i want to be king

Chapter 897 Five-game winning streak

Jerome Boateng eventually moved to Bayern Munich for a transfer fee of 500 million euros.

The Bundesliga giants were finally forced to agree to Manchester City's request and paid the transfer fee. However, when they turned around, Rummenigge, the chairman of Bayern and the chairman of the UEFA Club Association, said in an interview that he questioned Manchester City's sponsors.

It is mainly for the sponsorship of Manchester City by several companies including Etihad Airways, which is the source of funds for Manchester City's massive signings.

Rummenigge believes that Manchester City's sponsorship is to circumvent UEFA's financial fair play policy. He even said, "Manchester City should know that if they want to play tricks, we will not allow them to participate in the Champions League."

This is not only because of the transfer of Jerome Boateng, Manchester City refused to make concessions on the transfer fee, but more importantly, because of the introduction of stars, the traditional giants have already felt the threat of Manchester City.

For example, Hazard's transfer this time is a treasure that all the giants in Europe are coveting, and it ended up going to Manchester City.

Don't talk about Bayern, just talk about the other giants, who can bear it?

Soriano, the general manager of Manchester City, clarified that there is no problem with Manchester City's sponsors and welcomes UEFA's investigation at any time. At the same time, he also said that Manchester City will continue to invest more and strive to build a team that is extremely competitive in the Premier League and the Champions League. "Our goal is to build Manchester City into a top giant."

Jerome Boateng did not come to the United States with the team, so his transfer in Europe, and the dispute between Rummenigge and Soriano, did not affect the Manchester City players who were training in the United States.

All the players have lived an unpretentious and boring training life. In addition to eating, drinking and sleeping, every day is training.

Su Dong still takes a little time every day to practice with Courtois.

At first, the Manchester City players were a little surprised, but they gradually got used to it.

Wen Suai and Su Dong's extra training did not exclude others. If Joe Hart and Ji Wen wanted to participate, they could participate at any time, so everyone didn't say much, and they didn't think there would be any problem if they made a small fuss about Courtois.

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A week after the team arrived in the United States, Manchester City ushered in their first warm-up match at the AT&T Stadium in San Francisco.

The opponent is the Mexican American team.

In this game, Manchester City still has the substitute lineup from last season, mainly with a few new aids, but the team still adopts a four-three-three tactic.

Goalkeeper Joe Hart, Leighton Baines, Harvey Martinez, David Luiz and Trippier at the back, Thiago at the back of the midfield, Milner and Gareth Barry at the front, Hazard, Dzeko and Douglas Costa at the front.

Although the lineup has changed, it is mainly based on the team's pass and control tactics.

The players also performed very hard. After all, they could all see that this game was a test for them.

After the opening, Manchester City controlled the situation, and in the sixth and No. 12 minutes, Dzeko almost scored twice.

In the No.16 minute, Douglas Costa's breakthrough on the right gave Dzeko a chance to hit the goal in the penalty area. After being saved by the goalkeeper, Gareth Barry made a supplementary shot, [-]-[-].

Then in the No.207 minute, it was another pass from Dzeko, and Douglas Costa scored another goal for Manchester City.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Manchester City replaced many players, but in the No.70 two minutes, Adam Johnson broke into the penalty area and scored after a cooperation with Toni Kroos, expanding the score for Manchester City, [-]-[-]!
In the end, with goals from Gareth Barry, Douglas Costa and Adam Johnson, Manchester City defeated the Mexican team [-]-[-] and won the first victory of the warm-up match.

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Three days later, Manchester City left the training camp in Los Angeles, USA, and went north to Vancouver, Canada, to participate in the second warm-up match.

This time the opponent is the Vancouver Whitecaps.

Due to the team's pre-season physical reserve training, every player is in a low state, coupled with days of fighting, and a long journey northward, and more importantly, the local Vancouver has been experiencing heavy rain for days, resulting in very muddy venues, and even the game was almost forced to be cancelled.

So in the game, although Manchester City had the advantage, they conceded the ball first.

But in the No.309 minute, Aguero used a single shot from the outside of the small penalty area to equalize the score for Manchester City.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Sanchez reversed the opponent for Manchester City in No. 608 minutes.

In the No.804 minute, Di Maria used a long shot to penetrate the opponent's goal.

In addition, in stoppage time, Di Maria made another victory and finally locked the score at four to one.

Manchester City successfully reversed the Vancouver Whitecaps in the away game and won two consecutive warm-up matches.

However, neither the coach nor the players are satisfied with the game process.

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After returning to Los Angeles from Vancouver, Manchester City continued to train.

During this period of time, it is mainly about recovery and adjustment, as well as the team's technical and tactical drills.

