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Chapter 143 FIFA Virus
On March 3, the third and fourth finalists of the Cup of China.

The Chinese team drew 1-1 with the Czech team in regular time, and the Chinese team won the game 5-3 in the penalty shootout.

Finally got the No.3 result of China Cup.

It can only be said that the results are not satisfactory.

Wang Yi left the team directly after the match, and Wang Yi didn't claim the top scorer of the match if he was in a hurry.

This also caused dissatisfaction among some local people. Wang Yi didn't care. If he didn't come to the China Cup, you would have so many spectators. Wang Yi knew very well that participating in the China Cup this year was purely for the World Cup. The team just played more games, and they will definitely not come next year.

How about some rest? March is when the league is struggling and the Champions League enters the top 3, the most critical time of the season.

Wang Yi felt that his physical fitness had really dropped a lot.

March 3 is the away game against Everton.

Everton ranks 8th this season, and it is not a good opponent to play against, especially in the round of the league when the national team returns from the match day. Generally, the giants do not play well, but the teams with fewer international players play better.This is commonly known as the FIFA virus.

As a traditional strong team, Everton actually has a lot of international players, but compared to Manchester City, Everton's main force has only 3 international players.

On the contrary, there are many international players on the bench, which is a strange phenomenon.

Guardiola looked at the physical fitness report handed over by the chief team doctor.

"What? Wang Yi's body data turned out to be B-?"

In Guardiola's impression, Wang Yi has always received an A in this kind of routine physical fitness report. Seriously, so physical fitness has always been among the top in the team.

But today's fitness report turned out to be B-.

"That's right, in the previous weekly physical fitness report, Wang Yi was basically A, sometimes A+, only B once, but it was also at B+ level, this time it turned out to be B-"

"The national team game is really harmful. No, the game between the Chinese team and Wales, I remember that there was no overtime and a direct penalty shootout."

"Maybe it's a long journey."

"It's possible, let Wang Yi substitute for this round."

"Boss, I think it's best for Wang Yi not to go this time. This is the first time Wang Yi's physical fitness has dropped to a B- level. We still need to observe it. We will do another physical fitness test in a week. If he returns to A It’s normal, it’s just too tired, but if it’s still in B, it’s very likely that there will be some hidden injuries or something that takes more physical energy, and it’s not like football didn’t have such incidents before.”

Guardiola knows what the chief team doctor is talking about. There is a player with a hidden thigh injury. There is no problem in the usual tests, but his physical fitness has dropped a lot compared to before. However, he is not yet 25 years old and has no serious injuries. The training is also very difficult. Seriously, why did my physical fitness decline so badly? I finally went to the hospital (mark the key point) and did a complete examination. Only then did I find out that there was a hidden injury in the muscle and bone of my thigh, which could not be detected by ordinary instruments.

As long as it is during training or competition, it will increase the consumption and make the body more tired, but people don't feel pain, they just feel very tired.

But Guardiola still needs to communicate with Wang Yi.

"Wang, you're taking a break this time. When you come back from the national team match day, your physical fitness is still affected. We have the knockout round of the Champions League quarterfinals. That game is more important. It's better to take care of your injuries."

April 4th, which is 5 days later.

"Okay boss, I listen to you. Now the Champions League is more important. Liverpool is very difficult to play. We need to work hard for 12 points, so I will take a good rest in this game."

"Indeed, although Liverpool is far behind us in the league, it is really difficult to play. They are afraid of the kind of defensive team. Their offensive ability is actually average, but if they want to play against them, they actually like it very much. They are like Like locusts, they pounce on you, bite you, and eat you, and they press too hard."

Guardiola just sighed.

Wang left as soon as he saw that Guardiola had nothing to say.

On the evening of March 3, Manchester City played away against Everton.

The final score was fixed at 1 to 3, with the home team at the front and the visiting team at the back.

Guardiola's expression didn't change, nor was he happy, mainly because Gundogan was a little strained.

After asking the team doctor, got a two week injury report.

"It's over, that is to say, you can't play the two games against Liverpool?"

However, this news is not particularly difficult for Guardiola to accept, because originally, he was not prepared to send Gundogan in the game against Manchester City. The last time he played against Liverpool, Gundogan was forced. He can still vividly remember the tragedy.

But for the specific details of the match, Guardiola still has a lot to implement.

After the team returned to Manchester.

Two days before the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals, Wang Yi accepted another physical test.

"It's right this time, your physical fitness score is A."

"That means I can play."

"No problem at all."

Wang Yi happily left.

The status of Manchester City is gradually improving.

On Liverpool's side, there were also some problems because of the national team match week.

"Matip hurt?"

After Klopp heard the news, he was worried. In his judgment, if he only dealt with Manchester City's small frontcourt, Lovren and Van Dijk could completely deal with it.But now with Wang Yi, Van Dijk's Lovren is not very good. After all, the last time Lovren was beaten by Wang Yi, he was afraid of it this time. Fren and Matip are much calmer.

Lovren is easily provoked, and then becomes impetuous and lacks defensive focus.

This made Klopp very dissatisfied, but with Van Dijk and Matip as partners, it is also a good choice for Lovren to be a substitute, because if Lovren is a substitute, there are still many advantages , the warm-up attitude is good, the substitute is not too noisy, the physical fitness itself is abundant, and it is very advantageous to play as a substitute, but now Lovren, who has played a few games as a substitute, is going to play the main force again because of Matip's injury. Whether a point will be the winner of the first game made Klopp think for a long time.

On the computer in front of him are the game videos of Manchester City's last ten games.

He needs to sort out Manchester City's offensive routines and defensive strategies from the beginning.

In the last duel, Klopp felt that he had grasped the dead spot against this type of team.

(End of this chapter)