Chapter 970 Focus Battle?
Chapter 970 Focus Battle?
Of course, there is no good news for Bayern Munich.
The existence of Rongguang is certainly a huge threat, but Manchester City may not be able to do their best in this Champions League game.
Because before this Champions League game, Manchester City has to play a very critical game.
This game is the No.15 round of the league.
Manchester City vs. Chelsea.
Manchester City are now first in the league, while Chelsea are second.
The difference between the two teams is only one point.
City have one less game, but that doesn't matter in this direct conversation.
Chelsea will not think that the victory in this game is meaningless just because they have played one more game than Manchester City.
Similarly, Manchester City will not feel that it does not matter if they lose this game just because they have one game less than Chelsea.
City have started the season so well, giving City players even more ambition.This season they are no longer just satisfied with qualifying for the Champions League next season.
Since we have not lost a game until now, ranked first, why not think about competing for the championship?
Such ambitions are slowly sprouting in the hearts of Manchester City players.
Benitez certainly hopes to lead the team to win the championship.
Although he has been in the Premier League for many years, he has never been involved in the league championship. When he led Liverpool before, even though Liverpool had never won the Premier League championship before, Benitez could not break this fate.
Now he is eager to make that wish come true at City.
This is the competition between the league's first and the second in the league, and it is very likely to be the competition for the league championship this season.
In the 37 rounds of the league, Manchester City lost a game with 36 points, Chelsea 31 points, followed by Manchester United, the third in the league, with [-] points, five points behind Chelsea, and six points behind Manchester City.
This gap is a bit big.
So if nothing else, this season's league champion is likely to be born in the two teams of Manchester City and Chelsea.
Whoever can beat whoever can have a psychological advantage in the next league championship battle.
Both sides attach great importance to this game.
As for the final round of the UEFA Champions League group stage three days later, the media basically didn't mention it.
The media supporting both sides has already started a war of words.
"Manchester Evening News" found the 2007 Champions League final, Bayern Munich defeated AC Milan in Athens, the core of Bayern Munich's game was glory, and the coach of AC Milan's game was Carlo Ancelotti.
"Manchester Evening News" took this game as an example, mainly to disgust Ancelotti.
Ancelotti had nothing to do with glory back then, and now he can't do anything with glory either.
This is really rubbing salt in Ancelotti's wounds.
The London media talked about Chelsea's historical record against Manchester City, especially the results of the last ten games. Chelsea won seven games, drew one game, and lost only two games.From this point of view, Chelsea has an absolute advantage.Among them, Manchester City has lost seven consecutive meetings with Chelsea.
In this regard, the "Manchester Evening News" countered: "...Thanks to the London media for presenting this data, we can see that before Manchester City had Rong, they were all lost to Chelsea, but in the last confrontation last season, we won. What does this mean? This means that the situation has changed!"
The Manchester media also laughed at Chelsea for shrinking their defense and completely giving up their offense when they met Manchester City last season.
Hiddink also failed to stay at Chelsea because of the failure of this game.
The two sides turned to each other's black history, it seems that whoever has more black history is doomed to lose.
The war of words between these media has also affected the players.Because reporters will interview players and listen to whatever they say about each other.
Rong Guang, as the captain and number one star of the team, is naturally the most popular with reporters.
Everyone wants to hear what he thinks about the next focus battle.
But Rongguang doesn't think this is a battle of focus.
"Is the game against Chelsea special?" Rong Guang asked the reporter.
"Of course, the significance is extraordinary. This is a match between the first in the league and the second in the league..." The reporters emphasized the significance of this match to Rongguang.
"The league has only played fifteen rounds, is the league champion about to be decided?" Rong Guang looked surprised.
"Uh..." Faced with Rong Guang's question, the reporters didn't know how to answer it.
That's right, there are only fifteen rounds in the league now, and it would be an exaggeration to say that this game will be related to the final championship of the league.But the media is used to exaggeration, and they don't think it's a big deal.Now that Rong Guang asked, they didn't know how to answer.
In order to create a gimmick, they blindly exaggerate.Now he was rendered speechless by his own exaggeration.
