When Manchester City's starting list for Blackburn came out, it did not actually cause the media to think "blindly".

Because everyone saw the names of Rongguang and Ibrahimovic on this starting list.

With Blackburn's strength, Manchester City's two players are enough to ensure victory.

If it were other strong teams, it would be a bit dangerous for Manchester City to do so.

But Blackburn... After thirty-three rounds of the league this season, Blackburn won nine wins, eight draws and sixteen losses, gaining thirty-five points, ranking sixteenth and fifth from the bottom, and is only two points away from the relegation zone.

Blackburn needs to relegate now, and it is true that it is difficult for relegated teams to play, but it also depends on who the relegated team is.

If Rongguang and Ibrahimovic don't play, Manchester City may really lose to Blackburn away with this lineup.

But Rongguang and Ibrahimovic started at the same time, which is equivalent to giving Manchester City double insurance to the victory in this game.

No doubts.

Now we just need to wait for Manchester City to further expand the continuous unbeaten record they have set.

Sure enough, in the game against Blackburn, Rongguang won two goals alone, and Ibrahimovic also completed a hat trick.

In the end, Manchester City beat Blackburn 5-0 at home.

This game became a competition between Rongguang and Ibrahimovic. Although Rongguang only scored two goals and Ibrahimovic scored three, it seemed that Ibrahimovic won. But in fact, Ibrahimovic did not think he had won by himself.

Because he couldn't play in the next Champions League, he could only vent his anger on Blackburn, and Glory obviously retained his strength for the mid-week match against Manchester United...

So Ibrahimovic did not feel that he had defeated glory at all. Besides, what's so happy to overcome a glory that doesn't do all its strength?

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After defeating Blackburn, Manchester City's league unbeaten record has been increased to fifty-one games.

At this time, the English media realized that if Manchester City really wanted to keep the league unbeaten until the end of the season, as Leiden Barnes revealed, their unbeaten league results would increase to fifty-five games!

This number is only three games away from AC Milan's consecutive unbeaten record in the five European leagues.

After the start of the league next season, Manchester City can tie AC Milan as long as they remain unbeaten in the first three rounds of the league. And if they can be unbeaten in the first four rounds of the league, they will set a new record for them, just like they surpass Arsenal.

This is really something that everyone is paying attention to.

Of course, there are more things to pay attention to now.

That is the Champions League semi-final.

Manchester City and Manchester United were drawn together in the final four draw, which will be the same-city derby in the Champions League.

Although Manchester City and Manchester United meet at least twice a season, they will also meet at least twice a city derby.

But the same-city derby in the Champions League is still unique.

The media also gave great interest.

In the league, there are four rounds left, and Manchester United is still eight points behind Manchester City.

Although Manchester United still has a chance to turn the tables in theory - as long as Manchester City loses three games in the next four league rounds, and Manchester United wins all four games at the same time.

But such things can only exist in "theory"...

Everyone knows it very well, including Ferguson himself, that it is impossible for Manchester United to reverse Manchester City and win the league championship.

Manchester United did not finally reach the final in the League Cup and FA Cup.

If the league is gone, Manchester United will only have one left to compete for the Champions League.

Under such circumstances, the Champions League is very important to Manchester United and will never give up easily.

Moreover, UEFA just made Manchester United and Manchester City get together. After being left eight points by Manchester City in the league and having no hope of winning the championship, the Champions League semi-finals became Manchester United's best stage of revenge.

They can eliminate Manchester City in the Champions League, allowing them to stop at the semi-finals for two consecutive years, and exude anger.

Therefore, these two games between Manchester United and Manchester City are destined to be two fierce games like Mars colliding with the Earth.

Before the game, the players from both sides had already started spitting at each other.

Manchester United's core player Rooney said in an interview that he was very happy to be drawn with Manchester City.

"I'm not worried that we'll be eliminated, on the contrary, I'm happy to play with Manchester City. Because it will give us a great chance to get revenge! We'll beat Manchester City and then go to Wembley!"

Regarding Rooney's words, Rongguang did not respond to Manchester City. Although many reporters ran to ask him, he did not answer the reporter's questions.

Gareth Barry mentioned Rooney's words.

"Only the losers will ask for revenge. So obviously, they have lost to us in terms of pre-match mentality!"

