Chapter 358 Manchester City’s Seven Crowns!

"CCTV, viewers, this is the live broadcast of the 2014 Club World Cup final between Manchester City and San Lorenzo."

"The one wearing the sky blue jersey on the field is the last Champions League champion Manchester City, and the one wearing the red and blue striped jersey is the South American Copa Libertadores champion San Lorenzo."

"Haha, at first glance, the jerseys of both sides look like Manchester City playing Barcelona!"

"Yes, that's right, San Lorenzo's jersey does look a bit like Barcelona's jersey. Coincidentally, this team happens to come from Argentina, Messi's hometown."

In CCTV, after the two hosts quickly introduced the starting lineups of the two teams, they started chatting.

“Before this game, Manchester City had won six championship trophies including the Community Shield, FA Cup, Premier League, Champions League and European Super Cup.

If they can win this Club World Cup, they will become the second team after Barcelona to achieve six crowns. "

"Coincidentally, the person who led Barcelona to accomplish this feat was none other than the man who is now sitting in the Manchester City coaching bench - Guardiola!"

When talking about Guardiola, the two commentators sounded respectful.

This young marshal is not very old, but his honors have attracted worldwide attention.

Moreover, the pass-and-control football he pioneered can be said to have led an era and has become the object of many teams vying to learn and imitate.

If he can replicate his success at Barcelona at Manchester City, then he may be able to rely on this achievement to reach the top of the world and become the best head coach in football.

Guardiola sat calmly on the coaching bench, watching the game on the field carefully, and did not have any feelings of underestimating the opponent just because the opponent was weaker than himself.

In this kind of game that determines the outcome, it is easy for the situation to capsize in the gutter.

As long as the opponent's tactics are arranged properly and a little luck is added, it is possible to defeat them and upset them.

Therefore, Manchester City played very patiently in this game.

They were not in a hurry to attack, but first built a fence and stabilized their position, and then launched a fatal blow after testing the enemy's strength clearly.

Therefore, in the first 10 minutes after the opening, the situation on the court seemed very calm.

But as soon as 10 minutes passed, Manchester City's offense began to become fierce.

In the 12th minute, Manchester City's continuous kicks caused a flaw in San Lorenzo's defense.

This flaw was immediately caught by the Manchester City players, and Lin Quan immediately ran towards the opponent's defensive position.

De Bruyne then handed the ball to his feet. The two cooperated very well, giving the other player almost no time to react.

After receiving the ball, Lin Quan spiked the ball twice in a row. After passing the opponent's No. 20, he broke into the penalty area and completed the first kick.

Unfortunately, the ball was too angular, bypassing the goalkeeper and grazing the post and flying out of the baseline. The Manchester City fans who came to the scene couldn't help but hold their heads and sigh.

The San Lorenzo players were all taken aback. Manchester City's unhurried pace in the first ten minutes gave them the illusion that the European champions were no more than that.

But when the opponent suddenly picked up the speed and suddenly started a very fast passing and cutting cooperation, they were a little unable to keep up.

"Cheer up and concentrate, don't let your mind wander!"

On the sidelines, the head coach of San Lorenzo was very dissatisfied with the team's defense.

If their luck had been any worse just now, they would have fallen behind by now.

Compared with the head coach of San Lorenzo, Guardiola's mentality is much calmer.

What, can’t you stand this?

We have just started to speed up, and the next step is the main event.

Guardiola's formation today is a striker-less formation, and the core of the offense is obviously Lin Quan.

After leaving Barcelona, ​​Guardiola could not contain his excitement to once again coach a single-point blaster who is similar to or even more terrifying than peak Messi.

Guardiola knows how to use Messi well!

Starting from the 10th minute, Lin Quan's performance in the frontcourt became more and more active.

And under his tandem, Manchester City's offense became higher and higher, overwhelming their opponents to the point where they were almost breathless.

In the 15th minute, Lin Quan turned and volleyed from the penalty area and hit the crossbar, shocking the San Lorenzo players into a cold sweat.

This guy is too active to be restrained.

Seeing that conventional methods were not working, they immediately began to increase the number of fouls, trying to use fouls to restrict Lin Quan.

The chief referee of this game is Walter Lopez from Guatemala, and his refereeing standards are relatively strict.

