Chapter 201 Gentle Country and Devil’s Schedule

In the eighth round of the league, Manchester City visited London to face the Hammers West Ham United.

Considering that Lily Collins lives near London, Lin Quan sent a message to the other party before the game and asked her if she wanted to come to watch the game.

Lily Collins had never watched a football match before, and she was very curious about Lin Quan playing football, so she readily accepted the invitation and came to the London Olympic Stadium.

The cameras at the scene quickly captured her figure, and the director frequently switched the camera between Lin Quan and Collins.

The Hammers were mediocre in strength and did not cause much trouble to Manchester City at their home court.

After 90 minutes, Manchester City defeated their opponent 3:1 and won their eighth consecutive victory.

Lin Quan performed well in this game, contributed two goals and one assist, scored the team's three goals, and won the best player of the game without any suspense.

This record created a record in Manchester City's team history and was their best start since the team was founded more than 100 years ago.

If they can defeat Chelsea in their next away game, they will tie Chelsea's record of nine consecutive Premier League starts set by Chelsea in the 2005/06 season.

Currently, there are only three teams in the five major leagues that have maintained unbeatable victories.

In addition to Manchester City, there are also Barcelona in La Liga and Roma in Serie A.

Although criticized by the outside world, Martino's Barcelona has a very good record in the league.

Neymar has integrated perfectly into the team and provided Barcelona with strong offensive firepower in the frontcourt.

As for Roma, under the leadership of the young coach Rudy Garcia, they had the best start in team history.

As long as this momentum is maintained, Roma is very likely to win the fourth league trophy in team history.

…

After the game against West Ham United, the Manchester City soldiers did not return to Manchester, but took a plane directly from London to Moscow.

This week, Manchester City will face a devilish schedule.

They will challenge West Ham United away on the 20th, CSKA Moscow on the 23rd, and Chelsea after returning to London on the 27th.

In one week, Manchester City will play three away games, one of which is located 2,500 kilometers away in a foreign country.

After this round of games, Manchester City's players will have to shed their skin even if they die.

Precisely because of the long journey and continuous fighting, the outside world is not optimistic about whether Manchester City can equal the opening winning streak created by Chelsea that year.

Although Chelsea is also going to challenge Werder Bremen away from home, Germany is much closer to the UK than Russia.

Moreover, Werder Bremen is not strong and does not have extremely cold weather.

Therefore, in the same Champions League away game, the physical energy consumption of Chelsea players will be much less than that of Manchester City.

"Alas, there was a chance to break Mu's incredible start to Chelsea's record in the first period, but now I'm afraid the chance is less than 30%!"

"Yes, as long as we don't have to go to Moscow and choose another away game, Manchester City's winning rate can be greatly improved."

"This schedule is a bit too devilish!"

"Actually, the FA has been helpful. Although they have arranged two away games for Manchester City, at least these two away games are in London. After playing the away games in the Champions League, you can prepare for the game when you return to London. There is no need to travel around. Ran!"

"Last season, all the Premier League teams fell outside the quarterfinals. This record is really disappointing for the world's number one league. This season, the Premier League attaches great importance to the Champions League!"

…

Lily Collins usually doesn't pay much attention to football, but after learning that Lin Quan is a football player, she started to pay attention to this type of news.

Seeing the negative comments made by Manchester City fans on the Internet, she became worried and couldn't help but send Lin Quan a message:

"I heard that your recent schedule has been difficult?"

"Yeah, that's why I'm so anxious now that I can't even sleep!"

"Really? Why do I feel like you are lying to me?"

Lily Collins was full of doubts about Lin Quan's words. The opponent was a professional player, so he wouldn't be in such a bad mental state, right?

"Okay, I admit that I lied. The reason I couldn't sleep was because I was missing a beautiful girl!"

Lily Collins sent Lin Quan a chin-supporting expression, as if you continue and I'll see how you perform.

"I checked and found that Moscow is 2 hours ahead of London. Your inability to sleep may be due to jet lag."

Lily Collins glanced at the time. It was almost nine o'clock in London, which corresponded to eleven o'clock in the evening in Moscow.

For a professional player, being still awake at eleven o'clock in the evening can indeed be regarded as insomnia.

"The female detective knows everything!"

