"At the critical moment, Rakitic's kick determined the outcome!"
"Two to one, a sure kill!"
As commentator Andy Gray exclaimed, Manchester City players rushed out of the stadium crazily and ran all the way to the stands where the away team fans were to celebrate. Many people shouted and roared at the live camera to vent their inner excitement.
and excitement.
It was an explosion of emotions accumulated after ninety minutes of fierce battle!
"The superb on-the-spot skills once again showed their effectiveness."
"Three substitutions have all worked."
"Especially Sturridge's last breakthrough."
"From the slow-motion replay, we can see that Chelsea players are preventing him from cutting inside because he is a left-footed player."
"Both Robben before and Sturridge took the offensive route of cutting in with his left foot. This made Ashley Cole and Lampard instinctively think that Sturridge's
The last attack will also be an inside cut."
"But in the end, the England winger suddenly stepped down and sent an inverted triangle backpass with his right foot."
"This completely disrupts Chelsea's plans!"
"Sturridge and Rakitic were all substitutes in the second half."
"The superb on-the-spot command once again amazed us."
"I have to admit that he is truly a top tactician!"
…
In front of the visiting team's coaching bench, Gao Shen jumped up high, raised his arms and cheered for the players on the court.
This moment is definitely the most touching football match in Gao Shen's mind, and the moment that makes him most addicted.
But what's interesting is that from the perspective of a professional head coach, he would never want the team to experience such a thrill.
Because the risk is too great.
As a head coach, especially a head coach of a top club, he will never allow his team to have such shocking moments all the time.
It's like many people miss Manchester United's consecutive comebacks during their three consecutive championships, but if you ask Ferguson, he will definitely tell you, who is willing to come back in every game?
Everyone only saw Manchester United's reversal, but not how many "Manchester United" teams fell on the road to reversal?
As a professional head coach, a profound professional ethics is to eliminate risks to the greatest extent, and it is best for the team to win every game without hesitation. This makes him have to study and restrain his opponents again and again, constantly
Improve the team's strength.
In this way, it eventually evolved into that he was always winning and winning, and winning became boring.
But what can be done?
If Manchester City's current lineup can win every game so thrillingly, then Gao Shen will probably be dismissed.
It's impossible for Real Madrid to be looking forward to his return, right?
Gao Shen is now enjoying this frightening moment of surviving the disaster, but on the other hand, he doesn't want to do it again.
Sometimes when I think about it, it’s really quite contradictory.
…
In the end, Manchester City defeated Chelsea 2-1 away from home.
When Di Matteo came over to shake hands with Gao Shen, the look on his face was obviously frustrated.
That's right. In the first game as a team leader, they faced the sophisticated Manchester City. How else could they play?
Coach Fo has actually tried his best, especially in terms of defense, he really put a lot of effort into it.
As the team's assistant coach, he is not Villas-Boas's man, so he is very clear about Chelsea's real problems. As soon as he took office, he reached a consensus with veterans such as Lampard, Terry and Drogba.
He devised defensive tactics, hoping to stop Manchester City at home.
Don't seek to win, just draw.
But in the end, they tried their best and failed to stop Manchester City.
"You performed very well." Gao Shen said sincerely.
Di Matteo smiled bitterly and shook his head, "But we still lost."
"Winning or losing is one thing, but your performance and efforts will be seen by the fans, so you see, they didn't boo you." Gao Shen pointed to the stands at Stamford Bridge.
really.
It's strange to say that.
In the previous games coached by Villas-Boas, once the performance was not good, especially when the game was lost, the fans kept booing, but tonight, they really didn't boo.
After all, fans are not stupid, they have sharp eyes, and they know whether they are working hard or not.
"Come on, keep working hard!" Gao Shen encouraged.
"Thanks."
…
Manchester City’s schedule is actually really tight.
After playing at Stamford Bridge, the team took a short rest, had dinner in a London hotel, and returned to Manchester from London overnight.
The next morning, the team conducted recovery training at the Carrington training base.
Fans and reporters who are familiar with Gao Shen know very well that Gao Shen attaches great importance to it and the results are excellent.
In the afternoon, the team organized a huge Christmas dinner in Carrington.
Unlike last year, the team's schedule this year is too tight and they can't spare any time, so they can only compress it as much as possible and don't hold too many activities. However, the annual gift-giving session is still a must.
The club gave gifts as usual, and Gao Shen also prepared a very Chinese-style gift, which was carefully prepared for him by Su Qing.
Different from previous years when Gao Shen gave it away, this year it was presented by Gao Shen and Su Qing together.
All the players brought their families and girlfriends to the Christmas dinner, so the whole scene was very lively.
The club is not stingy either. After all, the team's performance in the past year has been quite outstanding, and the gifts and rewards they have given to the players have also been quite good.
