I Want to Be the King of Football

Manchester City face Notts County in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

This was a matchup between two teams that were not at the same level, but as the oldest football club in the world, Notts County showed a very tenacious side at their home.

Although Manchester City controlled the ball and the rhythm of the game, they were never able to break the Notts County goal. Instead, they were scored by Notts County with a corner kick in the 59th minute.

But this goal also completely woke up Manchester City.

Then, Dzeko headed home, then Adam Johnson seized the opportunity to score a goal to reverse the score for Manchester City.

In the end, Manchester City reversed Notts County 2-1 away and advanced to the fifth round.

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Back in Manchester, Manchester City went non-stop to Birmingham.

In the twenty-fifth round of the Premier League, Manchester City played away to Birmingham.

Just four minutes into the game, David Silva sent a through ball from the front of the penalty area, and Su Dong turned offside to form a single-handed shot, opening the scoring for Manchester City.

But in the 23rd minute, Birmingham took advantage of a free kick in the frontcourt. Former Arsenal player Bentley sent a cross.

Joe Hart made another mistake in this goalkeeping process.

But in the 39th minute, after receiving a pass from his teammate, Su Dong drove the ball straight in. After passing three opponents, he was fouled by the opponent and got a free kick in the frontcourt. Chance.

This time, Su Dong personally took the penalty, the precise falling leaf ball, after bypassing the human wall, went straight to the blind corner of the goal, 2 to 1!

This score remained until the end of the game.

Manchester City beat Birmingham 2-1 away.

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After the game in Birmingham, the Manchester City group returned to Manchester Carrington, it was past ten o'clock in the evening.

Surprisingly, both Soriano and Begiristan greeted the team at the training ground.

To say that the game against Birmingham is not an important game, it will not be such a big battle, right?

Soriano and Begiristan first said a few words to the players, nothing more than to affirm their performance on the road, and at the same time encourage them to continue to grit their teeth in the next league, survive the winter break and multi-line battles of difficult times.

After the lessons of last season, the management of Manchester City is also basically aware that after Christmas and the winter break, the multi-line operations in February, March and April are also the most difficult period in the Premier League.

After talking to the players, Soriano and Begiristan gave Guardiola, Estiart, Torrent and other coaching staff, Sudong, Kompany and Zabaleta to three players. Please come to the conference room.

Seeing Su Dong and others leave, Pepe and other players all looked at each other in dismay.

Something big has happened!

Everyone checked, sure enough!

When they fought hard in Birmingham, Chelsea managed to land Torres from Liverpool in the final stages of the transfer market.

The transfer fee is as high as £50 million.

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No one expected that such a big news would suddenly come out in the final stages of the transfer market.

After Chelsea bought Torres for £50 million, Liverpool bought Andy Carroll from Newcastle for £35 million and Suarez from Ajax for £2. Sixteen and a half million pounds.

What do you think?

In the conference room, Begiristan introduced the latest information that the team had just obtained to everyone. Many of the content will be published in the media early tomorrow morning, and may even have to wait until the day after tomorrow. rather nervous.

League leaders are not so easy to be.

Manchester United are chasing after them, and they may come back at any time. Arsenal are tepid, but Chelsea, which fell out of the top four in the league, has begun to recruit. Torres' joining will undoubtedly greatly enhance Chelsea's competitiveness, especially in attacking. firepower.

What does the technical team's assessment say? Guardiola asked with concern.

Begiristan shook his head, We don't know the specific situation of Torres at the moment, so we can't make a judgment. If he can get back to Liverpool's peak state in the early stage, it will undoubtedly be quite amazing, and this deal from Chelsea will be very cost-effective. , but if we can't, we're less optimistic.

This is a big gamble! said assistant coach Manel Estiat, Chelsea must try to keep the top four, and they must also make signings. David Luiz, the target of the central defender, was taken by us. Having a head start and bringing in a strong scorer is very much in line with Chelsea's requirements.

Everyone also nodded, this analysis is reasonable.

Many people know that the huge share of broadcast fees in the Premier League has caused many teams to attach importance to domestic leagues and ignore European competitions, even thankless games like the Europa League. Basically, few teams are willing to play.

The reason is simple, it's really strenuous and maybe even a losing business.

But there is one thing that no Premier League team will ignore, and that is qualification for the Champions League.

Participating in the Champions League is not just a league ranking, nor just the Champions League prize money, but has the right to distribute the huge sum of money in the Champions League's England prize pool.

