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Chapter 829 Revenge on Arsenal

When many fans mention the Premier League, their first impression is the four major families, followed by the devil's schedule.

The Premier League is the only one of the five major European leagues without a winter break.

As for this year's Christmas schedule, Manchester City will start on the 26th and play four games in just ten days. This is a huge challenge for any team. Every team must make full preparations for the Christmas schedule in advance, and Manchester City is no exception.

After playing the No.16 round of the Premier League, Guardiola held a coaching staff meeting. Su Dong, Kompany and Zabaleta participated in this meeting as representatives of the locker room.

The main topic is the Christmas schedule.

Guardiola's number one think tank, Olympic water polo champion Manel Estiate took the lead in reflecting on last season's Christmas schedule, thinking that Manchester City actually did not play well, and last season's Christmas was actually only two games in three days.

Difficult, but not too much.

This season is obviously different. There are four games to be played in ten days, and the difficulty increases exponentially.

More importantly, the team not only has to consider the Christmas schedule, but also after Christmas.

There is no winter break in the Premier League. Even after the Christmas schedule, there is no way to rest. Instead, they must continue to invest in the second half of the game. This is a huge test for any team.

Starting from the players' psychological war weariness, the intensity of the schedule, and the difficulty of adjusting the club's existing lineup, Estiyat explained the pressure of the coaching staff on this year's winter break schedule.

To sum it up in one sentence, it is difficult, very difficult!

But no matter how difficult it is, Manchester City must bear it.

"We have summed up the seasons of the Premier League champions in the past few years. If there is any rule, there is actually only one rule. If you play well in the Christmas schedule, it is basically difficult for anyone who does not play well in the Christmas schedule to win the championship."

Estiyat's remarks must have been done with statistics.

After learning the lessons of last season, how will Manchester City deal with the Christmas schedule this season?
Guardiola and his team started from many aspects, from physical fitness to rotation mechanism, to the team's skills and tactics, etc., all had to make some adjustments, because no player could insist on playing four games in ten days.

More importantly, after the Christmas schedule, there will be an additional FA Cup in the upcoming winter break.

Buenaventura is in charge of physical training, and he has also made arrangements for this point, insisting on rotation, and also hopes that after the [-]th round, the team will start to make adjustments to recharge the players' physical fitness.

"In the No.18 round, we are playing against Everton at home. This is also a tough battle." Su Dong reminded.

Even though Everton is currently ranked No. 15 in the Premier League, anyone familiar with the Premier League knows the strength of Moyes' team.

If you only look at the Premier League rankings and think that Everton is a belly, then it is really too arrogant.

"We have studied it, it is a bit risky, but it is worth it, and we are confident that in the case of rotation, we can win Everton at home." Guardiola said seriously.

These must have been carefully considered and carefully considered by the coaching staff.

Another right-hand man of Guardiola, Domenech Torrent, said that the team will strengthen the detection of various physical indicators of the players during the Christmas schedule, including the analysis of injury recovery and fatigue, and even intervene in the psychological analysis of the players and the management of the locker room.

This is a system engineering.

As a saying goes, the outcome of a game is actually decided as early as the moment a player walks into the court.

This is definitely not a joke, but true.

Many fans only see formations and starting lineups, at most they analyze the players' tactical execution, running data, etc., but these are actually part, or even the result.

The player does not run much, it may be because he is too tired, or the injury is not healed; the player's tactical execution is not in place, it may be because he is dissatisfied with the head coach in his heart, or has conflicts with his teammates; the player's state is sluggish, it is likely to be homesick...

All of these are preordained before the game, the moment the player walks on the court.

But the media and fans often don't pay too much attention to these, they only see the performance of the players on the court.

Domenech Torrent said that the club encountered some problems during the winter break last season and is also learning lessons this season, but this is not enough, because many players in the team are experiencing the Christmas schedule for the first time.

To give the simplest example, different players have different levels of acceptance for the same Christmas Devil schedule.

Some players are very traditional. They are used to spending Christmas with their families. Now, they can’t spend the holidays with their families, and they have to go to the away game early in the morning after Christmas. Who can accept it?
Some players are less traditional, and they are more receptive to the Christmas schedule.

But these two types of players will have to be on the same team and fight side by side.

