"Farfan's dribbling was intercepted and Felipe passed the ball in front."
"Gareth Bale is very fast and Manchester City are very fast on the counterattack."
"The counterattack of the trident in front formed a three-on-four situation."
"Look at Gareth Bale's handling. He directly broke through Atsuto Uchida on the left and went down to the baseline to pass."
"Suarez in the middle missed the ball and the ball reached the back point..."
"Robben!!!"
"Smash the ball with your right foot, pull it over, it's beautiful, it passed two players directly, hit it again with your left foot!"
"The ball went in!!!"
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!"
"Manchester City scores another goal, 4-0!"
“Only three minutes into the second half, three minutes, Manchester City used a quick counterattack to break through Schalke’s goal again. Robben used a wonderful left-footed curling shot to score another victory for Manchester City.
"
"This time, Manchester City's quick counterattack was very sharp. Schalke's 04 midfielder couldn't keep up at all, and none of the four players on the back line could defend the offensive coordination of Manchester City's trident."
"Four to zero! Now Magath should make adjustments."
"If you still want to continue to fight with Manchester City, Schalke 04 will probably lose even more miserably."
…
"You can't be so stubborn now, can you?"
Gao Shen looked at the home team's coaching bench innocently, muttering to himself.
Iron head is a disease and it needs to be cured!
Carlo, Lucas and Sarri were all nearby and could hear clearly, but they all had strange expressions on their faces.
They were speechless and could only say: Gao, can you be more shameless?
You are obviously very happy, but you still want to pretend to be innocent?
Who are you trying to fool?
Magath is indeed a tough guy. He was beaten three times in the first half, but he still wanted to attack in the second half. Isn't this looking for trouble?
However, after the fourth goal was scored, Magath seemed to have made a decision.
In the 55th minute, U.S. international Jermaine Jones replaced Baumjohn.
The midfielder has also changed from the original diamond position to the current double midfielder position.
Manchester City continued to hold on to the ball, controlled the situation on the field, and launched attacks against Schalke 04 again and again.
But Schalke 04, which focused on defense, still defended well, especially when it was protected by double midfielders in front of the defense. In addition, Manchester City already had a four-goal lead, so they slowed down the offense appropriately, allowing Magath's team to
Hold your ground.
In the 65th minute, Magath made his second substitution, replacing Jurado with Annan.
This Annan is the nephew of former United Nations Secretary-General Annan. He was once regarded as Essien II, but judging from the current situation, the development of this Ghanaian midfielder is still not satisfactory.
Even now, his biggest reputation is still that he has an uncle who was the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The last thirty minutes of the game were basically spent with Manchester City's substitutions and Schalke's defense.
The scene was not pretty, and Manchester City failed to score again in the end.
Four to zero, this score remained until the end.
…
"congratulations!"
As soon as the game whistle sounded, Magath walked to the visiting team's coaching bench and shook hands with Gao Shen.
The German's face was ashen, without any smile. He felt as if someone was pointing a gun at him, and he looked very reluctant.
Gao Shen was in a good mood and greeted Magath with a smile.
He actually wanted to ask Magath why he suddenly wanted to attack Manchester City?
Or, how are you feeling now?
But Gao Shen finally suppressed his gossip mentality.
Magath's current situation should be even worse.
Gao Shen's step was quite heavy, and he might even have killed Magath directly.
After shaking hands, Magath walked directly into the players' tunnel without saying anything to Gao Shen.
In the stands, Schalke fans could be vaguely heard calling for dismissal.
But Gao Shen doesn't think so.
It is reported that the contract signed by Magath and Schalke 04 included liquidated damages of up to 12 million euros. This is a sky-high price for Schalke 04, which is already heavily in debt.
To put it simply, Schalke 04 is so poor that they no longer have the ability to fire their head coach!
Unless Magath doesn't want liquidated damages, it would be equivalent to Magath leaving voluntarily.
However, the German also said that he would not do this.
Gao Shen said he could not understand this complicated situation.
…
"Hey, boss!"
Raul came over, smiled, high-fived and shook hands with Gao Shen.
Gao Shen pulled hard and hugged Raul directly.
"You seem to be doing well." Gao Shen was also very happy to see Raul.
He could sense that Raul's situation at Schalke 04 was quite good. After all, as Schalke 04's biggest star, he was naturally highly valued.
"I just want to score a few more goals," Raul said.
Gao Shen wanted to say: How about you save your energy?
Anyway, in two years' time, you will soon be beaten by those two record-breaking thugs.
With this time in Spain, instead of wasting it in the Bundesliga, wouldn't it be better to go to the American Major League or the Middle East to make money?
But sometimes, people need some thoughts.
"By the way, your tactics are a bit strange tonight. It feels like you are helping us."
As soon as Gao Shen finished speaking, Raoul laughed awkwardly.
Boss, can we stop speaking so ambiguously?
