Chapter 384 Gerrard Breaks Out and Manchester City Regains Hope of Winning the Championship!

Barcelona, ​​inside the Barcelona club.

After defeating Real Madrid 3-0 at home, Barcelona coach Enrique is satisfied.

Real Madrid's strength is no secret to Barcelona. Enrique does not think that he has such a huge lead and will be overturned by his opponents in the away game.

Therefore, he no longer takes the next game seriously, and has even begun to study his opponent in the final.

"In the other game, Manchester City defeated Bayern. Although the 2-goal lead is not as good as ours, as long as Guardiola doesn't commit suicide, Bayern's hope is very small. There is a high probability that Manchester City will advance to the final!"

When he thought that his opponent in the final was likely to be Guardiola, Enrique couldn't help but look forward to it.

When Guardiola was still at Barcelona, ​​he was just the coach of the B team, and his identity and status were completely incomparable with Guardiola.

But who would have thought that in just three years, Enrique would climb to this position, and would even be on the verge of achieving an achievement comparable to Guardiola's.

When Enrique took over as Barcelona coach, the outside world, especially Barcelona fans, were generally skeptical of him.

Some Barcelona fans even feel that he will not last long as the coach and will be fired by the club soon.

Other fans are hoping for the stars and the moon, hoping that the club will bring Guardiola back.

This deeply hurt Enrique's heart and made him want to prove to the world that he, Enrique, is no worse than Guardiola.

"As long as I can lead Barcelona to defeat Manchester City in the final, then Barcelona fans will naturally know that I am better than Guardiola, and then Barcelona's coaching position will be stable. I will even be like Guardiola back then. Fight to become famous and become the top coach in football!"

Enrique's coaching resume is not good-looking. He has only coached 4 teams so far, Barcelona B team, Roma in Serie A, Celta Vigo in La Liga and now Barcelona.

Compared with the world's top coaches, he lacks honors, and so far he has not won any championship.

At his age, both Guardiola and Mourinho have two Champions League trophies in their hands, but he has not even won a league championship trophy.

Therefore, if he wants to become one of the world's top coaches, it is obviously not enough to slowly accumulate honors and trophies. He needs to defeat his opponents in direct competition and step on these top coaches to rise to the top.

The super strong Barcelona in his hands gave Enrique the confidence to defeat any strong enemy.

With Messi, Neymar and Suarez around, who can stop Barcelona?

"Guardiola, don't let me down, I will be waiting for you in Berlin!"

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"Oh!"

At Manchester City's Carrington training base, Guardiola, who was instructing his players on some tactical details on the sidelines, couldn't help but sneeze.

"Coach, are you okay?"

The players on the side quickly asked with concern. After experiencing Pellegrini's illness, they had a psychological shadow about the coach's sudden illness and absence from the game, and they were afraid that Guardiola would do the same before the decisive battle.

Guardiola has completely conquered these players after coming to the team for more than five months.

They feel that their understanding of tactics has been greatly improved under Guardiola's guidance.

Moreover, Guardiola can also rely on the rich experience accumulated during his playing days to teach them through words and deeds and guide them on how to play football. This can be said to be very useful for the players in the Manchester City team, especially those in the midfield and backfield. Valuable guidance.

Under the guidance of Guardiola, young players such as De Bruyne, Kroos, Kante, Rudiger and Van Dijk have improved very quickly.

Moreover, Guardiola is usually very kind, has no airs, and can easily get along with the players.

This allows the players to feel less nervous and estranged from the coach. They can be more relaxed when training and receiving guidance, and sometimes they can have a few discussions with the coaching staff.

Guardiola is also very open-minded. Regarding daily tactical discussions, he has a very open mind and will listen carefully to the players' suggestions and opinions.

Of course, once on the field, after Guardiola formulates the tactics of the game, he will no longer allow the players to change the tactics at will. He requires the players on the field to resolutely implement the tactics he formulated. In place, Guardiola can immediately break up the opponent and replace the opponent without any concern for face.

