Chapter 959: Preparing for Real Madrid
For most of the next half week, Rong Guang and his barbed ball were still the focus of everyone's attention.
From Britain to other countries.
France, Germany, Spain, Italy...... Other countries are talking about glorious goals.
There are even a number of people who simply think that Glory has returned to the position he was in before his injury - he is the best footballer in the world.
This will naturally make some other people unhappy - where do you put our Messi?!
Barcelona is the strongest team in European football today, Dream Three!
And Messi, as the core of this team, is naturally the most powerful player in Europe and even the world.
Just as Messi defeated Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United at the beginning and achieved his position as the first man, if Glory wants to regain his glory, then he must first beat Messi......
However, these people also admit that Glory is the second in the world, if not the world's first, better than Cristiano Ronaldo, who Messi's fans always dislike the most.
Considering that Rongguang and Messi have a good personal relationship, Messi's fans are also extra gracious and allow Rongguang to rank behind Messi.
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Rongguang doesn't care if he's number one or second right now.
Whether he is back to the top or not, he doesn't care about this at all. Because he doesn't want to return to the top at all, he wants to continue to write a legend.
After beating Manchester United in the Premier League, his barb kick made everyone talk about it for a long time, but he didn't care about it the next day.
He restarted his training.
Preparing for the seventh round of the league, Manchester City will host West Ham United.
Next up is the second game of the Champions League group stage, Manchester City take on Bordeaux away.
If City can beat Bordeaux, they will have won two in a row and will be in a good position in the group stage.
After all, Bordeaux is Manchester City's safest target to grab points, playing Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, it is still a little difficult to beat them away from home, but playing Bordeaux is ...... Manchester City's players will be confident of beating them home and away.
If they don't get all six points from Bordeaux, it will be difficult for City to qualify from this group.
After playing Bordeaux, Manchester City will play Real Madrid in the group stage in back-to-back matches.
It's a revenge battle between Sneijder and Robinho.
It is also the key two games for Manchester City.
If Manchester City can win at least one of these games, it will be very beneficial for them to qualify.
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Next, Manchester City beat West Ham United 3-1 at home in the league.
In the Champions League group stage in midweek, Manchester City beat Bordeaux cleanly 2-0 on the road.
They have won two in a row in the group stage.
This match proved that Manchester City's last win over Bayern Munich was not luck, and it proved what Benitez said after the last game against Bayern Munich, this Manchester City team is indeed a strong team!
At the very least, they are no longer in the fourth tier in this group!
And in this game against Bordeaux, Glory scored a goal.
Goals have been scored in two consecutive group games.
This gives a glimpse of what he did when he won the Champions League top scorer and best striker for three consecutive years......
After returning from France, Benitez rotated the team's starting line-up, replacing most of the main players.
Manchester City also drew 1-1 away to Aston Villa in the eighth round of the league.
Glory scored the only goal for his team to avoid Manchester City's defeat away......
In the next ninth round of the league, Manchester City is still away, and the opponent is Wigan Athletic.
In this game, Manchester City played with all the main forces.
They beat Wigan Athletic 4-0 away.
Despite Wigan Athletic's tenacious play, Manchester City are clearly superior.
Under Sneijder and Glory, the team was in complete control of the situation on the field.
In the end, Sneijder scored twice, and Glory and Robinho scored a goal each.
Sixty-seven minutes into the game, Rafael Benitez brought on Sneijder. Because he was worried that the Wigan Athletic players would be angry after a big defeat, they moved too much and injured the Manchester City players.
As a result, Sneijder was a little unhappy when he came off the pitch, and he didn't even talk to Benitez and went straight back to the dressing room.
This caught everyone's attention at the time of the game.
The media were surprised that Sneijder and Benitez had never heard of a feud before.
It's not the first time Sneijder has been substituted in a game, so why is he so angry when he was replaced early this time?
Will the commander lose harmony?
Before the Champions League group stage with Real Madrid, this contradiction was exposed...... That's big news!
The reporters immediately became excited, and they made up all kinds of tearing dramas.
As a result, their assumptions were shattered at the end of the game.
