Manchester City's first game in the 2011-2012 Premier League season was against Swansea City.

The team are promoted from the Premier League and will be Swansea's first top-flight appearance since 1983.

Under the leadership of a legendary coach, Swansea were promoted three times in four seasons between 1978 and 1981, making it all the way from the lowest league to the top flight.

Swansea made a stunning top-flight debut with a 5-1 thrashing of Leeds United, and in that season they also won over Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, and were at the top of the league on several occasions before failing to extend their strong momentum into the end of the season and finish sixth.

Regretting all the more, Swansea's fall seems as unstoppable as their escalation. The following season, Swansea were relegated to the second division and twice in the next three seasons, also taking four seasons for Swansea to return to their original roots – the D League. In eight years, the team has gone round and round between the four leagues, and the coach is like a world away.

In December 1985, Swansea was in deep financial crisis, but thanks to the help of local businessmen, it was able to survive.

Swansea were promoted through the promotion play-offs in 1988 but were relegated again in 1996 after eight years of struggle.

In 2000, Swansea were promoted as the champion of the third division (due to the establishment of the Super League, the previous top league was renamed the Super League, and the second division was reorganized into the first division, and the third division in which Swansea was at this time was actually the D division before the league restructured). However, they were relegated again that season.

In the following seasons, Swansea's finances were in disarray, the team changed hands several times, and narrowly went bankrupt, only retaining a place in the third division on the final day of the 2002-2003 season.

In the 2003-2004 season, Swansea finished 10th in the third division. But in the 2004-2005 season, Swansea were promoted to the second division. In the same year, Swansea bid farewell to the Visch-Field Stadium and moved into the Liberty Stadium in its current use.

In the 2005-2006 season, Swansea lost the League One promotion play-offs (at which point the English League system was restructured, with the former First Division being restructured into the Champions League and the Second Division being restructured into the First Division). ）。 In the 2007-2011 season, under the shrewd leadership, Swansea reached the Champions League as First Division champions, but the meritorious coach switched to Wigan Athletic in the summer of 2012.

As a result, in the 2012-2010 season, Swansea lost the promotion play-offs in the final round of the league and finished seventh.

He was succeeded by Brendan Rodgers, who brought a positive turn to the team and led them to the Premier League.

Swansea City became the first Welsh side to spend in the Barclays Premier League with a 4-2 win over Reading in the promotion play-offs at Wembley.

In that promotion play-off, Scott Sinclair netted two penalties and a hat-trick and another for Swansea, with Reading only pulling two back in the second half from ILLS.

The moment of successful promotion was unusually sweet for Swansea coach Brendan Rodgers. Coincidentally, Brendan Rodgers was previously the Reading coach before being sacked in December 2012 due to poor results.

In the 2010-2011 Championship season, Swansea finished third behind Queens Park Rangers and Norwich City, and despite missing out on direct promotion, they secured a valuable play-off chance.

In fact, Swansea were able to stay in the promotion zone for an extended period during the 2010-2011 season and finished third to qualify for the promotion play-offs, thanks to their excellent performance at home.

They have won 15 of their 23 home games throughout the season and lost just three.

Midfielder Scott Sinclair scored 19 goals and Swansea fans had an exciting season.

In the 2010-2011 Championship season, competition for another direct promotion spot was fierce due to the dominance of the Female Bay Park Rangers.

In February 2011, Swansea moved up to second place on a four-game winning streak, but by mid-April they had slipped to fifth, behind Reading.

Swansea won their last three league games at the end of the league game, scoring 10 goals and conceding just one, ensuring they finished third ahead of Cardiff City on goal difference, and fans across Wales were expecting a Welsh civil war at Wembley (the Championship promotion play-offs were third and sixth, with fourth and fifth places playing home and away knockout rounds respectively, with the winners of the two games playing a single-game tiebreaker at Wembley, with the winner securing the last promotion spot, and Cardiff City also a team from Wales). 。 ）

Swansea eventually beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 at home and 0-0 away to Wembley, and it is worth noting that Swansea held Forest to a draw away with one man to play. Unfortunately, Cardiff City were knocked out 3-0 by Reading, and the Wembley derby, which Welsh fans were looking forward to, did not take place.

But Reading's victory over Cardiff City was another dramatic reunion, as Brendan Rodgers was able to step on his former club and be promoted to the Premier League. Become the 45th team to participate in the Super League.

Swansea were the first Welsh side to play in the Premier League and returned to the top flight for the first time since 1983. The last time the two sides met was in the second division in 1984. Swansea's last win over Manchester City was in 1983, but their last away win was in 1951 and they have lost all five of their previous away games. The two sides have met 20 times in history, with Manchester City having the upper hand with 12 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses.