This approach can easily damage the player's face and self-esteem, make it difficult for the other party to step down, and then lead to conflicts.

When he was at Bayern, Guardiola had conflicts with several players in the team because of this, and Mandzukic was purged by him because of this.

However, the situation is a little better at Manchester City. Because of Lin Quan's existence, his relationship with the players is better, and under Lin Quan's persuasion, Guardiola also noticed the shortcomings of his own dictatorship.

Therefore, he deliberately communicates with the players more often, builds a good relationship with them, and improves mutual understanding as much as possible.

In this way, after the players understand Guardiola's character and temper, there will be no such thing as miscommunication leading to conflicts between the two sides.

"It's okay, it's okay, maybe it's the dust outside that's irritating it!"

Guardiola rubbed his nose and waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.

The second leg of the Champions League semi-finals will be held on May 14. Before that, they still have a league game to play.

Fortunately, the next game is at home, against Queens Park Rangers, who are at the bottom of the league and have been relegated in advance.

The opponent is not strong, and there is no hope of relegation. They are fighting for honor. You can imagine how much fighting power such an opponent can have.

It is estimated that their players are now worried about the future of next season. After all, the salary cap of the English Championship team is much lower than that of the Premier League team. If the team is relegated, their wages will definitely drop.

Therefore, this summer, Queens Park Rangers players are expected to leave in large numbers and look for other Premier League teams to join.

Facing such a team with no fighting spirit, Manchester City should be able to win easily.

Thinking of this, Guardiola decided to give more opportunities to young players when arranging the formation, allowing the main players to take more rest, accumulate energy, and prepare for the next Champions League semi-finals.

On May 10, the 36th round of the Premier League started.

Before the start of this round of league games, Chelsea temporarily led Manchester City with a slight advantage of 1 point in the standings.

But this lead is too small and there is no room for error. As long as they make the slightest mistake, Manchester City can achieve a lead in the standings.

This round is Manchester City's opportunity, because Chelsea's opponent is the Red Army Liverpool.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the match between Manchester City and Queens Park Rangers started first.

Although Manchester City did not field all their main players at home, under the leadership of Lin Quan, they still beat their opponents without the ability to fight back.

In the fourth minute of the first half, Lin Quan took the lead in scoring.

Jovetic also scored in the 12th minute, and Lin Quan and De Bruyne scored a goal in the 18th and 32nd minutes respectively.

Before the first half was over, Manchester City had already ended the suspense of the game.

After the start of the second half, both Lin Quan and De Bruyne were substituted, and the field was basically filled with substitutes.

But the opponent had completely collapsed. With all Manchester City substitutes, they not only failed to counterattack, but were scored two goals by Manchester City's substitute players.

In the end, Manchester City defeated their opponent 6-0 at home without any blood.

After winning this game, Manchester City's players did not leave, but watched another game in the locker room.

After the Manchester City game, the game between Chelsea and Liverpool began immediately.

Chelsea's opponents in the last two rounds are West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland. Both teams are very weak and it is difficult to pose a threat to Chelsea.

Therefore, their match with Liverpool is likely to be directly related to the title of this Premier League championship.

If Chelsea defeats Liverpool at home, the league championship will most likely belong to them.

But if they lose or are tied by Liverpool, then Chelsea will most likely lose the championship.

Chelsea naturally knows the importance of this game. Mourinho has arranged the strongest lineup he can arrange to face Liverpool.

And Chelsea owner Abramovich came to the scene in person and sat in the stands to cheer for the team.

Stamford Bridge was filled with Blues fans. Tens of thousands of fans gave out deafening cheers, making this famous Premier League devil's home stadium look like the Colosseum in the ancient Roman era. The Chelsea players in it were excited and excited. Their opponents were trembling.

With this powerful momentum, Chelsea launched a violent attack on Liverpool after the start.

