champion light

Chapter 822

Just as Billy Davis worried, when the game restarted, the Nottingham Forest players had lost their fighting spirit, and they didn't know how to face such a powerful opponent.

Although there is still half the game, the Nottingham Forest players have no intention of fighting.

In the second half, Rongguang once again assisted Berbatov to score a goal.

After he broke in at that time, he attracted almost all Nottingham Forest players, and then passed the football to the middle.

Berbatov, who followed up in the middle, shoveled the football into the net under the personal interference of a Nottingham Forest player!
He scored twice in this game!

Berbatov's goal sealed the victory. With less than 10 minutes left in the game, Manchester City led by three goals, and Nottingham Forest was weak anyway.

The cheers for Berbatov finally sounded from the stands this time. Although it was not loud, it was a very good start for Berbatov.As a center forward, it is actually very simple for him to win the support of the fans, just keep scoring goals.No matter how difficult the ball is, as long as he can score, the fans will accept him sooner or later.

Robinho did not enter the squad for this game, but because it was a home game, he still had to come to watch the game according to team rules.

Now he sits in a dedicated area of ​​the stands with other players who have not been selected for the squad, and his teammates are cheering for the team to seal the victory.

He just clapped his hands symbolically.

All his eyes fell on Berbatov.

He can clearly see the change in fans' attitude towards Berbatov in this game.

Hearing the cheers and seeing Berbatov and Rong Guang embracing each other, Robinho, who was sitting in the stands, had some indescribably complicated emotions. .

Maybe it was me who scored the goal...

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The game finally ended with a score of 3:0. Nottingham Forest, who was confident to beat Manchester City before the game, was eliminated.

And Manchester City broke into the fourth round of the FA Cup.

In the post-match press conference, Benitez was satisfied with the team's performance.

In an interview, Berbatov thanked Rong Guang mainly: "Rong is the core of the team. There is no doubt about it. He showed his core side in the game very well. I still have the same view as before. Being able to fight side by side with Rong and compete for honor is the reason why I came to Manchester City!"

When he was always hacked before, he no longer mentioned this statement.But now after scoring twice, he brought it up again. It can be seen that he is indeed full of confidence in his future in the team and the future of the team.

Rong Guang, who assisted twice and scored one goal, expressed his ambition: "This is just the beginning, we will definitely find ways to continue winning!"

After the game, the local media in Manchester also reported on the game, and Rong Guang and Berbatov became the focus of everyone's attention.

As for Robinho... no one mentioned it.

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The victory against Nottingham Forest also gave Manchester City players more confidence in the team, especially their head coach. Although Benitez doesn't speak very well, he does have real talents.His set of tactics has only been trained for half a week, and it has already made the players feel something different from before in the game.

The players played with clearer thinking and more confidence in the game.

These changes are most felt by the players.

So even if someone is still unhappy with Benitez's way of speaking and tone, he still feels that this coach has material and is willing to listen to him.

After the game, the team's training attitude was significantly more positive, and everyone saw the hope of turning around.

No one wants to end up relegated to the Championship this season. If the new manager has the ability to lead them out of the quagmire, why not follow him?
Everyone is training with enthusiasm, and even Robinho's training attitude is much more serious than before.

Assistant coach Mark Bowen was taken aback when he saw the scene.

But Benitez did not seem surprised.

He believed that after watching Berbatov's two goals, Robinho would definitely not be able to sit still.

Two goals!
They are also offensive players with a sense of competition. The competition is not the opportunity to play, but the performance after the competition.Rong Guang, Robinho and Berbatov are the top three players in the team this summer, and they will definitely compete with each other.Robinho can't compete for glory, but he can compete with Berbatov, so after seeing Berbatov's outstanding performance, it is naturally impossible for him to remain indifferent.

The changes in Robinho made Benitez believe that Rong Guang is a "leader" who can drive his teammates to work hard with him. He doesn't need to say a lot of impassioned rhetoric, he only needs to do it silently, and he can make others follow him.

