Chapter 788: King of Europe

? The first round of the Premier League game ended, except for Arsenal, the other traditional strong teams have won.
In the eyes of the media, the Premier League this season will only emerge from the three teams of Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea. As for Arsenal, Liverpool and other teams, I am afraid that there is no possibility of winning the championship.
The most promising, of course, is the defending champion Manchester City.
"Man City's lineup is stable and has been reinforced in some positions this season. Their depth of lineup and book strength are the best in the Premier League. Even in Europe, Manchester City's lineup is top!"
In the press conference after the game, Gao Bo did not pretend to be a posture. When asked by the media about the league championship, he said: "We are the defending champions. It is no secret that we 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 unconvinced by 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 outcome in one round.
A week later, the second round of the league followed.
Manchester City challenged Cardiff City in the away game. In the Cardiff City Stadium, the Blue Jays Cardiff did not cause too much trouble for Manchester City.
With Valdy's goal in the first half and Sanchez's goal 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 title rivals Manchester United and Chelsea met in this round.
At Old Trafford, Manchester United and Chelsea battled zero to zero, and neither side was able to score.
As a result, from the start of the second round, Manchester United and Chelsea were two points behind Manchester City.
This round of the Premier League ended. On August 29, UEFA held the 2013-2014 season UEFA Champions League group stage draw at the Grimaldi Conference Center in Monte Carlo.
The defending champions of the Champions League, Manchester City, are naturally the first team. They were the last to be drawn out of the first team and were assigned to Group H.
In the end, Manchester City and AC Milan, Ajax and Celtics were assigned to the same group.
This is a very ordinary group, not a death group, but the opponents of the group are not weak.
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.
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At the same time as the results of the draw ceremony came out, Manchester City also quickly took a flight to the Eastern European country Czech Republic.
The 2013 European Super Cup was played at the Eden Stadium in the Czech Republic.
The opponents are the Champions League champions Manchester City against the Europa League champion Benfica.
The game of the European Super Cup is known as the "European King of the Kings" battle.
This is a competition between two European champions.
Despite his current position, Gao Bo has already won three European titles-one Europa League and two Champions Leagues.
But this is his first time participating in the European Super Cup.
And their opponent Benfica, this is Portugal's super giants.
They are the most successful club in Portugal in a century. In history, they have won the top league of Portuguese football 32 times and won the Portuguese Cup 27 times.
At the same time, they have won the Champions League twice.
But there is a statistic that I am afraid that Benfica fans are very sad. Although they have two Champions League titles, their number of Champions League runner-ups... 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 twice. The probability is low and scary, and their two championships were all in the very long 1960s. At that time, Benfica coach Bella Guraman led Benfica to defeat Barcelona and Real Madrid in succession in 1961 and 1962. Winning the Champions League in two years, became the first team in history to break the monopoly of Real Madrid for five consecutive championships.
And next, is the famous "Gutman's Curse".
After leading his team to defeat Real Madrid led by superstars such as Di Stefano and Puskas in the Champions League final in 1962, Gutman asked Benfica's board for a salary increase, but was rejected. Angrily, the Hungarians issued a "vicious curse" when they left the team: "From now on, Benfica will not win the European Championship (NotinahundredyearsfrnoillBenficaeverinaEuropeanCup) in 100 years!"
No one thought that Gutman's venting would become a truthful word. Since then, Benfica has reached the UEFA Champions League finals 6 times and the UEFA Cup finals once, but lost all! He reached the UEFA Champions League finals in 5 in the 1960s, and succeeded in AC Milan 3 times, the "Great International Era" and the Munich Air crash 10 Manchester United years later; in the 1990 Champions League final, although the legendary Benfica star Eusebio deliberately went to Gutman's grave (died in 1981) to pray before the game, the Portuguese team still lost 0-1 to the Rossoneri. In the 1983 UEFA Cup final, the "Hawks" lost Anderlecht 1-2.
In order to break Gutman's curse, the Benfica Club will send people to the dead Gutman's cemetery every year to sweep the grave.
Last season, when Benfica reached the Europa League final again, the most classic scene in the final was that Benfica fans raised a huge banner in the stadium: "Bella, it's been fifty years. , Please forgive us..."
Perhaps the prayers of Benfica fans played a role.
Benfica defeated Basel in a penalty shootout in the Europa League final last season, and finally won the European championship again after half a century!
When the game ended, many Benfica fans wept bitterly.
In the first time 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. They began to look forward to the glory of the team in the second half of the century.
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In this game, Gao Bo did not send all the main players to play. The starting forward was Vardy. Griezman and David Silva were also on the bench. Sanchez played on the right, Adam White played on the left, and the midfielder. It's Erickson.
The double midfielder became Milner's partner Fernandinho, the center-back partner Umtiti and Maguire, the left-back Sabaletta, the right-back Luke Shaw, the goalkeeper is still Oblak.
Although this lineup can only be regarded as Manchester City's second-line lineup, Gao Bo's tactics are still very proactive attack tactics.
Of course he wants to win this championship and complete his club's trophy grand slam.
At the beginning of the game, Manchester City quickly suppressed their opponents!
