Chapter 214 A decisive blow comes again, but fortunately we have Lin!

Author: Xue Niao

Chapter 214 A decisive blow comes again, but fortunately we have Lin!

"Manchester City once again made personnel adjustments. They replaced Jovetic and replaced him with No. 10 Lin Quan."

"Pellegrini's substitution came too late. Regular time is almost over. Do you expect Lin Quan to score in the last few minutes when Lin Quan comes in?"

He Wei is unable to complain, should he be replaced earlier?

The game is almost over at this time, and there is simply not enough time for substitutions. Manchester City will definitely be dragged into overtime by the opponent.

"Looking at Pellegrini's plan, he probably wants the main players to get more adequate rest, right? But it seems to be a bit self-defeating."

"Well, although Manchester City played half of the substitutes, there are still half of the main players on the field. These people played the whole game and even played overtime. Their physical exertion will be huge."

"They will go away to challenge Sunderland in two days. After such consumption, Manchester City's record in the Premier League may be affected!"

Seeing that Lin Quan had no time to warm up and was directly substituted, the two criticized Pellegrini even more fiercely.

"Pellegrini is too greedy. He wants everything, but in the end he will probably get nothing!"

Xu Yang nodded and agreed:

"With multi-front operations, even wealthy teams with deep foundations still need to make choices, let alone an upstart in the Premier League like Manchester City?"

"The League Cup and even the FA Cup are objects that can be discarded. I think they should focus on the league and the Champions League!"

"Yes, for Manchester City, which aspires to become a giant, only by winning more league championships and reaching the knockout rounds of the Champions League can they gain recognition from the majority of fans and officially join the ranks of the Premier League giants!"

Lin Quan naturally couldn't hear this on the playing field thousands of miles away.

Lin Quan is actually very supportive of Pellegrini's choice not to give up the League Cup.

The reason is also very simple, you can earn more points by winning more games.

In the previous game against Chelsea, it was with the skill of the upside-down golden hook that he spent 30 points to redeem from the system mall that he completed that earth-shattering goal.

After spending 30 points, Lin Quan now only has 10 points left.

As Manchester City plays more and more games on various fronts, Lin Quan's physical fitness begins to be greatly tested.

If he doesn't want to be like Messi, who often walks in the frontcourt to save energy, he must upgrade his physical talent to the next level as soon as possible.

Currently, Lin Quan's physical talent is a third-level talent worth 30 points. It takes 70 points to reach the full level.

70 points is too much for him now, and he may not be able to collect them all until the end of this season.

So he planned to save 20 points first and upgrade his physical talent to level 4.

In this case, the upper limit of physical fitness and the speed of passive recovery can be greatly improved, which should be able to meet the needs of the current game.

For the sake of points, we must win this game!

"Lin, you didn't warm up, does it matter?"

Aguero saw Lin Quan come up without warming up, and was worried that he might be injured due to his sudden strenuous exercise.

"It doesn't matter, time is running out. We must seize the time to resolve the battle and not let the opponent drag the game into overtime!"

"Yes, I know!"

Aguero nodded heavily. If he could get off work early, who would want to play for another 30 minutes?

"Attention, the opponent's No. 10 is here, keep an eye on him, others will let him ruin our good deeds!"

Seeing Lin Quan play, Wigan Athletic's players immediately heightened their vigilance.

As the saying goes, a person's name is like the shadow of a tree.

As Lin Quan's performance in the Premier League and Champions League gets better and better, his popularity is also rising.

Even teams in the English Championship have heard of him for a long time.

Although Lin Quan was placed on the bench by Pellegrini in this game, Wigan Athletic still listed Lin Quan as the team's number one threat in the pre-match tactical arrangement.

Having successfully frozen Aguero before, Wigan Athletic followed suit and planned to use the same method to restrict Lin Quan.

However, they soon discovered that this trick didn't seem to work.

