The strongest blade in football

Chapter 144 Stay ahead
Entering winter, Mancini adjusted the morning training time, starting at 10 o'clock.

But by 9:[-], basically the players will come.

If a guy really didn't show up until 9:50 or even 10, everyone thought he was "late".

Yes, from an outsider's point of view, he may be on time, but in Manchester City, he is late.

The mercenaries in the eyes of outsiders are actually a group of players who are hungry for victory and league rankings.

So 9:[-] has become a "minimum standard". Most players come before this point to joke with everyone, get ready for stretching and massage, and wait for training.

Of course, there are always "exceptions" in the team, such as Tevez and Balotelli.

Carlos Tevez is a striker who maintains his form through the game. In training, he is not very interested except for the confrontation game. Only the game can make him excited.

For Mancini's two practice sessions a day, he complained more than once, and even quarreled with Mancini, and the relationship between them was very unpleasant.

And Balotelli, he's just plain lazy, honestly, he puts more time into the PSP than training.

Some came late, and naturally some came early. There is another "example" in the team, and that is Wang Nuo.

Although the training time was postponed, Wang Nuo still arrived at Carrington on time at 8:[-] just like Xia Tian.

He asked the administrator John for two keys. When no one was around, he changed his clothes and ran to the court to practice alone.

He would practice free-kicks, penalties and play tricks from the past one by one, making sure he was never new.

Sometimes it's too cold outside, so Wang Nuo just stays in the gym and does some basic exercises.

Manchester City's gym looks like an old-fashioned recreation centre: mats, weights, bikes, some stationary equipment, and the medicine ball Wang Nuo often uses.

The training plan made by personal trainer Ndrej for Wang Nuo included yoga. From the time of Standard Liege to the present, Wang Nuo has not been very interested in it and feels bored.

But Ndrej told him it would help build muscle, improve flexibility and prolong athletic life.

He also took Wang Nuo’s tail-wagging goal against the Mexican American team as an example, saying that it was the benefit of increased flexibility.

Well, yoga time!
At this time, the fitness ball comes in handy. Wang Nuo has mastered 25 different positions, and he can almost play with a ball.

After finishing the self-training content before training, Wang Nuo can always enjoy the treatment of being the first in the team to be massaged.

He is usually served by the masseur Guzara, a bald man with a mustache.

He always squeezed the flesh on Wang Nuo's body and muttered, "Pressing you is the hardest thing, the muscles are too firm!"

He would still smash his mouth and say, "Your figure is really enviable. If I can be like you, I will probably be hollowed out by women every day."

Wang Nuo usually chatted with him casually, listening to Guzala talk about how "chic" the Premier League players were living ten years ago.

After being manipulated arbitrarily for a while, when the time came, Wang Nuo would greet his teammates who had just arrived in the locker room refreshed.

After half a year, he got along well with most of his teammates in the locker room. The amazing thing is that the players who have a better relationship with him are basically black players.

The Toure brothers, Wright, Kompany, Balotelli, Boyata, the elder Vieira, etc., except for black, most of them are foreigners.

Wang Nuo doesn't play golf well, and he doesn't like to participate in various boring parties. Some teammates don't like to take him to play.

Of course, his relationship with the Spaniard David Silva is also very good, and they often learn from each other and exchange some technical things.

Wang Nuo had always thought that his skills under his feet were top-notch, but later found that Silva was not far behind, and his pass organization ability and position sense were much better than Wang Nuo.

He's a reserved, low-key guy who's actually pretty funny.

Once, he even avenged Wang Nuo.

On the third day after the Manchester Derby last month, as Wang Nuo scored his first Premier League goal, his teammates were also happy for him, so they found an opportunity to trick Wang Nuo in the dressing room.

They poured two tubes full of superglue into Wang Nuo's sneakers beforehand, and then they all pretended to be nonchalant.

After Wang Nuo put on the shoes, he felt that the soles of his feet were hot, and something was wrong. When he tried to take off the shoes, he found that the sneakers had completely fitted the feet.

Not to mention taking off your shoes, you can't even move your toes!

The teammates in the locker room were leaning forward and backward with laughter, out of breath.

At this time, the culprit, Wright Phillips, appeared. He gave Wang Nuo an alcohol lamp, the kind commonly used in laboratories, and he did not know where he got it.

He suggested to Wang Nuo, "Use it to heat up the sneakers, then the super glue will lose its effect, and you can take off your shoes."

After hearing this, the teammates in the locker room laughed even harder.

