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Chapter 1280 "Collapse Theory"

"... very bad news for Manchester City, Matuidi suffered a torn cruciate ligament in his right knee last night against Swansea, he will undergo immediate surgery and miss the rest of the season..."

After the game, when the media reported news about Manchester City, it was all about Matuidi's injury.

Can't think of it, Manchester City finally beat Swansea 1-0 in the away game, but no one paid attention to it.

Anyway, Manchester City's win is no longer news.

What got everyone so excited was the impact of Matuidi's injury on City.

As football professionals, everyone is well aware of what Matuidi's injury means to Manchester City.

"...I think Manchester City have been too comfortable in the past year. There were few injuries in their squad and all the players were in good condition...Of course, because of this, Manchester City was able to set a record for a whole year without losing in the league and was able to win the Champions League in history. But now the good luck is over...I think Manchester City will collapse soon under the attack of injuries..."

"Before I said that Manchester City's attempt to win on all fronts was a very stupid act. At that time, those Manchester City supporters still attacked me for talking nonsense and only knew that Manchester City was bad... Now look, is what I said made sense? Matuidi's serious injury is related to Manchester City's exhaustion from multi-line battles! Because Matuidi was not in a state of physical confrontation when he was injured. He tore his cruciate ligament when he made a turning action... What does this mean? Matuidi's ligaments are extremely fragile! It's like the strings of a violin that have been stretched all the time, and it will collapse under continuous high-intensity playing..."

"Although Benitez insists on using rotation, for Manchester City, they have played too many games in the past three months. The league, the League Cup, the FA Cup, the Club World Cup, the Champions League... all kinds of games, there are as many as 24 games in total, and this does not include the exhaustion of various expeditions... The intensive competition has become the biggest problem for Manchester City. I can understand Manchester City's desire to win the championship. But what I want to say is that this kind of thinking is very dangerous. The most important thing for a team is to have self-awareness .With Manchester City's current level and bench thickness, it is still difficult to win the championship across the board. The Triple Crown often depends on luck, not to mention that they are not as simple as the Triple Crown..."

All kinds of comments that are not optimistic about the future of Manchester City once again hit the Manchester City club overwhelmingly.

Why do you say "again"?

Because of waves of public opinion like this, the Manchester City club has "enjoyed" countless times.

Benitez said in an interview: "Who said we were lucky in the past? Just in the first half of this season, David Silva suffered a two-month injury stop. Injuries have never interrupted us, and our results have been achieved under such circumstances. Matuidi's injury is really bad news for the team. In fact, no matter which player is injured, we do not want to see it. But I deny those who think that Matuidi is injured, the team's performance will plummet. This is The obliteration of the efforts of other players...”

Manchester City's players have also been interviewed to express their opinions.

"We called Bryce (Matuidi) and comforted him. We waited for him to return to the team. At the same time, we promised him that we will definitely win the next championship. I think this is the best comfort for him!" Sneijder said in an interview.

"Every teammate who is unable to participate in the game because of injury will be very sad, and I feel the same. But at the same time, it will motivate us to perform better..." Kaka has suffered from groin injuries for a long time, and he said that everyone believes it.

"Matuidi's injury is unfortunate. But we will not fall." Ibrahimovic said succinctly.

Because of Matuidi's injury, Gareth Barry, who regained his chance to start, also hopes that Matuidi can recover from injury as soon as possible and return to the team. "...The coach has told me in training that my main task is defense, and I will do a good job in defense. I am willing to contribute all my strength to the team at this time."

As for the captain of the team, Rong Guang, how did he answer the reporters' questions?
"Since I transferred to Manchester City, I have heard similar remarks countless times. I regret that those people have not found a new excuse. As for whether Manchester City will collapse..." Rong Guang curled his lips in disdain, "We will wait and see."

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One of the pieces of evidence that has analysts thinking Manchester City is now on the brink is that this very dense schedule for Manchester City does not end there.

Just after the game against Swansea, Manchester City had to participate in a make-up match when other teams had to rest in the middle of the week.

What was added was the No.20 sixth round of the league, Manchester City's game against Blackburn at home.At that time, because Manchester City participated in the League Cup final, the game was postponed to March [-].

After this make-up match, on March [-]th in the FA Cup quarter-finals, Manchester City will host their opponents in the League Cup final, Stoke City.

Then on March 22, in the ninth round of No.20 in the league, Manchester City played against Chelsea at home.

On March 25th, in the No.30 round of the league, Manchester City challenged Stoke City away.

On March 28, the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals.It is not yet known who the opponent is, but when Manchester City finishes this make-up match, their Champions League opponent will also be announced.

On March 31, Manchester City played against Sunderland at home. This is the No.30 round of the league.

On April [-]th, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

On April 30th, in the second round of No.[-] in the league, Manchester City challenged Arsenal away.

On April 30th, Manchester City played against West Bromwich Albion at home, No.[-] in the league for three rounds.

On April [-]th, the FA Cup semi-final, Manchester City played against Everton at home.

At the same time, the No.30 fourth round of the league that should be held on this day was postponed to May [-] because of the FA Cup match. Manchester City challenged Norwich away.

April [-], the first leg of the Champions League semi-final - if Manchester City can reach the semi-final at that time.

On April 22, in the fifth round of No.30 in the league, Manchester City challenged Wolves away.

On April 25, the second leg of the Champions League semi-final.

On April 29th, in the sixth round of No.30 in the league, Manchester City played against Manchester United at home.

On May 30st, League No.[-] made up four rounds.

May [-], the FA Cup final - if Manchester City can reach the final by then.

It can be seen that since Manchester City played against Bolton at home in the No.20 seventh round of the league on March [-], Manchester City played double matches every week in the following weeks until the FA Cup final day on May [-].

It was in this state for the entire two months of March and April, and there were many double matches a week from December last year to February this year.

All this has brought a great test to Manchester City's physical fitness.

At the end of the season, it is often the time when the players' physical reserves are exhausted. At this time, the players are often powerless, and the lack of physical strength can easily increase the possibility of injury or serious injury.

For example, Matuidi's serious injury is a very typical example.

Analyzing Manchester City's schedule for the next two months, it is hard to believe that they can really survive the collapse.

How strong was the "Galaxy Battleship" Real Madrid?

No, because of lack of physical fitness, a five-game losing streak collapsed in the final stage of the league. The original number one in the league finally became the third in the league...

Real Madrid may collapse, why not Manchester City?

So although Manchester City expressed full confidence in the interviews from the coach to the players, everyone did not believe their rhetoric. They still believed in the general laws they analyzed from the data and historical papers.

No matter how many times they analyzed it, the result was the same.

That is, according to the general law, Manchester City... will definitely die!
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On March 20th, the No.[-] sixth round of the league, Manchester City's home game against Blackburn began amidst many doubting voices and eyes.

It seems to be to prove to everyone that Manchester City has no problem.

In this game, Manchester City played very well, and the whole team was in the same state, not just one or two players.

So much so that Rongguang didn't get a chance to perform, and the suspense of the game was over.

At the end of the first half, Manchester City led by two goals, scored by Ibrahimovic and Sneijder.

Only 3 minutes into the second half, Zabaleta scored Manchester City's third goal, 3:0, and the game was killed.

"I remember people in the media saying that Manchester City are in a bad state?" John Mortensen asked after Zabaleta's goal.

"The media always likes to tell lies, and it's not like you don't know." Alan Hansen shrugged. "Maybe after this game they will find a new excuse."

Then he laughed.

This game is over, although the game is still going on, but no one is in the game.

Especially those media reporters who bad-mouthed Manchester City.

They're all busy looking for new excuses now...

(End of this chapter)