Jerome Boateng finally moved to Bayern Munich for a transfer fee of 15 million euros.
The Bundesliga giant was finally forced to agree to Manchester City's request and paid the transfer fee. However, Bayern chairman Rummenigge, who is also the chairman of the UEFA Club Association, said in an interview that he questioned Manchester City's sponsors.
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It is mainly the sponsorship of Manchester City by several companies including Etihad Airways, which is the source of funds for Manchester City's aggressive signings.
Rummenigge believes that Manchester City's sponsorship is to circumvent UEFA's financial fair play policy. He even said, "Manchester City should know that if they want to play tricks, we will not allow them to participate in the Champions League."
This is not only because of the transfer of Jerome Boateng, Manchester City refused to compromise on the transfer fee, but more importantly, because in terms of the introduction of stars, traditional giant teams have already felt the threat of Manchester City.
For example, Hazard's transfer this time, which is a treasure that all the powerful teams in Europe covet, ended up going to Manchester City.
Let’s not talk about Bayern, let’s talk about other giants. Who can stand it?
Manchester City general manager Soriano came forward to clarify, saying that Manchester City's sponsors have no problems and welcome UEFA's investigation at any time. He also said that Manchester City will continue to invest more and strive to create a team that is the best in both the Premier League and the Champions League.
A competitive team, "Our goal is to build Manchester City into a top giant."
Jerome Boateng did not go to the United States with the team, so his transfer in Europe and the dispute between Rummenigge and Soriano did not affect the Manchester City players training in the United States.
All the players lived a simple and boring training life. Apart from eating, drinking and sleeping every day, they just trained.
Su Dong still takes some time every day to practice with Courtois.
At first, the Manchester City players were a little surprised, but gradually they got used to it.
The additional training of Unsuei and Sudong did not exclude others. If Joe Hart and Given wanted to participate, they could participate at any time, so no one said anything more, and they did not feel that they were playing tricks on Courtois.
What problems will there be?
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One week after the team arrived in the United States, Manchester City ushered in its first warm-up match at AT&T Stadium in San Francisco.
The opponent is Mexico America.
In this game, Manchester City still used last season's substitute lineup and a few new players, but the team still adopted a four-three-three tactics.
The goalkeeper is Joe Hart, the defense is Leighton Baines, Javi Martinez, David Luiz and Trippier, the midfielder is Thiago, and Milner is behind Gareth Barry.
Before, the trident was Hazard, Dzeko and Douglas Costa.
Although the lineup has changed, it is mainly based on the team's passing and controlling tactics.
The players also performed very hard. After all, they could see that this game was a test for them.
After the opening, Manchester City took control of the situation, and in the sixth and twelfth minutes, Dzeko almost scored twice.
In the 16th minute, Douglas Costa's breakthrough on the right gave Dzeko a chance to hit the goal in the penalty area. After being saved by the goalkeeper, Gareth Barry made a supplementary shot, making it one to zero.
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Then in the 27th minute, another pass from Dzeko, Douglas Costa scored another victory for Manchester City.
After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Manchester City replaced many players, but in the 72nd minute, after a collaboration with Toni Kroos, Adam Johnson broke into the penalty area and scored, expanding the score for Manchester City to 3-0.
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In the end, Manchester City defeated the Mexican American team 3-0 with goals from Gareth Barry, Douglas Costa and Adam Johnson, winning their first victory in the warm-up match.
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Three days later, Manchester City left the training camp in Los Angeles, USA, and headed north to Vancouver, Canada, to participate in the second warm-up match.
This time the opponent is the Vancouver Whitecaps.
Due to the team's pre-season physical reserve training, every player is at a low point. In addition, they have been fighting for days and traveling long distances north. More importantly, there have been heavy rainstorms in Vancouver for several days, causing the venue to be damaged.
It was so muddy that the race was almost canceled.
Therefore, in the game, although Manchester City had all the advantages, they conceded the goal first.
But Aguero equalized the score for Manchester City in the 39th minute with a single push shot from outside the penalty area.
After changing sides in the second half, Sanchez reversed the opponent for Manchester City in the 68th minute.
In the 84th minute, Di Maria used a long shot to penetrate the opponent's goal.
In addition, in stoppage time, Di Maria scored another victory and finally locked the score at 4-1.
Manchester City successfully reversed the Vancouver Whitecaps away game and won two consecutive warm-up matches.
However, neither the coach nor the players were satisfied with the game process.
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After returning to Los Angeles from Vancouver, Manchester City continued to start training.
This period of time is mainly focused on recovery and adjustment, as well as the team's technical and tactical drills.
