Chapter 331: Manchester City Won the Fifth Championship with the Football King’s Playing Style!

Before the start of the Super Cup, UEFA announced the list of last year's best European players.

There is no doubt that Lin Quan won this honor.

His competitors are Messi and Ronaldo, but their votes are far away from him.

The outside world is not surprised that Lin Quan won the best player in Europe. What everyone is more concerned about is whether Lin Quan can win this year's Ballon d'Or.

If Lin Quanneng wins the Golden Globe Award this year, he will become the youngest winner in the history of the Golden Globe Award.

Considering that Lin Quan just won the European Golden Boy Award last year, if he successfully wins the Golden Boy Award this year, he will also make history and become the first player to win the Golden Boy Award and Golden Ball Award consecutively.

Although Messi is also a double winner of the Golden Boy Award and the Golden Globe Award, it took him 4 years from the time he won the Golden Boy Award to stand on the podium of the Golden Globe Award.

But here at Lin Quan, he did it in just one year.

At such a speed, the outside world's expectations for Lin Quan are getting higher and higher.

Maybe, this guy can really become a new generation of ball king?

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On August 10, the annual European Super Cup begins.

The game was held in Cardiff, Wales, not far from Manchester.

So for Manchester City, this is half a home game.

The last Europa League champion was Sevilla, and this is also the third time in their team history that they have won this event.

That is to say, starting from this year, Sevilla achieved three consecutive Europa League titles, causing fans to complain that they should just rename the Europa League to the Sevilla Cup.

Although the opponent was not strong, Manchester City did not take it lightly. They went all out in this game.

Serbia was well aware of its strength and status, so they assumed the posture of a weakling and launched a defensive counterattack.

This all-out defensive posture did cause certain difficulties for Manchester City's offense, causing their offense to fail many times.

But Manchester City encountered this situation many times last season. The players' mentality was relatively stable and they played calmly and unhurriedly.

This attitude towards the game made many football experts and celebrities nod after seeing it:

Manchester City does have the demeanor of a strong player now. As long as they win a few more championships, their promotion to a giant will be a matter of course.

Seeing that the opponent's defense was very tight within the 30-meter area, Manchester City began to try to use long shots and set kicks to resolve the battle.

In the 38th minute of the first half, De Bruyne took a high-quality free kick to help the team break the deadlock.

After the goal was scored, the situation suddenly became clear.

Unable to continue to defend, Sevilla eagerly attacked Manchester City's goal in the final stages of the first half in an attempt to equalize the score.

But they seemed to have forgotten why they could persist for more than thirty minutes.

After Sevilla attacked, Manchester City's offensive difficulty suddenly dropped.

In the 42nd minute, Cross made a precise long pass and assisted Aguero to score a goal.

The score became 2:0.

Three minutes later, Lin Quan completed a breakthrough from the wing, cut inside the penalty area and used a world wave to penetrate Sevilla's goal for the third time.

The Sevilla fans who came to watch the game were all dumbfounded.

Their defense looked impregnable in the first 38 minutes, but in the blink of an eye, they fell behind 0:3.

In just 7 minutes, Manchester City scored three goals.

Is this the strength of the Champions League champion?

The first half of the game ended quickly. With a huge disadvantage of three goals behind, Sevilla's players returned to the locker room with frustrated faces.

On the other side, Manchester City's players were relaxed.

They have already seen the fourth championship trophy waving to them!

In the second half, the side changed sides and Sevilla tried to launch a massive attack on Manchester City.

But their attacks can hardly even threaten Manchester City's goal, and in most cases they are resolved in the midfield.

For this game, Pellegrini arranged a midfield combination of Kroos, De Bruyne and Fernandinho.

In this combination, the three have a clear division of labor. De Bruyne is the main attacker, Fernandinho is fully defensive, and Kroos is in the middle.

As the time the three play together increases, their mutual understanding quickly improves.

The power of this combination is gradually becoming apparent!

In this game, the power of the three midfielders began to show up, making those wealthy teams feel threatened.

Sevilla's counterattack was not only ineffective, but also exposed the loopholes in its defense.

In the 63rd minute of the second half, Manchester City stole the ball in the backcourt and launched a textbook quick counterattack.

This goal only took three passes, Kroos → De Bruyne → Lin Quan, and finally Lin Quan completed the goal.

