Super Marshal

The sixth round of the Champions League group stage in midweek can be described as the dividing line between heaven and hell.

The situation of the top four in the Premier League is also completely different.

Manchester United defeated Wolfsburg 3-1 in an away game and successfully qualified first in the group. Although Arsenal lost 0-1 away to Olympiakos, they also qualified first in the group.

Chelsea drew 2-2 at home with APOEL and was forced to lag behind Atletico Madrid and qualify second in the group.

But the worst thing was Liverpool. The Red Army lost to Fiorentina at home in the crucial decisive battle. In the end, they only finished third in the group and were forced to participate in the Europa League and missed the Champions League knockout rounds.

As a result, Benitez has been under tremendous pressure, and the calls for dismissal have become even more intense. Some even believe that Benitez will be the first head coach to be dismissed in the Premier League this season.

But actually, no.

At the weekend, Manchester City challenged Bolton Wanderers away.

This team is currently ranked 19th in the Premier League, and its performance is only slightly better than Portsmouth. The latter only scored one point in fifteen league rounds. It can be said that it has already booked its relegation spot for this season.

Bolton coach Gary Megson has been the hero of the team's relegation for two consecutive seasons, but this season he has encountered an unprecedented crisis of confidence and is very likely to be dismissed, even more than Benitez.

This home game against Manchester City is regarded as a life-saving battle for Gary Megson.

At the beginning of the game, Bolton showed unprecedented determination, adopting a 5-3-2 style of play, sticking to their own half and not taking the lead in any case, allowing Manchester City to control the ball. Blue Moon's ball possession rate even exceeded 100% at one time. Seventy.

After a week's rest, Kaká started again, forming a frontcourt attack combination with Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema and Sanchez, and launched an indiscriminate bombardment of Bolton's defense, even in the first half alone. Seventeen shots were taken, and the offense was not weak.

But Bolton did not let Manchester City break the goal. Goalkeeper Jaaskulainen also performed very well. He blocked high and low, and performed at a super level, so that Manchester City never scored.

The turning point of the game occurred in the 45th minute of the first half, about to enter overtime. Kaka broke through with the ball from the middle and caused a foul by Bolton's Trinidad and Tobago player Samuel. The defender Received a red card from the referee.

After changing sides in the second half, Manchester City had one more player than their opponents. Gao Han used his skill cards from the beginning to launch an attack.

First, in the 47th minute, Sanchez assisted David Silva to score. Five minutes later, Kaka assisted Cristiano Ronaldo to score, and then Benzema's shot hit the opponent's defender Nai. Special's foot hit the goal and turned into an own goal.

In just ten minutes, Manchester City scored three goals and took the lead.

Then, Manchester City began to stabilize the rhythm and control the ball, while Bolton replaced two defensive players in one go to further strengthen the team's defense.

Until the 74th minute, before Kaka was about to leave the field, Benzema took the ball in the penalty area and was fouled by the opponent. The referee awarded a penalty kick. All Manchester City players unanimously recommended Kaka to take the penalty and the Brazilian superstar to take the penalty. Hit and scored the fourth goal for Manchester City.

After that, Gao Han made continuous substitutions and arranged for young players such as Michael Johnson and Sturridge to appear.

Although Manchester City has not scored again, their 69% ball possession rate and 37 shots have set a new record for Manchester City this season, forcing everyone to get to know this team again. .

As for Bolton, after losing four goals at home, head coach Gary Megson announced his resignation after the game, becoming the first head coach to be dismissed in the Premier League this season.

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In the sixteenth round of the Premier League, Manchester City defeated Bolton 4-0 away from home and won a complete victory.

Chelsea, the blue team, took the lead three times at home, but was tied by Everton three times. In the end, they drew with Everton 3-3 and got a draw, further widening the gap with Manchester City, but still Maintained second place in the league.

The reason is simple, Manchester United lost.

Ferguson's team lost 1-0 at home to Aston Villa.

Wenger's team defeated Benitez's Liverpool 2-1 away from home, further exacerbating the Spaniard's coaching crisis.

In the seventeenth round of the Premier League, Chelsea welcomed deputy captain Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge.

Perhaps because of the midweek games, the Blues' physical fitness was greatly affected by the consecutive double matches. Chelsea played very poorly throughout the game. At one point, they were tied one to one with Portsmouth for a long time. , until the last stage of the game, they defeated Portsmouth with a controversial penalty created by Drogba.

After this game, the Blues' performance was once again questioned, especially their reliance on Drogba. This made many people worry that once January comes, many players including Drogba and Essien will African players are going back to their countries to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations. Who will the Blues rely on to support them then?

Liverpool has recovered somewhat in this round. Benitez's team defeated Wigan Athletic 2-1, Manchester United defeated Wolves 3-0 at home, and Arsenal drew 1-1 away with Burnley.

Manchester City traveled south to London in this round to challenge Tottenham Hotspur away from home, and ultimately won 3-0.

Over the weekend, the 18th round of the Premier League is also the last round before Christmas.

After this round of games, the Premier League will usher in a one-week Christmas truce.

