champion light

Chapter 1040 Physical Crisis
After Manchester City defeated their city rivals Manchester United 1-0 at home, there are still three rounds of the league before the end of the league. Now they still lead Chelsea by four points.

Even after encountering such a tragic game against Barcelona, ​​Manchester City's performance in the league did not show any ups and downs.

This is of course due to glory.

When the performance of the Manchester City team was not strong enough, Rong Guang stepped forward and saved the team.

This also disappointed those who expected Manchester City to be unstable because of the two-line battle.

In fact, their previous analysis is correct. When facing a two-line battle, Manchester City does appear to be a little unprepared and lacks experience in dealing with it.

But they overlooked one point, that is, Manchester City has glory.

This is a person who can decide the outcome of the game on his own.

Even if the Manchester City team is not strong enough, as long as Rongguang plays normally, it will still be very difficult to beat Manchester City.

Manchester City are now four points ahead of Chelsea, and they will play Arsenal away in the next round of the league, while Chelsea's opponent is Stoke City, and they are at home.

It will also be a battle of focus.

Manchester City and Arsenal used to have no grievances, but since Manchester City grabbed Arsenal's fourth place in the league last season, the two teams now have a lot of grievances and enmities.

In addition to this matter, there is also the matter of record.

Rong Guang announced on behalf of Manchester City that he would hit Arsenal's 49-round unbeaten record in the league, which would naturally make Arsenal's supporters very upset.New and old hatred are together, Arsenal will never let Manchester City go easily at their home court.

Moreover, Arsenal also want to compete for fourth place in the league.

They are now ranked fourth in the league with 71 points, and their city rival Tottenham Hotspur is ranked fifth in the league. Tottenham Hotspur has 67 points. The two sides are only four points away. With three rounds left in the league, everything is possible.

But before that, Manchester City has to consider Inter Milan, the opponent in the semi-finals of the Champions League.

After the match against Manchester United, Manchester City did not choose to rest or stay at the Carrington training base in Manchester for training. Instead, they took the bus directly the next morning and headed for Milan, Italy, thousands of miles away.

It's a very rough ride, even though they have state of the art coaches that even have toilets and bars in them.It is still not a kind of enjoyment to take such a bus for long-distance travel.

According to the club's arrangement, they plan to travel in two days, arriving in France on the first day, resting in France for one night, and finally arriving in Milan the next day.

Because it is impossible for only one driver to drive all the time, he will be very tired, and he needs to rest after driving for several hours, so the time will be lengthened.

It is impossible to reach the destination in one day.

In order to cope with such a long and boring journey, the players also tried everything possible. Some played cards in the car, some brought all kinds of game consoles, some brought laptops and planned to watch movies and American dramas in the car, some prepared several mobile power banks to charge their phones, and some wore blindfolds and planned to sleep as soon as they got in the car.

Faced with such a long journey, Rong Guang seemed very boring.

First of all, he doesn't play games.Secondly, he doesn't play with his mobile phone.Third, he is not interested in movies or American dramas.Fourth, he is not in the habit of going to bed so early.

He is used to training.

But in the car, he really couldn't train himself...

What a tedious journey.

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Benitez sits in the front of the bus with his coaching staff.

He looked back at the players in the car, some of them had fallen asleep, some were still playing games, and some were staring at the scenery outside the car window bored.

Many people appear listless.

If this continues for two days, when we arrive in Milan, there are only two days before the start of the game.They still set off early...

In just two days, the players have to rest and arrange training...

What is the effect of such training.

Coupled with the fact that the team is full of injuries, the players are generally exhausted...

Benitez sighed.

If you tell him before the start of the season that Manchester City can reach the semi-finals of the Champions League this season, he will definitely think that this is a really great result.

But after really going through this process, he was already unwilling to stop here.

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Against Inter Milan on Wednesday night, at the San Siro, Manchester City's performance was not flattering.

The team is very tired, it is obvious.

I'm not in shape because of fatigue.

Inter Milan controlled the situation from the beginning.

They scored three goals in one go in the game.

Manchester City only saved face when Rong Guang used a direct free kick to score a goal in the second minute of No.70.

