i want to be king

Chapter 947 Come to Manchester City!

After playing Arsenal's league, Manchester City ushered in the last round of the Champions League group stage in the middle of the week.

Sit at home against Inter Milan.

Manchester City is actually releasing water in this game. They still play with rotation and substitute lineups. They mainly focus on investigating substitutes and young players. All the main players, including Courtois, are all rested.

But even so, at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City beat the visiting Inter Milan [-]-[-].

Su Dong sat in the stands and could swear to God that Manchester City was really letting go. Even Guardiola didn't think about winning before the game, so he spoke very low-key during the interview.

The fans also know this clearly, so they also behaved very calmly during the game.

But who would have thought that he would win!

Inter Milan showed an aggressive attitude at the beginning, and really suppressed Manchester City, but in the end they attacked and attacked, and Inter Milan couldn't make any threats. This made Su Dong in the stands anxious for them.

After more than 30 minutes of attacking, Inter Milan did not score the ball, but instead lost their own goal.

A quick counter-attack from Sergio Aguero assisted Moutinho to open the scoring for City.

After conceding the goal, Inter Milan began to counterattack, but in the second half, the defense misfired again, and Manchester City seized an opportunity. Milner scored a goal and made another victory for Manchester City.

Now the game becomes more interesting.

Inter Milan seemed to have been drained of all their strength, and only one substitution was used in the audience, obviously accepting the result.

Manchester City surprisingly defeated Inter Milan [-]-[-] at home.

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In another stadium, Dortmund beat Villarreal [-]-[-] away.

The yellow submarine really gave up the Champions League and focused on the domestic La Liga.

After scoring these three points, Dortmund finally reversed Inter Milan due to Inter Milan's defeat at the Etihad Stadium, qualifying as second in the group after Manchester City.

I have to say that the final result of the group of death is indeed a bit surprising.

The two strong teams ranked in the first and second tiers were finally counterattacked by the teams in the third and fourth tiers. This has to be said to be a shocking thing.

What is even more surprising is that in another group, the Premier League giants Manchester United lost 8-[-] to Basel in the away game when they could qualify in a draw. They conceded a goal in the opening [-] minutes.

In the end, they lost one to two and handed over the right to qualify for the Champions League to Basel.

Ferguson did not show any anger at such a humiliating defeat. Obviously, he was somewhat psychologically prepared for the current situation of the team. He believed that Manchester United failed to stand out from the group stage, and the team had exposed serious problems that needed to be resolved during the winter break.

It is revealed that Ferguson is inviting Scholes to come back again to ease Manchester United's weak midfield organization.

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Here Manchester United were eliminated from the Champions League, and there was a fire in the backyard.

The French teenager favored by European football, Paul Pogba's agent Mino Raiola, who has the title of Vieira II, publicly commented in the media, saying that Manchester United's contemptuous attitude of unwillingness to make a contract renewal commitment made his players very upset. Pogba is seeking the possibility of leaving the team.

French legendary midfielder Vieira also supported Pogba's departure in an interview with the media. He said that Manchester United would not give such a young talent a chance. "Ferguson would rather recall Scholes, use the sick Fletcher, and use Anderson than give Pogba such a genius a chance. This has already shown his attitude."

Vieira believes that in order to keep Manchester United's achievements, Ferguson will not easily use young players.

"According to the information I have received, Morrison, another talented teenager, is already starting the process of leaving the team and may leave the team during the winter break. I believe that the day Pogba leaves Manchester United will not be too far away."

As for which team to choose after leaving Manchester United?
Vieira said that the first choice is Juventus, because Juventus needs a midfielder very much now, and Arsenal is also a very good place to go, because this team has very good French football genes.

"In addition, Manchester City can also consider. The technical and tactical style of this team is very suitable for Pogba's characteristics, but he must be mentally prepared to compete with the best midfielders in the world."

There was an uproar outside, but at this fatal moment, Su Dong suddenly went uncharacteristically and accepted an interview with a reporter from the Guardian, and was "questioned" about the rumors about Pogba's transfer to Manchester City.

"I have watched his games and playing videos. I think this is a very capable midfielder, but he was placed in the midfielder position in several games at Manchester United. This is not good. He is not suitable for playing as a midfielder. He should be more forward, release his characteristics, and tap his potential on the offensive end."

"A word to Pogba? I want to say to him, if you want to be the best midfielder in the world and play with the best players in the world, come to Manchester City!"

