champion light

Chapter 1253

Although Rong Guang and Kaka had no problems when participating in the national team competition, this does not mean that all Manchester City players participating in the national team competition were not injured or sick, and returned to the Carrington training base safely.

David Silva was injured in the training of the national team, and the injury is not serious, not the kind of injury that can be healed after a week or two of rest, he will miss about one to two months of games.

This is definitely bad news for Benitez.Although David Silva is not as brilliant as the Trident in Manchester City's offensive system, his reputation is not as good as these three.But he is also very important, his all-around attributes allow him to play as a wing assaulter, or as a central playmaker.

After Sneijder retreated, he was more responsible for organizing tasks in front.

Now he is injured, who knows what effect it will have on Manchester City.

Benitez wanted to swear, but he held back.

This kind of thing can only be considered bad luck.

In addition, Godin was also slightly injured in the game and will miss two to three games.

The only thing that can comfort Benitez is that the offensive trident is in good condition and has not been injured.

They can more or less guarantee the team's combat effectiveness and performance.

In the first league game after the national team match day, Manchester City played against Newcastle United at home.Benitez replaced almost all the main players before the game, allowing the main players who participated in the national team game to rest. The same is true for Kaka and Ibrahimovic, who did not start.

Because although they are not injured, they will feel tired after playing two games after all.

Only the glory will remain unchanged for thousands of years, and the unshakable starting lineup.

It was precisely because of his starting that Manchester City finally won the game.

The score was 1:0, and the only person who scored the only goal for Manchester City was Rong Guang.

No matter when, Rongguang is Manchester City's anchor.

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In the Champions League group match with Porto in the middle of the week, Benitez brought some of the main players back to the starting list, but not all.

Porto has completely missed the Champions League group qualifying, which makes them have little fighting spirit when they are away.

Of course, Manchester City did not show mercy because Porto was so pitiful.

They beat their opponents 2-0 at home.

Although there is no David Silva or Godin, Manchester City's performance is still very stable. This surprised the media who thought that Manchester City's performance might fluctuate before, and it also made Benitez breathe a sigh of relief.

This team can be trusted.

In the next league match, Manchester City drew 1-1 with Liverpool at Anfield.

Manchester City's seven-game winning streak this season was ended, but they remained unbeaten. After being tied by Liverpool, Manchester City ranked first with 35 points.Manchester United ranked third with [-] points.

In second place is a team no one expected - Tottenham Hotspur.

After Bell returned from injury, Tottenham Hotspur rose rapidly like a rocket in the standings, which was directly proportional to Bell's running speed.

While everyone is paying attention to the fierce competition between Manchester City and Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur has quietly become a dark horse, even reaching the second place in the league, with 31 points, only four points away from Manchester City. This is not an insurmountable natural moat.

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Next, Manchester City will finally meet a strong enough opponent in the League Cup.In the League Cup quarter-finals, their opponent is Arsenal.

Six years have passed since Arsenal won the FA Cup in 2005, and Arsenal have not won a single championship.

Not only the gold-rich champions like the league champions, they even failed to win the cup champions like the Community Shield.

It was a team that was able to break into the Champions League final and win the league championship with an unbeaten record, but now it has become like this, which is really embarrassing.

They still missed the league championship this season. The competition between Manchester City and Manchester United is too fierce, and even the rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the same city are ranked second.Arsenal, ranked seventh, basically said goodbye to the league champions in advance. It is very good that they can get the top four in the league this season.

If you want to achieve a breakthrough with zero championships, then the League Cup and the FA Cup are their best breakthroughs.

Anyway, Manchester City's energy this season should still be concentrated in the league and the Champions League. They didn't pay attention to the League Cup at all.This can be seen from Manchester City's performance in the League Cup in previous seasons.

Arsenal intends to break their embarrassment of zero championships in the past few years in the League Cup.

Judging from the starting list announced by Manchester City before the League Cup, Manchester City did not send all the substitutes this time, and they still retained many main players.

But this is normal, how can I say that it is the quarter-finals of the League Cup, and the opponent is still a team of Arsenal's level.You can't go directly to a substitute lineup, can you?That would be too perfunctory.

Therefore, there is actually no valuable information to be seen from the starting lineup.

The most important thing is to look at the performance of the players on the court.

Arsenal believe that Manchester City's players should be a little absent-minded during the game. Of course, Rong Guang should not be, but what use is he alone...

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Facts have proved that glory alone is also useful.

The League Cup match had just started 1 minutes into the game. Rong Guang was knocked to the ground when he dribbled the ball in the frontcourt. Manchester City won a free kick 29 meters away from the goal, which was slightly off.

Rong Guang personally took the penalty, he kicked the ball with his left foot, and the football went around the outermost side of the wall and went straight to the near post of the goal!
And Arsenal's goalkeeper Fabianski was standing closer to the far post before-the near post was blocked by a wall, and he didn't have to go there.

In the end, this was what Rongguang hit. Fabianski soared into the air and stretched his arms, but it was still useless. He could only watch the football go around the goal!
"Rong! Rong! Oh--! Fantastic free kick! Manchester City leads Arsenal in the away game!" John Mortensen raised his arms and shouted.

"I know Arsenal must think that Manchester City will not focus on the League Cup this season..." Alan Hansen said beside him. "They predicted well. Of course Manchester City's focus will not be in the League Cup. But with Rong's performance, there is no need for Manchester City to focus on the League Cup..."

When Wenger saw this scene from the sidelines, he raised his head slightly and closed his eyes in pain.

Meeting Rong Guang is really the most unlucky thing.Even if the Manchester City team is unwilling to fight, Rongguang will fight.Manchester City may not regard the League Cup as an important event, but Rongguang cares very much!
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After the glorious goal, Manchester City took the lead.However, they were in the lead and did not push out to attack. If they played against Arsenal, it would give Arsenal an opportunity.

So Manchester City wisely chose to continue to defend and counterattack. Leading is beneficial to them. Manchester City is very good at playing defensive counterattacks. Their defensive counterattacks make Arsenal have no good way to speak.

From this point of view, the performance of the Manchester City team does not seem to be as indifferent to the League Cup as others think.

Manchester City's players strictly followed the tactical arrangements arranged by the head coach before the game to play, which is definitely an important performance.

In the second half, Arsenal tried their best to attack, but what they got back was not a goal, but a conceded goal.

Because of their offense, the defense line was empty, and Rong Guang scored another goal...

Manchester City finally won Arsenal 2-0 in the away game and advanced to the semi-finals of the League Cup. This is their best result in the League Cup in recent years.

Manchester City, which has entered the semi-finals, is still two games away from the League Cup final.

According to the rules of the English League Cup, after entering the semi-finals, the competition system will change from the previous single-game elimination system to the home and away two-round system.

After two semi-finals, the final will be played.

However, after the quarter-finals, many English media said that Manchester City is only one step away from the League Cup.

Their reason is also very simple - since they have reached the semi-finals, with honorable virtue, how can he still have no idea about the League Cup?

You must know that he has won almost all the championships he can win in Manchester City, but there is no League Cup championship, otherwise he will not say "almost all".

Doesn't he want to make up for this regret?
As long as he can win the League Cup, he is considered a Grand Slam in England.

Such a temptation must be very attractive to Rong Guang.

And once he has such an idea, it is simply more influential than any technical and tactical things on the ownership of the League Cup.

A glory full of motivation, he is simply the scariest person in the world...

Whoever meets who is unlucky!

So some media joked: "... I am afraid that Manchester City will be an opponent that no one wants to meet in the next League Cup semi-final..."

In a sense, this is not actually a joke, but just stating a fact.

(End of this chapter)