Soccer Card System

Chapter 776

The first round of the Premier League game ended, except for Arsenal, other traditional strong teams have won.

In the eyes of the media, this season's Premier League will only be produced between Manchester City, Manchester United, and Chelsea. As for Arsenal, Liverpool and other teams, I am afraid there will be no possibility of winning the championship.

The most promising, of course, is the defending champion Manchester City.

"Manchester City's lineup is stable, and this season they have also strengthened in some positions. Their lineup depth and book strength are the best in the Premier League. Even in Europe, Manchester City's lineup is top-notch!"

At the post-match press conference, Gao Bo did not pretend to be a gesture. When asked by the media about the topic of the league championship, he said this: "We are the defending champions. It is undeniable that our goal is of course to continue to win the Premier League championship. Our strength can do this. We are the best team in the Premier League!"

Although many fans of other giants will be a little unconvinced by saying this, the championship is the last word, and Manchester City topped the list after the first round of the league.

Of course, the league is still very long, and it is impossible to decide the winner in one round.

A week later, the second round of the league also followed.

Manchester City challenged Cardiff City away. At the Cardiff City Stadium, the Blue Bird Cardiff did not cause too much trouble for Manchester City.

With Vardy's goal in the first half and the goal of new aid Sanchez in the second half, Manchester City easily defeated Cardiff City and won two consecutive league victories.

For Manchester City, the good news in this round is that their direct rivals Manchester United and Chelsea will meet in this round.

At Old Trafford, Manchester United and Chelsea fought [-]-[-], neither side was able to score.

As a result, from the beginning of the second round, Manchester United and Chelsea were two points behind Manchester City.

This round of the Premier League ended. On August 8, UEFA held the draw ceremony for the 29-2013 UEFA Champions League group stage at the Grimaldi Conference Center in Monte Carlo.

The defending champions of the Champions League, Manchester City, are naturally the team in the first tier. They were the last team in the first tier to be drawn out and assigned to Group H.

In the end, Manchester City and AC Milan, CSKA Moscow, and Pearson were assigned to the same group.

This is a very common group, not a group of death, but the opponents of the group are not underdogs either.

The media generally believe that Manchester City and AC Milan will qualify from the group, and these two teams will compete for the first place in Group H.

At the same time as the results of the draw ceremony came out, Manchester City also quickly boarded a plane to the Czech Republic, an Eastern European country.

The 2013 UEFA Super Cup was played at Eden Stadium in the Czech Republic.

The opponents are Champions League champions Manchester City and Europa League champions Benfica.

The European Super Cup is known as the "European king of kings" battle.

It's a race between two European champions.

Despite his current position, Gao Bo has already won three European championships-one Europa League and two Champions Leagues.

But this is his first time participating in the UEFA Super Cup.

And their opponent Benfica, this is Portugal's super giants.

They are the most successful club in Portugal in the past century. In history, they have won 32 championships in the top Portuguese football league and 27 championships in the Portuguese Cup.

At the same time, they also won the Champions League twice.

But there is a statistic that may make Benfica fans very sad. Although they have won the Champions League twice, their number of Champions League runner-ups is as many as five times!In addition to the Champions League runner-up, they also have a UEFA Cup runner-up.

In other words, Benfica has participated in eight European finals, but only won two.The probability is frighteningly low, and their two championships were in the very long 1960s. At that time, Benfica head coach Bella Gulaman led Benfica to defeat Barcelona and Real Madrid in succession.

And then, there is the famous "Gutman Curse".

After leading the team to defeat Real Madrid led by superstars such as Di Stefano and Puskas in the Champions League final in 1962, Gutman asked the Benfica board of directors for a salary increase, but was rejected.Angrily, when leaving the team, the Hungarian issued a "vicious curse": "From now on, Benfica will not win the European Championship within 100 years (Not in a hundred years from now will Benfica ever win a European Cup)!"

No one expected that Gutman's venting would become a prophecy.Since then, Benfica has reached the final of the Champions League 6 times and the final of the UEFA Cup once, but they all lost! In the 1s, they entered the final of the Champions League 60 times, and the last 5 times respectively fulfilled AC Milan, the "Great International Era" and Manchester United 3 years after the Munich air crash; in the 10 Champions League final, although the legendary Benfica superstar Eusebio specially went to Gutman's grave (died in 1990) to pray before the game, the Portuguese team still lost 1981-0 to the Rossoneri.In the UEFA Cup final in 1, the "Eagle" lost 1983-1 to Anderlecht.

