Manchester City also face the FA Cup semi-finals when Chelsea travel to Fenerbahce in the Champions Cup on 2 April – against Championship side Barnsley, and although it was already an FA Cup semi-final game, Dick used a wide rotation in this game.

'We're going to have a tighter schedule next season, so you've got to get used to that. Even though you're a substitute, you're still an important part of City and you need to play a key role when it counts...... Being able to do enough as a substitute is the kind of player I'm willing to use...... It is no exaggeration to say that next season, the club will invest more in the transfer market, what we need is better players to move towards the league and the Champions Cup, and those who do not meet the requirements will be put into the transfer market. In the past six months of my coaching, you have performed very well, I don't want to lack your strength at that time, work hard, I hope that next season, I can continue to work with you to impact more and higher honors! ”

Before this game, Dick said to the substitutes that he did not wave his fists impassionedly, but calmly described a fact, a somewhat cruel fact, Manchester City does not need to develop slowly, but try to hit the championship as quickly as possible, then it must be necessary to bring in the best players to start the sprint, such a approach, the players who do not meet the requirements will be eliminated, even if he will have good potential, but Manchester City will not slowly develop them.

Manchester City want players who can make a difference quickly, not future stars.

This fact was laid out by Dick, which means that the position of Manchester City's first-team players is actually unstable, as long as Manchester City can buy better players, they will replace players who are not very good, and if they want to stay, only by showing better ability in the opportunity to play, can they have the opportunity to attack the Champions Cup with Dick next season.

Even if they are substitutes, they have to show that they are useful to the team in the few appearances in order to keep their current job bowl - you must know that this is a golden job, Manchester City's current player salary is generally 20 to 50 percentage points higher than the salary of players of similar ability, which is why Manchester City can attract so many players - in addition to Dick's signature here, this is also a huge factor.

If this season is not particularly obvious, then if Manchester City wins the league this season, the following summer, Manchester City will become even more attractive!

The substitutes, who were starting to feel the pressure, worked very the pitch.

Barnsley are not bad, although they can only sit in the middle of the Championship, but this season their performance in the Champions League has been a god, with Liverpool and Chelsea planted at the feet of the big four, and they played the FA Cup with a concentrated spirit, with a tenacious defense and limited counter-attacking opportunities to win - against Liverpool they scored two goals with only four shots on goal to beat Liverpool. When he was against Chelsea, he still relied on excellent defense and the only chance to kill Chelsea in the passive situation of the whole game, and he was a veritable giant killer!

This game is on their home turf and they are still using this method against Manchester City, with Barnsley last reaching the FA Cup final in 1912, more than 90 years after now, and they are hungry for some more glorious moments for an equally historic squad.

However, their bucket team was not very lucky in this game, Barnsley, who had conceded only one goal in a total of 180 minutes against Liverpool and Chelsea, accidentally conceded nine minutes into the game - Barnes crossed with an assist, Barnsley defender Kezluk headed the ball not far away, Vidal outside the box did not stop the ball, but directly met the falling ball volley, the ball flew out of an arc and flew directly into the corner of the goal, Barnsley goalkeeper could not save. Manchester City are 1-0 up on the road!

This is a situation that Barnsley has not encountered in the FA Cup this season, when they scored first against Liverpool, and then they were equalized by Liverpool, and then they still supported under the attack of Liverpool who attacked wildly, and completed a miraculous stunner in the 94th minute, and they did not concede the first goal against Chelsea, but maintained the lead until the end of the game after scoring first - so the experience of conceding a goal soon after the opening game is very lacking for them!

And Dick's preparation for this game is also very sufficient, the opening siege is a must, since the lead is now, then in the midfield more control of the ball, lure the opponent to force out - the English lower league team has a characteristic, that is, very good running, the ability to fight is very good, but the foot technique is a little rough, after the lead with a pass to tear apart the opponent's defense, this will be a good choice.

Barnsley had no choice in the face of City's soft knives, and their players began to run wildly around the pitch in an effort to disrupt City's rhythm of possession and then equalise on the counter-attack, which was the only thing they could choose to do.

