Chapter 720: The Impact of the Suspension

Buying a club isn't something you can do with just a few words.

The first thing is, of course, to screen out the teams that meet their requirements and are willing to sell.

This alone could take months.

Buying a club is not just a commercial business, and many clubs in Europe have taken on some community responsibility – which means that the club is also part of the community in the eyes of the fans.

In England, for example, many takeovers have been lost because of fan opposition.

Therefore, for Gao Bo and Mendes, it may be more beneficial for them to pick a team with a slightly worse fan base.

In short, to complete the acquisition of the team, at least until the second half of the year.

And, even if the acquisition is completed, Gao Bo doesn't plan to coach the team himself for the time being - he's not over it yet.

There was only one winner in the Champions League, no treble or anything, let alone a six-crown. No, if it's in the Premier League, there's a League Cup to win, maybe a seven-time crown or something....

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The national team break days are coming to an end.

The players are coming back.

To Gao Bo's displeasure, Kaka was re-recruited by the Brazilian national team, and as a result, he was injured in a warm-up match.

Fortunately, except for Kaka, none of the other players who went to play for the national team were injured.

On March 5, in the 28th round of the league, the team played away against Aston Villa.

Since the game was away from home, Gao Bo, who was suspended for a red card, could not enter the stadium - if it was at home, the FA might not be able to do anything, but if it was away, Aston Villa would certainly not give Gao Bo a place where he could secretly command the game.

So Gao Bo didn't go to the stadium with the team at all, he was in the hotel to watch the game.

Many of the team's main players did not play in this game, mainly considering the several players who participated in the national team competition, Griezmann and David Silva both played the full 90 minutes during the national team break, including Kaka's injury, so this time the team's lineup in central midfield has undergone a certain degree of rotation.

The starting striker was Jamie Vardy and Dzeko, with Eden Hazard playing on the left, Adam White on the right, and Casemiro in the middle of the game as Fernandinho.

Even in the face of such a line-up, Aston Villa, who are playing at home, did not cause much trouble for Manchester City.

In the first half, Hazard assisted Dzeko to score!

In the second half, Fernandinho sent a through ball forward, Dzeko headed back, and Vardy shot straight at goal without stopping! Helped the team expand the score!!

After taking a two-goal lead, Aston Villa basically lost their fighting spirit.

In the final stage of the game, Adam White successfully passed in the penalty area and volleyed from a small angle to lock the score at 3-0!!

Manchester City won their first game since Gao Bo's suspension with a 3-0 win away from home.

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The team had a Champions League game at home.

Galatasaray was challenged by Galatasaray, who also did not field the full squad due to a 3-0 win away from home in the first leg.

The suspension of the league will not affect the Champions League, so Gao Bo appeared in the team's dugout for this game.

Galatasaray, who have lost their home power, are indeed just an ordinary Champions League team, and the gap between them and Manchester City is very large.

Although Galatasaray set off an attacking frenzy under Sneijder's leadership, in the end Griezmann's goal completely woke Galatasaray's players up.

In the second half, Jamie Vardy scored another goal to seal the win.

In the end, Manchester City eliminated Galatasaray with an aggregate score of 5-0 over two legs and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League!

Guardiola's side, meanwhile, were knocked out of the competition after a 1-0 defeat at home to Real Madrid.

Chelsea were knocked out by Borussia Dortmund, while Arsenal fell again at the feet of Bayern Munich.

As a result, only Manchester City is left with the task of Champions League among the Premier League teams.

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Overall, City's luck is good.

In addition to the FA Cup signing, it also includes the suspension of Gao Bo.

The league and the FA Cup are both competitions in the same system, so a red card suspension from the league will also apply to the FA Cup.

Manchester City's home game against Championship side Barnsley was included in Gobo's suspension.

Manchester City also made a big rotation in this game.

In fact, Gao Bo does not intend to use key players at this stage of the FA Cup.

However, it was an important game – a win in this game would have lifted City into the last four of the FA Cup!

When it comes to the semi-finals, the FA Cup title will have to be fought for.

Manchester City, playing at home, were very proactive from the start!

Barnsley were also very clean, and it was away anyway, so they started with a rigid posture and left a striker in front of them to harass the City defence.

