Glory Greenery

Chapter 672

After the trip to Abu Dhabi, Manchester City's second warm-up match opponent is the Los Angeles Galaxy from North America.

In this warm-up match, the same commercial significance is greater than the training significance.

Everyone knows that the North American market is as untapped as the Chinese market.

Therefore, it can be seen that many European giants have established youth training base branches in North America. While selecting talents, it is also to develop the North American market.

The Manchester City City Football Academy, which is about to open, will naturally not miss this opportunity.

The football academy in the United Kingdom and the United States will be established at the same time, and the North American division will participate in next year's USSDA, which is the United States Football Academy Elite League established in 2007 to improve local youth training.

When he arrived in Los Angeles, when Yang Mo learned about the USSDA project, he was filled with emotions.

In the eyes of many domestic fans who don't know the inside story, the United States, like China, is a so-called football desert.

But only if you really understand this place, you will know that this desert in the United States is completely different from China.

Seven regions, more than 100 clubs, and 300 teams of all age groups.

The huge youth training league established by the USSDA project is unimaginable in China.

It is no wonder that although the United States has not made it far in the World Cup in recent years, it has often been able to break through the fierce competition in the Americas and advance to the World Championship.

And if you really think that no one in America watches football, you'd be wrong.

Take this year's World Cup in Brazil as an example, the highest ratings in the United States is the 2-2 qualifying match between the United States and Portugal, with more than 3000 million viewers.

This is an extremely exaggerated figure.

How powerful it is, let me tell you this. From the perspective of domestic audiences, the NBA, which is far more popular than football in the United States, this year's Spurs vs. Heat finals, the highest number of viewers was only more than 1500 million.

Therefore, the world is constantly changing, and we cannot always look at a thing with one impression.

Of course, if the number of viewers in North America is compared with that in China, the difference is not 01:30.

In the eighth-final match where the Chinese team eliminated the French team, the number of viewers in China exceeded [-] million according to statistics after the match!It is not an exaggeration to describe it as an empty street.

The number of viewers in China alone exceeds the sum of the rest of the world.

You must know that the total number of viewers in the world for that game was only 7.9 million.

It can't compare to the youth training, but at least in terms of popularity, the country is going to kill North America in seconds. There are more people and more power.

Anyway, Yang Mo heard about it. The senior management of FIFA knew the number of viewers, and the collective downtime was worried about whether the Chinese team could qualify for the 18 World Cup in Russia, and whether they needed to make secret arrangements.

A country contributes [-] million viewers, how much is the advertising fee?

On July 7th, at the Home Depot Center Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, the match between Manchester City and the Los Angeles Galaxy was limited, and the stands were packed.

As the newly promoted European overlord, this is the treatment that Manchester City deserves.

However, even without Manchester City, the attendance rate of this stadium is very high on weekdays major league game days.

It's just that today, apart from the Los Angeles fans, there are also many more neutral fans who came to watch.

Among them, Yang Mo, who is very popular in North America because of the World Cup, has many people cheering for him from the beginning of the game.

And there were also fans in the stands holding posters and banners, cheering for Yang Mo.

Although there are many Chinese in North America, not all of Yang Mo's fans are Chinese. This shows Yang Mo's influence in the hearts of fans all over the world.

For professional fans, this game is definitely not exciting.

After all, unilateral crushing does not seem to be confrontational.

Ibrahimovic, who played for the first time after his injury, was extremely excited and completed a hat-trick feat at the Home Depot Center Stadium.

Yang Mo's adult beauty did not steal the limelight from Ibrahimovic, and gave Ibrahimovic two assists.

Although the hardcore fans of this kind of game are not enjoyable to watch, those neutral fans who come to watch the excitement and fans who like Manchester City watch the climax again and again.

Because this is what a European overlord should look like in their hearts.

In addition to the Heat Shooting Competition, coming to the United States, of course, business activities are indispensable.

After a busy day, after spending three days in the feasting Los Angeles, the Manchester City team finally returned to Manchester, ending their busy pre-season schedule.

At this time, the time has entered the month, and there are only seven days left before the first Community Shield match of the new season on August 8.

Before that, Manchester City still had a real warm-up match.

The opponent of this warm-up match is completely different from the previous two teams. It is a team that can really test the strength of Manchester City.

Serie A giants, Juventus!
On August 8, the most watched warm-up match in Europe started at the expanded Etihad Stadium.

Perhaps because the opponent is a Serie A team, coach Pellegrini specially arranged for Kate, who was recalled from Serie A, to start the game and partner with Fernandinho as a double midfielder.

Above the striker, Aguero, who did not play in the previous game, started.

Together with Yang Mo and Ibrahimovic, they form a terrifying striker combination that any goalkeeper in today's football will feel weak when he sees it.

David Silva, as the starting midfielder, controls Manchester City's midfield.

On the defensive line, Zabaleta, Kompany, Thiago Silva, Krarov four, Manchester City won the championship last season.

In front of the goal, Keylor Navas, the best goalkeeper in the Premier League last season, was in charge.

Facing the old woman, Manchester City used their main force and came up with the lineup that dominated Europe last season, which can be said to have given Juventus face from afar.

How could such a big battle go unnoticed.

More than 7 media from all over the world rushed to Manchester, and the Etihad Stadium, which can accommodate nearly [-] people, was packed. Everyone just wanted to see how the European overlord last season would perform.

From the perspective of the outside world, even if the old woman is strong and strong, facing such a terrifying Manchester City, she will definitely be hard to get.

After the start of the game, the situation was as expected in the fight. Manchester City completely controlled the situation on the court, and the old woman's popularity could not be conveyed.

But what makes everyone anxious is that although Manchester City controls the audience, the goal has never appeared.

Although Juventus is at a disadvantage, it has fully demonstrated the Italian defense, making it difficult for Manchester City to find a good opportunity.

In addition to defense, the most important thing is that one of Juventus broke out in this game.

That is the 36-year-old Juventus goalkeeper, Buffon.

In the opening 7 and [-] minutes, Yang Mo received a through pass from David Silva after cutting inside, dribbled the ball into the penalty area and shook the defensive player, and it was a burst shot.

But this goal, which everyone thought should be scored, was thrown directly onto the lawn by Buffon.

In the 23rd minute, Ibrahimovic received the ball in front of the penalty area and was released, and Manchester City got a free kick in a good position.

Manchester City's free kick expert Krarov personally took the penalty, and a full moon scimitar went straight to the dead corner.

But with such a tricky angle, Buffon actually judged the right direction, and then punched the ball out.

And within 5 minutes of this free kick, Manchester City made a comeback. Yang Mo dribbled the ball from the left like an arrow from the string. After penetrating the entire Juventus left defense, he made a cross pass from the left side of the penalty area.

Ibrahimovic rushed to the goal, his long legs swept the ground, and the football went straight to the old woman's goal.

But in this case, Buffon stood up again, and a diving jump actually confiscated Ibrahimovic's shot.

"Damn, this guy is too exaggerated today!"

Ibrahimovic was quite annoyed that this shot was not scored.

The momentum is not limited to Ibrahimovic, everyone watching this game has been stunned by Buffon's performance.

(End of this chapter)