Chapter 797 The Difference Between Individuals and Teams
Chapter 797 The Difference Between Individuals and Teams
Facts have proved people's judgment.
Rongguang scored another goal in the game against Chelsea. In the first four rounds of the league, he scored in every game. He scored six goals in four games, leading the Premier League scorer list.
But like the previous game against Sunderland, Manchester City still failed to win this game.
Even if they are at home.
Even the score was exactly the same as the previous game-1:3, Manchester City lost to Chelsea at home.
Rong Guang's sixth league goal failed to save City.
While he was leading the league's top scorer, City were seventh.
Although the team had a two-game losing streak, the media still praised Rongguang's performance.
"Six goals, leading the scorer list, it can be seen that Rong's condition is recovering very well!"
"Rong is the most professional decision made by that amateur owner of Manchester City this summer!"
"Without Rong, Manchester City's game is simply lackluster!"
This is the evaluation of Rongguang by the English media.
In Europe, Glory has no shortage of admirers.
When Kaka saw the praise of Rongguang's performance in Gazzetta dello Sport while having breakfast, he snorted lightly.
Caroline caught the voice keenly.
"What's the matter, dear?"
"It's nothing... Obviously Manchester City lost, but everyone is singing praises for the proud goal. This is wrong." Kaka put down the newspaper.
"Serious injury led to eight months away from the court. It is indeed commendable to have such a performance after coming back." Caroline said.
"Of course. But that's not the point." Kaka shook her head. "Why did Rong go to Manchester City? He said that he wanted to lead Manchester City to the championship? He was simply talking big, relying on him alone, without the support of an excellent team, how could he win the championship?"
Having said that, he sighed: "I am willing to fall!"
He still evaluates Rong Guang like this.
After this game, his idea was further strengthened.
Obviously, Manchester City's strength cannot be improved in a short period of time. It is very difficult to count on them to win the championship, and it is very difficult to qualify for the Champions League... If he stays in Manchester City, he will never know if he will have a chance to get revenge in the Champions League...
Thinking of this, Kaka was very unwilling - you defeated me in front of so many people, just turned around and left, and didn't even give me a chance for revenge?How can there be such a thing? !asshole!
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Kaka's judgment on Manchester City seems to be correct...
Next, in the fifth round of the league, Manchester City played against the underdog Portsmouth at home.
Is it time to win now?
Manchester City did lead the game at one point.
Although Rong Guang didn't score a goal, his role in the frontcourt was very obvious, and he gave an assist to his teammates, helping Manchester City lead Portsmouth 2:1.
As a result, in the No. 805 minute, Portsmouth took advantage of a clearance error in Manchester City's defense and scored an equalizer goal.
At home, Manchester City suffered two consecutive rounds without a win.
After the game, the TV broadcast gave Rongguang a close-up shot.
Rong Guang frowned in the camera, and the commentator Mortensen said: "Obviously, Rong Guang is not satisfied with the team's performance. Conceding a goal at the last minute of the game...it really shouldn't be! Manchester City players lacked some concentration at the last moment... two consecutive rounds of league games. Manchester City seems to have quickly fallen into a trough and confusion after opening high at the beginning of the league..."
Alan Hansen snorted beside him: "It's understandable to lose to Chelsea at home. After all, they are stronger. But they can't even win against Portsmouth at home... that's enough to explain the problem."
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Three days later in the League Cup, Manchester City drew 1:1 with the League One team Brighton in the away game, and then the two sides had a penalty shootout. As a result, Manchester City lost to Brighton 3:5 in the penalty shootout. They were eliminated in the first leg of the League Cup this season!
This result is more sensational than Manchester City losing to Chelsea at home and being drawn by Portsmouth...
Although the League Cup is known as the "hotbed of unpopularity", is it too cold?
After the game, some media made a comparison. Rong Guang alone was worth enough to buy five Brighton teams, but such a team stubbornly eliminated Manchester City at home!
"...It's like a Rolls-Royce built with a lot of money was smashed by a Korean car that is about to be scrapped..." "Manchester Evening News" commented on Manchester City's League Cup exit.
The local media of Brighton-Hove, where the Brighton club is located, played up the victory of the game heavily, interviewing players, interviewing coaches, and interviewing fans, describing how happy Brighton fans are from various angles.