After Su Dong's interview was published by the Guardian, it quickly attracted strong attention from the entire British media and even European football.

Everyone knows that Su Dong is the captain of Manchester City, and he usually does not accept interviews easily, so every interview he has is purposeful, and most of them are arranged by Manchester City.

Then this time the meaning is obvious.

Manchester City has decided to enter the field and compete with many giants for Pogba.

Many media believe that this is not surprising.

On the one hand, it is Pogba's talent and potential, and on the other hand, his local youth training status.

According to regulations, as long as you have registered with an English club for three years before the age of 21, you can be counted as a local youth training.

Although it is not a household registration book, it is also a valuable place for local youth training.

Of course, if Pogba transfers to a team in another league, it will be less than three years before he loses his local youth training qualifications.

Manchester City has always been trapped by local quota restrictions. For players like Pogba, they will naturally not let them go easily.

If you don't grab it now, when will you wait?
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If it is said that Manchester United was eliminated from the Champions League group stage and Ferguson was suffering, then Chelsea's Villas-Boas felt like he was surviving after a catastrophe.

In the Premier League this season, Chelsea's performance is not ideal. They are still fighting for the top four in the league. Even in the Champions League group stage, Chelsea played dangerously.

But unlike Manchester United's last group match, Boas learned from the pain this time and let John Terry and Didier Drogba, two veterans who had been sentenced to death by him, start.

This battle caused Boas to encounter a double sky of ice and fire.

On the one hand, after scoring these three points, Chelsea qualified for the group stage, and Boas's situation was relaxed, but on the other hand, it was Drogba, whom he had sentenced to death, to save him. This is definitely a slap in the face of Boas.

So much so that after the game, the British Daily Mail sent a soul torture to Boas.

"A player like this, are you really going to send him away?"

"Without Drogba, you're packing up and leaving now!"

Such remarks stimulated Chelsea fans, making fans more and more suspicious of Boas.

There is no problem in itself with being younger, but the problem is that before you eliminate old players, you should at least have suitable young players to stand up, but what about Boas?
Torres' performance in his hands still hasn't improved. After he denied Drogba, who will fill Drogba's vacancy?

Anelka has already signed with the Super League team, Torres is not doing well, besides Drogba, who else can Villas-Boas rely on?

The Sun even questioned Boas directly on the page, believing that the Portuguese has completely lost the support of the locker room.

"Drogba's two goals, during the celebration process, the Chelsea players didn't even have the most basic interaction with the home team's coaching bench. The locker room has completely distrusted Villas-Boas."

The Sun newspaper believes that the victory against Valencia helped Chelsea advance from the group stage, which is just a few opportunities for Villas-Boas. The real test is the game against Manchester City at the weekend.

"Blue Moon has already won [-] consecutive victories. If they beat Chelsea again, it will create the longest winning streak in the history of the Premier League. At the same time, Chelsea's hope of returning to the top four of the league will be shattered again, which will shake Villas-Boas' position as a coach."

According to the analysis of the Sun, Abramovich and Chelsea's management have less and less patience with Boas. Chelsea's poor performance this season has made them completely lose their trust in Boas.

"The Portuguese can only extend his stay at Chelsea if he proves himself with the results of the next period of the game, otherwise, he is likely to be fired before the winter break."

But Chelsea want to beat Manchester City, easier said than done?
According to the odds offered by the three major bookmakers before the game, Chelsea are basically at a disadvantage, and Manchester City also conceded the half goal.

In other words, most people are optimistic about Manchester City winning a goal.

After all, Chelsea just beat Valencia in the middle of the week, while Manchester City played against Inter Milan with a full rotation and a substitute lineup. The physical fitness and state of the players on both sides are obviously not at the same level.

More importantly, Manchester City's performance this season is too stable and outstanding. Coupled with the flood of goals from Su Dong in front, Manchester City has kept pace on all fronts, and basically does not give other competitors the slightest chance.

In this case, can the out-of-form Chelsea beat Manchester City at home?
However, the Manchester Evening News also reminded Manchester City that Chelsea is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

The Blues have always been stronger when they are strong, and they have performed well in the competition against the top six teams in the Premier League this season, which makes it possible for Chelsea to be upset at home.

Guardiola revealed at the press conference announcing the squad for the game that it is very important to score first in a game like Stamford Bridge against Chelsea.

"We will work hard to score first away from home," Guardiola said confidently.

(End of this chapter)