novellhall Chapter 368
Chapter 368
Chapter 368
In fact, compared to the results of the league, Manchester City's old rival Manchester United's performance in the Champions League this season has been more criticized by the outside world.
After the end of the five rounds of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Manchester United, which is recognized as a good draw, only got two wins and two draws in five games against Benfica, Basel, and Galati Steel.
Now with one game left in the group stage, Manchester United needs to win and draw with Basel in the last game in order to get the second spot in the group.
Once defeated by Basel, Group C will be a big upset, and Manchester United failed to qualify for the Champions League group stage.
Of course, although Manchester United's performance in the Champions League this season has been poor and has been questioned by the outside world, no one would think that Manchester United will lose the chain in this life-and-death group game.
In fact, in Mancini's view, he hopes that Manchester United can beat Basel and stay in the Champions League.
After all, once Manchester United is out of the Champions League, they will definitely devote all their energy to the league. This is definitely not good news for Manchester City.
November ends and December begins. Just when other leagues are about to enter the winter break, for the Premier League teams, the more intensive schedule has just begun.
On December 12, in the quarter-finals of the English League Cup, Manchester City played against Arsenal at home.
At this time, Manchester City played against Arsenal for the first time this season. The Gunners' state has been ups and downs this season, which is elusive.
He once lost 0-2 at home to Liverpool and was slaughtered by Manchester United with 8 goals in an away game, but before that, he beat Chelsea with [-] goals in an away game.
Today, this Arsenal, which seems to be in a state of ups and downs, only ranks seventh in the standings after 13 rounds of the Premier League.
This time Manchester City and Arsenal met in the English League Cup. From the perspective of the outside world, Manchester City, which has always been in a stable state, still has a higher winning percentage than Arsenal.
However, when the game started at the Etihad Stadium, everyone saw Mancini's starting lineup for Manchester City and understood that Manchester City was obviously going to give up their results in the Carabao Cup.
Let's adjust the time to one day ago. In Manchester City's training base in Carrington, Mancini, his coaching staff, Manchester City club executives, and core players such as captain Yang Mo held a game plan for this season. Meeting.
The main thing discussed in this meeting is which front should Manchester City focus on this season's championship, and which front can be given up.
The Premier League, the English League Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the FA Cup that is about to start, compared with other league games, there is no winter break for the Premier League teams, and there is one more cup to play. The pressure on the schedule is undoubtedly is the largest.
Today, Manchester City's lineup is average in thickness. The main lineup that can truly win the team's victory must not be able to bear the fatigue of multiple fronts. Selective abandonment is necessary.
Looking at all the games to be played today, the Premier League championship must of course be won. After all, Manchester City is now firmly ranked first in the league, and the momentum to win the championship is bright.
For 44 years, they have not been involved in the top British league championship, and they have never won the Premier League championship honor. This alone is enough for Manchester City to give up everything.
Mansur, who spent a lot of money, needs this championship, Mancini needs this championship, and Yang Mo, who wants to prove himself, also needs this championship.
Therefore, ensuring the league championship is definitely the primary task goal for Manchester City.
Do whatever it takes to keep the championship.
In addition to the league championship, if there is still room to spare, the Champions League results are of course what Manchester City desires most.
Look at the blank column of honor in the European war, it is undoubtedly the greatest wish of every Manchester City person to win Europe.
However, the unpredictability of the Champions League is too great, and a mistake in a game after entering the knockout round will determine the fate.
Therefore, in everyone's opinion, it is good to try our best in the Champions League. Of course, the further the future, the better. As for how far we can go, it depends on the result.
Trying to win the league championship, and then trying to go further in the Champions League, appropriately giving up the League Cup and the FA Cup, this is the plan that Manchester City finally negotiated.
In the English League Cup and the FA Cup, you can play as a substitute, just follow the fate.
If this can make it all the way to the final, Mancini does not rule out that he will send the main lineup to try to win a championship, of course, the premise is that it does not affect the games on other fronts.
Therefore, under this decision, Manchester City's starting lineup appeared in the home game against Arsenal on December 12, and Manchester City sent most of the substitutes.
Yang Mo, the captain of Manchester City, sat on the bench from the beginning.
