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Chapter 361

Chapter 361

May 10, 26:19 pm.

It was already late autumn, and the weather was already quite cold.

But the chilly wind couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the fans.

"There are so many people today!" Duncan glanced at the stands, heaved a sigh of relief, and built a white dragon himself.

Now in continental Europe, everyone regards him as a famous coach, but no one realizes that he is still a 28-year-old young man.

In the eyes of many people, Teby is the outside world, and Duncan is regarded as a particularly mature and wealthy person.

In fact, those who are familiar with it know that Duncan is much simpler than they thought.

At least he is not a person who spouts dung, lectures others when he has nothing to do, or shoots guns when he disagrees.

In his heart, it is definitely a bottom line principle that people will not offend me and I will not offend others.

If Benitez hadn't been attacking Manchester City and Duncan last season, Duncan wouldn't have fought back.

And Benitez's mouthpiece, the first to sink, seemed to be his own red battleship.

From this point of view, a coach who is a bit talkative must first install a lightning rod himself.

There is a reason for Duncan's ease. In this FA Cup round of 16, Manchester City's opponent is the newly promoted British Championship, Scunthorpe.

This FA Cup match held in a city team, and even the history of the small team Scunthorpe, was the first televised FA Cup match.

So this game was full of star chasing atmosphere.

Although Manchester City played on the bench and youth team players, the only two who are still stars are Sturridge and Otamendi.

But this does not hinder the pilgrimage of the small team Scunthorpe.

Their head coach, Adkins, even ran over specially and talked with Duncan for a long time.

Adkins reluctantly let go of Duncan's hand until the fourth official looked over with resentful eyes.

To be honest, the number of people present in this game was more than Duncan imagined.It was originally just an ordinary FA Cup game against low-level teams, but the attendance rate still reached more than [-]%.

This number is already astonishing.

After all, the opponent is not important.

It can be seen that Manchester City's historic results last season and its appeal to the box office.

Although it was only an FA Cup match against a Championship team, the fans still paid great attention to it.

Even many media specially arranged for reporters to come to the scene, and the TV station also broadcast live. This kind of treatment is only available to Manchester City.

As soon as the game started, Manchester City's second-tier players were very active.

They overwhelmed the half-court and launched charges again and again towards Scunthorpe's penalty area.

In just 3 minutes of the opening, Sturridge used his quick assault to win the first victory for Manchester City.

In the 17th minute, Mido took a long shot from outside the penalty area, and the football flew into the opponent's goal with an arc.

The Manchester City substitutes in the home game are in a hurry, and Scunthorpe can only support it.

In the 52nd minute of the second half, Sturridge shot and let the opponent's goalkeeper make a strong save, but Stephen Ireland followed up with a supplementary shot and faced an empty goal and scored easily.

On the sidelines, Duncan gave a thumbs up.

They have shown a great desire to win, and they should be applauded.

Sufficient bench thickness is also a guarantee for Manchester City's amazing performance last season.

Because this can make Duncan more comfortable when arranging troops.

At the last moment of the game, Petrov used his speed to throw off the defense and assisted Milito to score a goal. The team finally defeated the opponent 3:0 at home and won the FA Cup.

When the main force is repairing, the ability of the substitutes to be so powerful is also a guarantee for the team to achieve good results.

In the 11th round of the league, after a week of rest, Manchester City's main players have all recovered.

In the away game against Birmingham, the St. Andrews Stadium was bloodbathed 4:0, and they continued to lead in the standings.

Although Chelsea beat Bolton by the same score, they are still one point behind Manchester City.

Arsenal beat Tottenham 3-0 at home and followed Chelsea by 2 points.Although Tottenham's ranking remains unchanged, the gap with Chelsea has reached 8 points.

Manchester United beat Blackburn 2:0 and fell behind Chelsea by 5 points. Although they are not close to the top of the list, they are not behind.

By this round, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Manchester United have already distanced themselves from other teams on the runway for the championship.

The original seventh round of the "Seven Nations Contest" has been broken and turned into a "Four Nations Tournament".

It seems that the championship battle can only be carried out between these four teams.

The time has entered November, and Manchester City sits at the City Stadium to face the Dutch team, Alkmaar.

After 90 minutes of hard work, Manchester City relied on Shevchenko's key goal to beat Alkmaar 1-0 at home and avenged their away draw.

In another arena, Standard Liege had an upset at home. They finished Olympiacos 2-0 and won their first victory.

As a result, the fourth round of the Champions League group stage is over.

Manchester City ranks first in the group with 10 points, Olympiacos ranks second with 6 points, Standard Liege ranks third with 4 points, and Alkmaar continues to be at the bottom of the group.

Because the relationship between Manchester City and Standard Liege is one win and one draw, in fact, with two rounds left in the Champions League, Manchester City has already qualified ahead of schedule.

Duncan couldn't help feeling, did UEFA show kindness?

But aren't they dissatisfied with the strong performance of the Premier League teams in the Champions League?So it's so easy to talk this time?

Is it a slowdown?

Going back to the Premier League, this game has a battle of focus.

Manchester United v Chelsea.

In fact, Chelsea's recent schedule is terrible. In the next five rounds, Chelsea's opponents include Manchester United, Wolves, Arsenal, Manchester City, and Everton.

Except for the Wolves who are a little weaker, the other teams are either opponents in the championship or spoilers in the championship, and they are very difficult to deal with.

These five league rounds can basically determine Chelsea's trend this season.

Two days later, in the 2th round of the Premier League, David Silva, Shevchenko, Joel Luka and other main players sat on the bench. Manchester City continued to stick to their rotation policy. Duncan sent Sanchez, Ned, Otamendi and others.

In terms of tactics, the 4231 formation is adhered to, with Samaras acting as a single striker.

Burnley is obviously unable to pose any threat to Manchester City. The bilateral forwards of Sanchez and Pedro make the opponent's defense feel like death, and there is an urge to commit seppuku every minute.

After their defense sent a red card, Burnley's struggle also failed.

Compared with a team like Blackburn that doesn't open their eyes, Burnley is obviously much more pragmatic. At least they don't have extra thoughts. The whole game has the idea of ​​"one less loss is one", and the desire to attack is not very strong. .

In the end, Manchester City defeated Burnley 2:1 away.

"Why doesn't the opponent resist? If I resist, I will be excited to kick." Sanchez said to Pedro when the game was over.

The Burnley players who passed by Sanchez were all dumbfounded.

Co-author because you don't resist, so the other party is not excited?

(End of this chapter)