Due to the intensive schedule, the initial Premier League schedule consisted of two matches a week.
Three days later, Manchester City came to St James' Park to challenge the "magpie" of Premier League.
Newcastle United, in the 1990s, became a team that cannot be ignored in the Premier League League and won the runner-up in the Premier League League for two consecutive years.
However, after entering 2000, this team began to decline.
Especially after the retirement of captain Alan Shearer, this team has completely declined.
Although they have been in the Premier League league these years, their best result was only third place in the league.
In the first two seasons, Newcastle United was always on the verge of relegation, but in the end they narrowly escaped relegation.
The strength of the team can be said to be the level downstream of Premier League.
In this game, the high-spirited Manchester City did not encounter any resistance.
Not only did they win the game 3:0, but Li Mingyu once again completed one pass and two shots in the game.
Although he did not complete his first hat trick in the Premier League league, Li Mingyu has firmly topped the scorer and assist charts with 4 goals and 2 assists.
Europe's Top Five Leagues is in full swing. Due to the first rescheduling of World Cup, the Europe Top Five Leagues teams are miserable.
The intensive schedule forces many teams to make a large number of rotations to ensure the condition of their players.
Because in the summer, the World Cup qualifiers ended with the final competition, and all 32 teams finally settled.
Europe Division: Belgium, France, England, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Netherlands, Russia, Germany, Poland, Croatia, Switzerland.
African Division: Egypt, Senegal, Nigeria, Morocco, South Africa.
Asia Division: Qatar (host), South Korea, Japan, Australia, Iran, Syria (the fifth place in Asia district, and the winner in the playoffs with Oceania district New Zealand).
South America Division: Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay (South America, fifth place in the region, won the playoffs with Trinidad and Tobago, fourth place in the Central and North American region.)
CONCACAF: Colombia, Mexico, Chile.
All 32 teams were born. With the addition of the host Qatar team and the Syria team that appeared in the play-offs, Asia had six teams for the first time and entered the Qatar World Cup main competition.
In this summer, FIFA has announced the grouping situation of World Cup.
The grouping of World Cup is entirely based on the world ranking.
Group A, Qatar(58), Uruguay(9), Mexico(11), Egypt(50)
Group B, Belgium(1), Chile(17), Japan(28), Morocco(43)
Group C, Argentina(5), Spain(8), Netherlands(14), Syria(79)
Group D, France(2), Poland(19), South Korea(40), South Africa(71)
Group E, Brazil(3), Colombia(10), Russia(38), Iran(33)
Group F, England(4), Switzerland(12), Germany(15), Australia(42)
Group G, Croatia(6), Italy(13), Nigeria(31), Paraguay(41)
Group H, Portugal(7), Denmark(16), Senegal(20), Ecuador(63)
This time the World Cup grouping directly gave birth to two groups of death.
One is Group C, where Argentina, Spain, and Netherlands belong. Three of the top fifteen teams in the world are fighting against each other. It must be a thrilling showdown.
Especially Messi of Argentina and Li Mingyu of Spain, the showdown between this pair of good brothers is even more interesting.
Moreover, Spain was once again assigned to a group with Netherlands. This time, Spain, who owns Li Mingyu, can avenge his 1:5 defeat to Netherlands.
Another group of death is Group F. Similarly, three of the top fifteen teams in the world are assigned to this group, and there is also a very powerful Australia to disrupt the situation, making this group even more exciting.
The strengths and weaknesses of other groups are relatively clear, but on the stage of World Cup, one thing that will never be lacking is upsets.
Underestimating any opponent will make you return with hatred.
How many teams were the favorites to win the championship before the game, but were kicked out in the group stage.
This time World Cup, everyone gave their own opinions.
The odds of Spain have now risen to the first place.
What kind of vitality will having a healthy Li Mingyu bring to this Spain National Team? Through the two games of England, Li Mingyu has told everyone with his own actions.
