Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 271 Manchester United will suffer a crushing defeat tomorrow
After that, Manchester City faced Aston Villa in the eighth round of the league. Shan Yongzhuo did not rest in this match and played the entire game. The team won the match 3-1 at home.

However, despite the victory, Mancini was still frustrated that the team conceded a goal.

Four days later, the third round of the Champions League group stage officially kicked off.

Manchester City will host Villarreal at home in this round.

Because of their loss in the last round, Manchester City now has one win and one loss in the group, with 3 points, while Napoli defeated Villarreal in their last match and are tied with Manchester City on points.

Villarreal is the weakest opponent in the group, and for Manchester City to advance, it is a must-win situation.

Mancini took this match very seriously, pumping his fist to encourage the team, saying, "If we win this game, we can focus our energy on the league for the time being."

The day of the competition arrived quickly.

The Etihad Stadium was packed to capacity.

After all, this is a Champions League match, not an ordinary league game.

In this match, Manchester City did not continue their epic poor form at the Allianz Stadium and dominated Villarreal from the start.

Shan Yongzhuo was in superb form, scoring two goals in each half, and Balotelli added another goal after coming on as a substitute, as Manchester City completely crushed Villarreal 5-0 at home.

Meanwhile, in another match in this group, Bayern Munich defeated Napoli 2-0 away from home.

The situation in Group A has become relatively clearer.

Bayern Munich have won all three of their matches and have accumulated 9 points, ranking first in their group.

Manchester City have 2 wins and 1 loss, accumulating 6 points and ranking second in the group.

Napoli has one win and two losses, placing them third in the group.

Villarreal have lost all three of their matches and are currently at the bottom of the standings.

Manchester City's points total is quite good. Although it doesn't guarantee them a spot in the knockout stage, they have the upper hand over Napoli and have the initiative in qualifying.

After the match ended, the media's focus was still on this round of games, with Shan Yongzhuo being the only protagonist in the big match, whose performance of scoring 4 goals was impeccable.

What's even more terrifying is...

After three rounds of matches, Shan Yongzhuo has scored a staggering nine goals, dominating the top spot on the scorer list.

It's worth noting that, aside from Messi's dominant 12 goals in last season's Champions League to win the Golden Boot and Kaká's 10 goals in the 2006-07 season, in recent years, 9 goals have been enough to win the Champions League Golden Boot.

So far, only three matches have been played in the group stage.

Even if Manchester City are eliminated from the group stage, Shan Yongzhuo will still have three games to score goals.

This is really terrible.

Some English media outlets, known for their speculative activities, have even begun to speculate.

"If Shan Yongzhuo continues to score in the last three games, but Manchester City ultimately finishes third in the group and qualifies for the Europa League."

"Then it's very possible that Shan Yongzhuo will win the Golden Boot in both the Champions League and the Europa League in the same season!"

"It's not impossible. You know, Shan Yongzhuo is a dominant striker in the Europa League."

"He has won all the Europa League titles since the reorganization, and he has always been the Golden Boot winner."

"..."

Many people chuckled upon seeing this report from the English media, but upon closer examination, it seemed quite plausible.

After all, that's Shan Yongzhuo, the biggest bug in the Europa League.

Many people even began to hope that Manchester City would finish third in the group, secretly cheering for Napoli so that Manchester City could qualify for the Europa League.

It's interesting to think that the Champions League and Europa League Golden Boots will belong to the same person.

At Manchester City, the players are also discussing this possibility.

The third round of the Champions League group stage has ended, and a new round of league matches is about to begin. During training, the players were discussing this matter.

Do you think it's possible?

"Of course there are!" "But they're very small."

"I also think that scoring a single goal is easy, but the difficulty is that we get third place in the group."

"Yeah, we can't possibly come in third."

"This is too difficult."

"Hahaha."

"..."

After defeating Villarreal, the players have clearly recovered from the shadow of their away defeat to Bayern Munich.

After all, there are two spots for advancing from the group stage. Even though they lost to Bayern, they still beat Napoli and Villarreal, didn't they?

Even if we don't get first place in the group, we can still qualify as second place.

Manchester City's chances of finishing second in their group are still very high.

After continuous hard training, Manchester City soon ushered in the 9th round of the league, traveling to Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United.

Manchester United have been incredibly strong this season. After defeating Liverpool in the last round, they still maintain an impressive record of 7 wins and 1 draw, firmly occupying the top spot in the standings.

However, Manchester United's performance in the Champions League was far from satisfactory.

Manchester United's Champions League group is much better than Manchester City's.

Their group opponents are Benfica, Basel, and Galati Steel, none of whom are particularly strong teams.

However, Manchester United has been a major disappointment. After three rounds, they first drew with Basel, then were held to a draw by Benfica, and only managed to defeat the weakest team, Galati Steel, in the recently concluded third round.

After three rounds, Manchester United have 5 points, 2 points behind group leaders Benfica and 4 points ahead of third-placed Basel, seemingly caught in a battle between two weak teams.

Therefore, the English media jokingly referred to Manchester United this season as "domestic bullying".

Indeed, this is the case. Ferguson knew very well that Manchester United would have little chance of success in the Champions League this season, so he focused his main efforts on the league.

They are determined to reclaim the league championship trophy.

This home game against Manchester City is a crucial battle for the top spot in the standings, and arguably a key battle in the title race this season. Manchester United absolutely cannot afford to lose at home.

At the pre-match press conference, Ferguson powerfully demonstrated Manchester United's determination to win to the media.

"We will defend our home turf!"

"We will do everything we can to win this game and we will not let Manchester City take even a single point from here."

"Shan Yongzhuo is an excellent player, but his abilities have clearly not been fully displayed, which is a tactical problem for Manchester City."

"We have found a way to limit Shan Yongzhuo, and he will face a lot of trouble in the game!"

"..."

Since Mourinho left, no one in England's verbal sparring world has been able to rival Ferguson. Facing Mancini, who prides himself on his elegance, Ferguson has shown absolutely no mercy in his words.

Mancini was furious when he heard Ferguson's words. Clearly, the subtext was that Mancini was incompetent and couldn't make good use of Shan Yongzhuo.

Unfortunately, when it comes to verbal sparring, Mancini is no match for Ferguson and can only fume in silence.

However, Shan Yongzhuo gave him a lot of confidence.

"Don't worry, boss, Manchester United will suffer a crushing defeat tomorrow. I'm absolutely confident!"

Seeing Shan Yongzhuo's confident demeanor, Mancini breathed a sigh of relief.

Why do you say that?

Faced with Mancini's question, Shan Yongzhuo smiled but did not speak, while answering the question in his mind.

"Because my shooting points have reached 100 again!"

(End of this chapter)