But what is interesting is that in closed training on weekdays, Guardiola will practice the three-four-three tactics, but in external games, he basically does not use it. Javi Martinez is used as a central defender, which caused a lot of controversy.
Small controversy, but it is basically a four-back tactic.
This is also a way for Guardiola to deal with the outside world. He wants to save the three, four, and three until the end and use them as his trump card.
After another week of training in Los Angeles, Manchester City also ushered in the last warm-up match in North America.
vs. LA Galaxy at Home Depot Center.
This is actually the most watched game among Manchester City's three North American warm-up games, because the Los Angeles Galaxy has Beckham, and Manchester City has also promised to let Su Dong play.
This is also Su Dong's first appearance in three challenge matches.
Only twenty minutes into the game, Su Dong deceived the opponent's central defender in the penalty area and scored a goal, opening the scoring for Manchester City.
In the 29th minute, a through ball from David Silva, Su Dong stepped in and got a single chance at the penalty spot, and pushed the ball again to score, 2-0.
At halftime, both Su Dong and Beckham were substituted.
Later, the Los Angeles Galaxy got a goal back, and Juninho also showed off his free kick skills, but he hit the post.
Manchester City also scored a goal in the second half from Dzeko.
In the end, Manchester City narrowly defeated the Los Angeles Galaxy 3-1 and won their third consecutive victory in the North American warm-up match.
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Su Dong got together with Beckham and Juninho for a while after the game.
Beckham and Juninho are both free kick masters, and Su Dong is also very accomplished in free kicks. But unfortunately, neither Su Dong nor Beckham had the chance to show it during the game, and Juninho
Neo's free kick hit the post.
The three of them talked more about off-field topics. For example, Beckham recently gave birth to a daughter, and he has been working hard to return to the European League. It can be seen that he still misses the days when he played in the European League.
The Major League Baseball is indeed a good place to retire, but Beckham wants to return to the mainstream European leagues.
Su Dong never dared to ask him if he regretted his decision to transfer to the United States after leaving Real Madrid?
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After Manchester City finished playing in the World Football Challenge, several other teams also stopped playing.
Among the twelve teams participating in the rankings, only Manchester City, Real Madrid and Manchester United have won all three games.
In the end, the three teams all had the same points, but Manchester City relied on a record of ten goals and two goals, and an eight-goal difference, surpassing Real Madrid's seven and Manchester United's six, and won the championship with a slight advantage.
Became the champion.
This can also be regarded as a good start for the new season.
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After playing against the Los Angeles Galaxy, Manchester City directly left the training camp in Los Angeles, USA, and set off for Dublin, Ireland.
In Dublin, after Manchester City made some adjustments, they immediately welcomed the Irish All-Star team.
This is an invitational match for the Irish Super Cup.
This team is composed of star players from the Irish League. Their strength is actually very average, and their coordination is very unfamiliar. After all, many of them do not play for the same team.
Manchester City also did not try their best and still put Su Dong on the bench and let other players come on one after another.
In the end, Manchester City relied on Gareth Barry's volley and Adam Johnson's brace to defeat the Irish Stars 3-0 and win their fourth consecutive victory in the warm-up match.
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Just one day later, Manchester City once again ushered in the second game of the second match day of the Irish Super Cup, against Inter Milan.
In this kind of high-intensity competition for two consecutive days, no one will give their best, and the main focus will be on rotation and player inspection.
Compared with the previous day, Manchester City replaced seven players, and goalkeeper Courtois also played.
The only thing that hasn't changed is that Su Dong still didn't play, which disappointed all the Irish fans who came here.
After all, many people hope to see Su Dong's game up close at home.
In the end, with Aguero's goal in the first half and Dzeko's brace in the second half, Manchester City defeated Inter Milan 3-0 again.
Inter Milan did not try their best and were not in particularly good condition.
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After playing the warm-up match in Dublin, the Manchester City team returned to Manchester.
The whole team began to prepare for the Community Shield match against Manchester United, which is the prelude to the new season.
Manchester City has only won three Community Shields in its history, the most recent one being thirty years ago.
Su Dong took a leave from the coaching staff, took the time to go to Amsterdam, and was invited to participate in Van der Sar's farewell game.
Traveling with him was the young Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, which Guardiola and Unzue made an exception for.
Courtois is also looking forward to this trip to Amsterdam.
Van der Sar is his idol, and being able to attend his farewell event has a special meaning for him.
Of course, he just followed Su Dong to participate and had no way to actually play the game. After all, he was not worthy enough to join the World Star Team, and Van der Sar did not invite him.
Being able to attend this time was purely due to Su Dong's favor.
