Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 244 Won the first championship trophy!
March 3, London, England, Wembley Stadium.

The first champions of the five major leagues this season will be decided here, against Manchester City and Sunderland.

Due to the conflict between the time of the League Cup final and the league, the match between Manchester City and Aston Villa in the 29th round was postponed to May 5.

Relying on their own bench depth and excellent luck, Manchester City passed all the way in the League Cup and finally reached the final.

And their opponent today, Sunderland, is just a civilian team, but their record in the League Cup this season should not be underestimated.

Sunderland has encountered the Blues Chelsea and the Red Devils Manchester United in the knockout stage.

Relying on their outstanding performance at home, they beat Chelsea first, then the Red Devils, and miraculously entered the final.

If they can get rid of Manchester City in the final, they will break the record in team history and win the League Cup for the first time.

Sunderland's last important champion was the FA Cup champion in the 1972-1973 season, more than 40 years have passed.

So their whole team is extremely eager to get this trophy.

Coincidentally, so is Manchester City on the opposite side!

"Hear the cheers at Wembley Stadium?"

Before the game, in the locker room, Pellegrini gave a rare pre-match mobilization speech.

In Lin Quan's impression, Pellegrini is not a person who is good at words.

But today, he said a lot.

"That was the voice of more than 9 fans at the scene!"

"Tell me, do you want to win the championship in this football mecca in England and enjoy the cheers and applause of the fans?"

The players nodded one after another, although the Champions League Cup content is not high.

But no matter how small a mosquito is, it is meat. If they have nothing to gain in other fronts this season, the League Cup trophy can at least bring them some comfort.

Moreover, since they have already reached the finals, how could they give up the champion they won?

"Very well, then go to the arena and use your actual actions to prove your desire for the championship!"

Kompany took the lead in reaching out, and the players stretched out their hands one after another.

"Manchester City!"

"Rush rush!"

……

Stepping onto the lawn of Wembley Stadium, Lin Quan took a deep breath, raised his head and looked around.

Compared with Manchester City's home stadium, the Etihad Stadium, Wembley Stadium is obviously much larger, and it can accommodate up to 9 people watching the game at the same time.

And this is the new Wembley after the transformation, not the old Wembley that could accommodate 12 fans.

The most impressive part of the new Wembley is a 133-meter-high arch with a total length of 315 meters. Dozens of steel cables are used to fix the roofs on the north and south sides of Wembley Stadium.

This is different from the Nou Camp that Lin Quan used to go to when he was a child. Although the Nou Camp is big, it only has a roof on one side.

When it rains, more than half of the area is exposed to the rain, and the viewing experience is quite bad.

The huge Wembley Stadium was full of seats today, and fans of the two teams and some neutral fans filled the stadium to the brim.

At a glance, the light blue fans representing Manchester City occupy most of the stadium.

After a rough estimate, the number of Manchester City fans who came to the scene probably exceeded 5.

There are only about 2 fans wearing Sunderland's yellow jerseys, and the remaining 2 are neutral fans.

Before the game started, the fans of the two teams had already started their contest.

Black Cats Sunderland fans sang the team anthem "Im On My Way".

Compared with Manchester City's soothing team song, the Black Cat's team song is obviously more passionate.

The momentum created by more than 2 of them singing the team song together cannot be underestimated!

If the fans of Manchester City also sing the team song at this time, they may not be able to suppress them.

However, the fans of Manchester City were not fooled at all. More than 5 fans of Manchester City shouted the names of the players, and shouted every time a player played.

The Sunderland fans who were singing felt very uncomfortable. Every time they sang a few words, they would be interrupted by the other party.

Moreover, the Manchester City players whose names were chanted by more than 5 fans in unison seemed to be full of energy and high morale, as if they had been buffed and buffed.

In contrast to the Sunderland players, everyone entered the field at the same time, and someone next to the opponent shouted their names to cheer, but they got nothing.

This makes them unavoidably feel a little frustrated, with a sense of powerlessness that they are against the whole world.

Before the game even started, there was already a difference in morale between the two teams.

At 19 o'clock in the evening, with the whistle of the referee, the game officially started.

After the start of the game, Manchester City did not show politeness to their opponents, and started to attack directly.

The two teams had just met each other in the league not long ago, and they knew each other well, so there was nothing to test.

