However, the thought of the agreement with Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini gave him a bit of a headache. (No pop-up ads).

"In the second half of the game, I plan to only let Yang Fan play for another ten minutes. On the way to the locker room, Gao Hongbo said to Fu Bo.

"What's wrong, High Finger?"

"Let Yang Fan rest more, he is very tired. Gao Hongbo prevaricated.

Fu Bo is very strange, Yang Fan is very tired, I don't see it.

This is actually the agreement reached by Gao Hongbo's Manchester City manager Mancini after a phone call, and it is an agreement about the Chinese national team to recruit Yang Fan to play in the national team.

Mancini's request is that the Chinese team should not recruit Yang Fan as much as possible, or recruit Yang Fan less when it comes to some irrelevant warm-up matches.

Take a look at the Chinese team's warm-up match schedule this year, near the end of the year, their warm-up match opponents are Estonia, Latvia, and Macedonia, obviously, in Mancini's eyes, these warm-up opponents are irrelevant, and the Premier League will enter the Christmas schedule at that time, which is the tightest time, so Mancini hopes to reach an agreement with the head coach of the Chinese national team, Gao Hongbo, that when Manchester City is intensive, the Chinese team can try not to recruit Yang Fan to participate in these 'warm-up exercises are meaningless' friendly matches.

In return, the Manchester City manager promised to release Yang Fan back to the team in advance of the Asian Cup in Qatar in January 2011 to run in with the Chinese team.

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Why is it the Asian Cup again?!

It all started with the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.

The Africa Cup of Nations is held in January every year, as January is their summer for the continent, which is mostly in the southern hemisphere......

The Premier League team hated the Africa Cup of Nations the most, because the African internationals in their team were out for a month at that time.

And the most embarrassing thing about the Africa Cup of Nations is that it is held every two years, so for Premier League teams without a winter break, they have to suffer the pain of being 'drawn' by the African international team in the Africa Cup of Nations every two years.

In fact, neither Roberto Mancini nor Carlo Ancelotti has ever paid more attention to the Africa Cup of Nations, and England reporters have even joked that they doubt that the Italians knew that the Africa Cup of Nations was played in the middle of the league, because both the European Cup and the Copa America are held in June and July, and the coaches who are not in charge of the Premier League have not had the opportunity to experience the direct impact of the Africa Cup of Nations on them.

In fact, Carlo Ancelotti complained about the Africa Cup of Nations, which was held a month and a half ago and shattered Chelsea's midfield shock, and a luxury four-wheel drive consisting of Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka, Essien and Frank Lampard was dismantled into a bicycle.

"For Chelsea, the absence of Didier Drogba is like the sky is falling, and without Essien, it's almost sexual. Premier League expert Alan Hansen commented at the time.

Not only that, but the loss of Kalou and Mikel, two important substitutes, also made Ancelotti very constrained in the line-up. The Times even joked that Carlo Ancelotti was already full of silver threads, and would the Africa Cup of Nations 'force' him to be Spalletti?

At the same time, Drogba and others returned to China not just to sign in, but also to work. "The Africa Cup of Nations is very important to us, and we will give it our all. "Drogba has made it very clear: even if Lao Tzu kicks and breaks his 'leg', he must help the motherland win the championship! Sometimes, it is not a good thing to have too many players in the team who are honest and honest (in fact, they lack heart). Later, at the Africa Cup of Nations, Drogba was really desperate......

Of course, Ancelotti's anger wasn't too big given the impact of the fixture, with the 'Angel's Fixture' helping the Blues minimise the damage caused by the 'Africa Cup of Nations'. From New Year's Day to the end of January, the Blues faced Birmingham (home and away), Fulham (home), Hull City (away), Sunderland (home) and Burnley (away) in the league.

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In the past minute, among the teams in the Premier League, the real "cup" is Portsmouth, who are at the bottom of the table. Pompeii have as many as six players who have been sucked away by the evil Africa Cup of Nations, and the front, middle and back three lines have absolute main force that cannot play, and only Piquione will play a one-man show on the front line. When the media ridiculed that Portsmouth manager Grant must have cursed his predecessor Hart to death, why buy so many African players?!

