Chapter 528: The Fierce Battle Before the Derby
(I'm back~~~)
The most talked-about side of the league is still Manchester City, with Manchester United and Liverpool drawing in the English derby, where Manchester City slaughtered Aston Villa at home to break their opponent's unbeaten streak.
In Manchester City's game against Aston Villa, whether it was Balotelli's astonishing reaction to the upside-down golden hook, or Li Feng's depressed failure to score, or even Hargreaves' appearance was the topic of conversation.
Of course~~~ One of the most concerned is Li Feng, no way, although he has just transferred to the Premier League, but with Li Feng's recent performance, the completion can be called the front page of the Premier League, in the past seven rounds of games, plus two Champions Cups, in each game, Li Feng has direct goals or assists.
It is understandable that he is in excellent condition or ushers in an outbreak, but like Li Feng, he can no longer be described in normal words, except that it is unbelievable and perverted, and even many media doubt whether Li Feng is taking drugs.
This is also no way, in the Premier League, Li Feng can be said to be a standout, unlike in La Liga, Messi and Ronaldo are fighting with each other.
In the next round, the most interesting team will be Manchester City, as the Manchester derby kicks off and seven days later, Manchester City will travel to Old Trafford.
This season, the English media released bold rumors that Manchester City will win the Milan duo and become the strongest city derby in European football.
For this reason, Ferguson also made changes to the team's lineup against Liverpool, otherwise, it is really two words whether this game is a draw or not.
Before that happens, though, both sides will need to turn their attention to the Champions League, as the third game of the Champions League group stage will be played in three days' time.
This group stage. Manchester City are still at home. The opponent is the yellow submarine Villarreal from La Liga.
Compared to the other three teams. Villarreal can be described as the worst team in the entire group, losing 0:2 at home to Bayern Munich in the first round, and losing 2:0 to Napoli in the second trip to Italy.
At present, the top of Group A is Bayern Munich with 4 points, Manchester City is in second place with 4 points, and the third is Napoli who won against Villarreal, and the Yellow Submarine is the worst. Bottom of the group with 0 points.
Therefore, this game can be said to be crucial for Villarreal, if it loses three in a row, then Villarreal's hope of qualifying is very slim.
And Villarreal has not had a good time in the league, with only two wins in eight league games, so you can imagine the pressure on manager Juan Garrido.
"It's a very difficult group, it's not surprising that any team fails, and we just happened to be the unluckiest team in the group," Garrido said frustrated at his press conference in Manchester.
"As for victory. As long as we show the level we deserve, I'm sure we'll get a satisfactory result," he said when asked by reporters if they were confident of winning. Garrido replied.
"We can't afford to lose again" and the answer of the core of the team, Rossi, was much simpler and clearer than that of manager Garrido, but it was not difficult to see the resentment in the heart of the Italian genius.
Giuseppe Rossi, who became famous at a young age, was an unscrupulous talent, joined Parma at the age of 12, and was discovered by Manchester United scouts in 04, so he transferred to the Red Devils, but at that time Manchester United was not short of strikers, and Rossi's age and strength could not make him stand firm in Manchester United.
Eventually, he was valued by Villarreal for his outstanding performances after returning to his former club Parma on loan, and finally in '07, the Yellow Submarine spent 10 million on the Italian phenom to bring to the Love Song Stadium.
And Rossi was not disappointed by Villarreal, and in the following seasons, Rossi continued to improve and gradually became the core of Villarreal's forward line.
And last year ushered in an explosion, with a total of 29 goals in all competitions, so this summer, there are not many teams that have equaled Rossi, and there are several giants.
Rossi himself felt it was time to leave the small temple of Villarreal, but due to the Champions League, Villarreal was reluctant to let Rossi go, unless a club offered a high price, and the so-called high price was to meet Rossi's minimum release clause.
However, it is disappointing that no one is willing to pay this money for Rossi, especially those giants in Serie A, who are chasing Rossi the fiercest, but they were all scared back by 35 million euros.
In the end, Rossi had no choice but to stay in Villarreal, hoping to impress the giants with a better performance and make them pay for themselves.
However, Rossi could never have imagined that this season would be a turning point in his fortunes, with a serious injury slowly turning him from a highly sought-after giant-level player to an ordinary player.
Injuries are definitely a player's most formidable enemy, and in the history of football, there have been countless geniuses who have been ruined by injuries, and Rossi is a typical representative.
Even in Manchester City, there are two such examples, manager Van Basten was defeated by injury and had to choose to retire at the best age, and the other is Hargreaves, whose tragic experience needs no more to say.
At this point, Li Feng is undoubtedly lucky, the system is produced, naturally it is the best, Li Feng's physical condition is the best in the world, plus the blessing of talent, so although Li Feng is more hated on the court, he has only been injured once so far.
And that injury still came from a teammate, who was tackled by Demichelis at Bayern Munich last season, and after that time, Li Feng no longer dared to take it lightly when training against him.
Therefore, for his own protection, Li Feng can be said to have done quite enough, of course~~~ It is impossible for outsiders to know that this is because of the relationship between the system.
This game is also crucial for Manchester City, after all, Group A is too terrible, and the points gap is not big, and one may be at the bottom if he is not careful.
And after a few days, the players on Manchester City's injury list have basically recovered, although Manchester City is not enough, but in the lineup, Manchester City can definitely be called a giant.
Facing Villarreal, who are determined to win, Manchester City will not be polite, "I always believe that one of the two places in the group must belong to us" Manchester City's lone seedling Richards was the first to stand up.
'Yes, it's difficult for us, Villarreal isn't an easy team to beat all the time, and we have the Manchester derby after us,' said City manager Van Basten who didn't seem to have much confidence and Van Basten seemed to be more focused on the Manchester derby ahead. (To be continued.) )