In addition, this time going to Abu Dhabi, the Sheikh of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the President of the United Arab Emirates, who is also Mansour's brother, will receive the Manchester City delegation at the palace.
This is unprecedented special treatment.
After enjoying the Christmas dinner, everyone on the team, including their families and girlfriends, got on the bus and headed to Manchester Airport.
Etihad Airways' special plane specially prepared for Manchester City has been waiting here to take everyone to Abu Dhabi.
Arrival time is around 23:00 in the evening.
The luxury bus that picked up the airport took the entire Manchester City team directly to the Palace Hotel, which is known as the most luxurious in the world. This was specially prepared by Mansour for Manchester City players.
As the champions of the Champions League, Manchester City will directly participate in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup. Their opponent is the AFC Champions League, Qatari team Al Sadd. The time is scheduled for the evening of the 14th, and Manchester City still has a certain amount of time in the middle.
The morning after arriving in Abu Dhabi, the team conducted another training session and then had free time.
For Manchester City, this trip to Abu Dhabi for the Club World Cup is actually more like a trip.
It is difficult for a team like Al Sadd to threaten Manchester City. The only threat is Santos, the champion of the Copa Libertadores.
This team is led by Brazilian geniuses Neymar and Ganso, and its overall strength is extraordinary. Former Manchester City player Elano is now also in Santos, and there is another player that Gao Shen had not noticed before.
Felipe Anderson.
This 18-year-old Brazilian winger is a substitute player in Santos. He has not yet made a name for himself. He has not even entered the Brazilian national youth team. It is really difficult to imagine that he will shine in Lazio next.
The brilliance attracted the attention of the entire European football world, and the highest asking price was even 70 to 80 million euros.
Now?
Gao Shen checked it carefully and found that it seemed to be less than one million euros.
This is not surprising, after all, there are geniuses like him everywhere in Brazil.
If nothing else, let's talk about Ganso. This summer, he even called for 55 million euros and was hailed as the new Kaka.
Santos even sued AC Milan directly to FIFA for him, on the grounds that AC Milan went beyond the club to contact players, and this matter caused a huge uproar.
But once the transfer period passed, the news quickly fell silent.
Now Ganso has not been reported by the media for a long time, let alone attracted the attention of European football.
In the final analysis, as Simon Cooper said in his book "Football Economics", most clubs' transfers are very blind. They are chasing hot spots and buying whoever is popular, which is completely irrational.
In Gao's deep memory, Ganso seems to have gone to Sao Paulo, and then to Sevilla in La Liga, but he did not play in Sevilla because people had forgotten about this former genius at that time, so
Gao Shen doesn’t remember very clearly either.
Anyway, Gansuo disappeared into the background in the end.
But at this moment, in Santos, Ganso and Neymar are the two most popular talents in Brazil.
Felipe Anderson?
Who knew this guy was Bingo?
As for Manchester City's next opponent, AFC Champions League Al Sadd, this team has even fewer players.
Gao Shen took a rough look at Al Sadd's lineup and saw only one familiar name, Niang.
His first reaction was the forward from AC Milan, but he always felt it was a bit weird.
After he took a closer look, he realized that he was not alone.
The full name of Al Sadd Niang is Mamadou Niang, and the future Mbaye Niang of AC Milan are both Senegalese, but Mamadou was born in 1979 and Mbaye was born in 1994.
One was Matamu, who was born in Senegal, and the other was Moulin, who was born in France. The two have nothing to do with each other.
This also made Gao Shen feel quite relieved.
In fact, even if it is really that Mbaye Niang, Gao Shen is not afraid, he will just pay more attention to it.
For Manchester City, the only real threat is Santos, and Gao Shen also wants to take a closer look at Neymar.
There is no doubt about Neymar's talent and potential, but this player and his father are really shrewd.
As a player born in 1992, according to the regulations of the Brazilian Football Association, he can go to Europe to play football after reaching the age of 18. But as a long-known genius, why has Neymar never left?
Is there no European team willing to buy him?
how can that be possible?
Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, Manchester United...
The wealthy teams pursuing him are all over Europe's top leagues.
Then why didn't he leave?
Because he is waiting for a price!
Previously, the Brazilian media [Wide Channel] broke the news that Real Madrid would sign Neymar at a high price of 45 million euros, with an annual salary of up to 6 million euros, and the transfer date would be 2012.
But Real Madrid didn’t say a word about this, why?
As far as Gao Shen knew, Neymar's team refused.
So why was Real Madrid’s offer exposed?
Because they want all the wealthy teams pursuing Neymar to offer higher prices!
Gao Shen heard that many teams have withdrawn, including Bayern, Arsenal and other giants.
