Chapter 194 Guardiola Rarely Gets Angry! (Ask for Monthly Ticket)

Although they won the game, the major media criticized Manchester City after the game.

Needless to say, tabloids like The Sun are good at creating gimmicks and tidbits. Even big newspapers like the Mirror, the Independent, the Guardian and even the Times all criticized Manchester City’s performance in this game. performance was criticized.

Among them, Miguel Delaney, a columnist for The Independent, wrote:

"Pellegrini's team should not sacrifice the league for the Champions League. Their lead in the league standings is not large. Arsenal has won five consecutive games and is only one win away from them."

“I think we can’t be too harsh on these players on the field, after all, they are just a group of substitutes.

But Pellegrini obviously has a big problem with his employment. He should not put Aguero and Lin Quan on the bench at the same time. At least one of the two should start. "

"Man City played like a headless chicken without Lin Quan and David Silva. Yaya Toure seemed to want to take over the game, but his several poor performances almost caused the team to collapse."

"For Yaya Toure, Pellegrini must either let him play as an attacking midfielder or restrict his area of ​​activity. Don't give him so much freedom. Not everyone can become a free man like Lin Quan. .

Indulging players too much will destroy the team's entire tactical system. Aston Villa's two counterattack goals in this game are inseparable from Yaya Toure! "

After criticizing Manchester City, Miguel changed the topic and praised Aston Villa:

“Although Aston Villa’s current record is not good, with two wins and four losses in six rounds, it ranks fifth from the bottom in the Premier League.

But considering that they played against four giants in the first six rounds, and even won one of them, this result can be said to be very amazing.

The top teams in the Premier League this season all had a very difficult time facing Aston Villa.

If this happens only once in a while, it might be explained by chance.

But every scene is so anxious, so this is definitely not a coincidence.

Perhaps, the teams in the middle and lower reaches of the league can learn from Aston Villa and study how they deal with the wealthy teams. In this case, they may be able to fight against these wealthy teams in the league. "

In fact, without Miguel's words, many teams have already noticed Aston Villa's outstanding record.

In the past, due to the gap in hard power, many small and medium-sized teams were basically waiting to die when they met the giants at the top of the standings.

There is no way, the strength gap between the two sides is too big, and their chances of winning are too small.

Instead of wasting energy and time on the wealthy teams, it is better to go shopping with those equally weak mid-range and lower-tier teams. In that case, the probability of scoring points is higher!

But now, with Aston Villa taking the lead from the front.

These mid-to-lower teams have some other ideas in mind:

If Aston Villa can put these giants into such a difficult situation, why can't we do the same?

Aston Villa has nothing that cannot be copied, both in terms of lineup and style of play.

Their configuration is the same as ordinary teams, unremarkable.

The only difference lies in their playing styles!

As a result, teams in the middle and lower reaches began to learn Aston Villa's playing style and were gearing up to use this style of play to deal with wealthy teams.

The spread of this trend has made wealthy families panic.

Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger was the first to stand up:

"The Premier League should not condone fouls, especially vicious fouls against players."

"If many stars are injured due to rough fouls, it will not only improve the enjoyment of the game, but will also affect or even reduce the overall European War points of the Premier League. This is detrimental to all teams!"

The Premier League's European qualifications are determined by the hard work of these giants in the European wars. But if the players of the giants are brutally fouled and kicked by mid-to-lower teams in the league, how can they go to the Champions League? Earn points for the league?

Once the league's performance in the European competition declines, their European competition quota will also be affected. The number of teams that can participate in the European competition will be reduced, and the pie that can be divided from the European competition will naturally become smaller.

This affects not only the wealthy teams, but also the mid- and lower-tier teams.

Look at Ligue 1 and Serie A!

After their European performance dropped, the league's overall broadcast ratings declined, and broadcast revenue dropped severely, causing many teams to fall into financial difficulties and even have to go bankrupt and sell off their teams.

Wenger hopes to use this method to warn league officials and small and medium-sized clubs not to do such things that harm others and do not benefit themselves.

However, almost all small and medium-sized teams dismissed Wenger's warning.

"We know that Professor Wenger is a well-known coach and a big shot, but please just pay attention to your own team. There is no need to tell us what to do. We can decide how to play football without outside intervention!"

