The strongest blade in football

Chapter 119 Breaking English Kills People
The long pre-season training and warm-up match is finally over.

Overall, Manchester City won less and lost more, and their performance was not ideal.

Wang Nuo played in five of them, four of which were substitutes. He scored two goals against Mexico and America, and his performance can only be regarded as quite satisfactory.

The day before the start of the new Premier League season, Mancini left Wang Nuo alone.

"You are now the fourth or fifth striker in the team," he said. "You will get some opportunities, but not many. I value your potential more."

Wang Nuo understood what the coach said.

He can probably guess that in Mancini's mind, Balotelli, Tevez and Adebayor are ahead of him.

Let’s not talk about Balotelli, Mancini’s absolute lover, a supernova, it is rumored that the club spent close to 3000 million, and he will soon be brought to Manchester City.

Carlos Tevez, one of the best offensive players in the Premier League, is a monster with more than 20 goals in a single season. It is said that Mancini is also planning to let him replace Kolo Touré as captain.

Adebayor, last year's African Footballer of the Year, has proved himself at Arsenal and is also a big killer in the Premier League. He left this time, but he will probably stay in the team.

I just don't know in Mancini's eyes, who comes first among himself, the Brazilian Ruo, and Wright Phillips.

Wang Nuo would like to thank Mino, and the fat man told him that Robinho would not stay and he would take him to another team.

Coupled with the loan of Santa Cruz and the departure of Bellamy, this allowed Wang Nuo to gain some playing space.

"Okay boss, I will continue to work hard to prove myself."

Wang Nuo is not in a hurry. After a summer of hard training, he feels that he is still improving, and he has great confidence in himself.

"You don't need to prove anything, I know what kind of player you are, I have seen some of your games, and I know your ability." Mancini said again.

This made Wang Nuo feel a lot more at ease.

Before that, Wang Nuo didn't know whether he was favored by the coach or promoted by Mino for this transfer, but now, Mancini gave him a statement that made him feel at ease.

Wang Nuo felt a lot of pressure during this period. The British are too crazy about football. The media and fans here are completely different from those in the Belgian league.

Here, football is a matter of faith.

If it is said that in the Belgian league, the media only reported relevant content the day before and the day after the game, then in Manchester, some topics will continue for a whole week or even longer.

Players are being evaluated all the time, and the process is never-ending.

Even those warm-up matches are scored after the game, and his overall performance in the preseason is also weighted, which makes people nervous.

Standard Liege is like a kindergarten in comparison.

In Manchester City, even during training, Wang Nuo faced guys of the caliber of Vieira, Yaya Toure, and Kompany.

In Manchester City's locker room, there are all kinds of former champions, best players, World Cup players, and ordinary coaches can't hold the scene at all.

Wang Nuo felt that even Mancini was a bit reluctant, and some people actually didn't take him seriously.

And after nearly a month of observation, Wang Nuo found that Mancini looked gentle and gentle to outsiders, but in fact he was very arrogant. He didn't like him at all and was not good at building a good relationship with players.

Mancini has an assistant named David Pratt. He was a teammate of Mancini's player era and a famous midfielder in England.

He is a very nice guy.

In many cases, Mancini relied on David Platt or Kidd to communicate with the players, while he was detached and aloof.

He is like a conductor of a symphony orchestra standing on the sidelines wearing a scarf—

He picked out his favorite "musicians" in the transfer market, beat his beat with a baton, and would yell angrily when someone didn't play according to his rhythm.

The boss has a bad temper, and he can often be heard roaring during training, and even once, he directly cursed at Adebayor inexplicably.

Adebayor is also a thorn. The two almost started fighting, but in the end others stopped them.

Later, Wang Nuo learned that Adebayor didn't like Mancini practicing twice a day, thinking that would hurt him, and Mancini would not allow anyone to challenge his authority, which would damage his image.

Especially in this summer, with the arrival of five or six powerful new aids, Mancini is eager to get everyone on the team to obey him.

In normal times, when the team is playing training games, Mancini will command loudly on the sidelines——

"Grab up", "pass the ball", "shrink the defense" and "spread out the camp".

He sometimes yells more, "Get back, get back, steal the ball from him, ok, play now, pass to the right, idiot..."

Wang Nuo and his teammates felt that sometimes Mancini couldn't help but play two rounds.

