The first league game he just joined Manchester City was against Chelsea at home. In that game, Bentner was placed on the bench and didn't go up to find the rhythm until he lost in the second half. Robinho scored a free kick in that game, but Manchester City lost to Chelsea 1:3.

Of course, the responsibility for losing in this game was not Bentner, who only got five minutes of playing time. No one blamed him without a goal. But it was different in the second game.

In the fifth round of the league, Manchester City faced Portsmouth at home.  This game was a festival for Manchester City fans, because Manchester City beat Pompeii's six goals at home.   Bentner started, but there was no relationship between six goals and his one-pence.

There are no assists, no goals. He seems to be away from Manchester City's tactical system.

Robinho scored a hat-trick in this game, and since joining, he scored consecutive goals, quickly won the favor of Manchester City fans. Bentner, who also joined at the last moment, was caught in doubt.

After the game, a reporter blocked Bentner in the mixing area and asked him why he was sleepwalking on the court. Bentner put the blame on the team and his teammates who had just arrived but did not have a tacit understanding.

The reporter asked again why Robinho, who was also just here, performed so well.

Bentner could only tell the reporter that Robinho was a midfielder and he had more chances to get the ball, so he also had more chances to score. He was a center and needed support from the midfield.

This originally meant that the position was different, so the effect was naturally different. But when I arrived at the reporter, Ben Turner's meaning became "the Danish striker complained about his lack of teammate support."

Manchester City fans who didn't know the truth made a fuss. During the training these two days, fans outside the court would boo him when Bentner took the ball. And the eyes of him in the locker room were not friendly.

This is a situation he has never encountered in Nottingham Forest. When he was in the Forest team, Tony Donne attracted the firepower of reporters who like to make things difficult for them, and the atmosphere in the locker room was also very harmonious and honest. He didn't need to worry about how to beware of reporters. With Tony Donne here, no one would be interested in asking questions.

Now……

I have been to Manchester City for half a month. Ashley Young, who once played for the Forests, has not made a real friend yet. Apart from meeting and saying hello. He said goodbye when he left the ground, and there was no more communication. Unlike the lively and cheerful Brazilian Robinho, Bentner seemed a little lonely.

Although he had left Nottingham Forest, when he went to browse sports news, he always used to looking for news about Nottingham Forest first. This habit made him laugh and cry, and he was very helpless. Inertia was too terrible...

Therefore, he knew a little about the current situation of the Forest Team. He was under great pressure and the burden on Tony Don't take it easy.

He sat alone in the locker room at the Carrington training base in Manchester City. The players all left, and he insisted on staying and practicing to shoot. He has only returned to the locker room to prepare for a shower and change clothes.

This is also a habit developed in the Forest team. Tony Donn does not personally interfere in training. But he pays great attention to training attitude. He will be taught a lesson when he is lazy during training. Moreover, due to the existence of George Wood, the role model, training seems to have become a routine for many young players to attract the head coach to appreciate it for themselves.

Now at Manchester City, Mark Hughes did not say that he could start by training more, but Bentner still followed the same trick he had with the Forest team.

He came out of the shower room naked, and while Bentner was dressing, the door to the locker room was opened.

"Ah..." The person who came in was a little surprised. It was head coach Mark Hughes. "Niclas. Haven't you left yet? Have you practiced shooting again?"

Bentner nodded: "It's the land, boss."

"It just so happens that I want to talk to you about something. You're busy with yours..." He signaled Bentner to continue changing clothes, and it was not very good to wear the pants halfway there. "About that interview..."

"The reporter misinterpreted my meaning, boss. I just wanted to say that the different positions should not be measured by a standard..."

Mark Hughes nodded and signaled that he understood: "In my opinion, you are not that kind of person. But the atmosphere in the locker room is not very good to you. I think you should take the initiative to explain to them instead of silently. You can't care what the media says. But you can't care how your teammates look at you. There is a saying that you are right, you are the center and you need support from the midfield. If they have a bad view of you, you won't get their fullest support... Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand, boss. I will apologize to them before training tomorrow."

Mark Hughes smiled: "It's not a big deal to not score a goal in a game. Don't listen to the media's calls. If they don't exaggerate, they won't attract readers' attention. Continue to play football at your pace and don't be disturbed by others."

This is a promise to Bentner. Bentner was still worried that he would be criticized by the head coach. Now he can rest assured. Hughes still values ​​him very much...

In fact, Hughes can't take it seriously if he doesn't care about him. This is the only center in Manchester City this summer, and there is no other way except relying on him. Hughes is now pressing on Bentner. He is optimistic about Bentner's strength, but now he has not adapted to Manchester City's football and has not had enough understanding with his teammates, so it has affected his performance. He believes that as long as the Danish boy returns to his level in Nottingham Forest last season, all critics can shut up.

