[Football] Bad Boy Batty

The weekend is coming soon, and Manchester City, with 2 goals and 3 away goals, will start the second round of the match with Bayern at the Etihad Stadium.

Batistuta was still very relaxed before the game. He walked into the player tunnel chewing gum, but after looking around, the person he most expected did not show up.

As Lewandowski returned from injury, Ancelotti put Muller back on the bench.

Humph, this makes their chances of winning even smaller. The number was never greater than 10 in the first place. Now, without Muller, Bayern's winning rate is infinitely close to 0.

Batistuta was thinking about spitting the gum into the trash can, but when he turned around, he saw Bayern goalkeeper Neuer standing behind him like a wall.

"What do you want?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

Considering that the opponent helped him get him out of the net last time, he was willing to give the other party a few minutes of good face.

"Were you looking for Thomas just now?" Neuer said in a positive tone, "He didn't start today."

"I see, but it has nothing to do with me," Batty said, turning to leave.

"You know, Joshua has your jersey hanging in his house, the one he exchanged with you at the Olympics," Neuer said.

This sentence successfully stopped Batty.

"So?" He turned and asked, "What do you want to say?"

"I don't want to say anything, just to let you know." Neuer said expressionlessly, "If I were you, I would choose someone else. Thomas Muller is not a suitable candidate."

Batty gave the other party a fake smile. These few sentences, which seemed meaningless to him, had exhausted all his patience.

"I don't like anyone. Even if I do, it has nothing to do with you." He pushed Neuer away and said, "Don't try to disturb me with trash talk. You can't win this game today. I will step on you and your semi-final opponent to win the Champions League."

Looking at Batistuta's irritable back, De Bruyne's double goalkeeper had a far-reaching look in his eyes.

Kimmich must be made to give up this idea as soon as possible, this kid is not someone he can handle.

……

There were no major changes in the lineups of both teams in this game. In addition to Lewandowski returning to play as a center forward and Hummels replacing Boateng at left center back, Manchester City captain Kompany re-entered the list, while Aguero, who had just returned and performed very well in the league, was still placed on the bench by Guardiola for safety reasons.

At the beginning of the first half, Bayern had to score 3 goals (goal difference) to reverse Manchester City and enter the Champions League semi-finals. Manchester City had not entered the semi-finals for many years. This is their home court and they are determined to win.

Both teams attacked fiercely, but they also made special arrangements on the defensive end, so neither team was able to score a goal.

It was not until the 40th minute that Manchester City had its first real good opportunity.

Gundogan organized an attack from the backcourt, Jesus received the ball, and then made a short pass to the retreating De Bruyne. De Bruyne turned around and got rid of Bayern midfielder Martinez and sent a straight pass.

Just like in the last game, Batistuta went deep into the ribs to receive the ball in the gap in front of the central defender. Hummels pressed too far forward and had no time to come back. The other defender had to look after Sterling on the other side, so there was an open space in front of Bayern's goal.

【Great opportunity for Manchester City! Batistuta! It’s time to play! 】

Just when everyone thought that Batistuta was going to score, he made a very poor shot. He wanted to use the inside of his foot to hit the near corner of the goal, but somehow the ball landed on the outside of his foot, and he didn't have enough force, so the shot flew directly into the stands.

[Ah, he is still young. Batistuta was also happy. He made a mistake in his shot. It was originally an empty goal. Manchester City missed the chance to kill the game. ]

"What the hell!"

Batty punched the air in anger.

De Bruyne, who provided the assist, didn't say anything, but Sterling at the back post was not happy.

"Bati! That's an empty goal, an empty goal!" The England striker spread his hands and complained to Batistuta, "If you don't feel it is right, you can give it to me, I'm right there, if you missed it to me, we'll be 1-0 now!" The light-haired boy narrowed his eyes dangerously.

If it was Batistuta in the last match against Bayern, he might not have any reaction to Sterling's complaint, but -

Batistuta has now returned to his normal state, and was unhappy that Thomas Muller did not start this game, which really caught Sterling in the crossfire.

"Give it to you? You can score if I give it to you?" Batistuta rolled his eyes and said, "From that position just now, it would have been the best option for me to shoot directly. What were those two big eyes of yours blinking for? Didn't you see that Lahm was returning to defense? If I had given it to you, he would have directly stolen the ball and launched a counterattack."

Sterling was a little confused, but then he showed a satisfied expression of "that's it". The other teammates looked at each other and showed the same expression.

Everyone: This is the sweet-talking Batty we know.

Batty: ...

Are you used to being scolded?

……

The pace of both sides slowed down in the second half, but neither side gave up scoring. Lewandowski's header helped Bayern take the lead, but soon Jesus' goal brought the two teams back to the same starting line.

Oh no, Manchester City is still leading.

If the score of 1-1 remains until the end, then the total score of the two rounds will be 4-2, and Manchester City will still get a ticket to the semi-finals.

Obviously Bayern wanted to try harder. When the game entered the injury time, Manchester City fans were ready to celebrate. Bayern launched the final attack. Stones, who was teased by Batistuta in training, performed bravely and cleared the ball out of the baseline.

Bayern gets a corner kick.

Even if they are eliminated, they must die standing, and they must beat Manchester City in the away game. With this mentality, even the goalkeeper rushed to the front court.

[Oh my god! Neuer is preparing for his last desperate move, giving up goalkeeping to prepare for a corner kick. ]

However, such reckless behavior did not bring Bayern a goal, but instead created opportunities for Manchester City. Kompany grabbed the first point, then quickly headed the ball to Silva, who made a long pass to Batistuta who was resting in the center circle waiting for the end.

Batty, who was about to sit down and rest, said: Oh!
He had already started, but I didn’t expect there would be an unexpected surprise!

Batistuta immediately took the ball and ran towards Bayern's empty goal. It was a real empty goal because the goalkeeper covered in green was in front of Manchester City's goal at that time.

This ball was not very aggressive and was very slow, but its lethality was too strong.

The ball landed near the penalty spot, and then slowly, slowly, slowly rolled into Bayern's goal...

[Oh my god! Neuer's mistake gave Manchester City a chance in the injury time, 2-1! Manchester City overtook the score! ]

Even though Vidal chased in stages, he couldn't catch up at the last moment.

At this moment, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Batty faced the fan section and opened his arms to accept the cheers.

With a 5-2 victory in two rounds, Manchester City advanced to the semi-finals.

(End of this chapter)