The strongest blade in football

Chapter 126 Home Debut
To some extent, Wang Nuo should thank dear Mino Raiola.

Because Standard Liege tried to get Wang Nuo to transfer to Milan a few months ago, Wang Nuo had already met with Braida.

But after Mino became Wang Nuo's agent, he stopped the potential deal directly.

His original words at the time were, "You can't go to Milan, you won't have much playing time, at least it's not a good choice now."

At that time, Wang Nuo didn't understand what he meant, and he didn't realize it until now.

The summer transfer window was closed, Barcelona sold Zlatan, who had spent a huge sum of money to introduce a year ago, at a low price, and Manchester City also sold Robinho to Galliani, all of which were operated by Mino.

Milan's striker has changed, look at their lineup now!

Ibrahimovic, Ronaldinho, Robinho, Pato, Inzaghi, everyone's name can make people tremble.

And add Wang Nuo at the back?
In Milan, which emphasizes the Champions League genes, even he himself feels inappropriate.

On the other hand, Manchester City, after two years of sudden riches, buys, buys and buys every year, and the main force almost changes half every season. Whoever has the strength will win the position.

In this case, it seems that the pressure of competition is high, but in fact, everyone has a chance.

An away assist in the UEFA Europa League boosted Mancini's good impression of Wang Nuo.

In the second round of the Premier League a week ago, Manchester City played against Liverpool at home. Wang Nuo successfully squeezed out the Brazilian Ruo and entered the bench again.

Balotelli was punished by Mancini for the fire incident and was excluded from the 18-man squad.

In the first round of the Premier League, Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal, reaping a draw.

In the Europa League play-offs, they also defeated Trabzonspor 1-0. The current situation is very similar to Manchester City.

As a member of BIG4, Liverpool only got the embarrassing No.7 result last season.

For them, returning to the top four is the minimum goal, but given the team's current lineup configuration, the final result of the Red Army is estimated to depend on the overall performance of the dual-core Gerrard and Torres.

Can Hodgson bring a championship gift package to his new club as soon as he takes office like Ancelotti did last year?Difficult!
Warming up before the start of the game, Wang Nuo finally set foot on the lawn of the Manchester City Stadium. He looked up and roughly counted. There were no less than 10 five-star red flags dotted against the blue background in the stands.

Those were compatriots and local Chinese who came from all over the UK to support him. Wang Nuo's first league home show received unprecedented domestic attention.

In the first round of the league, Wang Nuo's side battle against Bell became the traffic code of the domestic media. In this game, a large number of domestic media sent people to Manchester, hoping to have new gains.

During the warm-up before the match, Wang Nuo also met Jovanovic, an old friend of Standard Liege.

His mentality towards Jovanovic is more complicated. On the one hand, Jovanovic had conflicts with him, and on the other hand, the Serbian gave him a crucial penalty in the national derby.

With the continuous accumulation of life experiences, Wang Nuo understood that De Sutter's late-night phone call contained a lot of alarmist elements, so he didn't have much ill feeling towards Yovanovic afterwards.

Professional football is like this. Outside of the competitive level, it is all about interests.

Therefore, after the two standard Lieutenant teammates met, they had a brief chat.

"How are you doing recently?" Yovanovic reached out and patted Wang Nuo's shoulder.

"It's not bad, how about you?" Wang Nuo looked at Yovanovic, who was even more bald.

"Also...it's okay."

Yovanovic smiled wryly, obviously not sincere.

Wang Nuo didn't ask too many questions, he wasn't used to exchanging shallow words, but he could guess some.

Jovanovic was bought by Benitez, and the Liverpool coach was replaced by Hodgson, so Jovanovic's life will definitely not be easy.

Wang Nuo originally wanted to comfort him, but he changed his mind, he was the starter in this game, and he was a substitute, so it was like eating carrots and worrying about it, so let's take care of ourselves first!

So, as rivals in the competition, they separated quickly under the watchful eyes of the audience.

Not long after, the game officially started!

In this game, Liverpool ranked 442, and Torres finally made his debut. He partnered with Ngego, who was in good form some time ago, to lead the striker.

In the midfield, Gerrard and Lucas partnered in the middle, while Jovanovic and Kevin Dirk appeared on the two wings respectively.

On the defensive line, Carragher partnered with Skrtel, Glenn Johnson and Agger appeared on the two wings, and Reina was the goalkeeper.

In contrast to Manchester City, Mancini sent out a 433 formation, which can actually be regarded as a 451 formation, with Tevez as the center forward, Milner and Adam Johnson interspersed around him, but the position is at the back.

Wang Nuo was a substitute. He didn't enjoy the feeling of appearing under the attention of the audience. He sat on the bench ahead of time. When he left the locker room, he discovered an interesting detail.

That is, the door of Manchester City's home team's dressing room is narrower and shorter than that of the visiting team. He quietly asked Sabaletta, who was also on the bench next to him.

Zabaleta looked like you don't even understand this, "The door is smaller, don't you think it makes our players bigger and stronger? Not to mention here, even Anfield is the same! Next time you go Just watch and you’ll know.”

