The new year has just arrived, and Manchester City coach Mancini publicly confirmed that the team has reached an agreement with German Bundesliga Wolfsburg to sign Bosnian forward Dzeko.
At the pre-match press conference with Arsenal, Mancini said: "We have reached an agreement on the transfer fee."
"He is an excellent player and all the teams in Europe want him, but now we have to prepare for an important game against Arsenal and I will talk about him after the game."
Wolfsburg coach McLaren said that Manchester City's purchase of Dzeko will prove to be a good deal. "He will be an ideal choice for Manchester City, especially when paired with Tevez, this will be a very powerful combination."
"I wish him all the best and realize his dream at Manchester City."
According to British media reports, the transfer fee for Manchester City to sign Dzeko is approximately 27 million pounds.
In addition, Mancini also revealed that Manchester City's two attackers Balotelli and David Silva will miss the game against Arsenal due to knee injuries. "This is a big problem, neither of them can play.
David Silva is an important player for us and has performed well recently. We hope he can catch up with the game against Wolves on January 15. Balotelli may play in the FA Cup match against Leicester City at the weekend
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Compared with their rivals in the same city, the news coming from Manchester United is not good.
Beckham, who wanted to return to Manchester United for "part-time work" during the major league truce, was rejected by coach Ferguson. However, Beckham's door to return to European football has not been closed. According to British media reports, Tottenham Hotspur Club is
Actively operating, it is expected that Beckham will be recruited, and the two parties may sign a two-month lease contract.
In the first two seasons, in order to be called up by the England national team, Beckham chose to rent from the Los Angeles Galaxy to AC Milan during the winter transfer period to maintain his form in a high-level league. He played 29 games for AC Milan.
Scored 2 goals. Therefore, when 2010-11
As the winter transfer window of European football is about to restart, the competition for Beckham, the hard-working "day laborer" has become full of smoke. Including Blackburn, West Ham United, Sunderland, Everton, Newcastle and Tottenham.
Six Premier League teams in the country have sent Beckham invitations to join.
However, the 35-year-old "heartthrob" just wants to return to his favorite Old Trafford. However, in the face of the eager expectations of his former disciple, Manchester United coach Ferguson is quite cold-blooded. Ferguson said that Beckham is too old.
The reason for rejecting Beckham was, "I don't think he can play in the Premier League at his age, and I will never sign a player of this age."
Ferguson's "unfeeling" caught Beckham off guard, but it also unexpectedly gave Tottenham and other teams that had been waiting for Beckham hope.
It is reported that Tottenham, currently ranked fifth in the Premier League, has discussed joining Beckham with his consultant, and the two parties are very likely to sign a two-month short-term rental contract. At the same time, Beckham's current club, Los Angeles Galaxy
They have also said that they will not forcefully prevent Beckham from returning to play in Europe during the Major League break, but the premise is that Beckham needs to return to the team before the start of the new Major League season (next March).
On the one hand, Beckham has briefly returned to the Premier League, and on the other hand, Rooney will go to the United States to play football and join Beckham. However, this Rooney is not Manchester United star Wayne Rooney, but his younger brother John Rooney.
The 20-year-old John Rooney will travel to the United States on Sunday. He will participate in the MLS Super Draft on January 13 next year, which means that he is expected to become a teammate of England star Beckham.
John Rooney once played for the English second-division team Macclesfield. Rooney actually listened to his brother's advice when he decided to go to the United States to play football. Xiaopang had previously traveled to the United States with Manchester United to participate in the pre-season tour. He played with several American major league teams.
The team has played against each other, and after the recent controversy surrounding his departure from the team, Rooney also went to Portland in the United States for a week of special training.
However, Manchester United just defeated West Brom 2:1 in an away game, which did not stop fans from talking about the fact that Beckham cannot return.
Many people believe that in the last year of Ferguson's coaching career, Beckham should be recalled to the team. After all, the latter has already shown kindness with his actions, and Ferguson obviously does not appreciate it!
On January 5, Manchester United finally returned to their home court against Stoke City.
Manchester United has won all the previous 6 meetings between the two sides. The last time Stoke City won against Manchester United was the second round of the League Cup at home in September 1993. Manchester United has defeated Stoke City in the past 7 home games and played against Stoke City in the past 10 home games.
Stoke City has 9 wins and 1 draw. The last time Stoke City beat Manchester United away was in the First Division in 1976. The two sides have met 92 times in history, and Manchester United has the upper hand with 35 wins, 31 draws and 26 losses.
Rooney was out with an ankle injury, Ferdinand was scheduled to rest, and Nani returned. Rafael, Smalling, Gibson, Giggs and Hernandez started in rotation.
Manchester United defeated Stoke City 2-1 at home. Nani and Hernandez both passed and scored, and Whitehead once equalized the score. Manchester United won 7 consecutive home games, leading Manchester City by 3 points and leading defending champion Chelsea by 9 points.
With the goals of Hernandez and Nani, Manchester United defeated Stoke City 2-1 at home, achieving a record of 10 wins and 1 draw in 11 Premier League home games this season. After the game, Ferguson was in a good mood.