"Actually, these are just obvious factors. We can take preventive measures in advance. The real trouble is still on the court, and the players will have inconsistencies in their thinking." Torrent said worriedly.

Simply put, players think differently from each other.

Because the schedule is very dense, the team will definitely adopt different tactics according to different opponents, equip different lineups to play, and carry out a large rotation, but then there will be a problem.

Suppose, when encountering a weaker team, the head coach decides to win, and the whole team takes it easy.

Of course the main players hope this is the case, because they consume a lot, but will the rotation and substitute players think the same?
They finally won a chance to play, and they will do everything possible to show and prove their strength, so they will be very active.

On the court, including the goalkeeper, eleven players form an interlocking system. In this system, when a certain link gets out of control, it will inevitably drive the surroundings, and even drive the entire system out of control.

Appearing in the game means that when a certain player performs very hard and is very active, others will naturally follow suit.

The practice of substituting and rotating players is contrary to the strategy formulated by the team before the game.

Therefore, sometimes, the media and fans are very happy to see a certain player shine and lead the team to victory, but in fact, the head coach may be secretly complaining, thinking about how much his main players have consumed.

Sometimes even in midfield, or in the second half, this outstanding player had to be replaced in advance.

Why?

It's cool for him to work hard alone, but the other players are too exhausted. How will he play the next game?
The same is true for the substitute players, and the same is true for the main players.

The human mind is the most complex and elusive.

This is already the case for one person, so many players in a team are even more troublesome.

Why is Ferguson always able to reverse Christmas and winter break?

It is because he has super control ability, he can ensure that a player in the team listens to him.

Who doesn't agree?
Immediately blocked!
Under this kind of absolute authority, Manchester United will only listen to him, whether it is the main force or the substitute.

Ferguson's authority and control over Manchester United cannot be possessed by any other team or any head coach.

It's as if Ancelotti refuted the media not long ago, saying that he is not Ferguson, this is the gap!
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After the meeting, Su Dong frowned and left the conference room.

He felt a headache just listening to it. It is conceivable that, as the head coach of the team, how many things Guardiola has to worry about?
"I don't understand why the Christmas schedule is so troublesome, and the Premier League hasn't thought about reforming it?" Su Dong asked Sabaletta puzzled.

The Argentine came to the Premier League in [-], and it has been more than two years.

"Actually, the Premier League has always stated that they are not opposed to reforming the Christmas and winter breaks, but the reason why there has been no progress is that apart from what many people have said, commercial factors are considered, and there are also British characteristics."

"If you look carefully, you will find that around Christmas, not only football, but also various sports events in the UK will be arranged during the Christmas period. There will be no rotations, and even more efforts will be made. This is to give fans a Christmas feast. It is a British tradition, and fans like this arrangement very much."

Su Dong suddenly understood.

Every rule needs to be established on a certain social basis.

Fans usher in the holidays at Christmas, and they also like to take their families to the football stadium to watch a game of the team they support during the Christmas break. This is also a traditional program for British fans to celebrate Christmas.

If the Christmas and winter breaks are cancelled, it will not only cause losses on the commercial level, but fans will probably not be happy either.

Due to various factors, the Premier League's Christmas and winter breaks have not been cancelled, but have intensified.

This is the same as the domestic film market. Blockbusters always get together to squeeze into the National Day and Spring Festival. This is the reason.

Su Dong now understands the reason for the Premier League's Christmas and winter break.

The task Guardiola gave to their three captains and vice-captains is to manage the locker room well, calm the players' emotions, and pay close attention to the psychological changes of the players during the Christmas and winter break.

In the four Christmas games, the opponents are away to Newcastle, home to Aston Villa, home to Blackpool, and away to Arsenal.

One of the most watched is the last away game against Arsenal, which was also Manchester City's first game in [-].

The first game of the year, coupled with the grievances and grievances between the two sides in the first round of the match, all of these made this game highly valued by Manchester City. Guardiola and the coaching staff also put this game at the top of the list when they arranged.

Strong dialogue must grab points!
Even if Manchester City has a certain lead, they must not be careless.

What's more, for Manchester City, the most important thing is not only three points, but also revenge!

Who can forget the red card in the 4 minutes of the first leg and the penalty kick in the final stage of the first half?

(End of this chapter)