Commentator John Mortensen believes fatigue from the long trip and the painful loss against Barcelona were the main reasons for City's poor performance.

Alan Hansen agrees.

"...But after watching their away game against Barcelona, ​​I don't think anyone can expect too much from them and criticize them too much." Alan Hansen finally said. "As a team in the Champions League for the first time in 40 years, they have had a very, very good season."

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After the game, Manchester City's players were very frustrated about losing the game. Only Rong Guang said that he would not give up and would strive to reverse when he returned to the home court.

But that will be in the middle of next week, and now Manchester City should consider the away game against Arsenal this weekend...

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In the game against Arsenal, what made Arsenal fans most upset was what Rong Guang said before. He said that he would try to challenge Arsenal's record. At that time, his tone and attitude made Arsenal fans think that Rong Guang didn't respect Arsenal at all.

Therefore they were filled with disgust for glory.

In this game, Arsenal should beat Manchester City at home no matter where they come from.

Isn't your glory bragging that you want to challenge our unbeaten record of 49 games?
Then I will break it for you now, let's see how you can challenge it!

Manchester City's game against Inter Milan gave them confidence.

Since Manchester City was in such a bad state when they challenged Inter Milan, then when they returned to England to play Arsenal, their state would definitely not be much better.

Because of how they went, they have to come back. Because of the Icelandic volcanic eruption, the sky over Europe is still not open.

And now the entrances and exits of the undersea tunnels in the English Channel are very, very blocked.

These tosses are enough for the entire Manchester City team to drink a pot.

Just finished the game against Inter Milan, and after such a toss during the journey, Arsenal played at home and waited for work. How could it be impossible to beat Manchester City, which had just lost?
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As expected by Arsenal fans, Manchester City did return to the UK from Milan by bus.

In order to save time, they did not return to Manchester, but the whole team arrived in London directly, and then stayed in the hotel to prepare for the match against Arsenal.

This time it was Tottenham Hotspur who provided their training ground.

Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal are a pair of rivals in North London. Tottenham Hotspur is still competing with Arsenal to qualify for the Champions League next season. If Manchester City can beat Arsenal, it is a good opportunity for Tottenham Hotspur.

So Tottenham Hotspur are very happy to lend it to Manchester City's training base at this time.

Let alone borrowing venues, if the rules allow, let them lend Bell and Lennon to Manchester City.

On April 24, three days after the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, Manchester City's away game against Arsenal began.

Benitez did not make much adjustments in this game. Basically, Manchester City's main players appeared in the game against Arsenal.

When the game started, Manchester City did play very passively. The continuous high-intensity games and the fatigue of long-distance travel had a great impact on the team.

Therefore, in terms of tactical choices, Benitez is also more conservative than before.In this game, he believes that the team can draw with Arsenal in the away game is a victory.

Draw with Arsenal, even if Chelsea wins, Manchester City is still two points ahead of Chelsea.

With two rounds left in the league, Manchester City only needs one win and one draw to win the championship.At that time, they will have the same points as Chelsea, but in terms of goal difference, Manchester City will have an advantage and will win the league title with the advantage of goal difference.

This is the wishful thinking of Benitez.

Of course, Arsenal will not let Manchester City get the result they want so easily.

They took advantage of their home court advantage and ball possession advantage to firmly control the football at their feet, and used the pass to mobilize Manchester City players to follow the football to run around the field, making the Manchester City players who had little physical strength left even more exhausted.

No. 301 minutes, Manchester City's goal finally fell.Arshavin took the lead for Arsenal.

At that moment, the stands at the Emirates Stadium shook and trembled - all caused by the sound of the Arsenal fans.

Arsenal fans have waited long enough for this moment.

All the emotions they had accumulated before seemed to be vented through this ball.

Some Arsenal fans shook their fists and roared at the Manchester City players on the pitch: "Want to break our record? Dream on! Idiots!!"

When the TV broadcast showed close-ups of Manchester City players, most of the Manchester City players who appeared in the close-ups stared blankly.

They don't seem to care about this conceded goal anymore.

Or they were not surprised.

The situation of the team is like this, isn't it normal to lose a goal?
(End of this chapter)