But what is unexpected is that even in the face of Manchester City, who came on the bench with a full lineup, Arsenal once again showed their erratic state of nerve knife this season.
At the beginning of the game, most of Manchester City's substitute players launched a crazy attack on Arsenal.
Carlos Tevez, who started the game, used a shot in the penalty area in the No. 305 minute of the first half to help Manchester City open the scoring and lead Arsenal 1-0.
However, after falling behind in the first half, Wenger adjusted the lineup during the intermission and quickly helped Arsenal regain their form in the second half.
In the 607th minute of the second half, Van Persie used a header to help Arsenal tie the score.
In the 79th minute, Alexander Song scored a successful long shot to help Arsenal reverse the score.
Ultimately, when the match was over, Manchester City lost 1-2 and were eliminated in the Carabao Cup.
In this game, no matter how passive the situation on the court was, Mancini had no intention of replacing Yang Mo from the beginning to the end, and his attitude of giving up the game was clear at a glance.
At the press conference after the game, the reporter asked Mancini with good intentions: "Mr. Mancini, is it unsportsmanlike for you to treat this Carabao Cup game so negatively?"
Mancini: "Negative? Didn't you see that my players played the whole game very hard, and we even took the lead in the first half, but in the end Arsenal played better. Could it be that losing Passive game?"
In the face of this reporter who was obviously deliberately finding fault, although Mancini just gave up the game, he couldn't say the same. After all, a negative game would make the FA trouble.
Reporter: "Of course I don't mean that. What I mean is that you obviously arranged a substitute lineup. Even when you were behind, you didn't let Yang Mo, who was on the bench, play."
"You observe very carefully, Mr. Reporter, but your understanding ability is not as good as your observation ability. The reason I did this is not to give up the game, but to let my players rotate. After all, I don't want them to be exhausted. On the pitch."
Speaking of this, Mancini put on a displeased expression: "Before you question me, please go and question the English League, the FA, the Premier League, and ask them why they want to fight in three days. Two games in the time frame, my players are not robots and they need rest too."
Speaking, Mancini pointed to Yang Mo who was sitting beside him, "Yang is an excellent player. If he was on the court in this game, I don't deny that we may win, but we only played three days ago in Ann. Do you think it makes sense for Fielder to go through a tough fight and put him on the field today to finish the game and then a day later on this ground and play him again?"
Mancini vomited a lot of bitterness, and successfully transferred the reporter's questioning of his abandonment of the game to the matter of the intensive Premier League games.
Anyway, the Premier League teams have to complain about the intensive schedule and no winter break every year. These FA officials will not care about it, but it is something everyone agrees with.
Amidst Mancini's complaints, the press conference ended quickly.
Manchester City's elimination from the League Cup has also become an established fact.
For this result, the outside world did not discuss too much. First, the gold content of the English League Cup is really not high. Second, Mancini's placement on the bench means giving up. What can everyone say?
For Manchester City, they don't have time to pay attention to outside comments. After all, only one day later, they ushered in the No. 14 round of the Premier League at home.
On December 12, at the Etihad Airways Stadium, Manchester City's game against newly promoted Norwich City officially began.
Among the teams promoted from the British Championship to the Premier League last season, Norwich came to the Premier League with the second place in the British Championship.
Compared with this season's Premier League, Norwich is indeed the one with the best results, and is now temporarily ranked tenth in the Premier League standings, in the middle of the list.
However, a newly promoted horse is still a newly promoted horse after all. Although the myth of Kaiserslautern is beautiful, it cannot be accomplished by any team.
Among the newly promoted teams in the Premier League this season, Swansea and Queens Park Rangers are pale at the feet of Manchester City. Although Norwich has better results in the league than those two teams, it also failed to win at the Etihad Airways Stadium. Get out of the way.
Only in the first half of this game, Yang Mo, who had been trained by Mancini after being rotated, showed his prowess and scored two goals and scored twice.
In the second half, although Yang Mo failed to score, he once again completed a hat-trick of assists in the league.
In the 10th and 3th minute, he assisted Silva to score a long shot and rewritten the score to 0-[-].
In the 78th minute, he lobbed the ball into the penalty area, and Dzeko scored a header to help Manchester City make another victory, raising the score to 4-0.
