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Chapter 141 Champions League Knockout Round [45]

The suspense of the game is no longer great.

Paris Saint-Germain suffered a series of blows and morale is low.

One goes down and the other goes up.

Monaco completely took control of the game.

Time passes minute by minute.

As the game entered injury time.

All Paris Saint-Germain supporters already know that the game is over.

With the referee blowing three whistles.

The players and fans of Paris Saint-Germain seemed to have been drained of all their strength.

The fans slumped in their seats in the stands.

The players sat on the grass.

They all know it.

What a price to pay for losing this game.

"The game is over! Monaco defeated Paris Saint-Germain 11- at home! Sunshine's hat trick helped the team win. The result of this game basically means that Paris Saint-Germain has withdrawn from the competition for the league championship - they are points behind the top Monaco!"

The commentators were all surprised by the result of the game.

The camera lens is fixed firmly on the sunlight.

He took the football from the referee.

in mind.

The long-lost mechanical sound rang out.

[The game is over, the score is: S! ]

[Congratulations on receiving: Paris Saint-Germain S-level treasure chest! ]

As his abilities improve.

Many competition systems have never appeared.

Sunshine guessed it himself.

This is related to the level of the game, the strength of the opponent, and your own attributes.

The stronger he is, the lower the competition level is, and the weaker his opponents are.

The higher the level of performance required to receive the reward.

French Ligue 1
to him.

The level is too low.

The Champions League is the most crucial stage.

Besides, it’s time for me to leave Ligue 1!
"Open the treasure chest!"

Accompanied by a halo of light.

The silhouette of a player appeared above the treasure chest.

George Weah?!
Yangguang was slightly stunned.

【Congratulations, you have obtained the George Weah [African Dance Steps] module. 】

George Weah's footwork is magnificent.

The African football king was able to win the Ballon d'Or as an African player.

His personal abilities are beyond doubt.

But for the sun
This kind of reward.

In fact, it's a bit repetitive.

He would rather have George Weah's speed than his footwork.

Of course.
This also proves that Sunshine’s current capabilities have indeed reached a relative bottleneck period.

His personal attributes are luxurious.

And how to ensure that he can perform well in every game.

It is not enough to just have personal attributes.

It also depends on the competition experience and understanding of the competition itself.
in this regard.

No one can help the sun.

You need to experience and understand it yourself.

at the post-match press conference.

Sunshine is naturally the core and focus of the reporters' questions.

Emery was almost overwhelmed by the reporters' questions.

"How did we lose? How did we lose? Of course I know how we lost."

The Spaniard uses a lot of hand movements, which shows how defensive he is.

"We don't have sunshine, and they have sunshine, that's the difference, that's the difference."

These words left the reporters present stunned for a long time.

Then they realized
Emery may be buckling under the pressure.

He said something absolutely out of character in his post-match press conference.

Say this kind of thing.

So what will the Paris players think?

Actually.

Emery regretted what he said as soon as he said it.

He knew he had to spend his energy to appease the locker room.
Subsequent reports.

As expected, he was pushed to the forefront of public opinion.

PSG fans accused Emery of shirking responsibility.

In the locker room.

The team's main center forward Cavani did not give Emery a good look either.

obviously.

For Cavani.

Emery's words were absolutely unbearable.

Because he is the team's number one center.

What the team's head coach said was a complete humiliation to him.

Just when Emery was thinking about how to ease the relationship with Cavani.

He received a call from Nasser.

"What? Sunshine?!"

Emery thought Nasser came to question him for what he said in the post-match press conference.

It turned out not to be.

Nasser asked him an interesting question.

"What would Paris Saint-Germain gain by having Sunshine in our squad?"

Emery was stunned for a moment, then said: "We can get everything, Mr. Chairman."

“Including the Champions League.”

"Yes!" Emery nodded affirmatively.

"Having such a center forward is a huge improvement for any team. We actually already have a very good team, but we lack a real top star! A superstar!"

"Ibrahimovic before."

"Compared to the sun, it's far behind."

Nasser heard this and nodded.

He told Emery: "When the summer window opens, Paris Saint-Germain will pursue Sunshine!"

This made Emery feel a little dizzy when he walked out of Nasser's office.
Mr. Chairman, that is what you said.
at all costs.

right?

At all costs?
I heard it right.

Emery felt like he was about to be hit by a pie falling from the sky.

Mr. Chairman, tell him this.

Does it also mean
He will still be the team's head coach next season.

And, he will have a top center?
The season has not ended yet and the summer transfer window has not opened yet.

Therefore, only Nasser and Emery know about Paris Saint-Germain's great plan.

Nasser and Emery are not stupid enough to declare loudly that Paris wants to buy Sunshine.

Because Cavani is still needed to work hard for the team now.

There is no hope for the league.

But at least we still have to play the Champions League.

The time has come to February.

The air seems to be filled with the smell of the Champions League.

The taste of the Champions League knockout stage!

at the very beginning.

European Cup.

That's the real "Champions League".

Only the champions of major leagues are eligible to participate.

But after several rounds of restructuring.

In order to expand the influence of the Champions League, UEFA has expanded the scope of participating leagues and teams.

Many teams from smaller leagues were also able to advance to the group stage.

This of course gives those minor league teams a huge advantage.

Because this allows them to appear in the Champions League and earn some appearance fees - don't look at the current world football, those top teams often have a transfer budget of 100 or 200 million per season.

But for many minor league teams.

A full year's operating expenses.

It is estimated that it will not exceed 10 million.