"Come on, I'll tell you a few ways. Try it. If it works, go to bed quickly!"

"What if it doesn't work?"

"Then I can't save you!"

Lin Quan made a curled expression and passed over.

Lily Collins gave him a head-knocking expression after seeing it.

Lin Quan quickly typed out a line of words: "Come on, young lady, I can bear it, no need to pity her!" and added a struggling expression.

"Can't you be more serious?"

Lily Collins replied with an eye-roll and sweat-wiping expression.

"I've always been serious in front of others!" Lin Quan replied with a proud expression.

rogue! !

In a house in Surrey County, the seventeen-year-old girl couldn't help but curl up her lips when she saw the other person's reply.

Immediately, her expression calmed down and became serious:

"Okay, stop making trouble."

"Find a piece of music with a more relaxed tempo, play it on a loop, and then find a position that is most comfortable for you and lie down.

After lying down, empty your mind, don’t think about anything, keep your mind calm, breathe slowly and deeply, and exhale slowly..."

"How's it going? Is it effective?"

"No!"

Lin Quan responded with a bared expression.

Lily Collins was so angry that she wanted to rush to Moscow and beat someone up with her fists in the air.

"Why didn't it work? Did you not do what I said?"

Lily Collins sent several questioning emojis.

"I can't find this kind of music on my phone. Why don't you call me and sing it to me?"

"What a beautiful thought!"

Although he said that, the next second, Lin Quan's phone rang.

…

Early the next morning, Lin Quan got up early.

I took a look at my phone, and as expected, it was out of battery.

After charging his cell phone, humming a tune and singing, Lin Quan went out in a happy mood.

Thinking of Lily Collins singing for him last night, Lin Quan felt warm in his heart, as if even the temperature in Moscow had increased several degrees.

However, his teammates felt that this hellish place in Moscow was really terrible.

Before the game, Pellegrini specifically asked his assistant about the weather conditions. The most difficult thing for Manchester City in this game was not the opponents on the field, but the climate factors off the field.

"According to the weather forecast, the temperature at night will drop to around zero degrees Celsius!"

"Will it snow?"

"It's hard to say, it's possible. If it really rains or snows, it's best to pray that it's snow. With this kind of temperature, rain is more troublesome than snow. If the players get soaked by the rain, it will definitely You’ll get sick!”

The rain, which is close to zero degrees Celsius, continues to fall, and the body heat of the team members will be lost rapidly. Over time, frostbite is possible.

"Well, we have to change our tactics!"

Pellegrini made a decision. He did not dare to let the players play for a long time in this temperature, so he planned to launch a fast break at the beginning to try to establish the lead as soon as possible. Then he would replace the main players and replace them with some young players to play backhand. Fight back.

This can reduce the physical exertion of the main players as much as possible, ensure the European war record, and also save energy for the next game against Chelsea.

However, their opponents had the same idea!

"GOAL!!!"

"In just thirteen minutes of the game, CSKA Moscow broke through Manchester City's goal, and the scorer was their winger Tosic!"

"It's unbelievable. Facing the powerful Manchester City, CSKA Moscow did not be conservative. Instead, they chose to attack Manchester City. They seized the opportunity and scored first. Now the pressure is on Manchester City!"

In the commentary box, the guests were very surprised by this result.

Before the start of this game, the outside world was more optimistic about Manchester City, which had won ten consecutive victories on all fronts and had just defeated Bayern Munich in the previous round of the Champions League group stage.

However, none of them expected that CSKA Moscow would be so powerful and actually suppressed Manchester City at their home court.

"If Manchester City loses this game, then there may be three teams with 6 points in Group D, and they will win or lose each other, and the qualifying situation will become confusing."

"This is good news for Bayern Munich, but for Manchester City fans, I'm afraid it's not a scene they want to see!"

On the sidelines, Pellegrini and the assistant coaches were discussing something.

"The temperature is too low. The effect of the warm-up before the game is gone now. The players have already cooled down and need to warm up again. Our opponents have better adaptability to the cold environment than us. It is a bit risky for us to play against them at the beginning! "

"That's right, you should have taken it back first and waited for the opponent's three axes to pass before attacking!"

"Okay, let's play like this and wait for twenty minutes before attacking again and try to equalize the score!"

