Chapter 793

In the middle of the week, the sixth round of the Champions League group is the dividing line between heaven and hell.

The situation of the top four in the Premier League is also very different.

Manchester United beat Wolfsburg 3-1 away to finish first in the group. Although Arsenal lost to Olympiacos 0-1 away, they also finished first in the group.

Chelsea tied the Greeks in World War II at home and were forced to take second place in the group.

But the worst was Liverpool. In the crucial decisive battle, the Red Army lost to Fiorentina at home and only finished third in the group. They were forced to participate in the Europa League and missed the Champions League knockout.

As a result, Rafael Benitez has been under great pressure and the call to leave class is even more fierce. Some people even think that Rafael Benitez will be the first head coach to leave class in the Premier League this season.

But actually, it's not.

At the weekend, Manchester City are away to Bolton.

This team is currently ranked 19th in the Premier League, only a little better than Portsmouth, who only got a point in the 15th round of the league, so it can be said that the relegation quota for this season has been reserved in advance.

Bolton coach Gary Megson is the team's relegation hero for two consecutive seasons, but this season has encountered an unprecedented crisis of trust, the possibility of leaving class is very big, even more than Benitez.

This home game against Manchester City is seen as Gary Megson's life-saving battle.

At the beginning of the game, Bolton showed an unprecedented determination to play 532. They stuck to their own half and did not stand up in any case. They let Manchester City control the ball. Blue moon's possession rate even exceeded 70%.

After a week's rest, Kaka started again and formed a front court attack combination with Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema and Sanchez. He bombarded Bolton's defense and shot 17 goals in the first half alone. The attack was not strong.

But Bolton did not let Manchester city break the goal, goalkeeper yaskulaining also performed very well, high block low, super level play, so that Manchester City has never been able to score.

The turning point of the game took place in the 45th minute of the first half, and it was about to enter extra time. Kaka made a breakthrough with the ball in the middle, causing a foul from Bolton's Trinidad and Tobago player Samuel, who was sent off by the chief referee.

After Yi Bian fought again in the second half, Manchester City had one more man than their opponents. Gao cold used his skill card from the beginning to attack.

First, Sanchez assisted David Silva in the 47th minute. Five minutes later, Kaka assisted Cristiano Ronaldo in the goal. Then, Benzema's shot hit the opponent's guard Knight's foot and hit the goal. It turned into an own goal.

In just 10 minutes, Manchester City scored three goals in a row and took the lead.

Then, Manchester City began to stabilize the rhythm, control the ball, Bolton is one breath for two defensive players, to further strengthen the team's defense.

Until the 74th minute, before Kaka left the field, Benzema got the ball in the restricted area once and was fouled by the other side. The referee gave a penalty. All the players of Manchester City recommended Kaka to take the penalty. The Brazilian superstar hit the penalty and scored the fourth goal for Manchester City.

After that, Gao changed players continuously and arranged Michael Johnson, Sturridge and other young players to play.

Although Manchester City did not score any more, the possession rate of 69% and 37 goals set a new record for the city this season, which made everyone have to know the team again.

As for Bolton, after a net loss of four goals at home, manager Gary Megson announced his dismissal after the game, becoming the first manager to be dismissed in the Premier League this season.

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In the 16th round of the Premier League, Manchester City beat Bolton 4-0 away to win a complete victory.

With three times of leading at home, the blues were tied by Everton for three times. In the end, they drew 3-3 with Everton and got a draw, which further widened the gap with Manchester City, but still kept the second place in the league.

The reason is simple: United lost.

Ferguson's team lost 1-0 at home to Aston Villa.

Arsene Wenger's team beat Rafael Benitez's Liverpool 2-1 away, further aggravating the Spaniard's position crisis.

In the 17th round of the Premier League, the vice squad leader Portsmouth came to Stamford Bridge.

Maybe it's because of the match in the middle of the week. The double match in a row has greatly affected the physical fitness of the blue team. The whole game was very bad for Chelsea. For a long time, it was a one-to-one draw with Portsmouth. Until the final stage of the game, it was with a controversial penalty created by Drogba that they defeated Portsmouth.

After this game, the performance of the blues has been doubted again, especially their dependence on Drogba, which makes many people worry. Once January comes, many African players, including Drogba and Essien, want to return home to participate in the African Cup, who will support the blues?

Liverpool have recovered in this round. Benitez's team beat Wigan Athletic 2-1, Manchester United beat wolves 3-0 at home and Arsenal drew Burnley 1-1 away.

Manchester City went south to London in this round to challenge Tottenham Hotspur and won 3-0.

This weekend, the 18th round of the Premier League, which is also the last round before Christmas.

After this round of matches, the Premier League will usher in a week-long Christmas truce.