Manchester City's formation today is 433. When attacking, three players on the front line will launch the first wave of impact. If it is unsuccessful, there will be three midfielders to launch the second round of impact.

The two full-backs will assist when attacking, increasing the number of offensive players and receiving points in the frontcourt, so as to control the ball to the greatest extent.

Manchester City's tactics are not complicated, it is clear that they rely on the strength of the lineup to bully others.

Sunderland is just a civilian team, but Manchester City on the opposite side has a lot of stars.

If these stars are really allowed to show their full strength, then Sunderland must be in danger.

10 minutes before the game, the situation on the court was almost one-sided.

City had four shots around Sunderland's goal within 10 minutes, two of which were dangerous.

Had it not been for the brave performance of their goalkeeper, Sunderland would have fallen behind.

You can't be passive like this, you will lose if you defend for a long time, maybe Manchester City will be able to rewrite the score in the next attack.

Sunderland coach Steve Bruce frowned, thinking hard about how to resolve the unfavorable situation on the field.

It is absolutely impossible to be beaten passively. An effective counterattack must be launched to contain the opponent's attack.

The final is different from the semi-final, the final is a game to determine the winner.

This kind of game is very accidental, and even the underdogs may be upset.

Therefore, unlike the Premier League champions, in the FA Cup and the League Cup, which are highly accidental, many of the champions are small and medium-sized teams.

Sunderland's players are really eager for this championship. They haven't won the championship trophy for too long.

This desire will greatly stimulate their fighting spirit, and of course it may increase their pressure, making them unable to let go.

On the other hand, Manchester City, they still have to fight for the league championship, and the promotion situation of the Champions League is also very good. They may not devote all their energy to this rather tasteless trophy.

So as long as you grit your teeth and hold on to the opponent's offensive, the next game may be easier to play.

Thinking of this, Steve yelled at the players on the field to boost their morale and tell them to grit their teeth and persist for a while.

Steve was right in guessing that Manchester City's tactic was to start the game.

Once the attack is successful, they will control the situation on the field to attract the opponent to take the initiative to attack, and then use the speed of the two sides to fight the opponent's counterattack, and win the game with the minimum consumption.

As long as the strong teams can lay down their bodies and play defensive counterattacks, it will be difficult for the weak teams to defeat them.

曼城在接下来的几天内还有3场比赛要打，分别是：3月10日的足总杯的四分之一决赛，3月13日的欧冠淘汰赛第二轮的比赛，还有3月15日打响的英超第30轮比赛。

Counting this game, they have to play 4 games within a week.

Such an intensive game, even if Manchester City's players are iron men, they can't handle it.

So they have to make a trade-off. If their side can carry the opponent's three axes, then Sunderland may not have a chance to win the cup.
After hearing the head coach's call, the players of the Black Cat also cheered up.

Their defense has become tougher and decisive, and their movement range has also increased.

This year is the World Cup year, and there are not many international players in Sunderland's team, but Manchester City's side is full of international players.

This makes the players of the Black Cats feel that they have an opportunity. If they use rough fouls to intimidate the opponent and make the opponent hesitate when attacking, then their offensive power will definitely be greatly reduced.

They were quick to act, and City's players, especially those up front, were being violated frequently.

The most serious foul occurred in the 12th minute of the game, when David Silva cut in with the ball, Sunderland defender Bardsley rushed up fiercely and kicked him to the ground.

The Manchester City players were very angry and rushed forward to argue with Bardsley.

Under the protection of his teammates, Bardsley dismissed it and said with a sneer:
"This is a fucking game for the brave. Cowards and cowards are not suitable to stay here. If you are afraid of getting hurt, go home and nurse your child! Hahaha!"

After mocking the Manchester City players, Bardsley was looking forward to it:
Come on, quarrel with me, it is best to beat me!
Once your mentality is messed up, and you may even be sent off for beating someone, then the victory of this game belongs to us!
Lin Quan saw through his plot, he stopped his angry teammates, and had a low-pitched discussion with several teammates, while discussing, he frequently looked at Bardsley.

Bardsley was taken aback by the players of Manchester City, and he said harsh words to Lin Quan:
"Boy, be careful with your legs, don't get kicked and you won't be able to go to the World Cup!"

