Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 334 Substitute hat-trick, breaking the fastest record in the Premier League

The optimism or belittling of the outside world will not affect Manchester City's preparations.

They have the experience of winning the championship in the past year, and they seem to be calm about the Champions League in the new season.

The group stage has not yet started, so it is too early to talk about things like winning and defending the championship.

Manchester City will participate in the four fronts of the league, cup, Champions League and Club World Cup this year.

More games will not only further disperse their energy, but also put forward higher requirements on their physical fitness and state.

Therefore, in order to avoid the situation that almost collapsed under the multi-line battle last year.

Pellegrini decided to rotate the team's lineup early and ensure every player's rest time as much as possible.

On August 8, the third round of the Premier League kicked off.

Manchester City sits at home against the challenge of Stoke City.

Because the strength of the opponent is not strong, so in this game, Pellegrini made some adjustments to the starting list.

He put Lin Quan, Aguero, Kroos, Fernandinho, Zabaleta and other main players on the bench.

This adjustment is quite bold. Half of Manchester City's champions last season sat on the bench.

Newcomers like Van Dijk, Sagna and Fernando appeared in Manchester City's starting list.

In addition, Jovetic, who rarely played last season, also appeared on the starting list in this game.

After Negredo transferred and left, he became more and more valued by the old coach.

Pellegrini's idea is very good. Use a substitute + main lineup to deal with a weak team like Stoke City, and use games instead of training to accelerate the growth of these young players.

Manchester City may play nearly 70 games in all competitions this season. If they use the main lineup to play so many games, they will have to eliminate all the main players.

So this season, Manchester City's substitutes have to stand up and help the main force share the pressure.

Of course, doing so is risky.

Because there is still a big gap between the strength of the substitute lineup and the main force, especially Lin Quan's substitute.

Not to mention the Manchester City team, in the five major leagues, it is almost impossible to find a suitable player who can be Lin Quan's substitute.

In football, Messi is the only player with a similar style to him.

But Manchester City can't buy Messi to replace Lin Quan, can they?

This is too extravagant!

Even if they really have such an idea, it is impossible for Barcelona to sell someone, and it is impossible for Messi to condescend to be a substitute!
In fact, Lin Quan felt that he didn't need any substitutes. His physical fitness was fine, and he wouldn't get injured. It would be no problem for him to maintain full attendance.

After the game started, Manchester City players played very actively.

Although there are many substitutes on the field, their spirits are not low at all.

Anyway, we are part of the Triple Crown. Facing this kind of underdogs in the middle and lower reaches of the league, don't we just play as we want?
However, the reality gave them a blow to the head, making them dizzy.

Throughout the first half, Manchester City has been trying to attack.

But their offense has been slow to achieve results, and Stoke City's goal has never been broken.

At the beginning of the second half, the situation on the field changed suddenly.

Taking advantage of a counterattack opportunity, Stoke City took the lead to break the deadlock and sent the football into Manchester City's goal.

Joe Hart was so depressed!
The opponent played the ball extremely trickily, he had no choice but to watch the ball hit the net.

After Manchester City bought Keylor Navas, the best goalkeeper in La Liga in the new season, Joe Hart's main position has suffered a severe test.

In the first two games before, Manchester City's starting goalkeeper was Keylor Navas.

And Navas also used his outstanding performance to prove that Manchester City's 1500 million euros were not a loss.

If Zabaleta hadn't scored an own goal in the last game, Navas's first two games in Manchester City would have been perfect.

The outstanding performance of the competitors put Joe Hart under great pressure.

This game was finally arranged into the starting list, and he tried his best to perform well.

As a result, the luck was too bad, and the forward who met the opponent kicked a fairy ball.

Let alone Joe Hart himself, it would not end well if another goalkeeper defended the ball.

But he was out of luck, and it was his turn.

Seeing this scene on the bench, Lin Quan felt a little sympathetic to Joe Hart.

In the circle of fans, there is a very famous saying: When you meet Hartmon, kick!
Joe Hart seemed to have been cursed to always be someone else's backdrop on the court.

In fact, in terms of strength, Joe Hart's strength is not bad.

As his teammate, Lin Quan often played against him in team training games, and he knows his strength very well.

