Chapter 528: Jumping David Prescott
The media has been hyping up the rivalry between Manchester City and Chelsea, with players from both sides constantly attacking each other in the media, which made Mancini realise a bad sign and brought everyone together after the second day's training session.
'I think everybody knows what Drogba said, I know everybody is angry, in fact I'm angry too. However, I would like you to put this aside for the time being, and none of us should talk about it, and remember, just prepare for war. The league is a Manchester City process and we have to be sober and aggressive at all times to be able to make a difference!" Mancini said as he cooled down the team.
However, with these words, however, Mancini does not know how much his words have any effect, he can see that in fact, the current situation is not only caused by Drogba's big mouth, this is the situation that Manchester City is in now and the pressure in the hearts of Manchester City players, this Manchester City team is now working towards the first top league trophy in the club's history, the players are under great pressure, and the chaser behind him Chelsea is the flood beast that makes Manchester City fearful, some actions of Chelsea are enough to make Manchester City sensitive, and Drogba's words are just a catalystγ
Drogba's big mouth is also well-known in football circles, or it can be said that this man and Geng, what has to say.
The Telegraph revealed that when Scolari was still Chelsea's manager, after Chelsea were held to a 2-2 draw by Fulham in an English league game, the angry Scolari called the whole squad in the dressing room for an hour-long internal meeting. Originally, the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the problem of the team not winning, but when "Warcraft" opened up, he immediately became the target of public criticism.
In fact, Drogba was not much to blame for the poor draw, but many of his team-mates have publicly accused him, what is going on? Drogba was clearly on his feet, hinting that he could not be trusted by Scolari, which made him feel like he was about to expire his contract. In addition to this, Drogba also publicly accused the club, "As soon as I say something, the media will amplify it, and then the club will come back to me. "All of this was the trigger.
At that time, the relationship between Drogba and his team-mates was also relatively stiff, of course, this was a thing of the past, and the Chelsea players also knew their team-mate's big mouth, and then they didn't take it too seriously, and you really can't really be angry with such a straightforward person.
Amid a noisy atmosphere of media, Manchester City ushered in the 16th round of the league at home.
In this game, their opponents were Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City played at home, and in the end, they beat Bolton Wanderers 2-1 at their own home.
In several other matches played at the same time. Chelsea drew 1-1 at home to Everton, with Arsenal winning 2-1 at home to Fulham and Manchester United coming from behind to win 3-2 away at Blackburn.
As a result, Manchester City remain top of the league table with 41 points, followed by Manchester United with 33 points, Chelsea in third place with 31 points, and Arsenal in fourth place with 29 points.
Chelsea were once again unable to win, which gave Manchester City the chance to open up points with Chelsea, and now Manchester City's chasers have become Manchester United, who are eight points behind Manchester United and are second in the table for the first time this season. Ferguson's team is known for its tenacity, in the eyes of many media and fans, eight points behind, for Manchester United, is not an insurmountable barrier, of course, now Chelsea, who is ten points behind Manchester City, has not completely withdrawn from the title race, the league has only played 16 rounds, 22 games, and the long season has only been a small half, and it is not yet known who will die.
In the match against Bolton, the score was 2-1 and, as the scoreline reflected, it was a very anxious game and City did not win easily. After the game, the media expressed similar opinions, not only because Manchester City barely won by one goal, but also because Yang Fan went down injured in the 79th minute of the match against Bolton and was replaced by Bam Adebayor.
According to the preliminary diagnosis after the game, Yang Fan needed to be injured for half a month.
This number makes Mancini's brows lock, Yang Fan is going to return to the Chinese national team in January to participate in the Asian Cup with the team, and he is about to miss nearly a month of games, what Mancini wants is to help Manchester City win as much as possible before Yang Fan returns to the national team, to ensure the lead in the standings, now it's good, seeing that the Christmas devil schedule is approaching, Yang Fan is injured, this is definitely a bad news.
