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Chapter 817 Juventus, say goodbye to the Europa League!

Manchester City finally beat Wolves [-]-[-] in the away game and scored three points.

After Sudong opened the scoring for Manchester City in just 2 minutes, in the No. 18 minute, David Silva broke into the penalty area after receiving Sudong's return pass, and was tripped by the opponent's central defender Stillman. The referee awarded a penalty without hesitation.

David Silva personally took the penalty kick and further expanded the score for Manchester City.

The two teams then fought and defended each other, but after changing sides to fight again in the second half, Manchester City still controlled the situation on the field.

After leading by two goals, Sudong also purposefully helped Trippier integrate into the game.

For example, in 3 minutes, after Su Dong cooperated with Sanchez, he failed to get a kick at the front of the penalty area, but he noticed Trippier, who was farther away and behind the team, so Su Dong returned the ball.

Trippier stepped in, and after receiving Su Dong's pass, he took a step in adjustment and took a long shot directly.

This is a long shot 25 meters from the goal, and it is also Trippier's first shot in the Premier League.

In the end, it was slightly higher and failed to score.

Although he failed to score, Su Dong still ran over to congratulate Trippier.

Later, there was another chance of a free kick, and Su Dong also gave it to Trippier, but when the teenager took the penalty, he hit the wall directly, and the quality was really not high.

But it doesn't matter, Su Dong and his teammates also gave him encouragement.

Finally, in a corner kick melee, Kompany headed the ball and Boateng volleyed and scored for Manchester City.

Three to zero, Manchester City beat Wolves away.

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As the captain, Su Dong was interviewed by media reporters on behalf of the players after the game.

He affirmed the debut of teenager Trippier.

"He is a player full of potential. All of us believe that there is still a huge potential in him that has not been tapped. We all believe that he will perform better and better in the first team."

The media also dug a hole for Su Dong, that is, Micah Richards and Trippier are both local youth training, who should be the main force?

Su Dong said that this should be something that bothers Coach Guardiola.

"They are two players with very different characteristics. I don't think they are comparable. The team should choose different players according to different opponents. Of course, this is not something I should worry about."

Among the media and fans, the evaluation of Trippier's debut is also above average.

According to the Manchester Evening News, "Everyone can see that Sudong and Manchester City's players are helping Trippier actively integrate into the team and adapt to the rhythm of the game. He has also shown a certain level, but there is still a big gap between Trippier and the main right back of the Premier League leader team."

In the case of rumors that Micah Richards lost the trust of Guardiola, everyone believed that after Zabaleta returned from injury, as long as he regained his form, he would basically be the main force, and Trippier would be a strong supplement to the team.

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Entering November, Manchester City ushered in the fourth round of the Europa League group stage.

The team traveled to Poland to challenge Poznan Lech away.

Although they beat their opponents at home, Manchester City still needs a victory to fully grasp the right to qualify for the group, so Guardiola is still doing his best in this game.

The teenager Trippier continues to serve as the team's starting right back, which can be regarded as an encouragement from Guardiola to him.

For young players, the opportunity to play consecutive games is more important than anything else.

Trippier is so, so is Boateng.

It's just that the German defender played as a left back in the last game, and this time he directly replaced Kompany and played as a center back with Pepe.

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After the start of the game, Manchester City showed a strong ability to pass and control the ball, mainly anti-customer, and firmly controlled the ball in the game.

In the 3rd minute, Di Maria broke through from the left and crossed to the goal. Su Dong volleyed vigorously and was saved by the goalkeeper Brick to form a corner kick.

David Silva's corner was cleared by Poznan Lech's defenders out of the box and onto the right.

Trippier took the first step, stopped the ball, looked at the penalty area, saw Su Dong's raised hand, as if seeing a lighthouse, no longer hesitated, sent a 45-degree diagonal pass with his right foot, and sent the ball into the penalty area again.

Su Dong was already prepared and took the first step to seize the position. Trippier's diagonal pass was also very accurate. Su Dong directly scored with a header and opened the scoring for Manchester City!

After scoring the goal, Su Dong pointed to Trippier from a distance, signaling that the England teenager ran over to celebrate the goal.

Other Manchester City players also caught up and congratulated Trippier.

An assist in the second game is definitely something worth celebrating.

Of course, it must also be noted that as Su Dong's teammate, assists are always relatively easy.

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In the No.30 minute, Poznan Leahy used a long-range shot from the outside to penetrate Manchester City's goal and successfully equalized the score.

The conceded goal came quite suddenly, but goalkeeper Joe Hart also bears some responsibility.

