rpbooks Chapter 369 Blatter Calls
Chapter 369 Blatter Calls
Chapter 369 Blatter Calls
After this game, Manchester City surpassed Chelsea by 1 point and ranked first in the standings with 37 points.
Chelsea are close behind with 36 points.
Then, Manchester United and Arsenal have a record of 10 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, with 31 points, tied for third place.
The gap between the two teams with Manchester City and Chelsea has widened significantly.
The Premier League championship situation, when the league is nearly halfway through, there is a more obvious trend.
Two days later, the quarter-finals of the League Cup reignited the battle. Manchester City's opponent in this game is the youth army Arsenal.
Both teams sent their own youth troops for this game.
In England's competition system, although the champion has a ticket to the Europa League, the appeal of the top teams in the League Cup is still lacking. Everyone usually sends youth troops to add some formal competition opportunities. experience.
It's just that when both sides of the game are youth teams, I don't know how much educational significance such an "official game" will have.
In the end, the Manchester City youth team defeated the Arsenal youth team 3:0 and advanced to the semi-finals of the League Cup.
The opponent in the League Cup semi-final is Manchester United.
I wonder how Ferguson would feel when he heard the news?
The time has come to December, and the League Cup match with Arsenal will be held on December 12th.
After the match against Arsenal, Manchester City signed up for the Club World Cup. There are 25 players in Manchester City's first team, and 23 people need to sign up.
After some consideration, Manchester City signed up 23 other players for the first team except Sturridge and Richards.
The Club World Cup is held in Japan. As the champions of the Champions League, Manchester City has the right to directly participate in the semi-finals.
Of course, for this reason, Manchester City will also delay the two rounds of the 17/18 league.
On December 12, the final round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Manchester City played against Olympiacos.
Manchester City has already qualified 2 rounds ahead of schedule and will play easily in this game.
In view of the fact that there will be a league game with Bolton on December 12, Manchester City, which has already qualified, will naturally send a substitute to play in this game.
Although Olympiacos has 3 points more than Standard Liege, Olympiacos is at a disadvantage in the record of the two rounds.
So in order to qualify, Olympiacos still has to work hard in this game.
The difference between the Europa League and the Champions League is a world of difference.
Based on the home court, Olympiacos launched a fierce attack towards Manchester City's penalty area.
At the beginning, they scored a goal, but when they thought that the team could take advantage of the victory, Manchester City counterattacked and scored a goal.
Then the two sides attacked and defended each other, but neither scored.
A draw is acceptable to both sides.
In the end, the score was maintained until the end.
Manchester City and Olympiacos joined forces to advance to the last 16 of the Champions League.
Back in the league, the main players who rested for two rounds showed their prowess and defeated Bolton 6:0.
Aguero performed bravely and staged a hat-trick. Samaras and Yaya Toure also entered the field with a goal, and the other goal came from the opponent's own goal.
It's just that Shevchenko's first appearance was mediocre in the first half, and several shots missed the target range. At the end of the half, Duncan replaced him.
Nuclear warheads seem to have hit a low tide.
In another game, Chelsea was tied 3:3 by Everton, leaving Manchester City behind by 3 points in the standings.
With such an advantage, Manchester City can pack their bags, leave England with peace of mind, and fly to Japan.
Halfway around the world, Manchester City came to Japan, which is almost on the other side of the world, to participate in the Club World Cup.
In the previous knockout matches, Atalanta, the champion of North America and the Caribbean, reached the semi-finals and got the chance to challenge Manchester City.
Despite the long-distance flight, it was still difficult for the opponent to compete with Manchester City. Manchester City defeated the opponent 2:0 and broke into the final of the Club World Cup.
Manchester City's opponent in the final is the Copa Libertadores champion, the La Plata University team.
Although Manchester City is very strong, the opponent does not intend to surrender.
Using skilled technology, the La Plata University team launched an attack towards Manchester City.
Compared with the Premier League's emphasis on physical confrontation, the La Plata University team appears to be full of South American style.
Under the defense of Thiago Silva and Joel Luka, the opponent's frontcourt players, Xiao Kuailing, were restricted to the greatest extent.
In the end, Manchester City defeated the opponent 2:1 and won the Club World Cup.
This is Manchester City's fourth trophy this season.
After the cup game, Manchester City slowly rushed back to England, and they ushered in a five-day rest period.
The next round of the league will start after Christmas.
Of course, this does not mean that people will be idle. The selection of FIFA's World Footballer and the French Football's Ballon d'Or has kicked off.
These two awards are also major events in the football world at the end of the year and the beginning of the year.
And Manchester City, which won seven championships last season, will definitely have an impact on all awards.
On the other hand, as FIFA's "pro-son" Barcelona, although it was regrettable and hated in the Champions League last season, Guardiola's coaching team has achieved phenomenal achievements, especially in the league, almost in a state of destruction. Sweeping the entire La Liga.
And with the support of Guardiola, although Barcelona has strong players such as Ibrahimovic, Henry, and Villa on the front line, Messi still gradually revealed his undisputed core qualifications.
And his outstanding performance is also worthy of such a core position.His number of goals has almost reached the amazing efficiency of averaging one goal per game.
Although Manchester City's team honor is invincible, but in terms of personal efficiency, Shevchenko scored the most goals in the team last season, with 38 goals in 32 league games and 11 goals in 7 Champions League games. Compared with Messi, the number of goals in the Champions League is the same , but the number of league goals is a little less.
But in the direct confrontation in the Champions League, Shevchenko scored a goal that decided the outcome of the game, but Messi did not perform throughout the game.
In this case, will it have a decisive influence in the competition between the two?
unknown.
Although "French Football" is relatively fair when it selects the Ballon d'Or, when FIFA selects the World Footballer, it is very likely that it can't help but intervene.
As we all know, when the Premier League teams are rising strongly, in the past few years, the top four in the Champions League accounted for three Premier League seats every year, but now, teams from the Premier League have won three consecutive Champions League titles.
Wouldn't FIFA restrain the Premier League team headed by Manchester City?
You know, in football novels, FIFA has always been a big BOSS-level figure, and it has never been picky about pig feet.
In this position, Duncan is also a little uneasy.
Although there are two Manchester City players among Shevchenko, Messi, and David Silva in the three-man list of the World Player of the Year announced by FIFA, who knows if Messi can make a comeback? kill?
Duncan was thinking about it when the phone rang suddenly.
It's FIFA President Sepp Blatter.
Duncan snorted, did this guy represent the bureaucratic FIFA, and come to show him off?
"Hello, Mr. Bratt?" Duncan said with doubts.
"Mr. Duncan, although I know it's a bit abrupt, but I would like to invite you to attend this year's FIFA Awards Gala." Blatter's words were intimate and affectionate.
(End of this chapter)