"When you look at our home record, we've always performed very well at home. We've had two very poor performances away from home, one at Sunderland and one at West Bromwich Albion.
Odd. And last week we played away at Birmingham, maybe we should have won that game. Yes, we dropped a lot of points away from home, but that doesn't mean we didn't play well. We have to focus and win the game.
The league championship is the goal.”
"History tells us that we will play better in the second half of the season. Focus on strong dialogue is not a problem for us at all because we enjoy it." Stoke City coach Pulis praised.
Said, "Manchester United knows how to win. This is the temperament of this club from beginning to end. When things don't go their way, they can cope with it."
In this campaign, Hernandez scored for Manchester United for the second consecutive round. Ferguson said this is a happy trouble. "Of course, when Rooney comes back from injury, it gives you a problem, but that's what you want to encounter.
conundrum. Over the years, the shooters I have often
Give me this problem. It's Chico's job to score goals, he puts the ball into the net again and again, he is giving me those problems. Thanks to Nani for scoring a beautiful goal, he always
He was a threat and now he's back and scoring goals."
Ferguson hopes that two of Rooney, Ferdinand and Edwin van der Sar can return to play Sunday's FA Cup match against Liverpool. Ferdinand wrote on his Twitter before the game that he will rest for this game. "Three of them
People make me a little worried, and we hope to have at least two of them back in Sunday's game."
Of course, there is another person that Ferguson did not mention, and that is Li Yu who returned to Asia to compete.
Ferdinand's replacement, new aid Smalling, got his first chance to start in the Premier League after joining Manchester United. The young Englishman was praised by Ferguson after the game. "You have to be patient and trust these players.
.They have earned trust. I watch them play on the training ground every day and they show their quality in the games. They will never let me down. Smalling played very well and at about 20 years old he played
He's doing really well. I'm delighted with his progress and he's undoubtedly the future of the club. Evans played well last season and he's starting to get into good form again. His performance on the training ground in the last few weeks
Absolutely super, we have two talented players at that position."
At the same time, the 2011 Asian Cup was held in Qatar. The China Hong Kong team was placed in Group D, along with the United Arab Emirates, Iran, and Iraq!
The China Hong Kong team will face interception from West Asian teams. Before the game, Chinese fans said that this was the AFC deliberately creating difficulties for the China Hong Kong team to qualify.
However, Li Yu has safely reunited with the team. Now no one is worried about the threat from the West Asian teams. With Li Yu, the China Hong Kong team seems to have a backbone and confidence.
After all, Li Yu did not participate in any of the Asian Cup group matches. After arriving in Qatar to join the team, the biggest player in this Asian Cup declined all interviews and commercial activities and immediately threw himself into the intense team training.
After not seeing his national team teammates for several months, Li Yu specially gave them a New Year's gift, a pair of the latest version of Tamron boots.
There are not too many player version Tamron boots produced, and they have not been put on the market in large quantities. The boots given to teammates were specially arranged by Li Yu and rushed out.
As a New Year gift, Li Yu quickly integrated into the team. After all, he was still the captain of the team. When other players saw that Li Yu was still so professional, the training volume of the China Hong Kong team actually increased.
The China Hong Kong team played against the United Arab Emirates for the first time. This opponent is now gradually declining. It is getting worse year by year. Compared with Iran and Iraq, it is actually the weakest opponent in the group stage.
In the game, Li Yu showed superior skills. He was extraordinary. Just from his physical speed, it was obvious that he was a top player and an Asian-level player.
Before the first half was over, Li Yu scored 2 goals alone, helping the team lead the UAE 3:0.
The West Asian media on the sidelines couldn't help but raise their thumbs. They really saw an international superstar with their own eyes. They were so awesome!
The UAE lost so convincingly that some players even approached Li Yu at the end of halftime and asked to exchange jerseys.
After all, there is no suspense left in the competition between idols and fans.
West Asia's unique playing, playing, singing and cheering are more like cheering for Li Yu.
Li Yu was very easy-going outside the court, but once he arrived at the stadium, his domineering style of play quickly conquered the fans at the scene. The Qatari fans were all supporting Li Yu, and the other players in the two teams didn't look like that at all.
Importantly, they came to see the world-class killer.
5:0!
Li Yu even scored a hat trick throughout the game. When being interviewed after the game, many media reporters noticed a detail. He had never used the towel on Li Yu's shoulders. In other words, Li Yu kicked
I didn’t sweat much after the game.
It seems that Li Yu still had reservations today and did not perform 100%.
On the other side, in the earlier Group A match, the Chinese national team also defeated the Kuwait team 2:0 in the first round.
The two teams representing China both achieved good results, which also brought a lot of happiness to the Chinese people who have just entered the New Year.
In the words of the leaders of the Chinese Football Association, this time we will definitely not cause any trouble to the people of the country during the New Year period.
Fans still believe in the leadership this time. At least China Hong Kong with Li Yu will not. As for the real national football team, it is the icing on the cake.
