I Want to Be the King of Football

In the fourth round of the FA Cup, Manchester City challenged Notts County away.

This is a duel between the two teams that are not at the same level, but as the oldest football club in the world, Notts County has shown a very tenacious side in its home court.

Although Manchester City controlled the ball and the pace of the game, they never managed to break Notts County's goal. Instead, Notts County scored with a corner kick in the 59th minute.

But this goal also completely awakened Manchester City.

Afterwards, Dzeko scored with a header, then Adam Johnson seized the opportunity to score a goal to reverse the score for Manchester City.

In the end, Manchester City reversed Notts County 2-1 and advanced to the fifth round.

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Back in Manchester, Manchester City went to Birmingham non-stop.

In the twenty-fifth round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged Birmingham away.

In just four minutes of the opening, David Silva sent a through ball at the front of the penalty area, and Su Dong formed a single-handed anti-offside position and opened the record for Manchester City.

But in the 23rd minute, Birmingham took advantage of a free kick from the front court. Former Arsenal player Bentley sent a cross. High center Zikic scored a header to tie the score for Birmingham.

Joe Hart once again exposed his mistakes during the goal-keeping process.

But in the 39th minute, Su Dong received the pass from his teammate and drove the ball straight in. After passing the opponent's three players, he was fouled by the opponent and won a free kick. opportunity.

This time Su Dong personally took the penalty, the precise deciduous ball, after bypassing the wall, hung the goal dead corner, two to one!

This score was also maintained until the end of the game.

Manchester City beat Birmingham 2-1 away.

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After playing in Birmingham, the Manchester City team returned to Manchester Carrington. It was already more than ten o'clock in the evening.

Surprisingly, Soriano and Begiristan are both at the training base to welcome the team.

To say that the match against Birmingham is not an important match. It shouldn't be such a big battle, right?

Soriano and Begiristan first said a few words to the players, nothing more than affirming their performance in the away game, and at the same time encouraging them to continue to grit their teeth in the next league, to survive the winter break and multi-line combat. Difficult times.

After the lessons of last season, Manchester City’s management is also basically aware that after Christmas and the winter break, multi-line combat in February, March and April is also the most difficult period in the Premier League.

After speaking with the players, Soriano and Begiristan gave Guardiola, Estiate, Torrent and other coaching staff, Sudong, Kompany and Sabaletta three players Please come to the meeting room.

Watching Su Dong and others leave, Pepe and other players all looked at each other suddenly.

Something big!

Everyone checked, and sure enough!

When they fought in Birmingham, Chelsea successfully introduced Torres from Liverpool in the final stage of the transfer market.

The transfer fee is as high as 50 million pounds.

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"No one thought that in the final stage of the transfer market, such a big news suddenly broke out."

"After Chelsea bought Torres for 50 million pounds, Liverpool turned around and brought in Andy Carroll from Newcastle for 35 million pounds and Suarez from Ajax for two. 6.5 million pounds."

"What do you think?"

In the conference room, Begiristan introduced the latest information that the team had just obtained to everyone. A lot of the content will not be published in the media until the morning of tomorrow, and may not even be reported until the day after tomorrow, but the Manchester City management is still about this. Quite nervous.

The league leader is not so good.

Manchester United are chasing after, and they may come back at any time. Arsenal are tepid, but Chelsea, who fell out of the top four in the league, have begun to recruit. Torres’s joining will undoubtedly greatly enhance Chelsea’s competitiveness, especially attack. Firepower.

"What's the evaluation of the technical team?" Guardiola asked with concern.

Bergeristan shook his head. "We don't have the specific situation of Torres so far, so we can't make a judgment. If he can get back to the peak state of Liverpool in the early period, it will undoubtedly be quite amazing. Chelsea's deal will be very cost-effective. , But if we can’t do it, we will be less optimistic.”

"This is a big gamble!" Assistant coach Manel Estiyat analyzed, "Chelsea must defend the top four, and they must also sign. In the central defender, David Luiz was defeated by us. After the quick start, the introduction of a strong scorer is very much in line with Chelsea's requirements."

Everyone nodded one after another, this analysis made sense.

Many people know that the huge share of broadcast fees in the Premier League has caused many teams to pay attention to domestic leagues and ignore European war games. Even such thankless games as the Europa League, basically few teams are willing to play.

The reason is very simple, it is really very strenuous, and it may even be a loss-making business.

But there is one thing that any Premier League team will not ignore, and that is the qualification for the Champions League.