"Buying African players is a double-edged sword. "There are many advantages of African players, they have a high 'sex' value ratio, their bodies are 'colorful', they are running all over the field, and they are doing dirty work. But once the Africa Cup of Nations starts, these blue-collar workers will disappear en masse, and no matter how many artists you have on your team......"

Is there a more "cup" team than Portsmouth? Yes, Manchester City! Last summer, Manchester City paid Arsenal £41 million to buy Bam Adebayo and Toure, both of whom represented their respective national teams at the Africa Cup of Nations. From a technical and tactical point of view, the impact of Adebayo's absence is relatively small, because Manchester City is full of talent, but Toure is the absolute main force of Manchester City, with the current Manchester City's defensive ability, less Toure is equal to less of the entire backline, Mancini can only look around for treasures, but, in the end, there is still no treasure in the winter break, on the one hand, because there are not many treasures during the winter break, and the other is that when the Africa Cup of Nations is over, the African internationals return to the team, and the team's first-team lineup will look a little bloated。 What to do with the players that have been brought in before is a question that can cause a 'wave' in the dressing room.

For Mancini and Manchester City, fortunately, Yang Fan returned from injury in time, which ensured that Manchester City's results were not affected by the Africa Cup of Nations. On the contrary, they chased points all the way up the Premier League standings and reached the top four.

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Asian Cup?

If Gao Hongbo hadn't taken the initiative, Mancini wouldn't have thought about the Asian Cup at all.

Originally, Mancini didn't care much about Yang Fan's participation in the 2011 Asian Cup, on the one hand, it was still early, and on the other hand, the Asian Cup in his impression started in June and July every year, in addition to the fact that it may affect the team's training and preparation at the beginning of the season, the impact is relatively small.

But in a call with Gao Hongbo, the head coach of the Chinese national team, Gao Hongbo took the initiative to mention the Asian Cup in January next year, and Mancini was dumbfounded.

Mancini, who had just been tossed once by the Africa Cup of Nations, was really dumbfounded and depressed!

The Asian Cup is held in January, which is a ...... for Premier League teams without a winter break A bolt from the blue.

Gao Hongbo knew that Mancini didn't understand, so he explained to the other party, well, in fact, continental competitions like the Asian Cup are generally held in the summer, during the off-season at the end of the league.

However, this Asian Cup is being held in Qatar. Qatar is located in the Middle East, where summers are so hot that football is not suitable at all. That's why the event was held in winter, and the weather was acceptable in winter. As a result, the Qatar Asian Cup was held in winter.

But if this is changed, the Asian Cup will become the African Cup of Nations......

Mancini is still apprehensive about the bad impact of the African Cup of Nations on the team, hearing Gao Hongbo say this, he was immediately anxious, when Toure and Adebayo went to participate in the Africa Cup, Manchester City had Yang Fan, which could ensure that the results would not slip, but when Yang Fan went to participate in the Asian Cup to be held this winter, could the other players of Manchester City withstand the pressure well?

The Asian Cup is a FIFA continental event, and it is impossible for Manchester City not to let go, and Mancini is very clear about this, so he thought about it and thought of a compromise plan, that is, in the games before the Asian Cup, especially in some warm-up 'sexual' games, Mancini hopes that the Chinese team can take care of and cooperate in this regard, and do not recruit Yang Fan to participate in the game with any cat and dog opponent, so that Yang Fan will be more ' Focus and time on Manchester City's side to help Manchester City achieve as good results and advantages as possible, so that in return, Manchester City will give as much cooperation and care as possible when the Chinese team recruits Yang Fan to participate in competitions such as the Asian Cup and the World Preliminary Championships.

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The contradiction between the national team and the club has always been irreconcilable, in China, the Chinese Super League club is taken by the prestige of the Football Association, and may be relatively cooperative, but the Chinese Football Association is no matter how good it is, a team like Manchester City is not good for him, and Yang Fan is so important to the Chinese team, so how to deal with the contradiction brought about by the recruitment of Yang Fan by Manchester City Club has become a major topic to test Gao Hongbo.

