Super Marshal

Manchester City defeated AC Milan 3-0 at home, and Real Madrid also defeated Ajax 4-0 away from home, making the situation in the group of death completely clear.

Blue Moon ranks first in the group with five consecutive wins, Real Madrid ranks second with three wins, one draw and one loss, AC Milan ranks third in the group with two draws, and Ajax ranks bottom with one draw.

After the fifth round, Manchester City qualified as the group leader and Real Madrid qualified as the second in the group. AC Milan and Ajax will compete in the final round to decide who can finish third in the group. Participate in this season’s Europa League.

In the final round of the group, Manchester City will challenge Real Madrid away.

Although both teams have qualified ahead of schedule, Real Madrid coach Mourinho still publicly issued a challenge to Gao Han at the post-match press conference after playing Ajax, saying that the Galacticos will prepare for the game at home and wait and see. The arrival of high cold.

"This duel has nothing to do with qualifying or points, it is only about honor and dignity. Each of us will go all out to defend the dignity of our team at the Bernabeu Stadium!"

Mourinho's domineering challenge also made him appear on the front pages of major media the next day. The fateful battle between him and Gao Han also became a showdown that countless fans talked about. I believe that without the constraints of qualifying, the two teams can completely let go, and it is likely to turn into a wonderful peak battle.

In contrast, Allegri's situation is not so good.

Not long after the game, AC Milan announced that midfielder Boateng, who left early, would miss the final round of the group stage due to injury. The diagnosed injury was a right ankle sprain.

For this season's most eye-catching player, AC Milan fans are becoming more and more fond of him. Even in the second half of this 0-3 loss to Manchester City, Boateng really couldn't play anymore and took the initiative to ask to be taken off. At that time, more than 2,000 Rossoneri fans who came to the away game took the initiative to applaud him.

Because at the City Stadium, Boateng is one of the best players in the team.

Compared to the disaster-like performances of Pato, Seedorf, Gattuso and Pirlo, Boateng, Jankulovski, Nesta and Thiago Silva all performed admirably. It is remarkable that without their outstanding performance, AC Milan would have suffered a disastrous defeat in this game.

As for the 33-year-old left back Jankulovsky, he is no longer in peak condition when he played under Gao Han. However, as a veteran, although he failed to completely freeze Sanchez, he still had outstanding performances. The threat of Sanchez was resolved for the first time and several attacks were also created.

The most threatening thing was in the 22nd minute. The Czech came forward and made a pass to the ribs of the frontcourt. However, Pato failed to react immediately. As a result, he failed to create a threat after catching up with the ball and wasted a wonderful time. Pass the ball.

Allegri said in an interview with the media that Boateng's injury had a great impact on AC Milan. He also said that this defeat made him more aware of the team's problems.

All fans who care about and are familiar with AC Milan know what he is talking about, but more people really don't want to see this happen due to emotional considerations.

What is somewhat surprising is that the Italian media was more tolerant of Allegri's defeat. They believed that AC Milan had indeed tried its best in the away game, but unfortunately, it was not strong enough to threaten Manchester City. , losing is understandable and has little to do with Allegri.

If we must say who is more unlucky, the one who bears the brunt is undoubtedly Ajax.

Just after the third round of the group stage, the Dutch Football Association announced that Ajax forward Suarez had failed to break the deadlock in the previous round of the Dutch League against PSV Eindhoven. Suddenly lost his mind and bit PSV player Bakar on the shoulder.

This brought Suarez a seven-match domestic ban, but fortunately it had nothing to do with the final round of the Champions League group stage.

The Dutch league has long lost the attraction it once had, but because Ajax has been assigned to the group of death this season, with Manchester City, Real Madrid and AC Milan, every move is particularly eye-catching. Suarez is in the same group. The absurd behavior also became infamous with this ban order from the Dutch Football Association.

In addition to the heavy fine from the Dutch Football Association, Ajax also issued an official statement stating that it has severely punished Suarez's absurd behavior within the team and stated that it will not appeal against the Dutch Football Association's penalty.

This means that Suarez will be suspended until February next year.

Perhaps the whole thing was too absurd. Suarez's behavior was also reported by the media, and they were nicknamed Vampire's Bite. This made the Uruguayan striker attract the attention of media and fans around the world.

But what followed was Suarez's failure in the transfer market.

Before this incident happened, the Uruguayan forward was once worth as high as 40 million euros due to his outstanding performance in the World Cup in South Africa. Ajax once even shouted that 50 million euros could not meet the team's requirements and asked for A higher transfer fee, but precisely because of this, Suarez will stay in the Netherlands this summer.

But now, with the news of the vampire bite, all teams have doubts about Suarez's temperament, including Real Madrid, Manchester United, Barcelona and many other wealthy teams have drawn a clear line with him.

The Dutch newspaper People's Daily even reported that even Tottenham Hotspur, which was originally very interested in Suarez, began to hesitate, worried about Suarez's mental condition and the potential impact of his image on the club.