"Thank you for your concern. I also advise you to buy a wheelchair quickly, otherwise you may be carried out later!"

Lin Quan looked at him with the eyes of a dead person, and said flatly.

"Referee, this kid is threatening me!"

Bardsley was frightened by Lin Quan's fierce eyes, and he didn't dare to keep looking at Lin Quan, but chose to complain to the referee.

The referee ignored Bardsley's complaint and gave him a yellow card to punish Bardsley for the foul just now.

The game restarts, Manchester City's free kick.

Lin Quan took a look at the location of the penalty spot and the distance from the goal, and planned to use the newly learned S-shaped free kick to take this free kick!

Seeing Lin Quan standing at the penalty spot, all the Manchester City fans at the scene cheered up.

"Lin has scored at least four or five free kicks this season. Can this one be scored?"

"It's a bit difficult, the position of the free throw is not very good!"

"It's a little too far from the goal, and it's still on the left side of the court. In this position, you can only use your right foot to make free throws!"

"It's about 35 meters from the goal, within range of Lin's free kick?"

"It seems that I have never seen him take such a long free kick!"

Although Manchester City fans are looking forward to it, they are not very optimistic about this goal.

If it is the position Lin Quan is most familiar with, with the power of his elevator ball, the possibility of scoring directly is very high.

But in this position, there are too few options for free kicks, and the hope of scoring is relatively slim!
Standing at the penalty spot, Lin Quan estimated the distance.

Then he stepped back step by step, and after retreating a distance of seven or eight steps, he stopped.

coming!

This action must be an elevator ball!
Sunderland's goalkeeper also thinks so, he has studied Lin Quan's elevator ball before the game.

The characteristic of the elevator ball is that it seems to be hit high, which makes you relax your vigilance, but suddenly falls when it is close to the goal, which catches you by surprise.

As long as you don't make such mistakes, don't be trapped by experience, keep your eyes open and be vigilant, and pay attention to the sudden drop at the end, you are still very sure to save the opponent's shot!
However, just when he was smug and ready to hit Lin Quan's elevator ball.

However, he was surprised to find that Lin Quan's penalty was not an elevator ball, but an ordinary curve ball.

Is it a mistake?

Sunderland's goalkeeper was very surprised. In his impression, Lin Quan seemed to make few mistakes.

Not to say that there are absolutely no, but the number of mistakes is very small.

Because of this, Lin Quan is called a heartless robot by many people.

Forget it, no matter so much, this kind of curve ball with a very easy to judge trajectory is the best to throw.

As long as you predict its flight trajectory in advance, and then make a standard rescue action, you can easily stop it.

Like this, like this again!

However, when he made a save, he was surprised to find that the football, which was supposed to fly to his right, suddenly turned around and flew to the left.

This is!

S-shaped free kick!

The Sunderland goalkeeper's eyes widened, but he was already in the air and could do nothing about the ball.

I can only watch the football fly by in front of my face, and get into the goal with a swish!

"My God, what did I see? Junior Juninho's famous stunt - S-shaped free kick!"

In the commentary seat, Andy Gray was dumbfounded and said in a trembling tone.

Martin Taylor on the side was not as surprised as his companion:
"Hehe, I have some news to share with the audience. In the warm-up match between Spain and Italy two days ago, facing the goal guarded by the world's number one goalkeeper Buffon, Lin Quan used a wonderful S-shaped free kick. Against Italy, so I'm not surprised he took such a quality free-kick today!"

Andy Gray looked at his partner in surprise. This guy even watched the friendly match between Spain and Italy?

How much he likes Lin Quan!

"A few months ago, Lin seemed to have only two methods in his arsenal, the elevator ball and the falling leaf ball. From now on, he has another killer weapon.

I think that when other teams encounter Manchester City, they should consider strictly limiting the number of fouls they make, and they can no longer give Lin Quan such a comfortable scoring opportunity.

Although his free kick direct scoring rate is not as high as that of the top free kick masters, but don't forget, his progress is extremely fast, and no one knows how high he has reached in free kicks! "

Martin Taylor has become more and more appreciative of this player. It seems that every few months he sees him again, and he brings different surprises to people!

"Emperor Lin is awesome!"

"This goal can be scored, it's amazing!"

"Haha, the goalkeeper's appearance is so funny, he thought he was jumping in the right direction, but he didn't expect to be played by Emperor Lin!"

