Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

Chapter 210

Leipzig is now in a position in the Bundesliga that is not as good as the top but better than the bottom. It is difficult to compete for the top four and the European Cup, but it is impossible to fall to the Bundesliga.

So if Leipzig wants to compete for the championship, it can only go to the Europa League.

And this is one of the reasons why the Red Bull Arena was full today.

As the twelfth player of the team, they hope to bring strength to the team! Defeat or draw with Manchester City, and then advance to the Europa League to fight for that damn Europa League trophy!

But now!

Alas!

......

The second half changed sides and started again.

Manchester City made the first substitution adjustment.

Foden went off, Jesus came on as a center forward, and Grealish returned to the left.

Leipzig also made substitutions.

The mediocre central defender Klostermann and midfielder Laimer went off.

Defender Simakan and forward Brobeyi came on.

Removing a midfielder and replacing him with a forward means that the offense needs to be strengthened.

The 50th minute of the game. Leipzig had the best chance of the game!

Andre Silva passed Ake and chose to shoot into the far corner!

Steffen in front of the goal quickly went down to save the ball!

Steffen stretched his legs, but still couldn't touch the ball.

In Steffen's regretful and helpless eyes, the imagined goal didn't happen, because the ball rolled out by the goal post!

You know, Steffen couldn't actually limit the ball. This time, as long as the shot hit the goal frame, it would have been a goal!

Of course, this is all hindsight.

If the shot was really on target, Steffen might have saved it.

But it is true that Leipzig missed a great opportunity, there is no doubt about it.

Seeing that the shot missed the goal post, Andre Silva, who missed the great scoring opportunity, knelt down and then covered his face with his hands.

"Um~!"

The sighs of Leipzig fans rang out in the Red Bull Arena.

After a while, the sighs turned into applause.

Leipzig fans still recognized the players' hard-working attitude.

Compared with the non-threatening attack in the first half, the team at least had a good shot this time, which was a great improvement!

Leipzig fans believed that as long as they continued to keep up, it would be a matter of time before they scored against Manchester City!

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned.

After Andre missed a great opportunity, it was not Leipzig who scored the first goal in the second half! It was Manchester City!

In the 58th minute of the game.

Grealish dribbled into the penalty area and was pulled to the ground by Kampl who came in diagonally.

Kampl quickly ran to the referee to appeal, saying that he did not foul!

Sandro Schaller did not listen to his explanation.

VAR saw it clearly, and he still quibbled?

Of course, if Kampl really committed a very secretive foul, which could be judged or not, then Sandro would definitely not call a foul.

This is not about "referees receiving instructions", it is purely out of "sympathy for the weak".

Leipzig's successor, Italian Tedesco, is very young.

But you have to know that today's referee Sandro Schaller is also very young, he is only 33 years old!

What does it mean to referee the Champions League at the age of 33?

It means a bright future!

UEFA has been promoting referees trained by itself over the years, such as French referee Tirpan, Slovenian Slavko Vincic, and Danny Markley, who is known as the "son of UEFA".

Schaller is one of them.

So Sandro Schaller must enforce the law impartially, so as to ensure that he can enter the first camp of the European regional referee selection for the World Cup next year!

So, there is no black whistle and misjudgment in this game.

Just like after Fernandez scored a long shot, Leipzig raised objections to Schaller. They believed that Mahrez and Grealish were both offside, and the subsequent goals should not count.

Sandro Schaller shook his head decisively, indicating that there was no offside.

He didn't even go to the sidelines to watch VAR!

In the end, the VAR judgment displayed on the big screen was the same as Schaller's judgment, and the noisy Red Bull Arena finally quieted down.

The Swiss's judgment was very accurate!

It should be noted that UEFA has arranged VAR video assistant referees, but UEFA hopes that the referee can make his own judgment rather than rely on VAR.

In other words, Sandro Schaller's several subjective and accurate judgments today are very helpful to him.

