Chapter 1248
Chapter 1248
After Sun Fengyang announced that Kaka's injury was not serious, Kaka himself appeared in front of the camera lens, after the reporters blocked him at the door of his house.Kaka in front of the camera was not on crutches, nor was he in a wheelchair, nor was he supported by anyone. He drove home by himself and got out of the car to be interviewed by reporters.
Just by looking at his appearance, it is completely impossible to tell that he was injured.
"As Mr. Sun said, my injury is not a major problem. There will still be some pain in the injured area, but it doesn't affect anything. The pain is getting better every day, and I will be able to return to the court soon. Thank you for your concern."
Kaka smiled, and the sun shone on his face, making his face extraordinarily white, and even created a layer of glare on his face.
This scene stunned the reporters. They never thought that a person who is almost 30 years old can still have such a face.
It’s not like they haven’t seen Kaka in the past. When he was in Real Madrid, Kaka definitely didn’t have such a spirited look. The later Kaka can even be described as “ragged”—the hair is messy, the beard is unshaven, the whole face looks dull, the eyes are gray, and there is no spirit at all.
This is the Kaka that everyone saw frequently during his time at Real Madrid.
But since he came to Manchester City and was in the same team as his arch-rival Glory, he has regained his youthful firepower, as if he went back to ten years ago overnight.
When he transferred from Real Madrid to Manchester City, many people thought that Kaka was either planning to come to Manchester City to salvage a fortune, and then mix up his contract and go to the United States for retirement, or he was planning to embrace glory and win one or two championships.
Unexpectedly, Kaka is not just dawdling in Manchester City, his salary is lower than when he was in Real Madrid.
He didn't come to Manchester City to hug anyone's thigh. His main position was won by his own performance. No one dares to say that he is unworthy of his current main position in Manchester City.
No matter what will happen in the future, these reporters now feel that Kaka’s transfer to Manchester City is a very correct choice. If he stays in Real Madrid... Mourinho will not give him a chance. At that time, what everyone will see most often will still be him.
Seeing such a sunny Kaka, everyone sincerely hopes that he can continue to be so sunny. After all, he used to be so good, and then he was so heartbreaking.I didn't expect to see him rise again, I really hope it's not a meteor across the sky.
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After the city derby with Manchester United, Manchester City ushered in their opponents in the League Cup in the middle of the week.
away to Wolves.
But this time, Manchester City didn't pay much attention to it.
Because they just played a game against Manchester United. Although the score of this game is very different, Manchester City has won very poorly, but they still went all out in the game, otherwise they would not be able to score such a score.
So Benitez changed almost all the starting lineup, even the trident was taken apart.
Kaka did not play due to injury, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic also sat on the bench.
Only Rong Guang continued to start.
But even Manchester City, who played as a substitute, is still very strong.
Even in an away game, they defeated the Wolves with a big score of 5:2 and successfully entered the quarter-finals of the League Cup.
Since Rong Guang joined Manchester City, he has won the League Championship, the FA Cup, the Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup. He has also won the Community Shield three times in a row. The only thing he did not win is the League Cup.
Because the status of the League Cup is now, even the FA Cup is not as good as it is, so Manchester City doesn't pay much attention to it, and they fail to make it to the end every time.
For Rongguang, his first season with Manchester City was even worse. Manchester City was eliminated in the first round of the League Cup.
This time, Manchester City broke into the quarter-finals in the League Cup. This is already the best performance of Manchester City in the League Cup in the past few seasons.
However, whether this means that Manchester City will be able to gain something in the League Cup this season is still unknown.
At least judging from this game, the Manchester City coaching staff still didn't pay much attention to Manchester City.
The reason why they were able to make it all the way to the quarter-finals was directly related to the fact that their opponents were too weak.
In the quarter-finals or semi-finals, Manchester City will encounter a stronger opponent. At that time, if the opponent goes all out in the cup, but Manchester City still does not pay attention to the League Cup, then it is possible to repeat the scene of being eliminated in the middle of the previous two seasons.
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Just eliminated the Wolves 5:2 in the League Cup, and then Manchester City's opponent in the league is also the Wolves.