His assist for Berbatov's two goals in the game played as much as his hard work in training.

Robinho is a man who is not convinced by anyone in the team, but he is honored.Then let Rong Guang be his role model.

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After a week of training, the team has a deeper understanding of Benitez's tactics, and the tacit understanding in the cooperation is getting deeper and deeper.

The change in the team is obvious and everyone can see it.

Of course, the fans and the media don't know yet, but the players feel that perhaps Benitez is really the most suitable head coach for them...

In the No.20 round of the league, Manchester City challenged Portsmouth away.

Compared with the FA Cup, the league is the most important.

Not to mention that the gold content of the FA Cup is not as good as that of the league, but the strength of the team. A team that is struggling to relegation in the English Championship is not as good as a team that ranks in the middle of the Premier League, right?
Judging from the ranking, Portsmouth is even higher than Manchester City.Manchester City ranked No.15, while Portsmouth ranked No.12.In terms of points, Portsmouth has three points more than Manchester City.

In the league, Manchester City has been winless for eleven consecutive rounds. They have played [-] rounds in the league. They have not won eight away games and only won two away games. The away performance is very bad.

These constitute a test for Manchester City.

After winning the FA Cup, everyone turned their attention to the league, wanting to see how this Manchester City team will perform in the league.

Before this game, Benitez announced the starting list for this game, and Robinho finally returned to the starting list because his attitude in training was much better than before.

Benitez did what he said, and the selection only depends on training attitude and status, not on fame, social status and weekly salary.

But when the media saw that Robinho reappeared in the starting list, they had something to say.

"In the last FA Cup match, Robinho didn't start the game. According to sources, it should be that he was not serious in training and angered Benitez. Manchester City played very well without Robinho. They beat Nottingham Forest with three goals at home... I think it's actually good. Manchester City can win the game without Robinho. In fact, I have never figured out why Manchester City signed Robinho... After having Rong, Petrov and Sean Wright Phillips , Why do they need such a player on the wing?"

"After Robinho joined Manchester City, with a weekly salary of more than 9 pounds after tax, what left the deepest impression on us was the scene where he missed an empty goal twice in one game... Who said that it is more difficult to score than not to score? Robinho proved to us that this statement is wrong!"

"The former cyclist was optimistic about the 'ball king' Pele, thinking that his achievements would be higher than his own. Now it seems that Pele's crow's mouth was not only reflected in predicting the outcome of the game, but even his eyes are so crow..."

The media in England did their best to humiliate Robinho and spoke very viciously.

To make fun of Robinho, they have done a lot this half of the season, and they even gave Robinho a nickname, which translates into Chinese to the effect of "Empty door does not enter the emperor".

When the team's performance is not good, his stalk of not scoring empty goals will be repeatedly brought up by the price. On the Internet, some netizens even made a video and uploaded it to YouTube. The name of the video is "Robinho Manchester City's Highlights".

In fact, to be honest, the number of times Robinho failed to score empty goals was definitely not as many as everyone advertised. He also only missed three empty goals in total, and there were two in that game, but that was also a coincidence. Robinho's luck was so bad in that game...

But now let everyone say this, as if Robinho would not enter as long as he is empty...

Robinho once protested against this matter, but everyone hated him as much as he wanted, so after a long time, he simply kept silent...

You can't win if you fight against public opinion.

He has now been labeled as "no entry in an empty door", and it can be said that he can't be washed away even if he jumps into the Atlantic Ocean.

Before this game, his non-entry stalk was turned out again and hyped.

Even... Some people waited maliciously to see Robinho not score in the game again - in this regard, some bookmakers offered odds on Robinho not scoring in this game for everyone to bet on. Judging from the betting situation, the bettors were very enthusiastic...

How could Robinho not know about these situations?

If it was before, he would have been numb.But after seeing Berbatov's brace in the FA Cup, he had an idea, and he was not willing to go on like this.

Holding back his energy, he wants to prove in the competition that he is definitely not some kind of "employer who doesn't enter the field"!
(End of this chapter)