Chapter 303 Visiting Camp Nou Twice a Year, Each Time with a New Feeling

"Do you think it's possible for us to bring Li Ang to Etihad?"

When the situation on the field suddenly changed and Manchester City's attack became more and more difficult, Guardiola suddenly spoke as if talking to himself.

His jumping thoughts made the assistant coach standing beside him dumbfounded, and he didn't know how to answer him at all.

After saying this, Guardiola fell into silence again, but his eyes looking at the field again became more complicated.

Once upon a time, he really had the opportunity to recruit Li Ang to his team.

Just when he left Barcelona and signed a draft agreement with Manchester City, before he took office at Manchester City.

At that time, he didn't expect Mourinho to leave Real Madrid at the end of the season.

Although he had long seen that Mourinho and Real Madrid's fan group and some senior executives had some signs of disagreement.

But to be honest, fans all over the world probably didn't dare to believe that Mourinho would resign and leave Real Madrid directly because he didn't get "respect".

This major event also completely disrupted Guardiola's contact and recruitment of Li Ang.

After all, before Mourinho chose to resign decisively, it was basically a fantasy for other clubs to poach Li Ang from Real Madrid.

So Guardiola only planned to have a preliminary exchange with Li Ang, or with Mendes, in that summer window.

Such contact and trial are very common in football. Guardiola has never concealed his admiration for Li Ang in front of the media since the end of the 11-12 season.

At that time, Li Ang's position in Real Madrid was as solid as a rock, and it seemed that there was no possibility of leaving Real Madrid.

But in the world of football, changes are always sudden, and opportunities are fleeting.

Who can guarantee that Li Ang will stay in Real Madrid throughout his career?

Make an initial contact, express your appreciation and cooperation intention, and then wait for changes, and make a generous move at the most appropriate time.

This is Guardiola's general recruitment plan for Li Ang.

His new club Manchester City is rich, very rich.

In the transfer market, as long as he really wants a player, the transfer amount will never be a problem or obstacle.

In mid-June 2013, Guardiola was already imagining the future cooperation with Li Ang and further realizing his tactical ideas in Manchester City.

As a result, when he was doing ideological work for Fabregas and persuading him to come to Manchester City and start a new business with him.

The transfer market soon broke out a thunderbolt. Mourinho returned to the Premier League, and Li Ang was suddenly decisively offered by five or six football giants!

Guardiola was not worried about other competitors, except Mourinho. He didn't know whether Mourinho would directly attack Li Ang after returning to Chelsea.

So he called his old friend directly to show his cards, and Uncle Bird did not hide it from Guardiola.

It was precisely because he knew that Mourinho and Chelsea would do their best to operate the transfer to introduce Li Ang, so Guardiola had to give up helplessly in the end.

Manchester City did not even make repeated offers to Li Ang like other giants in the summer window of 2013.

In terms of financial strength, Chelsea is not inferior to Manchester City at all. Mourinho played the emotional card and defeated all opponents.

So Guardiola left decisively. He felt very sorry at the time, but he would not regret it.

But now thinking back on this matter, Guardiola really feels regretful!

He regretted that he did not make a final attempt, regretted that he did not meet with Li Ang at the time, and made an offer to Real Madrid.

He regretted that he thought too far at the time.

If Mourinho and Real Madrid had a complete fallout and returned to Chelsea, he had already let Manchester City and Real Madrid have official contact in advance.

Would the result of this transfer drama be completely different?

It is indeed hindsight to think so, but there is no doubt that Guardiola did not think so long-term at the time and directly let Manchester City contact Real Madrid first.

The old man might really let Manchester City and Chelsea compete with each other by raising the price when Mourinho and Li Ang both forced the palace.

Every time he thought of this afterwards, Guardiola slapped his forehead more than once.

After he came to Manchester City, he also had a group of high-quality midfielders.

It's not that his players are not good enough. Fernandinho is also at the top level in the defensive midfielder position.

But if he had Li Ang and Fabregas as partners now, he would be sure to overturn the entire European football world!

Unfortunately, the matter is done and the missed opportunity cannot be re-grasped.

