I Want to Be the King of Football

As the saying goes, good fortune comes, and misfortune does not come singly.

When Wenger was interviewed after the game, he had just proposed to discuss with Benfica about the transfer of David Luiz. As a result, the day after the fiasco, the Portuguese media broke the news that Benfica had officially accepted from Manchester City. Quote.

David Luiz, through his agent, told Benfica's management that he wanted the club to seriously consider the offer from Manchester City. Between Chelsea, Arsenal, Real Madrid and Manchester City, David Luiz chose to join Manchester City.

It means that David Luiz will take on challenges from Pepe, Kompany, Jerome Boateng.

Manchester City gathered four central defenders, which is inseparable from Guardiola's tactics.

Guardiola, who is deeply influenced by Dutch football and Italian football, is still a very traditional head coach in his bones, so his team formation mode is also very traditional, that is, he pays attention to both ends.

The front is the center and the back is the center.

After the two ends are determined, the other positions are pieced together.

When the center has a superstar like Su Dong in charge, the position of center back is what Guardiola is most concerned about.

It is true that Pepe and Kompany are the best centre-backs in the Premier League this season, but the problem is that they have played too many games and consumed too much, and they need someone to share the pressure of their games.

Micah Richards has proven unusable, and a versatile player like Jerome Boateng is not enough, so bringing in another David Luiz has become inevitable.

This transfer will cost Manchester City £25 million in transfer fees, which is already a very staggeringly high price.

Manchester City technical director Begiristan personally went to Lisbon, Portugal, to discuss personal treatment with David Luiz's agent.

Through the media, Su Dong sent a warm signal to David Luiz on behalf of the dressing room, welcoming him to Manchester City.

Wenger, who was far away in London, vomited blood again.

A fiasco on the pitch, a fiasco on the transfer market.

What the heck, this day is over!

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Manchester City's winter break transfer movement is very big.

In addition to De Bruyne and Courtois, who were loaned back to Genk in Belgium after the buyout, Manchester City signed Leighton Baines from Everton, Thiago from Barcelona, ​​and Wolff from Wolff. Borussia signed Dzeko, and now signed David Luiz from Benfica, both of which are young talents with a lot of money.

This also allowed Manchester City to invest heavily in the transfer market again, becoming the team that invested the most in transfers during the winter break.

In addition to feeling the richness of Manchester City, fans around the world also saw Manchester City's ambition to hit the championship and Mansour's determination to run Manchester City for a long time.

If you don’t want to operate for a long time, who is willing to invest so much?

The Manchester City management also showed their operational ability and shrewd negotiation efficiency this time.

The transfer market has just opened during the winter break, and he has already signed the players he wants in one go. This speed is unmatched by other teams. Of course, there is the strong financial backing of the Abu Dhabi consortium behind it. The management The shrewdness and negotiation also contributed.

After signing a number of players, Manchester City also began to clean up the players in the team, including Micah Richards, Bridge and other players, who are no longer in Guardiola's plan, the club intends to put these Player cleaning.

In addition, the club has also lost patience with a group of young players such as Michael Johnson and is ready to sell them.

Michael Johnson used to be a leader in Manchester City's youth training and a symbol of the youth training. He was even regarded as a genius for a time, but under the influence of various factors such as injuries, his development did not meet the expectations of the outside world. Of course everyone.

Under this series of operations, Manchester City's lineup has basically remained the same, but its overall strength has risen to a higher level.

In particular, the joining of Leighton Baines is both a local household registration and a strong aid, which is a great help to Manchester City.

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At the weekend, Manchester City ushered in the third knockout round of the FA Cup.

This is also the first FA Cup that a Premier League team has participated in. Manchester City is away to challenge Leicester City in the middle of the Championship.

Since it was a cup match and they had just succumbed to Arsenal in the league, Manchester City did not do their best, but arranged a rotation and a substitute lineup to go away, leaving the main core players such as Su Dong in Manchester.

Guardiola obviously wants to inspect the players through the FA Cup, especially the new players.

Dzeko, Thiago, Leighton Bynes and David Luiz all started, with David Luiz even starting with Jerome Boa after only one day of training with the team. Teng partnered with the defender.

As a result, less than a minute into the start of the game, it was the cooperation of the two central defenders that caused Leicester City to fall into a goal.

City then patiently controlled the game.

Midfielder Thiago was in charge of dragging behind, Moutinho and Gareth Barry came forward, and Guardiola hoped to maximize Thiago's strength, especially his ability to control the midfield.

The midfielder from Barcelona also performed well and showed a very good level.