"So, this is just an ordinary league. No matter who wins or loses, it will have no effect on the final league championship." Rong Guang said.
Everyone thought that Rong Guang's statement actually meant that he didn't care about the outcome of the game.
But immediately afterwards, Rong Guang said: "But no matter what, this game is at our home court, and we will definitely not accept defeat."
The reporters were all shocked by this turning point. They didn't expect Rongguang to come to such a conclusion in the end—how did he come up with this logic?
When Rong Guang said he wanted to win, the reporters really had nothing to say about it. He has the strength and confidence and qualifications.When he said that he wanted to win, it was definitely not a gimmick, nor was it a bluff.
So in the eyes of the reporters, this is not something that can be hyped.
On Chelsea's side, there were also no explosive verbal conflicts.
Ancelotti was originally a low-key good guy, he rarely opened his mouth before the game with his opponent, and then taunted his opponent.He is not Mourinho.
Under the influence of the new head coach, Chelsea's players are not aggressive anymore.
Although logically, they should have a lot to say.
Chelsea lost at home last season in such a disgraceful way that they can't just pretend it never happened.
So they really want revenge.
But Ancelotti's players didn't show it.
Everyone was suffocating in their hearts and wanted to beat Manchester City in the game.
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There is still one day before the start of the game, Manchester City's last training session before the game.
There will not be any intense training in this training session.
The main practice is to set the ball and do some shooting training.
This is a very ordinary pre-match training session.
Such training sessions are generally not open to the media.
So there are no reporters or fans outside the training ground today.
The entire training base was closed.
In this training session, Robinho was injured.
In a set-piece attack, he jumped up to fight for a header, and sprained his foot after landing.
At that time, I couldn't stand up, and finally I was supported by the team doctor and walked slowly.
Looking at it like this, the next game against Chelsea will definitely not be played.
Benitez frowned and went over to check on Robinho's injury, then came back and ordered the others to continue training.
And David Silva was asked to put on the yellow vest representing the main force and joined the main team.
That means David Silva will start against Chelsea.
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Because it was closed training, the news of Robinho's injury did not spread at first.
It wasn't until the pre-match press conference in the afternoon, when Benitez announced that Robinho would miss tomorrow's game against Chelsea due to injury, that everyone knew what happened in the morning.
"...For Chelsea, I don't know if this is good news. Robinho has played very well this season. I wonder if his absence will bring losses to Manchester City's offense..."
Some media commented so.
"Robinho's absence? I don't think it has any impact." Ancelotti answered the reporters' question. "Manchester City is a very strong team, especially their bench lineup. After this summer, they have been improved, and they also have very good players on the bench, so I don't think the absence of Robinho can bring them any loss..."
Ancelotti does not think that Robinho's absence will affect Manchester City, unless it is the absence of glory.
If Rong Guang missed this game, then he would be relieved.
But this is unlikely. Rongguang has good physical fitness, and he rarely needs to rest when he is physically exhausted. In addition, he himself is rarely injured.
Usually minor injuries are rare.
After joining Manchester City, he missed a game due to injury.
Attendance is pretty high.
Ancelotti is not concerned about the impact of Robinho's absence.
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Robinho was a little frustrated, but David Silva was the direct beneficiary.
Although David Silva didn't show it on the surface, in his heart, he was a little excited about the fact that Robinho was injured and he got a chance.
It has been almost half a season since he joined Manchester City, but he has never won the main position.
Because he challenged Glory right after he came to the team, he was injured and missed the team's most important pre-season training. After that, even if he recovered from injury, he has been paying for his stupid actions. Because of the injury, he missed the pre-season training, and his cooperation with the team was not tacit enough. Benitez naturally didn't need him to start instead of Robinho.
In addition, Robinho performed really well, so even if he has completely recovered from his injury and gradually established a tacit understanding with the team, David Silva is still firmly under Robinho's pressure, and can only start in games like the League Cup.
Now, Robinho is injured and he has a great chance.
Not only this game, before Robinho was injured, it was his performance time.
He must use this period of time to fully demonstrate his ability, so that even if Robinho returns from injury, there is no way to shake his position.
The next focus battle against Chelsea is a great opportunity!
(End of this chapter)