Facing the Wolves from the British Championship, everyone believed that Manchester City would achieve a record 12 consecutive victories in team history.
In the 2014-15 season, Pellegrini's Manchester City won 11 consecutive victories in all competitions, setting a winning streak in Manchester City's 137-year history. Three years later, Guardiola's Manchester City inadvertently lost in the 2017-18 season.
Time tied.
Four days after defeating Naples 4:1 in the Champions League group stage, Manchester City defeated Burnley 3:0 at home in the 9th round of the Premier League. In the first half, Zhuoyang opened the scoring with a shot from the penalty area. In the second half, Debich headed and
Sane scored with a low shot.
The reason why I say it was an easy win is because Burnley took 4 shots and had 0 shots on target, and was defended by Manchester City to the point of doubting their lives. Prior to this, Burnley remained undefeated in away games in the Premier League this season, but their unbeaten golden status was in front of Manchester City.
Vulnerable.
Starting from the 2:2 draw with Everton in the second round of the Premier League in August, starting with the 3:1 victory over Bournemouth in the third round, and ending with the 3:0 Burnley, Manchester City tied the team's record with 11 consecutive victories.
, including 7 Premier League games, 3 Champions League games, and one League Cup.
The eleven dead souls under the knife include tough rivals such as Liverpool, Chelsea, Madiburg, and Naples. The winning streak is full of gold. In these 11 games, Manchester City showed extremely high offensive and defensive standards, scoring 47 goals and conceding 47 goals.
With 7 goals, Gua's passing control is getting better.
After eleven cuts, Manchester City is ranked first in both the Champions League and the Premier League, and is 5 points ahead of the second place. The second place in the Premier League is currently Manchester United. The season is still very long, and 5 points is not a huge barrier, but look at the games played in these 11 games.
Zhuo Yang, who has scored 15 goals in 10 games, is a bit shy to everyone. At the beginning of the season, Manchester City has already shown the appearance of a champion.
After the start of this season, excluding the two games that were suspended, Zhuoyang has not missed every game in all official games of Manchester City. He has scored in 9 consecutive rounds of the Premier League and topped the scorer list with 13 goals.
There is a cartoon circulating in the media recently. The God of Death is wearing the No. 18 jersey of Blue Moon, waving the sickle of death and knocking on the door one by one. There are eleven knocked doors behind him, and he is standing in front of the Wolves' door.
Wolves is actually just a nickname. The official name is Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, but obviously the official name is not as impressive as the nickname.
The Wolves can be considered a veteran in English football. The last time they were relegated from the Premier League was in 2012, and they were relegated to League One the following year, commonly known as back-to-back relegations. Fortunately, a year later they worked hard and returned to the Premier League.
English Championship.
Last summer, Wolves were fully acquired by a consortium from China, but their results last season were not ideal, ranking 15th among all 24 English Championship teams, only 7 points above the relegation zone.
Old fans of the "Seven Sisters of Serie A" era should be very familiar with the name Walter Zenga. This man and Baresi are the same generation. He guarded the Inter Milan goal for 12 seasons and was also the Italian in the 1990 Italian Summer.
starting goalkeeper.
He plays and teaches based on his skills. After retiring, he became a famous wandering coach. He has coached all over North America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, as well as his hometown Apennines. Last season, he was invited by the Wolves to give guidance. It is said that the boss of the Wolves, Guo Guangchang, is an old Serie A player.
fan.
However, at this time last year, Zeng Jia, who had only been in charge for 87 days and led the team for 17 games, was fired. There was no way, his results were so poor that I couldn’t even try to cover it up for him. Since then, Zeng Jia has coached Nuno
Vic, Villa and Blackburn's Paul Lambert replaced Zenga.
The final results of last season were mediocre, Lambert also left at the end of the season, and the current head coach of Wolves is Portuguese Nuno Santo.
There are many teams in the English Championship, and the league schedule is more intensive than that of the Premier League, with basically double matches a week. When the League Cup comes to Manchester City, Wolves temporarily ranked second with 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in the first 13 rounds of the English Championship in the new season.
, the first is Cardiff City.
Nuno Santo also belongs to the standard Portuguese coach who is a bad player when playing but is okay in coaching. Focusing on defense is their label. Last season, coach Santo led Porto to the top 16 of the Champions League and won the UEFA Champions League.