"By the way. What kind of coach do you think... Tony Donn is?" Hughes, who was originally planning to turn around and leave, suddenly changed his mind and turned around and asked.

This question kept Bentner in trouble.

What kind of coach is Tony Tangen?

Good? Bad? Neither good or bad?

Bentner shook his head: "I don't know, I can't say it..."

Hughes nodded, which was also his doubt.

"The next game. You will still start." After saying this, Hughes turned around again and left the locker room.

Bentner was not excited about continuing to start. He said when he came to Manchester City that he would be reused here, and starting was certain. He glanced at the matchup table posted on another wall and found a familiar name after the "Round 6 of the League":

Nottingham Forest!

"Bentner finally has a chance to take revenge in person, but I think. Tony Donn will not easily let go of the game that humiliated Manchester City and Bentener... It can be imagined. What a wonderful story that will happen in this game. "Sky TV's "Football Ninety" program is analyzing the situation of each game in the new round of league games. Nottingham Forest's home match against Manchester City is the last game in the sixth round of league games. This game was selected by Sky TV as a national live broadcast.

"Our local reporter interviewed Tony Donn about this game in Wilford today."

The picture turned to outside the forest team's training base. Tang En was surrounded by a group of reporters, and the microphone reached towards him one after another.

"You are right. He and I have a bad football style. This is what he said to me in person. Now I am very happy to see the football style he pursues..." Tang En responded while squeezing outward.

The picture cut to Manchester City again, and Bentner raised his face and said to the camera: "This is just an ordinary game."

Ashley Young stood beside him and nodded: "It's the land. A normal league game, I think you're making a big deal."

Tang En pointed to the TV and said to Tang next to him: "Do you believe the two of them?"

"I believe in Yang, not Bentner."

"I don't even believe Yang. It's weird that he doesn't want to take the opportunity to take revenge on me. I didn't get any advantage in two matches last season. This time with Bentner, he must be more motivated. Those who were driven away by me all hold grudges towards me. I still have this self-knowledge." Tang En smiled.

"But Bentner was not driven away by you. He took the initiative..."

"So this is even more hateful. I will never allow the team to lose in this game!" Tang En clenched his fists.

Since explaining the interview with his teammates in the locker room, Bentner has been welcomed by his teammates again. In the last day of training before the game to Nottingham, Robinho slapped Bentner on the back. He told him that he would pass the ball to him during the game and help him break the Forest goal.

"Brother, we are all the people!" He said to Bentner in his unskilled English.

He was right, they were all people who had not received the attention they deserved.

Bentner thanked Coach Hughes for his advice. Now he feels that he is integrating into this group. In training, something called "tacity" is growing. He is beginning to have some hope that the game between the Forests will arrive earlier.

In Hughes's roster announced by the game after training, Ashley Young and Bentner are both among them. And if nothing unexpected happens, both of them will get the opportunity to start in the game. Hughes just wants to use these two players who are familiar with the Forests to cause trouble for Don.

Ashley Young's cross from the wing and Bentner, a powerful center...

Tony Donne should feel regretful, right?

Back in the locker room, Ashley Young approached Bentner and poked him with his hands: "I didn't think I'll face the Forest team so soon, right? Aren't you used to it? It's okay, you'll feel good soon! In fact, being an opponent is also good, I like to see him lose the expression after he loses. You said this person is really strange... When I was in a team before, I saw him mocking the reporters and the opponents after winning the ball. Now that I have taken the opposite side, I feel unhappy when I see him like that..."

Seeing Ashley Young still speaking, Bentner had to interrupt him: "I can't wait to play against the Forests long ago. Yang. And I bet with you that I will definitely score a goal in this game!"

Ashley Yang looked at him with a little surprise, then stood up and announced excitedly: "Everyone is quiet, everyone is quiet!"

Everyone stopped their own affairs after hearing his shouts and turned to look at him.

"You have no bad idea again, Ashley." Someone looked at him with a smile.

"Niclas said he bet he would score a goal when he played against the Forest!" Young pointed at Bentner and shouted. "What if he really scored, what if he asked him to invite us to drink?"

"How can you treat a couple if you win the bet, Ashley?" Someone objected.

"Then add a number..." Ashley Yang looked at Bentner sitting on the stool with a smile. It seemed to be encouraging and provoking.

Bentner found that the room was looking at him, some were smiling, some were confused, his passion suddenly surged up, and he stretched out his fingers: "At least two goals. I must score at least two goals in the game against the Forest! I will invite everyone to drink if I scored only one goal!"

A group of people applauded him and whistled and cheered.

Seeing everyone like this, Bentner felt that he had been completely accepted by these people. He had nothing to worry about in the game against Nottingham Forest.
Chapter completed!