On May 24th, in the last round, Manchester City sent out most of their substitutes and drew with their last opponent at home. Naturally, no one cared about the final result of this game. What Manchester City fans cared about was just
The moment when I lifted the trophy after the game.
There was not much of a grand celebration after the game, because the Champions League final was just four days away, and Manchester City naturally had to adapt in advance. In fact, in the previous week, there had been no such celebrations, whether it was official or the fan groups themselves.
There are already quite a few, so naturally I won’t care about this.
When Manchester City arrived in Rome, their opponents in the final, Barcelona, also arrived in Rome.
This is the second time in four seasons that Barcelona has reached the Champions League final. The last time they entered the final, they met Inter Milan led by Dick, and then Inter Milan gave Barcelona a 4-1 victory in the final.
They suffered their biggest defeat after being beaten 4-0 by AC Milan. Now, they have entered the final, and their opponent is Inter Milan.
"The situation this time is completely different from three years ago. Although Barcelona was excellent at that time, it seemed a bit fragile and was suppressed by Inter Milan's running and strength. Now, under the leadership of Guardiola, Barcelona
Barcelona is already perfect, and even top teams like Chelsea have been eliminated by us. Now, although Manchester City is strong, they still lack a lot of things after all. In a game like the Champions League final where there are so many accidents,
Barcelona's solidity and experience will make the biggest difference..."
The media in Catalonia have begun to build momentum for this game. In this regard, Manchester City is at a disadvantage. After all, Barcelona has many mouthpieces, especially the two local sports media are basically Barcelona's standard mouthpieces, and
What about Manchester City? Their foundation does appear to be very weak in this regard.
But in terms of building momentum, Manchester City did not suffer. The first interview Dick accepted after arriving in Rome reversed this situation!
"Steadiness and experience? I only know that I have four Champions League titles and seven European finals experience. I don't know who is better than me in this regard."
"In terms of ability to withstand pressure, we scored two goals to eliminate Manchester United and enter the final when we had to score two goals, while Barcelona waited until the last minute to score one goal when they only needed to score one goal and were eliminated.
Chelsea...I won't talk about the problems in the game, nor the fact that Barcelona's two central defenders escaped penalty for handballing in the penalty area. For this reason alone, Barcelona's ability to handle pressure is not as strong as ours.
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"In terms of results, our two teams are evenly matched. Barcelona has one more cup championship than us, but we won two cup championships last season. It's not that we can't win it, but that we don't want to win it."
After what Dick said, it seems that Manchester City has taken an absolute advantage and will definitely be able to defeat Barcelona and win...
This is not over yet, Dick even brought up Deco as an example: "For a great player like Deco, the most important thing for him to do is to counterattack in such a final... I think Barcelona will definitely do it for
I regret giving up Deco."
Dick's words made the whole Barcelona furious, but they also knew that the conflict between Dick and Barcelona was getting deeper and deeper. Although Barcelona had never benefited from Dick, but with Dick
For Kremlin, being kicked out of Barcelona was the biggest shame and humiliation. It is normal for him to laugh at Barcelona when he sees it.
However, this does not mean that Barcelona will be constantly ridiculed by Dick and remain silent. Soon, their captain Puyol said in an interview: "Maybe Dick is a great coach, but he
It’s really hard to like.”
In the World Sports Newspaper, Mr. Rodriguez, who had suffered huge losses from Dick, wrote eloquently to express his resentment towards Dick: "Maybe Dick can win many championships, but he will not give
Leave no wealth for future generations! Because of such a head coach, he is just trying to win the championship by any means, and there is nothing left for people to learn from! Barcelona is playing football that is beyond the level of the earth. They are the level of the universe.
Our team is far beyond what the motley crew led by Dick can contend with! This Barcelona will be another dream team!"
In response to this article, Dick only asked one question.
"Mr. Rodriguez, do you still want to make a bet with me and eat the microphone? If I lose this final, I don't mind running naked on the streets of Manchester. If I win this final, Rodriguez will mind now."
Want another microphone?"
As soon as he said this, Rodriguez immediately chose to shut up. Many people had forgotten about that incident. However, after Dick answered this sentence, the video of Rodriguez eating the microphone was
It became popular on the Internet again...
Easily killing this opponent instantly, Dick continued to prepare for the decisive battle. Guardiola was very smart and did not respond to Dick's words. Instead, various reporters took turns to attack. Dick was also very aware of this, so he told everything
He took it over so that the players can better prepare for the game - he has already studied the tactics for the final and is just waiting for training. He is now idle.
May 28th came amid such a war of words.