This is not only a headache and worry for Manchester City coach Mancini, so to speak, I heard that Yang Fan was injured, half of Manchester City is worried, and Manchester City fans are very clear about the importance of Yang Fan to Manchester City.
Yang Fan knew what the head coach, teammates and fans were worried about, and he said with a relaxed smile in an interview that he was not a big deal, and he was decompressing the team: "It's just two weeks, just take a good rest." I believe in the quality of my team-mates, even without me, Man City is still Man City and we will keep going. β
As a result, Yang Fan's words did not fall, and a big bad news came out.
The estimate of the absence in the previous half month was wrong, because, the team doctors thought that the injury was not serious at first, and thought that there was no need for surgery, just need to recuperate, which is also the reason why Yang Fan is more optimistic, he knows that the team needs him now, and he will be absent for half a month due to injury, which is still acceptable, if it is longer, it will be a big problem, not only club events, but also national team events, you must know that there is more than a month to go to the Asian Cup.
Now, the bad news is that after a diagnosis by Dr. Cosman, a renowned British sports injury professor, he bluntly pointed out that the Manchester City captain should be treated immediately with surgery and ......
Two months!!
The Manchester Evening News carried this large, somewhat appalling black headline.
Two months is the estimated time for Yang Fan to recover from surgery, at least two months.
When the news reached Manchester from London, Robert. Mancini could hardly believe his ears. He thought that the other party had mistaken "two weeks" for "two months".
Didn't the results of the previous examination say that he only needed to be absent for two weeks? That is, during these two weeks, Mancini was already having a headache, and now he actually said that it would take two months?
It was impossible to make a mistake, and Mancini quickly reconfirmed the result, and then there was an announcement on Manchester City's official website that Yang Fan would miss about two months due to injury.
This immediately became the most talked-about news in English football, and indeed in European football.
Yang Fan is injured?
Yang Fan Black David Prescott is the happiest.
He knew what the news meant for an athlete like Yang Fan, who values goals and games as his life, so he poured salt into Yang Fan's wounds in his show.
"That's right, Yang Fan's injury is not a big problem, but it's such an inconspicuous little problem that is a big problem! As long as you have surgery, it's not so easy to get back on the game, it takes a process, and you have to be careful, because if you don't pay attention, it's easy to recover from old injuries, the most typical example is Van Basten, the Dutch was crushed by these constant injuries. β
"No, no, I don't say that Yang Fan will follow in Basten's footsteps. I'm just reminding him that an athlete should take injuries seriously, and they may not seem serious, but they can be career-threatening. Am I alarmist? I didn't. I am using a scientific and rigorous attitude to analyze, and there are many examples in the past that are enough to prove the harm of injury to an athlete. In the TV station's football program, David Prescott, who turned over and was hired by a TV station, talked about Yang Fan's injury with a smile that anyone could see, "Yang Fan's physique is very good? Okay, it looks like so, but, don't forget, he was injured last season, he missed three months, and he was injured again this season, okay, you can say it was an accident, but why do accidents always happen to him?"
Prescott spread his hands and smiled at the host: "Okay, even if it was an accident, then, after the injury, when he returned to the court, would Yang Fan be able to get back to the game immediately? As he spoke, he picked up his pen and drew a big question mark on a whiteboard.
'It takes time and luck for players to get back into the game and the feeling of scoring after an injury. Let's take a look at the expected time of Yang Fan's return from injury, it was February, at that time, Manchester City not only had to play in the league, but also the Champions League and the FA Cup, and the League Cup, of course, if they didn't go out of the League Cup at that time, well, this also applies to the Champions League, if they can qualify for the group stage. At that time, Manchester City was at the beginning of the multi-front battle, what can an out-of-form Manchester City captain bring to Manchester City?"
In the show, David Prescott is making a lot of nonsense, in fact, if you analyze it carefully, this is all a bunch of nonsense, all of which he is maliciously compiling, for athletes, getting injured in the game is not a thing at all, Yang Fan's physique is definitely not a physique that is easy to be injured, in fact, Yang Fan's physique is definitely at a great level, as the most terrifying shooter in today's football, he is not easy to play in every game, and is closely guarded by the opponent, which has some big action violations and malicious fouls, from this point of view, Yang Fan can maintain such a terrifying goal efficiencySo far in my career, I've only had two injuries, two or three months at a time, which is pretty good.
