Chapter 708: The Importance of Physical Fitness Cards

After a slightly lighter January, the February schedule is more intense than ever.

After returning from Istanbul, Manchester City still have an away game!

It was an FA Cup fifth round match against young janissaries Leeds United.

Speaking of Leeds United, Gobo has played against this team in both League Two and League One before. Although the other side is also a prestigious team in England, but now it is also a phoenix that has shed its hair, Leeds United, which has been mixed in the lower leagues all year round, and the hope of promotion to the top league is far away, and the current Leeds United has long lost the strong team that was able to stir up the storm in the Premier League ten or twenty years ago, and they have now completely become a pure low-level team.

The FA Cup is actually a bit of a chicken for Gao Bo.

It's a pity to discard it.

It would be nice to win the title, but Gobo doesn't want to put the team too involved in this competition, and if you consider the league and Champions League competitions, it won't be too difficult to make to skip the FA Cup.

Therefore, in this game, it is only natural that Gao Bo made a big rotation.

The goalkeeper is still Joe Hart, who has now been able to make appearances in the FA Cup as the team has been eliminated from the FA Cup.

Hart would have started the league if not for exceptional circumstances.

The former Manchester City No. 1 goalkeeper has now completely become the No. 2 goalkeeper, but fortunately, his position in the England team is still solid, and in England, he is still the main goalkeeper.

In addition to the goalkeeper, the starting center-back combination of today's game is Maguire and Lightcoat, right-back Trippier, left wing-back Luke Shaw, and the two midfielders are Casemiro and Barry, and on the front line, left midfielder Adam White, right midfielder Milner, forward Gao Bo simply let the teenager Dennis Suarez play, and the forward is Dzeko!

Very thorough rotation, except for defender Casemiro and right-back Kieran Trippier, most of the other players can only sit on the bench and watch the game.

And Leeds United, who are playing at home, also look very excited when facing such a lineup as their opponents.

However, when it comes to dealing with English teams like Leeds United, Gao Bo is still very rich.

City first steadied themselves in central midfield, then attacked Leeds' gaps on the flanks through two wings, and when Leeds widened the formation, City's chance came.

In the twenty-first minute of the game, the first goal arrived.

Milner crosses from the wing, Dzeko jumps high in the box and heads the ball into the opposite corner!

Manchester City take the lead!!

After the goal, Manchester City played more calmly.

Just before the end of the first half, teenager Dennis fired a long-range shot from outside the box to help his team in the next city.

Gao Bo was very pleased with Dennis's performance, the youngster's talent is outstanding, and the only thing he lacks is game experience. After seeing the goal, Gao Bo has already added Dennis to the regular list of substitutes.

After a season or two, I believe Dennis will become a very useful frontcourt attacker.

With the passage of time, Gao Bo's "crossing bonus period" has gradually passed.

Buying those famous players in the future is one way, but this road will always get narrower and narrower, so Gao Bo has begun to plan ahead.

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After the break, Manchester City, who led by two goals, played more and more calmly.

Leeds United, playing at home, were beaten by Manchester City without temper.

If this is the end of the game, it will be a perfect match.

However, when Casemiro sat on the grass with his thighs covered, Gao Bo began to curse his mother.

It was in a situation where there was no confrontation and Casemiro felt discomfort in his thighs.

This situation is the most fatal, because if there is a fierce confrontation, there is a high probability that it will be a hard injury, very painful, but not necessarily serious.

But suddenly feeling unwell in a situation like this without confrontation is very fatal.

The possibility of a muscle tear and strain is very high, and this injury requires a two-week break as soon as it is injured.

Some time ago, the team experienced a brief injury wave, and now it has just entered the schedule intensive area, and the injury wave is coming again!

The team doctor hurriedly entered the field to check Casemiro, and then stood up with a solemn face and made a substitution gesture towards the coach's box.

Casemiro's situation is not too rosy!

With the help of the team doctor, Casemiro limped out of the field.

Gao Bo hugged and comforted the Brazilian iron waist.

"The specific situation needs to be checked in detail at the hospital."

Facing Gao Bo's inquiring gaze, the team doctor hurriedly replied.

Gao Bo nodded, injuries were inevitable.

In fact, Gao Bo's team's injury situation is very good compared to other Premier League teams.

In addition to the fierce confrontation, the more important reason for injuries is the fatigue caused by the continuous intensive schedule, and the tired muscles can easily be strained or torn.

The high-wave fitness card is mandatory for every game, so that the physical consumption of Manchester City players is much less than that of other teams, and a game may not be nothing, but in the long run, the cumulative effect is considerable.

There aren't many Manchester City players who have been injured this season.

Eden Hazard has suffered a major injury, in addition to Eriksen, David Silva and other players have also been injured, Colo Toure once contracted a bad cold, but did not miss the team's games, just missed a few days of training.

Therefore, in a side-by-side comparison, Manchester City's injury situation is almost the most optimistic among the Premier League's strongest teams.

So from this point of view, many media outlets also believe that Manchester City has been "very champion-looking" this season.

There are few injuries and a solid record.

These two points are undoubtedly quite important for a long marathon of league battles.

And now that the team is entering the second half of the schedule, even with a fitness card, a fatigue injury like Casemiro is inevitable.

"The rotation plan can be a little bolder in the future!"

Gao Bo thought to himself.

In fact, he was hesitating for a moment about who would start between Casemiro and Fernandinho.

However, there is no regret medicine to take in this world.

Casemiro was substituted and Fernandinho came on.

The dynamics of the game haven't changed much either.

In the 82nd minute of the game, Adam White scored his team's third goal with a shot on goal.

Another three-to-0!!

Manchester City also beat Leeds United 3-0 to advance to the next round of the FA Cup.