People who don’t know, think that Schalke 04 is playing match-fixing.
"Before the game, he talked to me, and I told him to pay attention. Unexpectedly, he took the initiative to stress it out. I guess the pressure has been too much recently." After Raul finished speaking, he sighed.
Take a breath.
People who have never experienced it personally will never understand the pressure of being the head coach of a team.
It's like, no one can understand why Guardiola suddenly made such a nonsensical decision on the eve of the Champions League final.
Not only the pressure from the management, but also from the players in the locker room, the outside media and fans.
More importantly, this kind of pressure can only be borne by the head coach himself, and no one can help him.
"To be honest, Schalke 04 is incomparable to Real Madrid." Raul said with a sad look on his face.
Although he once played in Atletico Madrid during his youth team period, he spent his entire career in Real Madrid, so he is very familiar with everything about Real Madrid. All his memories of professional football come from Real Madrid.
Suddenly, he left Real Madrid, which requires everyone to adapt.
Especially coming from Real Madrid to a team like Schalke 04.
"The gap in strength between our lineup and bench is so big that if we can play well in the Champions League, it will be difficult for us to play well in the league. But now, the club's debt forces the team to play well in the Champions League, at least to qualify in the group stage...
"
Gao Shen opened his eyes and said, "Hey, do you want to qualify for the group?"
Looking at Raul again, Gao Shen couldn't help but laugh, "Is this your revenge against Real Madrid?"
If Schalke 04 wants to qualify from the group stage, it will definitely have to fight Real Madrid to the death.
"Boss, can't we get rid of you, Manchester City?" Raul countered.
Gao Shen laughed heartily, "Don't forget, we won two games in a row."
As he spoke, Gao Shen waved two fingers in front of Raoul.
Raul's face really didn't look good.
Because the results from another stadium were also transmitted.
With Cristiano Ronaldo's goal, Real Madrid defeated Inter Milan 1-0 at home.
As a result, Manchester City leads the standings with two consecutive wins, and Real Madrid has one win and one loss, ranking second in the group.
Inter Milan and Schalke 04 both had one draw and one loss, but because Schalke 04 conceded more goals, they fell to fourth in the group.
The current situation is very close to the Bundesliga standings, with Schalke 04 at the bottom.
The reason why Raul joined Schalke 04 was to score more Champions League goals, but now that the team has suffered such a blow, Raul still feels at a loss.
"Don't worry, in the next two rounds, I will do my best to help you kill Inter Milan." Gao Shen patted Raul on the shoulder and encouraged him.
But Raul still felt a little worried.
Can Schalke 04 get over the shadow of a disastrous home defeat?
More importantly, in the next round of the group stage, Raul will take Schalke 04 to visit the Bernabeu.
Entering the Bernabeu as Real Madrid's opponent for the first time, Raul didn't know how to deal with himself.
…
In the first round, they beat Real Madrid 5-0 at home and in the second round, they beat Schalke 4-0 away from home.
Manchester City not only won two consecutive victories, but also maintained a record of not conceding a goal. The results are even more gratifying.
The British and European media were generally satisfied with Manchester City's performance.
In fact, before this season, everyone had already guessed that Manchester City would become a dark horse in the Champions League this season, because Gao Shen himself is very good at playing in cup competitions. As the Premier League champion last season, Manchester City was trained by Gao Shen.
After the new year, we should also show our competitiveness.
Gao Shen did not comment on Schalke 04 or Magath at the post-match press conference.
Although Magath was very unconvinced by Manchester City's performance after the game and believed that Manchester City's victory was not easy, Schalke 04 also performed well, and the defeat was due to bad luck...
Gao Shen is satisfied with Manchester City's performance, but he also reminds the team that two consecutive wins in the beginning is nothing. The real test is not over yet. If Manchester City wants to stand out from the group stage, it must play well against Inter Milan.
Two rounds of competition.
That is, the third and fourth rounds of the group stage.
"I don't know what other people think, but for me, we still have some problems in the first two rounds of the group stage. I believe that my team and players can and should do better."
Gao Shen said that the Champions League is the highest level competition in world football.
"This requires everyone to stay focused and go all out in every game and every minute."
Obviously, Gao Shen still wants to keep a low profile.
But the big wins in these two games were too eye-catching. It is not an exaggeration to say that Manchester City was the most eye-catching team in the first two rounds of the group stage.
Naturally, the media and fans also went crazy to hype up Manchester City, and the attention was overwhelming.
In fact, many media have been hyping up the topic that Manchester City is the favorite team to win the Champions League this season, fearing that the world will not be in chaos. This makes Gao Shen and Manchester City feel helpless and happy.
At the same time, I am somewhat worried.
Very normal.
Gao Shen has always believed in a saying, one is born in sorrow and dies in happiness.
As a head coach, it is also a good thing to worry a little more.
