Chapter 31 I heard that the Celtics are very strong?
In the end, Manchester City's first league game of the new season ended with this score.
Manchester City beat Blackburn away in 20, and Manchester City had the upper hand in both the result and the scene.
With Sneider, Manchester City is obviously different from last season.
Many media also talked about this after the game.
The media believes that although Manchester City achieved very outstanding results last season, the fourth place in the league and the FA Cup, they were squeezing Glory at the extreme at that time, relying solely on Glory's own strength to help the team achieve such results. But this is not a long-term solution. Manchester City cannot always rely on Glory's personal heroism, which is also very unfavorable for Glory. If he continues to play like this, he may repeat the same mistakes as he is, because all the burdens are on him alone.
But after Sneider arrived, the situation was different. Sneider helped Rongguang share a lot of pressure, and his passing scheduling in the midfield also made Rongguang play easier.
This is the path to sustainability.
In addition, Sneider's existence can also be used to other Manchester City players.
The Manchester City players last season looked like they were asking for the eleven people to win the game for Rongguang. It doesn’t matter whether they have them or not. Anyway, everything is left to Rongguang to handle.
They did not show a level that matched their value.
But now with Sneider, things will be different.
Sneider can not only give Glory a beautiful straight pass, but also create opportunities for other Manchester City players.
This was very obvious in this game.
After he gave Rong Guang an assist, he almost assisted Robinho and Berbatov. If neither of them had seized these opportunities, the score would have been 20.
Although we were unable to score, at least everyone has seen the possibility.
And everyone should notice that Sneider has just joined the team for more than a week. As he and the team train more, the tacit understanding will gradually increase. At that time, his cooperation with other players will be much better than this game.
It can be seen that he and other players can't step on the same point.
The ability of Rongguang and Sneijder to cooperate is a tacit understanding created by the strong strength between two super-high players.
The tacit understanding between him and other players still needs to be cultivated and trained through training and competitions.
In any case, Sneijder's arrival has made Manchester City more powerful and its strength has increased. With Manchester United's strength being weakened, the competition for the Premier League in the new season will be more motivated...
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After just finished the first round of the league, Manchester City players didn't even bother to take a break. Next, they would play a very important game - the UEFA Champions League qualifier.
On August 18th and August 26th, we will play away first and then home. The opponent is the Celtics, a powerful Soviet Super League team.
These two games determine whether Manchester City can participate in the Champions League main match.
The fourth place in the league last season only won them the ticket to such a qualifying match. The qualifying match does not mean the real Champions League. If you are eliminated here, you will not be able to play the Champions League.
So these two games are important games related to Manchester City's strategy in the next season.
To this end, Benitez maintained all the main lineups that won the first round, and no one was replaced.
Manchester City fans are also very clear about the weight of this game, so as many as 10,000 Manchester City fans go to Glasgow with the team. Although only 3,000 fans were able to enter the Celtic Park Stadium in the end, these fans still follow the team with great enthusiasm. Even if they cannot enter the court, as long as they can be in the same city as the team and breathe the air under the same sky, they will feel satisfied.
They demonstrated their support for the team in this way, telling the team that they are not fighting alone, and that these fans are supporting them.
This game has attracted a lot of attention in Manchester.
This game has also attracted much attention throughout Europe, but not because it is a game where Manchester City returns to the Champions League again after thirty-nine years, but because of the glory of Manchester City.
This game, and the game on August 26, is a game that concerns whether Glory can truly return to the Champions League.
Glory has been away from the Champions League as long as Manchester City, but everyone cares more about Glory.
After the team arrived in Glasgow, Rongguang was surrounded by a group of reporters at the entrance of the hotel where the team stayed. Everyone wanted to hear his feelings about returning to the Champions League.
"It's not considered returning to the Champions League yet, right?" Rong Guang asked back. "I remember it should be the main match in the Champions League group stage. So you ask me what it feels, I don't know what it feels, I haven't returned to the Champions League yet. When we really play in the Champions League group stage, you can ask me again. I will definitely tell you how I feel, and I really don't feel it now."
After saying that, he waved to the reporters and walked away.
"It seems Rong is very cautious..."
"Of course, the Celtics are not weak either, and this is their home court. The Celtics who play at home have combat effectiveness bonuses."