However, the performance of strong teams in this round is generally not ideal. Manchester United lost 3-0 to Fulham, Liverpool lost 2-0 to Portsmouth, Chelsea drew 1-1 with West Ham United, and Arsenal beat Hull City 3-0 at home.

Manchester City are at home against Sunderland, and Steve Bruce is known as Ferguson's proud disciple. Everyone is looking forward to him making trouble for Manchester City in this round, but unexpectedly, in the first eight minutes, Xavi Alonso assisted Cristiano Ronaldo to score.

Manchester City gradually took control of the situation.

From the 15th minute on, Manchester City scored two goals in 10 minutes with the help of the cold skill card. The goals were scored by Sanchez and kompani. The latter goal was aided by Cristiano Ronaldo's free kick.

City continued to increase the pressure on Sunderland. Kaka broke the deadlock again in the 34th minute, allowing city to enter the second half with a 4-0 lead.

After Yi Bian played again in the second half, blue moon continued to increase the offensive. Goals from Xavi Alonso, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka finally helped Manchester City win Sunderland 7-1. The latter only scored a consoling goal in the 90th minute.

The frenzy of goals shocked the whole Premier League, but what was more terrifying was that Manchester City had a 73% possession rate in this game, scoring more than 30 times, reaching 33 times.

Everyone was stunned by the attack power of Manchester City. No one thought that the closer to Christmas, the better the blue moon showed, which surprised all the Premier League teams.

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When the Premier League is in full swing, the Spanish League is also in full swing.

In the fourteenth round of La Liga, China city and Zaragoza's two promoted teams met. China City in the away battle encountered the tenacious sniper of Zaragoza who fought for relegation. It was not until the 61st minute that Alba broke the deadlock with the help of Falcao's assistance.

After that, Chinatown continued to pursue, and in the 81st minute, Ramirez scored again, while Falcao was the assistant for Brazil's midfield. Zaragoza didn't score from right back Diogo until stoppage time.

In the end, Chinatown beat Zaragoza 2-1 away.

This victory also promoted the league ranking of Chinatown from eighth to seventh.

A week later, La Liga ushered in the last round of the League before the winter break, and Chinatown ushered in Osasuna at home.

In the first minute, muxitaryan assisted Falcao to score. In the tenth minute, Falcao scored again, which helped China City win.

In the end, with Falcao's second goal, Chinatown beat Osasuna 2-0, still ranked seventh in the La Liga table.

Two league matches, two goals and two assists fully reflect Falcao's performance, but the more important thing is the performance of the Columbia Center on the court, as if stimulated by transfer rumors, Falcao has been more active in the recent two rounds.

After the 15th round, La Liga was temporarily suspended until January 2010. However, the transfer rumor about Falcao has always become a hot topic in European football in winter.

After a long period of media hype, Real Madrid president Florentino finally said publicly for the first time that the team is really paying close attention to Falcao in his Christmas interview with radio Searle.

"He is the best scorer in La Liga this season. He can score goals in any way in the penalty area. We are looking forward to him wearing Real Madrid shirt and scoring for us

Florentino's statement undoubtedly broke out the whole transfer market.

Everyone knows that if Real Madrid doesn't make a move, it will be a big one. Because of the importance of Falcao to China City, any team who wants to play a role will have to pay a high price.

As soon followed up, reporting inside information that Real Madrid's initial plan is to increase the price of 20 million euros by taking Higuain, who is not liked by Jose, as part of the transfer, to bring in Falcao from Chinatown.

However, just after the news of as came out, Marca soon followed up and revealed that Chelsea in the Premier League were also interested in Falcao. They even asked the price of Chinatown for the first time, but Chinatown refused to sell the main center.

"In the face of Chelsea's strong poaching, China City General Manager Amando Marcos said in an interview with the media that the club will do its best to keep Falcao, even shouting that any team will force poaching, unless it uses the penalty clause."

"This is undoubtedly a declaration of the determination of the Chinese city to retain people, but also increased the difficulty of the elite team to dig

"But according to the information we got, the financial situation of China city is not ideal. The Professional Football League of Spain is very dissatisfied with the home court conditions of China city. It requires them to make rectification as soon as possible. Otherwise, it does not even rule out the cancellation of the qualification of China City home court. It will cost a lot of money to rebuild the stadium."

"In addition, with the performance of the team getting better and better this season, many players in the team have also been concerned. After the team started the renewal process, many players entered the renewal list, which will further increase the burden of the club."

"Therefore, we do not rule out the possibility that China city will sell Falcao during the winter break

With the in-depth digging of media reporters, the rumors about the sale of Falcao in Chinatown have become more and more true.

In the tumultuous public opinion, Falcao and his agent Mendes keep silent all the time, which is doubtful.

However, every move of alpine and Chinatown is the focus of public opinion, which makes Falcao's transfer receive great attention and become a hot topic in the winter break transfer market.