This World Cup is also the last World Cup for Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The previous Russia, World Cup, Spain, Portugal, and Argentina all failed in the quarterfinals.
This World Cup should be the most beautiful World Cup.
Qatar World Cup will officially start on November 21, 2022.
However, from November 10, all national leagues will be suspended, and the national team will have 10 days for joint training and training.
The rush of time, I wonder if it will bring some uneasy factors to this World Cup.
Unknowingly, the time has come to the middle of October.
Premier League League has also played 10 games.
Manchester City has made great progress all the way, winning 10 consecutive games and firmly securing the top spot in the league.
However, apart from playing Tottenham Hotspur in the first game, Manchester City has not encountered any other big6 challenges.
On October 13th, the Champions League group stage kicked off.
Last season, although Li Mingyu did not participate in the semi-finals due to injury, he was still elected as the top scorer of Champions League with 19 goals.
If Li Mingyu can score a goal in the first Champions League group match of the season, then he will break the record of the fastest to score Champions League 20 goals (14 games) and the youngest record of scoring Champions League 20 goals (20 years and 231 days) held by Haaland.
Li Mingyu completed the first 19 games in 10 games, and now Li Mingyu is 20 years and 201 days old.
Europe Everyone in the football world is focusing on the Champions League group match of Manchester City VS Bayer Leverkusen.
As a veteran team of Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen's strength is still very good.
In the first game, Manchester City came to BayArena, the home court of Bayer Leverkusen.
Bayer Leverkusen was founded by the world-renowned pharmaceutical giant Bayer, so it is also called a "pharmaceutical factory" by fans.
Bayer Leverkusen is the old and powerful team of Bundesliga. The most regrettable thing is that they have not won the championship of Bundesliga.
In the 1999-2000 season, at the turn of the century, Bayer Leverkusen became one of the most tragic teams in football history.
Bayer Leverkusen rose strongly that year. With their undefeated record of 14 consecutive rounds, before the last round of competition, they could win their first Bundesliga championship with a tie.
However, reality just likes to play tricks on people.
Facing Unterhaching, who had no desires and desires, the pharmaceutical company unexpectedly lost inexplicably to its opponent. As a result, it had the same points as Bayern Munich. In the end, it won the runner-up due to a lower goal difference than its opponent.
Two years later, Bayer Leverkusen made a comeback, relying on its strong momentum to maintain the lead in the league. DFB-Pokal also entered the finals. Even UEFA Champions League, they also entered the finals with Real Madrid.
The slogan of the Triple Crown made Bayer Leverkusen fans excited.
Even G14, the club organization representing Europe's top wealthy clubs, passed a resolution to accept Bayer Leverkusen as an official member of G14.
Everything shows that this new force of Bundesliga is unstoppable in its rise.
However, as one of the most tragic teams in football history, Bayer Leverkusen has proved to the world the best portrayal of how extreme joy can lead to tragedy.
On April 27, 2002, Bundesliga played in the 33rd round. Despite losing to Werder Bremen, Bayer Leverkusen still maintained the lead in the standings. As a result, facing the relegation team, the leader inexplicably lost 0-1. Borussia Dortmund behind them took the opportunity to overtake and eventually won the league championship.
On May 11, 2002, DFB-Pokal reached the final. The powerful Bayer Leverkusen scored the first goal, but Schalke 04 on the opposite side showed strong fighting spirit and won the championship with a 4-2 comeback.
May 15, 2002, Champions League final. For Bayer Leverkusen, this was the most important game of their entire season. However, people's deepest memory about that game is Zidane's Volley from Heaven and Galacticos's five-year triple crown, as well as the figures of Ballack and Big Ears Cup passing by each other.
In 18 days, from the Triple Crown to the Sanya Champions, Bayer Leverkusen, who is quite passionate about German football, failed in a regrettable way.
Bayer Leverkusen at the turn of the century was undoubtedly a phenomenal team.
Before the rise of Jinyuan Football, they were still able to build a powerful military with limited funds.