On the court, Sandro decisively showed Kampl a yellow card.

Then he ran to the sidelines and showed a yellow card to the chattering Bayerlozer.

Bayerlozer is very smart. He used a yellow card to whitewash his coaching incompetence, so that Leipzig fans will not blame him too much.

The original first penalty taker Mahrez took the ballHe handed it to Chen Chen and said with a smile,

"Chen! You owe me a favor! Remember to score two more goals for me next time!"

He was going to help Chen Chen realize his dream of a hat trick!

Chen Chen smiled and clapped his hands with Mahrez, then took the ball and kissed it, and replied,

"No problem! Just wait for the cake, bastard! Hahaha!"

Mahrez muttered "Fuck you", then walked out of the penalty area and stood outside the penalty area line.

Chen Chen glanced at Guardiola on the sidelines before entering the penalty area. After all, Guardiola didn't want to let the team give up points.

In the 35th round of the 2022/23 Premier League, when Haaland gave Gundogan a point, Guardiola on the sidelines was very angry.

Although the team is already 2-0 ahead of Leeds United, and both goals were scored by Gundogan, this is not a reason for you, Haaland, to let Gundogan perform a hat trick from the penalty kick!

As we all know, a team has the first, second, third and fourth penalty takers, usually the forwards, after all, they have good foot strength and practice a lot.

Haaland is the first penalty taker in Manchester City!

Good guy, it's the 35th round, the key battle in the key battle for the championship, and you, the center forward, don't take a penalty?

In the end, Manchester City won the game 2-1, and got three points without any danger, but Haaland who gave up the penalty and Gundogan who missed the penalty will be scolded to death by Guardiola!

To be honest, it would be okay if it scored, and a few words would be enough, and no further investigation would be made.

But now it didn't score, and it was almost equalized!

Then Guardiola's anger is very reasonable.

Pull the perspective back to the present.

Guardiola touched his shiny head.

Without much hesitation, Guardiola approved the choice of the penalty taker on the field!

Although Guardiola has always emphasized the need to abide by rules and discipline, but!

If it was Chen Chen, it would not be impossible!

It sounds long, but it actually didn't take that long.

Gulacsi's heart suddenly "snapped". He was not afraid of Mahrez or others punishing him, but he was most afraid of Chen Chen punishing him!

Gulacsi began to mutter to himself to cheer himself up. He wanted to prove himself with a perfect save!

"Beep!"

After the whistle sounded, Chen Chen took small steps forward.

Then, a jump step!

"Chen Chen scored a penalty!"

"He was very relaxed, it was a jump penalty!"

"4-0! Chen Chen scored a hat trick!"

"This is Chen Chen's third hat trick since joining Manchester City!"

"There is still a lot of time left in the game, can Chen Chen score his second hat trick?"

"I would also like to inform the audience that in another match between Bruges and Paris, Bruges' No. 10 player Noah Long just scored a close-range shot a minute ago, and Bruges tied with Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 at the Parc des Princes in Paris!"

"If the score ends like this, Bruges and Leipzig will not have to compare the goal difference, and the Belgian giants will go to the Europa League."

"And Leipzig? They will go home!"

On the court, Chen Chen, who scored a penalty, did not run to the corner flag area to cheer and celebrate, but turned around and high-fived and hugged his teammates behind him one by one!

Some are happy and some are worried.

Gulacsi, who jumped out quickly but guessed the wrong direction, simply lay down on the grass.

Gulacsi was about to collapse!

The weather was very cold, and it didn't feel good to lie down on the grass.

But compared with the discomfort and pain in his heart, it was nothing!

Gvardiol and Angelino, who were near the goal, looked at each other in silence.

At this moment, they finally felt a sense of despair that they could not defeat their opponents!

Especially Angelino.

During the halftime break, he vowed to defend, whether it was defending against Chen Chen or defending against others.

But what was the result?

It was so funny! It was impossible to defend!

They blossomed more!