The first minute of the opening!
Umtiti made a long pass from the backcourt, Vardy headed the ball and then Adam White accelerated to break into the penalty area right rib! Volley to score!
One to zero! ! !
After the goal, Adam White was very excited. At the Eden Stadium, the Manchester City players rushed to celebrate!
Adam White rushed to the corner flag area, a long sliding kneeling, so that the Manchester City fans who came to the scene also cheered.
"Pretty!! Adam White's volley in the penalty area!! Manchester City made a fantastic start!!"
"One to zero!!! Only one minute after the match, Manchester City scored! Benfica suffered a blow!!!"
In the commentary, the commentators also applauded Manchester City's goal.
However, Gao Bo on the sidelines seemed very calm. He was not too excited about this goal.
This is because this is only a European Super Cup game, this game is not too important, and secondly, the opponent Benfica is not actually a too 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 the five major leagues, and Benfica's economic strength can hardly support them to introduce players with too large a name.
The current Portuguese Super League has basically become a springboard league for mainstream European leagues. Many South American players land in Europe, and many will choose Portugal as a springboard.
Porto, the famous European black shop, is not the Portuguese Super League team.
Gao Bo was right for not celebrating.
Because his team soon scored again!
In the ninth minute of the game, Fernandinho passed the ball forward!
Sanchez drove the ball straight in, accelerated the breakthrough and then passed!
Vardy hit the guard behind the penalty area and shook his head and broke the goal!
Two to zero! ! !
This goal almost completely wiped out Benfica's fighting spirit!
Less than ten minutes to start!
Two to zero! ! !
"Faced with Manchester City's second-tier lineup, Benfica still seemed to be defeated. In just nine minutes, they lost two goals! Although there are more than 80 minutes of game time in this game, we can be sure that unless it comes Miracle, otherwise it is foreseeable that Benfica will lose this game."
"The gap between us and the mainstream European leagues is getting bigger and bigger. The Portuguese league cannot be compared to the Premier League and La Liga. At that time, it seemed that there was no power to fight back." The Portuguese commentator said depressed.
The game restarted soon.
Manchester City completely occupied the initiative!
They control the ball under their own feet, mobilize their opponents through constant passing, repeatedly tear open the defense, and create murder!
In the twelfth 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!
In the 16th minute of the game, Sanchez made a corner pass from the right and Maguire's header went slightly above the crossbar!
Just one minute later, Milner's long shot outside the penalty area, Benfica's goalkeeper made a thrilling save and blocked the ball out of the goal!
Benfica's defense was shattered by Manchester City.
Twenty minutes before the game, they did not shoot a goal, did not have a corner kick, and even scored within 30 meters of Manchester City's backcourt became extremely difficult.
In the twenty-eighth minute of the game, Benfica finally had the first shot of the game.
Although it was just outside the penalty area and barely kicked off within 30 meters of the goal, it was a good start.
However, like a child who is being beaten, Benfica just wanted to fight back, but was slapped by Manchester City.
In the 30th minute of the game, Eriksson made an arc with his right foot on the penalty zone 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 shot was also given to the Manchester City players who failed to make the list in the stands. Kaka was also sitting there. Although he was unable to play and still had protective gear on his feet, the smile on his face was still very bright. .
"I don’t know what Florentino’s expression looks like when he sees Kaka now. Kaka’s performance in Manchester City and Real Madrid are very different. In the second half of last season, Kaka’s performance is nothing short of the same. It’s the gods who descended from the earth. His peak seasons were probably nothing more than that..."
Unfortunately, Florentino will not be here now.
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Facing the tide of Manchester City's attack, Benfica has no good way.
They simply do not have the ability to withstand the Manchester City attack.
In the first half, Manchester City did not score.
The two sides changed sides in the second half to fight again.
In the 68th minute of the game, Sanchez also scored!
He volleyed his right foot in the penalty area and slammed the ball into the goal, four to zero!
And this is not the final score.
In the eighty-ninth minute of the game, Manchester City scored another goal.
Benfica failed to score another goal until the end of the game.
They can't even save face.
In the end, Manchester City defeated Benfica cleanly by 4-0 in the European Super Cup and won the first European Super Cup in their club history.
After winning the championship ~EbookFREE.me~ Manchester City's players are happy as if they have won the Champions League again.
They became the true kings of Europe.
"The winner of the European Super Cup-Manchester City!!!" the commentator shouted!
"This year's Manchester City is really unstoppable! They won this year's fifth championship trophy. They are the five champions of the year. In November and February, they still need to participate in the Club World Cup. Then they can even win The laurels of the six crowns next year!!!"
"Benfica, who broke the curse, didn't even have the power to fight back in front of Manchester City. The game was completely controlled by Manchester City. Although the score of four to zero is big enough, this score is still far from reflecting Manchester City. Advantages in the game!"
"Now this Manchester City is really terrible. I can't imagine what kind of team can beat Manchester City! Now imagine that on the Community Shield, Manchester United and Manchester City will fight against each other and finally get a second. The score of 2 fully demonstrates Pep Guardiola's achievements at Manchester United. And this season, what other achievements Manchester City can create? We will wait and see.