The victory against Barcelona at the City Stadium a month ago was crucial, allowing Manchester City to face Monchengladbach calmly today.
After the four rounds of Group C of the UEFA Champions League in the 2016-17 season, Barcelona has 3 wins, 1 loss and 9 points. It is almost qualified, as long as they don’t make a big mistake later. Manchester City has 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss and 7 points, ranking second.
In the last round, Borussia Monchengladbach and Celtic tied 1:1, with 4 points and 2 points respectively, so Manchester City only needs a draw to qualify in advance.
Even if they lose and share 7 points with Borussia Monchengladbach, Manchester City will face Celtic, the weakest team in the group, at home in the final round, and Borussia Monchengladbach will go to Camp Nou to face Barcelona. Manchester City will also have a high probability.
If I were Gladbach, I would prepare for the UEFA Cup right now.
But I'm not Borussia Monchengladbach, and Schubert's team has no intention of letting go of Blue Moon easily.
Borussia Monchengladbach has been winless in 6 games in the Bundesliga. After 11 rounds, it is still in the relegation zone. The team must use the Champions League to boost morale. Andre Schubert also needs to use Manchester City's top players to ease his dismissal crisis.
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The Bundesliga is a bit chaotic this year, much like the Premier League last season. After 1/3 of the schedule, the newly promoted Leipzig Red Bull remains unbeaten, beating Bayern and Dortmund to the top of the list. Cologne, Mainz and other teams are also indiscriminately attacking, Madiburg
, Huocun was also unwilling to be outdone and refused to be unreasonable with anyone. In the end, it suffered from the traditional backbones such as Borussia Monchengladbach, Wolfsburg, Hamburg, Werder Bremen, and Schalke, who were all suppressed near the relegation zone.
At this point in the season, only two teams in the five major leagues are still undefeated in the league, Leipzig and Real Madrid. They also quickly emerged from the lower leagues and participated in the top league for the first time in history. However, Leipzig's momentum this year is to be compared.
Much more powerful than Madibao and Huocun in the past.
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This is the first time Guardiola has come to Germany since leaving Bayern, and it is also the first time Zhuoyang has set foot on a German court since his comeback.
In the Prussia Park stadium, Turkish referee Güneit Cakir blew the whistle and the game started.
Manchester City's current best player, Yaya Toure, is not on the court because he is not on the list for the Champions League group stage. If you want to play in the Champions League, you have to wait until after the knockout rounds after the new year, and then you can re-submit your registration.
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Except for Kompany, who was injured for the 17th time, Guardiola used all his main players today. Sitting on the bench with Zhuo Yang were Sane, Nolito, and Iheanacho waiting to die as substitutes.
Two months ago, Borussia lost 0:4 to Manchester City at the City Stadium. Afterwards, the media analyzed that they played too politely and respected Manchester City too much. So today Borussia learned a lesson and behaved very rudely.
In the first ten minutes, people were tumbling on the turf, Manchester City players were like dolphins jumping out of the sea, and scenes of dogs eating shit appeared one after another.
In the 11th minute, referee Cakir finally couldn't stand it anymore and gave Borussia captain Lars Stindl a yellow card in an attempt to stop Borussia's bad behavior.
Stindl shoveled off De Bruyne's shoes and he flew up high.
Borussia has restrained itself, which is originally a good thing. Manchester City is not afraid of this type of opponent, but in a superior points position, the game does not need to be resolved by chaos, just use step-by-step control of passing and cutting.
But Manchester City also had a bad temper. Fernandinho was provoked by the opponent's foul. As soon as Cakir's yellow card was stuffed into his pocket, he almost missed Mahmoud Dahoud, who had just turned 20.
Shovel to death.
To be honest, Cakir's field control ability was a bit weak. Feiniao's action was enough to give him a red card, but he still only received a yellow card. This set the tone for the level of confrontation in the game.
Taking Stindl and Feiniao's ferocity as a standard, anyone with a lower intensity than them will not be red, so don't be afraid.
As a result, Gladbach once again swarmed forward, but Manchester City could not give in, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to disrupt the game.
The two games in Group C start at the same time. If Barcelona really stumbles today, Manchester City can't imagine being first in the group, which means that the knockout rounds will be relatively smooth.
In the 23rd minute of the first half, Messi scored a goal at Celtic Park, giving Barcelona a 1:0 lead away from home. Before Manchester City had time to figure out what to do, they conceded the ball.
Sterling's frivolous shot from the corner of the penalty area was easily confiscated by Gladbach goalkeeper Sommer, and then he threw the ball and launched a quick counterattack.
American Fabian Johnson received the ball and moved upfield. Stindl broke through from the left and hit the top of the penalty area. Brazilian forward Rafael sidestepped Stones and shot past Bravo with his outside instep.
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Borussia Monchengladbach 1:0, Zhuoyang hurried to see Guardiola, but found that the old man didn't look at him at all.
It is certain that Manchester City has the upper hand, so even if they are behind in the away game, Guardiola will not be too angry. Anyway, he is very used to falling behind during this period.
The bayonet battle also caused trouble for Borussia Monchengladbach. In the 41st minute, Guinea winger Ibrahima Traore sprained his own leg in a fierce battle with Otamendi and lay on the ground gasping for air.
His face looked like a Van Gogh painting.
Traore is a common surname in West Africa, so there are many unrelated Traores in football today, ranging from 15 to 35 years old. The 28-year-old Borussia Traore is one of the more active Traores now.
The role of side roads is crucial.
The 24-year-old German Jonas Hoffman replaced Traore, who suffered a self-inflicted injury. To be honest, his ability was slightly lacking.
During the injury period in the first half, Borussia's attack failed. Hoffman was still lingering in the frontcourt. Gundogan, who was holding the ball, sensed the opportunity and decisively hit him on the left behind. Sterling and Silva were both smarter than monkeys.
Jing, they rushed over together in an instant.
By the time Hoffman went back to help defend, it was too late. Swiss right back Nico Elvedi was teased by the two monkeys until he wanted to die, not to mention Deb who was able to find every opportunity.
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Ding Ding swept the ball in front of the goal, and Silva, who came in a roundabout way, stretched his foot in front of the goal. 1:1, Manchester City equalized the score.
David Silva is wearing the captain's armband today, so he is obviously working much harder than usual.
In the second half, the game was played again at another location. Borussia wanted to win, so coach Schubert soon replaced Westergaard and Andre Hahn to continue the offensive nature of the lineup.
The 26-year-old Hahn is an extremely aggressive center. He is known as the next generation of strikers in German football. The previous generation was the troll Gomez.
When he was 20 years old, Hahn was released from the Hamburg youth team. In the end, he had no choice but to volunteer for an amateur team in a regional league, playing in the sixth level. It is said that at that time, he was so poor that he could only eat promotions in supermarkets every day.
Food, I even considered selling insurance at one point.
Because of this experience, people also call Hahn the 'German version of Vardy'.
However, he is already 26, and he is still called the "next generation". I'm afraid it's too late.
Guardiola also replaced Sterling with Sagna in the 60th minute and restored the four-back formation. This was not because Manchester City was prepared to accept a draw, but because Guardiola had his own clever calculation.
Use a solid defense to support Lucky Cat Zhuoyang in the frontcourt, even if he makes a mistake, it doesn't matter.
In the 67th minute, Zhuoyang came on the field to replace Navas. The teammates who were struggling on the field were so happy that they had snot in their noses: Here comes our own lucky charm plug-in.
But Zhuoyang didn't have time to stand firm after he came on the field. Feiniao elbowed Hahn in the midfield. Cakir couldn't bear it and sent him off with two yellows and one red.
Chapter completed!