Until now, among the club honors of Bayer Leverkusen, there is only one championship for UEFA Cup and one for DFB-Pokal.
Although today's Bayer Leverkusen is still very competitive compared to Bundesliga, when it comes to Champions League's competition, its results in recent years are not very satisfactory.
"Good morning to Tencent Sports viewers. Welcome to today's program. Today we bring you a Champions League group stage match. The two teams are Bundesliga's powerful team Bayer Leverkusen VS Premier League's champion Manchester City."
"This is also the first time these two teams have met in the Champions League arena."
"Bayer Leverkusen is now in Bundesliga. After ten rounds, it ranks sixth in the league with 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. The performance can be said to be unsatisfactory."
"But his opponent Manchester City is different. He has won ten consecutive victories in the league and is currently ranked first in the league. He is proud of the entire Premier League. He is also the only team in Top Five Leagues that has a complete victory."
"It can be seen from the performance of the two teams in the league that Manchester City is currently unstoppable. I wonder if Bayer Leverkusen can break Manchester City's victory in today's game?"
"Let's take a look at the lineups of both sides first."
"Bayer Leverkusen, who is playing at home, has a 3-6-1 lineup today. This is to emphasize the fight in the midfield!"
"The goalkeeper is No. 1 Hradecky, and the three defenders are Tah, Dragovic and Tapsoba."
"The situation in the midfield, based on the positions I see now, should be two defensive midfielders, two full-backs and two attacking midfielders. The two defensive midfielders are Demirbay and Aranguiz. The two full-backs are played by Diaby and Wendell. The two attacking midfielders are Amiri and Wirtz."
"The center forward is Alario."
"The lineup of Bayer Leverkusen places great emphasis on midfield control and interception. It seems that they want to use their numerical advantage to compete with Manchester City's midfielder!"
"Manchester City's lineup has not changed much from before. It is a 4-3-3 offensive lineup. This is also the lineup that Manchester City used to perform triumphantly in the league."
"The goalkeeper is still Ederson, and the four defenders are Ukraine defender Olek Sanders-Zinchenko, John-Stones, Aimee Rick-Laporte and Kyle-Walker, the defensive midfielder Rodri·Hernandez, the two attacking midfielders are Li Mingyu and Gundogan, and the front trident is still Sterling, Gabriel Jesus and Mahrez."
"It seems that the main focus today is whether Manchester City can find a breakthrough in a midfield battle with a large number of people like Bayer Leverkusen."
"The game is about to start, let's come to BayArena to watch this Champions League group stage showdown."
Bayer Leverkusen, who plays at home, wears a pure black jersey, with only the two short-sleeved cuffs and collar being red.
This is the new jersey of Bayer Leverkusen this season. It looks very beautiful. The dark patterns on the jersey make the whole jersey look very meaningful.
Manchester City Since the away jersey is also pure black, they wore a sky blue home jersey for this game.
On this court, it looks like Manchester City is playing at home.
There were more than 30,000 people. BayArena was also packed today. Bayer Leverkusen fans cheered passionately for their team.
With the referee's whistle, this focus battle of Group E officially kicked off.
[Congratulations to the host for signing in BayArena and obtaining the active skill of Bayer Leverkusen celebrity Ballack: Ballack's Roar.]
Ballack's Roar: When the host activates this skill, the host can roar to increase the status and morale of its own players, which may demoralize the opponent's players or even lose their fighting spirit. (It can only be used once per game)
As a representative of Germany football, Ballack can be regarded as one of Germany's strongest midfielders and one of the most versatile players in the midfield.
He can play any position in the midfield, has outstanding physical fitness, diverse offensive methods, a very high success rate of forward long shots, and is good at long shots with both left and right feet, and his headers are also impressive.
As the captain of Germany National Team, when the game is tense, Ballack can always stand up and use his offense to help the team open up the situation.
And Ballack's Roar also shows another side of him.
Nicknamed Little Kaiser, he often uses his roar to boost everyone's morale during games.