N-A-A Chapter 209
Chapter 209
A winning streak has brought the media's praise of Manchester City to new heights.
After all, Manchester City are now playing on multiple fronts and all of them have achieved good results, which is totally worth the bragging.
And next, Manchester City will have the first final of the season - the League Cup final!
The final opponent is Black Cat Sunderland!
This is not a very valuable opponent.
Currently, Sunderland is 16th in the table and has not yet escaped the relegation quagmire.
However, since he has reached the final, it is clear that Sunderland has no reason to give up.
After all, League Cup runners-up can't play in the Europa League.
Only by beating Manchester City to lift the League Cup trophy will they qualify for the Europa League next season.
However, no amount of Sunderland's rhetoric before the game could change the fact that they faced Manchester City's extreme disadvantage.
There is no comparison at all!
Unless Sunderland doesn't play football and kicks people specifically and scraps all the Manchester City players.
Otherwise, they don't have the luxury of winning the title against Manchester City.
And that's exactly what happened.
Although in the final, Pellegrini still took the rotation and really did not take Sunderland too seriously.
Just imagine, even Xu Ning, the absolute soul of Manchester City, is sitting on the bench, how much can Manchester City pay attention to this game!
However, even so, Sunderland still failed to become a dragon slayer warrior.
In the face of Manchester City's devastating attack, Sunderland didn't take long to score more goals and less anger!
Sergio Aguero and Roberto Firmino partnered up front and scored each in the first half.
De Bruyne, who came off the bench in the second half, blasted Sunderland's goal with a long-range shot.
In the end, Manchester City easily defeated Sunderland to win the League Cup.
This is Manchester City's first title of the season!
The post-match award ceremony was obviously a bit sloppy, after all, it was the least gold content competition in English football other than the Community Shield.
However, lifting the trophy is still something to celebrate.
The only thing that made Xu Ning a little regretful was that in the process of winning the League Cup, there was almost nothing for him!
From the first game against Wigan Athletic to the final kick against Sunderland, Xu Ning only got a total of ten minutes of playing time.
And not a single goal scored!
If the media were to tout that Xu Ning led Manchester City to the title, Xu Ning himself would be embarrassed.
Fortunately, the rules are flexible, otherwise Xu Ning may not win the League Cup medal.
Many local cups have a rule that only a player who has played a certain amount of time in the tournament can win a championship medal when the team wins the championship.
The rules of the League Cup are that the champion will have 30 championship medals, and the club decides who will belong to them.
In this way, Xu Ning was not allowed.
After all, there are only 25 players in the first team, and even if you add a few academy players who have previously appeared in the Carabao Cup, the medals are enough.
Regardless of the gold content, Xu Ning's honor room can have another place.
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One tournament has finally been completed, but Manchester City still have a tough schedule to face on the third front.
In midweek, Manchester City travelled away to Olympiacos in the second leg of the Champions League knockout match between the two sides.
Because of the big win in the first leg, Manchester City have already reached the quarter-finals with one foot, so Pellegrini still used a rotational strategy in this game.
Even young players such as Van Dijk and Kevin De Bruyne have been given their chance to play in this important game, and you can imagine how easy Manchester City are to face the game.
However, compared to the League Cup, Manchester City's emphasis on the Champions League is completely different.
At least Xu Ning will definitely start.
And this game the opponents still failed to cause too much trouble for Manchester City, even if they played at home.
In the end, Manchester City led by Xu Ning defeated Olympiacos by three goals away and reached the quarterfinals with a two-legged double!
On the night the team returned to Manchester, UEFA's draw for the Champions League last-eight match took place immediately.
Manchester City's natural squad stayed at the Etihad training base to watch the draw together.
Compared with the round of 16 draw, it is clear that everyone paid a lot of attention this time.
After all, it is not easy to break into the quarterfinals.
And this round of draws also has no previous rule of "avoiding the same country and group", which means that theoretically any two teams can become opponents.
Who are the eight teams?
Manchester City and Manchester United in the Premier League;
Arsenal were unlucky to meet Bayern Munich eliminated, Chelsea could not take advantage of the match with Barca, and only Manchester United were lucky to pass.
All three of La Liga qualified, and Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico all showed good form.
In addition to Bayern in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund also eliminated their opponents to reach the quarter-finals with their outstanding performances.
Plus Ligue 1's unique Paris.
That's what constitutes the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League.
It's all a strong team!
Without any moisture!
This means that all four sets of battles are fierce battles like Mars hitting Earth.
Anyone can advance, and anyone can be eliminated!
The only thing that makes people regret is that there is not a single Serie A team in the quarterfinals.
What was once the world's No. 1 league has now degenerated to the point where there is no team that can reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Of course, this is not Xu Ning's business, he only cares about who Manchester City's quarter-final opponents are.
Although Manchester City is now in excellent shape, and the people are in order, they have the most peak fighting power.
But the intensive schedule makes Manchester City unable to do their best many times.
If you meet a real peak team, Manchester City will probably have to fight a few tough battles!
In Xu Ning's heart, he had already divided the other seven teams.
There is no doubt that Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern are the first gear existence.
Although Manchester City still has a high probability of winning when they meet these three super giants, the huge consumption is not what Manchester City wants.
So it's best not to run into them.
Then there are the tenacious Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund.
Although Manchester City have a better chance of winning against them, they may also be more expensive, after all, Atletico and Dort may fight more fiercely.
As for the final Manchester United and Grand Paris, it was Xu Ning's mind that was signed.
Manchester United are no threat to Manchester City at all, and two legs could be devastated.
As for the greater Paris, although it has become famous recently, the actual combat effectiveness is also like that.
The teammates' views are generally the same as Xu Ning, and they also think Manchester United and Paris are easy to deal with.
However, in their opinion, Atletico and Borussia Dortmund are the same, they are both fish belly in front of them.
For this understanding, Xu Ning didn't bother to refute anything, after all, the game was kicked out of real knives and guns.
If you really run into Atletico Madrid or Dort, I'm afraid you don't need Xu Ning to say anything, and the teammates themselves will change their perception!
While chatting casually, Figo, the guest of the draw in the live broadcast screen, has already walked onto the stage.
It seems that Figo appears very frequently!
However, Figo's temperament is still good for Xu Ning, and I believe it will still be a good sign this time!
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