Soccer Card System

Chapter 793 Fanning the Fire
On the night of the game, the team flew back to England.

This is to prepare for the next key game earlier!

The ninth round of the league!
Manchester City challenged Chelsea in the away game!
While the Manchester City players were still on the plane, news about the game had already been fermented in the media.

While the Italian media were reporting on the game, they also bemoaned the fact that Serie A has become less competitive.

With the decline of Italy's overall economy, the once small World Cup has increasingly lost its past color in leagues such as La Liga and the Premier League.

The media in Milan City began to criticize Allegri.

"It's time for a change!"

Gazzetta dello Sport reported this on the front page.

The spearhead is naturally directed at Allegri.

"Gazzetta dello Sport" believes that even if there is a certain gap between AC Milan and Manchester City in terms of strength, the gap will definitely not reach the level of one to five points.

The fiasco of this game, the head coach has to take full responsibility.

In the face of media criticism, Allegri also bluntly stated that this game is his responsibility, and if the team asks him to be responsible, then he will be responsible.

In football, the way a manager is in charge...mostly just resigns.

A storm was brewing at the AC Milan club.

And all of this has nothing to do with Manchester City, which has left Italy.

The English media spoke highly of Manchester City's performance.

With a [-]-[-] victory over AC Milan, the Premier League team once again defeated the Serie A team.

Historically, Premier League teams have always played the role of the nemesis of Serie A teams.

In the confrontation with the Premier League team, the Serie A team often does not take advantage

In the Champions League, there is a popular saying that "the Premier League beats Serie A".In recent years, Serie A teams have indeed performed poorly against Premier League teams in the Champions League.Among them, the most typical example is the UEFA Champions League 2008/09 finals in the 1/8 season.At that time, Roma played against Arsenal, Inter Milan played against Manchester United, and Juventus played against Chelsea. The Champions League 1/8 finals of this season were hailed as "the full confrontation of the Premier League and Serie A".As a result, Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea advanced, and Serie A was wiped out.

意甲球队在欧冠赛场上被英超球队大比分痛宰的例子也屡见不鲜。2007年4月1日，罗马客场1-7不敌曼联。2003年2月26日，尤文图斯主场0-3不敌曼联。2003年11月26日，国际米兰主场1-5阿森纳。热刺整体实力不及英超传统四强。不过，在对阵意甲球队时，热刺仍然游刃有余。在上赛季欧冠赛场上，热刺曾先后击败国际米兰和AC米兰。

The slow-paced and defensive-heavy style of play of the Serie A team, and the Premier League's high offensive banner, fast-paced and high-speed winger flow, are inherently unable to pee in a pot.

And this time Manchester City's victory seems to have once again verified the saying that "the Premier League beats Serie A".

Meanwhile, the media in other parts of Europe began to exclaim that Manchester City beat AC Mulan, vaguely already a champion!

"Maybe, Gao Bo's Manchester City will become the first team in history to defend the Champions League?"

The German "Bild" added such a sentence at the end after reporting the game.

A question mark means a lot.

The media's discussion did not affect Manchester City's preparation rhythm.

The game against Chelsea was on the 27th, only four days away from the third round of the Champions League group stage!
In such a high-density schedule, training arrangements become extremely important.

On the basis of ensuring the quality of training, the coaching staff must allow the players' physical fitness to recover within just four days.

Fortunately, in the past few seasons, Gao Bo's team has spent such a rhythm of double games a week, or even three games a week.

The coaching staff has sufficient experience to face such a schedule.

After returning to Manchester, the team had a day off, and then began to fully prepare for the game against Chelsea.

Chelsea vs Manchester City!
This is undoubtedly the focus of the ninth round of the league!

After eight rounds of the league, Chelsea are five points behind Manchester City, ranking No.3 in the league.

Since Manchester United lost to Liverpool and Manchester City before the season, it is now generally believed that Mourinho's team will be Manchester City's biggest competitor this season.

In terms of lineup, Chelsea's lineup is not much worse than Manchester City's.

Chelsea this season, the intensity of signings is unprecedented!