In other words, only teams that participate in the Champions League are eligible to receive this part of the Champions League bonus pool.

It's also quite tempting.

The budget-conscious Wenger and his Arsenal have made the best example, that is, the way to maximize the interests of the Premier League team is to rush into the top four in the league and the last sixteen knockout stage of the Champions League.

In other words, the top four in the Premier League and the top sixteen in the Champions League have all been fruitful.

So over the years, Arsenal's strategy has revolved around these two points. As for whether they can achieve better results, it depends on fate.

In the past, the competition for the top four in the Premier League was not so fierce. Even if Arsenal sold their captains every year, they could reach the top four, but now they can't. With the strong rise of teams such as Manchester City and Tottenham The competition for the top four has become more intense than ever, as evidenced by Liverpool's current ranking and Chelsea's drop out of the top four.

Because of this, Chelsea and Liverpool have to get back to the top four no matter what.

Chelsea desperately poached Torres. After Liverpool cashed out Torres at a high price, they turned around and introduced Andy Carroll and Suarez, which undoubtedly wanted to further improve the team's strength.

Liverpool must have been prepared, otherwise it would not be so efficient. After selling Torres, they immediately got Andy Carroll and Suarez, and the most likely thing is...

When Su Dong said this, he deliberately paused and looked at everyone present.

The people who can sit in this conference room are basically human beings. Sabaleta and Kompany are also the team's vice captains and play a certain management role. At this time, I can also think of what Su Dong said. the meaning of.

That's right, we also suspect that Liverpool made a half push, or even took the initiative to sell Torres, so they negotiated Andy Carroll and Suarez early, and the reason why Liverpool decided to sell Torres, we guess, very Maybe it's because Liverpool think Torres can't go back to the top.

This makes sense.

Tottenham Hotspur is still lacking in the heat and is not particularly stable. If Chelsea regroups, there is still a good chance to get back to the top four, and Liverpool is in the European war zone at most, and it is basically impossible to enter the top four. Guardiola have a clear judgment.

After seeing this clearly, the next situation in the Premier League is basically the competition between Manchester City and Manchester United.

All Manchester City needs to do is to try their best to ensure their competitiveness, especially after the winter break.

Not long ago, the management of Manchester City gave the team bonus, including a bonus for winning the Europa League.

In fact, playing the Europa League really doesn't make any money. If a high bonus is given, the club may even lose money and make a profit, but there is no way to do it. Manchester City has no background and needs a European-level one very much. Tournament champion to add confidence.

To give the simplest example, the opponent of Manchester City's Europa League knockout, Aris from Greece.

The team is based in Kalamaria, a southeastern suburb of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki.

This belongs to a small city.

Not to mention Kalamaria, even Thessaloniki, Manchester has no direct flight.

How to get there?

The straight-line distance from Manchester to Thessaloniki is more than 2,000 kilometers. If the charter flight takes more than three hours, this does not include the time outside the flight, so the team must arrive in Thessaloniki one day in advance, and Select the hotel to stay in.

This is very troublesome.

The club not only has to charter flights to and from, but also hotel room and board, which will be a huge expense for the club.

Of course, the team can also choose not to charter a flight, but from Manchester to Thessaloniki, or from London, there is only one flight a day. If you first fly from Manchester to London and then transfer, it is expected to take 19 hours.

If you are connecting from Istanbul, it will take 24 hours.

This is why many teams are reluctant to play in the Europa League, they cannot make money, and they lose money.

In fact, this is not a problem unique to the Europa League. As far as Su Dong knows, China has a vast territory, and domestic leagues also have such problems.

Manchester City is not short of money and is willing to invest in the Europa League, so the club gave a lot of bonuses, hoping that the players can work harder in the Europa League and strive to make a difference.

As for Aris, according to the Greek media, this team has not been captured for 40 years at its home court, and it can almost be said to be the strongest home court in Europe.

When Su Dong heard this report from Begiristan, his first reaction was to lie.

It's as if domestic fans ridiculed that the national football team is a strong team in the World Cup. They have only lost three games in the World Cup finals for decades. Is it the same?

The reason why Greece has become a European pig country, and the reason why it is so poor and bankrupt, is probably related to the fact that they do not collect cowhide taxes.

Look at the bragging ability of their domestic media, if they really want to collect cowhide tax, will Greece go bankrupt?