However, Barnsley's defence only lasted twenty minutes before Manchester City breached!

Denis Suarez got Dzeko's return pass on the line of the box and fired a left-footed shot into the goal!!

1 to 0!!

After the goal, City's attack was much better, but the second goal was headed in from a set-piece.

Adam White was in charge of the free-kick on the left and he played the ball into the box!

Centre-back Harry Maguire leaps high in the box and smashes the ball into the net with a header!

Shortly after this goal, the first half was over.

At the start of the second half, Barnsley plucked up the courage to attack.

However, Barnsley's backfield can be said to be full of holes, and Manchester City can easily get the opportunity to sprint and counterattack.

In the fifty-second minute of the game, the third goal came.

Manchester City launched a long counterattack after the ball was broken at the back!

Adam White successfully went to the meeting against offside and calmly pushed the ball into the goal when facing the goalkeeper!!

It was a goal that completely extinguished the flames of Barnsley's comeback!

The final score of the match was 5-0!

Dzeko and Vardy scored separately, the icing on the cake!

After this victory, Manchester City also reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

Maybe it's because the enemies don't get together.

In the draw for the FA Cup semi-finals that evening, Manchester City played Chelsea at home!

The two teams are going to play another game at the Etihad Stadium.

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The day after the draw for the FA Cup semi-finals, another high-profile draw was held.

That's the draw for the Champions League.

The eight teams in the quarterfinals are Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona, Juventus and Málaga, who eliminated Porto in the round of 16!

Eight teams are battling each other, and all of them will certainly want to be drawn to Malaga.

However, it was Real Madrid who drew Malaga, while Manchester City were drawn with Juventus.

In terms of other matchups.

Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain are drawn together, while Bayern Munich meets Barcelona in a narrow way!

After the draw for the quarter-finals, the tournament will be played in early April.

And when the schedule of the game appeared, Gao Bo had a bit of a headache.

On 3 April, the team faced Juventus away from home.

On 8 April, the team travelled to Manchester derby – a league title contest.

Then on April 11, the team will play Juventus at home!

Three tough battles in a row!

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The FA Cup is over, and in a week, it's the twenty-ninth round of the league!

Manchester City travel to Everton.

In this game, Gao Bo also couldn't get into the stadium.

However, this is also the last game of his suspension.

And in this game, Manchester City encountered unprecedented difficulties.

In the 11th minute of the game, Everton scored a goal with a long-range shot from fullback Baines and took the lead!

After that, Everton retracted and played on the counter-attack.

Without the amplitude of the cards, Manchester City finally suffered their toughest game since the start of the season.

Towards the end of the first half, Everton seized a corner and Marouane Fellaini headed the ball into the Manchester City goal!

Two to zero!!

Manchester City trailed by two goals before half-time!

At the start of the second half, Manchester City moved up their squad and began to intensify their attack.

However, in the face of Everton, who were full of confidence, Manchester City's attack was slow to pay off.

As the minutes ticked by, many Everton fans stood up.

They have a good chance of being the team that will send Manchester City to their first defeat this season!!

"The game entered the 80th minute! Everton are still two goals ahead!!! ”

The commentator Lightkinson also looked very excited!

'Manchester City are likely to suffer their first defeat of the season!!!

At this time, across England, Manchester United and Chelsea fans are also celebrating.

They're cheering for Everton!!

Once Manchester City lose this game, both Chelsea and Manchester United have a chance to catch up!!

Manchester United and Chelsea will play this league game the following day.

The battle for the Premier League title will be even more intense!

Gao Bo in the hotel was also frowning, but he had no other way now.

This damn suspension!

Gao Bo scolded secretly.

On the pitch, Eden Hazard broke through and won a free-kick in front.

David Silva and Antoine Griezmann stand in front of the ball, ready to take the penalty.

Griezmann fakes a run, David Silva has an arc!

Soccer ball from the dead end!

Manchester City pull a goal back!

However, time was not on City's side after all.

In the final moments, City launched an onslaught, but were never able to knock on Everton's goal.

In the end, Everton once again played the role of the Premier League's giant killer, and Manchester City suffered their first defeat in the Premier League this season!