Because his position on the field is not fixed, it is difficult to completely restrict him whether it is dedicated man-marking or regional assistance.

And Lin Quan is different from Aguero in that he can organize, break through, and score goals.

Once he is allowed close to his own goal, defensive players face a difficult choice.

Are you trying to prevent him from passing the ball, or are you trying to prevent him from breaking through and shooting?

For the first time, the defensive players carefully chose their blocking positions to prevent Lin Quan from breaking through and shooting.

Seeing that the opponent did not choose to get too close, Lin Quan decisively sent a through ball.

This pass penetrated Wigan Athletic's defense. Unfortunately, Aguero started a little early. When he received the ball, the linesman had already raised the flag to indicate that he was offside.

Wigan Athletic's defenders were so frightened that they broke into a cold sweat!

They immediately realized how scary this guy was!

You can't give him any space to pass the ball, you have to stick to it!

However, when they did, Lin Quan made a beautiful fried ball and easily passed the defensive player who rushed too far forward and entered the penalty area.

The Wigan Athletic players were all numb. They rushed towards Lin Quan in a swarm, trying to stop him from shooting.

Lin Quan easily passed the ball to Aguero, who was in the open position, and the latter pushed the ball to help the team change the score.

1:0!

Manchester City finally broke the deadlock in the 89th minute of the second half.

Wigan Athletic players are disappointed!

I lasted almost the entire game, but was completely ruined by one mistake.

They are so unwilling!

In the end, with Aguero's goal, Manchester City defeated their opponent at home with difficulty and advanced to the next round of the League Cup.

Although Manchester City won this game, the victory was really ugly.

After the game, Manchester City's players were not in the mood to celebrate, especially some of the main players who played the entire game, and ran directly back to the locker room in dejection.

After the Wigan Athletic players were frustrated for a while, they quickly adjusted.

For them, exiting the League Cup early may still be a good thing.

In this case, they can concentrate on playing in the league and strive to accumulate enough points to return to the Premier League.

"Lin, can I exchange jerseys with you?"

After the game, when leaving the field, Wigan Athletic midfielder Jodi Gomez ran over and asked a little embarrassedly.

Hodi, like Lin Quan, is also a player who came from the La Masia youth training camp.

The difference is that he is the kind of person who is not famous.

In the 2007-2008 season, due to his mediocre talent, Hodi was not renewed by Barcelona after his contract expired and was forced to leave the Barcelona youth team.

After that, in order to play football, he had to move to many teams in several major leagues.

However, due to his lack of strength, he has never been able to secure his position as the main force.

This made him feel a little inferior. He was obviously nearly ten years older than Lin Quan, but in front of Lin Quan, he was as humble as a junior.

"No problem at all!"

Lin Quan was a little surprised at first when he heard the other party talking to him in Spanish.

But if you think about it carefully, it's not surprising. In recent years, Spanish midfielders have become very popular around the world.

It doesn't seem surprising that a team in the English Championship would hire a Spanish midfielder.

After taking off his jersey and handing it to the other party, Lin Quan took the initiative to reach out and shake Hody's hand:

"Come on, I hope to see you in the Premier League next year!"

"Thank you for your blessings, and I hope you can lead the team to the World Cup next year!"

After receiving encouragement from Lin Quan, Hody relaxed a little and mustered up the courage to send his blessings.

Lin Quan nodded and made a gesture of clenching his fist to cheer. Without saying anything else, he quickly returned to the locker room with the opponent's jersey.

…

There are too many underdogs in the League Cup, so the Premier League teams have basically passed smoothly.

However, Liverpool and Manchester United were unlucky and were drawn against each other in the third round.

But this time, Manchester United, playing at home, had the last laugh.

After ninety minutes of fierce fighting, they defeated Liverpool with a score of 1:0, which was considered revenge for Anfield.

The League Cup is not very popular. The outside world does not pay much attention to this kind of competition, and even the media reports are relatively small.
To be continued...