In order to break Gutman's curse, the Benfica Club sends people to Gutman's cemetery every year to pay homage to him.

And last season, when Benfica reached the Europa League final again, the most classic scene in the final was that Benfica fans pulled up a huge banner in the stadium: "Bella, it has been 50 years, please forgive us."

Perhaps the prayers of the Benfica fans helped.

In the Europa League final last season, Benfica defeated Basel through a penalty shootout, and finally won the European championship again after half a century!
When the game ended, many Benfica fans burst into tears.

And immediately after winning the championship, the club immediately held a grand celebration. During the celebration, many people in the club also thanked Gutman for his forgiveness.
Of course, Benfica, who broke the curse, was naturally very excited, and they began to look forward to the team's glory in the next half century.

In this game, Gao Bo did not send all the main players to play. The starting forward was Vardy, Griezmann and David Silva also sat on the bench, Sanchez played on the right, Adam White played on the left, and Eriksson was the midfielder.

The double defensive midfielder has become Milner's partner Fernandinho, the center back partner is Umtiti and Maguire, the left back Sabaletta, the right back Luke Shaw, and the goalkeeper is still Oblak.

Although this lineup can only be regarded as Manchester City's second-tier lineup, Gao Bo's tactics are still very proactive and aggressive tactics.

Of course he wants to win this championship and complete the Grand Slam of his club trophy.

As soon as the game started, Manchester City quickly suppressed the opponent!

The first 1 minutes of the opening!

Umtiti made a long pass from the backcourt, Vardy headed back and rubbed, Adam White accelerated his breakthrough and entered the right rib of the penalty area!Great volley to score!

One to zero! ! !

Adam White was very excited after scoring the goal. At the Eden Stadium, Manchester City's players were running wildly to celebrate!

Adam White rushed to the corner flag area, a long sliding knee, so that the Manchester City fans who came to the scene also cheered.

"Beautiful!! Adam White's volley in the penalty area!! Manchester City made a fantastic start!!"

"One to zero!!! Only 1 minute into the game, Manchester City scored! Benfica suffered a blow!!!!"

In the commentary booth, the commentators also applauded Manchester City's goal.

However, Gao Bo on the sidelines seemed very calm, he was not too excited because of this goal,
This is because this is only a European Super Cup match, this game is not too important, and secondly, the opponent Benfica is actually not a very strong team.

Although the opponent is a giant in the European Super League and has a great reputation in Europe, the level of the Portuguese Super League is ultimately lower than that of the five major leagues. Benfica's economic strength can hardly support them to introduce too big players.

The current Portuguese Super League has basically become a springboard league for mainstream European leagues. Many South American players have landed in Europe, and many of them will choose Portugal as a springboard.

Isn't Porto, the famous black shop in Europe, a team of the Portuguese Super League?

Gao Bo was right not to celebrate.

Because his team scored again in no time!
In the 9th minute of the game, Fernandinho passed the ball forward!
Sanchez drove straight in with the ball, accelerated the breakthrough and made a cross!
Vardy beat the defender from the back of the penalty area and shook his head to score the goal!

Two to zero! ! !
This goal almost completely dispelled Benfica's fighting spirit!
Less than 10 minutes into the game!

Two to zero! ! !
"Facing Manchester City's second-tier lineup, Benfica still seemed defeated. They conceded two goals in just 9 minutes of the game! Although there are still more than 80 minutes of game time in this game, what we can be sure of is that unless there is a miracle, it is foreseeable that Benfica will lose this game."

"The gap between us and the mainstream European leagues is getting bigger and bigger. The level of the Portuguese league cannot be compared with the Premier League and La Liga. Even Benfica, which is extremely strong in the Portuguese Super League, seems to be helpless when facing a team like Manchester City." The Portuguese commentator said a little frustrated.

The game quickly resumed.