And the agreement of mutual understanding and cooperation proposed by Mancini, Gao Hongbo still agreed after thinking about it.

Neither side will be satisfied with this agreement, but under the current circumstances, both sides can reluctantly accept it.

In normal times, the Chinese team understands Manchester City, and when the Chinese team plays events such as the Asian Cup and the World Preliminaries, Manchester City also cooperates with the Chinese team.

Gao Hongbo and Mancini reached this agreement.

In this warm-up match with Portugal, Mancini also made a special call to Gao Hongbo before the game, hoping that Gao Hongbo could take care of Yang Fan's fatigue and not let Yang Fan play the whole game.

Although Gao Hongbo didn't see how tired Yang Fan was, after all, this was the first step in the cooperation between him and Mancini, and he still chose to cooperate. Moreover, Gao Hongbo knew that before coming to the national team to report, Manchester City had just gone through three matches a week, Manchester City played against Portsmouth in the FA Cup within a week, and played with Chelsea in the league to play Mars four 'shots', and then the League Cup final and Aston Villa's game, Yang Fan participated in all three games, and almost all played the whole game, it is impossible not to be tired, although I can't see how tired I am now, but it is very likely that Yang Fan was more excited about the warm-up match with the Portuguese, temporarily covering up his exhaustion.

Therefore, after Gao Hongbo thought about it, he decided to let Yang Fan only play for an hour in this game, after forty-five minutes in the first half, and another ten minutes in the second half.

Moreover, Gao Hongbo also has an idea, Yang Fan is on the field, the Chinese team can lead Portugal 2-1 at halftime, which is a surprise, and now, he wants to see how far the Chinese team can hold out in the face of a powerful onslaught like Portugal after Yang Fan is replaced? !

The Chinese football 'fans' are happy now, and they still want to see Yang Fan's 'fine' color watch in the game, but they don't know that now, the time left for Yang Fan in this direct duel with Cristiano Ronaldo is only about ten minutes at the beginning of the second half. It is so important to the Chinese team, so how to deal with the conflict with Manchester City Club on the recruitment of Yang Fan has become a major topic to test Gao Hongbo.

And the agreement of mutual understanding and cooperation proposed by Mancini, Gao Hongbo still agreed after thinking about it.

Neither side will be satisfied with this agreement, but under the current circumstances, both sides can reluctantly accept it.

In normal times, the Chinese team understands Manchester City, and when the Chinese team plays events such as the Asian Cup and the World Preliminaries, Manchester City also cooperates with the Chinese team.

Gao Hongbo and Mancini reached this agreement.

In this warm-up match with Portugal, Mancini also made a special call to Gao Hongbo before the game, hoping that Gao Hongbo could take care of Yang Fan's fatigue and not let Yang Fan play the whole game.

Although Gao Hongbo didn't see how tired Yang Fan was, after all, this was the first step in the cooperation between him and Mancini, and he still chose to cooperate. Moreover, Gao Hongbo knew that before coming to the national team to report, Manchester City had just gone through three matches a week, Manchester City played against Portsmouth in the FA Cup within a week, and played with Chelsea in the league to play Mars four 'shots', and then the League Cup final and Aston Villa's game, Yang Fan participated in all three games, and almost all played the whole game, it is impossible not to be tired, although I can't see how tired I am now, but it is very likely that Yang Fan was more excited about the warm-up match with the Portuguese, temporarily covering up his exhaustion.

Therefore, after Gao Hongbo thought about it, he decided to let Yang Fan only play for an hour in this game, after forty-five minutes in the first half, and another ten minutes in the second half.

Moreover, Gao Hongbo also has an idea, Yang Fan is on the field, the Chinese team can lead Portugal 2-1 at halftime, which is a surprise, and now, he wants to see how far the Chinese team can hold out in the face of a powerful onslaught like Portugal after Yang Fan is replaced? !

The Chinese football 'fans' are happy now, and they still want to see Yang Fan's 'fine' color watch in the game, but they don't know that now, the time left for Yang Fan in this direct duel with Cristiano Ronaldo is only about ten minutes at the beginning of the second half.