The reason why I don't appreciate it is very simple.

The wealthy teams are high and don't have to worry about the team being relegated.

As for the mid-to-lower teams, they are in danger of being relegated.

Once they are relegated and fall into the English Championship, the annual league income gap can reach tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of pounds!

This is an astronomical sum for small and medium-sized teams!

Because of this, almost every team in the middle and lower reaches is desperately trying to stay in the Premier League.

This is also the reason why teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League are so difficult to play at the end of the season when the team faces relegation pressure.

There is no way, the income gap between the Premier League and the Championship is so big. For most teams, without the income from the Premier League, they can hardly survive. Since it is a matter of life and death, they naturally have to work hard.

Although coaches from other wealthy clubs also stood up and appealed, the effect was very little.

Neither the Football Association nor the Premier League made any official statement.

They actually hope that the Premier League games can be more intense, because this is the biggest selling point of the Premier League.

If the Premier League games do not have such fierce physical confrontation, it will lose a major feature, and their overseas broadcast revenue may be greatly reduced.

Therefore, they will not express their position publicly, but the concerns of the wealthy families are also reasonable.

Those malicious fouls must be prevented and restricted. Fouling is okay, but don't kick people easily.

The scale between these needs to be determined by the referees themselves.

…

After the game against Aston Villa, Manchester City took the bus back to Manchester.

They have no time to care about outside criticism and controversy, because they are about to face the most important game in the Champions League group stage - against Bayern Munich at home!

Manchester City attaches great importance to this game.

Pellegrini even conducted closed training for the team, prohibiting all outside visits.

Obviously, he didn't want to reveal the team's tactics to avoid being known to Bayern's scouts in advance.

On October 1, Bayern Munich came to Manchester two days in advance under the leadership of head coach Guardiola.

They settled in Manchester United's Carrington training base, but Guardiola did not conduct closed training.

His team conducted regular training before the game, and it seemed that they did not design any new tactics for Manchester City.

However, even so, Manchester City did not dare to be careless. The team sent many scouts to monitor the opponent's every move.

This game is too crucial for them, Manchester City cannot afford to lose!

Manchester City has spent huge sums of money to introduce many players this season. If they still cannot qualify in the group, then not only will their money be wasted, but the entire team will become a laughing stock in football.

Although from the outside, the only threat to them in the group is Bayern Munich.

But in fact, CSKA Moscow's strength is not weak, especially if the opponent's home field has the blessing of winter buff, it will be very difficult to play.

The straight-line distance from Manchester to Moscow is more than 2,500 kilometers. With such a long distance, even if the weather is not considered, the team's condition will be greatly affected by the fatigue of traveling and traveling.

Coupled with weather factors and some off-field influences, let alone Manchester City, even Bayern Munich is not absolutely sure that it can defeat CSKA Moscow in an away game.

Therefore, if they want to qualify, they must play this game well and cannot stop working hard just because their opponent is Bayern Munich.

If they surrender directly because Bayern is strong, then they will lose their room for error. If the expedition to Moscow fails in the future, they can almost be taken away directly.

Considering that Bayern may also overturn in Moscow, Manchester City must win four games if they want to ensure the right to qualify.

They now only have 3 points, and Plzen's victory is relatively weak. When they face them at home next time, Manchester City is sure to defeat their opponents again.

But even so, there are still only 6 points, which is still half of the 12 points.

Therefore, they must strive to win both home games, whether the opponent is Bayern or CSKA Moscow.

If Bayern can win this game, then Manchester City will not only have the initiative to qualify firmly in their own hands.

It's even possible to get first place in the group!

If they get first place in the group, they will be able to avoid the strong teams in other groups in the knockout stage. In this case, their probability of breaking into the quarterfinals will be greatly increased.

For Bayern, the situation is similar.

Manchester City is their biggest competitor in the group, and Bayern cannot afford to lose.

Compared to Manchester City's schedule, Bayern's schedule is even more devilish.

They will play an away game in late November, in freezing conditions in Moscow.

This chance of winning is not even as good as Manchester City!

However, unlike Manchester City who are preparing for the game, Bayern is full of confidence in this game.

They have already won the Champions League. As the defending champions, they have enough confidence to face all teams.