After the opponent fouled Lin Quan for the first time, he immediately gave the opponent a verbal warning and asked the San Lorenzo players to pay attention to the scale of their movements.

When his opponent knocked down Lin Quan for the second time, he unceremoniously pulled out his cards.

San Lorenzo's No. 20 midfielder Ortigosa received the first yellow card of the game in the 17th minute.

Ortigosa shoulders a heavy defensive task. After receiving the card, he had great psychological concerns and was reluctant to take action when defending.

After catching this situation, Manchester City players took advantage of this weakness to fight to death.

Ortigosa was immediately in trouble. The opponent's successive attacks made him confused and made constant mistakes.

His teammates had to come over to help defend, which in turn caused the entire defensive line to become loose.

So, a flaw appeared!

In the 22nd minute, Lin Quan passed by Ortigosa, who did not dare to tackle, and then dribbled the ball into the penalty area.

After attracting the attention of the opponent's defender and goalkeeper, he knocked the ball across the goal. De Bruyne followed up and pushed the ball into the empty goal.

The score was rewritten to 1:0, and Manchester City temporarily took the lead.

De Bruyne hit the ball very easily. The opponent's entire defense was disrupted by Lin Quan's breakthrough. He only needed to rush forward and kick.

Even if it were an eighty-year-old grandmother doing this kind of thing, she would still be able to score a goal.

After scoring, De Bruyne stretched out his hand and pointed at Lin Quan, gesturing for him to come over and celebrate with him.

Lin Quan ran over with a smile, hugged De Bruyne and said to him:

"Is my pass OK?"

De Bruyne said seriously:

"It's okay. It would be better if it could reach my right foot!"

De Bruyne's dominant foot is his right foot, but who cares about that when passing the ball!

With so many people pressing and double-teaming, it's good to be able to pass the ball out, but you're so picky!

So after hearing De Bruyne's words, Lin Quan couldn't help but rolled his eyes:

"Come on, come on, can you pass a ball like this to me?"

After hearing Lin Quan's words, De Bruyne nodded:

"Just try it!"

…

"pretty!"

"What a beautiful pass!"

"You can still pass the ball when surrounded by three players. Lin Quan's vision and passing ability are so strong!"

In the CCTV studio, the two commentators couldn't help but shout loudly after seeing the ball.

This goal was mainly attributed to Lin Quan. After he passed the ball, the opponent's defense completely collapsed.

It can be said that De Bruyne's goal is not difficult, and others can also score.

"There are always people who worry that Lin Quan will be like Messi in the future. As he grows older and accumulates injuries, his explosive power and speed will decline. He will not be able to continue to complete such sharp breakthroughs and lose the threat.

But in this game, Lin Quan used his excellent passing to tell everyone that even if he loses his breakthrough ability, he can definitely have his own place in the team with his superb passing ability! "

"In fact, after Suarez came to Barcelona, ​​Messi also began to transform.

His number of breakthroughs has decreased and the number of passes has increased. Messi's goal proportion in the Barcelona team has declined, but Suarez and Neymar's goals have reached new highs.

This did not reduce Barcelona's combat effectiveness, but further improved their overall strength.

This year's Champions League will probably be more intense than last year.

Real Madrid with the BBC combination and Barcelona with the MSN combination, plus the defending champion Manchester City who still have strong momentum.

These three teams are considered by the outside world to be the favorites to win this Champions League! "

…

After losing the ball, San Lorenzo further strengthened its defense against Lin Quan while launching an attack.

They have obviously realized that if they cannot limit Lin Quan's performance, then they have no chance of winning this game.

However, although Guardiola reused Lin Quan, he did not put all the offensive tasks on Lin Quan alone!

When Lin Quan was targeted, others in Manchester City stood up one after another.

In the 42nd minute, Navas scored another goal after receiving a pass from De Bruyne, extending the score to 2:0.

This goal allowed Manchester City to already touch the trophy with one hand. They are getting closer and closer to their first Club World Cup trophy and first six crowns!

In the second half, the game changed sides and the opponent made a decisive substitution, replacing Ortigosa who received a yellow card.

But what was replaced was not a defensive player, but an offensive player.

This means that the opponent's midfield defensive ability has not only not improved, but has also been weakened.

With fewer players in the midfield, San Lorenzo had a numerical advantage in the frontcourt but was unable to get the ball.