In the 85th minute, he dribbled the ball into the penalty area and then suddenly split the ball. Tevez, who came on as a substitute for Dzeko, caught the ball and shot angrily, and the score was finally fixed at 5-0.
5-0, Manchester City once again won a big victory in the league and continued to secure their top position.
And Yang Mo, with two shots and three passes, not only allowed himself to score more than [-] goals this season, but also increased the number of consecutive goals scored by Premier League players to [-] games!
With such a result, it is impossible for the best player in the game to be someone else.
And with his fierce momentum, even if he lost a game to Newcastle United in the league before, it is estimated that the best of the month in November will not escape his palm.
But unfortunately, Manchester City's competitor Manchester United also won this round of the league.
Manchester United played away against Aston Villa in this round of the league. Manchester United was sleepwalking throughout the first half. If it weren't for Phil Jones' long-range shot at the last moment, the game would have almost ended in a 0-0 draw.
Of course, Manchester City regrets not being able to widen the point difference with Manchester United, but looking at Manchester United's current sluggish state, Manchester City is also relieved. After all, the current six-point point difference is not so easy to recover.
After the match against Norwich City, the Manchester City team did not have a long rest, and then the whole team rushed to Italy to prepare for the final round of the Champions League group stage.
如今的A组中，曼城4胜1平0负积13分排名小组第一，而拜仁3胜1平1负则位列第二，曼城的小组出现已不是问题。
In the last game against Naples, even if Manchester City loses, it will beat Bayern to qualify for the first place in the group because of the outcome.
So this game is undoubtedly the least stressful Champions League game for Manchester City.
Therefore, the starting lineup arranged by Mancini for this game is still mostly substitute players. On the front line, Carlos Tevez, who has not started for a long time, also played.
Now this beast who can no longer play in Manchester City, for the sake of his future, he will definitely transfer and leave during the winter break.
In order to cooperate with the team to pay a good price, Mancini has also arranged for Tevez to play at unimportant time or during games recently.
As Mubarak said, in the last game against Arsenal, Tevez scored the only goal for Manchester City, which was enough to increase the transfer fee by 100 million.
In this game, Carlos Tevez seemed to be playing very proactively in order to better express himself in the European market.
In today's Manchester City team, Tevez watched Yang Mo's performance like a man of heaven, and understood that Manchester City's dependence on him had completely disappeared, and it was impossible for him to be the boss as unscrupulously as before.
Not wanting to be inferior to Yang Mo, leaving is the best choice, staying any longer will only make him completely forgotten by people.
So, now, after Mancini intends to increase his playing opportunities, Tevez wants to perform well.
The most important thing is that Yang Mo did not play in this game. If he can help Manchester City win, it will actually prove that he is as good as Yang Mo.
Although I don't know how Tevez came up with this idea, the final result of this game will undoubtedly disappoint Tevez.
Mancini arranged for most of the substitute players to play, and without Yang Mo posing a threat to Naples' defense, Manchester City was scored twice by Naples in the first half.
Although Balotelli helped Manchester City score a face-saving goal in the second half, Manchester City lost 1-2 to Naples in the end.
Throughout the game, even though he was always behind, Mancini did not arrange for Yang Mo to play.
After deciding to strive for the league championship, Mancini naturally needs to ensure Yang Mo's physical condition when he is about to fight against strong rivals Chelsea and Arsenal in the league.
This UEFA Champions League game, which will no longer affect the result, can be completely abandoned just like the Carabao Cup game that was abandoned before.
Mancini has already considered clearly how to make reasonable trade-offs and finally achieve the goal.
After the game with Naples, although there were still media critics after the game, saying that Manchester City should not give up the game, Mancini didn't care.
As an old coach, Mancini has seen through the examples of winners and losers. As long as Manchester City can win in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, all doubts will disappear.
As long as Manchester City can win the championship, let alone doubt, these media will only praise him.
However, after the match with Naples, the Manchester City team rushed back to the UK and began to prepare for the next week's tough battles with Chelsea and Arsenal. However, Manchester City found that no one in Europe cared about their loss in Italy.
Because, in the last game of Group C on the second day, a shocking upset broke out.
Manchester United lost 1-2 to Basel in Switzerland and were out of the Champions League group stage.
Facing the news that the Red Devils were out of the group stage, no one cares about Manchester City losing.
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