In the end, Manchester City's first league game of the new season ended with this scoreline.

2:0, Manchester City beat Blackburn Rovers away from home, both in the result and the scene, Manchester City has the upper hand.

With Sneijder, Manchester City are clearly different from last season.

This was also talked about in many media outlets after the game.

The media believes that although Manchester City achieved very outstanding results last season, fourth in the league and the FA Cup, they were squeezing glory to the limit at that time, and they completely relied on glory to help the team achieve this kind of result. But this is not a long-term solution, Manchester City can't always rely on the performance of Glory's personal heroism, which is also not good for Glory, and if he continues to play like this, he will make a serious mistake again, because all the burden is on him alone.

But things were different after Sneijder arrived, Sneijder helped Glory share a lot of the pressure, and his passing in the midfield also made it easier for Glory.

This is the path to sustainability.

In addition, Sneijder's presence can also allow other Manchester City players to play to their strengths.

Last season's Manchester City generals looked like eleven people who had made up the requirements for the game, and it didn't make a difference with them or not, anyway, everything was left to Glory.

They don't reflect the level of their worth.

But now with Sneijder, things will be different.

Sneijder can not only deliver a beautiful through ball to glory, but also create chances for other Manchester City players.

This game is very evident.

He gave the assist to Glory and almost assisted Robinho and Berbatov to score, and if it weren't for the fact that neither man took advantage of those chances, the score would never have been just 2:0.

We didn't get the scoresheet, but at least we all saw the possibility.

And you should note that Sneijder has only been in the team for a little over a week, and as he and the team spend more time training, the tacit understanding will gradually increase, and the cooperation between him and the other players will be much better than this game.

In this game, it can still be seen that he and the other players can't step on a point.

The combination of Glory and Sneijder is entirely a tacit understanding between the strong strength of two super-high-level players.

The tacit understanding between him and other players still needs to be cultivated by training and games.

In any case, Sneijder's arrival has given Manchester City another layer of strength, and with Manchester United weakened, the new Premier League race will be even more motivating......

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Having just finished the first round of the league, Manchester City's players have not bothered to take a breath before they play a very important game - Champions League qualification.

On August 18 and August 26, they played away first, then at home, against Celtic, a powerhouse in the Soviet Super League.

These two matches will determine whether Manchester City will be able to participate in the main stage of the Champions League.

Last season's fourth-place finish in the league only earned them a ticket to such a qualifying match, which is not the real Champions League, and if they are eliminated here, they will not be able to play the Champions League.

Therefore, these two games are important games related to Manchester City's strategy for the next season.

For this reason, Benitez maintained the entire main lineup that won in the first round, and did not change a single person.

Manchester City fans also know the weight of this game, so as many as 10,000 Manchester City fans accompanied the team to Glasgow, and although only 3,000 fans were able to enter Celtic Park in the end, these fans still followed the team with great enthusiasm, even if they could not enter the stadium, as long as they could breathe the same air under the same sky as the team, they were satisfied.

In this way, they show their support for the team, telling the team that they are not alone, and that these fans are supporting them.

The game got a lot of attention locally in Manchester.

Across Europe, the game was also in the spotlight, but not because it was City's return to the Champions League after 39 years, but because of the glory in the club.

This game, and the one on August 26, is a game that will see if Glory can truly return to the Champions League.

Glory has been away from the Champions League for far less than Manchester City, but everyone cares more about Glory.

After the team arrived in Glasgow, Glory was surrounded by a group of reporters in front of the hotel where the team was staying, all wanting to hear how he felt about returning to the Champions League.

"It's not a return to the Champions League yet, is it?" Rongguang asked rhetorically. "I think it was supposed to be the Champions League group stage. So you ask me how I feel, I don't know what it feels like, I'm not back in the Champions League yet. When we actually play in the group stage of the Champions League, you can ask me again, and then I will tell you how I feel, and now I really don't feel it. ”

With that, he waved to the reporters and walked away.

"It looks like Sakai is very cautious......"

"Of course, the Celtics are not weak, and this is their home stadium, and the Celtics who fight at home have a combat power bonus!"