The entire offensive process only took 8 seconds. It was fast, accurate and ruthless, and the Sevilla players had no temper.

The opponent's attack was so fast that most of Sevilla's players had no time to react and were unable to defend.

This goal had a huge impact on their morale, and made them worry about gains and losses in the following period. They wanted to attack but were afraid of being counterattacked, so they found themselves in an embarrassing situation of being unable to attack and unable to defend.

Seeing that the opponent was in chaos and the overall situation of the game was decided, Pellegrini quickly made substitution adjustments.

In the 69th minute, he replaced Lin Quan and asked him to take a rest early. By the way, he was allowed to enjoy the cheers and applause of the fans alone.

The fans who came to the scene were very considerate. When they saw Lin Quan coming off the field, they all stood up and applauded him.

Lin Quan also applauded the fans in the surrounding stands, high-fived Jovetic who came on as a substitute, and then returned to the bench and sat down.

Several substitute players took out iced energy drinks and handed them to them as if they were attentive.

Van Dijk on the side was stunned. He didn't know whether he was shocked by Lin Quan's high status in the hearts of Manchester City players, or regretted that he had not thought of this in advance.

He is still a newcomer. If he wants to gain a foothold in the Manchester City team, he must say goodbye to the team's boss.

Thinking of this, Van Dyke made a certain decision.

After Lin Quan came off the field, De Bruyne was quickly replaced.

It happened that Lin Quan still had some extra ice water to drink, so he took a bottle and handed it to him.

"You kid, give me something to drink from someone else's courtesy!"

"Just tell me whether you want to drink or not!"

Lin Quan rolled his eyes and tried to take it back.

"Drink, why don't you drink!"

De Bruyne grabbed it first and stuffed it into his mouth.

Although De Bruyne said he was disgusted, his body was very sincere.

On such a hot day in August, after playing on the court for more than 70 minutes, I was almost overheated. Drinking a bottle of ice water at this time is simply not very refreshing.

"It's so cruel. It's already 4:0, but we're still attacking!"

Seeing his teammates still tirelessly launching wave after wave of attacks on Sevilla's goal, De Bruyne couldn't bear to watch.

"Offense is the best defense. We are not attacking, but actively defending!"

Lin Quan said jokingly.

De Bruyne was amused by his shameless words. He happened to see Jovetic, who came on the bench, receiving a pass from David Silva and helping the team score another goal, so he said:

"Does sending the ball into the opponent's goal count as defense?"

"This doesn't count, this is indeed a bit too much!"

5:0!

Manchester City inadvertently caused another tragedy.

Seville is so miserable!

After killing everyone in the Europa League, they actually have some thoughts about this game.

Unexpectedly, Manchester City easily defeated the tragedy!

When other teams in the Europa League met the Champions League champions, they could still get upsets from time to time. How come when it was their turn, they were completely reduced to being beaten up?

After winning this game, Manchester City won the team's fourth championship trophy. If you include the League Cup, this is their fifth championship trophy!

The media, which criticized Manchester City heavily during the summer transfer period and believed that they were playing a bad role, changed their previous attitude of belittling and slandering and sang praises for Manchester City.

Before the start of the new Premier League season, Sky Sports made a season prediction as usual.

The eight football experts and celebrities who participated in the prediction unanimously put Manchester City first, believing that they have the greatest hope of defending the championship.

The second-ranked team is Chelsea, although Chelsea's final result last season was ranked third.

However, the outside world seems to be optimistic about Mourinho's signings in the summer, believing that the arrival of Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas can effectively replace Chelsea's offensive firepower and help them solve the problem of weak forwards.

Ranked third is Manchester United, which has recruited many top stars this summer.

Just the names of these top stars make people fear three points from them.

If they hadn't lost to Manchester City again in the International Champions Cup and exposed many problems, Manchester United would definitely be ranked higher in this prediction.

Fourth place is Arsenal, although on paper, Liverpool is stronger than Arsenal.

But as a four-place monster, Arsenal miraculously retains fourth place almost every time.

Therefore, experts are still optimistic that they can continue this tradition and keep their ranking within the top four.

Ranked fifth is Liverpool, although Liverpool's signings this summer are not small.

But after losing Suarez, it seems that no one among their newly introduced players can replace Suarez's role.