There are even local media suggestions that this day be listed as their celebration day, and it will be celebrated every year in the future...
Manchester City has never been a strong team in English football, and they have always been suppressed by Manchester United in Manchester.
But they are still huge for Brighton in England's third tier, especially after they have been so rich this summer.
It is inevitable that people will have some other ideas - hatred of the rich is not only found in China.
For a small team like Brighton to beat a big-budget Manchester City would not only delight the Brighton & Hove natives, but the whole of England.
In England, out of respect and pursuit of tradition, people are very hostile to foreign capital nouveau riche.Except for the Manchester City fans themselves, everyone else is happy to see Manchester City not losing.
So when Manchester City's recent situation is not good, there will be a feeling of "the wall is falling and everyone is pushing".As if the whole world was waiting to see a joke about Manchester City...
"Money doesn't rule football! It doesn't decide football matches!"
"The poor Brighton lads taught Manchester City's oil billionaires a good lesson! Even if they don't have superstars, and don't have a scary salary budget... they can still take down the Big Mac on the pitch!"
"...Football is not a millionaire's game. The richer you are, the better your grades. Football has rules. If you don't follow the rules, football will punish you. The Middle East consortium thinks that they can do whatever they want in the football world if they have money. That's impossible..."
"Facts have proved that the Abu Dhabi consortium doesn't understand football at all. Fahim is a businessman, but he doesn't know how to experience and manage football clubs... Just relying on spending money to pile up stars will not have any good results... So far, the normal performance is just an honor. Berbatov and Robinho are not satisfactory..."
"I don't think the Abu Dhabi consortium will be very patient. If Mark Hughes can't meet their expectations, then prepare to pack up and leave...But frequent head coach changes are not a good thing for a team. Because every new head coach will have his own ideas. They will bring in some new players and then sell the players who were originally in the team...This is an unavoidable situation for any team...Manchester City is always in an unstable state. How can they get good results? If things go on like this, it may lead to the Abu Dhabi consortium Quit... At that time, there will be nothing left for Manchester City except a mess..."
"After five rounds in the league, Manchester City has two wins, two losses and one tie. Everyone can see what Manchester City can rely on to win. But Rong can't guarantee that every game will rely on his own performance to help the team win... When Manchester City and their opponents head-to-head, this team did not show their ambition and strength at all..."
"Manchester City bought a lot of players this summer, but the only one who has really played a role until now is Rong. Mark Hughes still hasn't kneaded these players into a team. After five rounds of the league, combined with the previous warm-up match, it can be seen that there are many similarities in the tactics of Mark Hughes and Magath in Bayern Munich. The most important point is that they are also highly dependent on Rong...Of course, Rong himself is more competitive. He performed well and did not disappoint those who trusted him. Yes. This point has been proven in Bayern Munich...Mark Hughes's tactics are nothing new, if we continue to use Bayern Munich's tactics, I am afraid the situation will not be optimistic... After all, Manchester City is not Bayern Munich, and the Premier League is not the Bundesliga..."
"From the very beginning, everyone was not optimistic about Mark Hughes. His coaching experience in a small team is difficult to put in a team that is ambitious and recruiting like Manchester City...At the beginning, Manchester City fans were surprised that the club chose Mark Hughes... Now it seems that the biggest shortcoming of this team is not the players, but the head coach..."
"Mark Hughes is not the kind of head coach who can control the dressing room. In the extremely complicated dressing room of Manchester City, he is even more powerless. I thought that Mark Hughes might be able to coach this season. But now it seems that he may not even last a season..."
"This is Rong's first League Cup in his career, but he was eliminated before he had time to show his strengths in this competition. I think Rong must have fully felt the cruel competition in English football-it is different from the Bundesliga in the back garden of Bayern Munich. In English football, we have too many teams that can threaten the top teams...He has to adjust his perception of English football..."
"The rhetoric that Rong said when he joined is still in my ears. Now I don't know if he has begun to regret his original decision? Rong's performance is very good, and there is no problem. But the better his performance, the more it contrasts with the incompetence of Mark Hughes...the incompetence of the team...He alone cannot lead the team to achieve the goals he said. This is the law of the football world. No matter how strong he is, he cannot violate the laws of football..."
(End of this chapter)