But what's interesting is that in closed training on weekdays, Guardiola will practice three-four-three tactics, but in external games, he basically doesn't use it. Harvey Martinez is used as a central defender. This has caused a lot of controversy, but it is basically a four-back tactic.

This is also a means for Guardiola to deal with the outside world. He wants to save the three, four, and three until the end, and use them as killers.

After another week of training in Los Angeles, Manchester City also ushered in the last warm-up match in North America.

Take on the LA Galaxy at the Home Depot Center.

This is actually the most watched game among Manchester City's three North American warm-up matches, because the Los Angeles Galaxy owns Beckham, and Manchester City also promised to let Su Dong start.

This is also Su Dong's first appearance in the three challenges.

Only 10 minutes into the game, Su Dong tricked the opponent's central defender in the penalty area and scored a goal, opening the scoring for Manchester City.

No. In the 209th minute, David Silva made a through pass, and Su Dong stepped in to get a single chance at the penalty spot. He pushed again and broke the goal, [-]-[-].

At halftime, both Su Dong and Beckham were substituted.

Subsequently, the Los Angeles Galaxy pulled a goal back, and Juninho Jr. also showed his free kick skills, but hit the post.

And Manchester City also scored a goal in the second half by Dzeko.

In the end, Manchester City narrowly beat Los Angeles Galaxy [-]-[-] and won three consecutive victories in the North American warm-up match.

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Su Dong got together with Beckham and Juninho Jr. after the game.

Both Beckham and Juninho are free kick masters, and Su Dong's free kick is also very good, but unfortunately, in the game, neither Su Dong nor Beckham had a chance to show off, while Juninho's free kick hit the post.

The topics of the three are more off-court. For example, Beckham recently gave birth to a daughter, and he has been working hard to return to the European League. It can be seen that he still misses the days of playing in the European League.

The MLS is indeed suitable for the elderly, but Beckham wants to return to the mainstream European league.

Su Dong never dared to ask him, would he regret his decision to move to the United States after leaving Real Madrid?

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After Manchester City played the World Football Challenge, several other teams also stopped fighting one after another.

Among the twelve teams participating in the ranking, only Manchester City, Real Madrid and Manchester United have won all three games.

In the end, the three teams had the same points, but Manchester City relied on a record of [-] goals and [-] goals conceded, relying on [-] goal difference, overwhelmed Real Madrid's [-] and Manchester United's [-], and won the championship with a slight advantage.

This can be regarded as a good start for the new season.

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After playing the Los Angeles Galaxy, Manchester City directly left the training camp in Los Angeles, USA, and set off for Dublin, Ireland.

In Dublin, Manchester City immediately ushered in the Irish All-Star team after a slight adjustment.

This is an invitational match for the Irish Super Cup.

This team is composed of star players from the Irish League. The strength is actually very average, and the cooperation is very unfamiliar. After all, many of them do not play in the same team.

Manchester City also did not do their best, and still put Su Dong on the bench, allowing other players to play one after another.

In the end, Manchester City relied on Gareth Barry's volley and Adam Johnson's two goals to defeat the Irish Stars [-]-[-] and win four consecutive warm-up matches.

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Only one day later, Manchester City once again ushered in the second game of the second match day of the Irish Super Cup, against Inter Milan.

In this two-day high-intensity game, no one will do their best, and more will be based on rotation and inspection of players.

Compared with the previous day, Manchester City replaced seven starters, and goalkeeper Courtois also started.

The only thing that remains the same is that Su Dong still did not play, which disappointed all the Irish fans who came here.

After all, many people hope to see Su Dong's game up close at home.

In the end, with Aguero's goal in the first half and Dzeko's brace in the second half, Manchester City defeated Inter Milan again [-]-[-].

Inter Milan neither did their best, nor was their form particularly good.

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After the warm-up match in Dublin, the Manchester City team returned to Manchester.

The whole team began to prepare for the Community Shield game against Manchester United, which is a prelude to the new season.

Manchester City has only won three Community Shields in history, and the most recent one was 30 years ago.

Su Dong asked for a leave of absence from the coaching staff, took the time to go to Amsterdam, and was invited to participate in Van der Sar's farewell match.

He was accompanied by young Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, an exception allowed by Guardiola and Unsuey.

Courtois is also full of expectations for this trip to Amsterdam.

Van der Sar is his idol, and being able to participate in his farewell event has a special meaning for him.

Of course, he just followed Su Dong to participate, and there was no way to really end the game. After all, he was not worthy enough to participate in the World Star Team, and Van der Sar did not invite him.

Being able to attend this time is purely due to Su Dong's honor.

　Sorry, something happened yesterday, a chapter is missing

　　
　
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