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Chapter 1087 Benitez's troubles

When Rong Guang returned to the Carrington training base on the first day, the first thing Benitez asked after seeing him was: "Is your body okay?"

He was worried that Rong Guang would feel tired, or get injured during the national team games and training.

Rong Guang shook his head: "Very good, no problem."

He knew what Benitez was worried about. In fact, he was really tired when he just returned from China, so he didn't carry out his own special training at the request of Sun Fengyang.

When he came to the training base this morning, he did not start training in advance, but waited to be with the team.

In order to restore the body.

Sun Fengyang also gave him a massage last night to relax his body.

With such a little genius doctor, Rong Guang actually doesn't worry about any accidents happening to his body.

Benitez actually wanted to ask Rongguang to do a physical examination, but he was afraid that Rongguang would think that he didn't believe what he said, which would cause Rongguang's dissatisfaction, so he held back.

It can only be observed and observed during training.

At the same time to observe the status.

His state in the national team game is really good, and Benitez is worried that Rongguang will use all his state in the club for the national team game, and he is too excited.

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After the national team game, Manchester City's first game is the eighth round of the league. They challenged Blackpool away.

Rongguang is not the only one who participated in the national team competition. What Benitez has to worry about is the physical condition of other international players.

During the training, he found that there was nothing wrong with Rong Guang's condition, which made him a little relieved.

But other players who participated in the national team were not as lucky as Rongguang.

They obviously feel tired, such as Godin.On this national team match day, Godin first flew back to Uruguay from the United Kingdom, across the Atlantic Ocean, and then flew from Uruguay to China, across the Pacific Ocean.Finally, I flew back to England from China, across the entire Eurasian continent.

It can be regarded as "flying around the earth in a circle" in the true sense.

Such a long-distance flight makes him very tired, and the impact of playing games is actually not great in front of such a long-distance flight...

There are also situations like Godin, so that Benitez had to rotate a lot in the game against Blackpool, sending many second-team players.

At the same time, in order to prepare for the next Champions League group match with Inter Milan, it is also necessary to allow the main players to get sufficient rest.

Rong Guang did not participate in the rotation, he is still the absolute main force of the team, and also the best solution for the team when it encounters difficulties.

Benitez has to thank him for never letting the glory rotate.

In the game against Blackpool, Blackpool was very active at home.

They scored first in the game and took the lead.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic then equalized for Manchester City.

Then Rong Guang's goal gave Manchester City the lead.

But Blackpool didn't give up and they leveled the score in the second half.

Under such circumstances, Rong Guang stepped forward again, and he used a header to help Manchester City beat Blackpool 3:2 in the away game.

Although Rongguang showed that his state and body are fine in the game, Benitez is still not happy.

Because Rongguang's return to China to participate in the warm-up match brought him a very bad news, that is, Rongguang will participate in the Asian Cup early next year as the absolute main force of the Chinese national team!

For a Premier League team without a winter break, it was a...bolt from the blue.

In fact, intercontinental competitions such as the Asian Cup are generally held in the summer, during the truce period after the league ends.

But this time the Asian Cup is held in Qatar.Qatar is located in the Middle East, where the summer is very hot, not suitable for football matches.That's why we decided to hold the event in winter. In winter, the weather is acceptable.

But if this is changed, the Asian Cup will become the African Cup...

The African Cup is held in January every year, because for most of the African continent in the southern hemisphere, January is their summer...

The Premier League teams hate the Africa Cup of Nations the most, because at that time the African internationals in their team would miss a month of competition.

Therefore, some teams will even temporarily introduce some players during the winter break to fill the vacancies of the African internationals in their teams returning home to compete.

But this kind of introduction is really helpless, because when the African internationals return to the team after the African Cup is over, the team's first-team lineup will look a little bloated.

How to deal with the players introduced before is a problem that may cause turmoil in the locker room.

If no players are introduced, the team's lineup may be stretched when the schedule is the most intensive. If there is another injury... the first team may not even be able to make a roster of [-] people.

I believe that those players who often play FM Football Manager should be able to understand it best. The national team game has indeed caused a lot of trouble to the club game.

Benitez would not have considered this issue before. As the core of the team, Rong Guang will never miss the team's games.