Once, he actually did it, undoing his thin scarf, taking off his suit and leather shoes, and putting on a jersey and sneakers, shocking everyone.

For ten minutes or so, Mancini, who is already in his 40s, performed well. His physical function was maintained very well, and he could see the abdominal muscles when he lifted his jersey to wipe his sweat.

It's a pity that after the training, Mancini found that the scarf fell on the ground and was dirty, so he was so angry that he cursed a few words.

A decent scarf is one of Mancini's hallmarks.

It's been hot lately, but whenever it's overcast in Manchester, he wears a scarf to the training ground.

He can always make that kind of textbook-level scarf tying method, Wang Nuo carefully observed it once——

Mancini first folded the scarf in half, then wrapped it around his shoulders, and neatly tied a simple knot, allowing the scarf to hang down on his chest.

Mancini's scarf looks more elegant than any tie, and it matches his temperament very well.

No matter how much media surrounds him, whether he smiles or frowns, there is always a sense of camera and expressiveness in Mancini's every move.

Maintaining the image seems to be extremely important to the boss. As long as he is in public, Mancini always likes suits and leather shoes with shiny shoes.

David Pratt once talked about Mancini after a certain training session. He said, "Mancho's attention to the outside world is not an affectation. His dressing taste is very similar to the playing style of the year."

"The way he played back then was clean and fluid, like he was wearing a scarf, he was a simple guy and really, I guarantee you, he wanted to make you better than anyone else."

Wang Nuo keenly discovered that David Platt and Mancini have a clear division of labor, a bit like a red face and a bad face.

Mancini occasionally said some harsh and harsh words, while David Pratt was responsible for appeasing everyone's emotions, acting as a lubricant and bridge between Mancini and the players.

This seems unbelievable to Wang Nuo, who sometimes unconsciously compares Mancini with Boloni.

Mancini and Boloni are completely different types of people.

He respects the old and new coaches, but if he had to choose, he would prefer Boloni, who is more friendly and can help Wang Nuo.

And what about Mancini?
Wang Nuo did the math, plus today's brief conversation, he only had no more than five separate communications with the coach.

Each time is at most 1 minute.

Wang Nuo remembered that Mancini talked a little more after the game against Dortmund.

"Are you ready to play in the Premier League?"

"You have to forget the Belgian league, maybe you used to get five or six chances a game, but in the Premier League, it's only one or two! You have to catch it!"

Wang Nuo admitted that Mancini had a point, and this is what he is trying to adapt to, and he needs to improve his efficiency.

Today, after Mancini told Wang Nuo his position in the team's striker, he didn't talk too much nonsense, but simply said, "You tomorrow, left out."

When Wang Nuo heard it, wow, it's the first release!

He said quickly, "Oh, yes, yes."

Wang Nuo thought to himself, although I usually play on the right, I can also play on the left.

Back in the locker room, he happily ran to the Serbian Kolarov and said, "Hey, brother, we will be on the same side in the match tomorrow!"

At this time, Wright Phillips heard it and said with a smile, "Don't be kidding, you are on the left, where is Silva?"

"The boss told me, I guess he might be on the right." Wang Nuo said proudly.

Little Wright insisted, "Impossible, the coach has no reason to let you play the left side and let him play the right side. If he plays the right side, then where am I? You must have heard it wrong!"

Wang Nuo shook his head and said with certainty, "It's absolutely true, he said 'left out', which means kicking the left side, isn't it right?"

His voice was so loud that almost the entire locker room heard it.

Two seconds later, everyone's laughter almost lifted the roof.

Wright-Phillips was even more breathless with laughter, "So did he say 'left out' or 'out on the left' or 'outside left'?"

Wang Nuo blushed anxiously, "No, no, I'm sure it's 'left out'! His accent is very heavy, but I'm sure it is, yes, that's right!"

Little Wright said to Wang Nuo word by word, "left, out, it means that you are excluded from the starting lineup, tomorrow you will be a substitute, and you may not appear on the stage."

The rest of the locker room laughed again, and everyone was on the verge of tears.

Wang Nuo almost spat out a mouthful of old blood after hearing this!

He finally understood why Mancini told him he was the fourth and fifth striker while saying left out. The boss must also wonder why he accepted it so readily!
WTF!

It's so embarrassing, it's killing people by breaking English!

(End of this chapter)