"Barcelona is the team with the most goals in the Champions League this season. They have now scored 30 goals in the Champions League! Although Manchester City is the team with the most goals in the Premier League, their goals in the Champions League
Not too many. Although they are the team with the most goals after Barcelona, they only scored 22 goals. And they conceded not too many goals. They conceded goals in four of the six knockout games.
, there were only two games in the group stage where they failed to concede a goal. From a data point of view, Barcelona is indeed more comprehensive than Manchester City. However, Manchester City has Dick. This top head coach alone is enough to make Manchester City become
The most terrifying opponent in the Champions League!"
"Countless dignitaries came to the Olympic Stadium in Rome... King Juan Carlos I of Spain came to the scene. Although he preferred Real Madrid, but Barcelona entered the final, he still came to the scene to support him. The British side was not to be outdone. William
The prince came to the scene to watch the game! As the organizer, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi also came to the scene... In the VIP stands at the scene, there was also a group of Arabs, who were members of the Abu Dhabi consortium, the owner behind Manchester City!"
"In terms of net worth, Dick spent nearly 200 million pounds in two years to build the current Manchester City team, and what about Barcelona? Although they didn't spend that much money, but Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and
The value of players like Puyol is quite high. Players like Eto'o and Henry also cost Barcelona a lot of money. In terms of real worth, they are only higher than Manchester City. A game like this can also
Consider it a game where gold dollars are piled up!”
The starting lineups of both sides have basically come out. Manchester City sent their usual four-three-three, goalkeeper Hart, defenders Alves, Samuel, Kompany and Barnes, midfielder Yaya Toure,
Parker and Vidal did not send out Deco, who he had announced before the game, and he hid Benzema on the front line. Instead, he used Ribery, Torres and Di Natale to form a strike partner.
As for Barcelona, their starting lineup has not changed much. The goalkeeper Valdes and the right back are Zabaleta who was introduced after Alves failed to transfer - Dick was surprised when this transfer came out.
, Manchester City snatched Alves, and Zabaleta, who was originally going to Manchester City, went to Barcelona. It seems that the Argentine's performance in Zaragoza is quite good.
The left back was suspended due to Abidal, so Guardiola sent the 35-year-old veteran Sylvinho, and the center back was captain Puyol and young center back Pique.
In the midfield, Keita did not get the starting position. Young midfielder Busquets and Xavi Iniesta formed the local midfielder. Henry was on the left in the front trident, Messi was on the right, and Eto'o served as the center.
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Such a lineup is indeed very strong. Everyone in the frontcourt is a top player, and the defense is also full of talents. What is even more frightening is that after having such a top lineup, they also have an excellent system.
To complete, no wonder Barcelona has been unsolvable in recent years.
However, no matter how unsolved it is, there is no time when they have not been defeated. This year, they are not so glorious after passing Chelsea, and next year they will fall into the hands of Mourinho's Inter Milan, and next, they will be promoted by Bayern.
Going down to the altar - actually what you have to do to defeat them is not complicated, it is nothing more than a few points - running, pressing, so that their passing cannot proceed smoothly, having the ability to run and suppress the entire field, and offensively
With effective offense and breakthrough players, it is not that Manchester City does not have such conditions.
Dick knows how to deal with Barcelona. He has been preparing to deal with Barcelona for a long time this season. He knows that his biggest opponent in the next one or two years will be Barcelona. If he does not prepare tactics to deal with Barcelona in advance, then his
Life was probably not going well either.
"To be honest, it's amazing that a newcomer can achieve what you do, but Barcelona's current tactics have a big problem, haven't you noticed?" When shaking hands with Guardiola, Dick said mysteriously
Said something.
Guardiola smiled: "Mr. Dick, I know you are a very good head coach...but don't use such words to disturb my mind. My current goal is only this game, and I don't want to
I will feel dissatisfied with you. Barcelona's current tactics cannot be created by me alone. It is a perfect thing accumulated over more than ten years. More importantly, I have many outstanding players, and it can even be said that
The best player in the world, in this situation, I don't think I'm going to lose this game."
"Really? Then let's take a look." Dick laughed loudly: "Busquets is a very good defensive midfielder. Maybe he is not the best defensive midfielder, but he is the most suitable for Barcelona.
Midfielder, but have you ever thought about whether Barcelona's midfielder can withstand too much impact now? To tell you the truth, I have prepared for this game for a long time, and I will use my physical fitness and strength to let you know
, it is very difficult to build a delicate thing, but it is very easy to break it, as long as you have enough violence!"
After hearing this, Guardiola's expression finally changed. He sent Busquets in this game just to increase the control of the midfield. As a result, Dick has already seen this!