But now because the Asian Cup is held in January, he has to face this problem-what will Manchester City do this month when the glory is gone?
Although Manchester City now has Sneijder and Ibrahimovic, the two of them cannot give Benitez a sense of security, only glory will do.

The Asian Cup is an international A-level event, and Manchester City can't let people go.This kind of intercontinental competition must let people go, otherwise the lawsuit will go to FIFA, and the club will lose.

So Benitez can only let Rongguang go to the Asian Cup, and let Rongguang go to the national team for training before the Asian Cup starts.

If the Chinese team is lucky and makes it to the final, Manchester City will be in a state of no glory for more than a month.

Benitez can only hope that even if he has glory, the Chinese team will pack their bags and go home after three group games...

Because of such a incident, the better Benitez's state of seeing Rongguang is now, the deeper his inner entanglement will be.

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After the game against Blackpool, Manchester City entered the stage of preparing for the Champions League.

In the next two Champions League group matches, Manchester City's opponents are the same-the defending champion Inter Milan!
In the two rounds of the group stage, Inter Milan won one game and drew one game. Such a result did not satisfy the fans of Inter Milan, especially in the 2:2 draw by Twente in the away game.

Now everyone knows that Inter Milan has to compete with Manchester City for the first place in this group.

So don't lose a single point.

If Inter Milan only takes second place in the end, they will face the fate of being drawn in a group with many strong teams...

Therefore, the two direct dialogues with Manchester City are very important.

If Inter Milan can win both games, they can take the lead in the competition for the first place in the group.

No matter how bad it is, it has to beat Manchester City at home and draw Manchester City away.

In this case, one win and one tie are also dominant in the relationship between the two sides.At that time, if the points are the same, they need to be ranked according to the relationship between victory and defeat, and Inter Milan can also be ranked ahead of Manchester City.

It is impossible for Inter Milan to underestimate the enemy in the face of Manchester City-after watching Manchester City's performance from last season to this season, who would dare to look down on them?
When the opponent no longer despises you, it means that you are strong enough on the one hand, and on the other hand, you must be ready to fight hard.

In this half-week training, Benitez mainly practiced various counterattack routines in defensive counterattacks, as well as the offense and defense of set kicks.

In an away game, Manchester City will definitely defend and counterattack, and the quality of the counterattack will directly determine the final result of their game.

The set piece is also a good means to score goals when there are not many attacking opportunities.

In addition, the state and physical fitness of the players are also issues that Benitez is very concerned about.

The team was out of form in the last game against Blackpool. If it wasn't for Rong Guang and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Manchester City might lose to the opponent's newly promoted team in the away game.

There is no need to worry too much about physical fitness, after all, most of the main players have rested for a week.

Benitez now hopes that the idea of ​​"revenge" will improve the players' performance in the game.

Last season, Inter Milan eliminated Long in the semi-finals and finally won the championship.If it was Manchester City who were promoted at the beginning, maybe Manchester City will also win the championship in the end.

This point of view has been mentioned frequently in the past few months.

Manchester City players will inevitably be affected.

Therefore, the match against Inter Milan is actually a battle of revenge.

Benitez found that Rongguang is in good condition during training, and his desire for the game is also very high.

This somewhat reassured Benitez.

Glory is in good condition, that's fine...

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Two days before the game, the Manchester City team came to Milan ahead of schedule.

Because this is a very critical game, Benitez asked the team to adapt to the weather and venue in advance.

As for where they train... Of course, the Milanello training base of AC Milan, Inter Milan's rival in the same city.

When Rong Guang stepped onto Milanello's training ground, he suddenly realized that Kaka had also trained here.

But now Kaka is no longer in AC Milan, and has gone to Real Madrid.

It's just... It seems that I haven't heard any news about Kaka for a while.

His time at Real Madrid does not seem to be going very well.

Rong Guang was a little moved. When he went to Real Madrid, it was so beautiful. Tens of thousands of people welcomed him at the Bernabeu.And now?

At the same time, when he decided to join Manchester City, Kaka also called to express his dissatisfaction.

The results of it?
Really good fortune.

"Rong?" Seeing Rong Guang standing by the side of the training ground in a daze, Sneijder called out to him.

Rong Guang came back to his senses: "Huh?"

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, let's train!" After finishing speaking, Rong Guang ran onto the training ground.

(End of this chapter)