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Chapter 127 The League Cup, the blue moon is coming!

Chapter 127 The League Cup, the blue moon is coming!

A 2:1 victory over Birmingham gave Manchester City their eighth consecutive victory!

In this wave of eight consecutive victories, Manchester City scored 24 points, and their position in the standings has passed all the way. After this round of competition, Manchester City has already ranked second.

The team that ranks first in the league is beyond everyone's expectations. It is not Manchester United or Liverpool that people expected before the season, but Arsenal, which is playing with a young army!

In the ten rounds, under the leadership of midfielder Cesc Fabregas, the young Arsenal set off a red storm. They won eight wins, one draw and one loss, leading the standings with 25 points.

And their only defeat was caused when they faced Manchester City.

In terms of other opponents, after losing to Manchester City in the third round, Manchester United began to rebound from the Jedi. In the subsequent seven rounds, they all won!With 21 points, it ranks third in the standings.

Liverpool drove high and low, and they continued their tradition of "experts in foreign wars, amateurs in civil wars". They only ranked fifth in the league, but ranked first in the Champions League group stage.

As for the coach, in addition to Mourinho, another popular candidate for the end of the season, Newcastle coach Allardyce, relied on the "near defeat" in the second half of the last round against Manchester City and the 2:1 victory over Tottenham in this round. The record has once again stabilized his handsome position.I have to sigh with emotion that Allardyce has been decisively lucky this season, with two coaching crises and two times turning the tide.

Even Allardyce himself was in lingering fear, saying that his heart could hardly take it anymore.

There is good luck, and naturally there is bad luck.

Allardyce's Newcastle defeated Tottenham 2:1, promoted himself to the shore, but kicked Tottenham coach Joel off the stage.

Although Joel worked very hard, he still didn't coach enough for one season. He became the third Premier League coach to dismiss get out of class.

As we all know, the first head coach to dismiss this season is Mourinho.

The second head coach to leave get out of class is Bolton's head coach Sami Lee.

Coincidentally, the game that directly led to Sami Lee's dismissal was the second game that Glenn led Chelsea after the coaching change.

In that game, Gretel used a victory to stabilize his coaching position, because he lost to Manchester United in the previous game.

But Bolton, who lost, was fired by coach Sammy Lee.

It can be said that just the recent rounds of battles for the leadership position are enough to write a suspenseful drama.

When Glenn and Allardyce were on the verge of getting out of class, they relied on a timely victory to save their coaching position, but at the same time got the opponent's head coach out of get out of class.

Perhaps the most imaginative novelist can't imagine such a plot with twists and turns and ups and downs!

Such a dramatic change shows the fierce competition in the Premier League this season from another aspect. Even people like Mourinho have been killed. What is impossible?

Capital Premier League brings wonderful Premier League!

As the protagonists of the drama, Glenn and Allardyce can also have a little relationship with Manchester City.

Allardyce's coaching position was kept in the game after Manchester City.

As for Glenn, who has retained his position, his next opponent is Manchester City.

Although these topics of "replacement of handsome positions" have never been involved, Manchester City has played an irreplaceable role in it!

This game is also very important for Manchester City. The distance between them and the front and back in the standings is too small.Even a slight negligence may cause the ranking to change.

As strong as the defending champion Manchester United, isn't it only ranked third?

Although Manchester United ranks behind Arsenal and Manchester City in the standings, the outside world is unanimously optimistic about Manchester United defending the title.

Because the latter two have flaws: Arsenal's youth, Manchester City's defense.

Arsenal is too young, so young that everyone doubts the team's long-term ability to lead the standings.

Manchester City's defense is too poor. In the last five games, Manchester City has conceded an average of two goals per game.If it weren't for the support of the strong firepower in the frontcourt, I'm afraid this eight-game winning streak would have been terminated long ago!

As for Manchester United, after the introduction of Barry, the team's midfield strength has been greatly enhanced, and there are no obvious shortcomings.Coupled with Ferguson's sufficient "winning experience", people have reason to believe that Manchester United will definitely catch up!

After the tenth round of the Premier League, this season's UEFA Cup kicked off.

