On the first day Glory returned to Carrington's training base, the first thing Benitez asked was, "How are you doing?" ”

He was worried that Glory would feel tired, or that he would be injured during national team games and training.

Rongguang shook his head: "Very good, no problem." ”

He knew what Benitez was worried about, but he was really tired when he just came back from China, so he didn't do his own special training at Sun Fengyang's request.

Coming to the training base this morning, he didn't start training early, but waited with the team.

In order to restore the body.

Sun Fengyang also gave him a massage last night to relax his body.

With such a little miracle doctor, Rong Guang is actually not worried about any accidents that will happen to his body.

Benitez actually wanted to pull Rongguang to do a physical examination, but he was afraid that Rongguang would think that he didn't believe what he said, and he was dissatisfied with Rongguang, so he held back.

You can only observe and observe in training.

At the same time, there is also the state to observe.

His form in the international competition has been so good that Benitez is too excited to worry that Glory will use all of his club form for the national team.

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After the international break, Manchester City's first game is in the eighth round of the league as they travel to Blackpool.

Rong Rong is not the only one who has participated in the national team competition, Benitez has to worry about the physical condition of other international players.

In training, he found that there was really nothing wrong with Rongguang's form, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

But the other players who played in the national team were not as lucky as Glory.

They were clearly feeling tired, like Godin. Godin's international match day flew back to Uruguay from England across the Atlantic, and then from Uruguay to China across the Pacific. Finally, it flew back to England from China and crossed the entire Eurasian continent.

It can be regarded as "flying around the earth" in the real sense.

Such a long flight made him very tired, and the impact of playing a game was actually not much in the face of such a long flight......

There are also situations like Godin, so much so that Benitez will have to rotate heavily against Blackpool and field a lot of second-tier players.

At the same time, in order to prepare for the next Champions League group stage with Inter Milan, it is also necessary to let the main players get enough rest.

Rongguang is not involved in the rotation, he is still the absolute main force of the team, and he is also the best solution for the team when it encounters difficulties.

Benitez must be thankful for never letting Glory rotate.

In the match against Blackpool, Blackpool were very positive at home.

They scored first in the game to take the lead.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic then equalised for Manchester City.

Then Glory's goal gave City the lead.

But Blackpool didn't give up and they equalised in the second half.

In such a situation, Glory stepped up again, and he helped Manchester City to beat Blackpool 3-2 away with a header.

Although Rongguang showed that he was in good shape and fit in the game, Benitez was still not happy.

Because Rongguang returned to China to participate in the warm-up match, he brought him very bad news, that is, Rongguang will participate in the Asian Cup early next year as the absolute main force of the Chinese national team!

That's a ...... for a Premier League team without a winter break A bolt from the blue.

In fact, continental competitions such as the Asian Cup are generally played in the summer, during the off-season after the end of the league.

However, this Asian Cup is being held in Qatar. Qatar is located in the Middle East, where summers are so hot that football is not suitable at all. That's why the event was held in winter, and the weather was acceptable in winter.

But if this is changed, the Asian Cup will become the African Cup of Nations......

The Africa Cup of Nations is held in January every year, as January is their summer for the continent, which is mostly in the southern hemisphere......

The Premier League team hated the Africa Cup of Nations the most, because the African internationals in their team were out for a month at that time.

As a result, some teams will even bring in some players during the winter break to fill the gaps in their African internationals returning to their home countries.

However, such a move is really a helpless move, because when the African internationals return to the team after the Africa Cup of Nations, the team's first-team squad will look a little bloated.

What to do with the players that have been brought in before is an issue that could cause turmoil in the dressing room.

If you don't bring in players, the squad can be stretched at the height of the schedule, in case of any injuries...... I'm afraid that the first team can't even make a squad of eighteen people.

I believe that those players who often play FM Football Manager should be the most able to understand this, and the national team matches have indeed caused a lot of trouble for club matches.

Benitez would not have considered this issue before, and Glory, as the core of the team, will never miss the team's games.

But now that the Asian Cup has been postponed for January, he has to face the question of what City will do in the month when the glory is gone?