Manchester City's coaching staff quickly unified their opinions and then conveyed their latest instructions to the players on the field to let them play steadily.

Therefore, after the restart, Manchester City's players did not rush to launch an attack, but patiently passed the ball to get every player moving and complete the warm-up as soon as possible.

After CSKA Moscow succeeded in the opening attack, they originally planned to retreat for a defensive counterattack.

But after they were in position, they found that Manchester City was not in a hurry to attack, but instead fell back in the backcourt.

This made the CSKA players very confused: Is this giving up resistance?

The opponent has given up resistance. Should we seize the opportunity and attack a few more times to try to get more goal difference?

The players were a little confused, and on the sidelines, CSKA Moscow coach Slutsky was also a little confused.

After playing for more than ten minutes, Manchester City gave him the same feeling.

He didn't think the opponent was that strong, at least it was much weaker than Bayern Munich they had met before.

Considering that they had a negative goal difference before this game, if they cannot score a few more goals in this game, even if they defeat Manchester City, I am afraid they will fall behind in the standings due to the goal difference.

Therefore, Slutsky hesitated again and again, and finally decided to step up the attack and see if he could score another one!

Regardless of Manchester City's true combat effectiveness, in this game they have to try to score a few more goals while the opponent is in poor condition.

In this case, even if the goal difference is not as good as Bayern, it can at least suppress Manchester City.

The fans at the scene were extremely excited when they saw the home team aggressively attacking and beating the Premier League leader on the field.

"See, this is the strength of the Russian Super League champions. The top spot in the Premier League is simply vulnerable to our Russian Super League champions!"

"Haha, the Premier League has been bragging about being the world's number one league all day long, but is this the level of their first place? In my opinion, the Premier League's strength may not be as good as our Russian Super League!"

"Not to mention Manchester City, Real Madrid didn't take any advantage when they came to our home court last season. Here, we are invincible!"

The score and the advantage on the field made the fans of the Russian Super League burst with confidence and feel very proud.

In recent years, the Russian Super League has received crazy investment from oligarchs. Under the financial crisis of Jinyuan Football, many teams have changed their guns and introduced a large number of stars, and their strength has made great progress.

However, because Russia is far away from the center of Europe, the attention they receive is far from being comparable to the five major leagues.

This makes the fans of the Russian Super League very unconvinced. They have long wanted to teach the teams in the five major leagues a lesson and prove their strength!

Manchester City is just an appetizer. When Bayern Munich visits their home court next month, they will overturn the defending champion and shock fans all over the world!

Not only CSKA Moscow fans are arrogant, their players are also feeling confident at this time.

In the 23rd minute, CSKA Moscow midfielder Keisuke Honda organized the attack.

Seeing Lin Quan pressing towards him, he did not choose to pass the ball to his teammates. Instead, he became competitive and started playing tricks in front of Lin Quan, intending to tease the opponent.

Keisuke Honda is very unconvinced with Lin Quan. He feels that his strength is not inferior to that of his opponent, but because he is not playing for a wealthy team in the five major leagues, he is far less concerned and evaluated by the outside world than his opponent.

For this reason, the Japanese star plans to transfer to Serie A giant AC Milan to prove himself.

But before the transfer, he had the opportunity to defeat Lin Quan in a one-on-one duel and show the world his strength in advance.

"Oh, get over him!"

"Beckham of the East, let this kid know how powerful you are!"

Seeing that their star was going to challenge Lin Quan in a one-on-one match, CSKA Moscow fans at the scene were all excited.

They are very confident in Keisuke Honda's strength, but as for Lin Quan, they know that their opponent is very famous.

But after watching the first half, I felt that the opponent was nothing special and did not show the strength to match his reputation.

Therefore, they were all full of confidence in Honda Keisuke's duel and wanted to see Lin Quan defeated.

Lin Quan saw that Honda Keisuke did not pass the ball immediately, but planned to pass him, and ran into him without saying a word.

Bang, there was a loud noise, and Lin Quan knocked the Japanese who was playing with flowers to the ground like a bulldozer.

Keisuke Honda was stunned, and so were the fans at the scene.

This script is wrong!

However, before they could react, Lin Quan had already dribbled the ball towards CSKA Moscow's half!