However, the performance of the strong teams in this round was generally not ideal. Manchester United lost to Fulham 0-3 away from home, Liverpool lost to Portsmouth 0-2 away from home, Chelsea drew with West Ham United 1-1, and Arsenal Defeated Hull City 3-0 at home.

Manchester City faced the Black Cat Sunderland at home. Steve Bruce was known as Ferguson's protege. Everyone expected him to cause trouble for Manchester City in this round, but unexpectedly, in just eight minutes, Xabi Alonso assisted Cristiano Ronaldo to score.

After taking a one-goal lead, Manchester City gradually took control of the situation on the field.

Starting from the fifteenth minute, Manchester City, with the blessing of Gao Han's skill card, scored two goals in ten minutes. The goal scorers were Sanchez and Kompany. The latter's goal was a free kick from Cristiano Ronaldo. Assisted by the ball.

After taking a three-goal lead, Manchester City continued to increase the offensive pressure on Sunderland. Kaká once again broke the deadlock in the 34th minute, allowing Manchester City to enter the second half with a 4-0 lead.

After changing sides in the second half, Blue Moon continued to increase their offensive. Goals from Xabi Alonso, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaká finally helped Manchester City beat Sunderland 7-1. The latter was only in A consolation goal was scored in the 90th minute to save face.

This goal frenzy shocked the entire Premier League, but what is even more frightening is that Manchester City had a full 73% ball possession rate in this game, and the number of shots once again exceeded 30, reaching Thirty-three times.

Everyone was stunned by Manchester City's offensive power. No one expected that the closer to Christmas, the better Blue Moon performed, which shocked all the Premier League teams.

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While the Premier League is in full swing, La Liga is also in full swing.

In the fourteenth round of La Liga, two newly promoted teams, Chinatown and Zaragoza, met. Chinatown, playing away from home, encountered a tenacious sniper from Zaragoza, which was fighting for relegation. It was not until the 61st minute that Alba Breaking the deadlock with Falcao's assist.

After that, Chinatown continued to chase, and in the 81st minute, Ramirez scored again, and it was Falcao who assisted the Brazilian midfielder. Zaragoza continued until the stoppage time. Only right back Diogo scored a goal.

In the end, Chinatown defeated Zaragoza 2-1 away from home.

This victory also raised Chinatown's league ranking from eighth to seventh.

A week later, La Liga ushered in the last round of league play before the winter break. Chinatown welcomed Osasuna at home.

In just one minute, Mkhitaryan assisted Falcao to score. In the tenth minute, Falcao scored again, helping the Chinatown team seal the victory.

In the end, with Falcao's brace, Chinatown defeated Osasuna 2-0 and still ranked seventh in the La Liga standings.

Two goals and two assists in two rounds of league games fully demonstrated Falcao's all-round performance, but more importantly, the Colombian center's performance on the court seemed to be stimulated by transfer rumors. Wheels are more active.

After the fifteenth round, La Liga was temporarily suspended until January 2010, but the transfer rumors about Falcao have always become a hot topic in European football during the winter transfer.

After a long period of media speculation, Real Madrid president Florentino finally publicly stated for the first time that the team was indeed paying close attention to Falcao when he participated in Radio Ser's Christmas interview program.

"He is the best scorer in La Liga this season. He can score goals in any way in the penalty area. We are all very much looking forward to him putting on the Real Madrid jersey and scoring goals for us."

Florentino's statement undoubtedly caused the entire transfer market to explode.

Everyone knows that Real Madrid will either not make a move or make a big move. Given Falcao's importance to Chinatown, any team that wants to poach him will have to pay a very high price.

AS quickly followed up, reporting insider information that Real Madrid's preliminary internal plan was to use Higuain, who was not liked by Mourinho, as part of the transfer, with a price increase of 20 million euros, from China. City introduced Falcao.

But just as the news from Aspen came out, Marca quickly followed up and broke the news that Chelsea in the Premier League were also interested in Falcao and had even made an offer to Chinatown for the first time, but Chinatown refused to sell the main center forward.

"In the face of Chelsea's strong poaching, Chinatown general manager Armando Marcos said with great certainty in an interview with the media that the club will do its best to retain Falcao, and even shouted that any team that wants to forcefully poach will not use breach of contract. gold terms.”

"This undoubtedly declares Chinatown's determination to retain people, and at the same time makes it more difficult for wealthy teams to poach talents."

"But according to the information we have received, the financial situation of the Chinatown team is not ideal. The Spanish Professional Football League is very dissatisfied with the home conditions of the Chinatown team and requires them to make rectifications as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will not even rule out cancellation. Chinatown’s home games are eligible, but it will cost a lot of money to renovate the stadium.”

"In addition, as the team's performance this season is getting better and better, many players in the team have also received attention. After the team started the contract renewal process, many players entered the contract renewal list. This It will further increase the burden on the club."

"Therefore, we do not rule out the possibility of Chinatown selling Falcao during the winter break."

As media reporters dig deeper, the rumors about the sale of Falcao in Chinatown are becoming more and more true.

Amid the turmoil of public opinion, Falcao and his agent Mendes have remained silent, which can't help but make people suspicious.

But Gao Han and Chinatown's every move is the focus of public opinion, which makes Falcao's transfer receive great attention and become a hot topic in the winter break transfer market.