Golden Greenery

Text Chapter 525: Stopping the winning streak and scoring a goal

Facing the Wolves from the British Championship, everyone believed that Manchester City would achieve a record 12 consecutive victories in team history.

In the 2014-15 season, Pellegrini's Manchester City achieved 11 consecutive victories in all competitions, setting a winning streak in the 137-year history of Manchester City. Three years later, Guardiola's Manchester City inadvertently tied it in the 2017-18 season.

Four days after defeating Naples 4:1 in the Champions League group stage, Manchester City defeated Burnley in the Premier League. Zhuoyang opened the scoring with a shot from the penalty area in the first half. In the second half, Debich headed and Sane scored with a low shot. city.

The reason why I say it was an easy win is because Burnley had 0 shots on target from 4 shots in the game and was defended by Manchester City to the point of doubting their lives. Prior to this, Burnley remained unbeaten in away games in the Premier League this season, but their unbeaten golden body was vulnerable to Manchester City.

Starting from the 2:2 draw with Everton in the second round of the Premier League in August, starting with the 3:1 victory over Bournemouth in the third round, and ending with the 3:0 Burnley, Manchester City tied the team's record with 11 consecutive victories. , including 7 Premier League games, 3 Champions League games, and one League Cup.

The eleven dead souls include Liverpool, Chelsea, Madiburg, and Naples. The winning streak is full of gold. In these 11 games, Manchester City showed extremely high offensive and defensive standards, scoring 47 goals and conceding 7 goals. Guas' passing and control gradually improved.

After eleven cuts, Manchester City ranks first in both the Champions League and the Premier League, and is 5 points ahead of the second place. The second place in the Premier League is currently Manchester United. The season is still very long, and 5 points is not a huge barrier, but looking at Zhuoyang, who has scored 15 goals in 10 of these 11 games, the heroes are a little scared. The season has just begun, but Manchester City has already shown its championship appearance.

After the start of this season, excluding the two games that were suspended, Zhuoyang has not missed every game in all official games of Manchester City, and he ranks at the top of the Premier League's top scorer list with consecutive goals.

A cartoon has been circulating in the media recently. The God of Death is wearing the Blue Moon No. 18 jersey and knocking on the door one by one waving the sickle of death. There were eleven room doors that were knocked open behind him, and He stood in front of the Wolves' door.

Wolves is actually just a nickname. The official name is Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, but obviously the official name is not as impressive as the nickname.

Wolves are also considered a veteran in English football. The last time they were relegated from the Premier League was in 2012, and they were relegated to League One the following year, commonly known as back-to-back relegations. Fortunately, a year later they worked hard and returned to the Championship.

Last summer, Wolves were fully acquired by a consortium from China, but their results last season were not ideal, ranking 15th among all 24 English Championship teams, only 7 points above the relegation zone.

Old fans from the "Seven Sisters of Serie A" era should be very familiar with the name Walter Zenga. This man is a big shot of the same era as Baresi. He has guarded Inter Milan's goal for 12 seasons and is also the starting goalkeeper of Italy.

After retiring, he became a famous wandering coach. His coaching tours have spread all over North America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, as well as his hometown Apennines. Last season, he was asked by the Wolves to give guidance. It is said that Wolves boss Guo Guangchang is an old Serie A fan.

However, at this time last year, Zeng Jia, who had only been in charge for 87 days and led the team in 17 games, was fired. He had no choice but to cover up for him because his results were so poor. Since then, Zenga has been replaced by Paul Lambert, who has coached Norwich City, Villa and Blackburn.

The final results of last season were mediocre, Lambert also left at the end of the season, and the current head coach of Wolves is Portuguese Nuno Santo.

There are many teams in the English Championship, and the league schedule is more intensive than the Premier League, with basically double matches a week. When they faced Manchester City in the League Cup, Wolves finished second in the first 13 rounds of the English Championship in the new season. The first was Cardiff City.

Nuno Santo also belongs to the standard Portuguese coach who is bad at playing but okay at coaching. Paying attention to defense is their label. last season,

Coach Santo led Porto to the Champions League 1st runner-up spot.