In the 23rd minute, after receiving a pass from Moutinho, Dzeko sent a through ball. Milner broke into the penalty area and hit the goal, leveling the score for Manchester City.

After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Manchester City kicked out a wave of offensive attacks as soon as the game started.

But in the 64th minute, Joe Hart took the ball from the wing and let it go, and the opponent seized the opportunity to score.

The England goalkeeper is also unstable now and has become a major hidden danger in Manchester City's lineup.

Guardiola has made it clear that after the end of this season, Manchester City will retrieve Courtois from Genk, Belgium, and he will personally carve the Belgian goalkeeper and transform him into the type of goalkeeper the team needs as much as possible.

Just when everyone was worried that Manchester City would draw with Leicester City, and the two sides had to play a play-off, in the 87th minute, after Milner formed a breakthrough on the left, Dzeko crossed to the goal, adding Reis Barry followed up and scored an angry shot, which once again exceeded the score for Manchester City.

Three to two, the score remained until the end of the game.

Manchester City finally narrowly beat Leicester City.

By the way, the teenager Sterling replaced Adam Johnson in the second half.

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Although it is only one game, many clues can be seen.

Manchester City's signings are still based on the team's philosophy and are in the same line.

Whether it's Thiago, Leighton Bynes, or Dzeko and David Luiz's technical characteristics are very suitable for Guardiola's Manchester City, they also showed very good strength and potential in the game, making people Believe in their future at Manchester City.

But the two conceded goals are also Manchester City's second-most goals conceded this season.

The most goals conceded was against Arsenal with three, but that was a red card in the opening four minutes and a penalty kick in stoppage time in the first half.

Judging from the two goals conceded, the most important thing is the lack of tacit understanding and the old problem of goalkeeping.

Neither Joe Hart nor Shay Madou are satisfying.

At least, neither has shown a steady state.

Guardiola praised several new signings at the post-match press conference, and also euphemistically criticized Joe Hart's mistakes, arguing that it should not appear on the Manchester City goalkeeper.

It's not that you can't have mistakes, but you can't have such low-level mistakes.

The outside world still gave affirmation to Manchester City's performance. After all, they had just beaten Arsenal to the death, and they played in a full-substitute lineup.

If the 9-1 away victory over Arsenal made everyone see the strength of Manchester City's starting lineup, then the 3-2 away win over Leicester City showed everyone the strength of Manchester City's substitute lineup.

Maybe not very strong, but young, energetic, energetic and promising.

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There was no midweek game due to Manchester City being knocked out of the League Cup early, but Su Dong was not idle at all.

The FIFA Ballon d'Or award ceremony is coming!

Every giant team has started to help out their stars, and Barcelona is the loudest.

Who made Xavi and Iniesta big favorites?

Cruyff said in the column that Xavi should win the award. He is not only the commander of Barcelona, ​​but also the soul of Spain's midfield to win the World Cup. He deserves a Ballon d'Or.

Su Dong is undoubtedly the strongest. So far this season, 35 Premier League goals have been scored, which is simply breathtaking, but unfortunately, 2010 is the World Cup year, and Xavi is the best Award-winning player.

Cruyff said in his column that in a non-big year, Su Dong was invincible, and no one could shake his rule.

But when it comes to the competition year, it often pays more attention to the performance in the competition. Xavi and Iniesta are the most deserving awards, especially Xavi. The whole world owes him a Golden Globe Award!

Barcelona coach Mourinho supported Iniesta, believing that if the Ballon d'Or is not awarded to Iniesta, it would definitely be shady, I can't imagine anyone who has performed better than him, more eligible to win.”

A goal in the World Cup final is enough to get him a Ballon d'Or!

The voice of Su Dong winning the award is not low, but after the merger of the World Footballer and the Ballon d'Or, no one knows how the first selection will be.

But before that, when the British authoritative magazine [World Football] selected the best player in 2010, Su Dong defeated Xavi and Iniesta and won the whole honor.

Bayern coach Heynckes was elected as the best coach, Spain was selected as the best team of the year, and Bayern's Thomas Muller was selected as the best newcomer of the year.

In the votes released by World Football Magazine, Sudong defeated Xavi and Iniesta by a narrow margin.

In fact, this also represents the contradiction between many media and fans at present.

Su Dong has performed very well. Whether it is in Bayern or the six months after joining Manchester City, his performance is impeccable.

But the problem is that there is a World Cup this year, and Xavi and Iniesta are both the number one contributors to Spain's World Cup victory. They also helped Barcelona reach the Champions League final. Although they did not win the championship, it was also an achievement.

It can be said that it is really difficult to choose who wins and who does not.