After the 2010 World Cup, the China Hong Kong team has long been the first choice for Chinese fans to watch football.
Sure enough, in the Group A match one day after the end of the Group D match, the Chinese national team lost 0:2 to the host Qatar team.
In response to this, some domestic experts soon came out to provide advice and suggestions for the national football team. Some criticized the head coach's on-the-spot command, while others talked about the players' game psychology.
On the contrary, the fans who were more excited in the past did not make any noise. Their attention was already on the China Hong Kong team.
The next opponent of the China Hong Kong team is the Iranian team.
Iranian players generally have outstanding physical fitness and a relatively fierce football style.
Of course, the two teams are no strangers. They have faced each other in the top ten matches of the World Cup.
Li Yu is of course the most threatening person on the team. The Iranians thought of many ways to limit Li Yu's performance in the game.
But the final fact is that even if Li Yu is restricted, his ball-playing ability can still put the ball at the feet of players in favorable positions.
Iranian football has been very closed in recent years and has not had much contact with the outside world. Li Yu is no longer an Asian-level player. Facing Li Yu, the Iranians really can't come up with any good ideas.
3:0!
It was another big victory. The China Hong Kong team, which had won 2 games, had already secured a place in the top eight one round ahead of schedule.
This ball is so enjoyable to watch!
Under the leadership of Li Yu, the China Hong Kong team launched attacks one after another. Looking at the national football team, that kind of hanging victory, no matter how you look at it, you feel that you have no confidence. It is the same as Kuwait. Even if you win 2:0, you will win very much.
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It’s better to watch the China Xia Hong Kong team’s game, feel comfortable and happy!
According to the allocation of the four groups, the China Hong Kong team is likely to encounter Australia or South Korea!
The top eight in Group D will face the second in Group C!
It can be seen from the competition system that Chinese fans cannot see the great games of the Chinese Civil War.
Unless both teams reach the semi-finals, there is a chance they will meet.
Is this possible for the national football team?
In the last round, China National Football Team drew with Uzbekistan 2:2!
Ranked third in the group and unfortunately eliminated.
The Chinese Hong Kong team still scored 3 points against Asia's desperate Saburo Iraq!
Iraq has the momentum, and so does the players' bodies. However, due to the influence of training conditions and their own domestic environment, the players' skills are generally rough, more like the teams in the lower-level British leagues that use their bodies to hit high.
Li Yu has many ways to deal with such a team, and he has the upper hand in both physical and technical aspects.
In this way, trying so hard to become Goro is useless.
6:0!
In this competition, the biggest score difference of the China Hong Kong team was given to the Iraqi team!
Winning three out of three games in the group stage and accumulating 9 points!
Li Yu scored a total of 7 goals alone, more than half of the team's total goals.
The tournament media all used one sentence to describe Li Yu's participation, "The world's best player comes to participate in the Asian competition!"
For the first time, the word "ball king" appeared in media reports.
Note that he is not the Asian champion but the world champion.
The level is obviously several steps higher. When you come to Asia, you are truly invincible and no one can stop you!
7 goals, even Ferguson expressed his performance to his disciples through the media in the distant UK.
"I know everything that happened. Please don't be surprised. Li Yu is such a player. We can often see his outbreak in the Premier League and Champions League. This is just the beginning. As the game progresses, you will find that Manchester United 9
He is a player born for the big scenes!"
What Ferguson said is very obvious, Li Yu will have wonderful performances next.
The semi-final opponent is Australia!
Australian football has also been on the decline in recent years. With the eastward expansion of Europe and the United States, more and more Eastern European players can directly get the opportunity to play football without having to go to Australia for gold plating. This makes Australia have to rely on local players to support the national team.
This is very different from a few years ago when Australia just joined the Asian Football Confederation and swept across Asia.
It has to be said that Asian teams are making great strides this year, especially South Korea and Japan in East Asia. Australia is now gradually becoming a second-tier team in Asia.
In the semi-finals, Australia faced the China Hong Kong team.
As soon as the game started, the Australians suffered a heavy blow from Li Yu.
The free kick in front of the penalty area scored directly.
8 goals are easy to come by, but everyone knows that scoring a free kick is not that easy.
Li Yu is such a player, which makes people helpless.
You can't even commit a foul, because Manchester United's No. 9 is equally good at free kicks.
1:0!
There's no worse way to start a situation than this.
Facts have proved that the Australians still underestimated Li Yu's offensive ability. The hat trick in the first half made them accept the reality that the two teams are not on the same level.
Not counting Li Yu, the two teams may be about the same, but with Li Yu, they are not a featherweight at all.
3:0!
The Chinese Hong Kong team easily defeated the Australians and advanced to the finals.
The opponent in the final is the Japanese team!
Japan advanced to the finals by defeating South Korea in a penalty shootout.
It is not difficult to see from the advancement of the two teams alone that the Japanese team is still slightly inferior.
Zaccheroni said immediately: "It is difficult for us to defend against Li Yu's attack. If Japan wants to win the championship, it must use the same method to defeat the China Hong Kong team!"