Hazard, Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas, Mikel, Willian and others took turns to attack Liverpool's goal. Finally, in the 5th minute, Terry took advantage of a corner kick and scored a goal.

The goal came very early. When the Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge saw their captain tip the football into the opponent's goal, they were completely excited.

"Liverpool couldn't help but fight. How come the goal was breached so quickly?"

Seeing this goal, the Manchester City players in the locker room were disappointed.

We originally expected Liverpool to stop Chelsea, but now it seems that Liverpool cannot complete this important task.

"Alas, Stamford Bridge was already difficult to conquer, and now they fell behind in the first five minutes. This game will be difficult for Liverpool!"

"Chelsea's morale has increased. If they continue their offensive, Liverpool will probably be overwhelmed by them!"

"The Red Army won't be massacred by the Blue Army in the away game, right?"

"Oh, if Chelsea win, then we can only watch helplessly as they win the championship!"

There were sighs and sighs in the Manchester City dressing room. The players seemed to have sentenced Liverpool to death, and almost no one was optimistic about them.

Except Lin Quan:

"Don't worry, Liverpool are very resilient and they won't be defeated so easily. The game has just begun and there is still enough time for them to make a comeback!"

Lin Quan stared at the TV calmly, and the TV camera focused on a player wearing the red jersey No. 8.

It's Liverpool captain Gerrard!

He was silently walking back to his own goal, fished out the ball scored by Terry from the net, hugged the football, and greeted his teammates along the way, signaling them to return to their respective positions and prepare to continue fighting.

Gerrard will leave Liverpool this summer and this will be his last three league games for Liverpool.

He doesn't want to leave any regrets!

He wanted to pass on the Red Army's spirit of never abandoning, never giving up, and persevering to the end.

Chelsea are strong, but the Reds cannot be defeated.

Want to defeat Liverpool with just one goal?

Haha, dreaming!

With the captain's encouragement, Liverpool's players quickly recovered from the blow of losing the ball.

Yes, they are players of the Red Army. When did the Red Army give up?

Even in Istanbul, when they were three goals behind AC Milan at halftime, they never gave up!

It's just one goal now. It's still too early to defeat the Red Army!

The game restarted soon. Chelsea fans thought that their team had opened up the situation early, and the next game should be won overwhelmingly.

But what happened on the court was beyond their expectations!

Not only were Liverpool's players not defeated, but each one of them seemed to be on the verge of death, running, pressing and tackling as hard as they could.

The opponent's ferocious playing style made Chelsea's players a little afraid, and they were constantly violated and fouled.

For a moment, Chelsea's players were unable to hold the ball. If they held the ball for a few seconds longer, they would be knocked down.

In just 9 minutes, three Liverpool players were booked for fouls.

The opponent's style of play does not look like they are here to play football, but more like they are here to fight.

Chelsea's players were stunned by their opponent's momentum for a moment and played fearfully, as if this was their opponent's home court and they were the away team.

And by the time they came to their senses and withstood Liverpool's mad-dog pressing and attack, there was not much time left in the first half.

Although they did not take advantage of the favorable situation in the first half to expand the score, they did not concede a goal.

Seeing that the time in the first half was about to run out, Chelsea's players couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The opponent's extremely aggressive style of play made them very uncomfortable. They just wanted to end the first half quickly and go back to the locker room to take a breath.

However, just as they gradually relaxed their guard, Liverpool launched a counterattack.

Captain Gerrard used a trademark long shot from outside the penalty area to penetrate Chelsea's goal.

Courtois still kept making the save, turned his head and looked at the football rolling in the net in disbelief.

There was dead silence at Stamford Bridge, the score on the scoreboard became 1:1, and the time when Gerrard scored happened to be in the 45th minute of the first half!

Chelsea maintained the lead for nearly 40 minutes and were equalized before the end of the first half!

Manchester City, which originally seemed to have no hope, now sees hope of winning the championship!