Portuguese Super League runner-up.
Coach Santo loves domestic products. There are currently five Portuguese players in the Wolves team, but none of them are famous. After all, they are in the English Championship. In terms of popularity, Senegal midfielder Ndiaye may be a little bit reluctant, after all, he once broke into Ligue 1.
, La Liga and Premier League, this guy played for Hull City last season.
Facing the murderous Premier League champions Manchester City, Santo was determined to defend and counterattack. For this reason, he used the team's two main attackers, 21-year-old Portuguese winger Diogo Jota and 23-year-old Brazilian forward Rio.
Bonatini was put on the bench.
Guardiola was even better. Manchester City, which had been fighting hard for a long time, made a complete change in this game. Many main players, including Zhuo Yang, watched from the sidelines.
Aguero, Kompany and Mendy continue to recover from injuries. Bravo, Mangala, Adarabioyo, Danilo, Debich, Gundogan, Zinchenko, Sane, Foden,
Jesus, seat b.
It’s not to say that he underestimates the second place in the British Championship, but Guardiola has indeed been a bit of a villain recently. Before the game, reporters asked him how he felt about winning 11 consecutive games. He said that he was very happy and enjoyed it.
"It seems that I haven't lost for a long time, and I have almost forgotten that feeling. Frankly speaking, sometimes I really want to lose a game, so that the players know that happy days are hard-won. Hahahaha..."
Didn't lose, but didn't win either.
They attacked 20 shots in 90 minutes, but the score was always 0:0. Lao Gua even replaced Ding Ding in the 80th minute, but he failed to break through Will Norris, who played for Cambridge United in the English Second Division last season.
The goal behind.
The League Cup 1/8 still adopts a single-game deciding system. After 90 minutes of tie, overtime will be played on the same spot.
Half an hour of overtime passed in a blink of an eye. During the period, Guardiola replaced two big mules, Stones and Sterling, but he was still unable to defeat the united Wolves.
The shameless moment finally came. In the 116th minute, Zhuo Yang came on the field to replace Sane.
The League Cup will implement a 31-substitution system in the new season, which means that if overtime is played, each team can substitute four people, and Zhuoyang is the fourth one today.
The big killer came in so late, obviously not to let him score at the buzzer, but to clearly point to the penalty shootout. Coach Nuno Santo and the Wolves also have no temper. This is a dimensionality reduction attack.
With a shooting ratio of 25:7, the Wolves were not completely helpless in the 120 minutes, and the same was true in the penalty shootout.
The penalty shootout of the League Cup is also full of whimsical ideas. It is not the most familiar to fans, you and I take turns, abababab, but adopts the abbaabbaabba method. In the first round, a precedes b, and in the second round, b precedes a.
, then a first and then b.
Wolves' Brazilian striker Bonatini, who came on as a substitute in overtime, took the lead. Bravo, who had originally dodged the penalty kick, missed it under Zhuoyang's command. Bonatini was very successful in hitting the blind corner. Wolves 1:
0.
Then Zhuo Yang came on the scene and tied the score to 1:1.
Next comes Timbrone, 2:1;
Then Bravo vindicated himself. After all, he was the one who saved the penalty kick of boss Mei in two consecutive America's Cup finals. He accurately blocked Ndiaye, 2:1;
In the third round, 24-year-old defender Conor Coady was also rejected by Zhuoyang and Bravo, 2:1;
With a heavy face, Debich made a powerful shot to turn the score into 3:1;
In the fourth round, it was Manchester City's turn to take the penalty first. Sane's push shot was only missed by Will Norris, who performed bravely for 120 minutes, but this little bit was so close, 4:1.
At this point, the subsequent preparations were meaningless. Manchester City ended the game with four penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals of the League Cup in disgrace.
But such a promotion gave the media a difficult question: Does it count as a victory? Did Manchester City set a record for 12 consecutive victories in team history?
The official definition is: Manchester City 0:0 (4:1) Wolves game according to tradition, should be a draw, victory usually means winning by score within 90 minutes.
Of course, the official also said that this is just a guideline. If the Manchester City club considers this game to be a victory, it is not impossible. Just be happy.
In the end, Manchester City agreed to limit the winning streak to 11 games, tying the previous record, and expressed confidence that they would continue to challenge in the near future.
Chapter completed!