Chapter 1115: Manchester United's counterattack

Although Rong Guang has only competed in the national pairs twice so far, Benitez worries every time he returns home to compete. Originally, he didn't watch the Chinese national team at all, but now he cares most about the games of the national team, but in the UK, no matter how developed the media is, he can't see the live broadcast of the Chinese team's games.

Later, he found a way to watch the live broadcast of the game on the Internet through the Internet, but due to the limitations of the network conditions, the game was also very unsmooth.

But Benitez doesn't care, he doesn't watch how the national team is playing at all, he mainly wants to watch the game to follow the facts and observe the glory and the situation.

If Glory has something long and short, he can know it right away.

So in the game, whenever an opposing player kicks the glory a little harder, Benitez will be terrified.

Fortunately, this time the glory returned safely and was not injured in the game.

As for fatigue...... Benitez can't care about it, a long-distance flight of more than 10,000 kilometers back and forth, just to play an inconsequential warm-up game, this kind of thing can happen, what else is there to worry about fatigue?

Tired is definitely tired.

But Benitez hasn't been able to rotate glory yet.

Because now everyone in world football knows that Glory does not like to be rotated, no matter whether others want to rest or not, he will definitely play every game, if possible, it is best to play the full 90 minutes in every game.

Thankfully, City won't have any tough teams to play against, and they won't have to go all out in the Champions League.

It's a little less stressful.

Glory's first league game back at the club was the 14th round of the league, when Manchester City travelled to Fulham.

Rafael Benitez rotated his starting line-up for the game, with many of the players who played for the national team either sitting on the bench or not going to London at all.

But Glory is still a thunderous starter.

In the end, Glory scored a brace against Fulham to help Manchester City beat Fulham 4-1 away.

The good news is that Chelsea have lost again. In this round of the league, Chelsea lost 1-0 away to Birmingham.

Without Ballack, Carlo Ancelotti's squad began to have frequent problems......

Their unbeaten streak at the start of the season has also been lost.

Manchester United, on the other hand, took the opportunity to catch up, beating Wigan Athletic 2-0 at home in this round of the league to move on the same level as Chelsea, only to temporarily sit third on goal difference compared to Chelsea.

However, if Chelsea's poor form continues, Ferguson's side will soon overtake Chelsea to become second in the league and threaten Manchester City.

The original third league Arsenal lost 2:3 at home to Tottenham Hotspur in the north London derby, Tottenham Hotspur fell behind by two goals in the first half, and in the second half Gareth Bale blew the horn of Tottenham Hotspur's counterattack, and finally Tottenham Hotspur completed a big reversal with three goals in the second half.

Arsenal have dropped one place in the league table because of the quality of this game, and the gap between them and Manchester City has also widened to 10%.

If nothing else, they should be aiming for a top-four finish in the league and a bid to qualify for next season's Champions League.

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On November 24, in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, Manchester City hosted Werder Bremen.

This game is no longer meaningful for Manchester City, not only this game, but also the last group game.

After qualifying as group winners from the Champions League group stage two rounds ahead of schedule, the remaining two rounds of the group stage are out of Benitez's list of preparations.

Although it was an inconsequential game for Manchester City, Inter Milan cared deeply about these two games.

Because if Manchester City has a two-game losing streak after qualifying first in the group ahead of schedule, giving points to Werder Bremen and Twente, it will be difficult for Inter Milan to qualify from this group.

So they paid close attention to Manchester City's game, and even some Italian reporters came to Manchester to watch the game and report on it.

Before the game, Inter Milan manager Leonardo also praised Manchester City in a rare way, including the players and the manager, especially when he praised Glory, who he considered to be the best and most professional player he had ever seen.

What does he mean by that?

Could it be that the big Ronaldo he has worked with before is not good? Could it be that the likes of Dunga, Romario, Bebeto, Roberto Carlos and Cafu that he has worked with in the past are not good? Is it not good enough for him to personally manage the Kaka that was brought in from Sao Paulo to AC Milan?

So why is Glory the best?

In fact, Leonardo's focus is not on the former sentence "the best", but on the latter sentence "the most professional".

He touted the glory profession so much, naturally hoping that the glory would reflect his "professionalism" in the remaining two group games, don't let the water go!

He doesn't count on other Manchester City players, as long as the glory doesn't let go of the water, there is still hope for Inter Milan.

