Poor Kubishli originally wanted to improve his morale, but he didn't expect that although Dick had only just served as the head coach of Manchester City, he was no stranger to the Premier League last season, and he hit Kubishli in the soft underbelly with a straight sentence......

Kubishli, who was so angry, couldn't say anything more, all he wanted was to kill Manchester City on his home turf and tell everyone with a victory, no matter how good your Dick is, you have just formed a team, how can you not compare with us!

In Kubishley's view, although West Ham United has changed several main players, the basic framework is still there, and what about Manchester City? It is estimated that he will only use the people he bought, those players are from all over the world, and the number of times they have worked together together before is very small, although there are many stars, but now they can perform well in the first official game? Are you kidding!

With that confidence, Kubishli wants to hit the ground running.

On August 11, at Upton Park, the newborn Manchester City showed up on the road for their first competitive game.

Mansour came to watch the game, and a group of Arabs in white robes appeared in the stands, which is rare in the Premier League, although there is no shortage of foreign owners in the Premier League, but there seems to be no precedent for Arabs to take ownership before.

The British now have an image of Manchester City as having a very oriental twist – there is a Chinese player in the squad, a Chinese coach and then an Arab from the Middle East, which is quite rare in the Premier League and even in European football as a whole.

"Don't forget that we are the team aiming to win the title and playing against mid-table teams and grabbing points is a must...... Let's go. ”

Dick waved his players on the pitch with a light remark in the dressing room, and with his current mentality of going through the storm and waves, he naturally didn't have any trepidation about coming to a new league - to put it bluntly, West Ham United is just a mid-table team in the Premier League......

Although the Hammers have a long tradition and history, in Dick's eyes, they are an ordinary Premier League team.

When the players from both sides came out, the West Ham United fans booed Manchester City loudly, and the level of enthusiasm in the Premier League is the highest in Europe, even if there is no enmity between the two sides before, as long as it is the away team, it will be relentlessly attacked by the home team.

Dick is a little uncomfortable with this, you must know that when he was in Serie A, except for a few away games in Torino, Fiorentina, Napoli and other places, he didn't seem to hear such a huge boo......

It's just that no matter how loud the boos are, the game still depends on the players to play on the field.

In the first league, Dick didn't have any idea of retaining strength, so many reinforcements were introduced, and the main lineup was completely changed.

Of the three goalkeepers, Dick opted for the young Kasper Schmeichel, who made his first appearance for Manchester City, and it was a good story to remember that his father had played for City just four years ago.

At the back, Samuel and Vincent Kompany partnered in central defence, Richards and Barnes appeared in the two wing-back positions, the three midfielders were the veteran Hamann, Yaya Toure and Parker, and the forward line was Ribery, Torres and Di Natale, which is basically the main team of Manchester City this season.

Sitting on the bench are Isakson, Sun Jihai, Barton, Ashley Young and Vassell, the Premier League can only use five substitutes to give Dick a headache, he is used to seven substitutes and then bring a substitute lineup that can have more changes, and five people seem to be a little stretched, fortunately he has a lot of generalists, especially Sun Jihai, the backfield is almost omniversary, although they are not the top, they are also reliable, plus Barton in the defensive midfield, Young, who can play on both flanks, and Vassell, who can also play several positions up front, became his replacements.

West Ham United fielded a four-four-two, with homegrown goalkeeper Green in goal, Spector and McCartney on the wings at the back, Anton Ferdinand and Matthew Upson in central defence, Ljungberg, Bowyer, Nobel and Boamott in midfield, and Zamora and Bellamy in attack.

"In terms of strength, West Ham United have declined...... However, how well we run in will determine the outcome of this game. Dick whispered to Marina.

"The morale of the players is pretty high." Marriner replied.

Dick laughed, and the boss watched from the stands, it was the first game again, so it was no wonder that morale was not high......

The morale of the Manchester City players is indeed very high, from the beginning of the game, they have been actively fighting in the front court - Manchester City's players on the field are high and low, famous and famous, but one thing is the same, that is, they are very good at running, even the veteran Hamann, although he is not young, but he is known for running and fighting, which is why Dick decided to keep him, Barton is a player who is easy to be impulsive on the field, and just eating cards will make his attendance rate not high, It is quite important to have such an experienced midfielder as a substitute.

Under the ferocious pressing of Manchester City's front, the West Ham United backline began to panic a little, especially the young Anton Ferdinand, although he is the younger brother of Manchester United superstar Ferdinand, but it is obvious that he is a lot worse than Ferdinand in terms of quality, he was a little panicked by the Manchester City players, after receiving Bowyer's somewhat casual return pass, he found that Torres had rushed to him, and in the panic he passed the ball to fullback McCartney, but the power was a little less, Ribery, who was lightning bolted, broke the ball halfway through!

