Chapter 42 King's Plan

The English Premier League finally had a result. The Premier League, known as the "post-Shak era", has finally undergone earth-shaking changes. In the past few years, the team where Shak was located will become the league champions. After Shak left this season, the Premier League has become more intense.

In the end, under the leadership of Norwegian head coach Staller Solbaken, the "Gunners" defeated Mourinho's "Blue Army" by one point and became the league champion.

However, Arsenal's performance is actually only average. Their score is 24 wins, 6 draws, 8 losses, and 78 points. In the last season when Shaq played for Manchester United last season, the "Red Devils" also won the championship with 28 wins, 5 draws, 5 losses, and 89 points.

Newcastle ranked third. After two consecutive seasons, the "Magpie" finally showed its record in the team's record. She became the third place in the eighth season of the league last season.

The fourth-placed "Blue Moon" Manchester City has put too much energy into the Champions League, which led to the team's defeat in the league. In the end, it only qualified for the Champions League next season. If they cannot defeat Barcelona in the Champions League final to win the cup, they will really be a bit of a loss this season.

The fifth and sixth place are Manchester United and Leeds United. The two champions and runner-up teams of last season have become brothers and sisters this season. Not only are they poor in the Champions League, but they are also squeezed out of position by the champions who have grown up in the domestic league. Manchester United's new coach Fran was also fired as a scapegoat. Leeds United also made the same decision, and both teams began to find a new head coach.

Of course, all this has nothing to do with Simon Grayson and Barcelona. They currently have no intention of buying players in the transfer market, nor do they want to go to Manchester United and Leeds United to poach. The only goal is to play the last game of the season...the Champions League final!

Although he did not take action in the transfer market, the "brutal Simon" still holds hundreds of millions of transfer funds in his hands, and can cause trouble in the transfer market anytime and anywhere.

But...Simon Grayson didn't do this!

Inject fresh blood into the team every season to maintain vitality and competitiveness within the team. This is a method that every football club will use. Almost no club has no personnel changes in one season. Even if it is just to promote young players from the youth team, there will definitely be some changes.

In this summer's transfer market, Simon Grayson decided to further integrate Barcelona and promote talents from the youth team. After all, the success rate of Lamacia's youth training camp is quite high. Even Barcelona has the grand occasion of the eleven people on the game. This is how the "godfather" Cruyff's contribution to Barcelona lies.

As Simon Grayson's most capable assistant, Tony McAndrew had already provided him with information about Barcelona B team in the morning and recommended a...small man!

This "little man" is called Gonzaro. He is really short, only 1.62 meters tall, weighs 63kg, and has short hair less than one centimeter, and looks very strong.

Gonzaro was also from the Lamacia youth training camp. He is only 20 years old this year. He plays right back on the court. He played 20 games for Barcelona B last season and has an assist.

The reason why Gonzaro attracted McAndrew was mainly because he had a fierce impact force on the right side, and although he had no advantage in height in defense, he had a tenacious momentum. With his fast speed and strong explosive power, few opponents could easily break through from him in the Spanish League Two.

McAndrew, who knows Simon Grayson's tactics well, is very clear that the team's right-back Raphael and Montoya can no longer meet Simon Grayson's needs. Even if he does not recommend Gonzaro, he looks at it with the merciless style of "brutal Simon". Raphael and his promise to stay. Montoya will most likely have to leave this summer. After that, maybe Barcelona will welcome a world-class right-back, and Raphael will have to play as a substitute.

Simon Grayson saw the information about Gonzaro brought by his assistant and carefully watched the video of his game in the Spanish League Two. He immediately decided to transfer Gonzaro to the first team next season, and then reminded McAndrew to continue to pay attention to Team B, and even the little guys from the youth team should not be spared. As long as you find real talents, you can directly transfer to the first team to play football regardless of age.

Because of this, Simon Grayson did not pay much attention to the transfer market, which also gave him more energy to prepare for the Champions League final. He completely studied Manchester City's tactics clearly and tried every means to fine-tune without affecting his team's tactics. Without the players' knowledge, Barcelona prepared for this Champions League final for almost a month, which was considered to be fully prepared.

