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Chapter 176 Opponent, Bayern Munich!

April 2008, 4, Eindhoven's home stadium, Philips Stadium.

Eindhoven is leading the Eredivisie this season, so attendance is good.Of course, the [-] fans of the visiting team who came with the team are also a good sight.

Although the diehards will never leave, but if the team's performance is good, it will definitely increase fans.

Especially with Sun Jihai's outstanding performance in the game, the attention from China has increased significantly.Among the media in public areas, there are more than a dozen domestic media.

They put their long guns and short cannons on the field.

Even in the stands, a five-star red flag was flying, which means that the Dutch students came to cheer for the players from the motherland.

But in this game, Duncan did not put Sun Jihai in the tactical position of the previous game.

After all, the team's left side still needs his guard.

In this game, Duncan handed over the pivot position to Hargreaves.

Hargreaves serves as a defensive midfielder. He has plenty of physical strength, covers a wide range, and is more about completing sweeping tasks.

If Silva starts in the middle, then Hargreaves will perform defensive tasks in the backcourt. If Silva starts on the wing, then Hargreaves will cooperate with Elano or Mido and take turns. Prepend tasks.

Although Duncan's team has no stars, most of them are players with a simple style of play, but on the other hand, their tactical execution is absolutely first-class.

In this game, Duncan started the single forward Shevchenko, Silva mentioned the position of the front midfielder, and the double midfielders were Elano and Hargreaves.

On the left and right, there are Pedro and Ljungberg.

Such a defensive formation is prepared for Bayern Munich.

On the surface, Silva is the core, but in fact, at the axis of the two formations, Hargreaves occupies the role of connecting the attacking formation and the defensive formation.

He is good at running and has a good advantage in short passing, which can ensure that he is qualified for this position.

Eindhoven was very afraid of Manchester City's left side in this game, and always avoided this way occasionally.

But immediately they discovered that the hardness of Manchester City's midfield seemed to have improved qualitatively.

Manchester City's England midfielder is not only active in defense, but also has a very reasonable position.Although he is running, he always keeps in touch with his teammates organically and does not leave many opportunities for PSV.

Under his leadership, Manchester City's overall defense is very good.

And Hargreaves' midfield scheduling made PSV's defense miserable.

Manchester City's left and right wingers, Pedro and Ljungberg belong to the kind of players who can run and run, and they play very honestly, belonging to the kind of down-to-earth players.

Especially Ljungberg.

Just then, Hargreaves made a long pass.

Eindhoven's defensive player was inattentive, and Pedro got into the penalty area.

Instead, Shevchenko took PSV's central defender and ran out of the penalty area.

Then Hargreaves' long pass, as if with eyes, flew in with Pedro.

Ljungberg on the other side also cut inside and ran into the penalty area.

Eindhoven's defensive player had no choice but to pull Pedro with his hand covertly. Pedro didn't bother and passed the ball across to Ljungberg.

Ljungberg caught the ball, took a step, then screamed and fell to the ground.

"beep……"

The referee pointed to the penalty spot and awarded a penalty kick.

"I didn't touch him." The PSV player in charge of defending Ljungberg looked innocent.

Other Eindhoven players also held the ball and came to the referee for comment.

But the referee was very firm and had no intention of changing his mind.

Silva is City's penalty taker, he takes the ball, puts it on the penalty spot and wins it.

1:0, Manchester City is leading away, and the total score is a three-goal lead.

Ljungberg's penalty made everyone very happy.

"In fact, veterans also have the benefits of veterans. They can help you stabilize the team's mentality. For young players, they can also play a role in passing and helping. At critical moments, they can also bring victory to the team." On the bench , Jim Cassell said to Duncan.

"Really?" Duncan looked at the Manchester City players celebrating on the field, noncommittal.

Ljungberg found that Pedro's jersey was torn, so he was sent back to the bench for a new jersey.

"Look at how stupid you were just now. You should be like me. You fell to the ground and took a penalty." Ljungberg patted Pedro on the shoulder: "But there is one key point, don't scream when you fall to the ground. , and don’t roll over too much, that would be too fake.”

"Then what should I do?"

"Lie there, clutching the injured area, exerting force on the body, it is best to bow into a shrimp." Ljungberg taught by example.

It's really "teaching by example", that's what he did just now.

"Will the referee believe it?" Pedro wondered.

"Of course!" Ljungberg said: "But you must not act so gorgeously like Ronaldo, the referee will think that you deserve to be violated! You must be simple, you must look like a good baby, you must appear Very innocent! Only the referee will sympathize with you like this."

"Oh, got it!" Pedro nodded.

Duncan and Jim Cassell looked at each other on the bench.

"Who said just now that the veteran is very honest?" Duncan looked up at the sky.

"Oh, the routine is too deep! My old man has been tricked!" Jim Cassell lamented that people's hearts are not old.

Andy Cole looked at Ljungberg, quite in high spirits.

If you have time, you can talk to Lao Yong for a chat!

Before the end of the first half, Shevchenko scored another goal to help the team gain a 2:0 lead.

In terms of total score, Manchester City has already led 4:0.

This score has basically decided that Eindhoven is out.

But they obviously did not give up. In the second half of the game, Duncan replaced Bianchi and Dunn wasted time.

In the end, Eindhoven scored a face-saving goal, and the score was fixed at 2:1. Manchester City double-killed their opponents at home and away.

Manchester City defeated PSV Eindhoven with a 4:1 advantage and advanced to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup!
This result is already the best result of Manchester City in the European war!

In another quarter-final match held on the same day, Bayern Munich and Getafe went to overtime. It was not until the 120th minute of the game that Toni scored a lore header, and the away game drew 3:3. Tied Getafe, and thus eliminated Getafe with a score of 4:4, relying on the number of away goals.

Although Getafe lost, they dedicated a very exciting game!

The advanced Bayern Munich will meet Manchester City in the semi-finals.The two rounds will be played on April 4th and May 25nd.

The behemoth of Bayern Munich really stood in front of Manchester City.

One day later, on April 4, the other two quarter-finals ended. The dark horse Zenit St. Petersburg defeated their opponents and joined the Glasgow Rangers in the semi-finals. They will compete for another ticket to the final!
"It's really Bayern Munich!" Looking at the schedule, Duncan said dignifiedly.

(End of this chapter)