In this situation, City began to gradually pass back and split the two wings at the same time, using their breakthrough ability to launch attacks, and the two fast wingers Bale and Ashley Young began to break through and attack after receiving the ball on the wing, delaying Barnsley's attack......

The overall strength of the Barnsley players is running the pitch, this is their dream, this season in the Championship they have nothing to pursue, the FA Cup performance is their brightest moment of the season, they naturally hope that this moment can continue for a while, such a request seems a bit humble, but it is still a respectable request.

It's just that in the world of football, no matter what kind of respectable requirements you have, you need to rely on your own efforts to strive for them, not rely on others to give alms, and no one will give them to each other, because in such a world, letting others have more may mean that you will have one less......

Dick and his players are aiming to become the first team in England history to win both the League Cup, FA Cup and League in a single season, so even if Barnsley's demands are respectful, they will try to beat their opponents and create a brilliant season!

After going back and forth, City did not score for the rest of the first half, which also gave Barnsley enough confidence, in the second half, they stepped up their running and attacking, their chances were in fitness and form, they could run in this game until they couldn't run, because if they lost this game, then they have no value for the rest of the season!

Manchester City is different, they still have to attack the league title, but also the FA Cup title, in this case, Manchester City can't do their best to fight them, this is their biggest opportunity!

However, what they didn't expect was that the substitutes who played in Manchester City in this game didn't mind doing the same hard in this game, because Dick's previous paragraph, if they didn't perform well in this game, let alone this season, even next season, they would have no chance to stay at Manchester City......

On the one hand, it is for honor, and on the other hand, in addition to honor, it is also for survival.

What's more, Manchester City's substitutes can also fight everything in this game, after all, they are unlikely to have the opportunity to play in the next league, unless Manchester City wins the championship in advance, and in the FA Cup final, Dick is unlikely to send them as substitutes, but more will let the main players play to improve the probability of victory, Barnsley's advantage is not as big as they imagined.

After the start of the second half, Manchester City's players also stepped up their running, the midfield composed of Hamann, Vidal and Ireland was not too bad, and their running ability was also very strong, although the old and the young were all good players, after they stepped up their running, Barnsley's attack wanted to play fast, and it was not so easy.

Defensively, Manchester City has strengthened the defense in the penalty area, Cahill and Joel Luka have good physical speed, Sun Jihai and Hart's confrontation is a little worse, but they are very experienced, and would rather let the opponent cross than let the opponent easily break into the penalty area, just rely on crosses and long shots outside the box to score, it is not too easy.

After fending off Barnsley's frenzied onslaught for twenty minutes, City began their own counter-attack!

Bale's two quick attacks on the wing in a row forced Barnsley's defense to start strengthening the defense on this side, but it was still a little unstoppable, Bale's speed was too fast, he didn't have much technical content to break through, and there was an open sprint in the front court, he took the ball forward, and then began to accelerate the sprint, the opposing defender was not easy to foul even if he wanted to, because he was too fast, and he had already thrown you away when you wanted to put your foot down......

Under Bale's sprint, Barnsley's defense was a little messy, after all, Manchester City's center Sturridge's confrontation ability was also good, and they were also a little chaotic all the way down, and the defense was no longer as tight as before.

Finally, in the 71st minute, Bale's breakthrough brought a crucial second goal for Manchester City!

After forcing his way through the opponent's full-back with his speed, Bale did not continue to make a low cross, but directly slammed the ball horizontally and rushed towards the penalty area!

Barnsley's defenders have been eyeing Sturridge running in the middle and Vidal and Ireland in the back row, but Ashley Young quietly ran to the back post, Bale raised his foot to pick the ball to the back post, Ashley Young at the back post to meet the falling ball directly cushioned, cushioned the ball into the empty goal!

Two to zero! Manchester City seal the win!

That means they'll be in the FA Cup final! There is only one step left before England wins the domestic treble!

In the other game, Portsmouth relied on Nigerian striker Kanoo's goal to beat another Championship team, West Bromwich Albion, 1-0, and in the case of this season's FA Cup upset, the two Premier League teams in the last four maintained the Premier League honor, and put the FA Cup back on the track of the Premier League teams with two victories - this is also a reversal of the chaos between these two teams......