Chapter 782: Flexible front-court transposition

After some simple treatment at a local hospital in Brazil, City's medical team recommended that Kaka be transferred to the United States for treatment.

The sports industry in the United States is quite developed, which also means that their sports medicine is also very developed.

And Gao Bo happened to know that there was a "miracle doctor" in the United States!

That is Dr. Fu Haoqiang, a Chinese-American.

This Dr. Fu Haoqiang is a world-renowned sports medicine expert, and Gao Bo has nothing to worry about when he comes to treat Kaka.

On July 1, the day after the Confederations Cup final, Kaka and Manchester City's medical team arrived at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, USA.

Kaka will have ligament surgery done here.

Gao Bo also took the time to visit Kaka.

"His attitude is positive. It's a good thing for his recovery. Dr. Fu Haoqiang said.

"This injury always takes a while to recover, even with the most optimistic estimates, it will take two months. I don't think Manchester City will press for him to play in the league or the Champions League, right? ”

Gao Bo nodded, getting hurt is always a helpless thing.

He chatted with the doctor as he walked into the ward where Kaka lived.

Kaka was still able to move around with the help of protective gear, and he was very happy to see Gao Bo coming.

But when it came time to talk about the new season, Kaka's eyes darkened.

Gao Bo rubbed Kaka's head, "Don't worry, Ricardo. You'll be fine and we'll be waiting for you to come back. ”

"I know..."Kaka's mood was a little complicated, and he didn't say the second half of the sentence.

Even after I go back, I'm afraid the main position will be gone.

"Don't worry about location, Ricardo." Gao Bo saw Kaka's concern, "We have a lot of competition tasks this season, and... Our goal is... Four important championships, all won! ”

Four crowns?!

Kaka looked at Gao Bo in a daze.

Of course he knows which four crowns they are, the league, the Champions League, the FA Cup, the League Cup......

Treble winning teams are rare, but not impossible, but quadruple winners..... It never happened in England!

Of course, this is only possible in England, where there are two tied domestic cups...

'So, coming back in the second half of the season, it's exactly when we need to use people! When the time comes, if you recover well and keep up the form you were from last season, no one will be able to steal your main force. ”

Gao Bo blinked, and then said mysteriously: "The goal of winning four championships in the season, I have only told you alone." ”

Kaka laughed, and his mood seemed to be brighter again.

....

After visiting Kaka, Gao Bo also returned to New York immediately!

In New York, they had almost a month of quiet training.

During this period, Manchester City also played a series of warm-up matches against several local teams.

The results of the warm-up game are naturally not important to Gao Bo, but because the opponents are all local teams and their strength is not strong, Manchester City basically won the first game.

However, a month later, City's warm-up opponents will be stronger.

It is said to be a warm-up, but in fact, Manchester City is going to participate in the 2013 Guinness International Champions Cup in the United States.

The inaugural Guinness International Champions Cup 2013 took place from 27 July to 7 August. The eight teams participating in the tournament are: AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Manchester City, Chelsea, LA Galaxy, Valencia and Real Madrid. Cities include Phoenix, Los Angeles, New York, Indianapolis, Miami in the United States, and Valencia in Europe.

In this way, it is an official cup competition, and the game will be a little more formal than the general warm-up, and it is also played in the stadium of the United States, and the number of fans who enter the stadium will not be small, and each team has three chances to play, namely the first round, the second round, and the final (and the third or fourth final, the fifth or sixth final, and the seventh or eighth final).

In such a relatively formal game atmosphere, it is still better to test the warm-up effect of the team.

On August 1, the first match of the first round of the Eastern Zone of the International Champions Cup, Manchester City played Inter Milan.

The game was played at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, a football stadium that could also be used as a football field with a slight line modification.

Before the game, the new head coach of Inter Milan and Gao Bo shook hands with each other, and the two sides were quite friendly at the pre-match press conference.

This is also in line with the nature of friendly matches.

In the first half of the game, Gao Bo sent a more experimental set.

First of all, in the midfield, he started to try to play more in the back of Eriksen, and he partnered Eriksen with Casemiro.

Gao Bo believes that when dealing with some weak teams in the Premier League, with Manchester City's control, there is no need to send two defensive midfielders, two defenders attack and defend, add a creative player in the midfield, and Eriksen's long pass is also a sharp weapon for the team to quickly defend and attack.

In the position of central defender, the partnership of Kompany and Umtiti is also the focus of Gao Bo's observation.

In addition, the goalkeeper who started the game was Pantilimon, who was promoted to second goalkeeper this season.

As a number two goalkeeper, Gobo believes Pantilimon is still qualified – and if nothing else, Pantilimon will be on the bench for the most part.

In the first half, the two sides fought to a 1-1 draw.

In midfield, Eriksen's defensive ability remains an issue and will be a big hole in City's defence against a team of Inter Milan's calibre.

Jamie Vardy helped the team score a goal.

In the second half, Gao Bo made a large-scale substitution, except for Sanchez, all the other players were substituted.

The centre-back combination was changed to Maguire partnering Lesco, while the left and right wing-backs were also Zabaleta and Luke Shaw.

At the back, James Milner and new signing Wanyama came on, while up front, it was David Silva, Antoine Griezmann, Alexis Sanchez and Eden Hazard.

In the first half, Manchester City did not field all the main line-up in the front. Sanchez was still not substituted in the second half.

Due to Kaka's injury, Gobo will have to make Sanchez fully integrated into the team. Because in the first half of the season, the team has to ensure that there is a player who can replace Kaka with enough strength.

Therefore, Gao Bo intends to let Sanchez play for a while longer.

Alexis Sanchez played on the right in the first half and in the second half he was deployed on the left, playing with David Silva in midfield and Antoine Griezmann on the right.

Soon after the start of the second half, City launched a very beautiful attack.

A continuous pass, from Griezmann, David Silva, Hazard, Hazard smoothed the ball to the left, Sanchez cut a fake pass, and passed a single ball to Hazard!

Eden Hazard didn't stop the ball and fired straight at goal, breaking through the Inter Milan goal to make it 2-1.

After the score changed, Gao Bo continued to make adjustments in the personnel position.

He sent Antoine Griezmann up front, David Silva on the right, then Alexis Sanchez up front and Eden Hazard coming back on the left.

Such an attacking combination in the front court makes Manchester City's position combination very flexible, these players can play in all positions, Sanchez, Griezmann, Hazard, these three players are all players who can complete the four positions in the front court very well, and David Silva Although he can't play as a center forward, he can also play a good strength on the left, right and forward positions.

Flexible frontcourt positioning, this is something that Gao Bo has been asking for during this period of training.

He asked the players to downplay the notion of position and instead play more directly.

Where the opponent's loopholes are, attack wherever they are, and the opponent is used to attacking, so change the position and continue to attack!

The flexible switching of several players in the front field will greatly make Manchester City's attack more flexible.

In the 60th minute of the game, Manchester City scored the third goal.

This time it's Antoine Griezmann's individual ability, as he can play his attacking ability to face the goal directly in a midfield position.

Griezmann received the ball in the middle, took the ball and turned around, brushed past the defender and shot directly at the top of the arc!

The football once again penetrated Inter's goal.

Three to one!

City were more flexible in their position after that.

This has left even Inter's defenders unable to find where to focus.

And in the end, the final score of this game was four to one.

Alexis Sanchez also scored a goal for the team.