Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 253 PK in the Premier League
Manchester City Stadium is a new stadium that has just been completed. This stadium was originally built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games at a cost of 9000 million pounds. It is also known as COMS, Eastlands and Sportcity.
After the sports meeting, the Manchester City Council handed over the Manchester City Stadium to Manchester City in exchange for the Maine Road Stadium. Since the stadium was designed for a large-scale sports meeting, Manchester City spent a year remodeling it to meet the purpose of football games. In 2002-2003 It was officially completed at the end of the season and became Manchester City's new home.

Different from the "stitching" of other Premier League teams' home courts, Manchester City Stadium is completely equipped with modern supporting facilities, both externally and internally. It can be said that in the stadiums of Premier League teams, this is also very comprehensive.

However, under such modern facilities and venues, the stadium lacks the deep heritage of the ancient team. Even if they hang albums of team history and photos of stars around the aisle of the stadium, this is just The performance phenomenon can't cover up the aura full of copper and iron at all.

Perhaps, Manchester City's move away from the Maine Road Stadium is good in the long run, but at least in the short term, apart from the novelty of the stadium, there is no benefit.

After the Chelsea team bus drove into the Manchester City Stadium, Wang Li followed coach Jose Mourinho to the routine pre-match press conference.

Many reporters have been waiting there. The home team Manchester City coach Kevin Keegan first made a speech: "The team's lineup is more stable this season, and its performance in the game is becoming more and more stable. We are confident to play at home. A wonderful game." After speaking, he turned his head and looked at Mourinho who had just entered the venue, and continued: "Chelsea is a strong team. Their results in the first few rounds of this season are very good. But our players will not be timid because of this, these outstanding lads must play their strengths, make the game more exciting, and strive to gain a victory at home."

After listening to Keegan's chatter, the reporters in the audience immediately handed the microphone to Mourinho's mouth. Compared with Keegan's conservative words, they knew that this Portuguese talent is more lovely, because he always says Making some shocking and inexplicable words also made the work of these reporters much easier.

This time, of course, is no exception. Mourinho took over Keegan's words and said directly: "Chelsea will do their best to play the game. We will not underestimate the opponent's results. I will send in this game." It is also a kind of respect for the entire main lineup to treat Manchester City in this form. However, I believe that the final winner will definitely be Chelsea, this-without a doubt!!"

From the lines, the reporters can feel the strong confidence of the Portuguese at this time. This confidence comes not only from the results of the league, but also from the players under him, such as the dance master sitting next to him, his Offensive ability can almost guarantee Chelsea's scoring efficiency, which is the confidence of a strong team.

At this time, a Chinese reporter from "Sports Weekly" couldn't help asking: "Mr. Keegan, can you tell me, will Chinese player Sun Jihai get the chance to start in this game?"

Hearing this question, Keegan turned his head to look at the black-haired reporter, with a sly smile flashing in the corner of his eyes, and said: "Sun is an indispensable part of Manchester City's tactical system, and he performed very well in the team. If he can meet my tactical requirements, I will definitely give him a chance to express himself."

This sentence is purely official language, and Keegan said nothing, so all the reporters immediately lost interest in this old man, and they turned their attention to Wang Li. Compared with the two coaches, Wang Licai Really the point of the interview.

A reporter from the "Manchester Morning Post" immediately asked: "Mr. Allen, do you think this game can still be scored?"

"Of course." When someone asked him, Wang Li replied confidently with a smile: "I said a long time ago that no one can stop my goal, and of course Manchester City is the same."

"So, how many goals do you think you will score in the game?"

Wang Li thought for a while, and said: "It depends on the state. If the state is good, I may be able to enter more than 3."

"What if the condition is not good?"

"At least one can enter, this is the minimum guarantee."

At this time, a Fulham reporter who followed Chelsea to Manchester asked: "So Mr. Allen, can you tell me what is your best way to score goals?"

This question stumped Wang Li, who had never thought about it, "I don't know, I think I am good at any scoring method, and what scoring method to use to score the goal depends on the situation of the game." Certainly."

"Mr. Allen, are you confident to pass Sun Jihai's defense again?"

"Excuse me, has your girlfriend, Princess Angela, come to watch the game?"

"When did you and Angela get married?"