Their midfield was firmly suppressed by Manchester City and completely lost.

After taking control of the midfield, Manchester City played Gua's iconic passing football.

From the spot, City's possession rate soared.

The ball was almost always at their feet, and their opponents couldn't even touch it.

Even if the opponent occasionally succeeds in counterattacking, they will immediately be pressed by many people from Manchester City and quickly get the ball back.

At this time, all Manchester City players except the goalkeeper had passed half the game.

They kept passing the ball and attacking just outside the opponent's penalty area, and the opponent's players could only be exhausted and passively moved around.

For a time, Manchester City's attacks continued, one after another, like a tidal wave.

The players of San Lorenzo are highly stressed, and they are experiencing huge consumption and torture, both physically and mentally.

This way of playing made them feel extremely frustrated.

But there was nothing they could do. The opponent's ability to control the ball was too strong and they couldn't grab the ball at all.

Even if they get the ball by luck, they can't pass it out because the opponent won't give them time to handle the ball.

On the sidelines, the head coach of San Lorenzo felt chills all over his body, and his body began to tremble slightly.

too strong!

It's really too strong!

Such an opponent is simply not on the same level as the opponents they encountered in the league and the Copa Libertadores.

Before this, they had never encountered such a terrifying opponent.

Is this Guardiola's passing football?

Although he has long heard of the name of pass-and-control football, this is the first time he has felt the pressure brought by this opponent's tactics at close range on the court.

He couldn't help but look at the bald man beside him with some fear. What kind of genius could he come up with such a subversive and creative tactic?

On the field, the situation was getting out of control.

The players of San Lorenzo were mentally exhausted and exerted a lot of energy.

Although only 60 minutes had passed, their players could be seen breathing heavily, and some players even started to cramp.

The huge consumption of physical energy and mental tension caused their movements to go out of shape when fighting, and the number of fouls and cards increased rapidly.

In the 61st minute, Navas was fouled by his opponent when he dribbled the ball through, and San Lorenzo's No. 11 player received a yellow card.

In the 65th minute, Lin Quan was knocked down by the opponent's winger while dribbling the ball from the left. San Lorenzo's No. 7 also received a yellow card.

Compared with their opponents, Manchester City, which has the initiative, consumes less physical energy.

As a result, after their opponents' physical fitness declined, they could no longer withstand Manchester City's attack.

In the 72nd minute, Lin Quan half-turned on the penalty area line and shot a cold shot, which penetrated the opponent's goal again and rewritten the score to 3:0.

This goal completely killed the suspense of the game. San Lorenzo was already weaker than Manchester City, and they were still so far behind at this time. With the score and situation not conducive to them, they could not see any hope of reversal.

After the game lost its suspense, Guardiola began to make substitutions to preserve the players' physical fitness as much as possible so that they could be in better shape to chase points after returning to the Premier League.

Before being replaced, De Bruyne sent a nanny-level pass to Lin Quan in the 77th minute of the game.

In the sports battle, he calculated the advance and Lin Quan's pace, and accurately delivered the ball to Lin Quan's right foot.

This pass caused Guardiola to stand up from the bench, his eyes widening.

Lin Quan was also surprised. He was just joking with De Bruyne, but he didn't expect that the other party actually did it!

Faced with such a comfortable pass from De Bruyne, Lin Quan did not waste the opponent's assist. Without adjusting, he directly swung his legs on the spot and sent the ball into the dead center of the goal.

4:0!

Lin Quan scored the fourth goal of the game and also completed his brace in the final.

After Lin Quan scored this goal, Guardiola couldn't wait to use two substitutions in a row, replacing him and De Bruyne together.

When the two men left the field, the fans stood up and applauded them.

In this game, fans not only remembered Lin Quan but also De Bruyne.

Especially his stunning pass at the last minute shocked the entire stadium.

After leaving Chelsea, De Bruyne has improved very quickly. At this time, he may not be as famous as those world-class midfielders.

But in terms of strength, he is no worse than them!

Not long after the two were substituted, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

With 4 wonderful goals in the final, Manchester City defeated their opponents and not only defended the glory of the European Championship, but also won the first Club World Cup championship trophy in team history.

This is their seventh championship trophy, and Manchester City has thus been crowned the first seven-time champion in the history of the Premier League and even football!