"So the result of this game is hard to say. They will definitely strive to win at home. After all, the field of home first and then away is not very favorable...
The reporters were talking.
The reporters thought that Rong Guang was cautious, but in fact Rong Guang said this because he really didn't feel it, not because he was worried that the team would not be able to enter the main game.
Before the game, when Benitez arranged the tactics, he left the locker room and left the remaining minutes to the team's captain Glory - he has been intentionally cultivating Glory from now on to adapt to being captain as soon as possible.
So Glory now has to get used to saying something to his teammates before each game starts, rather than sitting in his position like before and not talking until he appears.
He stood up.
"When Wesley was still in Real Madrid, I called him and invited him to Manchester City, and told him that he could avenge Real Madrid after he came. But there is a prerequisite for this matter, that is, we have to be able to reach the Champions League. If we can't even participate in the Champions League, what else can we say to revenge Real Madrid? So in order not to let Wesley think that I am a villain who is untrustworthy, we must win this game, and not just this game, we must also win the home game on the 26th and enter the Champions League main game."
Rong Guang glanced at Sneider as he spoke, and Sneider smiled at him.
"I heard that the Celtics are very strong, they are traditional giants in the Scottish Premier League. I also heard that they will be stronger at their home court... But that's all I heard about. How strong they are, I only know if they have played with them."
"I heard" that the Celtics are very strong, so it is probably only people like Rongguang who can say it. Who else doesn't know the Celtics' name?
The same-city derby they play with the Glasgow Rangers every year is one of the most famous and popular city derby in the world. If you only look at the Champions League resume, the Celtics are definitely much more brilliant than Manchester City. At least they have won the championship, what about Manchester City? They can basically participate in the Champions League every year, what about Manchester City?
If someone else said this, he would definitely be ridiculed.
But when words come out of Glory's mouth, no one will laugh at Glory for being arrogant and ignorant.
Rongguang is qualified to say this. At his peak, which European wealthy families were not trampled by him?
So what if you say "I heard that the Celtics are very strong"?
In such a simple sentence, it is full of glory and strong confidence, and this confidence naturally infected Manchester City players.
The Celtics's originally somewhat uneasy mood was immediately dissipated by the captain's strong confidence.
What's there to be afraid of?
No matter what kind of opponent you face, Rong is always on our side
It's not us who should have a headache, but our opponents
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Commentator John Motterson introduced the situation of this game to everyone before the start of the game. Of course, he targeted Manchester City fans: "There are two most difficult points for this game for Manchester City. One is whether this Champions League game, which has been thirty-nine years, will the Manchester City players be too nervous? After all, this is related to whether they can enter the Champions League main match. If they fail in the game against the Celtics, then the desperate counterattack in the last half of last season will lose all the meaning. Another difficulty is that this first game is to play away, and it is to play away. Everyone knows how difficult it is to play away... Listen to the cheers."
Before Motson finished speaking, he heard a loud cheer suddenly sounding at the scene, so he quickly raised his voice and shouted.
At the same time, he turned his attention to the exit of the corridor. Sure enough, the players on both sides began to play.
The cheers from Celtic fans are cheering for their own team and putting pressure on the away team Manchester City.
Tell them that this is the home court of the Celtics, everyone here supports the Celtics, you Manchester City don't want to get a slight advantage here
Amid this huge cheer, the TV broadcast camera swept the faces of each Manchester City player in turn, wanting to see if Manchester City players can still remain calm in such a game that is related to whether they can participate in the Champions League and in the storm-like cheers of the opponent's fans.
But what surprised everyone was that in such a crazy atmosphere, the expressions on the faces of Manchester City players all looked calm in such a crazy atmosphere
It was as if they hadn't heard the cheers that broke their eardrums at all...
"This..." Motson was shocked. The reactions of Manchester City players were far beyond his expectations, and he suddenly didn't know what to say.
The first thing that appeared in the camera was Rong Guang. Rong Guang's expression was calm. This was very normal. No matter how terrible the away game was, he had never seen a panic expression on his face. He had a super powerful big heart, and everyone knew about this.
But all the Manchester City players next had this expression, which made him surprised.
What's wrong with these people?
The Celtics' home court is very terrifying, but why do these Manchester City players seem to be deaf?
Chapter completed!