In this case, if a team from a small league is lucky enough to enter the Champions League.

Even if the group fails to qualify, the group stage will be completed normally.

That's at least 20 million euros in revenue. This revenue alone is enough to run these small league teams for a year or two.

This is also why Platini frequently goes against major clubs and strongly opposes money-driven football.

The reason why he can firmly sit on the throne of UEFA President is because he has the support of many small European football countries.

Of course.

The number of participating teams and leagues has been expanded.

The side effects caused.

The value of the group stage has dropped sharply.

Unless it is a death group like Monaco, Atletico Madrid and Tottenham.

Otherwise, the highlights of other groups will mostly be the question of which of the two strong teams in the group will come first and which will come second.

Many teams that are not strong enough do not have the ambition to go all out in the Champions League and leave their names in this great competition.

They are here purely to make money: on the one hand, they can share the broadcast and ticket revenue from the group stage, and on the other hand, they can let their players appear in the Champions League. If they are lucky and a player performs explosively, their value will immediately skyrocket.

Therefore, many games in the Champions League group stage are completely useless.

This also means that the conflict between UEFA and the giants has never disappeared.

In the past, the G14 alliance had ambitions to establish a European top league.

Now there is a "European Super League" plan that is coveted by all the giants.

And enter the Champions League knockout stage.

That's different.

Many people think so.

The knockout stage is the real beginning of the Champions League!
In February, before the Champions League quarter-finals.

Monaco has several games to play.

On February 2, in the second round of the French Cup, Monaco defeated Chambly 2- away.

February 2th, the 4rd round of the league.

This is a focus battle for the top spot.

Monaco will face Nice at home.

Before the game.

The French media also paid a lot of attention to this game.

Some people also compared the two center forwards, Sunshine and Balotelli, in the media.

结果
During the game, Balotelli did nothing.

Sunshine scored one goal and assisted one, helping Monaco beat Nice 2-0 at home.

After this game.

Monaco is 10 points ahead of second-placed Nice!
Monaco then defeated Montpellier and Metz in succession.

It’s April 2th.

Maybe it's because the schedule is too tight, maybe it's because the team has rotated, or maybe it's because the team is about to face the first round of the Champions League knockout stage.

In short.

The 26th round of the league.

Monaco suffered their second defeat of the season as they lost 2-3 to Bastia away from home.

After 26 league rounds.

Monaco has 68 points, 10 points ahead of Nice and 11 points ahead of Paris Saint-Germain.

Leading the league standings.

On the scorer list.

Sunshine topped the list with 33 goals.

Cavani, who came in second, scored 14 goals.

Less than half the sunshine.

All these show.

How competitive is Monaco in the French Ligue 1 this season?

And after the 26th round of the league.

The entire Monaco team has to fly to Manchester.

They will face their first knockout match of the Champions League this season: an away game against Manchester City.

The match between Monaco and Manchester City will be held on February 2.

And a week ago.

The first round of the Champions League knockout stage has already started.

The two games with the greatest impact.

The most impressive performance was on February 2, when Paris Saint-Germain beat Barcelona 15-4 at home.

Bayern Munich swept Arsenal 5-1 at home in these two games.

In France.

Paris beat Barcelona 4-0.

This made the French media and fans very excited.

In the past two seasons, Barcelona is no longer as brave as the former cosmic team.

But they are still a top team.

The offensive capability of its frontcourt MSN trident combination makes any team in the world tremble.

under these circumstances.

Paris was able to sweep Barcelona 4-0 at home.

This fully demonstrates that Paris’ strength is actually not weak.

Many French media are joking: "It's not that Paris is too weak, it's that Monaco is too strong!"

When flying from Monaco to Manchester.

The French media is optimistic.

"It is Manchester City that should be worried. In the French Ligue 1, Monaco can hardly find any opponents. Even Paris Saint-Germain has lost to them in a row. Can Guardiola's team find a way to deal with the sun? I wish them good luck."

Champions League quarter-finals.

Monaco will challenge Manchester City away!

without any exaggeration.

The popularity of this game in China is comparable to the Champions League final in every past season!

Even, it’s the World Cup final!
The reason is, of course, simply because of the sunlight.

As long as the sun doesn't get injured.

It’s definitely the first release!
This is the first Chinese player in history to start in a Champions League knockout match.

It's very memorable.

One day before the game.

On all football related websites in China.

Ninety percent of the news was about this game.

Monaco boarded the plane and arrived in Manchester, players from both sides were interviewed, coaches from both sides held pre-match press conferences, and Monaco's training situation in Manchester.

Almost everything has been reported.

Chinese media are eager to report every detail.

If nothing else, the tense atmosphere before the game was definitely created.

Before the game, Manchester City captain Kompany said in an interview with the media: "We know that the key to defeating Monaco is to limit Sunshine's performance, and we are ready!"

Manchester City's main goalkeeper Bravo also focused on Sunshine when he was interviewed by the media.

"The only goal in a home game is to win!"

"My personal goal? I hope to keep Sunshine scoreless!"

Bravo said as he faced the camera.

However, Yangguang did not say anything harsh when facing media interviews.

"This is a two-leg game, I think we should try to score as many away goals as possible!"

Yangguang's low-key attitude surprised the media.

Chinese media analyzed that this was "showing weakness".

Let Manchester City relax their vigilance and catch the opponent off guard.

But if Yangguang knew the media reports.

He will definitely say you think too much.
Going for a draw at the Etihad.

That was not his goal.