At the hotel where Swansea were staying, their head coach Brendan Rodgers gathered all the players and coaches. Have a final tactical meeting. At this meeting. It is important to be clear about the tactics that the team will use tomorrow and what to do with the tactics that the opponent may use.

This is a meeting that is directly related to the outcome of the next day's competition. All must be taken seriously.

'Manchester City focus on attacking from the wings, that's their tradition. It's their regular attacking routine. Brendan Rodgers explained the tactics of Manchester City to everyone in front of the tactical board.

In the Manchester City team, Sergio Aguero and James Milner are both good attacking players on the wings, one on the left and one on the right, and can take turns attacking both sides of Swansea.

'Milner has been in good form lately in the warm-ups. Roberto Mancini will definitely focus on the wings in tomorrow's game. Rodgers said, but judging from Manchester City's last two warm-up games, Aguero and other Manchester City players are not tacit enough, so although Manchester City has a strong attack, but their tacit understanding is insufficient, this is our opportunity. As for Yang Fan......" Speaking of this, Rodgers paused, "Cutting off Yang Fan from the rest of the Manchester City team, he has nothing to fear." ”

Brendan Rodgers is cheering up his players. After all, against Manchester City, Yang Fan is a name they have to mention.

'Our defensive focus is on the wings and as long as we don't let the two wings of Manchester City fight, they don't have much of a threat in attack. Yang Fan—" Rodgers nodded Yang Fan's name again, "isolating him and isolating him from other Manchester City players, and he will be much less threatening." ”

"Gowell. Rodgers named Gowell, the team's midfielder and vice captain, "Tomorrow you will focus on taking care of Yang Fan." ”

Gowell nodded vigorously, clearly satisfied with Rogers' arrangement. Handing over Yang Fan to him to deal with is the head coach's trust in himself.

And this match with Manchester City has attracted a lot of attention, and Gowell has also started to think carefully, if he can prevent Yang Fan who is in full swing, then he will definitely become the front page headlines of major media after the game. It will definitely attract the attention of England coach Fabio Capello, who has already known in advance that the Three Lions manager Fabio Capello will attend the Freedom Stadium players to watch the game, which is a good opportunity for him to increase his status in Capello's heart.

Goville's battle was very strong, and he wanted to kill Yang Fan by himself.

However, his head coach Rodgers obviously saw more thoroughly, knowing that this was an extremely difficult task, and after arranging Govir's task, Rodgers said to Ruttlegui, "Lutregui, this game, your task is also very difficult, pay attention to the defense of the two wings, and at the same time, depending on the situation, you have to help defend Govir. ”

Rutlegui nodded at him, indicating that he understood.

Obviously, Rodgers knows Yang Fan better than his players, and he has adopted a two-back tactic to limit City's attacking line, especially Yang Fan.

"Defend solidly. Then wait for the opportunity to fight back. Manchester City are a team that are used to counter-attacking others, but they are not good at counter-attacking others. At the start, City would be sleepwalking, which means that we had to start the game and it was a good chance for us to score. Try to take advantage of your chances and try to score quick goals. "Man City are strong, but this team is not invulnerable, this is our home stadium, this is Swansea's second appearance in the top flight after 28 years, I want you to show the fans your fighting spirit, we are not here to travel to the Premier League, we are here and we are here to stay!"

After explaining the tactics, Rodgers announced his starting line-up for tomorrow's game.

The goalkeeper is Dutch goalkeeper Fulm, the back line is lined up with Williams, Taylor, Wrangel and Monk, in the midfield position, Britten, Rutregui, Govel and Scott Sinclair, and in the forward line is the partnership of Graham and Tremel.

This is the strongest lineup that Rodgers can come up with at the moment.

You can see it. How much he takes this game seriously. As he said, it was Swansea's Premier League debut after 28 years and the first game was crucial, and if it was played well, it could have had a great impact on the whole season, while if they suffered a heavy defeat in the first game, it would have been a very difficult season for the promoted side.

Originally, Manchester City was particularly eye-catching, and now that the first game of the new season is about to begin, the media is naturally paying more attention.

This time they're focusing on Manchester City's new signing Sergio Aguero, can the Argentine striker get his Premier League campaign off to a good start by scoring in the first game?

Yang Fan declared during the holiday that Manchester City would continue to consolidate the royal power this season, and to prove that Manchester City winning the league championship was not a momentary luck.

These issues are the most discussed by the media, and most of the media are optimistic about Yang Fan, after all, Yang Fan is now absolutely qualified to make people have confidence in him.

As for Yang Fan's new partner Aguero, there are also doubts about Aguero, of course they will not say that Aguero's ability is not good, the strength of the Argentines is clear there, and they can't turn a blind eye. The skepticism has centred on Aguero's ability to adapt to the style and rhythm of the Premier League. They also cite several examples, there have been many Argentines who have come to the Premier League in the past, and the results have not been ideal, and in the last few seasons, that is, Tevez has performed very well, and now Tevez is still at odds with Manchester City......