Although Manchester City now have Sneijder and Ibrahimovic, the two of them do not give Benitez a sense of security, only glory.

The Asian Cup is an international A-level competition, and Manchester City can't let people go if they want to. Such an intercontinental tournament must be released, otherwise the lawsuit will go to FIFA, and the club will lose.

Therefore, Benitez can only let Rongguang go to the Asian Cup, and let Rongguang go to the national team to train and prepare for the game before the Asian Cup starts.

If the Chinese team is lucky enough to reach the final, Manchester City will have more than a month without glory.

Benitez can only hope that even if they have glory, the Chinese team will pack up and go home after playing three group games......

Because of such a thing, the better Benitez sees the glory now, the deeper the entanglement in his heart.

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After the game against Blackpool, Manchester City entered the Champions League preparation stage.

In the next two Champions League group games, Manchester City's opponents are the same - defending champions Inter Milan!

After two rounds of the group stage, Inter Milan won one and drew one, a result that did not please Inter fans, especially in the 2-2 draw away from FC Twente.

Now everyone knows that Inter Milan will have to fight Manchester City for top spot in this group.

So you can't lose a single point.

If Inter Milan only finishes second, they will face the fate of being drawn in a group with many strong teams......

Therefore, the two direct conversations with Manchester City are important.

If Inter can win both games, they can take the lead in the race for top of the group.

No matter how bad it is, it has to beat Manchester City at home and draw Manchester City away.

In this way, one win and one draw will also be advantageous in the relationship between the two sides. At that time, if the points are the same, they need to be ranked according to the relationship between winners and losers, and Inter Milan can also be ranked in front of Manchester City.

Inter Milan is facing Manchester City, and it is impossible to have a phenomenon of underestimating them - after looking at Manchester City's performances from last season to this season, who would dare to look down on them?

When your opponent no longer despises you, it means that you are strong enough, and on the other hand, you have to be ready to fight hard.

In this half-week training, Benitez mainly practiced various counter-attacking routines in defensive counter-attacks, as well as attacking and defending set-pieces.

Playing away from home, Manchester City will definitely defend and counter-attack, and the quality of the counter-attack will directly determine the final result of their game.

And set-pieces are also a good way to score when there are not many attacking chances.

In addition, the condition and fitness of the players are also a concern for Benitez.

The last game against Blackpool was not in form, and if it weren't for Glory and Ibrahimovic, Manchester City would have lost away to the opposing promoted team.

There's no need to worry too much about fitness, after all, most of the main players have a week's rest.

Benitez is now hoping that the idea of "revenge" will improve the players' performance in the game.

Last season, Inter Milan eliminated Long in the semi-finals to win the title. If it was Manchester City who had been promoted, maybe Manchester City would have won the title in the end.

This is a point that has been raised a lot over the past few months.

Manchester City's players will inevitably be affected.

Therefore, the match with Inter Milan is actually a battle of revenge.

Rafael Benitez has found Glory to be in good shape in training and has a high desire to compete.

This somewhat reassured Benitez.

If the state of glory is good, it will do......

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With two days to go, the entire Manchester City squad arrived in Milan ahead of schedule.

Because it was a crucial game, Benitez asked the team to get used to the weather and the venue in advance.

As for where they trained...... Of course, Inter Milan's city rival AC Milan's Milanello training base is there.

When Rongguang stepped onto the Milanello training ground, he suddenly realized that Kaka had also trained here.

But now Kaka is no longer at AC Milan and has gone to Real Madrid.

It's just that...... It seems like I haven't heard about Kaka in a while.

His time at Real Madrid doesn't seem to be going very well.

Rong Guang was a little emotional, when he first went to Real Madrid, it was so beautiful, and tens of thousands of people welcomed him at the Bernabeu. And now?

At the same time, when he decided to join Manchester City, Kaka also called to express his dissatisfaction.

The result?

It's really a trick.

"Rong?" Sneijder saw Glory standing on the edge of the training ground in a daze, so he called him.

Glory came back to his senses: "Huh? ”

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, let's train!" After saying that, Rongguang ran to the training ground.