Guariola sighed deeply in his heart. After looking at the remaining time of the game, he also put down his thoughts and made the final substitutions.

"Fernando and Clichy were replaced, Villa and Jovetic came on! There are only three defenders left on Manchester City's defense line, and only one defensive midfielder in the midfield. Guardiola is going to fight to the death!"

Zhan Jun couldn't help sweating for Chelsea in the studio.

After all, Chelsea is still only one goal ahead of Manchester City.

Now Manchester City has to attack desperately. If they really equalize the score in the final stage of the game, Chelsea's situation will be dangerous!

Momentum is always a constant on the field, and a 1-0 score can be very dangerous at times.

There are also many cases where a team leads by one goal for most of the game, but is eventually defeated by the opponent with two goals.

At this moment, all the Blues fans were also in high spirits. If Mourinho chose to defend, they actually had no objection.

But if you decide to defend, you must put in the greatest effort to stick to the end, and you must not hesitate!

For example, at this time, Hazard or De Bruyne can be withdrawn, and Maguire, Lampard or Ramires, who are more physically fit, can be pushed up.

In this way, the defense will naturally be more secure.

However, they thought so, but Mourinho did not immediately replace more defensive players and directly defended to the end.

He even replaced De Bruyne, who had consumed more physical energy today, with Salah, further strengthening the team's sprint ability on the counterattack end!

This adjustment made commentators from various countries and countless fans in front of the TV stunned!

Mourinho was not conservative at all today?

He even chose to strengthen the team's counterattack ability at the last moment when Manchester City was going to attack desperately!

And it was not just as simple as sending Salah. At this moment, Lukaku and Torres started warming up on the sidelines of Chelsea.

For a moment, the Manchester City players who had been mentally prepared and launched a full-scale forward attack on the court were also under great pressure!

Playing a strong attack against Chelsea's counterattack?

This seems to be a suicide attempt...

But Manchester City has no other choice now.

If they can't win this game, whether it is a draw or a loss, it doesn't mean much to Manchester City.

They must fight back at the last moment of the game!

Aguero and Jovetic have reached the front of Manchester City's formation.

Villa and Fabregas are looking for opportunities to insert or send threatening passes behind them.

Silva and Navas are also constantly taking the ball on both sides of the midfield and trying to tear Chelsea's side defense.

It can be said that Guardiola has played all his cards now, and Manchester City can't find more threatening offensive players on the bench.

Guardiola used all three substitutions to replace the forwards.

If this still doesn't work and no goals can be scored, it can only be said that it is God's will.

Guardiola and Manchester City have tried their best.

The rhythm of the confrontation between the two teams reached the last climax of the game before the end of the game.

Li Ang had received a yellow card before, so now he had to restrain himself and not make big defensive moves.

Fortunately, Kroos and Matic had no such concerns, and their performance in defense today was also very stable.

When it was necessary to make tactical fouls, they and Hazard and even Ibrahimovic, who were retreating to participate in the defense at this moment, could stand up and decisively act in time.

Anyway, they were not aiming to maliciously hurt people, and Chelsea players who made tactical fouls would not have any psychological pressure.

On the contrary, after being frequently done so many times, Manchester City's offensive players lost their patience and began to get angry.

Stars like Fabregas who have played old games now understand.

There is really no need to conflict with Chelsea players, because it is completely their offensive time that is wasted.

Aguero restrained his temper at this moment, and he did not care to complain when Chelsea's defensive players used foul tactics twice in a row.

But Jovetic's brain was twitching. After Kroos pulled him down from the side, he saw that the referee only gave Kroos a serious verbal warning, so he complained unhappily.

The Chelsea players who saw the opportunity nearby immediately surrounded him and "argued" with him.

Xiao Ma Ge gently pushed Jovetic, signaling him not to interfere with the referee's whistle.

Jovetic, who was in a state of excitement, was also young and energetic, and pushed back directly. His palm seemed to hit Xiao Ma Ge's chin accidentally.

When Li Ang, who had just run back, saw this scene, he was about to rush up to find a place for Matic, but before he could make a move, Matic had already covered his chin and screamed and fell to the ground...

The situation on the court was becoming more and more chaotic.