Therefore, these media said that we doubt Aguero, not because of his ability, but because of his ability to adapt, and because we are worried that he may not adapt to the soil.

In this game, the Manchester City team discharged the strongest squad that could be sent, although this game, the Manchester City team is playing away, but the pressure on the Manchester City team is greater than that of the opponent, many teams are staring at this game, Manchester City also attaches great importance to the start of the new season.

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Swansea's home stadium, the Liberty Stadium, was also packed today, and the whole stadium was already like a boiling volcano before the game started. It's Swansea's first top-flight appearance after 28 years, and their fans can't wait.

The players of both sides are about to enter the field, and the list of starters of both sides also appears on the big screen of the stadium.

'We look at City's starting line-up today, with Joe Hart in goal, Colo Toure and Kompany at centre-back, Klich at left wing-back and Zabaleta at right-back. ”

'In midfield, Yaya Toure, James Milner, David Silva and Nasri started the game...... The two strikers are Sergio Aguero and Yang Fan. It was the debut of the two players Sergio Aguero and Klich for Manchester City......"

"For Swansea, goalkeeper is Fulm, the two centre-backs are Taylor and Rangel, the left-back is Monk, the right-back is Williams, the midfielder is Govir, Scott Sinclair is still in the left-back position, Ruttlegui and Britton are in the starting position, and the forward partner is Graham and Tremel......"

"Mortenson, what do you think of this game?" Lineker asked his commentator partner Mortenson after introducing the starting line-ups for both sides.

"Roberto Mancini fielded the best squad he could field, Sergio Aguero will be on the winger for this game, and his task is to use his speed to tear apart the Swansea defence, pass the ball and share the pressure for Yang Fan, Milner must have the same task, and Yaya Toure and David Silva will be tasked with feeding Yang Fan cannonballs!" Mortensen said. Obviously, Mancini's Manchester City has already made clear the team's tactical positioning for the continuation of these two seasons, that is, everything revolves around Yang Fan as the core, of course, this game is Aguero's debut in Manchester City and the Premier League, which is also a highlight of this game, and his performance is worth paying attention to. ”

"Still. Judging by the pre-season warm-up, there is not enough chemistry between Aguero and his team-mates, which is the biggest problem for Manchester City right now. Lineker expressed a cautious view.

"Haha, let's wait and see. Mortenson said with a smile, he looked confident in Yang Fan. This made Lineker a little strange.

"Mortensen, you're a fan of Sergio Aguero? Lineker asked.

"I have confidence in Yang Fan. "It is said that Aguero was named by Yang Fan. ”

It has been rumored that in the process of Aguero's recruitment, Yang Fan was strongly promoted, and Manchester City's goal was Arsenal goalscorer Van Persie, but after Aguero broke the news that he was leaving Atletico Madrid, Yang Fan suggested to the club to take Aguero, which is why Manchester City made up its mind to take Aguero at the first time. At Manchester City, captain Yang Fan's opinion is particularly valued.

In the players' tunnel at the Stade de la Liberté, Manchester City's starting striker partners, Yang Fan and Sergio Aguero, were chatting about something.

Yang Fan and Aguero have a very good relationship. On Aguero's first day in the team, the two became friends. At that time, Yang Fan hugged the Argentine, "Big Sky Wing, welcome to Manchester City." ”

When Aguero was two years old, he loved to watch a Japanese cartoon called "Big Naughty Kumkum", and liked to parody the protagonist of the story, UU reading books (#46;) That's why his family called him "KUM" at that time. And not the "Great Air Wing (KUN)". But then he started playing football, and then his skills were so good that people simply called him "KUN".

He likes to be called by people like to call him Big Wing.

After the camera gave the shot of Yang Fan chatting with Aguero, and then the shot of the Manchester City bench on the side of the pitch, Dzeko sat there a little depressed. He thought he would start, but unexpectedly, the manager ended up choosing Aguero.

The arrival of Sergio Aguero made Dzeko feel threatened, and he thought that he could occupy a starting position in the event that Tevez might leave, but the arrival of Aguero made Dzeko's position a little awkward.

In this game, Robert Mancini's tactics are very clear, that is, there is only one striker Yang Fan, and even Aguero is for Yang Fan!

Yang Fan was chatting with Aguero, and there was not the slightest nervousness on his face. Now Yang Fan is very general, Manchester United King Cantona once again criticized Manchester United for selling Yang Fan to Manchester City, saying that it was the darkest day in Manchester United history, Cantona praised Yang Fan, and even used Yang Fan to describe him as more powerful than two, this is not easy to say from the mouth of the proud Manchester United King, it can be seen that Cantona likes and respects Yang Fan.