"Also no longer eager to sign during the winter break is the Red Army Liverpool."

"They were once very close to Suarez, but according to the latest news, Liverpool is reconsidering whether Suarez's transfer is in the club's interest."

But according to the report from the English Sun, the reason why Liverpool has temporarily shelved Suarez's transfer is mainly because the Red Army has no money. "Although Ajax has lowered the psychological price to 30 million euros, the most Liverpool is willing to give is Fifteen million euros is a far cry from Ajax’s psychological price, and it’s not even as good as Tottenham Hotspur’s 20 million euros.”

"An important reason that puts Liverpool in trouble is that the club's books cannot afford the price demanded by Ajax, let alone the 30 million euros demanded by Ajax. Even if it is 15 million euros, Liverpool I’m afraid they have to sell players first to raise funds, which is also the biggest obstacle between the two teams.”

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While the world's media are agitated by Suarez's vampire bite and transfer rumors, the Premier League is still playing at its original pace.

After playing AC Milan, Manchester City challenged Stoke City away from home on the weekend.

In the fifteenth round of the Premier League, Blue Moon scored two goals in just ten minutes and maintained a 2-0 lead until the end of the game, retreating from the away game.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice again!

Three days later, Manchester City challenged Birmingham away in the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

Gao Han still arranged a full substitute lineup in this game, and the result was inseparable from Birmingham.

First, in the 12th minute, Adam Lallana entered the penalty area and created a penalty kick. Sturridge took the penalty and opened the scoring for Manchester City.

But in the 30th minute, Birmingham launched a counterattack and created a corner kick opportunity. High center Zikic beat Kompany and hit a header to equalize the score.

It wasn't until the 84th minute of the second half that Manchester City created another goal. Gareth Bale received an assist from Harry Kane and scored the winning goal to exceed the score again.

The score of two to one was maintained until the end of the game, and Manchester City successfully advanced.

In the other three games of the league's quarter-finals, Ipswich from the Championship unexpectedly defeated West Bromwich Albion and successfully advanced to the semi-finals. Arsenal defeated them 2-0 at home. Went to Wigan Athletic and successfully advanced.

What is really surprising is that the Hammers helped West Ham defeat Manchester United 4-0 at home.

Ferguson played with half the main team and half the substitute lineup in this game. Unexpectedly, he was suppressed by West Ham United throughout the game. The Hammers scored two goals in the first half and took the lead.

After a change of sides in the second half, former Chelsea player Charlton Cole scored twice to expand the score again.

The four-goal defeat not only caused Manchester United to withdraw from the competition for the League Cup, but also put the Red Devils under unprecedented pressure.

Three days later, in the sixteenth round of the Premier League, Manchester United challenged newly promoted Blackpool away from home.

Almost a replica of the League Cup knockout match against the Hammers, Manchester United once again fell behind by two goals in the first half, and Blackpool ended the first half with an incredible 2-0 lead at home.

But in the second half, Ferguson changed sides and replaced him with Giggs and Mkhitaryan, who had returned from injury. As a result, it was these two players and Scholes who jointly directed the final 20 minutes of the game. reverse.

In the end, Manchester United reversed Blackpool 3-2 with Tevez's brace and Hernandez's goal.

In another game played at the same time, Manchester City faced Bolton, and the two sides ended in a 1-1 draw in the first half.

But in the second half, Benzema took the lead in scoring for Manchester City after changing sides. Then Bolton center back Gary Cahill committed a foul while defending and was sent off with a red card. Manchester City later had Xabi Alonso and substitute Sri Lanka. Turic scored two goals in a row, defeated Bolton 4-1, successfully defeated the opponent, and took all three points.

The Premier League is now at the halfway point of the season, and the situation is already very clear.

After sixteen rounds, Manchester City ranked first in the standings with an unbeatable record of winning all sixteen games, with 48 points, far ahead of other competitors in the league, and ten points ahead of Manchester United in second place. Five points.

The performance of the Red Devils and Manchester United this season can be said to be stumbling. They only won nine out of sixteen games, drew six, and lost one to Manchester City. They scored 33 points and ranked second in the league standings.

Chelsea performed very well at the beginning of the league, but after entering the midway, Scolari's team seemed to be in trouble, losing a total of four games, which allowed Chelsea to only score 30 points and rank third in the standings. Three.

The problem for Gunners Arsenal is that the team's performance is not stable enough. They either lose or win. There are only two draws, nine wins, two draws and five losses. Arsenal has the same points as Tottenham Hotspur with 29 points, but The Gunners are fourth on goal difference.

The situation of the Red Army Liverpool this season is the most surprising. Hodgson's team only finished eighth, not even as good as Bolton and Sunderland. This makes it basically difficult for Hodgson to retain his position.

After sixteen rounds, Manchester City remains the favorite to win the Premier League.

In the Champions League, Gao Han's team also achieved five consecutive victories in the group stage, and was only one round away from winning the group stage.

That is the away game against Real Madrid.