Ferguson then expressed his confidence during the pre-match press conference.

"…The league and the Champions League are completely different two types of competition. Our performance in the league cannot be used as a reference for the Champions League."

A reporter asked him if he had been with the tactics against glory, and Ferguson refused to answer the question and blocked the reporter's question with "This is a secret".

Later, when Benitez appeared at the press conference, reporters asked him whether this would have adverse effects on the Champions League matches when the league championship was almost over.

"Adverse effects? No. No. There is no adverse effects... This is not my arrangement, but I support the practice of the boys. It is a good thing to have a goal. The league belongs to the league, and the Champions League is the Champions League, and our actions in the league will not interfere with the Champions League. This season, we hope to stop at the semi-finals."

What Benitez said was already obvious.

This season his ambition is to lead the team to the finals.

What about after reaching the finals?

Of course it's the champion!

Who is happy that the runner-up went home after reaching the finals?

So Manchester City not only has to win the league championship this season, but also the Champions League. They want to be the double champion!

If it was last season, even if Manchester City eliminated Barcelona, ​​Benitez would probably be ridiculed by many people for saying this before the semi-finals. They would be laughed at for being overestimated. They just eliminated the defending champion and they would have expanded to the point that they thought they could win the championship...

But now, when Benitez said such words, no one felt ridiculous or incredible.

Look at Manchester City's current state, such a team really has the possibility of winning the Champions League!

Ibrahimovic's suspension ends after the first leg of the semi-finals. He can play in the second leg. At that time, he will play Manchester United away. His return will make Manchester City more confident in Old Trafford.

In the first leg of the game, Manchester City's offensive firepower will mainly rely on glory.

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"To be honest, I think it's hard for Manchester United to beat Manchester City away..." The day before the game, England's TV stations were discussing tomorrow's Champions League semi-finals.

The guests were divided into two camps. Those who support Manchester United believe that Manchester City must remain unbeaten in the league will affect the players' performance in the Champions League. In addition, Ibrahimovic was suspended again in this game, which will also affect Manchester City's strength and morale, so Manchester United is not without an opportunity to take advantage of.

Those who support Manchester City believe that it doesn't matter whether Ibrahimovic stops or not. As long as Manchester City has glory, it's enough. Glory is on the court, Manchester City can win. If glory is suspended, then Manchester United really has an opportunity to take advantage of it.

It’s a pity that Rong Guang is very civilized when playing football, and he rarely goes to the referee to take the initiative to apply for yellow cards, so he rarely gets banned from the red card. Since he was suspended for accumulating yellow cards when he was in Bayern Munich because of his dissatisfaction, he missed the most critical Champions League game, resulting in the team being eliminated and lagging behind. Rong Guang is now paying great attention to this, and this only flaw has now blocked him.

"Manchester City has Rong! What do you guys who are optimistic about Manchester United winning away games think? Can you come up with a set of ways to deal with Rong? If you can, then I still think what you said makes sense, otherwise you are just talking nonsense!"

"We can't, but it doesn't mean Ferguson can't!"

"What's wrong with this? I do have it. It depends on whether Manchester United is willing to use it - it's not the end of the game that Rong was injured at the beginning of the game?"

"You have no sportsmanship!"

"If it's really for victory, what is sportsmanship?"

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The two sides had a very fierce dispute, and the host finally had to intervene.

"The killing tactics are not good! I think anyone who commits malicious fouls against Rong is committing crimes against football! I even think that FIFA or UEFA should introduce measures specifically for Rong, and any malicious fouls against Rong should be severely punished!"

The host accidentally exposed his tendency - he was obviously a glorious fan...

However, his words can indeed represent the voices of many fans, especially Manchester City fans. Everyone knows that Manchester City relies entirely on glory. If glory is injured, Manchester City will be done.

But at the same time, many people oppose the tactic of killing against Rongguang, because Rongguang's outstanding performance has made many neutral fans willing to cheer for him. It is a pleasure to watch him play football.

If anyone dares to hurt glory, he will be the enemy of world football.

For example, the previous Rorik Kana, who had seriously injured the Glory shovel, was able to go to the Turkish League to play football because of a foul on Glory, and was exiled by mainstream European football...
Chapter completed!