Subsequently, the two teams had offense and defense with each other.

City had the ball and Poznan Leahy threatened by counter-attacking.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, David Silva cooperated with Di Maria on the left in 1 minute. Marcelo inserted a cross from the baseline and Su Dong scored with a header, which caught the opposing player by surprise.

In a hurry, goalkeeper Brick blocked the ball with his arm, but Sudong reacted faster, took the first step, and "kicked" the ball into Poznan Lech's goal, giving Manchester City the lead again.

Two to one!

Su Dong was soon replaced, and the two teams played more and more intensely.

Especially in the closing stage, Poznan Lehi is almost desperate to launch an offensive.

No.90 minutes, Di Maria drove the ball straight in from the left side of Manchester City and made a pass from the left side of the penalty area. David Silva followed up with a kick and shot. He hit the left post directly and bounced back to the court.

In the end, Manchester City narrowly beat Poznan Lech [-]-[-] away.

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Here, Manchester City, as Juventus wished, sniped Poznan Lech away, creating excellent conditions.

But at the Olympic Stadium in Turin, the Bianconeri encountered an extremely embarrassing draw.

Zero to zero!
After nine 10 minutes of the game, Juventus failed to win the Salzburg Red Bull at home, which caused the Bianconeri to be booed by fans in the stands at home.

Before the game, they vowed that as long as Manchester City sniped Poznan Lech, they would be able to reverse their opponents, but who would have thought that Manchester City was very powerful and indeed succeeded in sniping, but the Bianconeri themselves were useless and just ruined the excellent opportunity.

What's even more frightening is that although the score in this game was zero to zero, in fact, Juventus performed even worse than Salzburg.

In terms of ball possession rate, the Bianconeri only took about [-]% of the ball in their home court, lagging behind Salzburg in an all-round way, and the number of shots was only a pitiful nine times, of which Pirlo took four shots alone.

The starting center Amauri didn't even take a shot in the audience.

It can be said that Del Neri's team, at their own home court, neither gained momentum nor scored in such a crucial decisive battle. The draw is already regarded as a favor for Juventus.

In an interview with the media after the game, Del Neri said that the team's sluggish performance at home was because they had just consumed too much energy in the game against AC Milan, which resulted in Juventus failing to show a better performance in the key battle of the Europa League.

But such a statement was quickly scoffed at by the media.

Turin Sports Daily believes that Del Neri blamed the team's downturn on the league play against Milan last weekend, which is absurd.

"He believes that his team has to participate in a game every three days, so may I ask, isn't it the same for other teams participating in the Europa League and Champions League?"

The Turin Sports Daily even gave a tragic front-page headline: "Juventus, say goodbye to the Europa League!"

This media believes that facing Salzburg, the weakest team in the group, Juventus only scored a pitiful two points in two consecutive games, which has completely pushed Juventus to a desperate situation.

It can even be said that the Bianconeri have stepped out of the Europa League with one foot.

According to the analysis of the Turin Sports Daily, Manchester City, the strongest in the group, has won all four games and has basically qualified for the top spot in the group ahead of schedule.

The second team in the group is Poznan Lech. Although they lost to Manchester City in the last two rounds, this Polish team grabbed a precious point away from Juventus in the first round, and then defeated the Salzburg Red Bull, ranking second in the group with four points. Juventus had three draws and one loss in the first four games, and only scored three points.

"The decisive battle between the two sides is in the fifth round. Juventus will challenge Poznan Lech in an away game. This will be very difficult, because as long as the opponent gets a draw, they can continue to control the advantage, and Juventus must win away."

According to the analysis of the Turin Sports News, if Poznan Lech is allowed to maintain the lead until the final round, then Juventus will basically have no hope, because Juventus will face Manchester City in the final round, and Poznan Lech will play against the Salzburg Red Bull. Winning is a high probability event.

"But Juventus will have to face Roma, Genoa and Fiorentina in the league one after another in the league before the last game away to Poznan Lech, and each game will be a bitter battle."

The Italian newspaper believes that Del Neri has an unshirkable responsibility for Juventus' current predicament and for the Bianconeri to be reduced to a fourth-rate European team that even the Salzburg Red Bull can't win.

"Teams that will steadily participate in the Champions League are first-rate and second-rate teams in Europe. The vast majority of teams participating in the Europa League are third-rate European teams. Juventus has not even won a European group stage victory, and may even be eliminated. This is probably an overestimation for a fourth-rate European team."

According to the Turin Sports Daily, Juventus has been sentenced to death by the Europa League!

(End of this chapter)