Even a team as strong as Barcelona was swept out of the competition by them. How could Manchester City, a mere mediocre player, still be able to overturn the situation?

Although Guardiola didn't want to put more pressure on the players, he couldn't stand it anymore when he saw the players treating their opponents with such contempt.

"Pause!"

He called a halt to training and waved the players over.

The players didn't know why, but they still stopped their training obediently, walked to the sidelines, and gathered around Guardiola.

However, Robben and Ribery were whispering to each other and standing outside, appearing not to care much about what Guardiola had to say.

The two were obviously unhappy about Guardiola interrupting their training.

If the other party is not also a champion coach, they may not listen to the other party, or they may simply ignore the other party.

Guardiola noticed this, but said nothing.

He has been at Bayern for a relatively short time and has not achieved anything worth mentioning.

These players have played for Bayern for many years and have won the league championship and even the Champions League.

Strictly speaking, they are the veterans of the team, and he is just a newcomer.

Young players may still pay for their championship coaches, but this is not necessarily the case for older players.

Big-name players have bad tempers. If you want to convince them, you have to show your strength on the court.

Guardiola knows this very well, that's why he attaches so much importance to this game.

This should be the first tough battle he has faced since joining Bayern.

If we can win Manchester City, although we may not necessarily win the support and trust of the players immediately, at least there will be no crisis of trust.

But if he loses to Manchester City, Moyes' predicament at Manchester United may appear on him.

"I know many of you look down on Manchester City and think that they cannot be our opponents."

Although Bayern's players didn't speak, the expressions on their faces proved that they really thought so.

"But I want to tell you that our winning rate at the Etihad Stadium tomorrow is less than 30%!"

The players' eyes widened and they all looked at Guardiola, thinking:

Coach, is he crazy?

Is he serious?

Bayern's winning rate against Manchester City is less than 30%?

How can it be!

We are the champions of the Champions League, and our opponent has never even qualified for the group stage. Moreover, Manchester City fell at their feet in the Audi Cup two months ago.

Such a team can defeat the powerful Bayern!

Bayern's players expressed disbelief. Even if Guardiola said this, they still responded with suspicion.

"Haha, I know you don't believe what I say, so let me ask you a few questions."

Guardiola had already anticipated the players' reaction, and Bayern's players were very proud.

There was no way they were going to admit they couldn't beat Manchester City.

This is the pride of a champion!

"Kros, how do you think Manchester City's strength compares to Werder Bremen last season?"

Cross was stunned for a moment, but he understood immediately, and he said seriously: "Manchester City is better than Werder Bremen!"

Guardiola was very satisfied with his answer, so he asked Mandzukic again:

"Mandzukic, who do you think is better between these two teams?"

Mandzukic replied angrily: "Manchester City is strong!"

Guardiola nodded and continued to look at the third person:

"Mueller, what do you think?"

"Manchester City is strong!"

…

Guardiola then asked a few more people, and almost everyone thought Manchester City was stronger.

There is no doubt about this. How can Werder Bremen's cheap lineup compare with Manchester City's luxurious lineup worth hundreds of millions of pounds?

"Since you all think Manchester City is better than Werder Bremen last season, are you 100% sure of beating Werder Bremen last season?"

Most of the players had already realized what he was going to say, so they didn't answer. Only Boateng answered honestly: "No, no!"

"Oh? Why?"

"Because they have Lin!"

When thinking about the scene where he was teased by Lin Quan last season, Boateng still has a psychological shadow.

The scene of him being knocked down by Lin Quan in that game was made into a gif and widely circulated on the Internet. For Boateng, this was simply his nightmare.

Therefore, he is the one who recognizes Lin Quan's strength the most among all the players present.

"Haha, now that Lin has arrived in Manchester City, shouldn't he be more worthy of your vigilance?"

"It's so difficult to play against the weaker Werder Bremen, so why do you think you can defeat Manchester City, whose strength has been upgraded in all aspects? Is it just because you are the Champions League champion?"

Guardiola's expression became serious:

"I've also won the Champions League, both as a player and as a coach."

"So I tell you as someone who has been there, being Champions League champion is both an honor and a curse.

"Since the Champions League was restructured, no team has successfully defended the title in this competition."

"If you think you are the defending champion and underestimate all your opponents, then I can tell you that we will never go far in the Champions League this season!"

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