"Manchester City are ahead, is the game over?"

"It's probably there. Sunderland will have to attack next, and once they launch an attack, they will have too many loopholes!"

The situation was as expected by the fans. After the score fell behind, the Sunderland players who were unwilling to fail began to attack.

However, the tactics they formulated before the game were defensive counterattacks, and there were relatively few arrangements for positional warfare.

This made their attack look unthreatening, and it was difficult to even break into Manchester City's 30-meter danger zone.

On the contrary, Manchester City, after the opponent attacked, took advantage of Sunderland's weakness in the backcourt defense, and their quick counterattack was impressive.

In the 29th minute of the first half, Manchester City's offense hit the frontcourt again.

De Bruyne passed the ball to David Silva in a quick counterattack, and the opponent's full-back immediately chose to step forward to intercept.

Under the fierce fighting, David Silva made a mistake and passed a knife mountain ball.

After making a mistake, he immediately made an apology gesture and was ready to retreat.

Sunderland defender Bardsley saw a chance to get the ball and rushed over immediately.

Lin Quan originally planned to give up this opportunity, but after seeing Bardsley rushing forward, he immediately changed his plan.

Bades also saw Lin Quan rushing over from the corner of his eye, and quickly made up his mind:

If it was a direct foul on Lin Quan, the referee would definitely blow his whistle and even draw a card for him.

If you can't get the opponent off the field, giving the opponent a free kick will be a huge threat to your own goal.

But if he gets the opponent off the court when he is fighting for this kind of half ball, then not only will he not get a card, but he can also destroy the opponent's number one star!

Thinking of this, Bardsley swung his legs heavily, and kicked the football hard with all his strength.

Lin Quan showed no signs of fear, and made his moves almost at the same time.

With a loud bang, the two completed a match.

"what!"

In an instant, Basdeli felt a huge force transmitted along the football to his ankle, and a piercing pain penetrated from the ankle to his heart. The huge pain made him utter a scream.

Sunderland's defender fell towards the lawn almost immediately, rolling on the ground hugging his feet.

The two people exerted great force on their feet. Under the huge reaction force, Lin Quan couldn't stand still and fell on the lawn.

The referee rushed over immediately, gestured to the benches of both sides, and signaled the team doctor and the stretcher to come up to deal with the wounded.

He first took a look at the Sunderland defender who sounded like a butcher, and then he looked at Lin Quan. Basdeli's ankle had been deformed, and the injury was obviously serious.

Lin Quan and his feet, under the reaction force, probably also injured?

If his injury is more serious than Bardsley's, then the second half of the season may be directly reimbursed, and he may not even be able to go to the World Cup.

It's a pity that with such a good talent and such a strong strength, if you can't show yourself on the World Cup stage, it will be a pity for the fans.

Countless thoughts flashed through the referee's mind, and before he could go to Lin Quan to check the situation, Lin Quan got up from the ground, patted the grass clippings on his buttocks, as if nothing happened.

Halfway through the run, the Manchester City team doctor was stunned, and the referee was also stunned.

"Lin, if you're injured, it's best not to move around!"

The referee was worried that he was holding up, so he kindly reminded him.

"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine!"

Lin Quan moved his feet and felt good.

If there is no such talent as injury immunity, he would not dare to take the risk of injury to fight against the opponent.

Bardsley thought he could use this opportunity to abolish Lin Quan, but he didn't know that Lin Quan was hooked!

To be on the safe side, the referee asked Manchester City's team doctor to check Lin Quan.

After the Manchester City team doctor checked, it was determined that Lin Quan was not injured, so he left the field with a medical kit and a stretcher.

Bardsley on the other side was not so lucky. He sat on a stretcher and was carried off the field crying all the way.

The score fell behind, and one's own players were injured in the physical confrontation.

The continuous blows caused Sunderland's morale to plummet. On the other hand, Manchester City, under the leadership of Lin Quan, they launched wave after wave of fierce offensives like a rainbow.

In the 55th minute, Lin Quan assisted De Bruyne to score another goal.

Manchester City sealed the victory with a score of 2:0.

In the end, with the goals of Lin Quan and De Bruyne, Manchester City defeated Sunderland in the final of the League Cup and successfully won their first trophy of the season!
(End of this chapter)