This season, Anzhi Makhachkala Football Club, a local tyrant in the Russian Premier League, has encountered a serious financial crisis. Many European teams have invested heavily from this team in previous seasons!
Chelsea also snatched Brazilian winger Willian from the Anzhi club!This cost Chelsea a transfer fee of £200 million.

In addition to William, Chelsea also got Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o for free from Anzhi!
On the front line, Chelsea also has an important signing. Chelsea spent 800 million pounds to get the German midfielder Schurrle from the Bundesliga team Bayer Leverkusen. This German player can play all positions in the frontcourt.

In addition to the signings on the forward line, Chelsea also strengthened the midfield.

Chelsea bought back midfielder Matic from Benfica for a transfer fee of 500 million!

However, Matic is more in the position of the midfielder. What Mourinho really wants is an attacking midfielder who can replace the 35-year-old Lampard, and what he is looking for is his important player in the Inter Milan Triple Crown period, Dutch midfielder Sneijder!

In order to get the 29-year-old Sneijder from the local super giant Galatasaray, Chelsea paid a transfer fee of 200 million and also matched Sneijder's annual salary in Galatasaray. It is conceivable that Mourinho desires this Dutch midfielder.

William, Schurrle, Eto'o, Matic, Sneijder!

These are the five important signings of Chelsea this season. Since Drogba left Chelsea for the United States in the summer, and Lampard is already old, the five players introduced are almost all used by Mourinho as the main force.

In one season, Chelsea's main lineup has almost changed in half!
And the strength, of course, has also improved a lot.

Facing a lineup like the opponent's and playing at home, Manchester City naturally dare not be careless.

This is a key game in the league. For Manchester City, which is aiming to defend its title this season, defeating a competitor like Chelsea is an important key node on the road to the championship.

If you lose to your direct championship opponent, the blow to the team's morale will be very serious.

In the pre-match press conference, Mourinho was as unruly as ever.

"Mr. Mourinho, your team is five points behind Manchester City after eight rounds of the league. Manchester City is in amazing form this season. Their winning streak has lasted eight rounds. What do you think?"

Mourinho pouted and said: "I don't care about Manchester City. I only care about this game. Being behind by five points is not a problem, because after this game, we are only two points behind!"

This is typical Mourinho's style, and the reporters were not surprised.

Many reporters are excitedly taking notes.

For the media, they like people like Mourinho.

Because where Mourinho is, it means that there is news.

Mourinho is a character who naturally likes to put himself in the middle of the spotlight.

This is a guy who is born to compete to be the protagonist.

But when Mourinho meets Gao Bo, the protagonist is often not him.

When Manchester City's pre-match press conference was held, a reporter took Mourinho's words to ask Gao Bo's opinion.

Gao Bo also responded directly to this.

"According to my personal experience, for Mr. Mourinho's team, my plan is always three points. You have all seen it. My plan is really successful. I think, after this game, Chelsea will be eight points behind us!"

On the day Gao Bo's words spread, Mourinho replied.

"I have two Premier League titles. Except Wenger, who has been in the Premier League for more than 20 years, the number of titles of others is lower than mine. I don't need to prove anything!!"

Gao Bo almost laughed out loud when he saw this sentence.

"Of course he doesn't need proof, because some people never win!"

Gao Bo said this with full confidence.

Mourinho likes a war of words, but he doesn't like a big war of words with Gao Bo at all.

Because his match record against Gao Bo was so embarrassing that he couldn't show it at all.

A war of words can only be self-defeating.

Therefore, the slobbering before the game ended with Mourinho's flag dying down.

But everyone knows that both sides are holding back their energy, and they are going to show their opponents a little bit of color during the game!

On the day of the game, an hour before the game, the atmosphere of the game began to heat up!
Chelsea fans are looking forward to this home game to defeat Manchester City and send their opponents their first defeat of the season, while also narrowing the gap between them!
This is a golden game.