At the pre-match press conference held in Barcelona, ​​Istanbul, Simon Grayson talked to many reporters: "We won the Spanish double championship early, so we have more time to prepare for this game, and the team and I are ready... Of course, I have the confidence to win the game, I have won the trophy of the Champions League many times. In this critical game, experience is very important... UEFA's best player? Haha

, Does this question still need to be asked? Of course, Shaq is the most hopeful to win this honor. He has won this honor for four consecutive years. This year his performance is obvious to all. It is absolutely fine to win this honor... Well, yes, I will still use offensive football in the game, which is also a familiar tactic for Barcelona... Michelle Lauderup is an excellent head coach. He is familiar with Barcelona's tactics. This will cause us some trouble, but victory will definitely belong to us."

What Simon Grayson said did not cause any bad influence. After all, his personal achievements were placed there. A champion coach who won a lot of honors such as the World Cup, Federation Cup, Champions League, Premier League, La Liga, FA Cup, League Cup, King's Cup, etc. would have been devastated if he didn't have this domineering and confidence.

Laudrup also cooperated very well. Although he was five years older than Simon Grayson, he regarded himself as a junior. He showed his due modesty in the face of reporters: "Simon is a great coach, one of the few people in the world who controls the factors that determine the outcome of the game. It is difficult for us to play the Champions League final with his team, but we will go all out to fight."

Manchester City is really not confident when facing Barcelona. Although the "Blue Moon" now has stars such as Mvila, Red, Aguero, Douglas Costa, Pedro. But Barcelona's strength is obviously stronger, but who will not be interested in winning the championship after reaching the Champions League final!?

Laudrup's verbal modesty just doesn't want to put pressure on his team. In fact, he and the whole Manchester City team have already been prepared. It is only when they really face Barcelona that they know how powerful this team that has set countless records this season is...

Forty-five minutes!

Just one first half, Barcelona killed the suspense of this game!

In the 23rd minute, Batista used the corner kick opportunity created by Shaq to volley at the back point and sent the ball into Manchester City's goal...1:0!

In the 32nd minute, Salavi received a wonderful pass from Alaba in the penalty area on the right and decisively crossed the middle. As a result, Manchester City No. 30 Argentine central defender Otamendi fell to the ground and slipped to the ground. Although Shaq did not allow him to complete the crossover shot in front of the small penalty area in the middle, he himself tackled the ball into his own goal. Johart was fully focused on Shaq and failed to react to this "accident". The score on the field also became... 2:0!

The "Blue Moon" who fell behind two goals instantly dropped to freezing point. When they were one goal behind, they still had the battle. They were also willing to fight back, but while they were two goals behind, they also gave an own goal to their opponents. This game...it really made people feel very depressed!

Lauderup was also yelling anxiously. He realized that his team might really lose in this game. In the past 30 minutes, although both sides were evenly matched, Barcelona's offensive quality was significantly better. Almost every attack could pose a threat to Manchester City's goal. On the other hand, Manchester City's performance was unsatisfactory, and the offensive would immediately encounter huge resistance after hitting the frontcourt. It was very difficult to enter the Barcelona penalty area.

Now he is behind two goals again and has given an own goal gift. How can he play in this game?

Barcelona is not a good man and a woman. While the opponent's morale is low, they have accelerated the pace of the game, just to take advantage of your illness and kill you...

In the 44th minute, Barcelona's crazy attack finally received a reward. Alaba passed the ball in the penalty area. Shaq stopped the ball in his chest and turned around and shot. After the ball was blocked by Johart, the "little pharaoh" Salave, who followed up on the right, shot the ball with his left foot and scored, and the score became 3:0!

Now, Manchester City fans who came from Arisamiyan Stadium really lost their thoughts. They knew how bad their team was in this game. No one knew better than them how hateful the "brutal Simon" and Shaq were. They were suppressed by the "Red Devils" because of them. At that time, the most powerful "Blue Moon" could not turn over, and it was even more difficult now!

As the game entered the second half, Laudrupp replaced Brazilian midfielder Douglas Costa and "divine striker" Dzeko to strengthen the offense, but Barcelona transferred its strength to defense without substitution.

Barcelona's back line is already strong. Although the defensive ability of the midfielders Alaba, Vasquis and Fabregas is a little worse, the control is stronger. Especially when the team's formation shrinks and Shaq gives up the offense and retreats the position, Barcelona's defense in the middle is completely in a state of iron-blocking where they can't splash. Once they get the ball, they will use the ball to kill the game time, so... Manchester City has no chance at all!

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When Italian referee Daniel Orsato blew the end of the game, more than 10,000 Barcelona fans at the Arisamiyan Stadium went crazy. Although the team did not score in the second half, the performance of fully controlling the game was more reassuring, and the 3-0 score was really enough... Barcelona beat Manchester City!
Chapter completed!