Chapter 730 Promotion Night
Chapter 730 Promotion Night
In this season, the situation in Manchester seems to be completely reversed. In Manchester in the past, Manchester United fans were always cheering, while Manchester City fans were always overwhelmed.
But this season, Manchester United has always been under pressure. Even when the league points are the closest, Manchester City still leads Manchester United, let alone the Champions League.
Although Manchester United broke into the Champions League final last season, it only achieved Barcelona in the end. This season, Manchester United was directly eliminated in the group stage. They watched their fellow city boys make it all the way to the semi-finals, and even suppressed Barcelona, which defeated them last year.
If Manchester City finally eliminates Barcelona, then Manchester United will definitely become the most depressed team this season, even if they currently rank second in the league.
In the group stage, Manchester United capsized in the gutter at the last moment, was overtaken by Basel, and finally ranked third, so they had to go to the UEFA Cup to report.
And Basel, which eliminated Manchester United, became Manchester City's opponent in the quarter-finals. Needless to say, Manchester City won Basel without blood, and avenged their brothers in the same city.
Now the semi-finals are the opponents of the Champions League final last season. It is conceivable what kind of hatred Manchester United has for UEFA at the moment, no matter whether Manchester City eliminates Barcelona or Barcelona eliminates Manchester City in the end.
With the end of the fifth round of League No.30, the second round of the Champions League semi-finals officially kicked off. The first two teams to appear on the stage happened to be Manchester City and Barcelona.
Unlike Manchester City's encounter in the league, Barcelona's league was not very good. In the same No. 30 five-round league, La Liga staged the derby of the century.
Barcelona sits at the Nou Camp and ushers in the life-and-death enemy Real Madrid. In La Liga, this season is still a duo, especially after the arrival of Mourinho.
Before this round of the league, the point difference between Real Madrid and Barcelona and Manchester City and Manchester United was the same, with a difference of four points, but after this round of the league, the leaders have all expanded their leads.
1:2, the home team is in the front, the visiting team is in the back, Barcelona lost to Real Madrid at Camp Nou, of course, for Manchester City, it is not just that Barcelona lost at home, but also because Barcelona's main force in this game.
It can be said that since the first round of the contest last week, Barcelona's main players have not rested. After a tough battle with Manchester City, they had a life-and-death battle with Real Madrid.
They even lost two games in a row. In the two strong matches, Barcelona lost all the main players. Even the score was exactly the same, both 1:2.
In fact, this game is a complete loss for the two teams. After all, the two teams have a Champions League match in the middle of the week. Real Madrid also lost 1:2 to Bayern Munich in the last match.
The situation faced by the La Liga duo is almost exactly the same, but when they return to the league, the two still have to work hard. It is no wonder that the head coaches of the two teams have a bad face when facing the media.
Facing the imminent life-and-death battle, Barcelona made the first move. The so-called Spanish media broke the news that Harvey should be injured in the match against Real Madrid, and will not appear in the next round against Manchester City.
The English media will naturally not sit idly by Spain's move. Then, according to Manchester City's internal news, Yaya Toure was injured and left the field during a confrontation and needed to report to the team doctor.
All kinds of psychological warfare are already in full swing, and all kinds of smoke bombs are being released non-stop. As for whether the opponent will believe it or not, these are actually not important at all. Where is your main lineup, how to play or how to play.
Of course, after the first round of the match, the relationship between the two teams is also beginning to change. After all, the mortal enemy is slowly transformed from an ordinary enemy.
Although there was basically no intersection between Manchester City and Barcelona before, this situation has completely changed after the last round, and Barcelona added another deadly enemy in the Premier League.
From Chelsea to Arsenal, and then to Manchester United, Barcelona has made enemies with almost all the giants in the Premier League. In other words, Barcelona is a sharp knife in the hands of UEFA, which is specially used to fight against the strong rise of the Premier League.
"The score of 1:2 doesn't mean anything, and the next game is at the Nou Camp, not the Etihad." Barcelona's number one big-mouthed Pique immediately provoked the war.
"The score of 2:1 really doesn't mean anything. If it's not for some reason, it might be more appropriate to use 2:0. As for the Nou Camp, oh~~~ If my memory is correct, in the just-ended round of the league, Barcelona lost a 1:2 at the Nou Camp." The big mouth naturally corresponds to the big mouth.
"It was just an accident. It is inevitable that there will be some accidents in the game, but in the next games, there will never be any more accidents. I believe that we, Barcelona, must advance in the end. We are the defending champions. As for Manchester City? Who knew what Manchester City is before? How many people have heard of it?" Barcelona has more than one big mouth, and right back Alves jumped out.
Alves is not just a big mouth. Although this guy is strong, he plays dirty. Silva should have a deep understanding of this. After all, it was Silva who played against Alves last time.
"Barcelona? The defending champion? From the last match, I really can't see any appearance of the defending champion. If it weren't for some factors, maybe~~ we don't need to have a second round of contest at all." Chi Guoguo's contempt, Alves despised the history of Manchester City, and the captain of Manchester City stood up to despise the strength of Barcelona.
Shuangshang continued to engage in tongue-in-cheek rhetoric, which made the media happy, because there was no need to worry about newspaper sales and report materials these days.
Li Feng and Messi are no exception. After all, at this time, no one backs down. Messi stood up and expressed his determination, claiming that he would definitely lead Barcelona to the final again.
And Li Feng said almost the same thing, but compared to Messi, Li Feng was much more decisive. The sentence "Going to Munich must be Manchester City" made half of Manchester cheer.
Just after the two sides talked about it, it was time for the game, and Manchester City's "Rising Blue Moon" slowly landed at Barcelona International Airport.
As the Manchester City players walked out of the VIP channel, the second round of the UEFA Champions League semi-final contest officially entered the countdown. Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of media, the Manchester City players stepped onto the team bus.
It will be revealed tonight whether Barcelona are on the road to defending their title or whether Manchester City has created a miracle and entered the Champions League final for the first time.
(End of this chapter)