The game time is at 06:30 pm local time!
At five o'clock, the sun had not yet set, and under the glow of the fiery red sunset, the Blue Bridge was full of enthusiasm!
The Chelsea players got off the bus, entered the dressing room, and then warmed up, all received crazy and enthusiastic cheers from the fans!
This gave the Chelsea players playing at home a very strong confidence!
In such a home atmosphere, they believe that they can make a difference at home.

The atmosphere of the arena reached its peak when players from both sides entered the arena! !
The DJ at Stamford Bridge is reading the names of Chelsea players in turn!

After each name, you can get the sound of the live mountain roar and tsunami!

"The atmosphere of today's game is very, very, very enthusiastic!!!"

In the commentary booth, the commentator Letkinson was shouting!
"After all, the opponent is Manchester City! Now Manchester City looks extremely strong, and for Chelsea, beating Manchester City is almost the best way to continue to put pressure on Manchester City. If Chelsea want to win the championship, this game must be won. Once they lose at home to their direct competitors for the championship, it may not be convincing enough to say that Chelsea can win the championship this season."

Redknapp added.

For Chelsea, their lineup looks like this: goalkeeper Petr Cech, central defender Gary Cahill and David Luiz, right back Ivanovic, left back Azpilicueta, two midfielders Kante and Matic, front midfielder Lampard, left midfielder Schurrle, right midfielder William, striker Eto'o! For Manchester City, goalkeeper Oblak, center back partner Kompany and Umtiti, left back Kolarov, right back Tete Ripier, the defensive midfielder Milner replaced Casemiro who was still recovering from the injury, his partner Fernandinho played, the midfielder Griezmann, Sanchez on the left, David Silva on the right, Hazard the striker, it is worth mentioning that Kaka entered the 18-man squad again and sat on the bench!"

Letkinson introduced the starting lineups of both sides.

On the TV screen, the camera lens swept across the stands!
Before the game started, Chelsea fans were already clamoring.

The stadium atmosphere is as warm as fire!
The head coaches of both sides also appeared on the field.

Gao Bo and Mourinho went to their respective coaches' benches without any intersection!

The confrontation between the two continued from La Liga to the Premier League.

Mourinho did not take advantage of any!

But the Portuguese is not one to throw in the towel easily.

Moreover, a strong opponent is also an important means for Mourinho to gather the morale of the army!

He was like this in La Liga!

There are many gangs in the Real Madrid locker room, and Mourinho relies on the way of establishing a powerful enemy to flash the players' competition and confrontational psychology, so that these Real Madrid stars can be used by him!
It’s just that this move was ultimately dissatisfied by Casillas, the captain of the Spanish national team at the time, because it affected the unity of the Spanish national team.

There must be competition, but if it rises to the level of hatred, it will be a bit troublesome.

In Chelsea, Mourinho also began to use the strength of Manchester City to create the fighting spirit of Chelsea players.

Defeating a strong enemy, defeating an enemy that looks extremely powerful, the refreshing feeling brought by this is something that no player can refuse.

In the dressing room before the game, Mourinho gave an impassioned speech, which aroused the fighting spirit of Chelsea players to the extreme!
Discipline!
Emphasize mental strength.

This is one of Mourinho's styles.

However, Mourinho seems to have gone too far.

The game has just started, Manchester City took the lead to kick off.

And when the football was passed into the penalty area and Hazard dribbled forward with the ball.

Excited David - Lewis on the grab!
Hazard pulls the ball forward and gets knocked down by David Luiz!
"Beep!!!!!!!"

The referee's whistle sounded, and amidst the incredible eyes of the fans and Chelsea players, the referee's hand pointed to the penalty spot!

"Penalty!!!"

"The referee awarded a penalty!!!"

"Just 18 seconds into the game! Manchester City won a penalty!!"

"What a surprise!!"

"David Luiz's tackle was too frizzy. He completely threw his body out. Hazard's feet were much faster than him. David Luiz stabbed Hazard's ankle firmly with his foot. At the same time, his body was also a strong collision. Hazard fell to the ground. There is no problem with this penalty kick!"

In the commentary seat, the commentators said one after another.

(End of this chapter)