Against Werder Bremen, Benitez did send a lot of substitutes, and the main players were rested when they could, especially the players who received yellow cards in the first four group games, which was a great time to shuffle the cards.

Yellow cards received in the group stage will not be carried over to the knockout stage.

Although most of them were substitutes, Glory still started.

He also scored a goal in this game and there was still no celebration after the goal.

Of course, it doesn't make a difference whether you celebrate or not, and Werder Bremen won't be able to escape death or anything because they don't celebrate after Glory's goal.

That's wishful thinking.

Even if Glory only scored one goal, Werder Bremen also lost 0:3 away from home.

Only one point was scored in the five rounds of the group stage, and they were already eliminated from the competition.

In fact, being knocked out of the Champions League may still be a good thing for Werder Bremen.

After thirteen rounds of the Bundesliga, Werder Bremen are currently in twelfth place, knowing that they were third in the league last year!

Only four of the thirteen league games have been won, three have been drawn, and six have been lost.

This is all because of the double-front battle to play the Champions League, and Yan zhòng is distracted. This Werder Bremen team actually doesn't have the strength to fight on two fronts, their minds are in the Champions League, and the league is not playing well. And even worse is that even if they are distracted in the Champions League, the Champions League is not playing well......

Now that the Champions League group stage has been eliminated, it can also make Werder Bremen completely retract, stop thinking about the Champions League, forget about unrealistic delusions, and return to the source in a down-to-earth manner.

The league is their foundation. If you don't play well in the league, you can be relegated this season, let alone play in the Champions League next season......

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Manchester City beat Werder Bremen 3-0 at home and showed their professionalism.

But Inter Milan's table is not very promising.

Even at home, even against a team like FC Twente, Leonardo's side struggled to win. They relied on a goal from "Commander" Cambiasso in the 55th minute to win 1-0 at home to FC Twente.

In direct dialogue with their rivals, they dominated with one win and one draw.

Now in points, Inter Milan also overtook FC Twente with seven points.

In the final round, as long as they beat Werder Bremen away from home, they can move forward to the last 16 without looking at anyone's face. Although it is the second place in the group, it may be drawn to the top of the group strongly, but it is better than being eliminated in the group stage, right?

That would be too humiliating for the defending champions.

Leonardo was concerned about the outcome of the game for Manchester City throughout the game, and he was relieved when he confirmed that Manchester City had beaten Werder Bremen 3-0.

I didn't boast about my glory before the game......

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Back in the league, in the fifteenth round, Manchester City was somewhat unexpectedly drawn 1:1 by Stoke City away from home. Manchester United, on the other hand, beat Blackburn Rovers 7-1 at home, and with the opportunity of Chelsea being held to a 1-1 draw by Newcastle United away, they overtook the opponent and became second in the league, pointing the finger at Manchester City.

Manchester United now have 31 points and Manchester City 37, six points separating the two teams.

The Premier League is not yet halfway through the season, so Manchester United still have a chance.

Manchester City won their first ever Premier League title last season, although their rivals were Chelsea.

The first half of the season was a poor season, and although they were desperate to chase points in the final moments, they were never able to become a threat to Manchester City and Chelsea. The league title was decided between Chelsea and Manchester City.

Manchester City have yet to compete directly with Manchester United in the race for the league title.

This season, it looks like there are signs of that.

And the media have analyzed that what really determines the league championship is the performance of glory.

If Glory can maintain this form, then Manchester City will definitely be able to win the title. After all, there is a six-point lead.

The state of glory is generally relatively stable.

But...... But there is the Asian Cup in January next year!

At that time, Glory will be out of the league for at least a month!

And in this month's time, when the Premier League schedule is at its most intensive, will the gloriated Manchester City be able to withstand Manchester United's aggressive attack?

And will Rongguang get injured in the Asian Cup? Do you feel tired and out of shape when you return to the club?

There is a good chance that these are all possible.

After taking these factors into account, Manchester United can't really complete a league title comeback this season!

So Rongguang suddenly announced that he was going to play in the national team, which is really not good news for Manchester City......

It is said that Manchester City is now in a dispute with the Chinese Football Association and FIFA.

The Chinese Football Association hopes that Rongguang will report to the national team on December 15 at the latest, and prepare for the Asian Cup on January 8 next year.

However, Manchester City are reluctant to release them so early, and they want to go to Qatar for the Asian Cup on January 1 next year......

The two sides are urgently negotiating when Rongguang will go to the national team to report on this matter.