Chapter 910 I heard that the Celtics are strong?
Chapter 910 I heard that the Celtics are strong?
In the end, Manchester City's first league game of the new season ended with this score.
2:0, Manchester City beat Blackburn in the away game, whether it is the result or the scene, Manchester City has the upper hand.
With Sneijder, Manchester City is obviously different from last season.
Many media also talked about this after the game.
The media believes that although Manchester City also achieved outstanding results last season, fourth in the league and the FA Cup, but at that time they were squeezing the glory to the limit, relying entirely on Rongguang's own strength to help the team achieve such results.But this is not a long-term solution. It is impossible for Manchester City to always rely on Rongguang's personal heroism. This is also very detrimental to Rongguang.
But after Sneijder came, the situation was different. Sneijder helped Rongguang share a lot of pressure, and his pass scheduling in the midfield also made it easier for Rongguang to play.
This is the path to sustainability.
In addition, the presence of Sneijder can also allow other Manchester City players to display their strengths.
Last season's Manchester City generals looked like the eleven players that Rong Guang needed to meet the competition requirements. It didn't matter if they were there or not. Anyway, everything was left to Rong Guang to deal with.
They did not reflect the level commensurate with their worth.
But now with Sneijder, things will be different.
Sneijder can not only send a beautiful through ball to Rongguang, but also create opportunities for other Manchester City players.
It was very evident in this game.
After he sent an assist to Rongguang, he almost assisted Robinho and Berbatov to score goals. If they didn't seize these opportunities, the score would definitely not be just 2:0.
Although he failed to score a goal, at least everyone saw the possibility.
And everyone should notice that Sneijder has only joined the team for more than a week. As he spends more training time with the team, the tacit understanding will gradually increase. By then, the cooperation between him and other players will be much better than in this game.
It can still be seen from this game that he and other players cannot step on a single point.
Rong Guang and Sneijder's ability to cooperate is completely a tacit understanding produced by the strong strength of the two ultra-high-level players.
The tacit understanding between him and other players still needs to be cultivated through training and games.
In any case, the arrival of Sneijder has made Manchester City even more powerful, and its strength has greatly increased. With Manchester United's strength weakened, the competition for the Premier League in the new season will be even more exciting...
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Having just finished the first round of the league, Manchester City's players can't wait to take a breather, and then they will play a very important game-the UEFA Champions League qualifying match.
On August 26th and August [-]th, they played away games first, and then played home games. The opponent was the Celtics, a powerful team in the Soviet Super League.
These two games will determine whether Manchester City can participate in the Champions League.
The fourth place in the league last season was just for them to win tickets for such a qualifying match. The qualifying match is not equal to the real Champions League. If they are eliminated here, they will not be able to win the Champions League.
So these two games are important games related to Manchester City's strategy for the next season.
For this reason, Benitez maintained the entire main lineup that won the first round, and no one was changed.
The fans of Manchester City are also very aware of the weight of this game, so as many as [-] Manchester City fans went to Glasgow with the team. Although only [-] fans were able to enter Celtic Park in the end, these fans still followed the team with great enthusiasm.
In this way, they show their support for the team, tell the team that they are not alone, and that these fans are supporting them.
The match garnered a lot of attention locally in Manchester.
Throughout Europe, this game has also attracted much attention, but not because it is Manchester City's return to the Champions League after a lapse of 39 years, but because of the glory of the Manchester City team.
This game, and the game on August 26, are related to whether Rongguang can really return to the Champions League.
Rongguang has not been away from the Champions League for as long as Manchester City, but everyone cares more about Rongguang.
After the team arrived in Glasgow, Rong Guang was surrounded by a group of reporters at the door of the hotel where the team stayed. Everyone wanted to hear his feelings about returning to the Champions League.
"Isn't it considered returning to the Champions League now?" Rong Guang asked back. "I remember that it should be the Champions League group stage. So you ask me how I feel, I don't know how it feels, I haven't returned to the Champions League yet. When we really hit the Champions League group stage, you can ask me again. Then I will definitely tell you how I feel. Now I really don't feel it."
After speaking, he waved to the reporters and walked away.
"It looks like Rong is very cautious..."
"Of course, the Celtics are not weak, and this is their home court. The Celtics playing at home have a combat bonus!"
"So it's hard to say the result of this game. The Celtics will definitely try their best to win at home. After all, it is not too favorable to play first and then away..."