Coach Santo loves domestic products. There are currently five Portuguese players in the Wolves team, but none of them are famous. After all, they are in the English Championship. In terms of popularity, Senegalese midfielder Ndiaye may be considered a bit reluctant. After all, he has played in Ligue 1, La Liga and the Premier League. He played for Hull City last season.

Facing the murderous Premier League champions Manchester City, Santo was determined to defend and counterattack. For this reason, he used the team's two main attackers, 21-year-old Portuguese winger Diogo Jota and 23-year-old Brazilian forward Leo. ·Bonatini was placed on the bench.

Guardiola was even more incredible. Manchester City, which had been fighting hard for a long time, made a complete change in this game. Many main players, including Zhuo Yang, watched from the sidelines.

Aguero, Kompany and Mendy continue to recover from injuries. Bravo, Mangala, Adarabioyo, Danilo, Debich, Gundogan, Zinchenko, Sane, Foden, Jesus, B seat.

It’s not to say that he underestimates the second place in the British Championship, but Guardiola has indeed been a bit of a villain recently. Before the game, reporters asked him how he felt about winning 11 consecutive games, and Lao Gua said he was very happy and enjoying it.

"It seems that I haven't lost for a long time, and I have almost forgotten that feeling. Frankly speaking, sometimes I really want to lose a game, so that the players know that happy days are hard-won. Hahahaha..."

Not losing, but not winning either.

He shot with his foot, but the score was always 0:0. Lao Gua even replaced Ding Ding in the 80th minute, but he failed to break the goal behind Will Norris, who played for Cambridge United in English League Two last season.

League Cup 1/8 still adopts a single-game decider system, with overtime.

The half-hour of overtime passed in a blink of an eye. During this period, Guardiola replaced two big mules, Stones and Sterling, but he was still unable to defeat the united Wolves team.

The shameless moment finally came, the 11th time for Sane.

The League Cup in the new season implements a 3+1 substitution system, which means that if overtime is played, each team can substitute four people, and Zhuo Yang is the fourth today.

The big killer came in so late, obviously not to let him score at the buzzer, but to clearly point to a penalty shootout. Coach Nuno Santo and the Wolves also have no temper. This is a dimensionality reduction blow.

With a shooting ratio of 25:7, the Wolves were not completely helpless in 120 minutes, and the same was true in the penalty shootout.

The penalty kick shootout of the League Cup is also full of whimsical ideas. It is not the most familiar to fans, you and I take turns, but it uses the abbaabbaabba method. In the first round, a precedes b, and in the second round, b precedes a. , then a first and then b.

Wolves' Brazilian striker Bonatini, who came on as a substitute in overtime, took the lead. Bravo, who had originally dodged the penalty kick, missed it under Zhuoyang's command. Bonatini was very successful in hitting the blind corner. Wolves 1:0.

Zhuoyang then came on the scene and tied the score to 1:1.

Next is Timbrone, 2:1;

Bravo then vindicated himself. After all, he was also the master of two consecutive Copa America finals where he saved the penalty kick of boss Mei. He accurately blocked Ndiaye, 2:1;

In the third round, 24-year-old defender Conor Coady was also rejected by Zhuoyang and Bravo, 2:1;

With a heavy face, Debich fired a powerful shot to turn the score into 3:1;

In the fourth round, it was Manchester City's turn to take the penalty first. Sane's push shot was only missed by Will Norris, who performed bravely for 120 minutes, but this little bit was so close, 4:1.

At this point, the subsequent preparations were meaningless. Manchester City ended the game with four penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals of the League Cup in disgrace.

But such a promotion gives the media a difficult question: is it considered a victory? Did Manchester City set a record 12 consecutive wins in team history?

The official definition is given: Manchester City 0:0 (4:1) Wolves game according to tradition, should be a draw, victory usually means winning.

Of course, the official also said that this is just a guideline. If the Manchester City club considers this game to be a victory, it is not impossible. Just be happy.

In the end, Manchester City agreed to limit the winning streak to 11 games, tying the previous record, and expressed confidence that they would continue to challenge in the near future.

Manchester City stopped their winning streak, and Zhuo Yang also stopped scoring consecutive goals in all competitions.

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