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Chapter 414 Preseason warm-up match

In the next two days, Duncan reduced the amount of training, because their first warm-up match is coming.

For this warm-up match, Duncan still attaches great importance to it.

Of course, what he values ​​is not the results, but the process.

Duncan wants to observe through this game, the degree of recovery of Manchester City's players.

Manchester City's opponent in this game is the Dutch team Den Haag. This club is a second-tier league team, and it shouldn't cause too much trouble for Manchester City.

However, after the game started, Manchester City fell behind.

In the 9th minute of the first half, Manchester City conceded the goal!
After conceding the ball, Manchester City obviously strengthened their offense and wanted to equalize the score as soon as possible.

However, at the end of the first half, the score remained unchanged.

This Den Haag team, mostly young players, was born with a fearless spirit, which made the champion members of Manchester City a little overwhelmed.

In the second half of the game, Manchester City made a large number of substitutions, and many young players appeared on the pitch.

Before the end of the game, the players made another mistake and Hague took a chance and counterattacked successfully.

In the end, Manchester City lost to Den Haag [-]-[-] in the first warm-up match of the new season.

Duncan didn't care.

Losing this game is not a big deal. The results of the pre-season warm-up games are not the most important thing. The most important thing is to find problems, correct mistakes, and then become stronger in the new season.

Duncan didn't pay much attention to the loss of this game.

However, Manchester City's training intensity suddenly increased!

Although he doesn't value the result, the head coach is in a bad mood after losing the game!

Soon, Manchester City ushered in the second warm-up match, Valencia.

David Silva's parent team.

Valencia sold David Silva and Villa one after another, but the team's financial situation is still not good.

Recently, it has been rumored that they will sell Mata, the star of hope in the team.

Fans have repeatedly begged the club not to sell Mata so early.They know that selling is inevitable, but they just want Mata to play in Valencia for a few more years.

Facing Valencia this time, Duncan still has no requirements for results.

At the pre-match mobilization meeting, Duncan just hoped that the Manchester City players could give full play and fully demonstrate their current state and level.

In this game, the state of Manchester City's players has improved slightly, at least the last game was much better.

But the core players are absent, and the team's offensive and defensive transitions are still not so smooth.

Although the situation is not good, Valencia's strength is still there. They ranked third in La Liga last season after Real Madrid.

The delicate skills of the Valencia players made the Manchester City players a bit overwhelmed.They took advantage of the situation to control the rhythm of the game, and even for a while, they were besieging Manchester City.

In the second half, Manchester City sent young players again.

And the main players, these young players played more passionately and aggressively.

The elegant artists in Valencia couldn't stand the pounding of hammer after hammer, and the originally embroidered flowers were smashed to pieces.

But Valencia's defense is still very sophisticated, Manchester City's young players paid a little tuition, and in the end the game was a zero-to-zero draw.

After this game, there was an unexpected visitor in Duncan's office.

Thiago Silva.

"Boss, I want to recommend someone to you——David Lewis."

David Luiz is a fellow of Thiago Silva. The two joined the Portuguese Super League almost at the same time, so they are very good friends.David Luiz is 23 years old. He is a defender and can be left or center.

Last season, he represented Benfica in 49 appearances and scored 3 goals, helping Benfica win the club's first league title in five years.At the same time, he himself was named the best player in the Portuguese Super League.

It is said that Mourinho is very interested in him.

It's just that most of Inter Milan's money is used to buy strikers in this transfer market.

The money used to buy guards is really stretched.

And Italy, where Inter Milan is located, has never lacked excellent defenders.

Buying a defender from abroad is still from Brazil. Moratti always feels that he can't get over the hurdle in his heart.

As a black shop, Benfica naturally has a fine tradition of sitting on the ground and raising prices.

The staff Duncan sent to contact Benfica returned with a dusty nose.

"The other party said that there is no 4000 million euros, so there is no need to talk about it. And they also said that Inter Milan has already made an official offer. If we don't act, we will be preempted by Inter Milan."

"Bah!" Duncan sprayed directly: "If Inter Milan can come up with 4000 million euros, I will cut off my head directly!"

When Mourinho bought a Milito, he had to rely on left and right, beating around the bush to take advantage.

How can it be possible to buy a defender now and just wave 4000 million euros?

What about cheating the undead?

But this is also a problem. With Inter Milan next to it, it is indeed a constraint.

After thinking about it, Duncan called Mourinho.

Two days later, Inter Milan announced two news.

First, Manchester City striker Diego Milito joined Inter Milan for £1000 million.

Second, Inter Milan stated that they have no interest in the Benfica defender David Luiz.

The Benfica club was dumbfounded.

And Thiago Silva has long been angry with David Luiz.

Luiz made it clear that he hopes to leave the team and join Manchester City.

Things have come to this point, it is not easy to recover.

In the end, David Luiz parachuted into the Etihad Stadium for 2000 million euros!

With the signing of the defender, Manchester City's third warm-up match of the new season began.

Manchester City's warm-up opponent for the third game is the Schalke 04 club in the Bundesliga.

David Luiz joined in and started as a left-back.He was very active on the left and boosted the morale of the Manchester City team.

Everyone's momentum is like a rainbow, so that Schalke 04 can only be tired of defending!

Manchester City's offense is very fierce, especially the condition of the two wings is very good, Schalke 04 is about to be overwhelmed.

In the middle, the newly joined Diego Costa is also very active.

A powerful striker with strong scoring ability is naturally a very good thing.

At the end of the first half, Costa scored a goal after receiving a cross from Luis on the left.

After conceding the goal, Schalke 04 tried to counterattack, but Manchester City's defense was solid.

The game continued, and Manchester City's offense was also sharp.

They frequently threatened Schalke 04's goal, but at the end of the first half, Manchester City did not expand the score.

The second half of the game has just started, and Manchester City has made a large-scale substitution adjustment.

The scene finally returned to flat, and finally Manchester City won the game 1:0.

(End of this chapter)