[Football] Bad Boy Batty

北京时间5月9日凌晨3点, 18-19赛季欧冠半决赛次回合阿贾克斯同曼城的比赛在克鲁伊夫球场举行。

Li Qiaolin tried hard to open her sleepy eyes, dimmed the screen that was bright enough to blind her eyes, yawned, and climbed out of the quilt. She promised Batty that she would watch his game.

About 2 minutes later, when her eyes gradually adapted to the surrounding brightness, she suddenly realized that the minute hand of the wall clock was pointing to 9.

Wtf! ?
"I'm already over 40? What the hell is this alarm clock!"

Qiao Lin crawled to the living room and turned on the TV without wasting even a second. When she tuned to CCTV-1, she just heard the referee's whistle for the end of the first half, and the next shot was directly cut to Batistuta.

Batistuta walked towards the locker room with a gloomy face, cursing a few words in Portuguese.

Qiao Lin's heartbeat gradually quickened. She looked at the scoreboard intently. Her eyes went dark and she immediately understood why her friend was cursing without any concealment.

Ajax leads Manchester City 2-0 at halftime.

Leading the total score 3-1.

【Today, Manchester City didn't look very good. Whether it was Batistuta, Aguero, or Neymar, they all had chances to kill the game, but they didn't take them. Maybe it was related to their league match with Brighton the day before yesterday. If it wasn't for the Brighton defender's mistake and an own goal at the last moment, Manchester City's lead over Liverpool in the standings would have been gone.】

【Two goals behind, 2-1 in total, does Manchester City still have a chance in the second half? 】

Qiao Lin stopped listening to the commentator. She threw herself onto the sofa and opened a domestic forum. Almost immediately, the half-time report popped up.

It turned out that Ajax took the lead just 5 minutes into the game.

Ziyech made a corner kick, Schone took the ball from the right, and it was De Ligt who headed the ball again. Manchester City's defensive players Stones and Kompany thought of the same thing in front of the goal, and interfered with each other, giving the opponent a chance to jump. The Dutch defender jumped high in front of the goal and headed the ball into the far corner.

这粒头球也让德里赫特成为了既16-17赛季的巴蒂之后，第2位单赛季欧冠淘汰赛连续2场破门的U20球员。

Barty must have been furious.

Qiao Lin smacked her lips and continued to scroll down.

Ajax extended the lead in the 41st minute, probably when she just woke up, Van de Beek got the ball and broke through, then made a cross pass, Tadic cut into the penalty area from the left, dribbled past Walker and passed the ball straight in front of the goal, Ziyech followed up and scored in front of the goal, the ball went straight to the far corner.

So Ziyech also broke the record. He became the second Moroccan player to score in the Champions League semi-final after Bayern player Benatia.

Looking down at the comment section, there are a lot of fans who are upset.

[No more, I’m asleep.]
[You woke me up in the middle of the night to show me this?]
[What the hell was that in the first half? I would believe you if you said it was Manchester United. Oh, no, it was Manchester United who was suppressing Liverpool.]
[BBB's high shot made my blood pressure rise, and I thought Sterling was on the court]
[I feel like there are no tactical changes. Why do they seem to be unable to adapt? Is it because of the stadium or the weather? How is the Netherlands now?]
[It’s definitely not the weather. It’s night time there, 17 or 18 degrees, the perfect temperature for playing football]
[I saw it was raining in Amsterdam. Was it because of this that Mr. Ding slipped in the first half?]
[It’s so funny, a bad player is a bad player, and now you start looking for other factors? Although Nicheng is strong, it is not a wealthy club after all. He doesn’t have the spirit. Can he play against the wind? He can’t play, he doesn’t have the ability, you know.]
[It’s over, let’s all go, I wish Liverpool a happy championship in advance]
Qiao Lin felt uncomfortable watching the game and couldn't help but type a comment: It's not over yet, there's still the second half, can you wait until you finish watching the game before talking?

Soon, she was inundated with mocking replies.

Not wanting to argue with those people anymore, Qiao Lin closed the forum and started watching TV again. There were commercials on the screen, so she switched to the movie channel, and it happened that an old Hong Kong movie was playing.

Watching the movie, Qiaolin’s heart flew to faraway Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Come on, Batti, she thought, show your strength and slap those people in the face!
……

However, what made all Manchester City fans feel like they were falling into an ice cave was that Ajax scored again just after the start of the second half.

Van de Beek's long shot was blocked and the ball bounced back into the field. Ziyech made a follow-up shot from the edge of the penalty area. Ederson flew to save the ball, but the ball hit his gloves and flew into the net.

3-0, the total score is 4-1.

【Ah, the ball went in! Manchester City was pushed to the edge of the cliff. They were 3 goals behind and there were more than 30 minutes left. They had to score a goal every 10 minutes or more. In the case of a 1-4 tie, they could win by relying on the away goal advantage.】

[Ajax is really strong this season, and it deserves to be called the world's star-making factory. Frenkie de Jong has confirmed that he will transfer to Barcelona. The winter transfer window has saved them a lot of money. I wonder how many people will stay in Ajax next season. 】

The camera was focused on every Manchester City player and finally on Batistuta's face.

The former Brazilian Rose and now the King of Manchester City was lowering his head to adjust his socks. When he looked up, he wiped the sweat mixed with rain from his face, breathing slightly, with a stern look in his eyes.

