Chapter 865 The Number One Player in Football

Manchester City's 8-1 home victory over Arsenal shocked the world, and what followed was overwhelming praise.

But within the team, Gao Han, as always, while affirming the team's performance, was also pouring cold water on it. He did not want his team to lose himself in such an epic victory that was accidental.

Yes, Manchester City is stronger than Arsenal, but it is definitely not that strong.

Three days later, in the knockout round of the League Cup round of 16, Gao Han played with a full substitute lineup. The opponent was Leicester City in the relegation zone of the English Championship. Manchester City easily won 4-1 away from home and successfully advanced to the next round. .

In the tenth round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged Wolves away from home.

Less than a minute into the game, Benzema's goal gave Manchester City the lead.

After that, the two teams exchanged offense and defense. Overall, Manchester City still had the advantage. It was not until the stoppage time of the second half that Benzema scored again, helping Manchester City defeat Wolves 2-0.

Entering November, Manchester City's first game is the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, against Ajax at home.

After winning the first three rounds, Manchester City was the top favorite to break through this group of death. Facing Ajax this time, the team played a little loosely. Xabi Alonso scored after the opening nine minutes. Scored, but was unable to find the feeling of the game afterwards.

In the second half, Suarez even seized an opportunity and scored a sneak goal. The assist was Ajax's young midfielder Eriksen. It is worth mentioning that these two players are highly recommended by Gao Han. For Mendes.

After being beaten to an equalizer by Ajax, Manchester City woke up and launched a crazy counterattack. It was not until the end of the game that Kaká scored a goal, locking the score at 2-1.

In the end, Manchester City defeated Ajax with a difficult victory and won four consecutive victories.

But Gao Han was furious in the locker room after the game, and he unceremoniously reprimanded the players for their carelessness during the game, especially after taking the lead, which seemed to be too much. As a result, Suarez taught him a lesson.

"This is the Champions League, and any slightest bit of relaxation may lead to your doom."

"I say it again, I just want players who focus on the game!"

Everyone was completely frightened by Gao Han's thunderous rage. No one expected Gao Han to be so angry.

But only Gao Han himself knows that this is the first time he has used a skill card this season. Otherwise, the team will end in a draw, which will also be the first draw in his career.

Fortunately, the skill card played a key role at the last moment, especially in the last ten minutes, launching a crazy counterattack, which finally helped Manchester City win the opponent and survive.

But Gao Han was not happy at all. Instead, he was very angry because the skill card did not need to be used.

In another match in the group that was played at the same time as Manchester City, Real Madrid challenged AC Milan away from home. The two teams were inseparable.

Allegri knew very well that if he lost this game again, his team would basically be eliminated from the Champions League group stage early, so AC Milan played very tenaciously, while Real Madrid repeatedly launched strong attacks.

The two sides fought hard until the first half of stoppage time, before Di Maria assisted Higuain to score, helping Real Madrid take the lead.

But not long after the start of the second half, Inzaghi equalized the score, and the two sides returned to the same starting line.

Not only that, in the 78th minute, Gattuso assisted, and Inzaghi scored another victory to reverse the score.

This made AC Milan extremely excited, while Real Madrid fell into a crazy counterattack.

Mourinho's team was almost desperate against AC Milan and persisted until the last moment of the game. In the third minute of stoppage time, Diego Costa assisted Pedro Leon to equalize the score.

In the end, the two giants tied 2-2.

After this round, the group ranking remains unchanged. Manchester City ranks first with 12 points for four consecutive wins, Real Madrid ranks second with seven points for two wins, one draw and one loss, and AC Milan ranks third with two points for two draws and two losses. , Ajax scored one point with one draw and three losses, ranking fourth.

Judging from the points ranking, Manchester City has undoubtedly qualified ahead of schedule. The difference is only whether they are ranked first in the group. Real Madrid has also basically qualified. However, AC Milan still has the possibility of theoretical reversal, but it is extremely difficult.

Because AC Milan will challenge Manchester City away from home next, and Real Madrid will challenge Ajax away from home, and I believe that fans who have watched the previous rounds of the group will not be optimistic about AC Milan.

As for Ajax, the only hope is to compete with the Rossoneri for third place in the group and participate in the Europa League.

Gao Han has always felt that it is a pity for this Dutch team, because their strength is not weak. Whether it is Suarez, Eriksson, or other players, they all have good strength.

It's a pity that Ajax was unlucky and was drawn into the same death group as Manchester City, Real Madrid and AC Milan. If it were another group, the Dutch team might not have no hope of competing for the right to qualify.

Three days after the Champions League group stage ended, Manchester City defeated West Bromwich Albion 2-0 away from home.

This is the eleventh round of the Premier League.

But the most eye-catching game of this round was at Anfield Stadium. Liverpool, who had no Champions League competition this season, defeated visiting Chelsea 2-0, once again giving Scolari's team a head-on blow.

