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Chapter 213 Preseason

In this year's International Champions Cup, each team still participates in 5 games. Manchester City's schedule is 1 games in China, 1 game in Japan, 1 game in South Korea, and [-] game in Australia.

In addition to China, there are also a lot of Chinese in the other three countries.

And Manchester City's opponents in the 5 games are-

The first game, at the BJ Workers Stadium, Manchester City vs Roma.

The second game, at the Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium, Manchester City vs Manchester United, Manchester Derby, is also the most watched game in the entire International Champions Cup.

And this one is another melodrama, which is also very interesting.

In the third game, in Tokyo, Japan, they played against the strong La Liga team Sevilla.

In the fourth game, in Seoul, South Korea, they played against Serie A giants Inter Milan.

The fifth game is in Sydney, Australia, against the Ligue [-] team Lyon.

Among the Manchester City players who came to China this time, many Manchester City players from Belgium and England, who entered the semi-finals of the World Cup, are still on vacation and will not return to the team until the last game.

These players include De Bruyne, Kompany, Stones, Walker, Sterling.

Of course, the players who participated in the final will return to the team later. The preseason is over, and it is estimated that they will not return until before the Community Shield.

These players include Mendy in France, well, he is the only one.

In fact, Manchester City did not send many international players to the World Cup semi-finals.

City's arrival at BJ's is July 7, while the first game kicks off on July 20.

On the same day, Wang Yi gathered with the team.

First of all, the first thing is to measure the body data.

Take some measurements.

"Sir, Wang Yi maintained very well, exactly the same as during the season. It seems that Wang Yi is still exercising even when he is resting."

"Wang Yi is a self-disciplined child. What about the others?"

"Bravo's weight has become a little bit bigger, so is Danilo, and Mangala, he still has some leg injuries, it's best not to arrange him to play, everyone else's weight has changed, and the same as Wang Yi's. Quite a few, Bernardo Silva, Ederson, Jesús, and Zinchenko."

After Guardiola expressed his understanding, he decided to arrange Sane as the right forward in the first game, Wang Yi as the left forward, and Gabriel Jesus as the center forward.

As for the defense, there are many shortages, but the main player Laporte is not missing, and he was not selected for the French team.

And this also made Laporte feel depressed for a long time, especially seeing that the French team finally won the championship.

The relationship between Wang Yi and Laporte is also okay.

When I saw Laporte in the first training, I was not in a good mood.

"What's up, Emerik?"

"It's nothing."

"No way, it's been so long, and I haven't come out yet, no, you can join the Spanish team."

"I still want to be in the French team."

"Didn't Deschamps not recruit you? Kim Pember recruited, but the main players of Manchester City did not recruit, you say this."

"Hey, forget it, I can see that you didn't come to enlighten me."

"No, didn't I watch the World Cup end? Are you in a bad mood?"

"If I can do well, there will be ghosts. Do you think I am worse than Kimpembe? I can still play left back, but I just can't get in. I can see it. If the next European Cup qualifiers don't recruit me, I will choose the Spanish team."

"By the way, just figure it out for yourself. You go to the Spanish team now. That's a proper start. Didn't Pique quit the national team? Ramos will definitely start, and there is no one on the other side, isn't it you? huh? Don't think too much about it."

"Forget it, I'm not in a good mood after being enlightened by you."

"Okay, you laughed. The better you play in our team, the more people will question Didier Deschamps. Just play well."

"Why are you like a coach? Hey, Wang Yi, are you going to be a coach in the future?"

"I don't, how tired I am, I've transferred enough money to play after I retire!"

"That's right, you are among the top five athletes in terms of annual income, and you are not at the same level as us."

"Okay, I'm going to be joking. It's all over, then I'm leaving."

"Don't. In fact, what you said just now has been said by others. After Zidane retired, he said that he was determined not to be a coach, but he still couldn't bear the loneliness. He became a coach and was very successful. Don't worry, you If you are so successful, after you retire, many clubs will look for you. In football, retired stars are much easier to find a job than ordinary people. Look at those coaches, most of them are retired professional players, and many of them are well-known players. "

"Okay, I've analyzed it with me, go to bed early, there is a game tomorrow."

"Your home field, what are you afraid of?"

The next day, the match against Roma, the first match of Group A of the International Champions Cup.

Tickets for 5 people at the scene have already been sold out. In fact, the Gongti can seat more than so many people, but for safety, it must not be sold out, so this is already the maximum number of people that can sit.

"Wow! Wang Yi, you see your No. 11 jersey everywhere. It seems that there are no Roma fans."

"Why not, isn't that piece?"

"Okay, Manchester City has more fans in China than Roma, plus I joined, there must be more fans of Manchester City, and your jersey, okay?"

"No, I think other than yours are De Bruyne and Aguero's. You three are indeed the most popular in our team now, but compared to you, Kevin and Sergio are not good enough. ah."

Several people chatted happily in the locker room.

And after playing, I played even more happily, and most of the main players of the Roma team were on the field.

On Manchester City's side, there are a few players in key positions who have not returned, but they can be regarded as most of the main players.

In the end, the first half was played very openly. Guardiola understands this very well. Although the pre-season game has to test the team's tactics for the new season, but firstly, all the players are not present, and secondly, there are no signings now. , Thirdly, what new tactics should be tested? In Guardiola's view, his own tactics don't need to be tested, just improve.

So in the first half, just wave your hand and let go of the offense.

So the score in the first half was 4 to 2, Manchester City 4, Wang Yi really worked hard at home, and he had a big four in the first half, and the fans at the scene were so excited.

Seeing Wang Yi complete his fourth birthday on the spot, this kind of refreshment is still different from watching TV.

Guardiola also understood very well. He replaced Wang Yi in advance at 80 minutes in the second half. The audience stood up and applauded Wang Yi. It was a perfect preseason game held in China.

Both sides are quite satisfied, the final score is 6 to 4, Roma is not uncomfortable, the fans are most satisfied.

After this battle is over, I will go to Shanghai on the 24th to play a Manchester derby.

For this game, Guardiola's mentality is completely different from the first game.

This is Derby's opponent. Manchester United fans in China are no less than the current Manchester City. Coupled with some so-called grievances between the two coaches, the attention of this game is extremely high. Guardiola attaches great importance to this game .

(End of this chapter)