Golden Greenery

Laporte was a buzzer-beater transfer. He arrived in Manchester on the last day of January, and more than two weeks have passed since Manchester City made up for the match.

During this period, Manchester City played three more games, and they were three games of different natures. The same thing is that Manchester City won them all.

On the 20th, four days after defeating Swansea, Manchester City defeated Newcastle 4:1 at home in the 24th round of the Premier League, completing a season double against the Magpies.

They only faced Newcastle in the 20th round a month ago, and they met again in the 24th round. Don't be surprised, the Premier League schedule is so unique.

During the game, Zhuoyang scored a single goal in the counterattack in the 21st minute of the first half and the first penalty kick in the second half. The other two were scored twice by Aguero.

Newcastle's first goal by Jacob Murphy.

It is normal to beat Newcastle, especially at home. What is interesting is that Swansea was beaten by Manchester City just a few days ago.

In the same round at Whitestone Stadium, Swansea defeated Uncle Slag's Liverpool 1:0 with centre-back Alfie Mawson's header from a corner kick in the 40th minute.

That 4:3 battle with Manchester City was too taxing for Liverpool's thin lineup, and even a week was not enough for them to recover. Coupled with the fact that the old injured number is not very good, and the new injured number has added a butcher, Uncle Zha has no choice but to return to Swansea the character that hurt Manchester City.

After 24 rounds, Manchester City, who have one game less to play, are 11 points ahead of second place Manchester United. Zhuo Yang has scored in 23 consecutive rounds, with 29 goals.

City and Pudong 47, Thorns 45 and Forest 42, who cares about losing that game. Uncle Zha, do you regret it?

Three days later, it was the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals.

Because of the 8:1 loss in the first round, Manchester City's away trip became a formality. The big guys basically rested at home. Ding Ding, Silva and Sterling led a group of substitutes and second-team players to Aspen. Don Gates gave Bristol City a thumbs up.

The result was that there were three of them, and Manchester City won again 3:2 in the away game, advancing to the final with a total score of 11:3 and meeting Arsenal.

Arsenal was much more difficult than Manchester City. In the semi-finals on the other side, they defeated Chelsea 0:0 away and 2:1 at home, and one of them was Rudiger's own goal.

The final will be held at the end of February. Professor is a professional cup player. It will not be easy for Manchester City to win the first championship in 2018.

Three days ago, Manchester City ushered in the fourth round of the FA Cup and Cardiff City, who were second in the English Championship before 1/1.

Since the Welsh League was established relatively late, all Welsh teams previously joined the English league system. Even though Wales had its own league after 2002, there were still four teams that continued to stay because of habits, business operations, and popularity. In England.

Swansea is now in the Premier League and Cardiff City is in the Championship. However, due to its past record and heritage, Cardiff is actually more famous than Swansea and is much bigger.

There are also Wrexham, also called Winkham, in the fifth tier National League, and Diet City.

Cardiff is also called Cardiff, Cardiff, Cardiff,

It doesn't matter, just know it is it, the team's nickname is "Blue Jays".

In 2013, Cardiff came to the Premier League for a season, making it the first time for two Welsh teams to appear in the Premier League.

Cardiff is very strong in the English Championship this season and is very hopeful of being promoted to the Premier League at the end of the season. If Swansea is more ambitious, they can be as brave as beating Liverpool 1:0 in every game, instead of the Premier League, Wales may reappear. prosperous times.

Cardiff currently does not have a well-known star, and it is worth mentioning that their main goalkeeper Neil Etheridge.

The 28-year-old Etheridge is the number one star in the Philippines. The Philippine football team is now all naturalized players, and Etheridge is the best among all naturalized players.

The solid foundation for naturalization in the Philippines is their long history and continuous export of Filipino maids. Then the sisters started to branch out when they had the opportunity in the local area.

Because of the traditional concepts in their genes, overseas Chinese prefer that their children go to school as much as possible and go to good schools. Overseas Filipinos don't care, as long as they live, so their descendants, like the descendants of African immigrants, are more likely to be exposed to and like football.

Moreover, because the foundation of Philippine football is too weak, they are not picky when they are naturalized. As long as they play professional leagues in Europe, they can be considered stars no matter which level they are recalled.

Therefore, the Philippine Football Association has improved very quickly in a short period of time. In almost the blink of an eye, it has jumped from the fourth or fifth tier in Asia to the second tier in Asia. However, this level has basically reached the upper limit of its strength. If you want to continue to climb, local leagues and youth training are fundamental.

Etheridge's mother is a Filipino maid, and his father's place of origin is unknown. There were rumors that his father was Chinese, but judging from his full name and dark complexion, it was impossible.

Etheridge was born in London and joined Chelsea's youth training at the age of 13, but his subsequent career can be described as inspirational.

Etheridge was dropped by Chelsea at the age of 17 and moved to Fulham on trial, where he stayed for eight years.

In the past eight years, he has been loaned out in various places, covering Championships A and B, but the total number of appearances in the eight years was only 16 games.

In the summer of 2014, after his contract with Fulham expired, Etheridge was unemployed. He could only train with Charlton to maintain his condition while looking for a new job.

However, several months have passed and a new contract has not yet come to the door. Seeing that his future was unclear, Etheridge had no choice but to sell his car and house and decided to return to his hometown in the Philippines.

Although the football league in his hometown is not serious, it is still football. At least it can provide a foundation for Etheridge's career.

Luck happened. As Etheridge was on his way to the airport, he received a text message from League One side Oldham.

Oldham gave Etheridge a two-month contract after the backup goalkeeper was injured in training. So, Etheridge, who had lost his house, slept on the sofa in the living room of a friend's house and restarted the road of struggle.

Two months later, his contract expired again and he was recruited by Charlton, also because of an injury to the second goal. This time, he got 5 appearances in the British Championship and performed well.

In the summer of 2015, good luck continued, and Etheridge was recruited by Walsall in League One and became the team's main goalkeeper for the first time.

Last summer, Cardiff's main goalkeeper Lee Kemp was injured in the pre-season warm-up, and Etheridge came over on a free transfer to fill the hole.

Now half a season has passed, Lee Kemp's injury has long since recovered, but the main glove is still Etheridge's. Kemp moved to Sunderland through the winter window a few days ago.

The spring breeze is proud of the horse's hoof disease, and the first brother of the Philippines is Etheridge.

In fact, Zhuoyang should really thank Etheridge.

In March of the year before last, in the last round of the 2018 World Cup Asian Top 40, it was thanks to Etheridge's heroic performance that the carefree Philippines miraculously defeated the determined North Korean team 3:2, indirectly helping the Chinese team to win. One of the four teams with the best results advances to the top 12.

Without Etheridge, even if Zhuo Yang returns to his best form, even if his eyes bleed and there is brain plasma in his blood, it has nothing to do with Russia 2018.

Zhuoyang cannot be blamed for being ungrateful, because he doesn't know Etheridge at all, and he has completely forgotten the Philippines' righteous act of providing help in times of need two years ago.

Of course it doesn’t count if you don’t remember.

Of course, Etheridge took the initiative to chat with him before the game and offered to exchange jerseys after the game, but Zhuo Yang still readily agreed.

With an authentic Old John Cockney accent, Zhuo Yang never dreamed that this guy was an Asian compatriot from the Philippines.

However, come on, Zhuoyang did not start at the Cardiff City Stadium.