The stands resounded with the exclamations of the West Ham United fans, Ribery did not hesitate after breaking the ball, he quickly dribbled the ball into the box like a sharp knife, and then resolutely got up to shoot from a small angle, the ball was slightly over the crossbar, startling Green in a cold sweat.

"Oops...... Ribery hit the ball high...... He's a bit anxious, with Di Natale and Torres already outflanked in the middle, and it's more likely to score a goal if you pass the ball......"

The commentator commented on the attack just now, and Ribery was also a little remorseful, he raised his hand to apologize to Torres and Di Natale, Torres and Di Natale were not thorns, and they all extended their thumbs to Ribery to show that they didn't mind.

"Well, the atmosphere in the Manchester City team is still good, Ribery is the boss in Marseille, Torres is the flag in Atletico, and now it seems that the relationship between the two is not bad......" The commentator continued, and then they ignored Di Natale's presence......

Dick nodded slightly, Ribery was indeed a little greedy just now, but the team was not enough to run-in, and he also gave Ribery plenty of freedom, this kind of approach is nothing.

If it was Ibrahimovic at Inter Milan, this approach would have been criticized by Dick, but Dick did not intend to do so if he replaced Ribery - although Ribery is also a little weird-tempered, but he is not the same as Ibrahimovic, Ribery can play support, and it is not a bad thing to be greedy once in a while.

And soon, Ribery proved with his performance that the freedom that Dick gave him was totally worth it!

In the eighteenth minute, it was the active pressing of the midfielder who forced the opponent's midfielder Boamott to make a mistake, Yaya Toure quickly split the side after breaking the ball, and Ribery, who switched to the right side, stepped forward with the ball at high speed, and used his speed to get rid of the opponent's fullback McCartney and then dribbled horizontally into the penalty area, and when everyone thought he was going to shoot again, he was not greedy to pass the ball horizontally, Torres in the middle missed, and Di Natale, who followed up at the back point, fell to the ground and shoveled the ball from a meter in front of the goal, and stabbed the ball into the door of West Ham United from a meter in front of the goal!

“GOOOOOOOOOAL！ Antonio Di Natale! Clever goalmouth shots! However, the goal was made more thanks to Franck Ribery's pass, which tore through the West Ham defence and Di Natale just had to run in and get the ball in...... Manchester City got off to a great start! ”

Di Natale turned and pointed at Ribery, who happily ran over and hugged him, Torres also ran, and the rest of the City players rushed over to celebrate their first competitive goal of the season!

"Nice fit." Dick slapped his face, but sat back without looking particularly happy, in his opinion, such a goal is normal, Manchester City's current forward line is the strongest of several lines, and it is also the easiest to form a tacit understanding - after all, Ribery and Torres are outstanding, Di Natale is experienced, and the characteristics of the three are also very compatible, and the formation of a tacit understanding will naturally be faster.

Having taken the lead, then the next thing to look at is the midfield and the defense - Dick is more important to this, against a weaker team, maybe a good play in the front line alone is enough to win the game, but against a stronger team, the play in the middle and back is still very, very important.

In the next game, Manchester City's midfielders began to show their running ability, the three midfielders are very capable of running and excellent confrontation players, although West Ham United also adapted to this kind of defense, but was still hit by the running of Manchester City's midfield, on the back line, Samuel showed his ability to dispatch the back line very well, he continued to fill in the position slightly back, and Kompany was a point in front of the impact interception, head-on confrontation, Defensively, the two full-backs also recovered a little bit to help intercept, and in this kind of defence, West Ham's attack was not able to make much difference.

Schmeichel, however, did not perform well, and City's defence did not allow West Ham United to form too many dangerous shots, but on one occasion he rushed out to hit the ball not far and was almost caught by Ljungberg for an empty goal......

However, before the end of the first half, Manchester City's front trident created another chance, Ribery broke through the side and picked up behind the West Ham defense, and quickly inserted Torres to form a single knife, facing the goalkeeper directly and vigorously shot the ball into the corner of the goal!

"Fernando Torres! Worth £25 million, Torres has scored! This season's Premier League champion has shown his worth, scoring a goal for Manchester City on his first appearance! Torres was delighted to be back under Dick's command, and he rushed to the sidelines and hugged Dick...... I have to say that although this Manchester City team is not yet fully formed, their forward line has begun to have a tacit understanding, Ribery has two assists, Torres and Di Natale have scored one goal each, this is a good start! ”

It was 3-0 in the end, and in the second half, substitute Young knocked back after a break down the flank, and Yaya Toure volleyed home in the middle of the box to lock the score at 3-0, and Kubishli watched helplessly as Dick got up from the dugout to celebrate his first Premier League victory......