This makes the outside world not optimistic about Liverpool's results in the new season. In the fiercely competitive Premier League, it is really difficult for people to associate Liverpool with the championship with this lineup.

After Liverpool, ranked 6-10 are Tottenham, Everton, Swansea, Southampton and Newcastle.

These teams are unable to threaten the championship group, but they have hope of entering the European theater and obtaining a spot to participate in the Europa League.

In addition to predicting the teams that will win the title, these experts also predict the teams that are likely to be relegated this season.

Based on the team's lineup and last season's record, they believe that Queens Park Rangers, Burnley and Crystal Palace are the three teams most likely to be relegated.

The new season of the Premier League will officially start on August 16.

But before that, Manchester City still has a Community Shield game to play.

As the prelude to the Premier League every year, the last league champion and the FA Cup champion will serve an appetizer before the official game starts.

The Community Shield was originally called the Charity Shield. As the name suggests, the proceeds from this game will be donated to charities for various charitable causes.

This year's charity focuses on childhood autism, a disease that has a high incidence rate and brings endless suffering to children and families.

Because Lin Quan has great influence throughout Europe and even the world, the Football Association invited him to serve as its image ambassador.

In order to use his influence to publicize and popularize the knowledge of this disease and attract people's attention.

Let more people realize the dangers of autism and provide help to affected children.

Lin Quan has always been supportive of such public welfare activities.

So he not only agreed to be the image ambassador, but also took the lead in donating 1 million euros to help those sick children.

This behavior earned him a lot of praise, and even some opponents' fans couldn't find anything wrong with Lin Quan's character.

Liverpool and Manchester City had just played each other in the International Champions Cup not long ago and they knew each other well.

Therefore, after the game started, the two sides directly omitted the phase of testing each other and directly began to attack the opponent's goal.

After learning from the lessons of the last failure, Liverpool played very targeted in this game.

Since you can't guard Lin Quan, then restrict your teammates and prevent them from passing the ball to your feet.

As long as Lin Quan can't get the ball, it's useless no matter how great his personal strength is.

This trick was used by many teams to deal with Messi. After Lin Quan became famous, there were also many teams that used this trick to deal with him.

Liverpool thought well, but when they actually used this move, they were dumbfounded.

After Lin Quan saw Liverpool targeting him, he immediately changed his strategy and began to stay away from the opponent's penalty area. He took the initiative to retreat and returned to the midfield position.

The Liverpool defenders, who thought they were going to experience a tough battle, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw Lin Quan take the initiative to retreat and stay away from their own penalty area.

For defenders, if they have a choice, they least want to encounter players like Lin Quan and Messi.

Because in front of these two perverts, their defensive movements were as clumsy as clowns. Not only was it difficult to defend the opponent, but it was also easy to make jokes.

For example, a certain Bayern player named XX Teng is familiar with the famous scene where he tripped over himself, not to mention the fans who were watching the excitement and not taking it too seriously.

Even the defenders of major teams have appreciated this hilarious scene.

After all, no one wants to be the background of Lin Quan’s highlight reel like Boateng.

They had just breathed a sigh of relief when they immediately realized that something was wrong.

Lin Quan's choice made it difficult for Liverpool's tactics to be implemented.

If Lin Quan is active in the frontcourt, their midfielder and backline can double-team and press him.

But when his position was withdrawn to the midfield, Liverpool's defenders were unable to participate in the press and could only rely on the players in the midfield and frontcourt to execute this tactic.

Thanks to his strong dribbling ability and natural ball sense, Lin Quan has extremely strong ball control ability.

It is too difficult for defensive players to steal the ball from his feet!

And unlike in the frontcourt, there is a lack of supporting teammates around him.

When Lin Quan retreated to the midfield, he had too many options for handling the ball.

He can either pass the ball to his teammates or choose to break through himself.

And once he completes the breakthrough, he can not only create shooting opportunities for himself, but also provide assists to his teammates.

This kind of player who has extremely strong organizational skills and also has finishing abilities such as breakthrough and shooting is really difficult to defend.

The final result of this game was 2:0. Manchester City completed a total of 18 shots.

Lin Quan only participated in 2 shots, one of which was a free kick.

But with only two shots, his threat was not reduced at all. Instead, he contributed excellent statistics of one pass and one shot.

After winning Liverpool, Manchester City won their fifth championship trophy and are now only one Club World Cup away from completing their sixth crown!