Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 433: With Dan here, we're sure to advance!
0 is better than 3!

This score remained until the very end.

Ultimately, Manchester City conquered Stamford Bridge in London once again.

After the match, the entire Manchester City team seemed relaxed. Shan Yongzhuo, however, was quite surprised to exchange jerseys with Ivanovic and even signed an autograph for him.

This gave Shan Yongzhuo a sense of satisfaction.

After the match, the team went straight back to Manchester City. The media coverage of the game wasn't particularly enthusiastic because something else was attracting more attention.

France Football announced the progress of the Ballon d'Or selection, revealing the five players with the most votes: Shan Yongzhuo, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Iniesta, and David Silva.

The news caused a sensation as soon as it was released.

Shan Yongzhuo's selection is reasonable, and many people believe he will win the Ballon d'Or for the second consecutive year.

David Silva's inclusion in the top five was quite surprising.

Compared to the previous four, David Silva may be technically on par, but his popularity and influence are far inferior.

However, The Guardian gave its reasons for David Silva's inclusion: "David Silva performed exceptionally well last season and is Manchester City's most important core player besides Shan Yongzhuo."

"He is the Premier League and Champions League double assist leader, and one of the best midfielders selected by the Champions League. It is only natural that he is in the top five candidates. The competition is an important indicator. Like Messi and Ronaldo, they also receive attention because of their many goals and assists. Silva's selection is well deserved."

The Guardian's statement is actually quite reasonable. If Shan Yongzhuo is the core of Manchester City's goals, then Silva is undoubtedly the midfield core of this Manchester City team. He is the initiator and organizer of the team's attack. Silva's contribution to Manchester City's huge success last season is indispensable.

However, many fans prefer to interpret it as: "Silva has so many assists because he's given them all to Shan Yongzhuo!"

"More than 80% of Silva's assists were for Shan Yongzhuo. Any midfielder with the ability could do that!"

However, if Silva's selection is controversial, then this year's Ballon d'Or selection was already full of controversy.

Originally, teams that would participate in the Champions League final would make up a significant proportion of the shortlist.

However, in this 23-man squad, Bayern Munich had fewer players selected than Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​with only Ribery, Neuer, and Robben making the 23-man list.

As the Champions League and Premier League double champions, Manchester City only had Shan Yongzhuo, Silva and Aguero selected for the 23-man squad, which is hard to believe.

But regardless, Silva made it into the top five.

This was enough to excite Silva greatly.

Five days later, Manchester City will face Wigan Athletic away from home in another league match.

This is the last match of November.

Wigan Athletic's strength is still quite limited. Since the start of the season, they have been mired in the relegation battle and have struggled to pose any threat to Manchester City, even at home.

Many Manchester City fans traveled with the team, but to their disappointment, Shan Yongzhuo did not start.

Manchester City played very well in the first half, with Dzeko scoring a goal and the team dominating Wigan Athletic.

After more than ten minutes into the second half, the stands were filled with cheers from the fans, and Shan Yongzhuo replaced Aguero, who had started the game.

This is a normal adjustment. Shan Yongzhuo has been traveling frequently recently, and his substitute appearance in this match was also part of Guardiola's plan.

After coming on, Shan Yongzhuo continued his high efficiency, scoring two goals in 30 minutes, demonstrating both consistency and effectiveness.

When Shan Yongzhuo scored, the Manchester City fans in the surrounding stands gave him the loudest cheers, and many fans stood up to applaud and shout their encouragement.

This left Dzeko, who scored in the first half, quite frustrated, because when he scored, the Manchester City fans only gave him a normal, polite lap of applause. This hurt Dzeko deeply.

As a striker, he has performed quite well this season, scoring 5 goals so far.

But the fans clearly weren't very fond of him.

Shan Yongzhuo scores frequently, yet each of his goals still garners the strongest support from fans.

"That's not fair!" Zheko could only sigh in disbelief.

The match is now over.

0:3.

Manchester City secured another easy victory away from home, with Wigan Athletic ultimately failing to break through their defense.

It was a rather uneventful match, with an away win against Wigan Athletic, who are at the bottom of the league. Shan Yongzhuo came off the bench and scored two goals, and there seems to be nothing particularly noteworthy about it.

It's December now.

For other leagues, the schedule slows down in December, but for the Premier League, there is no winter break, so December is not an easy time.

On the first day of December, Manchester City will face Everton away in the 15th round of the Premier League.

Before the match started, Shan Yongzhuo received a call from Gao Hongbo, who had also learned about the news from the media.

In their final match of the World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese national football team suffered a narrow 1-2 defeat to Jordan, but this did not have a significant impact, as they still advanced to the final round of 20 as the top team in their group.

The draw results for the final round of 10 have been released.

The Chinese team was placed in Group B, along with Japan, Australia, Jordan, and Oman.

"This group is going to be tough to deal with."

Gao Hongbo felt deeply worried about this. He wasn't too concerned about Jordan and Oman, but Japan and Australia were top-tier teams in Asia.

Although Shan Yongzhuo's performance led to a resounding victory over both teams in the Asian Cup.

However, since it concerns qualifying for the World Cup, only the top two teams in the group can directly qualify for the Brazil World Cup, which still makes Gao Hongbo very uneasy.

However, even Group A is not an easy place to play. Group A includes South Korea, Iran, Uzbekistan, and Qatar, with Lebanon being the only relatively easy team.

Shan Yongzhuo didn't care at all. He saw things very clearly: "At this stage, there are no easy opponents. Don't worry, with me here, we will definitely advance."

"Haha, that makes sense." Gao Hongbo was relieved to hear this.

The previous consecutive slumps of the national football team caused a loss of confidence throughout the country. At such times, the first thing that comes to mind is how difficult the opponents are to deal with.

Actually, now that Shan Yongzhuo is here, the one who should be troubled is the opponent, not themselves.

Having figured this out, Gao Hongbo became much more relaxed and marveled at his good luck.

"That's right, with a single player on our roster, we're definitely going to advance!"

"I'm so lucky to have met someone..."

(End of this chapter)