Soccer Card System

Chapter 644 Caution
Chapter 655 Be Careful

In the direct dialogue with Gao Bo, Boas lost completely.

The media also believed that the gap between Boas and Gao Bo was too great.

Now Gao Bo has won the Champions League and has become the top-level head coach, but Villas-Boas seems to have lost the magic he had when coaching Porto.

He has a perverse personality and is stabbed all over like Mourinho, but he doesn't have Mourinho's wrists.

This may also be the reason why he did not achieve much in the Premier League.

A week after winning Tottenham, Manchester City faced Aston Villa at home, which was the No. 12 round of the league.

The team broke out completely in this game. Manchester City beat their opponents [-]-[-] at home and achieved the biggest victory in Gao Bo's history.

This victory brought Manchester City's points to 32 points and regained the top spot in the standings.

Manchester United suffered a draw. They had ten wins, one draw and one loss, ranking second with 31 points.

Chelsea, on the other hand, had nine wins and three draws, ranking third with [-] points.

After 4 rounds of the Premier League, the situation of strength and weakness became clear. The three teams at the top of the standings stood out, and behind them, No. 26 was Arsenal. Arsenal currently has eight wins, two draws and two losses, accumulating [-] points and ranking fourth.

After keeping Van Persie behind, Arsenal's performance did not suddenly fall off a cliff like in the original history, but maintained a relatively stable performance.

As for the No.5 West Bromwich Albion, they ranked fifth with 23 points, followed by Everton, West Ham United, and Tottenham.

Liverpool is ranked No.11. Rodgers' team is still struggling. So far they have only won three games, lost three games, and have six draws. They only scored 15 minutes and ranked No.11.

Gao Bo shook his head and sighed when he saw the standings. The last two or three seasons are the prelude to the troubled times of the Premier League. Liverpool will rise briefly, and then Leicester City.

I don't know whether Leicester City can rise again after being changed so much by Gao Bo. This is what Gao Bo wants to observe.

In the next game, Manchester City will face Real Madrid at home!

This is the fifth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, and it is also the game that determines the first ranking in the group.

For Manchester City, if they win Real Madrid, they will directly lock in the first place in the group. If the game is a draw, Manchester City will also have an advantage.

The worst result is naturally a loss. Once the game is lost, the initiative of the group will not be in the hands of Manchester City. Looking at the results of the last round of the two sides-Manchester City played away in the last round, while Real Madrid played Ajax at home. This is naturally beneficial to Real Madrid.

Therefore, Gao Bo's bottom line in this game is not to lose - even if it is a draw, he must not lose.

For Real Madrid, they must win!

The importance of being first in the group is too important for the draw of the round of [-].

It is impossible for the two teams to be willing to only get the second place in the group.

Some media in Manchester have begun to celebrate Manchester City's qualifying in advance.

Even qualifying second in the group is of great significance to Manchester City!
This is the first time in the team's history that they have reached the knockout stage of the Champions League. If they can be the first in the group, draw a good lottery, and reach the quarter-finals, it will be even more perfect for Manchester City.

Every breakthrough of the team in the Champions League is a historic breakthrough.

Before that, Manchester City's performance was ups and downs. They have never participated in the Champions League, and their last glorious period dates back to 1968. Blue Moon defeated Newcastle United on the last day of the season and became the English league champion for the second time.After winning the 1968 league title, Manchester City participated in the European Club Champions Cup in the 1968-1969 season, and were eliminated in the first round with one draw and one loss.

After that, Manchester City never participated in the UEFA Champions League (and its predecessor, the European Champions Cup) until last season, but last season, Manchester City was also eliminated in the group stage and never entered the second stage.

As for the game against Real Madrid, the media in England are quite optimistic.

After defeating Manchester City away, it is not too difficult to strive for not to lose at home!
As long as they don't lose to Real Madrid at home, Manchester City can basically qualify first in the group.

On the side of their opponents Real Madrid.

The Madrid media had been building hype for the match days before the match.

Of course, Real Madrid has a reason to win this game. They must win to regain the first place in the group. The media are cheering for Real Madrid and using various statistics to prove Real Madrid's advantage.

For example, Real Madrid has basically never lost in England. For example, Real Madrid's background in the Champions League.

It seems that after saying this, the players of Real Madrid have become more confident.

Before departure, Ancelotti accepted interviews with Spanish media.

The Real Madrid coach is still very low-key and cautious: "Manchester City is a very strong team. It is not easy to beat them away. We must not be careless. We will go all out for this game. As for the final result, we will see after the game is over!"

Real Madrid came to Manchester three days early, which shows the importance they attach to this game.

Manchester United lent their training base to Real Madrid.

This is a common practice. Every time Manchester United played in the Champions League, Manchester City always treated Manchester United's opponents with delicious food. They naturally hoped that Manchester United would be unlucky.

And now it's Manchester City's turn to play in the Champions League, and so is Manchester United.

It's funny to say that Guardiola, the head coach of Manchester United, doesn't like Real Madrid. After all, he is a coach from Barcelona.

But when he arrives in England, he will also respect England's derby culture.

Real Madrid is training at Manchester United's Carrington training base. Manchester City's training base is only separated from them by a wall, but the wall is very high, so Manchester City should not even think about sneaking into Real Madrid's training situation.

The training bases of Manchester City and Manchester United are very close. It is said that when Sun Jihai was playing for Manchester City, he was sent by the head coach to pick up the ball at Manchester United's training base. During training, Sun Jihai accidentally kicked the ball to Manchester United.

The conditions of Manchester United's training base are naturally good.

After Real Madrid came to Manchester, Ancelotti has always wanted to collect intelligence on Manchester City.

It's just that these days the media has nothing else to say about the great significance of Manchester City's group qualification. There is nothing dry about it. Manchester City seems to be very cautious about this game.

Since there is no way to get some valuable information, Ancelotti can only rely on guesswork.

He believes that Manchester City may play a defensive counterattack at home in this game.

There is an eighty to ninety percent chance it will be so!
Because the current situation is very favorable to Manchester City, they don't need to risk attacking at all, just put up a counterattack formation and let Hazard and Griezmann attack Real Madrid's defense.

Ancelotti asked himself, if he was in Gao Bo's position, he would definitely make such a choice.

But Ancelotti also has to guard against Gao Bo's unexpected choice.

He has studied Gao Bo thoroughly, he is an unpredictable guy.

When you think he will defend, he may attack. When you think he should attack, his team will directly put up a big bus.

Therefore, Ancelotti also made two-handed preparations.

He intends to test and test before the start of the game!

Gao Bo is also paying attention to the movements of Real Madrid.

Having won the UEFA Champions League, it is not a big deal to qualify for the group stage.

But now the team is different.

Atlético de Madrid played in the Champions League after a year of running-in. At that time, Gao Bo's team was very mature, with players who cooperated tacitly, played skillfully, and had a strong lineup.

But now at Manchester City, he has just taken over, and now the team's training still has new things every once in a while, and Gao Bo has not fully instilled his own things into this team.

Therefore, it is very important for Manchester City to qualify first in the group.

If the top sixteen can draw a good lottery, it will help Manchester City adapt to the knockout rounds, and grow while fighting.

When interviewed by reporters, Gao Bo also appeared very cautious.

"Mr. Ancelotti is a great coach. Real Madrid is also a strong team. Even if it is a home game, we will not take it lightly!"

In training, he also said the same to the players.

Before the start of this crucial game, both teams appeared very cautious.

(End of this chapter)