Manchester City completely took the initiative!
They controlled the ball at their feet, mobilized their opponents through continuous passing, repeatedly tore through the defense, and created murderous intent!
In the 12th minute of the game, Adam White broke into the penalty area after receiving a pass from Eriksson, and shot with his right foot slightly wide of the goal!

In the 16th minute of the game, Sanchez made a corner pass from the right, and Maguire's header went slightly over the crossbar!

Just 1 minute later, Milner's long-range shot from outside the penalty area, the Benfica goalkeeper made a thrilling save and blocked the ball out of the goal!

Benfica's defense was shattered by the impact of Manchester City.

In the first 10 minutes of the game, they didn't have a shot, didn't have a corner kick, and it became extremely difficult to even score within 30 meters of Manchester City's backcourt.

Game No. 208 minutes, Benfica finally had the first shot of the game.

Although it was only outside the penalty area and within a range of more than 30 meters from the goal, it was a good start.

However, like a child being beaten, Benfica was just about to fight back, but was slapped by Manchester City again.

In the 30th minute of the game, Eriksson made an arc with his right foot on the penalty area line!
With a strong rotation in the air, the football flew into the goal from the upper left corner of the goal!

Three to zero! !

Before the end of the first half, Benfica was completely beaten.

This goal made the players on the Manchester City bench laugh.

At this time, the camera also showed the Manchester City players who failed to make the squad in the stands. Kaka was also sitting there. Although he was unable to play and was still wearing protective gear on his feet, the smile on his face was still very bright.

"I really don't know what Florentino's expression looks like when he sees Kaka. Kaka's performance in Manchester City is completely different from that in Real Madrid. In the second half of last season, Kaka's performance can be called a god, and his peak seasons are probably nothing more than that."

Unfortunately, Florentino will not be here now.

In the face of Manchester City's tide of offense, Benfica has no good way.

They simply do not have the ability to withstand Manchester City's attack.

Manchester City failed to score in the first half.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

As a result, in the No.608 minute of the game, Sanchez also scored!
He volleyed with his right foot in the penalty area and blasted the ball into the goal, four to zero!
And this is not the final score.

In the 809th minute of the game, Manchester City scored another goal.

And Benfica failed to score another goal until the end of the game.

They couldn't even save face.

In the end, Manchester City defeated Benfica [-]-[-] cleanly in the UEFA Super Cup and won the first UEFA Super Cup in their club history.

After winning the championship, Manchester City's players were as happy as if they had won the Champions League again.

They became true European kings of kings.

"The champion of the European Super Cup - Manchester City!!" The commentator shouted!

"Manchester City this year is really unstoppable! They won the fifth championship trophy this year. They are the five-time champions this year. In November and February, they still need to participate in the Club World Cup. At that time, they can even win the annual six-time crown!!"

"Benfica, who broke the curse, didn't even have any power to fight back against Manchester City. The game was completely controlled by Manchester City. Although the score of [-]-[-] is big enough, this score is far from showing Manchester City's advantage in the game!"

"Now this Manchester City team is really terrible. I can't imagine what kind of team can beat Manchester City! Now imagine that in the Community Shield, Manchester United and Manchester City fought against each other, and finally got a score of [-] to [-], which fully demonstrates Guardiola's achievements at Manchester United. And this season, what kind of achievements Manchester City can create? We will wait and see."

　PS: Benfica won the Europa League championship is in this novel, because Chelsea’s head coach became Mourinho, they qualified in the group stage instead of playing in the Europa League, so I arranged for Benfica to win the Europa League championship, but in reality, Benfica still did not break Gutman’s curse. In the 2012/13 Europa League final, Benfica lost 1-2 to Chelsea.In stoppage time, Ivanovic scored a header to kill the opponent.In the end Chelsea won the Europa League. In the final of the 2013/14 Youth Champions Cup, Benfica, which entered the final of the first Youth Champions League, lost 0:3 to the Barcelona Youth Team. In the end, the Barcelona Youth Team won the first Youth Champions Cup. In the Europa League final of the 2013/14 season, after 120 minutes of fierce fighting, Cardoso and Rodrigue missed the penalty kicks of Benfica. This time, Benfica fell in the penalty shootout just like 26 years ago.Thinking of breaking the "Gutman Curse", Benfica will have to wait for the next time.

　　
　
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