Reporters chattered.
The reporters thought that Rongguang was being cautious, but in fact Rongguang said this because he really didn't feel it, not because he was worried that the team would not be able to enter the main match.
Before the game, after Benitez arranged his tactics, he left the locker room and left a few minutes for the team's captain Rong Guang—he intends to train Rong Guang to adapt to being the captain as soon as possible from now on.
Therefore, Rongguang must now get used to saying something to his teammates before the start of each game, instead of sitting in his position like before and not speaking until he comes out.
He stood up.
"When Wesley was still in Real Madrid, I called him, invited him to Manchester City, and told him that after he came, we could take revenge on Real Madrid. But there is a premise for this, that is, we must be able to enter the Champions League. If we can't even participate in the Champions League, how can we say revenge on Real Madrid? So in order to prevent Wesley from thinking that I am a villain who has no promises, we must win this game, and not just this game. We must also win the home game on the 26th and enter the Champions League match!"
When Rong Guang was talking, he glanced at S Ned, and S Ned smiled at him.
"I heard that the Celtics are very strong. They are the traditional giants of the Scottish Premier League. I also heard that they will be stronger at home... But that's all heard. How strong they are, you can only know by playing against them."
"I heard" that the Celtics are very strong, and it is estimated that only people like Rong Guang can say it.Who else doesn't know the name of the Celtics?
The same-city derby they play against the Glasgow Rangers every year is one of the most famous and popular city derbies in the world. If you only look at the Champions League resume, the Celtics are definitely more brilliant than Manchester City.They have won the championship anyway, what about Manchester City?They can basically participate in the Champions League every year, what about Manchester City?
If someone else said such a thing, he would definitely be ridiculed.
But when the words came out of Rong Guang's mouth, no one would laugh at Rong Guang's arrogance and ignorance.
Rong Guang is qualified to say this. At his peak, which of those European giants was not trampled by him?
How about saying "I heard that the Celtics are very strong"?
Such a simple sentence, revealing a glorious and powerful self-confidence, this kind of self-confidence naturally infected the players of Manchester City.
The feeling of uneasiness about challenging the Celtics in an away game suddenly dissipated in the captain's strong self-confidence.
What's there to be afraid of?
No matter what kind of opponent we face, Rong is always on our side!
It is not us who should have a headache, but our opponents!
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The commentator John Mortensen introduced the situation of the game before the start of the game. Of course, he was targeting Manchester City fans: "There are two most difficult things about this game for Manchester City. One is whether this Champions League game after 39 years will make Manchester City's players too nervous? After all, it is related to whether they can enter the Champions League. If they fail in the game against Celtic, then the desperate counterattack in the last half of last season will lose all meaning. Another difficulty is this first game. It’s an away game, and it’s the Celtics’ away game. Everyone knows how difficult it is for the Celtics to play away games...Listen to the cheers!”
Before Mortensen could finish speaking, he heard a burst of loud cheers from the scene, so he quickly raised the volume and shouted.
At the same time, he set his sights on the exit of the tunnel, and sure enough, players from both sides started to play!
The cheers from the Celtic fans are cheering for their own team, everyone, and at the same time putting pressure on the visiting team Manchester City.
Tell them, this is the home court of the Celtics, everyone here supports the Celtics, you Manchester City don't even think about getting the slightest advantage here!
Amidst the huge cheers, the TV broadcast camera scanned the faces of each Manchester City player in turn, wanting to see whether the Manchester City players could maintain their composure amidst the storm-like cheers of the opposing fans in such a game that was related to whether they could participate in the Champions League.
But to everyone's surprise, in such a crazy atmosphere, the expressions on the faces of Manchester City's players are very calm!
It's as if they didn't hear the cheers enough to burst their eardrums at all...
"This..." Mortensen was taken aback.The reaction of the Manchester City players was far beyond his expectations, and he didn't know what to say all of a sudden.
It was Rong Guang who first appeared in the camera. Rong Guang had a calm expression. This is normal. No matter how terrible the away game was, he had never seen a panicked expression on his face. He has a super powerful big heart. Everyone knows this.
But all the following Manchester City players have this expression, so he can't help but be surprised.
What's wrong with these people?
The Celtics' home court is very scary, but why do these Manchester City players seem to be deaf?
What made them so calm?
(End of this chapter)