"So the result of this game is not easy to say, Celtic will definitely try their best to win at home, after all, the home and away games are not too favorable......"

Journalists were talking.

The reporters thought that Rongguang was cautious, but in fact, Rongguang said this because he really didn't feel it, and he wasn't worried that the team wouldn't be able to enter the main game.

Before the game, when Benitez had his tactics in place, he left the dressing room, leaving a few minutes to be the team's captain, Glory, who from now on intends to train Glory to be the captain.

So Glory now has to get used to saying something to his teammates before the start of each game, instead of sitting in his place like he used to be and not talking until he plays.

He stood up.

"When Wesley was at Real Madrid, I called him, I invited him to come to Manchester City, and then I told him that when he came, he could get revenge on Real Madrid. But there's a premise on that, and that's if we can get into the Champions League. If we can't even participate in the Champions League, what are we going to do to get revenge on Real Madrid? So in order not to make Wesley think that I am a villain who does not believe in my word, we must win this game, and not only this game, but also the home game on the 26th, and enter the Champions League! ”

Glory glanced at Sneijder as he spoke, and Sneijder smiled at him.

"I've heard that Celtic are strong, the traditional giants of the Premier League, and I've heard that they're going to be stronger on their home turf...... But that's all heard about, how strong they are, and I don't know until I've played with them. ”

"I heard" that the Celts are very strong, and it is estimated that only people like Glory can say it. Who else doesn't know the Celtic name?

Their annual local derby against Rangers is one of the most famous and popular in the world, and if you only look at the Champions League resume, Celtic are definitely much more brilliant than Manchester City. How did they win the title, but what about Manchester City? They can play in the Champions League basically every year, but what about Manchester City?

If someone else said that, they would definitely be ridiculed.

But when the words come out of Glory's mouth, no one will laugh at Glory's arrogance and ignorance.

Glory is qualified to say this, at his peak, which of those European giants was not trampled under his feet?

How about saying "I heard that the Celtics are strong"?

Such a simple sentence, revealing glorious and powerful self-confidence, this self-confidence naturally infected Manchester City's players.

The feeling of being a little uneasy about the away challenge to Celtic suddenly disappeared in the captain's strong self-confidence.

What's there to be afraid of?

No matter what kind of opponent we face, Rong is always on our side!

It's not us who should have a headache, it's our opponents!

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Commentator John Mortensen gave an overview of the game before the game, and of course he was aimed at Manchester City fans: "There are two most difficult points about this game for Manchester City, one is that this Champions League match after 39 years will make Manchester City's players too nervous? After all, it's about whether they can reach the Champions League main stage, and if they fail against Celtic, then the desperate counterattack in the last half of last season will lose all meaning. Another difficulty is that this first game is an away game, and it is an away game against Celtic. Everyone knows how difficult it is for Celtic to play away from home...... Listen to the cheers! ”

Before Mortenson could finish speaking, he heard a sudden loud cheer from the scene, so he hurriedly shouted at a louder voice.

At the same time, he set his eyes on the exit of the road, and sure enough, the players from both sides began to play!

The cheers from the Celtic fans were cheering on their own team and putting pressure on the visitors Manchester City.

Sue them, this is the home of Celtic, everyone here supports Celtic, you Manchester City don't want to get the slightest bargain here!

In the midst of the huge cheers, the TV camera swept over the faces of each Manchester City player to see if the Manchester City players could remain calm in such a game that would affect their ability to participate in the Champions League and the stormy cheers of the opposing fans.

But to everyone's surprise, in such a crazy atmosphere, the expressions on the faces of the Manchester City players all looked very calm!

It was as if they hadn't heard the cheers that were loud enough to crack their eardrums......

"It's ......," Mortenson was taken aback. The reaction of the Manchester City players was so unexpected that he didn't know what to say.

The first thing that appeared in the camera was Rongguang, Rongguang's expression was calm, this is normal, no matter how terrible the away game, I haven't seen a panicked expression on his face, he has a super powerful big heart, everyone knows this.

But the look on the faces of all the next Manchester City players couldn't help but surprise him.

What's wrong with these people?

Celtic's home stadium is terrifying, but why do these Manchester City players seem to be deaf?

What is it that makes them so calm?