champion light

Chapter 1102: Manchester United's Counterattack
Although Rongguang has only participated in two national matches so far, every time he returns to China to participate in the competition, Benitez will be worried.He didn't watch the Chinese national team's games at all, but now he is most concerned about the national team's games, but in the UK, no matter how well-developed the media is, he can't watch the live broadcast of the Chinese team's games.

Later, he found a way to watch the live broadcast of the game through the Internet, but due to the limited network conditions, the game was not smooth.

But Benitez doesn't care, he doesn't go to see how the national team is playing, he mainly wants to follow the facts and observe Rongguang's performance and status.

If there is something wrong with Rongguang, he can know it immediately.

Therefore, in the game, whenever the opposing player kicks Rongguang harder, Benitez will be terrified.

Fortunately, the glory returned safely this time, and he was not injured in the game.

As for the fatigue problem... Benitez has no way to worry about it. The long-distance flight is more than 1 kilometers back and forth, just to play an insignificant warm-up match. This kind of thing can happen, so what is there to care about fatigue?

Tired is definitely tired.

But Benitez has not yet done the exchange of glory.

Because everyone in the world of football now knows that Rong Guang doesn't like to be rotated. Regardless of whether others want to rest, he will definitely play in every game. If possible, it is best to play 10 minutes in each game.

Fortunately, Manchester City doesn't have any teams that are too difficult to deal with next, and they don't need to go all out in the Champions League.

The pressure is slightly less.

Rongguang's first league game back at the club was the No.14 round of the league. Manchester City challenged Fulham away.

In this game, Benitez rotated the starting lineup. Many players who participated in the national team game either sat on the bench or did not go to London at all.

But Glory is still the unshakable starter.

In the end, Rongguang scored twice in the game against Fulham, helping Manchester City beat Fulham 4:1 away.

The good news is that Chelsea lost again.In this round of the league, Chelsea lost 0:1 away to Birmingham.

After the absence of Ballack, Ancelotti's team began to have frequent problems...

Their unbeaten momentum at the beginning of the season has also been completely lost.

And Manchester United took the opportunity to catch up. In this round of the league, they defeated Wigan Athletic 2-0 at home. In this way, they have the same points as Chelsea. Only because the goal difference is less than Chelsea, they temporarily rank third.

But I believe that if Chelsea's poor state continues, Ferguson's team will soon surpass Chelsea and become the second in the league, threatening Manchester City.

The original third place in the league, Arsenal, lost to Tottenham Hotspur 2:3 at home in the North London Derby, the focus of this round. Tottenham Hotspur fell behind by two goals in the first half.

Because of the strength of this game, Arsenal dropped one place in the league ranking, and the point gap between them and Manchester City was also widened to ten points.

Not surprisingly this season, their goal should still be to compete for the top four in the league and strive to qualify for the Champions League next season.

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On November 24, in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, Manchester City played against Werder Bremen at home.

This game is meaningless for Manchester City. In fact, not only this game, but also the last group match.

After qualifying first in the Champions League group stage two rounds ahead of schedule, the remaining two rounds of the group stage are not within the scope of Benitez's consideration for preparations.

Although it is an insignificant game for Manchester City, Inter Milan cares about these two games very much.

Because if Manchester City has a two-game losing streak after qualifying first in the group ahead of schedule, sending points to Werder Bremen and Twente, then it will be difficult for Inter Milan to qualify from this group.

So they paid close attention to this Manchester City game, and even some Italian reporters came to Manchester to watch the game live and report.

Before the game, Leonardo, the head coach of Inter Milan, also rarely praised Manchester City, including the players and the head coach, especially he praised Rong Guang, who he thought was the best and most professional player he had ever seen.

What does he mean by that?
Isn't Ronaldo, whom he has worked with before, excellent?Could it be that Dunga, Romario, Bebeto, Roberto Carlos and Cafu he has worked with before are not good?Is it that Kaka, who was introduced from Sao Paulo to AC Milan by himself, is not good enough?

Then why is Glory the best?
In fact, Leonardo's focus is not on the former "best" at all, but on the latter "most professional".

He touted Rongguang's career so much, he naturally hoped that Rongguang would show his "professional spirit" in the remaining two group matches, don't let it go!
He doesn't count on other Manchester City players anymore. As long as the glory doesn't go unnoticed, Inter Milan still has hope.

In the game against Werder Bremen, Benitez did send a lot of substitute players, and the main players rested as much as they could, especially the players who received yellow cards in the first four group matches. This is a good time to reshuffle the cards.