Joe Hart has no problems in terms of height, reaction speed, jumping ability and basic skills as a goalkeeper.

However, his luck is really bad.

"If there is love in the sky, the sky will be old, I met Hart Meng kick", "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, Hart is the background cloth", "Thousands of rivers and mountains are always love, just see Hart shoot"...

There's a reason for these jokes!
Joe Hart has always been able to encounter the kind of world wave that is difficult to save, and it is often the kind of pixie ball.

This kind of thing will happen to other goalkeepers, but the frequency of their encounters is far less than that of Joe Hart.

And thanks to the popularity of the Premier League and Manchester City, in the Premier League and Champions League games, Joe Hart is frequently reduced to the background board, which is easier to spread.

So, over time, he has the title of the strongest background emperor.

After seeing the goal lost this time, Pellegrini cursed unluckily.

He didn't blame Joe Hart, the ball wasn't the opponent's fault.

Just falling behind after the start of the second half made Pellegrini a little flustered.

He asked the substitutes to play more games in order to improve their strength and maintain a better state.

It's not about letting them lead the team to lose, and then leave a psychological shadow of losing in their hearts.

And the impact of losing at home is too bad, Manchester City cannot accept such an ending.

Thinking of this, Pellegrini did not hesitate at all.

He directly called Lin Quan and Cross to warm up and get ready to play.

Manchester City fans are also very depressed, although many of the team's main players are not on the field.

But this does not affect them to cheer for their own team.

It's just that watching the home team play a half-court attack without scoring a goal, while the opponent only scored a goal with a sneak attack, this feeling, don't mention how uncomfortable it is.

Fortunately, after seeing Pellegrini's substitution, the Blue Moon fans at the scene began to cheer again.

As long as that man is on the court, everything will be fine!

"I don't know why, but when I saw Emperor Lin appearing on the stage, my heart instantly felt relieved!"

"Yeah, this sense of security really makes people feel very at ease!"

"After you said that, I realized that even though the team had the upper hand in the first half, they still had no idea. It turned out that it was because Emperor Lin was not there!"

In the 55th minute, Lin Quan and Kroos were replaced at the same time.

The fans at the Etihad Stadium gave warm applause to the two, and they were looking forward to seeing the team set off a vigorous counterattack.

Lin Quan and Cross did not disappoint them either.

After the two played, Manchester City's offense immediately improved.

Cross controlled the rhythm of the game in the midfield and frequently delivered shells for the frontcourt players.

After Lin Quan took the ball in the frontcourt, he mobilized the opponent's defense line through tandem with his teammates, looking for weak points in the opponent's defense line.

After all, Stoke City is only a team ranked in the middle and lower reaches, and their players are not the kind of stars with strong personal strength.

Under Manchester City's patient probing, the weakness of their defense was quickly exposed.

In the 69th minute of the second half, Lin Quan dribbled the ball at the front of the penalty area. After attracting multiple players from the opponent, he picked the ball from the gap and passed it to De Bruyne.

De Bruyne went straight into the space on the right side of the penalty area and assisted Jovetic to score a goal.

Manchester City equalized the score!
Although this goal was neither scored by Lin Quan nor assisted by him, at least half of the credit for this goal should be attributed to him.

If he hadn't used his personal super dribbling ability and breakthrough ability in the frontcourt to attract the opponent's attention and take away the defensive players.

Jovetic can't have such a good shot!

Of course, De Bruyne passed the ball beautifully, and he was not greedy for credit.

When Lin Quan passed the ball to him just now, he could hit the goal directly.

After seeing his teammates score, Lin Quan stepped forward and gave De Bruyne a high-five to celebrate.

"Good pass!"

"You're not bad at passing it on!"

The two laughed, put their arms around each other's shoulders, and went to celebrate with the teammate who scored the goal!

The players of Stoke City were helpless.

After they took the lead, there was a vision in their minds of taking a victory away from the Etihad Stadium.

If they can really beat Manchester City, then they have the capital to brag about themselves!

After all, what they defeated was last season's Triple Crown!
However, Jovetic's goal shattered their dreams.

Now the score has been tied, and the opponent's main force has returned to the field.

Just seeing the figure of Manchester City's No. 10, they lost the courage to attack.