Fortunately, Wang Nuo's IQ was online, so he took off his socks and took advantage of the situation to yank his feet out of the shoes.

It's a pity that the socks are still tightly glued to the soles of the shoes. A good pair of new shoes is completely scrapped!
Wang Nuo was smiling, and he was so angry at that time!

He has to find a chance to "revenge"!
A few days later, Wang Nuo noticed that Wright Pelips was wearing a pair of shiny new shoes, so he called in David Silva to help, and Balotelli joined in the fun.

They borrowed a knife from the kitchen and cut the shoe in half while Wright Pelips was showering after practice, then carefully put it back in his locker, arranging the shoe so he wouldn't find it There are cut marks.

Wright Phillips took a shower, got dressed, came out of the bathroom, humming, and he was surprised that everyone was holding back their laughter.

He opened the cabinet, picked up his running shoes, and prepared to put them on.

The result is a light hand!
I saw that the shoe was broken in half from the heel, and the poor running shoe was separated from the head!

The whole locker room was laughing like crazy. At this time, David Silva, who has always been low-key, laughed louder than anyone, because he cut off the shoe.

Vieira was also very happy. While laughing, he said that the Arsenal legend and old captain Tony Adams did the same thing.

However, not everyone was amused by the prank.

Strength and conditioning coach Ivan Carminati doesn't like his players messing around.

He once assisted Eriksson in the England national team with assistant coach Kidd, and is also an old friend of Mancini for many years.

In fact, when the Swede coached Lazio, Ivan Carminati was the physical coach and took care of Mancini, who was still a player at the time.

He is ten years older than Mancini, and he is a veteran. He is very similar to Mancini's requirements for the locker room. He always thinks everyone is too noisy.

So at this time, he jumped out and said, "The locker room is a battle preparation area and a sacred place. You should respect this place and don't make any noise!"

The jersey manager on one side also took the opportunity to chime in, "Yes, these guys are not only noisy, they are always playing with their mobile phones. This kind of behavior should be stopped!"

As soon as these two got mixed up, the happiness accumulated by everyone after hard training in the morning was wiped out, and the faces were very unhappy.

The others didn't say anything, but Vieira didn't like this, "Come on, you are more lenient. I advise you, don't make yourself uncomfortable."

Ivan Carminati originally wanted to say something more, but after glancing at Vieira, he turned his head and walked away without saying a word.

The French did not forget the jersey administrator, "You are the same, I also saw you playing with your mobile phone in the office, what is the difference between this and us?"

The jersey manager didn't dare to argue, walked around with his head down, and began to clean up the dirty clothes on the floor. He was still muttering something, but this time the sound was heard by no one.

Wang Nuo looked at Vieira with great admiration.

This big brother, who has always been stable, suddenly stood up today, and made the physical coach and the jersey administrator feel embarrassed with just a few words. He is really handsome!

He hoped that he could have such a deterrent power in the future.

In the 17th round of the Premier League, Manchester City played at home against Everton. Prior to this, Manchester City had been rampant in the standings. It had already left Manchester United by 1 point and ranked first in the standings with 35 points!

Manchester United is second with 34 points and Arsenal is third with 32 points.

Chelsea is not doing well recently, and it is difficult to win a win in the past four games. Currently, they have 31 points and have slipped to fourth in the standings.

As the last game before Christmas, the entire Manchester City team has a common wish——

That is to win this game and keep Manchester City at the top of the Premier League before Christmas!

For Manchester City, their last loss dates back to the Europa League group stage on November 11th. They have been unbeaten in nearly 5 games, which provides everyone with sufficient confidence!
Wang Nuo played the whole game against Juventus in the UEFA Cup away game, and scored the equalizer goal, shining brilliantly.

But the last game was originally a rotation, and only four days had passed since the game, so he returned to the bench without any suspense in this game.

The same is true for the golden boy Balotelli, who was pressed on the bench by Mancini.

Before the game, Manchester City officials mischievously made a poster. On the left side of the poster is the real-time standings of the league, and on the right side is a picture of Balotelli holding the Golden Globe trophy.

A big title is written in the middle of the poster: We are number one now and will be number one in the future.

Before the start of the game, the "Future No. [-]" in the poster curled up on the bench seat, holding a piece of paper in his hand and kept scratching. It took a long time for him to react.

"You are one goal ahead of me again?" Balotelli stared at Wang Nuo with wide eyes and said in disbelief.

"That's right, I have seven, and you have six." Wang Nuo deliberately teased him, and continued, "The gap in this race will widen! Your car will belong to me!"

(End of this chapter)