In this game, Ibrahimovic finally started, but Kaka still did not enter the squad.
What Sun Fengyang said is that it is enough to rest for a game, but what he means should be a rest for a league game, not a League Cup game.
So in fact Kaka is still in the recovery period.
Manchester City without Kaka is still terrifying. They defeated Wolves 3:1 at home, another easy victory.
Their league unbeaten run continues, with as many as 65 games.
Sure enough, as Rong Guang said, Manchester City's ambition is not only to surpass AC Milan, but also to create a new record that is completely their own and difficult to be surpassed by future generations.
This new record is not enough just to have one more game than AC Milan.
After the Wolves game, Manchester City left Manchester and went to St. Petersburg ahead of schedule to prepare for the fourth Champions League group match there. Their opponent was St. Petersburg.
The strength of Zenit St. Petersburg is not very strong, but their home court is terrible, especially at the end of October and the beginning of November, it is even more terrible.
"The weather forecast says it's snowing in St. Petersburg, and the temperature is twenty degrees below zero."
On the plane from Manchester to St. Petersburg, Manchester City's players were also concerned about their opponent.The content of everyone's chat is related to Zenit St. Petersburg, especially the weather is what everyone cares about most.
In the last Champions League group match, Manchester City unexpectedly drew Zenit St. Petersburg at their home court. It stands to reason that they should go away with a revenge mentality.But when they heard the weather, the anger of many Manchester City players was frozen into ice...
Twenty degrees below zero!
What is this concept?
Many players have never been to such a cold place in their lives!
Considering the weather, Kaka still has not been able to enter the team's 20-man Champions League squad, although he has already started training with the team, it seems that there is really no problem.
But the severe cold will cause the players' muscles and ligaments to become stiff, and they are very vulnerable to injury in fierce confrontation, so Benitez did not dare to take Kaka to take risks.
Kaka stayed in Manchester, which is warmer than St. Petersburg.
Rong Guang had the experience of going to Russia to play away games in winter, but he went to Moscow at that time. Compared with St. Petersburg, Moscow's latitude is still lower and the temperature is higher.
He has no similar experience in racing in minus twenty degrees weather.
But he didn't frown, and he didn't think this game would be difficult.
To be honest, he has no idea about the weather at all, and the weather has never been a problem for him.
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As soon as we got off the plane, the cold wind of St. Petersburg and the heavy snow like goose feathers hit every Manchester City player in the face. Many people couldn't help closing their eyes, as if they were afraid that the snowflakes would be blown into their eyes.
This can be regarded as a blow to Manchester City, and many people have felt the cruelty of nature.
At the thought of playing in such a situation, the Manchester City players felt like dying.
"The winter in St. Petersburg will come earlier this year, but I think this is good news for Zenit St. Petersburg." On TV, Russian TV stations are previewing the Champions League group match.
Zenit St. Petersburg currently has four points and is currently ranked second. APOEL has the same points as them, but APOEL and Zenit St. Petersburg are more dominant in the mutual win-loss relationship with Zenit St. Petersburg. Therefore, if the two teams still have the same points until the end of the group stage, it will have to compare the outcome. Zenit St. Petersburg will be squeezed to third place and lose the qualification to advance to the knockout round.
So the safest thing to do is not to let APOEL have the chance to compare with them, and that is to directly take the lead in points.
To take the points lead, Zenit St. Petersburg will have to beat Manchester City at home.
Due to the weather, Zenit St. Petersburg's home stadium is a "hell home stadium" for many European teams, and they must take advantage of this opportunity.
In addition to this game against Manchester City, Zenit St. Petersburg has two group games left. They are at home against APOEL, and they will challenge Porto away in the last group game.
If they can beat Manchester City, Zenit St. Petersburg's points will reach seven points, which is very helpful for them to qualify.
And the weather is their greatest weapon.
While Manchester City's players complained about the terrible weather in St Petersburg, they wished for more snow, more wind and cooler temperatures.
Back then, Hitler's almost invincible iron-blooded army was trapped in the snowstorm in Russia, and this ice and snow was Russia's armor.
Even the almost omnipotent Glory, it is almost difficult to perform decently in such an environment!
(End of this chapter)