Speaking to reporters in the mixed zone after the game, Sneijder scratched his head in embarrassment when asked why he was substituted: "I'm really unhappy about being substituted early, and that's because I want to have a better table in the game...... But the boss has his own ideas, he wants me to be able to perform well in the next Champions League games, I think he did the right thing and I can't be surprised before the game against Real Madrid. I'm sorry that I didn't have any conflict with my boss and I let you down. β
A group of reporters looked at each other......
They didn't suspect that what Sneijder said was false, because they all reacted.
The next game is the Champions League group stage between Manchester City and Real Madrid!
This match is of course very important for Sneijder!
This summer, Sneijder had planned to stay at Real Madrid to prove himself, but Real Madrid were determined to sell him.
Even at the expense of tearing his face for this, Real Madrid did not register Sneijder at all, deprived him of his jersey number, and said that if Sneijder did not leave, he would let him rot in the audience.
Eventually, they forced Sneijder away.
But the relationship between the two sides broke down completely.
So this game, for Sneijder, is simply the best chance for revenge.
After arriving at Manchester City, he performed well and quickly became the heart of Manchester City's organisation.
He is about to lead Manchester City to defeat Real Madrid, proving how stupid Real Madrid were in the first place to let him go!
Therefore, in order to prepare for the game against Real Madrid with peace of mind, Sneijder must be replaced early, on the one hand, to rest, and on the other hand, to avoid injury. If an injury had been sustained before the match against Real Madrid, it would have been a heavy loss for both Manchester City and Sneijder himself.
Thinking about this, it is clear that Sneijder cannot blame the manager for being substituted early, and there is nothing to be dissatisfied with Benitez.
His appearance at that time was not good, but he hadn't come back to his senses yet. Now that he has calmed down in the locker room and figured out the joints, he naturally has no complaints about Benitez.
Sure enough, in the post-match press conference, Benitez also denied that he had any conflict with Sneijder.
'I brought Sneijder off early because we have a big Champions League group game in the coming week and I have to prepare in advance because Sneijder needs more rest......
Benitez answered the reporters' questions lightly.
Players and coaches have said so, so what else do journalists have to hype?
They can only hype up the love-hate feud between Sneijder and Real Madrid......
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The match against Wigan Athletic was played and the league was played for nine rounds.
After nine rounds of league matches, the current top of the league is ...... Manchester city.
And Manchester City's result is still the result of one less game!
This shows how strong Manchester City is now.
Those who still think that Manchester City is the belly of the fish, the information lags for I don't know how long......
The effect of this summer's transfer recruitment is very obvious, and Benitez's targeted recruitment has strengthened the team and made up for the team's shortcomings.
Manchester City have not lost since the start of the league and they are the only team in the league who have not lost.
With one game less, they won seven and drew one.
In second place is Arsenal with 21 points.
Also with 21 points is Chelsea, who are third.
Manchester United are fourth with 19 points, while Tottenham Hotspur are fifth with 19 points.
Judging from this ranking, at least in England, Manchester City has become a force to be reckoned with.
Even...... If they can maintain this momentum, it is not impossible to compete with the traditional giants for the league title at the end......
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After the match against Wigan Athletic, Manchester City began training for Real Madrid.
The two games in a row were against Real Madrid, and it was a back-to-back game.
Manchester City will play away first and then return to their home stadium to host Real Madrid on November 3.
So this first game is very important because it's away and it's not easy to play.
Despite David Silva's return from injury, Benitez still doesn't plan to start him.
Robinho is in very good shape during this time, and if he plays Real Madrid, Robinho will definitely have a love xΓΉ bonus, so Benitez will let Robinho continue to start.
David Silva will have to wait if he wants to start.
If he hadn't competed with Glory at the beginning, maybe he wouldn't have been in such an embarrassing situation today...... Originally, Benitez bought him to replace Robinho......
Glory is naturally at the heart of the team, and his chemistry with Sneijder is an excellent weapon for Manchester City against Real Madrid away from home.
At centre-back, Diego Godin returned to the bench despite his impressive performances against Arsenal and Bayern Munich, starting from Vincent Kompany and Lucio. However, Godin's save has given Manchester City a little more change in the game.
In midfield, Matuidi and Gareth Barry became more and more tacit, and the two of them formed a midfield iron gate, attacking and retreating.
Finally, Berbatov was on top of him in the center forward position.
This will be the squad that Manchester City will use against Real Madrid, and it will be their strongest line-up, which has been a starting line-up for many games, and there are basically no secrets to speak of.