Teams that play against Manchester City usually die miserably.

So, don't fantasize about getting three points, just stick to it, it would be nice to take away one point!
As a weakling, Stoke City can recognize reality and give up unrealistic fantasies, which is very commendable.

However, they don't seem to know enough.

It is also very difficult to take away a point at the Etihad Stadium!
After the score was equalized, the mentality of Manchester City's players instantly relaxed a lot.

They were worried about losing, but now they let go of their psychological burden.

In addition, the core of the team has returned to the field, which brings them an unparalleled sense of security.

Affected by these factors, their performance on the field has become better and better, and their playing has become more and more confident and calm.

In the 82nd minute of the second half, Manchester City played a dazzling cooperation in the frontcourt.

After passing many consecutive passes, the formation of Stoke City's defense line has been disrupted.

De Bruyne keenly captured the opportunity and quickly sent a straight ball to the ground.

The ball was aimed at the space behind the opponent's defender!
Lin Quan and De Bruyne have played together for more than two years, and they have a very good understanding with each other.

Seeing where De Bruyne glanced, before the other party made a gesture, Lin Quan immediately understood the other party's intention.

He pretended to drop back, but suddenly turned back, throwing away Stoke City defender Ryan Shawcross who was marking him.

Ryan's height exceeds 1.9 meters, and his physical flexibility is far inferior to that of a small player like Lin Quan.

Seeing Lin Quan running back and running away, Rui En hurriedly turned around and chased after him.

But when he finished his turn, Lin Quan had already moved one meter away from him, had already received the ball, and brought it into the penalty area.

Stoke City goalkeeper Begovic sent his collective greetings to the family members of his defender:
A group of big colanders, do you keep such a sharp eye on people?

In the end, it still depends on me, as long as I can save Lin Quan's single-handed attack, I can...

Lin Quan glanced at him and saw that the opponent's goalkeeper's legs were spread apart, so he kicked the ball across the gap.

Begovic felt a chill in his crotch, and subconsciously wanted to close his knees together to close the door.

But his movements were too slow, the football had already passed through his wicket, rolled against the lawn and into the net.

Before Begovic's dream was finished, he was woken up by a basin of cold water.

Facts have proved that it is not so easy to stop Lin Quan's single-handed attack.

It's not that so many goalkeepers before him have tried, they just couldn't do it!

Lin Quan's goal made the score 2:1, and Manchester City reversed Stoke City.

Seeing that the team scored goals one after another within ten minutes, they completed the reversal.

Tens of thousands of Manchester City fans who came to the scene waved their team scarves excitedly, shouted Lin Quan's name, and gave the most enthusiastic applause and cheers to their heroes.

Sure enough, as long as Lin is on the court, they can enjoy the game with peace of mind.

The Stoke City players were so frustrated that in just 13 minutes, their cooked duck flew away.

Now not only can't get three points, but even one point can't be scored.

Unwilling to accept such a result, they launched a fierce attack on Manchester City in the final stage of the game, trying to rewrite the score.

They seem to feel that they have fallen behind, and those with bare feet are not afraid of wearing shoes.

Continuing to concede goals will not change the result of the loss, but if they can score another one, they might get a valuable point.

The idea was good, but the result was very bad.

After Stoke City's self-destructive attack, Manchester City's offensive threat has become even greater.

After no longer being closely guarded or even double-teamed by the opponent, Lin Quan's threat ability in the frontcourt has been greatly improved.

In the 85th minute of the game, after passing the opponent's defender, he pushed a shot from the far corner and scored his second goal of the game.

In the 89th minute, at the end of regular time, Lin Quan received a pass from David Silva and shot through the Stoke City goal for the third time with a kick.

This was his third goal of the game. After coming off the bench, Lin Quan scored a hat-trick in just 7 minutes!
This time broke the record for the fastest hat-trick in the Premier League created by Manchester United star Dwight Yorke in 2001, and greatly increased this time to 7 minutes!

What's even more frightening is that Lin Quan completed the record as a substitute!

If this is counted, his record may hardly be broken by other players!

Of course, there is something even more exaggerated in football. A player who also played as a substitute scored five goals in a row in just 9 minutes.

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't know how this happened...

(End of this chapter)