Yellow cards received in the group stage will not be carried over to the knockout stage.

Although most of them played off the bench, Rong Guang still started.

He also scored a goal in this game, and he still didn't celebrate after scoring.

Of course, it doesn't make any difference whether to celebrate or not, and Werder Bremen won't be able to escape from death because they don't celebrate after Glory's goal.

That's delusional.

Even if Rongguang only scored one goal, Werder Bremen also lost 0:3 away.

They only scored one point in the five rounds of the group stage and were already eliminated.

In fact, being eliminated from the Champions League may still be a good thing for Werder Bremen.

The Bundesliga has played thirteen rounds, and Werder Bremen is currently ranked No.12. You must know that they were third in the league last year!

In the thirteen rounds of the league, only four games were won, three games were tied, and six games were lost.

This is all because of the two-line battle in the Champions League, which is seriously distracting.This Werder Bremen team actually has no strength to fight on two fronts. Their minds are in the Champions League, and the league is not playing very well.And what's worse is that even if they are distracted by the Champions League, the Champions League is not very good...

Now that the Champions League group stage has been eliminated, Werder Bremen can completely calm down, stop thinking about the Champions League, forget about unrealistic delusions, and return to the source in a down-to-earth manner.

The league is their foundation.If the league is not played well, there is a possibility of relegation this season, let alone playing in the Champions League next season...

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Manchester City beat Werder Bremen 3-0 at home and they showed their professionalism.

But Inter Milan's performance is not very optimistic.

Even at home, even against a team like Twente, it was difficult for Leonardo's team to win.They relied on "Commander" Cambiasso's goal in 5 minutes, and they beat Twente 1-0 at home.

In the direct dialogue with their competitors, they had an advantage with one win and one draw.

Now in terms of points, Inter Milan also surpassed Twente with seven points.

In the last round, as long as they beat Werder Bremen in the away game, they can get close to the top sixteen without looking at anyone's face.Although he is second in the group, he may be drawn first in a very strong group, but it is better than being eliminated in the group stage, right?
That would be embarrassing for the defending champions.

During this game, Leonardo was concerned about the result of Manchester City's game the whole time. When he confirmed that Manchester City defeated Werder Bremen 3:0, he was relieved.

I didn't brag about my glory in vain before the game...

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Back in the league, in the No.15 round, Manchester City was somewhat unexpectedly tied 1:1 by Stoke City in the away game.And Manchester United beat Blackburn 7:1 at home. With Chelsea's 1:1 draw with Newcastle United, they overtook the other side and became the second in the league. The spearhead was directed at Manchester City.

Manchester United now has 31 points, Manchester City 37 points, and the difference between the two teams is six points.

The Premier League season has not yet passed halfway, so Manchester United still has a chance.

Manchester City won their first Premier League title last season, but their rivals were Chelsea.

Manchester United performed poorly in the first half of the league that season. Although they were desperately chasing points at the last moment, they never became a force that threatened Manchester City and Chelsea.The final league championship was decided between Chelsea and Manchester City, the old and new local tycoons.

City have yet to compete directly with Manchester United in the title race.

This season, it looks like there are signs of that.

Moreover, the media have analyzed that it is Rong Guang's performance that really determines the title of the league champion.

If Rongguang can maintain this state, then Manchester City will definitely win the championship.After all, there is a six-point lead.

Rongguang's state is generally relatively stable.

But...but there will be the Asian Cup in January next year!
At that time, Rongguang will be absent from the league for at least a month!
And in this month, when the Premier League schedule is the most intensive, can Manchester City, without its glory, be able to withstand Manchester United's aggressive attack?
And will Rongguang be injured in the Asian Cup?Will you feel tired and will not be in good shape when you return to the club?
These are all very possible.

After taking these factors into account, Manchester United may really be able to complete a league championship reversal this season!

So Rong Guang suddenly announced that he will participate in the national team competition. This is really not good news for Manchester City...

It is said that Manchester City is now wrangling with the Chinese Football Association and FIFA.

The Chinese Football Association hopes that Rongguang will report to the national team by December [-] at the latest to prepare for the Asian Cup on January [-] next year.

But Manchester City is unwilling to release the man so early. They want to let Rong Guang go to Qatar to participate in the Asian Cup on January [-] next year...

The two sides are conducting urgent consultations on when Rongguang will report to the national team.

(End of this chapter)