Li Ang scratched his head, put his hands on his waist and watched his captain Terry angrily looking for the referee to explain.

Manchester City players, led by Fabregas, had no choice but to quickly explain to the referee the carelessness of Jovetic's action.

Ibrahimovic came over tacitly, and together with Leon and Kroos, they surrounded Matic and prevented other Manchester City players from touching him.

After almost a minute of quarreling, the referee on duty called Jovetic aside and warned him harshly.

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Matic also stopped while he was ahead, and was pulled up from the grass by Leon while rubbing his chin.

Guardiola was so angry that he laughed, and Manchester City's assistant coach even complained to the fourth official that Chelsea deliberately delayed the game time.

However, Mourinho did not personally take action this time, but asked Holland to negotiate with the fourth official.

At an angle that the live camera did not take care of, he quietly winked at Matic, Leon and others on the field.

The rhythm of the game was cut off again, and the Manchester City players were so angry that they could not say anything.

Fortunately, Jovetic learned his lesson after being cheated once, and did not cause trouble again.

Chelsea seized the opportunity of Manchester City's massive attack and the empty defense, and also took advantage of the speed of the newly-appointed Salah to hit Manchester City with several long passes.

However, Joe Hart is not the aging Valdes.

In addition to being caught off guard by De Bruyne and Ibrahimovic's divine passing and running cooperation in today's game.

Joe Hart has saved the rest of Chelsea's threatening shots.

Well, this even includes a heavy long-range shot from Li Ang and Matic.

After all, he is an active British goalkeeper. As long as he doesn't mess up, he is also one of the top five goalkeepers in the football world.

Salah has a strong impact with the ball, but at this stage, his shooting skills still need to be further honed at the end.

Joe Hart rejected Salah's two counterattack shots at the last moment.

But his steady saves did not help Manchester City get more threatening offensive opportunities.

After the regular time of the second half ended, the stoppage time just reached the fourth minute.

Aguero received a pass from Villa in the middle and shot a lob shot that was lifted by Cech with one arm, and then the referee on duty decisively blew the whistle to end the game!

The score of 1-0 is mediocre, but it is enough for Chelsea to capture Manchester City for the second time this season!

Li Ang did not get any personal offensive data in this game, but he was still selected as the best player of the game.

Compared with the steady performance of seizing opportunities to launch attacks in the first half, Li Ang still amazed all Premier League fans on the defensive end today.

Anyway, after watching this game, many Premier League fans joked that Manchester City players will dream of Li Ang's omnipotent interceptions and interceptions tonight~

Tough confrontation and a strong defensive system are still the key for Chelsea to restrain technical teams.

And this direct dialogue overturned Manchester City, and after expanding the points advantage to 4 wins, Chelsea's dominance in the Premier League has been further consolidated.

After the war, Chelsea, who had a full week of rest time, maintained a very good state of the whole team.

On the afternoon of February 7, Chelsea opened fire at Villa Park and directly washed Aston Villa with five goals!

Li Ang scored with a pass and shot, Ibrahimovic scored twice, and Hazard and Lukaku, who came on as a substitute, both scored goals.

However, with the main players in good form, Mourinho once again made large-scale rotations in the 25th round of the Premier League four days later.

Including Li Ang, as many as eight Chelsea main players were directly rested.

In the end, Chelsea tied Everton 1-1 at home, harvesting their second draw of the season.

But after the game, Mourinho did not have any dissatisfaction on his face, but smiled very easily.

And the reporters also knew why Chelsea was saving strength this round.

Li Ang, who sat on the bench for a full 90 minutes, still became the focus of the reporters' interviews.

And Li Ang, who succeeded in making a living before the focus game of the Champions League with Barcelona last year, did not disappoint the English reporters this year.

Ask him to talk about his opinion on this year's match with Barcelona, ​​and he can say a lot~

"This is a kind of fate. After leaving La Liga, I can still go to Camp Nou to play for two consecutive seasons. This feeling is very strange.

Maybe Barcelona fans won't miss me, but to be honest, at this time of the year, I miss them a little.

I can visit Camp Nou twice a year, and I have a new feeling every time~"