Therefore, all of this is David Prescott secretly changing the concept, as if Yang Fan is a vitreous physique.
In addition, the famous Yang Fan is hyping up, saying that even if Yang Fan returns from injury, he is not in good shape, which is bound to drag down Manchester City. This is even more of a fart talk, all of this is the speculation of this gentleman, whether Yang Fan is in good condition after recovering from injury, no one knows now, David Prescott has now labeled Yang Fan as not in good shape, which is really reprehensible, and, judging from Yang Fan's performance all the time, his state has been very good, and the sluggish state that will occur in other players does not seem to be applicable to Yang Fan here. After Yang Fan returned from injury last season, he led the Manchester City team to start a wave of winning streaks, which was the biggest reason why Manchester City was able to finish second in the league that season.
Therefore, all these statements are David Prescott's side of the story, his speculation and rumor-mongering. This person is for the sake of black Yang Fan, in order to disgust Yang Fan and Manchester City, it can be said that he has no means to compromise.
After saying this, David Prescott continued to make a big fuss, and this time, he resorted to a sub-scheme to sow discord.
He provoked the relationship between the Manchester City manager and the Manchester City captain.
"Well, Yang Fan's injury is already a fact, and this is really an unfortunate event for Manchester City, ha. To change the subject, let's now find out who caused all this, and who is to blame for the injury to the hapless Chinese star!" David Prescott gloated, "It's Manchester City manager Robert Mancini! That's right, it's the Italian." β
"Since the beginning of the new season, Yang Fan has been working hard, and his performance is good enough to score goals on the field. β
Hearing David Prescott compliment Yang Fan made the audience in front of the TV feel weird.
Of course, David Prescott would not deliberately praise Yang Fan, he said these words for a purpose, because then he changed his voice, "I mentioned before that Manchester City is sick, yes, you heard it right, Manchester City is sick." β
In front of the TV, some viewers touched their foreheads, because they knew what this person was going to say, it must be the Yang Fan dependence that this gentleman has been preaching.
Sure enough, David Prescott continued, "Manchester City is sub-healthy, they suffer from Yang Fan dependence, because without Yang Fan, Manchester City will not win, of course Mancini also knows this, knows that he must achieve good results, he has to rely on Yang Fan, so, the Italian coach who is under great pressure is squeezing all the physical strength and energy of Yang Fan......"
Speaking of which, David Prescott paused and said with a triumphant face, "I have inside information. Just before the match with Bolton, Manchester City's team doctor had warned Mancini, saying that Yang Fan was tired, and it was best to let Yang Fan rest for the sake of insurance, and it was best not to let Yang Fan play, otherwise he was in danger of being injured. But Mancini insisted on sending Yang Fan in order to ensure the victory of the game, and we saw the results later...... Although Manchester City won, their captain was injured...... I admit one thing, I don't like Yang Fan, but, here, I want to say a fair word for Yang Fan and complain for him" David Prescott continued with a look of righteous indignation, "I'm going to attack Mancini, that's right, it's because of him, because he forcibly sent the tired Yang Fan, that Yang Fan was injured. Such a manager who only looks at the results and results of the game, and does not care about the physical health of the players, this approach is really excessive, if I were Yang Fan, I would definitely be angry and unhappy......"
Obviously, David Prescott is jumping so happily, this is to provoke the conflict between Mancini and Yang Fan and make a mess in the Manchester City dressing room.
When on the TV show, David. When Prescott was having a special time, Yang Fan just communicated with head coach Mancini on the phone, and the two of them communicated more frankly and happily, and there was no contradiction between the two people that David Prescott expected.
Hanging up the phone, Yang Fan was thinking hard, he didn't allow himself to be injured and miss the Asian Cup, he was trying to find a way to recover quickly.