The Blues were also victorious all the way in the Champions League group stage, with four consecutive victories to advance to the top spot in the group. However, facing Liverpool who were waiting for work, the Blues were obviously caught off guard and had to leave Anfield with regrets.

But Liverpool didn't stay happy for long. Hodgson's team soon drew 1-1 with Wigan Athletic in the twelfth round of the Premier League in midweek. The ranking that had just been improved fell again.

Manchester City ushered in the Manchester derby in this round.

Ferguson's Manchester United have been performing well in recent times, and have won consecutive victories in the Champions League and the league. However, this time facing Manchester City, the Red Devils failed to continue their excellent performance in the past. After struggling for half an hour at the beginning, Manchester United was defeated. City scored twice in five minutes, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring twice.

After changing sides in the second half, it was the Portuguese who scored again, completing a hat-trick and taking a three-goal lead.

Manchester United scored a face-saving goal from Hernandez at the last moment of the game.

Ferguson was also extremely frustrated with the defeat after the game. He said that Cristiano Ronaldo alone decided the outcome of the game and Manchester City deserved to win. He also believed that the Portuguese should win the FIFA Ballon d'Or.

“His ability to score goals has repeatedly astonished me.”

Not only Ferguson, but all the media around the world have also praised Cristiano Ronaldo's state, believing that the Portuguese's performance over the past year deserves the title of the number one player in football and deserves to win the FIFA Ballon d'Or. of honor.

Gao Han also said in an interview with the media that Cristiano Ronaldo's performance this season is phenomenal.

"What I want to say is that he is not the strongest yet, but he is good enough."

In addition to Gao Han, Manchester City teammates also came out to support Cristiano Ronaldo.

"With him here, our task in the game becomes very simple, that is, pass the ball to him, and he can score." David Silva, the team's top assister, praised with a smile.

Kaka was also full of praise for his teammate and close friend, "I rarely compliment a person like this, but I want to say that he is one of the greatest stars in football today and the best player in the past year. I Think he should be recognized.”

Captain Xabi Alonso also said in a high-profile manner, "It's hard for me to imagine anyone else who deserves this honor more than Cristiano. He has won almost everything in the past year. It's just a pity that we couldn't participate in the Champions League, otherwise, the Champions League championship would also belong to us and to Cristiano."

In addition to Manchester City, including the Portuguese national team coach, Portuguese domestic celebrities, etc., most of the European football world is building momentum for Cristiano Ronaldo.

However, the media in Catalonia generally support Messi and believe that Messi is more convincing in terms of championship honors, especially Barcelona's Champions League and league double championship. According to past award-winning practices, Messi should be elected. .

What's more, Messi's performance since this season is not bad.

There is widespread controversy among the media and fans as to whether it is Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi.

But the war in the European League continues.

What is even more unexpected is that just over the weekend, Manchester City faced Birmingham, their 13th round opponent in the Premier League, at home. Cristiano Ronaldo received an assist from Javi Martinez and scored in just two minutes.

In the 31st minute, the Portuguese received an assist from Benzema and scored another victory, extending the score to 2-0.

Before the end of the first half, Benzema assisted Sanchez to score again, rewriting the score to 3-0.

The three-goal victory made Manchester City extremely excited, and the offensive continued in the second half.

In the 53rd minute, after Sanchez forced a start on the right, he dribbled the ball into the penalty area and assisted to the left. Cristiano Ronaldo stepped in and scored again.

The whole city stadium went completely crazy!

Having performed a hat trick in two consecutive rounds, the Portuguese superstar was so excited that he rushed to the live TV camera and poked himself domineeringly to the fans around the world, as if to say, besides me, who else deserves the FIFA Golden Ball? prize?

In the end, Manchester City defeated Birmingham 5-0, and the Portuguese scored a hat trick in two consecutive rounds.

Cristiano Ronaldo's crazy scoring form completely detonated the competition for the Ballon d'Or.

The day after this round of competition ended, FIFA also announced the top three players on the Ballon d'Or list, namely Messi and Iniesta who played for Barcelona, ​​and Christie who played for Manchester City. Arnold Ronaldo.

There is not much suspense about the candidates for the top three. The only curiosity is who will become the final winner and become the first player in football history to win the FIFA Ballon d'Or.

What is even more eye-catching is that this time FIFA has also specially added the Best Coach Award to reward the head coaches with outstanding coaching performance in the past year, and the selection scope includes not only the national team coach, but also the club coach.

Gao Han, Barcelona coach Guardiola and Spanish national team coach Del Bosque have all been selected for this candidate list.

Moreover, FIFA also announced that this event will be held in Zurich in mid-January.

Who can stand out from the many awards will not be revealed until that night.

But on the night when FIFA announced the candidate list, Chinatown, far away in Spain, suffered its first defeat of the new season, and it was a complete defeat.