All the fans who saw this scene were moved.

Do they still have a chance?

Of course there are.

In the 59th minute, Guardiola replaced Gundogan with B Silva to increase the impact in the frontcourt.

"Come on! Try harder! This is not us!"

The camera on the field suddenly turned to the stands, and a light-colored figure wearing sunglasses appeared in the stands.

[It seems that Edmundo also came to watch the game today. Some viewers may not know that he is the godfather of Manchester City player Batistuta. ]

Batty looked up at the screen, but the camera had already moved away and he only briefly saw an afterimage.

But enough is enough.

He suddenly curled the corners of his mouth and chuckled.

behind?

30 minutes? 10 goal in 1 minutes?
The problem is not big.

……

In the 65th minute, Batistuta received a pass from B Silva and made a violent breakthrough on the right side. After passing Ajax players in succession, he broke into the penalty area and fell to the ground. The referee decisively pointed to the penalty spot.

【Penalty! This is Manchester City's chance! 】

Batistuta took the penalty himself. He wiped the ball with the hem of his jersey, put it away, and then stepped back.

Run-up, shoot!
with no doubt.

The goalkeeper misjudged the direction and the ball flew into the goal from the upper right corner.

【3-1！现在总比分4-2了！再打进2球，决赛的门票就会归曼城所有！】

In the 70th minute, Manchester City's second goal came.

Neymar's cross from the left was headed out by De Ligt, Aguero retreated, stole the ball in front of the penalty area, and immediately passed it to Walker. Walker passed it again, Batistuta's diving header was blocked by the goalkeeper, but then he slipped out of his hands due to interference in front of the goal. B Silva was quick-eyed and quick-footed, and immediately stopped the ball and shot.

3-2!

【真精彩！曼城5分钟内连扳2球！瓜迪奥拉的换人有奇效，现在总比分来到4-3！还差1球！曼城就能反败为胜！】

Qiao Lin was so nervous that she couldn't speak in front of the TV. She grabbed the pillow and squeezed it, her eyes fixed on the screen.

Come on, Barty!
……

Manchester City players did not have much time to celebrate as they attacked again, but they got two chances in a row from the right flank. Ten Hag quickly saw the problem and immediately sent someone to the left.

Time passed minute by minute, and soon it came to the final stage.

The fourth official raised the card and 4 minutes of extra time were added.

Ten Hag made full use of the rules and replaced Van de Beek with Magalian to delay time.

[The game is about to end, Manchester City's life is hanging by a thread, they can still--Ohhhhh!!! Oh my god!!!]

At the last moment, all Manchester City players came to the front of Ajax's goal. Lucas passed the ball to Batistuta. Batistuta saw the defensive player next to him out of the corner of his eye, jumped up and headed the ball to Neymar on the other side.

He knew very well that he could not lose the ball, this was their last chance.

Neymar protected the ball on the left side. The Ajax players were also highly nervous. In order to prevent Neymar from having space and opportunities to shoot, they stood like a wall in front of the goal.

No, that's not right!

Ten Hag noticed the problem, and the defensive focus moved to the left. What about the right side? Did Batistuta no longer need to be marked after sending the cross? ?

But it was too late, he was on the sidelines and could do nothing.

All they could do was watch Neymar, who was rumored not to pass the ball, pass the ball back to the middle, B Silva turned lightly again, and Batistuta shot directly without stopping the ball.

The Manchester City king scored a buzzer-beating goal with a low shot, declaring Manchester City's comeback and entry into the final!
93 minutes 33 seconds.

3-3, total score 4-4.

Manchester City had three away goals and Ajax was powerless to turn the tide.

[A miracle really happened! I believe that many fans, like me, could not believe their eyes. From the doubts about Manchester City's poor form at the beginning of the game to the anger of falling behind by 2 goals at halftime, to the thrilling buzzer-beating goal at the last moment, this is destined to be an unforgettable night! ]

"Ah ...
"We played like shit in the first half! But we won!!"
"Fuck it! Finals!! Defending the title!"

Batistuta shook off the passionate embrace of his teammates, rushed to the sidelines, slid on his knees in front of the broadcast camera, put his index and middle fingers together, and made an awkward salute. After doing this, he happened to stop in front of the camera lens!
"Not in good form, so what!" Batty kissed the camera with his signature arrogant and ostentatious smile, "Just to let you know! We lost the ball ourselves, and we got it back with our strength! What about 3-0? It's still a comeback for us!"

In front of the TV, Qiaolin's jaw dropped to the ground.

93 minutes and 33 seconds!
Damn it!

This is absolutely amazing! This is absolutely fucking amazing!

"Wooohoo! I knew you could do it. I knew you were a tough guy since you were 5 years old!" Qiao Lin was happily throwing pillows around in the living room. A few minutes later, she fell on the sofa in a good mood.

What about fake fans?

How about the face?

Nothing can stop her from getting excited about the goals and the comeback wins!

She reopened the forum and saw that all the comments below her were about kneeling down to apologize to her. At the same time, under the new full-game report, there was a highly praised comment that made people laugh and cry.

This nickname is already taken by me:
Brothers! I finally understand! Manchester City did it on purpose! They deliberately fell behind 0-3 so that they could make a comeback. Think about Milan back then! Think about Barcelona this season! Guardiola is really smart. This wave of Manchester City is amazing!
(End of this chapter)