On November 18, Manchester City defeated Sparta Prague 3-1 away in the Champions League group stage, so that Manchester City team in the first five rounds of the group stage with four wins and one draw accumulated 13 points to lock the first round of the group in advance, and successfully qualified, although Parma also won two consecutive wins, but the previous three consecutive draws made them only nine points, in the group stage only one round left, it is impossible to surpass the Manchester City team, of course, if they win Manchester City away in the last round, It is still possible to qualify as the second place in the two best groups. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, Manchester City's winning streak of two games in a row finally came to an end, and on the 22nd, Manchester City challenged Newcastle away and drew 2-2 with Newcastle, ending their six-game winning streak in the league.

After this game, Manchester City were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, as they did not have a double game this week, and their next game was at home to Sheffield Wednesday on the 28th, where they were rested and sent out a rotation to win comfortably 2-0.

The reason why this game will also have a rotation squad is because on December 2, Manchester City will play a match against last season's Copa Libertadores, Brazilian Cruzeiro at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, to compete for the Toyota Cup title.

The Toyota Cup is approved by FIFA, jointly organized by UEFA and South American Football Confederation, and the Japanese Football Association is responsible for the specific organization of a match held at the Tokyo National Stadium in early December every year, the two sides of the game are the Champions League champions of last season and the Copa Libertadores champions, the official name is the Intercontinental Cup, because it is sponsored by Toyota in Japan, so it is also known as the Toyota Cup.

The appearance fee of the Toyota Cup is not high, only 15 million Spanish pesetas, about 100,000 US dollars, and the winner of the best performance player can also get a Toyota car, which is not as good as a commercial game, but the Toyota Cup still has a great influence in the world, so if Manchester City wins this year's Toyota Cup, it is very beneficial for them to further improve their influence on the world.

In addition, Manchester City Club has always wanted to expand its influence in Japan, because the Japanese have money, and now they are becoming more and more enthusiastic about football, in recent years, the Manchester City team with a deep Asian imprint has become more and more popular in Japan, in Japan, the highest-rated football league live broadcast is the Premier League, and the highest overseas broadcast income of the Premier League is Japan, before last season, Liao Minghua opened several Manchester City fan supplies stores in Tokyo and Osaka, and now the business is also quite good, The income is higher than that of some fan shops in the UK.

This year, Japan's economic situation, due to the impact of the Asian financial crisis, has been declining, but the income of Manchester City's fan goods stores is still growing steadily, this time Manchester City to Tokyo to participate in the Toyota Cup, is also a good opportunity for them to expand their influence in Japan, Liao Minghua has been waiting for this day.

Ding Hongxing is not averse to making Japanese money, the Manchester City team will definitely not be able to rely on him forever to invest in the operation, must improve their own hematopoietic ability, the player's salary will be higher and higher in the future, if the income and expenditure are not balanced, it will be financially unhealthy for the club, and sooner or later it will be suppressed by UEFA, Ding Hongxing's goal is to build Manchester City into a club that surpasses Manchester United in his previous life, in his previous life, Manchester United has always been one of the clubs with the highest operating income, regardless of their later results, They are the strongest in their ability to attract gold.

In order to expand its global influence, Manchester United in the previous life paid great attention to the development of the Asian market and the North American market, and in Asia, the place where they made the most revenue was of course Japan, the Japanese have strong spending power, and the Manchester United team has been operating for many years and has a great influence in Japan, which is worth learning from the Manchester City team.

The current Manchester City team is not inferior to Manchester United in the previous life in terms of competitive performance, and even surpassed Manchester United, so in terms of revenue capacity, of course, it must surpass Manchester United, then, this year's Toyota Cup is an important part of Liao Minghua's global strategy.

In order to stay in Japan for an extra day, the league that was supposed to be held on the 29th was deliberately advanced by the FA by one day, and after the league game, Manchester City took an international flight to Tokyo overnight.

This is the second trip to Asia for Manchester City this year, and the players are really tired during this time, falling asleep as soon as they get on the plane, and waking up to the plane has landed at Tokyo International Airport.

When the players stepped out of the gangway, they were stunned, it turned out that at least thousands of fans had come to the airport to pick them up, and the Manchester City players had no idea that they also had such a big appeal in Japan.

Looking at those lovely girls, wearing short skirts that were two inches above their knees in the cold wind at the end of November, holding flowers in their hands, jumping and shouting the names of the Manchester City players, the Manchester City players couldn't help but whistle in unison.

Nedved turned to Ding Hongxing and said, "Ding, it seems that many girls are calling your name?" ”

Ding Hongxing smiled faintly.

Seedorf said, "Ding, didn't you say that the relationship between the Chinese and the Japanese is not good?" Why are you so popular? ”

Seedorf's words were a little sour, and Kinkradzer smiled: "Clarence, are you jealous of Tinby's popularity with those girls, right?" ”

Ding Hongxing said: "The Japanese are such a nation, as long as you are stronger than them, and they can't surpass you, they will worship you." ”

Everyone nodded, and Ding Hongxing said again: "But you must be careful, when they surpass you, they will immediately be different." ”

Everyone nodded thoughtfully.

The time for them to go down the gangway was very short, and in just a few words, they were surrounded by enthusiastic Japanese girls, and the flowers in the girls' hands kept stuffing into their hands, Ding Hongxing received the most flowers, even if his hands were long enough, it was impossible to hold so many flowers.

The shutters of the cameras in the hands of the reporters kept ringing, and the scene was faithfully recorded.

Seeing this scene, Liao Minghua, who was standing behind the players, nodded with satisfaction, in the past two years, he has traveled to Japan several times, for the opening of Manchester City's fan goods store, for the promotion of the Manchester City brand, he has done a lot of work, he knows that the Manchester City team is still very popular in Japan, but it was not until the moment the Manchester City team came to Tokyo that his heart was put down, and it seems that his promotion work in the past two years is still very effective.