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Chapter 723 Ancelotti's Confidence
Chapter 723 Ancelotti's Confidence
For Manchester City, after a less-than-perfect league game, there is not much time left for them to adjust their status.
Because on August 8, four days later, they will face Barcelona in the first round of the Champions League group stage at home.
This is an extremely important game for Manchester City.
After all, since the new season, the media has been saying that Manchester City has not encountered a decent opponent. Although the opening game is against Chelsea, Chelsea has proven that they are about to slip into the relegation zone. The strength of the defending champion is very doubtful.
Therefore, this game against Barcelona will be a touchstone battle for Manchester City.
Of course, for fans and media all over the world, this game is also the game that deserves the most attention.
Manchester City, the return of the king, has already defeated the defending champion in the Premier League. Whether they can win the defending champion again in the Champions League, everyone will wait and see.
Of course, Barcelona is also bound to win this game.
The main reason is that although Barcelona won the honor of the quadruple last season, many people said that it was because Manchester City lacked Yang Mo that Barcelona took the opportunity to take the position.
Such remarks are completely unacceptable to the proud Barcelona.
"We'll prove who's the best!"
On August 8, when Barcelona's special plane arrived in Manchester, Neymar said so.
Last year's results gave the Brazilian star a lot of confidence.
Manchester City's return in Yang Mo is very good, but Barcelona's MSN combination is by no means inferior.
However, Neymar's words are obviously not recognized by many English media. Everyone admits that Barcelona's striker is very powerful. After Suarez went to Barcelona from the Premier League, his efficiency even surpassed Messi.
But the problem is that the midfield performance of this game and Barcelona is not as satisfactory as their striker performance.
And what about Manchester City's midfielder?
David Silva, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Kanter, these four names are enough to make any team drool.
Facing Manchester City's midfielder, no one thinks that Barcelona can have an advantage.
"The game is played, not spoken."
In the face of Neymar's remarks, David Silva, who had a bad leg and left the game after checking that he was fine, retorted.
Before the game even started, the war of words between the two teams started first.
Of course, the media was very happy about this, and a burst of fanning the flames stirred up the atmosphere of the game in an instant.
It's just a pity that Yang Mo and Messi, the souls of Manchester City and Barcelona, didn't stand up and talk about it, otherwise it would be more interesting.
The time came to August 8, the day the game started.
The entire Manchester City crowd poured into the Etihad Stadium before the game started, including many Chinese faces.
Last season, Yang Mo was absent due to injury, Manchester City's performance fluctuated, and the stadium attendance also plummeted.
Among them, the absence of a large number of Chinese fans is the most important factor.
After all, it is conservatively estimated that 15.00% to [-]% of the attendance rate of Manchester City games is contributed by Chinese fans.
These people are not only Chinese living in the UK, but also Chinese in continental Europe, and even some Chinese people came from China all the way, just to watch a live match of Yang Mo.
Since Yang Mo's rise in Europe, watching a live game of Yang Mo has become a must-have item for many Chinese people on vacation.
So after Yang Mo came back this season, Manchester City's attendance and season ticket sales have risen again.
This makes many Manchester City executives very fortunate, Manchester City is determined to renew Yang Mo's decision.
Even if Yang Mo leads Manchester City to win the league championship, they have to pay an annual salary of more than 5000 million euros after tax, and even if they win more championships, Yang Mo will get more, but the harvest is worth it.
The recent sponsorship contracts with Chinese companies alone almost wiped out the cost of signing Yang Mo.
The happier the club is, the better it will treat Yang Mo.
In order to avoid the recurrence of Yang Mo's injury last season, Manchester City spent a lot of money to build a new medical team. The whole audience paid attention to Yang Mo's health status. Once any minor problems were found, they would deal with them as soon as possible.
Of course, in the eyes of the medical team, Yang Mo's body is as healthy as a calf.
"Hello fans, you are now watching the 2015-2016 UEFA Champions League broadcast by Penguin Sports. The first match of Group E in the group stage is Manchester City's home game against Barcelona."
"I'm Huang Jianxiang, the commentator for this game, and my partner, Director Zhang, is beside me."
Penguin Sports, which won the exclusive broadcast rights of the Champions League network, started the broadcast on time.
"Director Zhang, do you have any predictions for this game?"
Guidance Zhang: "Before the game, I read a lot of European media's analysis of this game, and what they said was very good. Just looking at the strength on the surface, the strikers of the two teams are on par, and Manchester City's midfielder is stronger. I am more optimistic about Manchester City's victory."
Huang Jianxiang: "As for the comparison of the midfield, I agree with Director Zhang's statement, but I agree with Manchester City's striker and Barcelona. Yang Mo scored 12 goals in two games for the national team before. This is a fiery state. If Barcelona can't control it, I'm afraid Yang Mo will take over the game before the MSN team shows their power."
Guidance Zhang: "I think the national team's data is of no reference value. Yang Mo did not play very well in the previous league game against Crystal Palace, so everything still depends on today's performance."
"Then let us wait and see. Before the game starts, let me introduce to the fans and friends the starting lists of the two teams today..."
In the sound of the commentary, the game screen changed, and I saw that the players from both sides had entered the player channel and were about to enter the field.
In the screen, Yang Mo and Messi are talking and laughing, without the slightest feeling of confrontation before the game.
Next, after the pre-match ceremony that made the fans wait impatiently, the match officially started with the referee's whistle.
The game is kicked off by Manchester City.
Yang Mo and Aguero fought in the middle circle. After Yang Mo dialed the ball, Aguero sent the ball back to Silva.
Silva did not rush to attack, but continued to hand over the football to De Bruyne.
Next, Manchester City pushed forward across the board and launched an attack step by step.
This is Ancelotti's initial tactics for this game, playing steadily and squeezing Barcelona with solid midfield strength.
Ancelotti obviously agrees with the views of the outside world. Barcelona's striker is powerful, but their midfielder can never be Manchester City's opponent.
Manchester City doesn't need to go head to head with Barcelona at all, just a head-to-head confrontation is enough to win the victory.
Besides, even compared to the front line, with Yang Mo in Manchester City, it is also the team that can seize the most opportunities in today's football. The combination of Yang Mo and Aguero is not inferior to MSN, maybe even better.
Ancelotti believes that as long as the midfield can create an advantage, Yang Mo will definitely be able to score.
This is entirely Ancelotti's confidence in Manchester City today.
In the era of Mancini and Pellegrini, Manchester City would often use the overall retreat to open up space, and then use Yang Mo's ability to fight back tactics.
But with the integration of De Bruyne and Kanter last season, the Manchester City midfielder has become so strong that Ancelotti doesn't need to do that.
In an upright duel, the Manchester City midfielder is enough to beat any opponent.
Yang Mo, on the other hand, can perfectly take over the advantages created by the venues in Manchester City.
This is Manchester City now, stronger than ever.
(End of this chapter)