Participating in the Champions League is not just a league ranking, nor is it just a prize for the Champions League, but the right to distribute the huge sum of money in the Champions League’s England prize pool.

In other words, only teams participating in the Champions League are eligible to receive this part of the prize pool in the Champions League.

This is also quite tempting.

The budget-conscious Wenger and his Arsenal have set the best example, that is, the way to maximize the interests of the Premier League team is to reach the top four in the league and the Champions League to reach the top 16 knockouts.

In other words, the top four of the Premier League and the top sixteen of the Champions League are very rewarding.

So over the years, Arsenal's strategy has been around these two points. As for whether they can achieve better results, it has to be fate.

In the past, the competition in the top four of the Premier League was not so fierce. Even if Arsenal sold the captain every year, they could reach the top four, but now they are not. With the strong rise of Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, the league The competition in the top four has become unprecedentedly fierce. Liverpool's current ranking and Chelsea's drop out of the top four are the best proof.

Because of this, Chelsea and Liverpool will return to the top four anyway.

Chelsea desperately dig Torres. After Liverpool cashed Torres at a high price, they turned around and brought in Andy Carroll and Suarez, which undoubtedly wanted to further enhance the team's strength.

"Liverpool must have been prepared early, otherwise it would not be so efficient. After selling Torres, they immediately settled Andy Carroll and Suarez, and most likely..."

When Su Dong said this, he deliberately paused and looked at everyone present.

The people who can sit in this conference room are basically human beings. Sabaletta and Kompany are also the team’s deputy captains, playing certain management roles. At this time, they can also think of what Su Dong said. the meaning of.

"Yes, we also suspect that Liverpool was half pushing and even selling Torres, so they negotiated Andy Carroll and Suarez early, and the reason that made Liverpool decide to sell Torres, we guessed, very Maybe it’s because Liverpool feels Torres can’t go back to the top.”

This makes sense.

"Tottenham Hotspur still lacks shortcomings and is not particularly stable. If Chelsea regroup and return to the top four, there is still a good chance. Liverpool is at most in the European theater, and it is basically impossible to get into the top four." Guardiola Have a clear judgment.

After seeing this clearly, the next situation in the Premier League is basically the game between Manchester City and Manchester United.

What Manchester City needs to do is still try to ensure their competitiveness, especially after the winter break.

Not long ago, Manchester City management gave the team bonuses, including a Europa League winning bonus, the weight can not lose to the Premier League, it is not difficult to see that Manchester City management desire for championship honor.

In fact, playing in the Europa League really doesn’t make any money. If a high bonus is given, the club may even lose money and make a lot of noise, but this is no way. Manchester City has no background and it really needs a European level. Race champions to add confidence.

To give the simplest example, Manchester City’s opponent in the Europa League knockout round is Aris from Greece.

The team is located in Kalamaria, a southeastern suburb of Thessaloniki in northern Greece.

This belongs to a small city.

Not to mention Kalamaria, even in Thessaloniki, Manchester has no direct flight. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

How do I get there?

The straight-line distance from Manchester to Thessaloniki is more than two thousand kilometers. If the charter flight is more than three hours, this does not include the time outside the flight, so the team must arrive in Thessaloniki one day in advance, and Choose the hotel to stay in.

This is very troublesome.

The club not only has to charter flights, but also hotel accommodation, which will be a lot of expense for the club.

Of course, the team can also choose not to charter flights, but from Manchester to Thessaloniki, either from London, there is only one flight a day. If you first fly from Manchester to London and then transfer, it is estimated that it will take 19 hours.

If it is a transfer from Istanbul, it will take twenty-four hours.

This is why many teams are reluctant to play in the Europa League. They can't make money, and they have lost money.

In fact, this is not a problem unique to the Europa League. As far as Su Dong knows, China has a vast territory, and the domestic league also has such problems.

Manchester City is not bad for money and is willing to invest in the Europa League. That's why the club gave a lot of bonuses. It is hoped that the players can work harder in the Europa League and strive to make a difference.

As for Aris, according to the Greek media, this team has not been captured in its own home court for 40 years, and it can almost be said to be the strongest home court in Europe.

When Su Dong heard this report from Bergeristan, his first reaction was to fuck.

It's as if domestic fans ridicule that the national football team is a World Cup strong team. In decades, they have only lost three games in the World Cup finals. Is it the same?

The reason why Greece has become a five-European pig country, and the reason why it is so poor and bankrupt, is probably related to the fact that they do not collect cowhide taxes.

Look at the bragging ability of their domestic media. If they really want to collect cowhide taxes, will Greece go bankrupt?