Wang Nuo suddenly became enlightened, as expected of the Premier League, pay attention!
He was sitting on the bench, looking at the packed audience, he was very happy. Compared with the experience of the last round of White Hart Lane, the fans of the home team this time are not inferior.

Not long after the game started, Wang Nuo was conquered by the enthusiasm of Manchester City fans.

First, there was the singing after the players came on stage. To be honest, Wang Nuo was shocked by the singing of "Blue Moon".

Blue Moon is filled with an elegant and lonely artistic conception. If the Manchester City team in the early 90s hadn't adopted this song as their team anthem, maybe it would never be associated with passionate football.

Specifically, the process of Wang Nuo hearing this song at home can be summarized as——

"In the beginning, there were only three or two sounds. Before the melody was completed, there was love first. The bass suppressed the voice and thought, as if complaining about life's failure. The audience gradually became emotional and talked about the infinite things in their hearts. The guitar suddenly played eagerly, and the big strings were noisy like rain. The melody has reached its climax, the silver bottle is broken and the water is pouring out, the iron cavalry is protruding with swords and guns, the Manchester City fans are cheering, and the Red Army players are terrified."

Manchester City fans began singing the song before matches more than a decade ago and the habit has remained to this day.

When tens of thousands of people sang in unison, Wang Nuoneng could feel an energy in his body gradually changing from weak to strong. Accompanied by the song, he slowly accumulated the power to explode in the future!
Similarly, in Manchester City, most players have their own songs.

Wang Nuo couldn't help but start to look forward to, he can also have his own exclusive song in Manchester City. In fact, he quite likes the song of Standard Liege before——

"Oh, oh, Wang Nuo is an artist."

"Oh oh oh, football blossoms at his feet."

"You can't keep up with him!"

"Take care of your poor ankles and knees!"

Wang Nuo has the audio file of this song, and he plans to find someone to translate it from French to English, and then post it on his Twitter. If he wants to sing in the future, he will sing this song!

Wang Nuo thought wildly for a while, and the situation on the field has changed drastically.

In the 13th minute, Adam Johnson sent a clever through pass. The new aid Milner got the ball from the right and made a diagonal pass to the middle. Barry followed up with his left foot and shot from far to help Manchester City take a 1-0 lead!
Since then, Manchester City has maintained the initiative, and the ball possession rate once exceeded 60%!

In this game, Wang Nuo could feel that several players in the team played better than before. One was Kompany, the other was Yaya Toure, and the other was Carlos Tevez.

It happens to be the central axis of the team!
Throughout the first half, Liverpool almost only had Gerrard's two consecutive shots as a threat, but they failed to hit the goal frame.

After returning to the stadium in the second half, the situation has not changed much, Manchester City is still in full swing at home!
These big-name players are undoubtedly excited to play, and the offense is pouring like mercury, making it difficult for Liverpool to parry!
Not long after the second half, Richards scored a header in front of Agger, and then Tevez grabbed a second shot in front of the goal to rewrite the score to 2-0, and Manchester City expanded the score.

Then Manchester City took advantage of the victory to chase after Adam Johnson made a point and Carlos Tevez took the penalty and scored another goal!
3 is better than 0!

At 70 minutes into the game, Manchester City was already slaughtering Liverpool. The low-key Manchester City audience kept applauding and singing, and the cheers were louder and louder!
Wang Nuo has noticed that the eyes of some Liverpool players have lost their light, and they look dejected.

He knew that he was not far away from playing!

After a while, Wang Nuo finally found out that Mancini had summoned him. The TV broadcast camera captured the scene of Wang Nuo playing, and the fourth official held up the electronic display screen for the substitution.

In the 77th minute, Carlos Tevez, who scored the goal, was replaced by the applause of the audience, and Wang Nuo came off the bench!

Wang Nuo suddenly realized that this was exactly the same as when he debuted in the Standard Liege first-team debut. In that game, he also debuted in 77 minutes, replacing Jovanovic!

Moreover, Jovanovic happened to be on the court in this game!What a coincidence!
But Wang Nuo didn't have the heart to recall the past, he spit out the blades of grass in his mouth, and completely focused on the upcoming game.

After stepping on the long-awaited court, Wang Nuo was very excited. His first touch with the ball was to hit the goal, which shocked Reina into a cold sweat.

Soon after, Wang Nuo launched an attack from the right. The three players in the frontcourt of Manchester City made a series of beautiful cooperation, and finally Johnson missed the goal.

In the coaching area, David Pratt couldn't help but said to Mancini, "Wang Nuo has the ability to fight between the midfield and the striker. His small skills are not like what a 185 tall big man can have. You Look at Skotel's shocking eyes."

Of course Mancini also saw this, but he also saw that Wang Nuo's game rhythm was still not as good as that of the Premier League.

Of course, this is also a normal situation. Coming to the Premier League from other leagues, there will always be some discomfort of one kind or another.

Mancini predicts that Wang Nuo will need at least half a year of transition and buffer before he can play 100% of his strength in the Premier League!
Before he completely exploded with energy, Mancini would put him on the bench, on the one hand, to give him pressure and motivation, on the other hand, it might not be a kind of protection.

(End of this chapter)