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With more and more problems, it has become more and more deviated from the track of football. Compared with Wang Li's views on the game, perhaps the reporters are more concerned about his private life. It is said that a beauty deserves a hero, and Wang Li's emotional life is definitely England. The gossip that the media cares about.

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On October 10rd, at 3:3 p.m., the stands of the Manchester City Stadium were already crowded with people. Except for more than 3 Chelsea fans who followed the team to Manchester, more than [-] local Manchester City fans, and some neutral fans, Some of them are Manchester United fans, or they are simply non-fan groups who are watching the excitement.

In the past, Manchester City's home games were usually not full, but the purpose of these neutral fans today is obviously to see on the spot what the Chelsea team has been winning since the beginning of the league. The purpose of coming here is obviously to 'spy on the military situation'. You must know that in the 10th round of the league, Manchester United will be a guest at Old Trafford and Chelsea will have a strong confrontation.

Except for the east stand of the stadium, which is completely composed of Manchester City fans, the cheering and cheering in other directions in the stadium is very messy. Of course, the Manchester United fans who came are cheering for Chelsea. Relegation, and many of those neutral fans are facing the atmosphere of the home court, shouting casually, and some even shouted——
"Come on Manchester City, come on Chelsea, come on!"

This kind of silly slogan attracted a burst of contempt from the fans nearby. People who do not have a firm football belief in England are definitely discriminated against.

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At this time, the on-site commentator has already started to introduce according to the starting list in his hand:

"Chelsea formed a 4321 formation, goalkeeper Petr Cech, monster Drogba at the top, followed by dancing masters Alan and Damien Duff, midfielders Lampard, Makelele and Joe Cole, defenders from left to right are Paulo Ferreira, Captain John Terry, William Gallas, Wayne Bridger."

"Today, Mr. Keegan used a standard set of 442, goalkeeper James, defender Mills, Thatcher, Dunne, Distin, midfielder Sun, Phillips, Reina, Sinclair, forward Arnell Ka and Fowler..."

"Oh, my God, Barton didn't play in the game today, and he was replaced by Sun from China!! It seems that Mr. Keegan is still worried about Chelsea's ability to attack on the right, so he replaced our all-around kid. Hope Sun, who is also of Chinese descent, can cause trouble for Allen."

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After the players from both sides came out, Manchester City got the right to kick-off. After the referee whistled, the game finally started.

After a few days of research, Kevin Keegan did not come up with any effective defensive methods against Wang Li. Whether it is Aston Villa, Liverpool or other teams, all experiments in this area have failed. , Keegan is very self-aware, he does not think his ability is better than Benitez of Liverpool, and there is a gap between the strength of Manchester City and Liverpool.

So before the game, he decided to stay the same. Except for the full-time defender Mills to pay attention to marking Wang Li, he didn't tell the other players at all. The momentum is enough, and even if Manchester City loses the game, the media will take it for granted.

Therefore, on the pitch, the Manchester City team did not make a surprise attack or make any weird arrangements as the media predicted. Except for Sun Jihai replacing Button on the field on the right, there was almost no change in the formation, which made the reporters present We can't figure it out, it's not easy to count on this ordinary style of play to win Chelsea! ?
However, under the advice of head coach Kevin Keegan, the Manchester City players' mentality of wanting nothing and not caring about the result of the game may make them play more casually and perform better. Within 20 minutes, there was no shortage of tight defense in the steady offense. Chelsea failed to find a chance, or this may have something to do with Wang Li not being too good on the right, but even an ordinary performance is enough. It shows that Manchester City played well!

It is worth mentioning that in the 7th minute of the game, the Chinese media finally saw the scene they had been waiting for a long time. On the court, Wang Li received a diagonal pass from Lampard and suddenly made two big angle changes. Just when the fans were sweating because of his small waist, Mills was confused. After that, Wang Li dribbled the ball and passed easily. The next one to face was Sun Jihai from China.

Of course, Wang Li has also heard about the so-called "heterogeneous Chinese derby" from the Chinese media, and he also has a good impression of this compatriot from the ancient country of China, but now it is on the court. Show mercy.At this time, almost all the Chinese media focused on this scene with their cameras——
The first PK between the Chinese overseas Chinese and the representatives of the Sea Turtle faction in the Premier League! !
(End of this chapter)