30-Pantilimon;
Defenders: 5-Zabaleta, 4-Kompany, 26-Demichelis, 22-Klich;
Midfielder: 25-Fernandinho, 42-Yaya Toure;
Midfielder: 21-Silva, 16-Aguero, 8-Nasri;
Forward: 9-Negredo.
Arsenal:
Goalkeeper: 1-Szczesny;
Defenders: 3- Sagna, 4- Mertesacker, 6- Koscielny, 17- Monreal;
Midfielder: 20-Flamini, 16-Ramsey;
Midfielder: 14-Walcott, 20-Modric, 10-Wilshere;
Forward: 11-Lin Yun. "
"Okay, the game has started, Manchester City will serve first."
Manchester City created opportunities on the wing after the opening.
The way this team plays is very special.
They have a low-key, world-class midfielder: David Silva, but this guy prefers to play on the wing, and even has a novel title: winger midfielder.
It can be said that the biggest attraction of this game is not only the battle between Wenger and Pellegrini, the two golden boys Lin Yun and Aguero, but also the battle between David Silva and Modric. It is also a battle of wits and courage.
After taking the ball, Silva easily passed Ramsey and passed Monreal in a one-two with Aguero. He took two steps into the penalty area and then suddenly made a pass.
Negredo completed the first goal of the game with a diving header, but the quality of the goal was not high and was blocked by Szczesny.
"...Manchester City looks to be in pretty good shape. They completed the attack right after the opening kick and got a corner kick."
Nasri walked to the corner flag area amidst the boos of the away fans and kicked the ball out.
Yaya Toure beat Mertesacker with a header and missed it slightly.
Wenger on the sidelines frowned.
After two consecutive goals, the first impression given by Arsenal is that their air defense ability is almost non-existent...
This attack was just a microcosm. In the first 10 minutes of the game, Manchester City almost made fuss on the wing. Fortunately, Arsenal persisted and gradually launched a counterattack after stabilizing their position.
Lin Yun was strictly guarded by Kompany and successfully contained Fernandinho, creating opportunities for his teammates.
Walcott made consecutive passes, but unfortunately Wilshere's header and Ramsey's cold shot missed one after another.
"In just ten minutes, the two sides completed many shots. Maybe there will be a goal battle today... Another corner kick from Manchester City! Or Nasri will take it... Hit the front point, Mertesa Gram didn't touch the ball, Demichelis headed the ball over...Aguero!!!"
The football fell to the right side of the small penalty area. Aguero quickly shook off Koscielny and fired a volley at the fallen football.
Lin Yun, who returned to defense, immediately raised his foot to block, but it was still half a step too late. The football almost missed his spikes and flew towards the goal.
Szczesny had no reaction and the ball hit the net.
"GOAL!!!! In the 12th minute of the game, Aguero opened the scoring for Manchester City! This is Manchester City's 58th consecutive league home game to keep scoring goals since November 2010! This is a quite terrifying statistic!
Although Blue Moon is currently only ranked fourth in the Premier League, they have done a better job than any other team in defending their home court..."
After scoring, Aguero ran to the sidelines, causing wild cheers from the home fans.
After Manchester City developed, they introduced many forwards, but neither Balotelli nor Tevez succeeded here. Only Aguero truly integrated here. The 9320 miracle in the 2011-2012 season made him become here. hero.
"This is the Argentinian's 19th goal this season and the 8th goal he has scored in the past 7 home games, including 13 goals in the league. He is only 5 goals away from Lin Yun at the top of the list.
Lin Yun hasn’t had a great performance since the start, so it’s time for him to respond..."
Lin Yun walked back silently, but Modric in front stopped and turned around to wait for him.
"have a thought?"
"Any ideas?" Modric adjusted his headband. "I'll pass the ball and you'll shoot."
"Play more counterattacks. They like to play on the wing, so we will play in the middle."
"That's what I mean too."
"Then why the hell did you tell me that you had no idea?"
"I think it goes without saying that you should know that this is also true."
"..."
In real history, Manchester City defeated Arsenal 6-3 in this game, scoring an average of one goal every ten minutes, which is so fierce...
(End of chapter)