At the end of last month, after Manchester City eliminated Volendam in the qualifying round, the general manager Bassong flew to the FIFA headquarters on behalf of Manchester City to participate in the UEFA Cup group stage draw.

Due to the large number of participating teams and the many associations involved, UEFA's UEFA Cup competition system is also very complicated.After five qualifying rounds, the 40 teams were divided into eight groups, with five teams in each group, for a single round-robin match, with the top three teams qualifying.

The 24 teams that qualified for the group stage, plus the 12 teams that were eliminated from the European Champions Cup, will form a new top 32, and draw lots for home and away double-round knockout matches, and finally decide the champion.

The result of the lottery came out, and Manchester City's lottery was not good. Their group, known as the "group of death", all the teams came from the mainstream European leagues, not the teams from small Eastern European countries.

The main opponents are the Bundesliga powerhouse Schalke 04, the French team Paris Saint-Germain, La Liga's Santander Racing team, and the Eredivisie Twente team.

Except for the slightly weaker Twente team, the other teams are all mid-upstream teams in their respective leagues.The strongest of them are naturally Schalke 04 and Racing Santander.

Schalke 04 has a brave style and is nicknamed "Coal Miner".In the 2001, 2003, and 2005 seasons, Schalke 04 won the league runner-up three times, with outstanding results, and is a prestigious Bundesliga nobleman.Located in the Ruhr area, the Schalke Stadium is a well-known devil's stadium throughout Europe. They once set a 129-decibel shout at home.

Racing Santander adheres to the style of defensive counterattack and is unique in La Liga, which advocates offense, but no one denies their strength.Their home record is very good, and they have the nickname of "Giant Killer" in La Liga. Many giants will leave regrets at Racing Santander's home court if they don't pay attention.

Therefore, for Manchester City, if the UEFA Cup group stage is not taken seriously, in the single round group stage, it is easy to fall into a situation where there is no end.

Every game is crucial.

In the qualifying odds of European top companies, Schalke 04 will qualify first in the group, and the next two spots will be between Racing Santander, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City.

Not surprisingly, the Twente team from the Eredivisie will be a competent soy sauce party.

According to the schedule, Manchester City's first UEFA Cup match will be on October 10. Their first round challenge is the strongest opponent in the group stage, the Schalke 23 team!

And it's away!

In the first game of the group stage, if it wins, it's okay, if it fails, then the team may lose the team's confidence because of the first loss!

Moreover, with the team's recent defense line being criticized, whether Manchester City can retreat in Germany has become a question for everyone.

The new season of the Bundesliga, recently ended the seventh round of the game, Schalke 7 ranked third in the league, the limelight is in full swing!Facing the visiting Manchester City, the head coach of Schalke 04 boldly stated that money is not everything, he wants to let Manchester people understand the will of the Germans...

Of course, the good news is that the FA "understandably" adjusted the Premier League game schedule. Newcastle's away game against Chelsea was postponed to October 10.In this way, before Blue Moon played against Schalke 28, there would be no interference from other games.

This battle is of great significance to Manchester City, which is aiming for revival!

In the century-old history, Manchester City's European results are not ideal. The only thing the club can get is the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1970.And that was 37 years ago.

Coincidentally, this Cup Winners' Cup winner was also the last trophy won by Manchester City.

Since then, Manchester City has never won any crown in any event.

The last time, in the 03-04 season, Manchester City won a UEFA Cup qualification for winning the Fair Play Award.But in the first game, Manchester City's strength was not good, and the qualifying round went home early.

This UEFA Cup is Manchester City's second participation in the UEFA Cup.

After injecting a large amount of money in the summer and introducing a large number of strong support, Manchester City has become the focus of attention in Europe and even the world, and because this is Manchester City's first European game, the opponent is also the strongest Schalke in the group stage 04, so it attracted a lot of attention.

Three or four days before the game, more than 3 Manchester City fans flew to Gelsenkirchen in advance to watch the game, and media reporters from all over the world came to the East Earth Stadium base to observe Newcastle's Get ready!

On October 10, Manchester City flew to Gelsenkirchen with the eyes of countless fans of Manchester City!

UEFA Cup, blue moon is coming!

PS: Chapter 2 plus more

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